1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: That's awesome. No, it wasn't awesome. It wasn't awesome. Work 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: there's a boss spin on the town or something. We 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: were waiting at breakfast and uh, it was like three 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: of us. The rest of we were sleeping. I put 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: in twenty bucks on a roulette machine because there was nothing. Yeah, 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: so we were sitting there. I was playing electric roulette. 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: That's the only thing I won the whole show. It 8 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: was this like week like for you guys, any different 9 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: than you know about. I mean, I think it's very 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: similar to like a Monday night, Um, split you know 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: what I mean. So just kind of different days. But um, 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: you know that's how I'm from approaching yet my schedule 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: and routine and um, you know, obviously Cincinnati's a really 14 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: good football team playing really good football right now. Um, 15 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: and do a lot of things well offensive relieve defensively. 16 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: So um, big challenge it always is every week. What's 17 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: the mindset of this offense is you now have just 18 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: three games left? Kind of give me and just taking 19 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: a day by day. I'm gonna go out there and compete. Um. 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: You know, I think there's obviously some good things that 21 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: have been done and some things we can do better. Um, 22 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: you know, you gotta put your best foot forward each 23 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: week and just go out there and work every day. 24 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: You get every opportunity you get, and you know, every 25 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: opportunity you have left the season. So whatever that is. 26 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: Did you played with Teddy here? Obviously was in Miami, 27 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: he named to captain there, he comes back here, he 28 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: goes to Cincinnati and he's named the captain there. Does 29 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 1: that surprise you in any way? Or no? Why? Why 30 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 1: do you think he's able to immediately establish himself as 31 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: so we don't haven't to play a one side him? 32 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: That's the best man. I'm very fortunate to have that 33 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: friendship and relationship with him, and um, you know, on 34 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: a personal note and then on a football level, he's 35 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: got a great football mind. Um, he really works at it. 36 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: Um A lot of respect for how he carried himself 37 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: you know here and then you know, it was so 38 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: happy for him. Um we went to Miami and then 39 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: came back you know, and then you know obviously ashed 40 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: out a role here last year. It really helped our team. 41 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: And UM, yeah, knew when he landed, you know, he 42 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: was always going to make an impact somewhere. That's just 43 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: the kind of guy. He is. Um ultimate respect for Teddy. 44 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: Um always love him and you know, have a lot 45 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: of great memories for with him. Have you assess how 46 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: the locker room did flushing out and getting past Sunday 47 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: night and also approaching this big task at hand to 48 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: win out and get into the playoffs. Yeah, I mean 49 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: that's part of it. Every week, you know, you can't 50 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: sit there and good or bad. Um, you know, the 51 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: weeks are too fast, and the hatter what they're They're 52 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: constantly moving and you know it's you know, something I 53 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: learned very quickly when I came into the league. Uh, 54 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: for some reason, it seems like college moves slower for 55 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: you know, it's just for some reason in my view. 56 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 1: But um, you know it's so quick, and it's got 57 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: to be you know, the competitions so so demanding. Um, 58 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: the teams are so demanding. So um, you know, it's 59 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: just part of it. What do you feel you have 60 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: to do to you know, starts the first step of 61 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: this is pull off away on Saturday. I mean, look, 62 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: it all comes back always to me. It starts at 63 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: the fundamentals, right, because if your fundamentals are not good, 64 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: then nothing else is going to be good. So we'll 65 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: start there, built from there, you know, and then as offense, 66 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: we got to all execute, especially I guess a defense 67 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: like this. You know they got in the run. You know, 68 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: got some really good players up front played against you know, 69 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: the stop in the run um and obviously some good 70 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: players on the back end. But um, you know, you 71 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: gotta do things to help ourselves, you know, stay ahead 72 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: and down distance things like that. Be efficient running, which 73 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: we were you know last week did some good things 74 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: in the run game, so um be a big challenge 75 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: this week. Guys like DJ read or BJ Hill, those 76 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: guys are really good, so um be a big challenge. 77 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: So here is it difficult to balance as a leader 78 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: that need to be urgent and emphatic about things and 79 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: demanding with making sure that poison resiliency is not lost. 80 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: Get it, do a lot of big words out there. 81 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 1: You know, I didn't I didn't graduate college. So it's 82 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: okay to pitch a blog something to push your teammates, 83 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: But you never want to get to the point where 84 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: you're frustration starts to feel like a lot of poise 85 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: or targeting. Okay, yeah, I mean, look, I think, um, 86 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: when I came into the league, there was a lot 87 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: demanded of me in my rookie season when I was playing, 88 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: and I'll speak from personal seasons. You know, guys like 89 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: Sebastian Vollmer. You know, I had to get the fronts right. 90 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: What are the fronts? You know? And I'm kind of like, 91 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: man like sea Bess, you've been doing this a lot 92 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: longer than me. Just look and tell me what the 93 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: front is, you know. But you know he demanded that 94 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: of me. You know, when I was working in combination 95 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: blocks with those guys, they demanded of that of me. Um, 96 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: you know, and I think that's important. You know, it's you. 97 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: You got to hold each other to a standard, and 98 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 1: you want to be as a competitor. I always wanted 99 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 1: I didn't want to let those guys down. Right. When 100 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: I was working with Ryan Wendel, if he wanted to 101 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 1: drill a short way, I was going to try to 102 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: get that drill a certain way right. And that's something 103 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: that's always been important to me, and that's how I 104 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: was brought up. And um, you know that's what I 105 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: try to do it and hold hold people to certain things. 106 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: What happens if the same things happen over and over again, 107 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: you just can't keep getting more frustrated the resignation. Yeah, 108 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I don't know. Um, you know, 109 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: people have to hold themselves to a certain standard, and 110 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: you know you have to hold yourself to standards, and UM, 111 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: you know, you just gotta keep working at it to 112 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: try to fix it. I mean, you know, and um, 113 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: whatever that is, you just got to try to fix 114 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: it and move on. Um yeah, I meane along those 115 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: same lines, Obviously, the season isn't going away. You guys 116 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: wanted to have a new offensive coaching staff. The offense 117 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: isn't performing too are right now? Are you worried that 118 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: guys are starting to tune out the offensive coaches or 119 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: turn on them or anything. Look, it's a team game, 120 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: right and it always will be. I think that many 121 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: start trying to blame somebody without taking a look at 122 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: yourself saying what I can do better. That's that's a 123 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: bad place to be as a human, not alone, anything else, 124 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: in your marriage, parenthood, whatever. Right before you start putting 125 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: blame on someone else, you better take a look in 126 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: that mirror and see what you're doing. So I try 127 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: to live by that, David. Third down is obviously extremely important, 128 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: and you know, sometimes scats will tell a story, and 129 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: the numbers have not been good in the last seven 130 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: games for you. But let me, let's get this way. 131 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: How much of a correlation is there of what you 132 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: guys do on first and second down to make third 133 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,239 Speaker 1: down so difficult that you haven't been able to convert 134 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: a lot lately. Yeah? Look, I mean I think everything 135 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: works together, but you know, you gotta try to convert 136 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 1: no matter what the situation is, right, and you know 137 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: it is harder to convert. Look at the league averages 138 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: when you're in third and longer. Um, that's just what 139 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: it is. But um, everything ties together, but no matter 140 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: what the situation is, you gotta go out there and 141 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: try to win win your matchup. Um, And it takes 142 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: eleven guys winning their matchup on offense to have a 143 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: successful play, no matter what it is, first, second, third down. So, um, 144 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: that's the biggest thing. Did you get to know the 145 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: rookie Andrew Stuber much? I mean, nobody hasn't been around 146 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: as much in the spring and stuff, and when you 147 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: see him come back, like, I know, it's not necessarily 148 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: tied into planning, but what's it like from a captain's perspective. Yeah, 149 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: I mean, look, I think it's it's hard. You know, 150 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: I've been injured, and even as much as I was 151 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: around that year, you feel ostracized and that's just part 152 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: of it. And it's it's even if it's for a 153 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: week or two, right and you're out, you just feel yeah, 154 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: and it's just what it is, and the ship kind 155 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: of keeps moving on without you, and you know, you're 156 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: just kind of digging along in a lifeboat, maybe I guess, 157 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: But now I think for him to get back out 158 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,679 Speaker 1: there or you know, obviously not the situation he wanted 159 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: to come into, and uh, you know, to get back 160 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: out there and get get some action under his belt. 161 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: You know. I know after nineteen I wish I could 162 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: have gotten out there at the end of the year 163 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,679 Speaker 1: and not gone whatever. It was a full August until 164 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: seeing any live action. So I know he's happy to 165 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: be back out there and getting to do what he loves, 166 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: you know, that's what that's what we do it for. 167 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: We're playing a game at the end of the day. 168 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: So um, I think that's huge for him to get 169 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 1: some reps and get back out there, run around and 170 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: try to remember how to do this thing, David, what's 171 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: up your emotions when you play? You know, in a 172 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: game like this coming up just nice the season starting Saturday. 173 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: How do you control yourself when it comes to emotions 174 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: when you know play most people coming off the loss 175 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: of you said, we'll play with anger. Yet you want 176 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: to have, you know, stay under control with your team. 177 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: How do you control that up? But as it was 178 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: up as a leader of the team, I think I 179 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: got through a lot of emotions every week, you know, 180 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 1: And you know, I think the biggest thing is just 181 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: you know, you got to kind of be steady throughout 182 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: the week, right, You don't want to get too high 183 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: too though. It's the same through the game. You know, 184 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of good plays made Saturday, 185 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: there's gonna be some bad ones, and that's how it 186 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: goes for everybody in every game. But you try to 187 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: stay like this as much as you can, you know, 188 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 1: and worry about the next play, because if there's a 189 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: bad play and you sit there and dwell on that 190 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: bad play, there's probably gonna be some more bad plays. 191 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: But you know, put the bad ones behind you, keep 192 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: moving forward and worry about the next one, you know, 193 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: and you just hope the seventy plays accumulation. There's more 194 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: good ones and bad ones. Thanks, guys, appreciate me.