1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Can what was your your draft, your draft. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: Experience, Like, I mean I went to I didn't really 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 2: do anything until after the combine. 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 3: So I went to the combine. I had like I 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 3: want to say. 6 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 2: Like eight interviews, eight or nine interviews like throughout the teams, 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,319 Speaker 2: and it was all like teams that kind of needed 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 2: a running back. I didn't meet with the Giants or nothing. 9 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 2: And then like a week before the draft, I went 10 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: to visit the Giants. I did like a Cleveland to 11 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: Giants to tennis or to Titans, so Nashville and uh, 12 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: I definitely thought like either Cleveland or the Niners are 13 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 2: going to take me, because the Niners were like texting 14 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 2: showing interest, and then it came down to their pick 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: in the third round and they didn't pick me. Then 16 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 2: they texted my agent and was like, hey, you know, 17 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 2: we're going to take a starting safety over a backup 18 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 2: running back. So then I was like all right, bet 19 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 2: And then just like the whole time, br like I 20 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 2: was late to a meeting. When I visited the Giants, 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 2: I landed in New York or in Jersey at like 22 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 2: three am. Had to be at the hospital at six 23 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: thirty in the morning, like for physical and stuff or 24 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 2: like check up, and I woke up at like six 25 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: point thirty, but I was supposed to be in the 26 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:19,919 Speaker 2: bus by like six. 27 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 3: Got to the bus. They drove us to the city 28 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 3: to do. 29 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: Like the medical exams or whatever, and then I got 30 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 2: to the facility. All the meetings were pushed back because 31 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: I was late, and then the like the GM and 32 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 2: everybody sat me down. 33 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 3: I was like, are you late last night? And I 34 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 3: was like, I slept in I was. 35 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: I got in here at three o'clock in the morning, 36 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: Like I'm off two hours of sleep right now. And 37 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: when I left the building after being interviewed, like once 38 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 2: I left and then like got rid of everybody and 39 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 2: stopped meeting with everyone. 40 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 3: I was like, there's no chance they're taking me. Like 41 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 3: there's no chance. 42 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: And I just remember like seeing my phone called on 43 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 2: your half night and I seeing the giants and I 44 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: was like, I looked at my dad. I was like, 45 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: there's no way right now, like that the giants are 46 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: calling my phone after being late, missing something like it 47 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: was kind of nuts, but like there was nobody that 48 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: really showed like full interest. 49 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 3: They were like, oh yeah, we like the way you play. 50 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 3: We'll keep in touch blah blah blah. 51 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: But it wasn't like nobody was like, yeah, we're gonna 52 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 2: try our best to get you or like showing like 53 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 2: extra interest like you know what I mean, which they 54 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: probably don't do that due to the fact that like 55 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 2: your agent can like leverage that to other teams and stuff. 56 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: But I mean, end of the day, it was just 57 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 2: like college recruitment, but to a scrub. 58 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 4: When you were going to these teams, Right are you 59 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 4: just in meeting with them, like you're not doing any Yeah, 60 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 4: you're not doing any like workouts and stuff, right, you. 61 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 2: Just mean, so they do like it's called thirty visits, 62 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 2: so like every every other day like or every day 63 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 2: they'll have a new couple of kids. So like Monday 64 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: they had so like they had me Abdul and then 65 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: like a couple offensive linemen on like a Monday, and 66 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: the next day they flew in four more guys. 67 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 3: And the next day they're flew in four more guys. 68 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 2: So you could take thirty of those visits between the 69 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: time you're into the like the draft whatever to the draft, 70 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 2: Like you can visit thirty different teams and you can 71 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,679 Speaker 2: have I think they can have thirty guys or something 72 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 2: like that. They can't have everybody come in, so you 73 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 2: literally meet wake up in the morning. You do like 74 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: little medical stuff to make sure like your body's healthy, 75 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: you're not injured and stuff, because obviously they needn't know 76 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 2: about all that. You go to breakfast, you meet with 77 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 2: your position coach, like the running back coach. 78 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 3: That's there. 79 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 2: You go to your off the coordinator, talk about play scheme, 80 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 2: all that stuff. See how much you know. They kind 81 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 2: of like test your ball knowledge. You go to lunch, 82 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 2: but then you do like assistant GM, GM director of 83 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 2: player personnel, the like the team psyche. You meet with 84 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 2: all those people and then they kick you out the 85 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 2: door and you really don't hear nothing until draft night. 86 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 4: That's great. Imagine doing all that. You have a workout 87 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 4: with like five other dudes, like I think we had. 88 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 4: I had nine draft workouts, Josh. 89 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: I think I ahead or teams. 90 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, they can like request, I guess they can request 91 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: before they can't like have you work out at their facility, 92 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 2: Like they can request for you to work out at 93 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 2: your own like own home. They can say, like we 94 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 2: want to see you work out, and you just go 95 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: back to a su and you work out for them, 96 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 2: but then like that whole workout has to be like 97 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 2: like announced, Yeah, like a kind of a protect yeah, 98 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: like a mini product. 99 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: Yeah. 100 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 2: If they don't make it to the proct they can 101 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 2: request one and be like, well, we want to see 102 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 2: you work out this day. 103 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 3: You can either tell them no or yeah. 104 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 2: But like if you tell them no and they didn't 105 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 2: really like you, you probably not. 106 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 3: Have a draft for you. 107 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 5: Not that seam going into the draft can did you 108 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 5: did you have an idea of where you might be 109 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 5: taken or were you kind of just like, hey, it 110 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 5: could be all over the place. 111 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 2: I knew it was going to be like I thought 112 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 2: it was going to be late or early for or 113 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 2: I mean early third, middle of the third, possibly late third. 114 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 3: I didn't have no idea it was gonna be the fourth. 115 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 2: But like me mentally knowing only had one offer coming 116 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 2: out of college, had a couple offers coming out of 117 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 2: the portal, like I just knew, like, all right, this 118 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 2: is gonna be not how we wanted to go, Like 119 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 2: just prepare. So like day two of the drafts, the 120 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 2: second and third round, I'm just chilling, you know. I 121 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 2: got dressed up because there was a chance you know, 122 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 2: I'm just chilling into the third round comes around, I'm like, 123 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 2: all right, like someone's gotta be calling my phone soon, 124 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 2: agent's talking high and then nothing. So then I look 125 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 2: at everybody that was behind me, like all my family, 126 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 2: everybody flew into town. I looked backwards. I said, look, 127 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 2: don't be upset. We knew this shit was gonna happen. 128 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: Nine am tomorrow. 129 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 3: I'm gonna get draft in the first ten picks. 130 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 2: You guys better be ready to like cause all there 131 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 2: was the first five six teams were teams that needed 132 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 2: a running back. So we were like, we have to go, 133 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 2: and like we knew we were going to the fourth 134 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 2: at that point. And it was like I told I 135 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 2: looked at everybody. I say, nine am tomorrow, same spot, 136 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: be here on time because it's going to be early. 137 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 3: Then three call, three phone calls in. You know, I 138 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 3: got a phone call from a giant. 139 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,679 Speaker 5: So I mean, for these guys, obviously, the NBA Draft 140 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 5: is one night and it's two rounds and like you're 141 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 5: your sweating so to not get picked and then have 142 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 5: to go to sleep the next night and wake up 143 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 5: again and be like I hope I get picked. I 144 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 5: feel like it's a different just level of like nervousness, literally, bro, 145 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 5: Like I knew I knew I was going to get drafted. 146 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 5: Like I knew I was going to go. It was 147 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 5: just a matter of like was it going to be 148 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 5: the third round? 149 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 2: And then I didn't get the third round, and I 150 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 2: was like, Okay, now it could be the fourth, fifth, sixth, 151 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 2: or seventh round. You know, Like I had no idea 152 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 2: once it got past the third round, I was like, 153 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 2: they gonna be early, or it's going to be middle 154 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 2: of the fifth into the sixth. 155 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 4: You know, you said you said, there's like a little 156 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 4: hint that you're again drafted to the Giants. What was 157 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 4: that hint? 158 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:52,679 Speaker 3: What do you mean you said? 159 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 4: You said, I didn't know I was gonna get drafted 160 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 4: to the giants, but there's like a little hint. 161 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 2: No, They're just like there's just things they say to you, 162 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 2: like you could pick up on. I'm good at reading people, bro, 163 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 2: Like when I'm around people. So like when I when 164 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 2: I announced it kind of in person that I was 165 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 2: late and that I like kind of stood up from 166 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 2: my eyes took accountability for like being late and sleeping in. 167 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 2: I could feel like this sistant GM who was like 168 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 2: he kind of liked me, and then I got through 169 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 2: the draft was like, all right, I don't think these 170 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 2: guys like me like whatever, but like I don't. 171 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 3: I don't remember saying him. 172 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 2: But there's like, I don't know, you just feel from 173 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 2: certain teams like there's a there's a six team like 174 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 2: bubble that you know you're gonna go to. You know, 175 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 2: there's not like it's not it's not a thirty two 176 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 2: team thing like you like Mendoza knows he's going in 177 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: the first one, two or three picks, Like there's only 178 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 2: three picks there. 179 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 3: There's only three teams. Now somebody trades for that first pick. 180 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 2: Then he's gonna have no idea, but like he knows 181 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: he's gonna be the top three picks. So it's like 182 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 2: there's a three team bubble, you know what I mean. 183 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: Mine it was like a sixteen bubble because there was 184 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 2: about six or seven, maybe eight teams that needed to 185 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 2: run back. 186 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 5: So one thing I was going to say is you 187 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 5: talked about your high school career. Obviously the numbers you 188 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 5: put up despite you know, and not really getting many offers. 189 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 5: You talked about sort of the theme throughout your career 190 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 5: being you know, doubted and underrated and all of that. 191 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 5: So fast forward to you know, this past season when 192 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 5: you know you make a crazy impact, Like did you 193 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 5: know did you sort of come in with that same approach, 194 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 5: Like were you like, Hey, my time's going to come, 195 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 5: My time's going to come, and when it does, like 196 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 5: it's you know, it's up or like how did you 197 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 5: did you kind of come into the NFL with that 198 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 5: same that level of belief and faith. 199 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I always like I always believe I'll 200 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 2: be on the field no matter where I'm at, who 201 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 2: I'm up against, Like that's just who I am. Like 202 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 2: as soon as I get the ball in my hands, 203 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 2: nobody you're not going to be able to like keep 204 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 2: me off the field, which like we had an injury 205 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 2: this year and I got on the field and I 206 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: didn't come off like it was just just when I'm 207 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 2: on the field, it you know, I'm not coming off 208 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 2: Like I'm not going to let you take me off 209 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 2: the field unless you're like telling me get off. 210 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 3: You know. 211 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 2: But there's like I don't know that I don't really 212 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 2: look at it like competition, just like I'm the best. 213 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 3: I think I'm the best everything I do. 214 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 2: So it was like when I'm when I got drafted, 215 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 2: I was like, Okay, this might take time. They had 216 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 2: a guy that played well last year. You know, there's 217 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 2: guys in the room that are haven't played much ball. 218 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 2: There was a guy there's a vet in the room 219 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 2: that's on year seven. So I was kind of like 220 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 2: at first, I was like, Okay, this might take some time. 221 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 2: And then but like coming into it, that's that's my mindset. 222 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 2: It's just like a full head of steam. 223 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 3: Just be me. 224 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 2: And then I got I got there in OTAs and 225 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 2: I had I had to tour to hamstring four weeks later, 226 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 2: start getting healthy, tear our hamstring again, take a three 227 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 2: week four week break, go into training camp with like 228 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 2: my first four days balling, hooping, then fifth day pull 229 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 2: my hamstring again. So then I got to sit out 230 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 2: all I'm like, it was just a slight tear, Like 231 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 2: each one was getting a little bit less. So I 232 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 2: was like grade grade two was my first one, and 233 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,719 Speaker 2: then a grade one, and then the grade one was 234 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 2: getting smaller and smaller each time, so like it was 235 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 2: slowly going away, but it was still like being irritated 236 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 2: and so going like that happening. I knew like it 237 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 2: was gonna take a little bit longer to get into 238 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 2: game just because I was held out. You know, I 239 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 2: didn't do a ton of OTAs because I pulled my hamstring. 240 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 2: But I knew I had a good four days of 241 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 2: training camp to start. And then I was like after 242 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 2: those four days, I was like, all right, pul my 243 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 2: hamstring again. I was like, all right, this might be 244 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 2: a Game twelve entrance, you know. But then I started 245 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 2: feeling good. Like I told my trainers too. I always 246 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 2: tell my trainers like once a season time, he ain't 247 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 2: gonna see me hurt. I'm I'm always available. Eight weeks, 248 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 2: nine weeks later, break my ankle. Now I'm in the 249 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 2: training room every day. So but yeah, long story short, 250 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:56,959 Speaker 2: I always think. I always think I'm gonna play like 251 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 2: that's not ever a doubt in my mind. Like, no 252 00:10:58,960 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 2: matter who's on the field. 253 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 4: I know you said that you're clear now or you 254 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 4: just went through clearance about stuff, but what was your 255 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 4: mind like after that injury, Like, I know you had 256 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 4: to be some sort of self doubt at least at 257 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 4: sleeping at some point. But it's a big mental hurdle 258 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 4: to get over when she gets see injury like that 259 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 4: for sure. So just what was your thought process going 260 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 4: through obviously with pre surgery and everything. 261 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, bro, So I always told myself like, if I 262 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 2: ever had a major injury, like I was done playing. 263 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 2: And I always used to say, like, if I ever 264 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 2: break my leg or something or blow my knee out, 265 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 2: I'm done. I always told myself that, and I would 266 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 2: tell my best friends that, I would tell my girlfriend that, 267 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 2: Like everybody was like. 268 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 3: Bought in. If he gets hurt, he's done. 269 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 2: That happening Like as soon as I started getting hot 270 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 2: balling out, you know, starting to become the face a 271 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 2: little bit, and then I got hurt and it was like, 272 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 2: all right, I can't like play football for seven games, 273 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 2: get hurt, and then just never play again. Now I'm like, 274 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 2: you don't realize what you had or like what it 275 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 2: means to you until you get taken from the game, 276 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 2: which everybody says like until it's taken from you, you 277 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 2: never know what you have, you know, And that's kind 278 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 2: of how I feel right now, Like grinding every day, 279 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 2: going to treatment every day, working out every day, doing 280 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 2: nothing but arms every single day, and then not being 281 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 2: able to go on Sunday to play with the boys, 282 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 2: you know. So it's like that's the worst part, is 283 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 2: like putting all this world. 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