1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: So here is Amari Cooper, brought you by Ford, built 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: for Texas, built for you in a good afternoon, sir, 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: How are you hey, how you doing? You're doing good? Thanks? Yeah, 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: right on. Excited for this game coming up this weekend 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: and and looking back, congrats on another touchdown and another win. 6 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: That was a lot of fun to watch. Thank you. 7 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:22,159 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Okay, So last week you said, I 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: think it was with TV or something. After practice you said, 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: winning like this makes you think of the Super Bowl. 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: How much of a thought is that throughout a season 11 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: like this one or the one you had in Oakland? 12 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: How much is that on your mind? Yeah? I mean listen, 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: winds don't come easily in his league, and so you know, 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: it's hard. It's hard to get on a row a 15 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 1: win streak. But when you do get on a win streak, 16 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: you know, you start to think that you have a 17 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: good football team and maybe you can keep winning. Amari, 18 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: with um just looking at like the game log of 19 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: how you guys have gone about winning this year, I 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: think it's all that. It's basically, hey, how would you 21 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: like to lose? Is what you guys seem to say 22 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: to the other team, And then you help them lose 23 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: however they so choose. But going thirteen catches and then 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,839 Speaker 1: three three three three does in any way that bother 25 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: you or you just like, look whatever, we're winning the 26 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: football games. This is amazing. No, I don't bother me. 27 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: I mean as an opposing defense, it's like, you know, 28 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 1: do you want to fast death or slow death? You know, 29 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: run the ball to pass the ball. But um, listen 30 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,919 Speaker 1: that first game I had thirteen catches, but we lost. 31 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: You know, other games I had, like you said, three 32 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: three three three, but we won all of them. So 33 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: I would take the three three three three any day. Maria, 34 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: you were doing your media availability after practice today and 35 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: you didn't had to did you cut it short to 36 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: go and grab Dak? And it was there something on 37 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: the field that happened today that you kind of wanted 38 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: to go through with Dak. That that happened that you know, 39 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: that said, hey, we need to get this right before 40 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: we end this day. Was can you kind of share 41 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: with what you did today? Yeah, there was a route. Um, 42 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: there was a route that killing put it in that 43 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: we that we ran in practice. Um, but we didn't 44 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: quite get it right in practice. So the only other 45 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: option is to run after practicing. We talked about it. 46 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: We said we were running after practice because you know, 47 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: the cards are so scripted and we don't really have 48 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: time to go back and repeat plays like that rum. 49 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: But the way that we ended practice today um or 50 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: that we have been and then practicing and then practice 51 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: recently on Thursdays, like after after practice is over, we 52 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: still have a segment where the younger guys have a 53 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: have a competition period. And so I had to go 54 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: do my interview and Dak stayed and watched them, the 55 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: younger guys, And while I was on my interview, he 56 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: was he was about to come in because I guess 57 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: he didn't see me, so he thought he thought he 58 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: probably thought maybe I had gone in and forgot about 59 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: the rep that we that we needed. But I was 60 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: just doing my interview and so just holid at them. Yeah, 61 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: you always talk about perfection and stuff like that. Is 62 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: that you know it is? I know that you you 63 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 1: know you're not always going to be perfect, But how 64 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: is that journey for you? I mean, you're so focused 65 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: on things. Is that is it? Is it tough? I 66 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: mean you make it tough on yourself to to to 67 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: kind of go that way to have those types of 68 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: the routes and thoughts. Well, it's just a team game, 69 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: you know. Like I can't I can't be a good 70 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: receiver without Dak, you know, And so we have to 71 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: be on the same page. And um that that that's 72 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: all that is. Like I just every route that I 73 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: have up in the game plan. Um, if there is 74 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: like something that we might not be on the same 75 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: page on, and I have to talk to talk to him, 76 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: talk to him about it because ultimately he's he's the 77 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: one throwing me. He's the one throwing the ball, you know. 78 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: And so uh, that's that's all that was. I'm just 79 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: trying to get on the same page with them so that, um, 80 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: come game time, you know, there will be no questions 81 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: about the time and if anything, are there any other 82 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: questions or do you need to maybe head over to 83 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: his house this evening and get some working there in 84 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: the backyard? Now we good? I mean that's what we 85 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: have practice full behave if need be, I will Is 86 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: that an advantage? I just I don't know how many 87 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: teams around the league, how many quarterbacks around the league, 88 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: and put a football field in the backyard, and I 89 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: feel like when every time we have a new CBA, 90 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: the CBA says less practice time. Is that an advantage? 91 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: Do you guys get a lot of work out of that? Yeah, 92 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: we do. We get a lot of work out of it. Actually, 93 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: you know in all season mostly um, you know, we're 94 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: all we're always at its outthrowing maura do uh. It's 95 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,280 Speaker 1: I just wanted to know. It's you're a guy that 96 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: do you like to travel? Are you a guy that 97 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: likes to go around see things? You like to go 98 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: around the country, around the world kind of things. Yeah, 99 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 1: I actually do. Um. I was supposed to travel a 100 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: lot beginning in twenty twenty, but the pandemics, like I 101 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,119 Speaker 1: had so much plan Yeah, but yeah, it's definitely something 102 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: that I like to do. Um. I like to go 103 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: to certain places just to relax, to get away, and 104 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: I would like to I like to go to other 105 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: places to you know, learn the history of the place 106 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Sure, okay, So I mean when 107 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: I was with Dallas Cowboys dot Com, we flew in 108 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: front of you guys, in front of the players on 109 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: these road trips and stuff. So it's a guy who 110 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: does somebody normally sitting next to you as the same 111 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: guy always sitting next to you on the on the 112 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 1: road trips, or do you sit or you sit with 113 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: different people throughout the road trips. Proximity wise, we sit 114 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: close to the same guys, but I don't really necessarily. 115 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: I don't necessarily have anybody sitting right next to me. 116 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: I got my own little role. You got your own 117 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: little role then, so I'd say, so you're you're one 118 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: of those guys. Are you gonna put on the headphones, 119 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: get pulled the book out and stuff? So if I 120 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: sit next to you on a trip, say a commercial, 121 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 1: I mean just a regular flight, you're gonna put off 122 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: the vibe. I don't want to talk to you, guy. 123 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: Is that what you're gonna do. You're gonna you're gonna 124 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: pull out a big book and you're gonna pull out 125 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: you put your headphones on and stuff like that. So 126 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be able to talk to you during 127 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: a flight, right Man. To see the thing about flight, 128 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: I don't even pull out books because for some reason, 129 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: as soon as the flight the plane takes off, I 130 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: go right to sleep and then I don't wake up 131 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: until it lands. How do you do that? Man? To 132 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: do this? It's like it's a blessing for real. I 133 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: mean as soon as the plane takes off, I'm sleep 134 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: and then I wake up when it lands because it 135 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: you know, it lands kind of hard and wake up. 136 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: Can you do that? Can you do that? Without like 137 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: a window or anywhere to lay your head? You can 138 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: just sleep sitting yah. See that's the thing. That's the thing. Yeah, 139 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: I can, Like I can sleep anywhere. Really, yes, I 140 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: can sleep anywhere. I think it's growing up. Growing up. 141 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,119 Speaker 1: I never slept on a bed. I always I slept 142 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: on a couch growing up. Even so, even after a 143 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: full night sleep eight hours, you can get on like 144 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: a morning flight go right back to sleep. Yeah I can't. 145 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: So we like, do we have to travel pill around 146 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: our next thing? Do we do that? Man? I don't 147 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: need none of that. I don't need none of that. 148 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: I can just go, man, let me just go to sleep. 149 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: So what's next for your travel? Uh? New England? Yeah, 150 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: New England? Yep. What you're reading? Uh? This book about 151 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: hunt It's called Honda. It's a book about how Honda 152 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: was started and how how they're different than um, you know, 153 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: every other Japanese car company and every other car company. Uh. 154 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: In the world. What are what are you learning? Uh? 155 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: Just their business model is different. They're more I just 156 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: started reading it, by the way, but from what I've 157 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: learned so far, they just, uh, they just didn't go 158 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: with the status quo. So apparently like um, you know, 159 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: all these other Japanese car companies and every other car 160 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: company at that time, like when um Hunda got started, 161 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: they basically had like a similar like business model. But 162 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: then the guy that the guy's name is Honda who 163 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: started Hunda, Um, he just uh, he just took a 164 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: different approach to things. Um. And that's really all I 165 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,119 Speaker 1: got from it so far. Do people recommend books to you? 166 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I know Jerry Jones told the story about 167 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: you had the really organized like a book club. I 168 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: believe I'm right with this what Jerry said you did 169 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: this in Oakland, that you kind of had the guys 170 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: reading and stuff like that. And the second question if 171 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: if you did all that, did you like have to 172 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: hunt guys down for the books, like if they were overdue, 173 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: you know, did you like to charge them a fee? 174 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: You know, when you have overdue books as a kid, 175 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: you gotta get to pay for that, right not not? 176 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: It wasn't quite like that. It was well to answer 177 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: the first question, Yeah, people recommend me, recommend me books 178 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: all the time, almost too much. I'm like, I can't 179 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 1: read this many books. But uh, yeah, people recommend me 180 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: books all the time, and a lot of them are 181 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: actually good. But um, yeah. The as far as with Oakland, 182 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 1: it was, it was. It wasn't a book club, it 183 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: was a library. It it came to me and asked, UM, 184 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: just asked me what books I think should be in 185 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,959 Speaker 1: a part of the library. And I just gave them 186 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of books that I thought were good, 187 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: and they just add them to the library. Um, and 188 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: a couple other players had some books that that were 189 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: a part of librated I didn't read. And then um, 190 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: some of the staff put some books in there too. Well, 191 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: are you gonna like, if somebody gives you a bad book, 192 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: you're not taking their advice anymore? Right? Or how many? 193 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: How many? How many chances do I have to recommend 194 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: you a book? If I if I, if I, if 195 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: I miss in the first one, am I not gonna 196 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: have a second one with you? Yeah? If you missed 197 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: on the first one, you probably ain't gonna Okay, I 198 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 1: got you. I got you. I got you man. All 199 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: books aren't good books. That's good point. Other than that. 200 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: At LSU, yeah, we had a we had a really 201 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: big fight yesterday about our favorite candies. So first of all, 202 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: do you eat candy? And if you do, what is 203 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: your favorite and what is the most overrated candy? Yeah? 204 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: I do eat it? Well, yeah, I eat a lot 205 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: of candy. I'll be trying to slow down though. Um 206 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: my favorite candy used to be those those the soy 207 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: Wars Starburst, the Sylar Starburs. They don' really they don't 208 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: really make them anymore though. Yeah you're the only one 209 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 1: eating them to eat regular stars, right. I think they 210 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: make the sour Starburst, but they don't make them in 211 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: that starboards the Starburst Pact how they used to make 212 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: them when I was a kid. It's tragic. It's tragic. 213 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: And what's what's the terrible candy that people think is good? Well? See, 214 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: the thing is, I don't really like when I say 215 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: I eat candy and sweets, I usually eat like like 216 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: sweet or sour. I don't. I don't eat chocolate for real, 217 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: I'm talking about amory. I'm talking about I don't really 218 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: eat chocolates for real? All right, tomorrow, I have a 219 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: couple of potentially uncomfortable questions for I wanted to get 220 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 1: your thoughts. Have you recovered from from the Aggies and 221 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: Alabama there on Saturday night? How? How's that good? Yeah? 222 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: I was actually, man, I was actually really upset, like 223 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: people would texting me. Um, people were texting me, and 224 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: I was giving them out of two They were able 225 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: to notice it and everything, but it's like they would 226 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 1: text people were texting me, how long is this gonna last? 227 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: This attitude you have? And then once we once we won? 228 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: I was good, all right on right on bounce back 229 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: to Uh, did Donovan Wilson or are I guess Damien 230 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: Ratley the receiver on the practice squad? Did they did? 231 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: They talk trash to a man of your status on 232 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: the team? How's that go? They tried to throw like jabs, 233 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: like they tried to throw a little shots like I 234 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: came in on Uh, what was it Monday? Yeah? I 235 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: came in on Monday for some treatment. Donno was wearing 236 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: a Texas in them hoodie and I walked by. He 237 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: waited until I got like five yards passed him. He 238 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: was and he was like you like the hoodie, and 239 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: I hadn't noticed the hoodie, but I was. I just 240 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: laughed and then uh, Ratley, Um, we're in the receiver's 241 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: meeting and he just shot. He just shot throw a 242 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: little job, you know, And I was just like, all, 243 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: you're gonna win a national championship. Still feeling pretty good 244 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: about y'all's chances of being there in the final four, 245 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: I'd imagine, Oh yeah, of course. I mean typically when 246 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: wins the national championship, they usually lose a game. You know. 247 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: I think they might have won one or two while 248 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: being undefeated, but the rest of them, they usually lose 249 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: the game first. And you think that this current BATMA 250 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: team could beat an NFL team? Is that right? It's 251 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: about to be a terrible take, a well read man, 252 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: It's about to give you a terrible take. Is there 253 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: a genre like do you read all sorts of different books? 254 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: Because two of my people have texted into the show 255 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 1: while we're talking to ask about, like, do you read 256 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: fantasy novels? Because that's the genre that I'm way into. 257 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: Is that will will you go there? Or are you 258 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: more of a smart person who reads things that actually 259 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: have a point to them, actually man, I didn't like. Um, 260 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: I actually really like not. See the thing about novels, 261 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: they're they're more of a page they're more of a 262 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: page turner type of book than you know, books you 263 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 1: can actually really learn a lot from and actually you 264 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: can learn a lot from novels too. But um, it's 265 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: easier to read a novel. I would say, But let 266 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: me think, what what novels have I read? That? Well? 267 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: Nickel Boys? I think that was the last novel I read. 268 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 1: What's that called? Nickel Boys? Looking it up? Nickel Boys. 269 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: It's about it's it's a novel. It's a it's kind 270 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: of about about a real life school or a real 271 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: life school for boys that was in Tallahassee. It was tragic, 272 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: but um, it was actually a really good book. Um. 273 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: But it was a lot of like conspiracies and stuff 274 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: that happened there, and they shut the school down after 275 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: like one hundred and something years because a lot of 276 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: bad stuff was happening. It was like a little juvenile 277 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: type school that started in like the late eighteen hundreds. 278 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: I would say, but um, it was actually a good read. 279 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: M Or if I could ask you about the game 280 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: that's coming up this weekend, the real quick here. Uh. 281 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: You know it's funny that ain't not a common opponent, 282 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: but the guy that might be across from you quite 283 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: a bit is Jalen Mills, opponent you have some familiarity with. 284 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: Does that kind of help with your preparation as you 285 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: kind of Okay, I have an idea. I don't get 286 00:13:57,679 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: to see the Patriots a whole bunch. You know, maybe 287 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: when you're worth Oakland and stuff, you got to see 288 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 1: them a little more. But now does that kind of 289 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: it's like, okay, I kind of have an idea of 290 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: how I want to maybe attack this guy going in. Yeah, 291 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: and no, like it helps with your preparation, sure, because 292 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: you think you know the guy, and a lot of 293 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: times you really do. But you can never underestimate the 294 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: growth of a player, Like like a person might be like, well, 295 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: I played this guy five times, I don't even have 296 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: to watch film on him, right, But then he goes 297 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: out there and the players playing completely different, you know. Yeah, 298 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: And that's the thing about is we're pros, we're getted athletes, 299 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: Like we can make that change if we really put 300 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: in the work, you know. And so I continue to 301 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: watch film on these guys that I think, I know, 302 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: are there any players in the league that you have 303 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: torched enough times that when they line up, like they 304 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: won't even look you in the eye because they're just 305 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: kind of sad and they know what's about to happen. 306 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: I actually, to tell the truth, that actually does happen, 307 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: That that actually does happen. Just a player respects you 308 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: um so much that uh, he won't he won't talk trash, 309 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: he won't like he'll he'll just what gloves. Yeah, they know, 310 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: they know, like they gotta they gotta be on the 311 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: a game. They gotta play a perfect game because at 312 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: any given second, you know, things can change. Is that 313 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: the is that the first snap? Is that when you 314 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: look inside and then you look across and you see it? 315 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: That is that? Is that when you get that feeling? 316 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: Is it the first play or is it a couple 317 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: of plays in that you not, it's usually the first 318 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: usually like the first player. Yeah, because you gotta think, like, 319 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: really a DB's hope in my mind, I mean, I 320 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: guess I can't really speak for dB, but DB's hope 321 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: when they're playing again to receiver who they think can 322 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: like dominate them, they're hoping that you know, that that 323 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: receiver just don't get enough targets, because to dominate someone, 324 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,479 Speaker 1: you can't have three four targets. Like you, it's impossible 325 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: to like, it's almost impossible to dominate somebody with three targets, 326 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: you know. So they're they're hoping that and I hope, 327 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: I just hope that the game plan isn't around him 328 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: this game or something like, or I hope they do 329 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: good in the running game. Like I think that's what 330 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: they think, and they feed off that, like if if um, 331 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: if if I like like me, if I was at cornerback, 332 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: I would rather the receiver get a lot of targets 333 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: in me to actually stop him and say that I 334 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: had a good game. But a lot of those guys, man, 335 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: if you don't even like they'll be satisfied if you 336 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: don't even get a target, um, and they'll and they'll 337 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: claim that they okay. And my final question for you there, 338 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: when's Dig's gonna come into the receivering room and start 339 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: hanging out with you guys. You know he's acting like 340 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: he's he wants to be back with you guys in 341 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: that receiver room. What do we think about that? Well, 342 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: I think Dix can I think Dick is actually a 343 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: good receiver, Like I think, Um, I think if he 344 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 1: would have stayed at receiver, he would have been an 345 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 1: NFL receiver for sure. Sure. I just think at the 346 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,120 Speaker 1: time he got there at Mama, Um, they needed him 347 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 1: more at corner, you know what I'm saying, Like they 348 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: already they were already loaded at receiver. They just and 349 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: they could have used him at receiver, but they needed 350 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: him more at corner. And saving he was a corner. 351 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 1: He's a defensive guy. He saw the potential right and 352 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: so you know he was able to, you know, make 353 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: that switch for him after practice or in the dockyard 354 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,439 Speaker 1: one day, Digs runs ten reps. You're the corner, you 355 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 1: run ten reps. He's the corner. Dak is all time quarterback. 356 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: How many do you catch? How many does he catch 357 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: on you? He ain't catch him a ball on me? Like, 358 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: I really like that at corner. I'm at receiver. Hmm, 359 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: Well I get to pick on my rocks. I'm gonna 360 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: say I catch you all ten there you go, love it? 361 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: You do realize you just said that Treyvon Diggs is 362 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 1: a terrible player. What else I supposed to say? You 363 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: get chap digs up here. You're gonna say the same thing. 364 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: He's gonna say the same thing. Hey, our listeners are 365 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 1: loving it. Amari. Thanks again for the time and give 366 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: him hell this week. We'll be pulling for you. Thanks.