1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: Hey, Rodney, how does an NFL player, because you're doing 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: this for the first time, how does an NFL player 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: with as crazy of a busy schedules as you have, 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: how do you balance all of that but celebrating Thanksgiving? 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Just actually, this guy, you said that my parents are 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: actually on the way up here right now. So but 7 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: they said, like we like work some ways into the 8 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: schedule just to give us some time just to make sure, 9 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: like especially like on Thursday times spent the family. And 10 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: then they said like the next day too, like some 11 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: more time to spent the family. So just I just 12 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: made it sure, like like they said, like when we're here, 13 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: like we're locked in, we're focusing on pactice and then 14 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: like they give us so much of time for that 15 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: like afterwards and stuff like that. Are you a big 16 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving guy? Yeah, I'm a big Everything guys you spent 17 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: out of the family is always good. So anyway that's possible, 18 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: I'm for it. Is this is this the first time 19 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: where you've had to balance football and the holiday at 20 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: the same time. No, in high school especially, Uh, but 21 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: we think I guess if we went into states, like 22 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: I think we've played around like fifteen like sixteen like 23 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: games like season, so we were always practicing like during 24 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: like thingsgiving like different things like that. So it's just 25 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: more of the same. Really got about that you're from 26 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and you're playing the Pittsburgh Steelers. Did you grow 27 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: up a big Steelers fan? I grew up just more 28 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: so like players and different things like that. I never 29 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: really had like a like a team that I was 30 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: rooting for, just mainly like a different like especially like 31 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: position like that I was at in like positions that 32 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: I liked to play, like. I would just watch like 33 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: certain guys and different things like that. But like Steelers, 34 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: like they always had like naturally, like just from like 35 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: their record coming up, like you know, like there was 36 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: always like a real good team like always coming up, 37 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: always a real good players, so like I would always 38 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: I was always growing up like watching them like big 39 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: Steeler's household if naturally big Steelers like area, like everybody 40 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: Steelers area or steeless heavy in Pittsburgh, so like real 41 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: good fan base. So I just always like surrounded by 42 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: it all the time. How close did you grow up 43 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: from downtown in the stadium area. I probably took me. 44 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 1: It takes me by like like twenty minutes to get there. Yeah, 45 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: far at all. So did you grow up going to 46 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: games the games? Yeah, I've been to a couple of 47 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: games and then like we played there, we played their 48 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: champion like our championship game and stuff there in high 49 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: school too, So it was really nice. First of all, 50 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: your first primetime game on Monday night football as a cookie, 51 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: I'm sure, I mean growing up there, that's got to 52 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: be a lifelong dream that you're going to cross off 53 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: that bucket list. Yeah, yeah, for sure, just real excited, 54 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: really excited it is week, real excited for just for 55 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: another opportunity to just try to just get it up. 56 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: What do you see out of their offense? I mean 57 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: they've got a lot of playmakers. I know they're not 58 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: scoring a lot of points, but what is the challenge 59 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: this week when they've got the ball? Oh yeah for sure, 60 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: Like naturally, like that's a week to week league across 61 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: the board, so you can't you can't look at records, 62 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: you can't look at like scoring points and everything like that. 63 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: You look at talent on their team, like they're talented 64 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: across the board, talented QB, talented re seris, talented running back. 65 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: So you just look at what they have and your 66 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: game plan for what they have, and then you just 67 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: try to go out there and just execute the game plan. 68 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,839 Speaker 1: How do you compartmentalize? Because this defense has been playing great, right, 69 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: you guys have been shutting teams down. I mean the 70 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: Eagles seventeen points, the Chiefs seventeen points, Commander seventeen points. 71 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: But you don't have a lot of wins to show 72 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: for I mean, how do you balance being frustrated but 73 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: also having that hunger and that that motivation to get 74 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: better and go from great to elite within this defense? 75 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: Like you said, was like with every with everything you 76 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: just said, Uh, at the end, you said, like, well, 77 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: we don't have a lot of wins to show for us. 78 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: So that's what keeps us a ground, That's what keeps 79 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: us going because we know, like, yeah, we're doing good, 80 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: but we need to do more. So like every day 81 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: we just come in trying to do more than we 82 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 1: did last week. All right, forgive me because I watched 83 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: a little bit of the game last week on Saturday. 84 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: It came across my television Harvard Yale. I didn't see 85 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: it through though, I honestly don't know who won. Did 86 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: did Yale come out on top of that game. Of 87 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: course we did. Of course we did. Real nice, real 88 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: nice to see that. I was really happy for the 89 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: guys talking to the guys after the game in the 90 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: locker room, did different things like that. I was on 91 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: the phone with them, So it was real nice, like 92 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: saying though, especially like I'm only a year like year removed, 93 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: so like it felt like I got the wins. Yeah, right, 94 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: You're still within it, you know, emotionally and in terms 95 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: of that investment. Now it's the it's the third oldest 96 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: rivalry in college sports nationally, right, Yeah, I think so. 97 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: I think I think it's the third one. I think 98 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: the first one is like Lehigh and like someone else. 99 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: But I think I think we're third. Sold out crowd. 100 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: What's it like to play at Harvard? I mean that 101 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: that stadium is over one hundred years old and it's 102 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: just a big block of concrete, but it's historic, right, 103 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: It's crazy. I never played in Harvard Stadium. Yeah, it's 104 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: actually crazy how it worked, because like I was there 105 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: four and a half years with like with the COVID year, 106 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: but freshman year we're home. Sophomore year we would have 107 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: been there, but that's when we had the game at Fenway, 108 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: so that that took places like their home game. Yeah, 109 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: I saw they haven't played there since twenty sixteen or sometimes. 110 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: It's crazy. That was like then that was the year 111 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: like right before I got in. Then junior year, it 112 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: was back at home, and then when we had the 113 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: COVID year, they just treated it as if like we 114 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: did flip and play the season. So like that next year, 115 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: like it flipped the game, so we ended up home again, 116 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: so like we had we basically we knewhy we never 117 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: played in the stadium, So it's crazy. I love things 118 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 1: like that. I love the history of the series and 119 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: just uh, you know, two iconic institutions. How intense is 120 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: it up there within the fans and the players on 121 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: both sidelines between Harvard and Yale. No, it definitely is, 122 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: because it's like there's like the game essentially, like they 123 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: had called duck game, called the game, so it's real. 124 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: Tensions always up, energy is always up, Fans always get 125 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: into it, so's a real good atmosphere. I appreciate the time. 126 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: Good luck on Monday night football, I appreciate it.