1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick had a lot to say about you on 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: his conference call on just about your acclamation process here 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: and when you join the roster during training camp into 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: now what how would you describe that process and being 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: moved up to the fifty three man. Well, you've just 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: come in here every day and you go to work 7 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: and you try to get better and then if it's 8 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: good enough, then you get the call. Were you what 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: was your reaction when you got that call? Oh? I 10 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: mean I told my family back home to make sure 11 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: they watched the game. How big is this back hole? Um? 12 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: It's getting bigger every year now. It started kind of 13 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: with Morris Berger when when he got picked up, football 14 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: got a boost in Germany. So we just helped keeps 15 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: growing and the games. But there's six hour, seven hour differs. 16 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: Six hour difference, yeah, so beyond seven o'clock a nine. Yes, sorry, 17 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: How excited to you for this opportunity? Oh? Very excited? Yeah. 18 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: James is told in the past that making those decisions 19 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: after the snap, of just reacting in real time to 20 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: what the blocking is doing, it's the hardest part about 21 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: playing fullback. Would you agree with that? Sounds about right? Yeah? 22 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: Is why how do you go about kind of making 23 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: those decisions loss, you know, and getting used to making 24 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: those decisions. I guess you just watch the film and 25 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: then you go out to practice and do it in 26 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: practice and then try to do it in the game. 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: How much does it just do what you've been doing 28 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: and you know, taking from what you do on the 29 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: practice field to the game field, because you know, some 30 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: people might say, Okay, I got to do a little 31 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: bit more instead of just doing what you've been doing 32 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 1: to get to this point. Well, you try to find 33 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: some extra time to watch more film, but it's pretty 34 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: much just doing what you've been doing. How much is 35 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: it for for you having even just the few snaps 36 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: that you did last week help you understand sort of 37 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: the game game speed? Well, that was my first reps. 38 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: So now the first rep is out of the way. 39 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: I was gonna just play football. Does that get some 40 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: of the some of the nerves out of your system? Sure? 41 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: Was when you when you've got here and when you 42 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: got here in July, did you think you had a 43 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: chance to get to this point or how how long 44 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: of a shot did it feel like for you at 45 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: that point? To be honest, I really didn't think about it. 46 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: At all. I was just focused on every day trying 47 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: to do what I can. And it might sound like 48 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: you heard a lot here, but that's really the mentality 49 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: I had, just because thinking so far ahead just gets 50 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: you in trouble. So I'll just try to stay every 51 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: day and wake up do my best. Watch the film 52 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: Go Back to Sleep. Was there somebody other than James 53 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: who you looked to for leadership that you looked to 54 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: to watch and how they carried themselves and how they 55 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: prepared to get yourself ready. It would be anybody in 56 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: the tight end the full bed room, but I'd say 57 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: especially James, since we've played the same position.