1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody, and welcome to the latest edition of 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Falcons and Focus. I'm Scott Bearer. That's Tory mclaney. This 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: gentleman to my left with Shaan Evans self proclaimed quote 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: unquote to me country boy, country boy from Auburn, Alabama. 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: Grew up on a ranch right with brothers and sisters 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,159 Speaker 1: and the animals and animals. The other thing that you 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: said that that that that you just had the outdoor lifestyle. Yeah, 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: so was it hard when you were a kid for 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: your mom to even like get you in for dinner? Ye? 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: Out running because where where I stayed it was real 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: secluded kind of you know. So I mean, not a 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: lot of kids out there, just you know, most of 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 1: the most of maybe the neighbor that was right next 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: to me, you probably had travel a couple of miles, so, 15 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: I mean, but other than that, I mean, it was 16 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: just one of those things where it was it felt 17 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: like it was before the self on age, but it wasn't. Yeah, 18 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: it felt like united time. I really wasn't even worried 19 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: about it. Like, you know, I'd be outside, I'd be 20 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: playing with my brother, I'll be playing doing something. I mean, 21 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: I was always outside and obviously I had to love 22 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: for the game football, So I mean it was one 23 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: of those things I probably would throwing the ball to apostle, 24 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: uh my mom or something like that. You know, it 25 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: got to the point where they would kind of like, look, 26 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 1: you know, I threw all day to you, like at 27 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: some point you gotta gotta put it down, go to sleep, 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: do something. So but I definitely was an adventurous kid though. 29 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: I definitely love being outside. Yeah, what kind of trouble sorry, 30 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 1: now go ahead, what kind of trouble could a young 31 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: Rashaun Evans and get into out in the middle? And oh, 32 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: you could get into a lot of stuff, especially if 33 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: you alone. You know. The number one thing he makes 34 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: you travel with somebody. You out there in those woods, 35 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: you're out there just you know, you know, walking around 36 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. You know, you just never know 37 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: what's out there. So but I think it does give 38 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: me a different outlook on life as well. You know, 39 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: you really appreciate the things that aren't materialistic. You really 40 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: look at life in a different you know, man. And 41 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: you know, I've appreciate Asian for animals. I love animals. 42 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: You know, I got two dogs right now, those my 43 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: my babies, my sons. I have no kids, but those 44 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: are my kids. What their names Batman and bind Yeah, yeah, yeah, 45 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: And it's so funny to Yeah, it's funny too because 46 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: their personalities actually yeah yeah yeah. Batman is real kind 47 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: of quiet, real subtle. You know, he sits back, he 48 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: just analyzes everything. And then Bain is like anytime he 49 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: sees anybody, oh you know, he's just always just trying 50 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: to be alert. And you know he's the youngest one, 51 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: so you got you already tell how that is. He 52 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: just hot, hot hit. So you know those two that 53 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:38,679 Speaker 1: I love him. I love him to death. And then 54 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: they actually are they actually stay down there um in Arburn. 55 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: So I go. Then I go see my family, and 56 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: then I go see my dogs and stuff. So you know, 57 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: it's it's always fun to be able to go down 58 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: there and see your dogs and your family. Kind of dogs. 59 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: Are there to two Cane Corps souls? Yeah? Two boys? 60 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: Two boys? So yeah, at first I was I was 61 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: thinking maybe once because the first one was Batman. He's 62 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: the oldest one. He's my oldest one, my oldest one, 63 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: my first firstborn, my firstborn, that's my oldest one. So 64 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: you know he At first, I was like, maybe I 65 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: might just get a girl and you know, maybe they 66 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: have some babies or whatever, might be able to keep 67 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: a little family. And then I was thinking like, no, 68 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: he's a brother. Yeah he needs a brother. You know, 69 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: mess that energy. So I ended up getting bad and 70 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: you know, they love each other. I love that. Now. 71 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: I'm glad that you brought up animals and your love 72 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: for animals because I read something that y'all had a 73 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: bunch of animals growing, chickens, ducks, all type of country stuff. 74 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: You get think did you have a favorite? Yeah? Well 75 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: who who? What? I say, who what animals your favorite? 76 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: And so okay, well I'm from We go horseback ride 77 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: and people that you know, like I said, the neighbors 78 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: that we stay around or whatever, they like you walk. 79 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: You can sometimes walk down there sometimes or you take 80 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: a full whool, or you'll take a horse or anything. 81 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: We'll do that. But you know, it's it's true country living. 82 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, when you're talking about eggs and 83 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: all the stuff that you get from the store, we 84 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: would literally let let the chickens laid eggs out there. 85 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: So you know, I learned all of that stuff, learn 86 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: how to guard a plant and do all the other stuff. 87 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: So I learned all that as a child. Do you 88 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: have a green thumb? Can you? Absolutely? If I was 89 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: stranding by myself, I definitely survive that fantastic Now, um 90 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: did this is something that many people have talked about. 91 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: Many people know what's coming. You probably know about racing horses. Yes, yeah, 92 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: please tell people who don't know that story that story. Okay, 93 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: So it kind of started. My brother was running track 94 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: at the time. He was we were going to arm 95 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: My High School. That was the high school we went to, 96 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: and he was on he was on the track team, 97 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: and at the time, he wanted to find ways, you know, 98 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: the different ways you know, he can be fast and 99 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: be a better better and you know, at the time, 100 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: you know, we liked the horseback ride or whatever, that's 101 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: what we do down there in the South. He thought 102 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,359 Speaker 1: it would be a good idea to go chase horses. 103 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: So he was out there chasing the horse and then 104 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: obviously I was kind of looking at him like crazy dude. 105 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden he was like, no, I 106 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: can't do it. You know me. I'm like, you know, 107 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: faster to you anyway I could do it? Yeah, I 108 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: tried it. I never called him, but you know, eventually 109 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: my brother actually was able to do it. You know, 110 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: he was a lot faster than me at the time. 111 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: He's not faster than me now, so yeah, put that 112 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: on the record now. But you know, at the time, 113 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: you know, he kind of got me implemented in to 114 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: doing stuff like that, and you know, for some reason 115 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:41,799 Speaker 1: it was fun to me. I'm like, I'm a country, 116 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: but I do crazy stuff anyway, I might as well 117 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: do this, And I was doing it for a couple 118 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: of years, and then you know, eventually I started, you know, 119 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: playing college football, and coach Saban was kind of like, look, now, 120 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: you know you got to be able to, you know, 121 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: show up and be healthy and ready. We don't want 122 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: no problems if you're doing some extracurricule activities and stuff 123 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: like that. So I kind of shut it down, you know, 124 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: from them. But you know, I got some some funny 125 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: childhood stories, for sure. I never caught one. The most 126 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: difficult thing. Yeah, it's hard, It's it's very hard. And 127 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: then too you you don't realize how agile that they are. 128 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: They're they're really big animals. But at the same time, 129 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: like you know, they're very very very athletic, very agile. 130 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: And you know, at the time I got really close, 131 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: but I wasn't able to do it. Though. Now you 132 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: ride horses, you don't just chase it. Yeah, I truly 133 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: ride horses. Okay, what did you ever do any like 134 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: equestrian like competitions? No competition, It just no rodeo, you know, 135 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: back roll you know, we me and my pops, we 136 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: would go and you know, ride horses and we'll be 137 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: in the back rolls and we'll just ride for miles. 138 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: Sometimes we just come back. So you know, most of 139 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: that stuff that we did when it was horseback ride, 140 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: there never was any competition or nothing like that. I 141 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: kind of wish I got into it. You know, maybe 142 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: that would have been something interesting. But you know, when 143 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: I was playing football at the time, I'm thinking in 144 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: my head, I'm like, luck, I want to go to 145 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: the NFL, so I gotta I gotta get right. It 146 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: worked out for you the path each other. And I 147 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: think that you and Kyle Pitts are they have both 148 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: now fallen victim to the to the Oh yes, Cordery 149 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: patterdy orange overalls. Yeah, because when Tennessee wins, apparently there 150 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: are some friendly rivalries where if Tennessee wins and beats 151 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: your school, you have to wear the ugliest orange overalls 152 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: I've ever seen in your life. You're not used to 153 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: losing friendly wagers with your school, right, everyone did go 154 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: to Alabama. It was very much at all. I was 155 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: very confident before that game. I almost knew I wasn't 156 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: going to wear it, right, you knew that was gonna 157 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: end up on social times. Oh, I knew it was 158 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: gonna I knew it would be a big thing because 159 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: you know, I've had many people, even teammates when I 160 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: was even at Tennessee, they would bet me in Some 161 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: will be scared to bet me, and some would be like, no, 162 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: I truly believe we could beat y'all. And then you 163 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: know they'll come to find out Bama is really like that. So, 164 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: you know, most of the time, I never had that 165 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: situation where I would have to, you know, put on 166 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: overalls or put another team's jersey on. So finally, this 167 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: is the first time, and you know, at the time, 168 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: I was kind of like, I know for sure, once 169 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: they take this pitch picky, they're going to blow it up. 170 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: And it's exactly what happened, so hopefully I won't have 171 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: to do that no more. It's the ugliest outfit ever. 172 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: And I told him, So I went to Gay and 173 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: I told him. I was like, I'm a burn it, 174 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: I'm a burn burn the overalls because they are atrociously bad. 175 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: Tennessee needs to stop winning, just you know, not it. Yeah, 176 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: someone needs to beat Oh that's why I'm hoping maybe Georgia. Yeah, yeah, 177 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: knock him down a bit. It's and I'm sure that 178 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: you eventually knew this question was coming to Alabama. Alum 179 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: from all burn Georgia. Your brother went to Alabam, right, Yeah, 180 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: well my brother he actually because he's a he's a 181 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: year younger than me, so he followed me when I 182 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: went to Alabah. Yeah, I want to get my sister. 183 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: She she she was a cheerleader for Auburn. Right, Okay, wait, 184 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 1: I have the whole breakdown. Your dad was a running 185 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: back for Auburn Jackson fantastic, Uh, super cool. Your mom 186 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: has like four degrees with her doctorate from Auburn. She's 187 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: freaking cool. Um. Your sister was a cheerleader for Auburn. 188 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: Your uncle is a vice president of something at Auburn 189 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: had a successful family. Cousins went to Auburn, and then 190 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: there you are family now. So I mean when I 191 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: when I made the decision to go to Alabama, um, 192 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: you know, it was it was definitely something that they 193 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: had to get used to. But at the same time, 194 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: you know, I also had cousins that went to Alabama's, right, Yeah, 195 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: so it was kind of like, you know, once I 196 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: did it, eventually, at first it was kind of like 197 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: a shot because you know, I'm coming straight out of 198 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: the backyard of Arbur University, right legit, Auburn high school, 199 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: high schools like maybe four or five minutes from the university. Yeah, 200 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,079 Speaker 1: to throw a rocket hit it. So, I mean at 201 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: that time, people would kind of expecting me to go 202 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: to Artur University. And I don't know if you guys 203 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: know too, if you look going internet, I think at 204 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: the time, uh, they already had me on their profile 205 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: on the on the site, so they already expected me 206 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: to already go to Arbor. Oh no, I went over 207 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: there so much like, yeah, I was you know, it 208 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: was kind of like at some point it was kind 209 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: of like, look, you you might as well just enrolled 210 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: before you even announced publicly that you're going to Harvard. 211 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: So once I went on and did you know, uh 212 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: my sign of day. Um, it was only just spining you. 213 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: I remember, and I had two hats at the time 214 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: because originally I had three schools. It was Army University 215 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: Alabama and then it was UCLA. My mom went to school, okay, 216 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: so you really could have helped me out there. I 217 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,559 Speaker 1: would have loved to go to but my mom was like, no, 218 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 1: that's school far and that's much fun over that. I 219 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: need to I need you to focus. So I was like, 220 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: you know what, all right, So I got two great options. 221 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: I got a universe Alabama, I got arm University. And 222 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: those two hats were the two hats in my mom's purse. So, 223 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 1: you know, at the time of going through my you know, 224 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: thankful for the things and stuff of all that, my 225 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: coaches and everything that got me to the point where 226 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: I'm at today. And then I finally, you know, decided like, um, 227 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna take my talents. And then I 228 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: reached in my hand, reached my hand down to my 229 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: mom's purse and at first it was the arbor net. 230 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: Oh gosh, I touched it. That's almost like nobody knew 231 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: what I was reaching for. My mom saw my hand 232 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: and she whispered to me. She was like, whatever decision 233 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: you make, gonna with you. Yeah. And as I was 234 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: holding the hat, something told me it was like, don't 235 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: do it, wait till you didn't make the decision until 236 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: you put the hat on exactly. Oh my god. It 237 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: was like a tossup. It's like a coin toss At 238 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: that point, I didn't don't realize that it was that 239 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: bad because at the time, I mean, I had, you know, 240 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: Gus Mounts. He was calling me right before situation. You know, 241 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: I was expecting, like, wait, to have you on the 242 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: team the womb and I'm kind of thinking of my head. 243 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 1: I'm like, man, what if I go somewhere else? Right, 244 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,319 Speaker 1: and this running through my mind, I'm like, and then too, 245 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: I'm coming back to the fact that, you know, I 246 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: was born and raised here. This would be the perfect 247 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: area to be able to start my football career and 248 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 1: be able to play in front of my family, my friends, 249 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: people I grew up who saw me play football all 250 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: my high school. This would be match made in heaven. 251 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: And I, for some reason, something told me, and it 252 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: told me to go to Universe Alabama, and I got 253 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 1: my hat. I'm gonna be taking my talent Universe Alabama. 254 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: I just just hear the crowd just like gas fir, 255 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: you really just do this. I was about to ask, 256 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: like what the response to that. Yeah, the response was 257 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: not really that good. It was like even if you 258 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: look on the video, it's a video on YouTube, but 259 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: even some of my family mays was kind of like, 260 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: wait Alabama, Yeah, you know. I mean after that, I 261 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: kind of just took it on and it was like, look, 262 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make the best out of it. I knew that, 263 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: you know, going to the university like Alabama, I knew 264 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: that I was gonna get the best possible chance to 265 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: do something with my career as far as football. And 266 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: I was like, look, I'm gonna work my butt off 267 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: and whatever happens after that's gonna happen. You want to work, daddies, 268 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: and we're a first round draft pick. Worked out, It 269 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: worked out, worked out, So I'm happy about that. I Okay, 270 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: So I want to ask this because I found this question. Yeah, 271 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: I found it when we were researching for the podcast, 272 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: because we're good journalists, you know, pat On back Um 273 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen. And you'll have to tell me if 274 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: this is true. But in twenty fifteen, your mom, she's 275 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: I told I said on the podcast four Degrees with 276 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: the Doctor and very smart, intelligent woman. Yeah. Um, she 277 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: designed a team dynamics workshop implemented by Alabama in twenty fifteen. Yeah, 278 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: she was working. Yeah, she was at the time. She was, Um, 279 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 1: I think it was when we won the first my 280 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: first natty. She was working with Alabama at the time. 281 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 1: So she was working with a lot of the players, 282 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: and you know, she was creating different stuff for you know, 283 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: for for co saving and stuff for us to you know, 284 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: be more successful, like how to you know, implement things, 285 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: to work with players, how they think, you know, things 286 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: that they can you know, do to be a better person. 287 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: And because a lot of the guys were coming from 288 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: you know, single family homes, a lot of them were 289 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: trying to figure out the way. A lot of them 290 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: didn't have a lot of income coming in as a player. 291 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: And you know, when you're doing full time football and 292 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: you have no income, you know, that's you know, it's 293 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: different different from now. You know in IL stuff has 294 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: totally changed the game. So guys were going through a 295 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: lot of things. And my mom at the time, you know, 296 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: she's a psychologist. She's thinking about ways, you know, changed 297 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: to change the game as far as you know, with 298 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: players and guys that are going through a lot of stuff. 299 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: So she developed stuff like that. Wow, that just such 300 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: a cool concept that your mom kind of helped. Yeah, 301 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: so many of your teammates while you're in school. Yeah, 302 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: you're you're a psychmator too. Yeah. Yeah, graduated graduated from 303 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: Alabama in psychology. Yeah. So like, but like you got 304 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: all these life lessons just like at the dinner table 305 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: literally that's all. Did you feel really prepared? Oh? Yeah, 306 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: I felt really prepared. I mean in two I mean 307 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: it was getting to the point where she was kind 308 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: of like, look, I had to start of charging give 309 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: you all these therapy sessions and stuff. And it's funny 310 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: too because even by you know, me growing up around 311 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: my mom and knowing these these teams about life and 312 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: how to think and stuff like that, you know, some 313 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: of the stuff I ran into Tennessee and learning those things. 314 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: It's like, you know, you get once you get the 315 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 1: opportunity to be able to go and experience something, you know, 316 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: you really started to realize what type of person all 317 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: the type of things that you know that that really 318 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: make you go, that really make you great man. You know, 319 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: I think, you know, it's not just so much about conversation, 320 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: but it's also you know, living the journey, going through 321 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: the journey and really learning from it. So that was 322 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: one of the biggest things I learned from both sides. Yeah, 323 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: I think and again I think this is true, um 324 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: that that your parents only missed one football game. Yeah, 325 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: so like like the level of support that yeah, yeah, 326 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: rarefied stuff, the fact that they were so so present 327 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: because you know, mom talking about these things like like 328 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: with your mom but like your dad's lived what oh yeah, 329 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: and bottom being because you know, the way I was raised. 330 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: You know, my mom's real, real analytical. She's very detailed, 331 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: so she looks at like like stuff that you wouldn't 332 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: think a mom would look at, as far as me 333 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: playing football. And then too my dad he played football 334 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: as well, you know, uh collegiately. So those both of 335 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: them are really like they were really hard on me. 336 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: They were like, you know, certain things that you know, 337 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: they felt like I could be great, and they would 338 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: always try to find something out of my game to 339 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: be better or as a person too as well. So 340 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: I'm getting both sides as far as how to how 341 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: to be the best possible version of myself. And you know, 342 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,719 Speaker 1: I always, I'm always the first to say I'm truly 343 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: blessed to have that, you know, that type of supporting style. 344 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: You know that's behind me. You know I love that. 345 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: I mean because not everybody has not everybody has that, 346 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: very very very blessed I had that when how I 347 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 1: never said one game and missed one game in college. 348 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 1: Now your professional career, how often do they get to 349 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 1: come and see Yeah, oh they now shoot, I'm like, 350 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: now you're down the road. I'm down the road now. 351 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: And you know, my mom she's been loving it so 352 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: much because you know, uh, you know, me coming to 353 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,239 Speaker 1: see her boy, come and see her baby. That that's 354 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: what she called me. She it just you know, it 355 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 1: definitely made her happy because, you know, opposed to traveling 356 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,719 Speaker 1: to five hours and not only traveling maybe two hours 357 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: to get come and see me. I think it's it's 358 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: been the greatest thing for me. Um. You know, I'm 359 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: able to have more time with my family, had more 360 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: time with friends and family that I grew up with, 361 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 1: grew up grew up with in Auburn, and you know, 362 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 1: it's been fun. I get texts all the time, people like, look, 363 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: I remember you watching in high school and now you're 364 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: playing for Lennon. Feels like you're back at home and 365 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 1: the devth it feels like that. Oh, I love it. 366 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: I think we were talking about this in the locker 367 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: room the other day because you you you've worked with 368 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: danps in Tennessee and then here in Atlanta. It seems 369 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: like you guys are kind of wired the same way, 370 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: like like you see the game through a very similar lens. 371 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 1: That's accurate. Yeah, I think so. And that's why I 372 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: have such a great relationship with Dan, because I understand 373 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 1: what he wants, you know. Yeah, that's the biggest, the 374 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: greatest thing about a player coach relationship is you know, 375 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 1: it's one thing for a coach to tell you something, 376 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: you know what he's saying, But there's another thing to 377 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: understand what he's saying. You know what I'm saying. So 378 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: I think from the many years of me being up 379 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: under him, because he's coached and you look at his resume, 380 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 1: he's coached some of the greatest players to play the 381 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: game and That's why I have so much of great 382 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 1: dual respect for Dan, not just because of his experienced 383 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: but also to how he coaches. You know, he's one 384 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: of those those coaches that you know he might be 385 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: no none say, he might be a guy that you 386 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:57,679 Speaker 1: know he doesn't like to play too much, but you 387 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 1: know he's hands on with everything that he does. But 388 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,719 Speaker 1: at the same time, you know he brings another you know, 389 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: style and where he coaches, where he tries to understand 390 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: you as well as a player. He knows what's good 391 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 1: for you, what you do best, and you know the 392 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: things that you do best, he wants to try to, 393 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 1: you know, you know, expose that. So I think that's 394 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 1: the greatest thing that I love about Dean is that 395 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 1: it's not just about coaching, you know, he really tries 396 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 1: to learn about you and make you the best player 397 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: that you possibly be. We're big Dean Piece fans, mad 398 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: respect of Dean PA's particularly myself. I I I just 399 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: his mind is fascinating to me. I think it's so 400 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 1: cool Um for you, you know, having played with him 401 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: and you spend a lot of time with him. What's 402 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: your favorite Dan P's story. Oh, I would say this 403 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: is about far the best fun I think, because you know, 404 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: and this was at Tennessee and it was one time 405 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: I think we were trying to figure out whether how 406 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 1: we were going to break practice. And I think it 407 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: maybe either during camp Ota is one of the two, 408 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: and I think maybe the old lineman went up and 409 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: they were catching punts, right, and every I guess, one 410 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: of the old lineman wins and the second one win. 411 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 1: And then they were kind of like, Okay, for the 412 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 1: defensive side, we're gonna try to see, you know, who's 413 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: gonna be the last person to catch it. Who Ever 414 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: catches it, we're gonna break practice. But if they don't 415 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: catch it, then we're gonna we're gonna continue practice. And 416 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,400 Speaker 1: I remember coach raise he uh, he ended up picking 417 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: Dean for Oh my gosh, and he's probably like late sixties, 418 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: you know, Dean cool just sit back there, you know, 419 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: he analyzes everything, he watches everything. And he called his 420 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: name up and Dean walked up there real confident, like, 421 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: oh my god, I'm gonna catch it. Wow. In my head, 422 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: you know, I had to feel I'm like, he, I 423 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: think he's gonna catch me. Knowing Dean, he wouldn't allow 424 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: us to see him not cass that right. So you know, 425 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: he he gets out there in the middle of the field, 426 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: it's split between the two. It's offense and in this defense, 427 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: everybody looking at each other just hoping a pram. If 428 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: he catches this, we're gonna be happy, We're gonna we're 429 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: gonna go crazy. And then I remember, you know, Dean 430 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: just sitting there, he just relaxed, like he's done it before. 431 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: The dude he hits the jug, the ball is selling 432 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: in the air, and Dan just sitting there just chilling, 433 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: like at some point then you got to move the 434 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: ball then, and I remember he baby took like two 435 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: steps back. He called it. Oh, and literally everybody ran 436 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: down to him and we called him. He was like hey, hey, hey, 437 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: And that was probably the best. That was probably the 438 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: best experience I saw, you know with Dean. I saw 439 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: like the young version of Dan when when he did that, 440 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: that's I mean, to have the confidence to be like 441 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: no big deal, no big deal. And he called it 442 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: efforts effortless. Yeah, he didn't have no babble of the ball. 443 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 1: He called it. He just made the cat the fantastic. Yeah, 444 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: one last question before we get to the rapid fire 445 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: section get pumped for that. I've talked to you a 446 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,239 Speaker 1: couple of different times, even right after you sign your 447 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: contract here, and you said that it kind of felt 448 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: like home and you were close to home. You seem 449 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: like you're having a blast. Yeah this season? Is that right? 450 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: What is it about? I don't know, the team, maybe 451 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 1: being close to home, the way that you guys are 452 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 1: playing kind of just like the perfect story. What is 453 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: it that you just seem happy playing football? Well, I 454 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: think it's kind of a combination of everything. Man, And 455 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: I think too, the opportunity in itself is something that 456 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 1: I'm humbled to say and honor to say that. You know, 457 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: anytime you get another chance to extend your career in 458 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: the NFL, it's always a good thing. Anytime you get 459 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 1: picked up by any team where what position it is 460 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 1: or what role you play, it's a privilege. So I 461 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: thought of it in that way, just automatically coming in 462 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,199 Speaker 1: and then just to add on to it, you know, 463 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 1: I have familiar faces. I knew, I knew Dean, I 464 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: knew Art, I knew some of my teammates that were 465 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: here from Tennessee Titans that kind of went through some 466 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: of the same things I went through as far as 467 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: trying to you know, find a way and you know, 468 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: establish themselves in the league. And then you know, all 469 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: of those things incorporated just made it with it is 470 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: today and then too also you know, I'm close on 471 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: the home. So it's just a lot of things that 472 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 1: just collicked and it felt right, and you know, I 473 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: felt like, you you know, think about this opportunity. I 474 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: was like, look, I let just take this opportunity and 475 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 1: run with it. And you know, I've been trying to 476 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: do it ever since. And you know, I'm just happy 477 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: the fact that I'm able to be around you know, 478 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: really positive, uh, you know environment as far as you know, 479 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: the ind Atlanta Falcons, and you know, you see some 480 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: of the success on the field of what the things 481 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: that we can do and the things that we're going 482 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: to do. So I'm excited about that. Man. A nice 483 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: a nice way to end before we get into the 484 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,719 Speaker 1: crazy of Rapid Fire, which is everyone's favorite podcast segment. 485 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: We think so people made it our favorite. It's our favorite. 486 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: People may hate it, but we're going to continue doing it. Now. 487 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: It's five questions. Everybody gets similar questions basically the same 488 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: questions so number one, Um, your favorite play of your career? Oh, 489 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 1: I would say when I picked the perform against Patrick 490 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: my Homes, I ran it. I literally it was so funny, 491 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: don't know. I was completely out of breath. And I 492 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: also locked my backup, so I was playing with a 493 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: bad back the whole time. And people in all the 494 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: players they got, they was laughing at me because they 495 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 1: were like, look, you you run all the time. What 496 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: you get your back lock? Though for us, I wouldn't 497 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: say that flavor because I played the rest of the 498 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: game messed up my back because I was running so 499 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: hard trying to score. Yeah, I can't agree, Like I 500 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: was so exciting about that play, So yeah, I say that. 501 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: Is there a TV show that you're binging right now? 502 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: Or I was What was I watching? Um? I was 503 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: watching Power at the time. Yeah, that was one of 504 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: my favorites. And then I also was watching what was 505 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: I watching? My pops for some reason, he got me 506 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: into watching, you know, warm movies like you know, we 507 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 1: should watch Dry three hundred glad of Hater. So I 508 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: watched movies like that because I feel like that when 509 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: I'm out there playing football. So I think at the time, 510 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: what was it. What was that show called it? I 511 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: forgot the name of that show. I don't it doesn't 512 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 1: air as much anymore. But it was on Hulu. Yeah, 513 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: I forgot the name of it. But if I find it, 514 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: if I figured out, I'll tell you. I forgot the 515 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 1: name of it. It was on Hulu. Was that like 516 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: a war? Like a woman? It was like me, you know, yeah, 517 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: the name of that show like Vikings. It was kind 518 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 1: of like Vikings, but it was like it could have 519 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 1: been maybe um when Game of Thrones when because I'm 520 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: gonna look at it, I figured when this runs, Yeah, 521 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: I just run. I used to watch movies like that, 522 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 1: Arthur King, Arthur like that. I used to love movies 523 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: like that, and it was it was. I forgot the 524 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: name of it was on Hulu, and I will watch it. 525 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: We will find it. Um. Next question, favorite restaurants, and 526 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: it can be anywhere. It could be back Calm, it 527 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 1: could be here Tennessee. Favorite restaurant. Okay, so you know, 528 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: I would most of the time since I'm a country, 529 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: but I would say so food. But I've been coming 530 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: for some reason. I've been teetering on in sushi. Yeah, 531 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: I don't know why I got an acquired taste, and 532 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: I've been eating that lately, So any place with sushi 533 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: at this point, I love that is fantastic. Yeah, country 534 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: boy eating the title of the podcast. Who is the 535 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: falcon that you hang out with the most? I would 536 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: say it's a toss up between Grady and TQ. They're 537 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: usually together. Yeah, I'm hanging out one most of the 538 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: time with each other. Yeah. It's totally like an older 539 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: brother little brother. Yeah. Yeah, between those guys. Ye, most definitely. 540 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 1: It's fun interesting. I got it as a line. But 541 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: you gotta have a relationship with your It's like a 542 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: quarterback in your old line. You gotta have a relationship 543 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: with him because they keep old lining off of me. Yeah. Yeah, 544 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,640 Speaker 1: so I gotta make sure you know I'm talking with him. 545 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 1: I might even pay for the dentist. Yeah, I gotta 546 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: make sure I treat them good. So especially Grady taking 547 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: one most definitely. So he's definitely the one that I 548 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 1: try to, you know, be on a good side. Yeah. 549 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: Last one, your pet peeve, biggest pet peeve, my pet peeve. 550 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: And it's something simple one I would say. I would say, 551 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 1: just if you're if you tell me you're gonna be 552 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: somewhere on time. Oh god, do you want to tell me? 553 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: You don't tell me. You pull it off fifteen minutes 554 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: and it's thirty minutes. I hate that Scott who's on 555 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: time person? You know? Well maybe maybe yeah, because yeah, yeah, 556 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 1: I end up traveling together. And yeah there was one 557 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 1: time she was like two minutes later and I'm like, 558 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: the world's coming, twin end. What is wrong with twy? 559 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: She's dead in her hotel room. Yeah. No, I That 560 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: is one of my biggest pet peeves. Like if I 561 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: say I'm gonna be there at this time, I'm there 562 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: at this time. I have friends who I'll be like, hey, 563 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 1: we're actually meeting at five thirty, We're not we're meeting 564 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: at six, because I know that they're not going to 565 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,959 Speaker 1: show up on time. Yeah, you do the same thing 566 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: I'll do. I would literally say, like maybe sometimes in 567 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: the people I did what, I would probably say two 568 00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: hours that success. Yeah, it's bad. You know when you 569 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: really know your friends and don't you hang around. You 570 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: know you got it. You love him, you love him 571 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 1: to death, but you like, like, I know he's gonna 572 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: be late. Yeah, okay, Well I'm not getting in sushi anytime. 573 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: Now because I'm always five minutes late. But hopefully, hopefully, 574 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: uh hopefully we could go get sushi. Yeah, do a 575 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:25,959 Speaker 1: live podcast and they should just bring guy just different 576 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: different ones and we just try. Man, we just talk, 577 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: you know, to be some nice. I'm there for it. 578 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: That sounds awesome and Sean, thank you so much for 579 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: the time. 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