Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens preparing
Speaker 1: for Sunday's matchup coming up against the Tennessee Titans in
Speaker 1: London and as they get ready for that game, we
Speaker 1: had a chance to talk with linebacker Roe Kwan Smith,
Speaker 1: who just wrapped up practice at the Tottenham facility here
Speaker 1: outside London.
Speaker 2: So what's kind of your your impressions of just the
Speaker 2: facility here.
Speaker 3: At top Yeah, No, it's an amazing facility of just
Speaker 3: being here and seeing that they definitely take good care
Speaker 3: of their players in the fields.
Speaker 4: Man, they're pretty sweet.
Speaker 3: Like even the ones we didn't get the chance to
Speaker 3: practice on, like, they're pretty sweet.
Speaker 4: So I'm a fan.
Speaker 5: Brock when we just so dank the Java come in
Speaker 5: and I hope Jimmy Pop Patty's wee ken. But when
Speaker 5: he does get fit, when he is healthy and ready
Speaker 5: slug and how good can he be in this league?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 3: No, I think Jappo has a lot of potential. You know,
Speaker 3: it was just more so about you know, being healthy
Speaker 3: and whatnot. So I'm very excited for him to get
Speaker 3: back out there when he when he's healthy, because I
Speaker 3: think he can do a lot of good things and
Speaker 3: We've seen that before. When he's actually on the field,
Speaker 3: he definitely can produce. So as long as he get healthy,
Speaker 3: man definitely love to see him back out there.
Speaker 6: Brokewan John Harball was pretty specific about why they chose
Speaker 6: to travel when they did. How do you feel physically
Speaker 6: now that you've had a what a three night's sleep
Speaker 6: almost in London already? How do you feel your body reacting?
Speaker 3: Oh, very well, Like I've been going to sleep like
Speaker 3: I feel like you know UK, But I don't know
Speaker 3: how good that actually was. But I've been going to
Speaker 3: sleep like around like eleven or so, so it's kind
Speaker 3: of been like and waking up around like seven eight,
Speaker 3: like eight more so in the morning. So it's been
Speaker 3: pretty good for me. And I feel like I'm adjusted
Speaker 3: on the time zone. I think tonight will be the best,
Speaker 3: probably the best night of sleep, whereas I feel like
Speaker 3: I've gotten even more acclimated, so I'm excited about that.
Speaker 6: Did you play in London at all in your career?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I did back in twenty nineteen, Chicago versus Vegas.
Speaker 4: There was the Oakland in at that time.
Speaker 6: He has the best as the worst.
Speaker 3: I probably have the worst, and then I'm sure, some
Speaker 3: other people have the worst because I can get by
Speaker 3: with a couple.
Speaker 4: I can say a few words here and there.
Speaker 3: But I heard Tuck talk today, and Tuck actually a
Speaker 3: couple of the nice people over at the hotel.
Speaker 4: I was like, oh my god.
Speaker 3: They was like his was pretty good, you know what
Speaker 3: I mean? So like, yeah, but mine is not the best.
Speaker 6: What are your good ones that you can get by with.
Speaker 3: Let's have a proper English speck for us.
Speaker 4: That's probably not good. That's probably not good. A wataie
Speaker 4: like ye.
Speaker 3: As someone who has already been to London would where
Speaker 3: probably the craziest questions you were asked by the teammates.
Speaker 4: Well, some teammates. It's kind of funny.
Speaker 3: It has never really been outside of America, Like, it's
Speaker 3: kind of funny.
Speaker 4: I'm just like, bro, it's.
Speaker 3: So many dudes that make, you know, crazy means for
Speaker 3: themselves and create a great life for themselves and never
Speaker 3: really get out to see other parts of the world.
Speaker 4: So I never quite understood that.
Speaker 3: So guys would be like, you know, sometimes be like, okay.
Speaker 4: What do they speak? You know, the language that they
Speaker 4: speak and things that.
Speaker 3: So the language was probably the best one when you
Speaker 3: think English England, you know, so when you think it
Speaker 3: from that perspective, but yeah, you hear some crazy things
Speaker 3: in the locker room.
Speaker 4: I'll tell you that six act. You about this Titan
Speaker 4: offense one more time.
Speaker 3: Sorry, This Titan offense physical team, you know, a physical team,
Speaker 3: and that's something we pride ourselves on as well. Knowing
Speaker 3: they have a really good back hearing he's been doing
Speaker 3: a really long time, and uh good quarterback in Tannehill
Speaker 3: as well as you know d hop Pen, you know,
Speaker 3: one of the best in the game for a while.
Speaker 3: So they definitely got some pieces over there, and it's
Speaker 3: just gonna be about you know, doing our job, stopping
Speaker 3: and run first and foremost and what they definitely lean
Speaker 3: on all game long. And then you know, eliminating the
Speaker 3: hop as well trying to because they're definitely going to
Speaker 3: try to get him the ball. So it'll be a
Speaker 3: great match for us, a great, great challenge. So looking
Speaker 3: forward to it.
Speaker 6: Do you feel like coming.
Speaker 2: Off a game where I think everyone greasy, didn't you
Speaker 2: as a team did collectively, did not play it as
Speaker 2: best taking coming over here having a change of scenery,
Speaker 2: does that whole kind of moving forward at all?
Speaker 7: Oh?
Speaker 3: Yeah, like you know, last week that was the last week.
Speaker 3: Gonna leave it there, but yeah, definitely didn't play our
Speaker 3: best in a sense. And yeah, and when you don't
Speaker 3: play your best, parody e laitue like you can lose.
Speaker 3: But I think being over here man is great. Just
Speaker 3: also being here for like the fans in the UK, Man,
Speaker 3: I think it's awesome being able to just you know,
Speaker 3: put on in front of them and like actually see
Speaker 3: you know, some good football and whatnot. So I'm excited
Speaker 3: at being able to do that, as well as just
Speaker 3: being away from home and like having a chance just
Speaker 3: to bond with the teammates outside of the facility where
Speaker 3: we're at the hotels spending hours together and when you
Speaker 3: get the normal even on a deeper level, playing card
Speaker 3: games and things of that nature. So I really enjoyed it,
Speaker 3: and I love just being in different places where people
Speaker 3: are some someone out of their comfort zone and it
Speaker 3: makes you kind of grow as a person as well
Speaker 3: as a team.
Speaker 5: On there was you know, there's a lot of talk
Speaker 5: lass for meat ak to the Jacksville is even about
Speaker 5: the turf have taught other you guys obviously play on grass.
Speaker 5: Curious if you prefer grass or turf or or if
Speaker 5: you're different. And then secondly, as you maybe have to
Speaker 5: make when you you know, you obviously go to turf fields.
Speaker 7: Uh.
Speaker 3: Yeah, No, That's definitely been a huge thing with the
Speaker 3: grass and turf, and personally I'd rather play on actual grass,
Speaker 3: but you know, hey, I'm not the one that making
Speaker 3: the decision. But at the end of the day, they
Speaker 3: can roll the ball out anywhere, concrete, basketball court or wherever.
Speaker 4: I'll be there.
Speaker 1: That was linebacker Brokwan Smith. Now we also had a
Speaker 1: chance to talk with wide receiver Odell Beckham junior.
Speaker 5: Are you are you of these London some players like
Speaker 5: get some players done?
Speaker 6: Where do you follow in these London trips?
Speaker 7: I've been over here a few times, so I definitely
Speaker 7: think London is a beautiful place. You know, don't really
Speaker 7: see much sun, but I'm used to that over here,
Speaker 7: and I think the trip is great. It's a great atmosphere.
Speaker 7: It is definitely difficult to get adjusted the times and
Speaker 7: all of that and find your rhythm, but I think
Speaker 7: life set up that way to where you have to
Speaker 7: learn how to adjust. And this is just one of
Speaker 7: those situations, you know, and coming up coming off of
Speaker 7: a tough loss, a team just has to find a
Speaker 7: way to be resilient and keep driving, knowing it's a
Speaker 7: long journey, long season, and this is just the situation
Speaker 7: where we have now. But definitely playing in a game
Speaker 7: in twenty sixteen, it was it was funny to be there.
Speaker 7: You know, it was the Giants versus the Rams, and
Speaker 7: I'm seeing Dolphins, jerseys, Jets, like everybody's wearing their team.
Speaker 7: But the energy is still amazing and I know that
Speaker 7: the fans over here are very excited about it. So
Speaker 7: it is a definite blessing and a unique opportunity and
Speaker 7: you know, just looking forward to it.
Speaker 8: You know, you're a kind of international star.
Speaker 6: It's just something that you hear that you kind.
Speaker 8: Of relish when you play these international games, and this
Speaker 8: is just a really game that you have a chance
Speaker 8: to be one of those people that helps grew of
Speaker 8: this game internationally.
Speaker 4: Absolutely.
Speaker 7: I remember when it was just kind of starting, I
Speaker 7: think twenty sixteen, and you know before that, there was
Speaker 7: like a long break between the games over in London,
Speaker 7: and I remember going to Germany and there I had
Speaker 7: like an event or something in the streets went absolutely crazy,
Speaker 7: and just to feel that in my heart was a
Speaker 7: crazy feeling.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 7: I remember these kids followed me on bikes from miles peddling.
Speaker 4: I'm sweating.
Speaker 7: I tell the driver just pull over because like they've
Speaker 7: already did a Lance Armstrong race all the way to
Speaker 7: come to come meet. So I was like, just pull
Speaker 7: over it and you know, you met them, and just
Speaker 7: for this game to be able to grow and see it,
Speaker 7: you know, be loved by people outside of America, it's
Speaker 7: a true testament to you know, the game of football,
Speaker 7: which is such a beautiful thing. So you know, anything
Speaker 7: that I could do to help, you know, these kids
Speaker 7: over here and you see them and you know they
Speaker 7: want to field the football is like and throw with them.
Speaker 7: It's a beautiful thing to see a game that could
Speaker 7: touch so many people.
Speaker 5: Okay, just kind of you get updated and the status
Speaker 5: of your ankling sort of you know, bothered me a
Speaker 5: little bit where.
Speaker 4: You're at that. Yeah, it's been tough. You know, I've
Speaker 4: excuse me my language.
Speaker 7: I've you know, worked my ass off for a long
Speaker 7: time since that Super Bowl and.
Speaker 4: Just to have like a small small.
Speaker 7: Setback which you you never saw coming and it's just unfortunate,
Speaker 7: you know. And and now kind of just getting readjusted
Speaker 7: and you know it it's behind you now, but you know,
Speaker 7: maybe sitting there and in hindsight thinking could have waited
Speaker 7: one more week, and you know, to just get your
Speaker 7: feet back underneath you. It's a blessing to be able
Speaker 7: to be out on the field, but it never feels
Speaker 7: good when you're when you're not at your very very best. So, uh,
Speaker 7: I feel much better this week, even though there was
Speaker 7: a lot of traveling. It's hard stay up on hydration,
Speaker 7: stay up on a regular schedule, stay There's so many
Speaker 7: things that you have to adapt to. But you know,
Speaker 7: there's no time for excuses or putting blame here there.
Speaker 7: You know, I'm a man. I take my wings with
Speaker 7: my losses, and I just gotta come out and just
Speaker 7: be better, you know, playing and simple and do whatever
Speaker 7: I can to help this team win, starting from my
Speaker 7: energy day to day to day. A lot of things
Speaker 7: that I feel like I could just do better, and
Speaker 7: I just got to accept that challenge, embrace it and
Speaker 7: be exactly who I know I am and just follow up.
Speaker 5: There was a lot made about the turf, your official
Speaker 5: turf last week. Where are the adjustments you have to be?
Speaker 7: You know, it's something that I'm sure people have seen
Speaker 7: me talk about on Twitter and this and that, and
Speaker 7: then you know, it sounds like I'm the one being
Speaker 7: a baby and complaining. Yet you see a lot of
Speaker 7: major injuries happen on turf. I mean, it's not even
Speaker 7: I don't know. I'll leave the dilemma up for the
Speaker 7: Twitter Warriors and all that, but it's just I mean,
Speaker 7: just look at the results.
Speaker 4: Look at how many major injuries.
Speaker 7: Have happened on it, and you know, God God willing
Speaker 7: like there's none this game. But it's just not a
Speaker 7: surface that's you know, I think great for players to
Speaker 7: play on. I think we have I think they make
Speaker 7: enough money to where you know, putting grass in stadiums
Speaker 7: is really not that big of a thing.
Speaker 4: I think it's not hard to keep up with.
Speaker 7: And I just feel like if we're talking about the
Speaker 7: safety of players, I think grass would be a better
Speaker 7: surface area for them. But again, like I say, life
Speaker 7: throws the curve balls. You just got to adjust, and
Speaker 7: turf is what we're playing on this weekend. It is
Speaker 7: what it is. It's not really up to us. But
Speaker 7: I just think that I think that there's a solution
Speaker 7: whatever it is. I hope that one day they they
Speaker 7: figured that out.
Speaker 2: I know, you have a certain expectations just as far
Speaker 2: as production that you expect out of yourself, just on
Speaker 2: a production level.
Speaker 6: How tough has it been for these first five games?
Speaker 4: Literally it's been tough.
Speaker 7: Uh, you know, just just finding a way to feel
Speaker 7: like you can help the team. And again that's why
Speaker 7: I say, personally, I think that it starts within yourself.
Speaker 7: Your energy and the way that you internalize, process and
Speaker 7: analyze the situation and what you can bring to it
Speaker 7: daily I think will affect the outcome. And that's where
Speaker 7: you know, I was doing such a great job early
Speaker 7: on and you know, hadn't been thrown many tests like
Speaker 7: leading up the training camp and all this, and then
Speaker 7: things happen and I feel like I said, my fail.
Speaker 4: The test God gave me.
Speaker 7: And realizing that is a lot of it's a step
Speaker 7: of growth and just to be able to go past
Speaker 7: that and to now embrace this new challenge and find
Speaker 7: a way to be productive with whatever opportunities that I
Speaker 7: do have. That's just the bottom line. You know, make
Speaker 7: the most of whatever you get.
Speaker 9: Odell, your last great game was the Super Bowl for
Speaker 9: the injury, and obviously that's the biggest stage. But the
Speaker 9: international stage is you watch all the meeting that's out
Speaker 9: of here practice, the international stage is growing. Could this
Speaker 9: be a game for you that helps you to feel like, yes,
Speaker 9: you are back up track.
Speaker 7: Absolutely, And if it wasn't in London, just having a
Speaker 7: great game, you always feel like you'll be back on track.
Speaker 7: But I'll never forget. You know, these words that coach
Speaker 7: McVeigh had said to me. He was just talking about
Speaker 7: why he doesn't think that I performed well and Cleveland
Speaker 7: or here or there. He was just saying that something
Speaker 7: about pressure and something about the biggest stage, it drives.
Speaker 4: Me even more. And it's not like an attention thing.
Speaker 7: It's like I just it's like I enjoy the pressure
Speaker 7: more than when it just feels like a mundane even
Speaker 7: though such a blessing to be playing at whatever time.
Speaker 7: But he thinks that the bigger the stage, the more
Speaker 7: you want to shine. And I can understand that. And
Speaker 7: I've just been, you know, sitting in my room while
Speaker 7: I'm trying to sleep, you know, time zone is definitely
Speaker 7: a bit of a thing, just laying in my bed
Speaker 7: and I've just been thinking about it. And how how
Speaker 7: can I get back on track? How can I be
Speaker 7: the person that I know that I'm capable of being.
Speaker 7: And I would absolutely love for that to start this Sunday,
Speaker 7: you know, knowing that again, it's a long journey, long season,
Speaker 7: and there's so many opportunities for us to take advantage of.
Speaker 7: So I'm looking forward to it and praying that you know,
Speaker 7: this is exactly what I would hope it would.
Speaker 8: Be like one of those lines like, how would you
Speaker 8: describe your optimism? You know, I'm sure you're very optimistic
Speaker 8: about the ass in history for the season.
Speaker 6: How would you kind of describe the.
Speaker 8: Optimism that you have about that abilities break out again?
Speaker 3: For sure?
Speaker 8: Uh?
Speaker 7: Again, I think that's where you know, like I say,
Speaker 7: I feel like I failed the test. I feel like
Speaker 7: I had all these great positive talks and then you know,
Speaker 7: when something hits, it's hard to like stay along those lines.
Speaker 7: You can get bumped off course and now you just
Speaker 7: got to get back on track. But it's a long season.
Speaker 7: I think was it the nineteen seventy three Dolphins were
Speaker 7: the only team to ever have a perfect season and
Speaker 7: win a Super Bowl. Other than that, you know, there's
Speaker 7: been fifty something super Bowls or more. However, many more,
Speaker 7: and it's a long season. It's about catching fire when
Speaker 7: you're supposed to. It's about everything coming together at the
Speaker 7: right time. So you do have to be optimistic about
Speaker 7: the season. And that's where I'm trying to stay in
Speaker 7: that mindset of you know, there's a lot of opportunities.
Speaker 7: You know, no team won a Super Bowl in week
Speaker 7: five or six, But it is about finding your way
Speaker 7: to that perfect balance as a team and finding your
Speaker 7: identity and what is going to work for you for
Speaker 7: the season.
Speaker 4: So I'm very optimistic about it.
Speaker 7: I'm going to keep continuing to preach positivity over myself,
Speaker 7: over my teammates, you know, and be accountable for my
Speaker 7: energy and let that you know, run through the zen.
Speaker 6: As one of the veteran leaders of this team. However,
Speaker 6: you see eyes and locker and all that respond to
Speaker 6: you know, a tough loss followed by you know, a
Speaker 6: long trip and kind of tough circumstances.
Speaker 4: I think it was one of those games.
Speaker 7: You know, of course, everybody was pissed, like nobody wanted
Speaker 7: to lose that game, But just to know that there's
Speaker 7: so much going on with a short it feels like
Speaker 7: a short week of travel. Uh, this and that, like
Speaker 7: you just it's one of those ones you got to
Speaker 7: put behind you. And if you would have won and
Speaker 7: it would have been ugly, it still would have been
Speaker 7: like we you know, so worried about the next game.
Speaker 7: Just got to continue to press forward. So I think
Speaker 7: the energy has been good knowing you know, you got
Speaker 7: to take the good with the bad, and that was
Speaker 7: just you know, part of the bad. So continue to
Speaker 7: truck forward, uh and keep it moving.
Speaker 6: But sorry, how's yours?
Speaker 4: You took out? You took taking the mix?
Speaker 6: How's was a little cocascination?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 4: Man, I can't do it right now. I'm a little tired,
Speaker 4: but I definitely fish and chips.
Speaker 7: Maybe outside of here, I'll give you a little bit
Speaker 7: of a British accent.
Speaker 4: Adell.
Speaker 6: You said you feel like you failed the test, but.
Speaker 7: I guess you could said I didn't fail because I
Speaker 7: realized that there was a potential that I did feel it.
Speaker 7: So that's you know, a little bit of winning itself.
Speaker 7: But just to me, like I was saying, I was
Speaker 7: in such a positive mindset and it was because you know,
Speaker 7: nothing had really went wrong and there was no setback,
Speaker 7: so there was no you know, feel like poor performance
Speaker 7: or anything going leading up in the camp, and then
Speaker 7: you know, just some little things start to happen and
Speaker 7: you get into a mindset where I don't feel like
Speaker 7: I was as positive about looking at things that may
Speaker 7: not have been positive and looking at them as negative.
Speaker 7: So that's where I feel in my heart, I failed
Speaker 7: the test of just being able to take the good
Speaker 7: with the bad and to me to be able to
Speaker 7: look at it now, be able to smile at it
Speaker 7: and be like, Okay, well, now I know for the
Speaker 7: next time that it lets pop up, how I can
Speaker 7: go about things, how I can control my own energy,
Speaker 7: how I can protect my piece. That's where I feel
Speaker 7: like I said, I failed to test, you know, not
Speaker 7: like I got completely off track and you know, went
Speaker 7: down the wrong way, but just like a little bumped
Speaker 7: off track and just you know, sometimes you need that
Speaker 7: reminder in life of which way to go in which
Speaker 7: direction that God's trying to lead you.
Speaker 1: That was wide receiver Odell Beckham Junior. Now, this week
Speaker 1: is also really big for outside linebacker David Ajabo. He
Speaker 1: grew up in Scotland, so not too far away from here,
Speaker 1: and this week is a bit of a homecoming for him. Now,
Speaker 1: of course it's not the homecoming he envisioned, considering that
Speaker 1: he is currently on injured reserve, but still this is
Speaker 1: a big moment for him and he talked about that
Speaker 1: with the media today.
Speaker 10: Hey guys, you know, blessed me back home, blessing to
Speaker 10: be here, very close to my heart and I just
Speaker 10: want to send man. So unfortunately I can't be out
Speaker 10: there with my butters, but working day by day, you know,
Speaker 10: working real hard.
Speaker 4: To be out there.
Speaker 10: And uh, through God's grace, I'll be out there.
Speaker 11: So how is the health pay and how what's the
Speaker 11: kind of time type?
Speaker 10: Working like lady's working day by day? Man, Uh, you know,
Speaker 10: no time till right now. And uh, it's working hard
Speaker 10: to get back out there.
Speaker 6: Either.
Speaker 2: Do you confident that you will be back at some
Speaker 2: point in the season.
Speaker 6: That it's not a season anything?
Speaker 4: Yeah, God willing, yep? Is it?
Speaker 5: Obviously the second year in a row you try to
Speaker 5: deal with significant injury.
Speaker 4: How how difficult has that been?
Speaker 6: And uh and see this.
Speaker 10: Process for you and man, everything's in God's times. You
Speaker 10: know you control it, you can and uh, you know,
Speaker 10: keep my mentors up by praying and staying close to
Speaker 10: my family.
Speaker 6: And what's this weak like for you?
Speaker 1: You know, I, I know, it's like quite the home
Speaker 1: coming that you vision so that to.
Speaker 8: Come back here and you know, be surrounded by family.
Speaker 8: What does this experience been.
Speaker 2: Like for you?
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a blessing.
Speaker 10: You know, I got to catch up with my family, Uh,
Speaker 10: first time seeing them this year. You know, I only
Speaker 10: go home about once a year, so you know, I'm
Speaker 10: blessed to be able to come back and see them.
Speaker 10: And uh also just experience this whole thing with my
Speaker 10: team too, my brothers. So you know, it's experience of
Speaker 10: a lifetime. And I'm sure they're having fun.
Speaker 8: Do you remember watching international games as a kid? You know,
Speaker 8: how how great is it that the NFL is kind
Speaker 8: of working to expand the the sport here in Europe?
Speaker 6: And what are your levels of watching any international games
Speaker 6: or years of the kid?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I I c I see a couple couple of
Speaker 10: highlights and that. So to be a part of something
Speaker 10: like this, man, it's definitely special.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 10: You know, I'm confident that it's gonna, you know, keep
Speaker 10: growing and keep expanding, uh to the world.
Speaker 4: Is there more and more kids coming out of uh?
Speaker 6: Nigeria going into like D one schools.
Speaker 5: What what's the potential for Nigerian kids.
Speaker 10: Yeah, the there's been a lot you know, just outreach.
Speaker 10: You know, uh uh my guy oc uh he has
Speaker 10: uh NFI Africa going so you know that's a good
Speaker 10: little you know spot that people like uh my peoples
Speaker 10: could go you know and uh getting a better opportunity
Speaker 10: and uh you know hopefully reach you know the level
Speaker 10: you know I'm at right now? Do you eleborate a
Speaker 10: little bit on just how much family you do have
Speaker 10: and and kind of what you've been able to do
Speaker 10: while you get in town with them? Uh yeah, just
Speaker 10: uh my immediate family, you know, mom, brother, you know,
Speaker 10: Dad's sister and just man, we we were big on
Speaker 10: family time. So just spending time catching up. You know,
Speaker 10: our time is very limited, so you know, just honestly
Speaker 10: we've been at home. We wann't a one dinner, but
Speaker 10: just been at home just you know, kind of catching
Speaker 10: up and embracing each other.
Speaker 6: How much I mean that you talk about dealing with injury,
Speaker 6: how much do you lean on them? You know, being
Speaker 6: that it's it's a challenging thing for you to go
Speaker 6: through right now? Is it a lot kind of leaning
Speaker 6: on them while you have a chance.
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's critical, man, family is the most important thing
Speaker 10: in this life. So uh you know, just to be
Speaker 10: able to tune out like the outside noise and uh
Speaker 10: just know what's really important, what it comes down to.
Speaker 5: Were then you the sports that you injured? Like obviously
Speaker 5: we're in there talking about to trade your ground.
Speaker 6: But your first faut Roy.
Speaker 10: Noble or was it only uh NFL I wouldn't live.
Speaker 10: I was a soccer player and uh definitely m Manchester
Speaker 10: now it was mine. I know, I know, I know
Speaker 10: they're not doing good too good now, but yeah I
Speaker 10: was a Manu fan. Uh but yeah, I kind of
Speaker 10: fizzled the way as I started uh playing football? Nah
Speaker 10: nah yeah, why just focused on that favorite.
Speaker 6: Player from United that from from when you were younger.
Speaker 10: Uh, I was a I've seen Ronaldo that Ronaldo Rooney
Speaker 10: era went there together. Nah, I I went my dad
Speaker 10: took us to a live game. Uh so I'll never
Speaker 10: forget that one.
Speaker 6: Favorite.
Speaker 11: Uh kids today, Daniel, I can come in from the
Speaker 11: uh NFL Copey here in the UK just to declare
Speaker 11: these can you just talk a little bit on again
Speaker 11: the Nigerian kid getting an opportunity a d one school
Speaker 11: coming out of not having grown up in the States,
Speaker 11: and just how big back, just big even getting into
Speaker 11: school alive somebody.
Speaker 10: Yeah, a lot of times, you know, kids like uh
Speaker 10: myself and himself just need a chance. You know, you
Speaker 10: just need a chance to showcase you know, uh, the
Speaker 10: god given talent we have. Uh, you know, time frame
Speaker 10: you know might be a thing, you know, growing up
Speaker 10: in a sport, but sometimes you just really athletic and
Speaker 10: really driven. So you know, I'm glad you guys chance
Speaker 10: and uh, you know, I pray you know it takes
Speaker 10: full advantage of it.
Speaker 6: Even is this just a rehab situation with you with
Speaker 6: no surgery or is that still kind of a pending
Speaker 6: decision you're up there.
Speaker 10: Yeah, it just rehabbing, taken any day by day and uh,
Speaker 10: I'll be back out there.
Speaker 11: Do you have any ticket requests for Sunday?
Speaker 6: How many people are that loan?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 10: I have a lot, uh a lot of people. Uh
Speaker 10: kind of really put a number on it. But you know,
Speaker 10: like I said, it's a special event. Don't really get
Speaker 10: too often. Uh that I'm so close to home and uh,
Speaker 10: you know, my my peoples could come, so yeah, I
Speaker 10: have a lot of people coming.
Speaker 11: You get family into the box or they just you know,
Speaker 11: five hundred level Saints be treating them.
Speaker 4: They're gonna be cheated, right man. Yeah, they're gonna be good.
Speaker 6: What do you feel like the NFL like do you
Speaker 6: you know that you you know, give more young people
Speaker 6: from backgrounds like yourself an opportunity, especially even from England
Speaker 6: as well as that at the game grows. What do
Speaker 6: you think the NFL A Baltimore off to Doc.
Speaker 10: It's just our little outreach programs Like I mentioned with
Speaker 10: oc he got NFL Africa going, So just like just
Speaker 10: putting putting like little you know programs in place that
Speaker 10: kids could you know, just go showcase, you know, just
Speaker 10: athletic ability. And the coaches in the eyes, uh who
Speaker 10: have that kind of you know where they could scope
Speaker 10: them out.
Speaker 4: You know, they could just see them and you know,
Speaker 4: give them a chance.
Speaker 1: That was outside the linebacker David A.
Speaker 4: Jabo.
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Speaker 1: On Friday, we'll have a chance to connect with head
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