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Speaker 1: This is Tony Pollard from Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Melrose High School,

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Speaker 1: University of Memphis, back in your state. What did you

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Speaker 1: know about the Titans growing up?

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Speaker 2: I mean that was I was our team growing up.

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Speaker 1: Who is your guy? I bet I know who he's

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Speaker 1: gonna say? Can I say no?

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Speaker 3: I want to hear his answers first, and then you say,

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Speaker 3: I think.

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Speaker 2: It's pretty self explanatory aided Dutt's.

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Speaker 1: Really I was going to guess Chris Johnson really Okay?

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Speaker 1: I would have thought you'd have been a c J

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Speaker 2: I mean I definitely was a c J two K fan,

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Speaker 2: but I was going more the.

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Speaker 4: Origin the original.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you had some options in this free agency period.

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Speaker 1: Why here? Why now?

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Speaker 2: I mean, it was it's home for me. That's another

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Speaker 2: a big reason. And you know, just just seeing what

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Speaker 2: of new things going on. Just walking around the building.

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Speaker 2: It's a lot of new energy. You can feel it

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Speaker 2: in the building. So it's something that I wanted to

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Speaker 2: be a part of. And being home it was just

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Speaker 2: made it right.

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Speaker 3: You're a real family guy, right, It's got to feel

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Speaker 3: good to be back to being close to your family.

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Speaker 3: They'll be able to come to games things like that, right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely talk about your family.

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Speaker 1: How many people will be requiring tickets? Would you say

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure. I know it's gonna be a lot

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Speaker 2: different than how it used to be.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna chew up that big contract, isn't it now? Okay?

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Speaker 1: But here's what I want to go with though. So

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Speaker 1: you're at Melrose and you play with other good players.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you didn't rush for four thousand yards because

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Speaker 1: you run a team with a lot of good players.

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Speaker 1: You go to Memphis, Darryl Henderson's there, you have to

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Speaker 1: share with him. You go to Dallas, you learn to

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Speaker 1: share with Ezekiel Elliott. He becomes the guy and you're

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Speaker 1: not afraid to do that. Where did that start? Where

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Speaker 1: you said, listen, I'm I'm part of a backfield. I'm

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Speaker 1: cool with that. Being the lead guys great, but I

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Speaker 1: understand that interchangeable and working together and being able to

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's just a part of my mindset, you know,

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Speaker 2: just just always putting in hard work. Believing in hard

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Speaker 2: work will gets you whatever you want to be, even

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Speaker 2: if I'm in a position that I don't feel like

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Speaker 2: that I put in and just over time, eventually it'll

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Speaker 3: So having the opportunity now to be the league guy,

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Speaker 4: That's it's got to be an exciting challenge for you.

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Speaker 2: Right yeah, I mean it's it's fun. It's definitely it's

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Speaker 2: in my whole life, so you know, I've I've pretty

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Speaker 2: So you know, I'm just ready for the opportunity to

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Speaker 2: any chance I get, you know, to go out there

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Speaker 2: and help the team I'm looking forward to it.

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Speaker 1: It's seven kickoff returns for touchdowns when he played at Memphis.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty good, pretty good. But also you finished with

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Speaker 1: and I think that was one of the mysteries of

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Speaker 2: you know, I had a strong running back background just

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Speaker 1: Do you know Taj Spears?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Are you aware of him? And how do you see

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Speaker 1: what it looks like. How did you come to know him?

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Speaker 1: Before the draft?

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Speaker 2: We played I played in Memphis, he played two lines like.

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Speaker 2: We used to play each other a lot, and I

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Speaker 2: ended up I think he DM me or something, and

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Speaker 1: You running backs all are in that club, and he

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Speaker 1: I don't know that he's quite as big as you are,

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Speaker 1: but it is interesting that the two of you were

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Speaker 1: the chance to be a dynamic dude, doesn't it, because

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Speaker 1: you're really interchangeable.

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Speaker 2: Definitely, just just bringing explosion to the to the team.

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Speaker 2: You know, that playmaking ability of the home run threat.

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Speaker 2: You know, having different backs that can do that, you know,

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Speaker 3: You're going through the process of free agency and finding

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Speaker 3: a team. When you talk to Brian Callahan and his staff,

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Speaker 3: what was it about this team that.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I said earlier, just just talking to the coaches,

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Speaker 2: You know, they were you know, they were looking forward

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Speaker 2: to doing their job. It wasn't like they've been doing

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Speaker 2: something that would big for me.

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Speaker 1: And the point about what Brian Callahan has done with

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Speaker 1: whomever they've had in the backfield, they've driven us crazy.

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Speaker 1: You know, I can't even name them all because they

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Speaker 1: effectiveness in the run game and in the past game

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Speaker 2: I mean, just letting your playmakers beat themselves, getting the

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Speaker 2: playmakers in open space, put your guys in places to

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Speaker 2: you know, make the get the most out of them,

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Speaker 2: and you know, just yeah, just pretty much all of

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Speaker 1: Tony. It is great to have you here. Been a

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Speaker 1: big fan for a long time and thrilled that you

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Speaker 1: were part of the Tennessee Titans. Can't be more excited

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Speaker 1: to see you and young mister Spears work together. Thank

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Speaker 4: So Titans fans.

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Speaker 1: Amy Well said it. Kenneth Murray is here, new Titans linebacker.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Nashville.

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Speaker 6: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Why did you decide to pick the Tennessee Titans. What

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Speaker 1: was it about this team and this organization and this town.

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Speaker 7: It's I mean, obviously it's a great place to be,

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Speaker 7: you know. I definitely feel like the coaching staff, you know,

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Speaker 7: that's that those two things kind of really went into it.

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Speaker 7: I think it's a really good opportunity. I like the

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Speaker 7: scheme that we have here. I think it's going to

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Speaker 1: So what about this scheme specifically do you like so much?

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Speaker 7: It's just it allows the players to play fast and attack.

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Speaker 7: I think that's where I do do best. You know,

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Speaker 7: my speed is one of my biggest attributes, and being

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Speaker 7: that is where I'm my best at.

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Speaker 6: So I think that would be really good for us.

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Speaker 3: Throughout your time with the Chargers, your career has seemed

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Speaker 3: to steadily and your numbers get better and better every year,

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Speaker 3: and a lot of that is attributed to A being

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Speaker 7: I kind of feel like, you know, that was kind

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Speaker 7: I think, you know, I always constantly working on getting

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Speaker 3: use sort of the recovery and all the rehab that

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Speaker 7: I've had a few surgeries in my young career, and

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Speaker 6: I won't stop until I reach it.

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Speaker 3: So, Mike, do you have any more X's no football

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Speaker 7: About, Because I feel like that's what we're all called

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Speaker 3: How I'm sorry, I can't deal with you right now.

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Speaker 3: They're scuba diving happening. How long did it take you

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Speaker 7: It's peaceful. It's like I oftentimes people ask or like

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Speaker 6: So yeah, that's why I like it.

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Speaker 3: All Right, Mike, I'm so sorry that I cut you off.

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Speaker 3: I'm fascinated by this.

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Speaker 1: But please, well, are you going to do something with

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Speaker 6: Like you just you're.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, that's there's a lot to Kenneth Murray.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well we've got everything. We're glad you're here.

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Speaker 1: We are really glad that you're here in excited that

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Speaker 1: This is Lloyd Cushion Berry offensive lineman, now a Tennessee Titan,

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Speaker 1: coming over for the Denver Broncos. Should I say offensive

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Speaker 1: All right, So let me ask you when the process started.

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Speaker 8: They reached out, man, and it was just a great opportunity.

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Speaker 1: What was it that they told you about you and

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Speaker 8: You know they just saw, you know, said they saw

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Speaker 3: of a facelift, a little revamp. Was that situation so

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Speaker 3: appealing to you?

443
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Speaker 5: Yes?

444
00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:53,240
Speaker 8: Yes, I feel like it was just wanting something new,

445
00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:57,240
Speaker 8: you know, they reached out and you know it want

446
00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:58,960
Speaker 8: me to come in and be a leader, be an

447
00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:00,959
Speaker 8: anchor for this line. I look forward to it, and

448
00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:02,720
Speaker 8: I just wanted to come in and show these guys

449
00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:04,560
Speaker 8: what type of work I am. I'm not really a

450
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Speaker 8: big talker. I just kind of just do my job

451
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Speaker 8: and I just want to lead these guys. The best

452
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Speaker 8: way I can is by example.

453
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Speaker 3: As a leader, not being a big talker, being more

454
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Speaker 3: of a worker. What do you do to kind of

455
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Speaker 3: motivate the guys around you and really lead them in

456
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Speaker 3: the right direction, maybe without using your words.

457
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Speaker 5: It all starts with the work. You know.

458
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Speaker 8: If they see if you're putting in the work day

459
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Speaker 8: and day out, they see that from you, they're gonna

460
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Speaker 8: they're going to follow your lead. And when I say

461
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Speaker 8: not a big talker, I don't have a problem with it.

462
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Speaker 8: I'd rather just sow people what type of person I am,

463
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Speaker 8: what type of work I am first, and then once

464
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Speaker 8: I have that, you know I can lead them in

465
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Speaker 8: my own way.

466
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Speaker 1: You are a bigger center. You're listed six four three

467
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Speaker 1: point fifteen. Is that close? Yeah? Okay? In playing center

468
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Speaker 1: at that size, you obviously give any offense a better anchor,

469
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Speaker 1: which is a great thing. Are there challenges in playing

470
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Speaker 1: the center position at that size that you're still having

471
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Speaker 1: to kind of learn all the nuances with? Uh?

472
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Speaker 5: No, sir.

473
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Speaker 8: I've been playing center since I got to college, so

474
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Speaker 8: and I feel like I have good mobility, good flexibility,

475
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Speaker 8: and I feel great that center. That's that's home for me.

476
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,240
Speaker 8: I have pretty long arm, so it helps me out inside.

477
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Speaker 8: So no challenges, but a lot of things I can

478
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Speaker 8: continue to get better at.

479
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Speaker 1: At LSU, you were given a lot of credit for

480
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Speaker 1: the leadership behind building the base of what was one

481
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,959
Speaker 1: of the best college football teams I ever saw. What

482
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Speaker 1: did you take from the LSU experience and that leadership

483
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Speaker 1: into the NFL with Denver that you feel like you're

484
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Speaker 1: going to be able to grow and expand upon here

485
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Speaker 1: at Tennessee.

486
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Speaker 8: LSU, man, it taught me what it means to really

487
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Speaker 8: to have work ethic and the things that go into,

488
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Speaker 8: you know, getting to ultimate goal.

489
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Speaker 5: It's not all about the end goal.

490
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Speaker 8: It's about that process and just enjoying that, racing that process,

491
00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,280
Speaker 8: the challenges that come with it. And I took that

492
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Speaker 8: into the league. Had some bumps in the road, but

493
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Speaker 8: every year I continued to get better. Every year I

494
00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,919
Speaker 8: took a step and that's what I plan to do

495
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Speaker 8: and continue to do at this level and just take

496
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Speaker 8: a bigger step moving forward.

497
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Speaker 3: I want to talk a little bit about the stuff

498
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Speaker 3: that you do off the field, because you're someone who's

499
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Speaker 3: incredibly involved in the community. Did a lot of stuff

500
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Speaker 3: in Denver. What are you hoping to do here in

501
00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:25,680
Speaker 3: Nashville to establish yourself.

502
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Speaker 5: Just want to impact as as best I can. Anything

503
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Speaker 5: I can do.

504
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,360
Speaker 8: I love to sign up for any community service events,

505
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,800
Speaker 8: whether that's helping out kids. I love being around the kids,

506
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,920
Speaker 8: boys and girls clubs, whether it's passing out food, homeless shelters,

507
00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,480
Speaker 8: and anything I can do. That's something I really took

508
00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,159
Speaker 8: pride in and try to do as much as I

509
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:47,960
Speaker 8: can in Denver, and I definitely want to do.

510
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Speaker 5: That here as well.

511
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Speaker 4: Why is that something that means so much to you?

512
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:52,520
Speaker 5: From my parents?

513
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Speaker 8: They just always taught us to have a heart, to

514
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,639
Speaker 8: give back and you know, don't judge people, don't judge others,

515
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,160
Speaker 8: and whatever you can do to help help others in needs,

516
00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:03,600
Speaker 8: just do it.

517
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Speaker 1: As you get into all of this with the off

518
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,199
Speaker 1: season program starting on April the eighth, what do you

519
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,239
Speaker 1: hope to jump in and do right away with your

520
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:12,960
Speaker 1: new team?

521
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Speaker 8: Uh, just just get to know some of the guys them,

522
00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,680
Speaker 8: get to know me, and uh, like I mentioned before,

523
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Speaker 8: just get to work. It's just can't can can He

524
00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,879
Speaker 8: can't really even describe how how much it means to

525
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,120
Speaker 8: be here, and I'm just ready to meet a lot

526
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Speaker 8: of the guys, man, just start building this thing.

527
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Speaker 1: Do you already have guys that you know well on

528
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:35,560
Speaker 1: the Titans roster? Uh?

529
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,480
Speaker 5: Played two years with Ard and Key.

530
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Speaker 8: And you yes, yeah, yeah, and then guy we just

531
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,400
Speaker 8: signed Cindek Charles. Very close with him, played in college

532
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,119
Speaker 8: with him, same draft class. He's a year younger than

533
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:54,119
Speaker 8: me and high school class. But yeah, very close with

534
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Speaker 8: him and looking forward to to getting this thing started.

535
00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,840
Speaker 1: Talk to me about Sadiq Washington. He was a guard.

536
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,360
Speaker 1: What do you feel like he can add and where

537
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,439
Speaker 1: do you feel think that he will compete the best?

538
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,640
Speaker 8: He can do it all. He's he's at snaps at

539
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 8: guard tackle. Wouldn't be surprised if he took snaps at

540
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 8: center like. He's a very versatile guy, very athletic, has

541
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,320
Speaker 8: some of the biggest calves I've ever seen cap most

542
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:22,879
Speaker 8: you'll see it's pretty soonilar but a great guy, just

543
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,280
Speaker 8: a worker man, grinder, great personality, and I think he's

544
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Speaker 8: going to bring a lot to the table for us.

545
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Speaker 3: There's a huge emphasis here about the culture of the team,

546
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,800
Speaker 3: especially when you're building something new. What kind of a

547
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,679
Speaker 3: culture do you see as being the Tennessee Titans.

548
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 4: What are you hoping to be a part of.

549
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 8: It's hoping to be a part of a hard nosed

550
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 8: group that works very hard and loves each other, plays

551
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,679
Speaker 8: for each other, and just building something special, because that's

552
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 8: what it takes for those special teams. You know, you

553
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,840
Speaker 8: have to be a close knit group, especially upfront, and

554
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 8: you have to have that good balance of when the

555
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 8: when the lock in, or when to you know, have

556
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Speaker 8: be loose and have fun and I just want to build.

557
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 8: It's a tough group, tough group, just do whatever it

558
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 8: tastes to.

559
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 1: Win, boy Christian Berry. When the Titans acquired you, so

560
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,719
Speaker 1: to speak during the legal tampering period, it really let

561
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,639
Speaker 1: everybody in the NFL know this team was serious about

562
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 1: its offensive line. It's serious about free agency. Congratulations and

563
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:19,760
Speaker 1: we're so glad you're here.

564
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Speaker 5: Thank you, thanks for having me.

565
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 1: Look who we have here? Cheeto a woojah? Did I

566
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,239
Speaker 1: did I get close on the last name? Okay, we'll

567
00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:28,520
Speaker 1: help me.

568
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 5: I was yeah, I went back to Colorado.

569
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Speaker 1: Yeah, do it again.

570
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:40,880
Speaker 5: I was yeah, Like I was here. I was here.

571
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,879
Speaker 5: I was here. I was dead, I was yeah. I

572
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,920
Speaker 5: was yeah.

573
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,680
Speaker 1: Yeah do it again.

574
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:47,480
Speaker 4: I was yeah.

575
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 1: I was here.

576
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,440
Speaker 5: Yeah I was dead. I was here. I was dead.

577
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Speaker 1: I was yet and you don't know Cheadobe.

578
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,280
Speaker 5: People who know me know me call me that.

579
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,200
Speaker 1: And but you're Cheeto to most.

580
00:25:58,080 --> 00:25:59,280
Speaker 5: People, chto to most people.

581
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Speaker 9: Yeah, say it one more time. The whole thing is

582
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 9: just the last thing. I was yeah, I was, yeah, Yeah,

583
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,480
Speaker 9: so chet o Bee I was, yeah.

584
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,160
Speaker 1: Chet Obey, I was, yeah, that's the best name ever.

585
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 1: That would be fantastic.

586
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:14,400
Speaker 4: Yeah.

587
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,800
Speaker 1: But you but you're cheetah or chee chee chee to

588
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:19,560
Speaker 1: your friends.

589
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, chee. What's up?

590
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:22,959
Speaker 4: I like her?

591
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 1: Well you are so I oh, I'm so disappointed. I did.

592
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,359
Speaker 1: I went back to Colorado's to see to see how

593
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,520
Speaker 1: it was. I've got several months to work on it.

594
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 1: I promise you by the preseason, I'll be better. We

595
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,600
Speaker 1: are tiled. You're here because we have watched you in

596
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,600
Speaker 1: Dallas and we have watched you in Cincinnati, And I mean,

597
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:47,119
Speaker 1: you're a guy. You've played out two contracts, which tells

598
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 1: everyone that you're a player, because teams are like, well,

599
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 1: you know he's good enough to stay through contracts. You

600
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 1: you leave Cincinnati to come here. You obviously know Brian

601
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: Callahan very well. What was it about playing for coach

602
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,920
Speaker 1: Callahan here? That was so appealing.

603
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Speaker 9: Well, I have a great thirst for like coming to

604
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 9: a place and being a part of something special. You know,

605
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 9: Ever since I was young, I've always I didn't like

606
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 9: to be, you know, on the top team. I wanted

607
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 9: to defeat the top team.

608
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:22,320
Speaker 5: You know.

609
00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 9: I wanted to you know, build something with a group

610
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 9: of guys through brotherhood, through culture, and you know, build

611
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:29,639
Speaker 9: something special.

612
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:29,800
Speaker 5: You know.

613
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,680
Speaker 9: I went to Colorado, we wanted a great program, and

614
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 9: we build something special. Same thing with Cincinnati built something special.

615
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 9: It's like, that's what I see here. I see an

616
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,439
Speaker 9: opportunity with people that I'm familiar with, Number one and

617
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 9: Coach Callahan and everybody. I could just see the culture

618
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 9: and the energy of Nashville, of the team, you know,

619
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,200
Speaker 9: really brewing. So I get that same feeling that something

620
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:50,680
Speaker 9: special can be built here and I want to.

621
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Speaker 5: Be a part of it.

622
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Speaker 3: Steve Jackson someone that you've worked with before, how much

623
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 3: did that relationship play into your decision.

624
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 5: To come to a lot a lot.

625
00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,119
Speaker 9: You know, when we went to the Super Bowl on

626
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,399
Speaker 9: the Bengals and twenty twenty one, coach Jackson was my

627
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 9: corners coach, and you know, my game took a really

628
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 9: big leap, and you know, seeing him on the coach

629
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,440
Speaker 9: and staff get hired here, I was like, Okay, that's

630
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 9: definitely spot. I want to be at that familiarity and

631
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,880
Speaker 9: also his competitiveness. You know, he played in the league

632
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 9: before as well, and you know he was a legend here.

633
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 9: So I want to just you know, definitely be a

634
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,639
Speaker 9: part of something special with people that I know know

635
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 9: how to do it. You know, and Coach Callahan, Coach

636
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,640
Speaker 9: Jackson and all the other coaches I met so far,

637
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 9: I could tell that they know how to do it.

638
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 9: So I'm ready to you know, buy in and you know, get.

639
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 5: The ship rolling.

640
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,000
Speaker 3: That thirst to be on teams that take on the

641
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 3: big the big teams. You know, it sounds like a

642
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 3: real underdog mentality. Where's that come from?

643
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 9: Because I've always been looked at not as good as

644
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:49,160
Speaker 9: people that have the hype or whoever that may be.

645
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 9: You know, in high school, I wasn't I was a

646
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 9: three star recruit, you know, I was in a four

647
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 9: or five star. You know, being from Bay Area versus

648
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 9: Los Angeles, you know, there's a stigma on that, like, Okay,

649
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 9: Los Angele football players are this, but the Bay Area

650
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 9: football players may not get as much love and then

651
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 9: go to Colorado the bottom of the Pac twelve. You know,

652
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 9: all this stuff is like I kind of just I

653
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 9: don't know if I chased it or if it or

654
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 9: if I just happen to be in those situations. But

655
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 9: I come to love it because, you know, it's like

656
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 9: at the end of the day, the truth gonna come out,

657
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 9: you know, like all the headlines, the hype, whatever it

658
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 9: may be, when it's time to you know, put on

659
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 9: pads and compete. You know, there's a special feeling when

660
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 9: you were counted out and you do it versus when

661
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,560
Speaker 9: they expects you to be good.

662
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: You know, your college coach Mike McIntyre, who's from here

663
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Speaker 1: by the way, Yeah, true, he described you in your

664
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 1: time at Colorado as just having an amazing steadiness. He

665
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 1: knew that you would do well in whatever you did,

666
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 1: even if it wasn't the NFL, because you got your

667
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: degree in business. He said, that's who he is, That's

668
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: who Cheeto is. He is completely steady. And it feels

669
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 1: like that's how you've been through your NFL career.

670
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Speaker 5: Very fair.

671
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Speaker 9: I mean, you know, coming from my family, you know,

672
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 9: seeing my parents is a great example of that my

673
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 9: big sister and my big brother also you know, Nigerian culture,

674
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Speaker 9: anything you want.

675
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 5: To look at.

676
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Speaker 9: Like, I have a lot of great foundations that have

677
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 9: led me to kind of see how to be successful

678
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 9: and whatever feel I'm in. And you know, it's been

679
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 9: my strength as well, you know, also my faith of course,

680
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,760
Speaker 9: but it's been my strength of like you know, in

681
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,160
Speaker 9: any time of hardship or adversity, you know, I have

682
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Speaker 9: things to fall back on and learn how to you know,

683
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Speaker 9: battle through it.

684
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Speaker 1: What would you be doing if you weren't playing corner

685
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: in the NFL right now?

686
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,320
Speaker 5: If I wasn't playing corner in the NFL, what.

687
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 1: Would you do with that business degree?

688
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 9: Yeah, I'd probably owned half of America, now I was kidding.

689
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 9: I was just like, nah, I definitely be involved with

690
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,520
Speaker 9: a lot of different things because I'm also creative, you know,

691
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 9: So I like things where you know, I'm able to

692
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Speaker 9: be creative, like commercial real estate. A lot of my

693
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 9: friends back home, host of do things with nonprofits, you know,

694
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 9: run camps, you know, anything like that, like where you

695
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 9: know you're able to gather people, create a network of

696
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,080
Speaker 9: people and let them kind of enjoy themselves or network

697
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 9: amongst themselves. You know, there's a value in that. So

698
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 9: stuff like that I think I'd definitely be involved in.

699
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 3: He said, you're a creative guy. How does that creativity

700
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 3: kind of manifest itself right now?

701
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 4: What do you do to be creative?

702
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 9: Well, I do have this cybusiness I talked about Biafro.

703
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 9: So that's the thing that my friends do, you know,

704
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 9: where they host events and you know, stuff like that.

705
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 9: And then I do get in a lot of business

706
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 9: meetings with you know, different individuals that may know a

707
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 9: lot more than me, but you know, I'm able to

708
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 9: you know, learn from them and kind of see how

709
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 9: they made their wealth or you know, their specific field,

710
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 9: you know, how they learned in it. So I do

711
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 9: that as well. I like to make music sometimes for fun. Yeah,

712
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,200
Speaker 9: there's a lot of different things like you know, also

713
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,479
Speaker 9: graphic design, you know, I like to do that. So

714
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 9: this is a lot of a lot of things. Yeah, Chess.

715
00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 9: I play a lot of chess.

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Speaker 4: Chess.

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Speaker 5: Two years ago I was the serious chess. Yeah, yeah,

718
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 5: I played chess.

719
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 4: So two years ago you were what, well, the.

720
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 5: NFL had a tournament. I won it. What yeah what yeah?

721
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 4: Yeah hardcore?

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00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 5: Yeah, so yeah, I just you know, I enjoy myself.

723
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Speaker 1: That's what I was going to ask about. If you

724
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: play chess and then you play in the NFL, the

725
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 1: two things really go together in terms of scheme and

726
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: anticipation and some reaction. But there's a mental component that

727
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:36,800
Speaker 1: has to be beneficial to your NFL career most definitely.

728
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 9: You know, there's there's something in chess called pattern recognition.

729
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 9: You know, when someone who's at the top of the

730
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 9: chess game can recall, you know, a position they've been

731
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Speaker 9: in on the chess board from twenty years ago, ten

732
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Speaker 9: years ago, or they could even recall other people's games,

733
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 9: you know of you know, what position they were in

734
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 9: and what was the best move.

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Speaker 5: You know.

736
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 9: So on the football for it's the same thing, like

737
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 9: if I'm put in a position that I've recognized, I

738
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 9: could kind of assume the best move to do or

739
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 9: to make or problem solve, you know, on the fly.

740
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 9: And also in the film room, same thing like, Okay,

741
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 9: this team did this formation and then did this route. Okay,

742
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 9: but this team lined up in a different formation but

743
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 9: or with a different personnel group but kind of similar formation,

744
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 9: it did the same route. You can kind of connect

745
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 9: the two. Other offensive coordinator came from this family. You know,

746
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 9: stuff like that that we talk about generally in football,

747
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 9: but I think chess helps to identify it quicker.

748
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Speaker 1: So you ain't just a smart guy. That's the thing

749
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 1: is we see not a small individual. Now, physicality is

750
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 1: part of your game. You were very comfortable in the

751
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: AFC North with what your game is all about. What

752
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 1: are you going to bring to this defense and what

753
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: are you excited about doing in Dinard Wilson's defense.

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00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 9: Yeah, I'm excited to just be utilized. However they would

755
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 9: need me to be utilized. You know, I don't want

756
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 9: to promise anything. I think coming onto a new team,

757
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 9: I definitely want to earn the respect of my peers,

758
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 9: of the coaches and every so looking step on any toes.

759
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,720
Speaker 9: I'm just going to try to be myself and you

760
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 9: don't really be the physical guy you talk about, you know, technique,

761
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 9: all that stuff. Whatever message they want to get across,

762
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 9: I want to be another vessel of that.

763
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Speaker 5: And you know, I'm really excited for this opportunity.

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00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 9: I don't want to promise anything, but if people know me,

765
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 9: then they know me.

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Speaker 5: Would it like that and I'll show the rest. Yeah.

767
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 3: One of the things you're really known for is your

768
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 3: leadership skills you are You're a guy who can really

769
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 3: kind of motivate a group of men. What is your

770
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,439
Speaker 3: leadership style? What is the way that you really get

771
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 3: people going.

772
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 9: I'm I'm a brother to brother kind of leader, you know.

773
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 9: I'm I'm not too I'm not rah rah or like

774
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 9: get in front of everybody and you know, rah rah

775
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,640
Speaker 9: If I notice something, I could pull someone to the

776
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 9: side and talk to them. I like to develop relationships

777
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 9: with everybody so that when it's time to have that

778
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 9: type of talk, we can have that type of talk,

779
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,399
Speaker 9: or they could talk to me. Even so, I'm I'm

780
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 9: a person that likes to be really interpersonal, you know,

781
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 9: not necessarily like, oh, this guy is you know, this

782
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:05,880
Speaker 9: way in the locker room, but then in front of

783
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 9: the team he talking and doing all. I'm not that

784
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 9: type of guy, you know, So I'll try to be

785
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 9: the same guy and be consistent, lead by example, but

786
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 9: as well as bringer brother along with me.

787
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Speaker 5: And that's you know how I like to get down.

788
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 3: Being able to build those relationships must be incredibly helpful,

789
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,840
Speaker 3: especially within the secondary where you you got to trust

790
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:23,959
Speaker 3: the guys around.

791
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 4: You so much.

792
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 9: M Yeah, and that's the thing that's a big thing

793
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 9: in the secondary. You have five you know, dbs, six

794
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,359
Speaker 9: dvs on at the field at one time. You know,

795
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,839
Speaker 9: we're controlling a lot of you know, what's happening out there.

796
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,760
Speaker 9: So having that trust and communication throughout the whole secondary

797
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 9: is very important.

798
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard was your teammate in Dallas. Briefly, what do

799
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,439
Speaker 1: you know about Tony Pollard from your experience that he's

800
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,479
Speaker 1: going to bring with you to the type.

801
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 5: He's explosive, very very explosive. You know.

802
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:58,879
Speaker 9: I remember my first year twenty twenty one when I left,

803
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,400
Speaker 9: the Cowboys were watching and I think the Cowboys versus

804
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 9: somebody that they played. It was like the Thursday night game,

805
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 9: opening game of the season, and I was telling everybody

806
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:08,080
Speaker 9: that was watching.

807
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,320
Speaker 5: I was like, that boy right there, he's he's the

808
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 5: real deal.

809
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 9: Like because I mean, obviously Zeke at the time was

810
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:15,839
Speaker 9: starting and doing all that stuff and he's really good

811
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 9: as well. But I was like, Tony Pollard, that boy

812
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 9: is the real deal. I kept telling them that, and uh,

813
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 9: you know, it's just crazy how life happens. And now

814
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 9: we're on the same team again. So really excited for

815
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 9: his opportunity as.

816
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 1: Well, did you make a pre draft visit here?

817
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 5: I did? I thought you did?

818
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: I you did?

819
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:31,879
Speaker 5: I did?

820
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:36,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, what do you remember about that? At part two?

821
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 1: How surreal is it to be back here as a

822
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 1: Titan seven years later?

823
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 9: It's crazy, man, It's honestly crazy. I remember going into

824
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 9: the meal, like the cafeteria and seeing round tables at

825
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 9: the time. Now it's like kitchen. This that all, you know,

826
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:57,320
Speaker 9: all the amenities and everything. I remember the practice field,

827
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 9: like meeting with the GM at the time and then

828
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 9: looking for at the practice field. That's pretty much all

829
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 9: I remember. And then now coming back, my dad had

830
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,399
Speaker 9: just sent me a picture yesterday with like an old

831
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 9: Titans shirt and I was like, dang, that was from

832
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 9: when I.

833
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 5: Visited there before.

834
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 9: And he's like texting the same thing, like, you know,

835
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 9: crazy how life works, you know. So yeah, I feel

836
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,760
Speaker 9: like I'm meant to be here, so I'm hopefully hopeful

837
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,280
Speaker 9: that you know, we're able to do big things.

838
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 1: Did you think we were going to pick you?

839
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,440
Speaker 5: Uh? You never know, You never because.

840
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 1: You were in Philadelphia for the draft, weren't you. Yeah, yeah,

841
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: first Colorado player ever invited to the draft.

842
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 9: Really, Oh, I didn't even know that so cool. That's

843
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 9: really cool. But yeah, I think I had a good idea.

844
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,840
Speaker 9: I thought I thought the Titans might since I visited here.

845
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 9: But yeah, that's why. That's how gil Brandt got me

846
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,399
Speaker 9: over there, because I thought, you know, to go first round.

847
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 9: But I ended up going back home and celebrating my

848
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 9: family anyway.

849
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: So it was fun, good stuff. Hey, thank you so much.

850
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 1: I try again.

851
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 5: I was a, what's your great at that? I'll let

852
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 5: her great because.

853
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 4: We'll work on it.

854
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 9: Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah she could be okay again I

855
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 9: was yeah, I.

856
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:19,439
Speaker 10: Was, yeah, yeah, I was yeah, no, no, the past

857
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 10: one hundred yards.

858
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 1: I gotta say.

859
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 9: The thing is that people don't realize my name is English, right,

860
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,280
Speaker 9: but the language is Ebo.

861
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 1: So it's differ from French.

862
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 5: No, it's Nigerian bounce French, right, But.

863
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,760
Speaker 1: I wondered if that came from devation.

864
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 9: No, so like it's the Ebo language, which is why

865
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 9: it looks like English.

866
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,359
Speaker 5: And if you were pronounced like English, you say.

867
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 1: Be a woozy, you know, Yeah, that's what everybody says.

868
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 5: And that's a woozy is not is acceptable to me? Okay,

869
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 5: woozy is acceptable to me.

870
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,759
Speaker 1: So that's not going to be acceptable because.

871
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 9: English, in English, that's how you were say my name,

872
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 9: and Ebo I was yeah, I was, Yeah, you're.

873
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 1: An NFL Player're gonna say the guy's.

874
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 9: Name, right, I got, I got three. You know it's

875
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 9: a intrimental name. Richard.

876
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 1: Stop you're lying.

877
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 5: Yeah, Richard, Richie, Richie, so you could have been.

878
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:19,319
Speaker 9: Richie, Richie Big, Richie King, Richard whatever you want to see,

879
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 9: know what I'm saying.

880
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:27,840
Speaker 1: We've got to end this. Yeah, I Mike Keith, this

881
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:33,760
Speaker 1: is Amy Wells, Richard, this is Richie for Cheeto.

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Speaker 5: No, no, huh oh.

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Speaker 1: Just saying this is the OTP. Look at the camera

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Speaker 1: and say.

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Speaker 5: That this is the OTP.

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Speaker 1: Well, the ever body knows it's