1 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: This is the OTP. 2 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 2: I'm Amy Wells. 3 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 1: The NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror, and so 4 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: is Rookie Mini Camp. And look, we could talk about 5 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 1: the practices that we saw, but there'll be more time 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: for that down the line. Beyond the practice, there are 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: a lot of other things that rookie players participate in 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: during their time in Rookie Mini Camp. We've told you 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: about the History Lesson and listen. If you haven't heard 10 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: Mike Keith give the history of the Tennessee Titans, go 11 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: right now and download last year's edition of the OTP. 12 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: It's called History Lesson. It is a must listen for 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: all Titans fans, absolutely mandatory. So this year we added 14 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: a new twist. After the rookies learned about the history 15 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: of the franchise, we brought in some Titans legends and 16 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: really they're more like superstars to really break down what 17 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: it means to be a pro and to wear the 18 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: two tone blue. These guys are the ones to talk to, 19 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: you know. Here on the OTP we like to take 20 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: you behind the scenes. So here's the alumni players, the 21 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: legends imparting their wisdom on the new guys. Kevin Dyson, 22 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: Javon Curse, Keith Bullock, Delaney Walker, and Brett Kern all 23 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: joined Titans Radio's Ret Brian right here on the OTP. 24 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 3: It's important for you guys to meet who had that 25 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 3: uniform one before you and be able to, you know, 26 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 3: ask a question or two. But I'm gonna start with 27 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 3: a panel question for each of you. What are some 28 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 3: of the pitfalls for you guys to avoid in the 29 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 3: first year that you're in the league or any year 30 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 3: that you were in the NFL. 31 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 4: First and foremost, y'all saw a video. We went from 32 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 4: analog to digital real quick. I felt, oh, real quick. 33 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 4: Oh now, But I think one of the things is 34 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 4: being worried about outside noise. Y'all live in the area 35 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 4: that we didn't necessarily live in where the social media 36 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 4: and everythings. It was enough expectation being a first round pick. 37 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 4: I happened to be the first pick of the city. 38 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 4: He was the first Titans pick, and the expectation already 39 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 4: comes with being the first round pick anyway, And the 40 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 4: expectation is there, and now you got to find a 41 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 4: way to knock out that noise on worry about what's 42 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 4: in this building that is the pitfall that gets a 43 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 4: lot of guys because and you've seen it, you've heard it, 44 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 4: and you maybe even done it in college yourself, where 45 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,839 Speaker 4: you worried about You want to be perfect, You want 46 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 4: to be the greatest you can be, especially when you 47 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 4: get to this level. Everybody wants a Hall of Fame career. 48 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 4: Everybody wants to be to the pinnacle. You want to 49 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 4: win the championships and be recognized for your skill set. 50 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 4: But it's so easy to get caught up because of 51 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 4: what the guy in Jacksonville is doing, with the guy 52 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 4: in k C is doing, with the guy in La 53 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 4: is doing. It's so easy when you say, man, I 54 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 4: got that same kind of talent. I'm not getting the ball. 55 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 4: I'm not doing this. They're not They're not calling these 56 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 4: calls for me. Don't worry about that. The most important 57 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 4: thing is when you get your opportunities to make the 58 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 4: most of it and be what you need to be 59 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 4: for the team that you're on right now. 60 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 5: Another pitfall is get your family affairs in order, Like, 61 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 5: get all that stuff in order, because I'm sure as 62 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 5: soon as that weekend passed, the draft weekend, y'all phones 63 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 5: probably started blowing up. If it didn't blow up yet, 64 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 5: it's gonna blow up. And people are gonna swear they're 65 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 5: the ones that put the football in your hand. They're 66 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 5: the one that took you to your first practice, your 67 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 5: first game, which. 68 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: Is all lies, all lies, all lies. 69 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 5: But just get all that stuff in order because it's 70 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 5: gonna be a distraction. So just yeah, just you know, 71 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 5: you've got a financial guy, or a family member, mom, unt, somebody, 72 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 5: cousin or somebody, have somebody to be the person to 73 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 5: be no person, because they gonna come at y'all like 74 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 5: they gonna come at y'all, hall Cam. I know they 75 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 5: came with you before you even got drafted. I know 76 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 5: they was already coming at you anyways, man. But y'all 77 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 5: just got to just get that stuff, get it situated, 78 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 5: get it in order, because it can become a distraction 79 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 5: as well. 80 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 2: I'll have another one. 81 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 6: I would say, the company you keep, they never remember 82 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 6: the person you with. It's always your name, even if 83 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 6: you didn't do it, they remember your name. So only 84 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 6: hang out with people who has your best interest. Right now, 85 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 6: you made you set. Only thing that can end it 86 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 6: is you or your family, your friends that you keep 87 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 6: with you because they think they're you, and they do 88 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 6: things that put you jeopard out is your career. Don't 89 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 6: let it happen. Keep guys that you know who gonna 90 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 6: look out for your best interest. Make sure that you 91 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 6: keep the company that's going to look out for you. 92 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 6: Trust me, this is big because the NFL, they don't 93 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 6: care what your friend did, but you was with them. 94 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 6: So now you gotta fight that case. You gotta worry 95 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 6: about that because your name is the one that's gonna 96 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 6: be going about on the bottom of ESPN, not your friends, 97 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 6: not your family. 98 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 2: Dan Dada, Da Dada, that's your name. You ain't had 99 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 2: nothing to do with it. Remember that. 100 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 7: I would say, realize where you're at right right now 101 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 7: on this space. You're a professional. You're a football player. 102 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 7: If this is where you want to be, handle your business. 103 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 7: You are a professional football player. Getting your playbook, learn 104 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 7: the ropes, learn everything you need to do to stay 105 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 7: in this game. I'm sorry, stay in this business as 106 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 7: long as you can. You know, I played here for 107 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 7: ten years, played one hundred and twenty seven straight games. 108 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 7: Toward my ACL I was gone, went to New York 109 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 7: and you know I'm battling injuries, trying to get on 110 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 7: the field, But the coaches around the building they always 111 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 7: say good morning, pro, good afternoon pro. They just kept 112 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 7: calling me a pro. I'm like, I wasn't even concerned 113 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 7: with that. I just wanted to get on the field. 114 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 7: But then I realized I carried myself like a professional, 115 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 7: and it just transferred when I went somewhere else, unfamiliar, 116 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 7: laying unfamiliar people that weren't familiar with me, but they're 117 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 7: familiar with a professional. Is that's why we're all up here? 118 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 7: We're professionals. 119 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 3: I think another question I'm going to ask the panel 120 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 3: here that is important because you guys are about to 121 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 3: have the right of the life and your name plates 122 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 3: on the back of the jersey. The shield is there, 123 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 3: and but you're not immune to life's problems, and you're 124 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 3: not immune to life's adversities. Some of you, a lot 125 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 3: of you probably already overcome quite a bit to even 126 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 3: get here. So my question to you guys is how 127 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 3: did you handle adversity on or off the field when 128 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 3: you were playing, when you have so many things coming 129 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 3: at you as a player. 130 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 8: Well, first of all, congrats on being the one percent 131 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 8: of the one percent. Man. It's it's a privilege. To 132 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 8: be in this room and understand what comes with that. 133 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 8: There's a lot of people that would give a lot 134 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 8: to be where you all are at. 135 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 2: And once you. 136 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 8: Understand that, that puts a different. 137 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 2: Man. 138 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 8: It gives you different mindset knowing that someone is coming 139 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 8: for your job right and so have no regrets whether 140 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 8: it's in the weight room, watching extra film, you want 141 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 8: to go back, play video games, understand that somebody else 142 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 8: is going back and looking at the film. Even guys 143 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 8: that you're competing against, look at the film, do extra work, act, 144 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 8: ask questions. But just I just want to congratulate you 145 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 8: guys on that because it's man, it's a special honor 146 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 8: to be in here. But to go back to the 147 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 8: question Brett, I think for me, I was I was 148 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 8: blessed to meet my wife in college. She's my rock. 149 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 8: I'll tell you straight up. We're going on seventeen years 150 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 8: of being married and so to have her has been 151 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 8: a huge blessing because she knows I feed off encouragement 152 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 8: and and so there's a lot of tough times. My 153 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 8: rookie year, my special teams coach, he told me every 154 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 8: week I was getting cut. My wife and I we 155 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 8: you know, towards the end of the year find out 156 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 8: we were having our first child, and he told me 157 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,119 Speaker 8: that was the biggest mistake I'll ever make of my life. 158 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 8: And so that was kind of what I was dealing with. 159 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 8: So mentally, man, it was really really tough, and I 160 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 8: bottled a lot of that up, which isn't healthy. And 161 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 8: so I would encourage you guys, man, if you can 162 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 8: find a mentor an old coach. Uh, you know, I 163 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 8: mean to shoot text one of us. I mean, we've 164 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 8: all been through it. We've all you know, had successful careers. Man, 165 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 8: y'all just got to talk about life off the field, 166 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 8: on the field, what's going on. Uh, just feel free 167 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 8: to reach out because don't man, don't bottle it up. 168 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 8: You bottle that stress up. Man, it'll show on Sundays 169 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 8: and that's you don't want that. 170 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, I echoed that, do not suffer in silence. Man. 171 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 2: I did it myself, and I remember being an old head. 172 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 2: Come back. Kenny Britt, another first round pick. 173 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 4: He was struggling. It reminded me of my struggles. I 174 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 4: reached out to him and said, hey, have him my number. 175 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 4: He never reached out. He wasn't hearing very much. Longer 176 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 4: after that, and then he journeyed around the league after that. 177 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 2: Man. So I'll just tell you, man, don't suffer inside. 178 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 2: This is hard. 179 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 4: There's last spectation that comes with this. There's gonna be 180 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 4: a lot of people. They're gonna write stuff about you. 181 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 4: They're gonna tweet stuff about you, They're gonna instagram about you, 182 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 4: They're gonna do whatever they can. Your family's gonna talk 183 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 4: bad about you. Even the ones that that said they 184 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 4: love you, man, you do that, They're gonna they're gonna 185 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 4: talk about you. Man, So have somebody. It might be 186 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 4: somebody sitting next to you today. It might, like you said, 187 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 4: one of us. Like I said, I reached out to 188 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 4: some of the guys when I see them, man, because 189 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 4: it reminds me my own story. So I like, man, 190 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 4: look I've been there. Because it's some like he said, 191 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 4: you have a one percent of a one percent. Now, 192 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 4: a whole lot of people in the world that have 193 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 4: been in these rooms that can relate to you. We 194 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 4: just happen to be guys that did it twenty twenty 195 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 4: five years ago, unless you know that kind of thing. 196 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 4: So man, use your resources, man, whether it be a 197 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 4: licensed therapist or an old head like ourselves that you 198 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 4: can just talk to man and just just bounce that 199 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 4: off of, because I'm gonna tell you that's the realest 200 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 4: because the season is long. When y'all get to October, 201 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 4: you already played your college season, and now you got 202 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 4: to figure out to get that second win and mentally, 203 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 4: especially that first year, mentally getting past that that wall. 204 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 4: It's rough, but you gotta find it because this is 205 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 4: your job and it's a lot different. You don't got 206 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 4: to go class and anything else like that, man, But 207 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 4: find somebody that you can relate to. 208 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 2: Man. 209 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 4: Just like I said, if it's just hey, man, I'm 210 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 4: going through something right now, what I need? What can 211 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 4: I do? What can you do for me? Just reach out, I. 212 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: Would say, believe in yourself. Man. 213 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 7: I was a first round Drive Music City Miracle Rookie 214 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 7: of the Year. I got drafted after him, and I 215 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 7: just played situational football for two years. 216 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 2: And it wasn't my fault. You know. 217 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 7: We had a really good football team, really good defense, 218 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 7: and I just look, look, I was better than who 219 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 7: was in front of me. But that's on the coach, 220 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 7: you know what I'm saying. But nonetheless, I had to 221 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 7: keep we can concur I had to keep believing in 222 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 7: myself because like, I'm not gonna see it and hold 223 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 7: you like damn, like am I bus Like what's going on? 224 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 2: Like why can't you know what I mean? 225 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 7: And then you know, when you get your opportunity, make 226 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 7: the most of it, be prepared. You never know when 227 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 7: it's gonna be, but always believe in yourself. You're in 228 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 7: this room for a reason, and these coaches are gonna 229 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 7: find out over the next three months. 230 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 2: So look good luck. 231 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 6: I'm gonna start off out just giving you all like 232 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 6: my history went to a D two and you know, 233 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 6: I feel like I should have went to USC, but 234 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 6: I put myself in the situation that I had to 235 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 6: get myself out of, and I said, I'm gonna put 236 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 6: my head down and I'm gonna grind. If you know 237 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 6: my one of my coaches, Willie Fritz, told me when 238 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 6: I went to Central Missouri, he said, if you as 239 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 6: good as you say you are, they gonna find you. 240 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 6: And that stuck with me because I'm like he challenging me, 241 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 6: He challenged me to be great because I was still 242 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 6: a boy when I was in college and didn't realize 243 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 6: he was trying to teach me to be a man. 244 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 6: So I knew that I was gonna hit these bumps 245 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 6: in the road because I already had took an obstacle 246 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 6: that put me in D two. So now everything was 247 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 6: being thrown at me. But I knew if I put 248 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,079 Speaker 6: my head down and I grind, I was gonna get 249 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 6: to where I wanted to be because I wanted to 250 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 6: be there. And then when I got invited to the combine, 251 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 6: that was another step. But I still felt like I 252 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 6: was behind because now I'm a D two player going 253 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 6: to the combine, I got to compete, compete against all 254 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 6: you guys Miami, SC Florida State. They don't know who 255 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 6: I am. Again, it's another bump in the role. Nobody 256 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 6: know me, nobody can ever see me play. So again 257 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 6: I'm challenging myself. I put my head down at this combine. 258 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 2: I'm on grin. 259 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 6: I'm gonna show these dudes what I'm all about. I 260 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 6: get drafted. These are steps I looked at cause I'm like, 261 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 6: I'm ten toes down. Long as I'm ten toes down, 262 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 6: I'm on grind because I never looked at it as oh, 263 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 6: I'm gonna give up all they pushing me back. I 264 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 6: looked at it. I'm gonna fight because I always been 265 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,719 Speaker 6: a fighter. Y'all fighters, That's why y'all in this room. 266 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 6: You have to compete against a lot of people to 267 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 6: be here, and they chose you because they seen something 268 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 6: in you. Because y'all fighters, I fought all my life. 269 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 6: You ain't gonna stop today, you know what I'm saying. 270 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 6: So when that bump is in that road, put your 271 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 6: head down and grind. Don't ever let none of these 272 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 6: coaches tell you ain't gonna be in this league, because 273 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 6: they told me that when I was in the forty 274 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 6: nine ers. Oh I'm a special teams guy, that's all 275 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 6: you are. I said, Okay, let. 276 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 2: Me give y'all. 277 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 4: Let me give y'all game on free. This one's free. 278 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 4: I used to tell free agents because we got draft 279 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 4: picks in here. Some of y'all already know you got 280 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 4: a job. Like man, that's just what it is. I 281 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 4: was the first round pick. I knew I had a job. 282 00:12:57,840 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 4: I wasn't gonna be cut. They gonna invest that kind 283 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 4: of capital on me, me not be here. I knew 284 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 4: I was gonna be here. But there were some free 285 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 4: agents and stuff like that. They were pretty talented. So 286 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 4: I would tell them you gotta listen and watch, pay attention, 287 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 4: and do what the next man is not doing. What 288 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 4: I mean is if he keep screaming at this guy 289 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 4: for not knowing his plays, or he's missing blocks, or 290 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 4: he's not digging out that safety, or he's dropping the ball, 291 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 4: what are you doing. You're doing exact opposite. You're not 292 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 4: in your playbook. I'm in my playbook. You make sure 293 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 4: you doing what the other guy's not doing. And keep 294 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 4: in mind, I'm a former Titan. But there's thirty one 295 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 4: other teams in this league, and unfortunately there's only so 296 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 4: many roster spots, and they all know each other. We 297 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 4: got gentlemens, we got people. Hear this guy from Kansas City. 298 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 4: You don't think he don't still have contacts of Kansas City. 299 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 4: You don't think they're still talking. They all talk, all 300 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 4: talk brother out for the NFL. 301 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 2: Bro. 302 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:49,839 Speaker 4: So do what the next guy is not doing. Man, 303 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 4: that's how you that's how you last and stay around. 304 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 7: They like you go out there and put your best 305 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 7: foot out there. 306 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 2: Like mcdog said, be professional, Yeah, be professional. Be prepared. 307 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 5: Preparation is key to this thing because you never know 308 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 5: when your numbers going to get called. 309 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 2: Don't be late with me personally. 310 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 5: When I got a scholarship to go to University of Florida, 311 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 5: I show up there, I read sturted in my first year. 312 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 5: Then going into my my red shirt freshman year, the 313 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 5: first year I was going to play, I was like 314 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 5: a backup and literally somebody gets hurt, literally that Thursday 315 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 5: before our first our first game of the season, and 316 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 5: they threw a pass out there and I never gave 317 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 5: that back. 318 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 2: I'm sorry. 319 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 5: And then once I got drafted here for the Titans, 320 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 5: got drafted here, I was of course I was the 321 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 5: first round picked them at sixteen, but they still were 322 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 5: going to groom me and have me play behind someone else. 323 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 5: I feel like maybe the second week of training camp 324 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 5: they put him. In the second week of training camp, 325 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 5: the person who was in front of me got in 326 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 5: a co accident. He got in a carnccident, prat Lions 327 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 5: got in a car accident. Ended up couldn't play footballnymore 328 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 5: because they found an aneurysm on his brain. And they 329 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 5: actually like say this life because he wasn't like bumping 330 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 5: hairs anymore. But anyways, after that happened, they threw my 331 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 5: sat there and look through these walls and see what 332 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 5: happened right there, because I was ready for that. Y'all 333 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 5: gotta be ready, listen. Never know when they're gonna call 334 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 5: your number, but when they call your number, man, y'all 335 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 5: gotta be ready for this thing because it's those opportunity 336 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 5: are not gonna come around a lot. 337 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 2: Stop. 338 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 5: It's not gonna come around a lot. 339 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 2: So you got to make the most of it. Man. 340 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 7: So that's the opportunity to play football. I remember, and 341 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 7: I pass it back to you. Ready, I remember, SAMAI row. 342 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 7: One of my teammates used to always acting, damn bull, 343 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 7: Why you practice all the time? Why you practice all 344 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 7: the time. I was like, Bro, he's gonna be a 345 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 7: time where I can't practice. Gonna be a time where 346 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 7: you can't I can go shoot basketball, play pickleball, Dude, 347 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 7: I can't go out there and. 348 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 2: Without get arrested to go try and play. 349 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 7: I look crazy if I go out You know what 350 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 7: I'm saying, Like, you can't go do this again. 351 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 2: So this is it, This is it this summer. 352 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: Seek geek has your ticket to the best live concerts 353 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: in Nashville at Nissan Stadium. See Geek has the best 354 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: seat your seat for an unforgettable summer. 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Anybody got a 362 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 3: question for one of these guys that you want to 363 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 3: know some things about? 364 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 2: Yes, because he was a little the team super Bowl? 365 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,359 Speaker 2: So what was that team enviromment? Right? The team atmosphere? 366 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 5: It was a It was a for me, it was 367 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 5: a real family atmosphere because when I got dropped here 368 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 5: in ninety nine, you guys may have went eight and eight, 369 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 5: like how many years in a row? So or three 370 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 5: years in a row, eight and eight, five hundred, But 371 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 5: when I got in, it was like there was no 372 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 5: hazing going on with like listen, man, we got we 373 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 5: got a job to do. 374 00:16:58,320 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 2: We try it. 375 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 5: We don't have no time to make you get on 376 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 5: the Stemlach chair and seeing your team fights, song or whatever. 377 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 5: But it was just a family atmosphere. Just everyone put 378 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 5: me to the side. I did the same thing that 379 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 5: Keith got here as well. He reminded me of that. 380 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 5: But like like the Eddies, the Steve McNair's, like they 381 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 5: all put me to the side. Bruce Matthews put me 382 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 5: to the side. Like listen, man, like listen, we got 383 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 5: a job to do. We're all on the same page. 384 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 5: So if you go through anything, talk to us or whatever. 385 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 5: But the big picture is like it was, it was 386 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 5: a family atmosphere. Like everybody was just wealthy. 387 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 2: I could speak to that too. 388 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 7: It was a veteran team because like I came after them, 389 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 7: So I think Big Jeff might be the oldest cat 390 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 7: on the team here. Yeah, well Bruce Matthews was in 391 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 7: year twenty. You know what I'm saying. My vet in 392 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 7: my room, my veteran linebacker was in year eleven like 393 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,719 Speaker 7: these cats. Was like, so how Dravan is talking like 394 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 7: you coming to do your work? Like these cats is 395 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 7: going home to their wife and they two three year 396 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 7: old kid, which at twenty two I couldn't relate to that, 397 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 7: but now I was like, damn, I see what they was. 398 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 2: Going through now, but you see what I'm saying. So 399 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 2: it's really the structure of the team. Man. 400 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 7: You know we hit a low. I was here for 401 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 7: ten years, so you know they set the fabric. You've 402 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 7: seen it on the video. You know they set the fabric. 403 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 7: They skipped over. You know, they got through the little 404 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 7: thing and then they got to Delaney's team. But right 405 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 7: there we went owing four, like we four and twelve, 406 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 7: five and eleven. But you know it was one of 407 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 7: those things. I was the best player on the team. 408 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 7: And a former player, Marcus Robinson said, or coach Fisher said, 409 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 7: this team is gonna go up or down with you 410 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 7: because I had a bad attitude. 411 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 2: When you lose, you got bad attitude. 412 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 7: Right, So when I started holding people accountable, when you 413 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 7: hold people accountable, you gotta be most accountable. 414 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 2: Quarterbacks know that. Right linebackers should know that. You gotta 415 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 2: be most accountable. 416 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 7: So that's what you gotta do in this team leaked 417 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 7: and it's not your time yet, but that time might 418 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 7: come for you. So yeah, I'll say this, man, they 419 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 7: any good team I've ever been on, college, high school, pro, 420 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 7: even what I do now, nobody care who got the credit, 421 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 7: and I knew that was true. 422 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 4: What Eddie George came to me. He's the face of 423 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 4: the franchise. That said, man, you got prepare every day 424 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 4: like you the best player on the field. And this 425 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 4: is this is Eddie George telling me that. And I'm like, 426 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 4: day you you are the best player on the field. 427 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 4: You're supposed to be the man. They changed your name 428 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 4: at the stadium they changed and He's like, no, you 429 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 4: got to you the best player in this field every day. 430 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 4: And he didn't care. He just wanted to win at 431 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 4: the end of the day. You know, now evenew he 432 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 4: gonna get the rock, but at this steel But that's 433 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 4: that's any good team I've ever been on, especially that team, 434 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 4: And it was just I was came in when I 435 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 4: came in ninety eight. The year before him that had 436 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 4: been eight eight and we went eight to eight. And 437 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 4: I remember riding a playing home with samorriw. We was 438 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 4: one and four, and dudes, is just kind of like, 439 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 4: off to the next one, because in the pros, you know, 440 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 4: you can't let it sit on you for a loan. 441 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 4: You got going to the next one. And samri and 442 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 4: Kenny Holmes, who played at Miami he was. He was 443 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 4: drafting year before me, and they were just kind of 444 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 4: like like sulking, but everybody else is kind of like, 445 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 4: just move off the next one. He was like, man, 446 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 4: I've already lost more games this year, and I lost 447 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 4: my whole college career. 448 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:57,959 Speaker 2: This one. 449 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 4: Ford State was just you know, Florid State was bagging, 450 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 4: and he was like it was just hard for him. 451 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 4: So he had competitive spirit. So we went eight and eight, 452 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 4: and then that next year when we flipped and everybody 453 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 4: just and then JK came and it was just like 454 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 4: it just connected and nobody cared. 455 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 2: Don't get me wrong. We had a fight. 456 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 4: We had a fight night for a Super Bowl between 457 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 4: a dB and a receiver that's right at practice. 458 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 2: But you wouldn't have known it. Him would have gotten filled, 459 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. So it's all of. 460 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 4: Y'all know, man, y'all been playing the sport for a 461 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 4: long time. Man, But any good team ever been on, 462 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 4: there was no division in. 463 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 2: That locker room. Man. We didn't care who was man. 464 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 2: We was all rooting for JK. They was. 465 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 4: They started playing freak out in the stadium, like we 466 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 4: didn't care about that. The rookie, you know, what I'm saying, 467 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 4: it was just all man and that's that's why it 468 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 4: was so good. But like all good things that come 469 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 4: to the end, people got to get paid, pre agency 470 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 4: and all that kind of stuff. 471 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 2: Man. 472 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 4: So it's just like I think Bull said it earlier, 473 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 4: the business. This is a business, and you gotta treated 474 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 4: like a business and you are your own corporation. And 475 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 4: that's how you handle yourself from this meeting or this 476 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 4: this this rookie camp on forward, man termine the success 477 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 4: of your business. All right, gentlemen, what's the biggest thing 478 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 4: you wish you could have been or something that you 479 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 4: did help. 480 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 2: Man? 481 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 4: I for me, the biggest thing I wish I would 482 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 4: have done man like generilized my resources, whether it be 483 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 4: just talking to folks, and took better care of my body. 484 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 2: I'm like you said, when you're two twenty three years old, 485 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 2: you think you know EVENO I tore so. 486 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 4: I had three career threatening injuries, and I came back 487 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 4: from each of them. 488 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 2: And I wish I would. 489 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 4: Have understood the the dynamics of health and body and eating. 490 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 4: And I still was eating all kind of way, and 491 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 4: I realized that the connection between my diet and my 492 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 4: health and so I tore my knee up rafted that 493 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 4: miracle year. 494 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 2: That very next year, I tore my knee up. That's 495 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 2: a year Bull was drafted. 496 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,439 Speaker 4: And then I came back, had had a good season, 497 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 4: and then tore my hamstring off. You know you can 498 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 4: do that. Then I came back from that and free 499 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 4: agency signed one year deal with Caroline toward my achilles 500 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 4: six months later after that, and it was just a 501 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 4: domino effect. And so I wish I'd know how to 502 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 4: take care of my body. So research and do what 503 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 4: you can to figure out how to keep your body healthy. 504 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 2: Do whatever it is. 505 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 4: Massage is, I don't know, acupuncture, your diet, get a nutrition, 506 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 4: invest in your body. I'm not gonna because it's basketball, 507 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 4: but you Lebar's playing as long as he can at. 508 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 2: The level is for a reason he's taking care of 509 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 2: his body. You know what I'm saying. 510 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 4: There's sometimes you gotta put that drink down, that glass 511 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 4: of bourbon. Sometimes you gotta put it down because I 512 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 4: got to heal, like you know what I'm saying. Like 513 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 4: I didn't realize that in my twenties because I thought 514 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 4: I'm in my twenties. I can hear. I always I 515 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 4: can go eat windies and be fine. Now, man, take 516 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 4: care of your body. Yeah, I mean I have to 517 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 4: back piggyback off that. Take care of your body. 518 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 6: Same when I came in the league, I didn't take 519 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 6: care of my body the way I should have. 520 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 2: And I think that's what caused me not. 521 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 6: To really put a staple on the field as much 522 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,719 Speaker 6: because the coaches knew, you know, I come in falling 523 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 6: asleep in meetings, you know what I mean, not probably 524 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 6: not hitting my max in the weight room. They know 525 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 6: these things, you know. But I was a great athlete 526 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 6: and they knew they can build on me. But I 527 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 6: have to learn myself to take care of my body. 528 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 6: And there I'm in my second year. I had Larry 529 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 6: Allen and Brian Young there, and I used to watch 530 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 6: those dudes go in the steamroom every day, get the 531 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 6: cold tub every day, and I'm like, man, I need 532 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 6: to change because whatever they doing, that's what I need 533 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,239 Speaker 6: to do, you know what I'm saying. And luckily, like 534 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 6: he said, when they back in the days, those guys 535 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 6: used to take you under the wing. I came in 536 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 6: and if they see you want to do it, they 537 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 6: take you under the wing and show you how to prepare. 538 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 6: And after that my second year, I was I followed 539 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 6: them everywhere they went. They was getting massages, I was 540 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 6: getting a massage. If they was in the steam room, 541 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 6: I was in the steam room. If they was getting stretched, 542 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 6: I was getting stretched. If they was hitting the pool 543 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 6: after workers, I was hitting the pool after workouts. Like 544 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,679 Speaker 6: y'all have to follow these vets who's doing it at 545 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 6: a high level, copy their routine. They not gonna be mad, 546 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 6: I'll promise you because when we see y'all doing that, 547 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 6: we love that, Like, Okay, this is gonna he gonna 548 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 6: be a baller. I'm gonna make sure we I take 549 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 6: care of him, get him right. They want to give 550 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 6: you the knowledge we want to We want to pass 551 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 6: it down to y'all. 552 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 2: That's that's what football is. Yeah, they're talking about health. 553 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 7: I agree all that, but you know, transitioning your game 554 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 7: from the college game to the pro game like finding 555 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 7: a vet with that, you know what I'm saying, How 556 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 7: to watch film at this level knowing your different personnels 557 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 7: down in distance, because like. 558 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 2: This this level is game of inches. 559 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 7: Like yeah, if that there's a reason that wide receivers 560 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 7: inside that hash mark and every other play. He's outside 561 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 7: that hashmark. He's trying to get across this field. Fat 562 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 7: like things like that. 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Now back to the OTPs, it time for. 573 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 2: The special teams talk. 574 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 8: I'll say this obviously from a special team's perspective and 575 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 8: playing for fifteen years and seeing how many guys made 576 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 8: a team because of their wanting to play special teams. 577 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 8: Guys that would ask to play kickoff. Hey, coach, put 578 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 8: me in at L five, L four, even though they've 579 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 8: never done it before. 580 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 2: But they're learning. 581 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 8: They're staying after practice, they're working on their punt sets, 582 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 8: technique moves. 583 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 2: You know. 584 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 8: Slater in New England played sixteen years right, literally playing 585 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 8: special teams, playing special teams, and so to see in 586 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 8: this guy, I remember watching film and he's what, You're 587 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 8: six in the Super Bowl running down on a kickoff, 588 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 8: taking someone's head off. You're six in a super Bowl. 589 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 8: And so I've seen I think we've all probably had 590 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 8: stories from my perspective, you know, punting for for a 591 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 8: long time and seeing guys and a coach coming up 592 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 8: to me saying, hey, you know we got a plus 593 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 8: fifty punt. 594 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 2: Who do you want? 595 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 8: Hey, Nick Westbrook a keene, he has got sure hands. 596 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 8: I need him out there when we have a plus 597 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 8: fifty punt special team. Like you're you're coming after jobs 598 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 8: from from guys that are like putting food on the 599 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 8: on the table, right. They understand you're you're making some 600 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 8: good money, right, and you put that money away, you 601 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 8: know when you when you retire, you play long enough, 602 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 8: you can look pretty good. And so to come in, 603 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 8: they're always the guys up there, they're trying to get 604 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 8: younger and cheaper. You guys are the cheaper side, right, 605 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 8: You're the cheaper side. And so to come in play 606 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 8: special teams, man, you got their preseason, You're going out there. 607 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 8: OTA's right, you're grinding your working. I promise you there 608 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 8: will be one or two guys in this room making 609 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 8: this team because of the special teams. 610 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 7: Make them slow you down and they take it to practice. 611 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 2: What he's saying is so true. 612 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 6: Like I literally made the team in San Francisco every 613 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 6: year just because I played every special teams. And when 614 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 6: I mean I played special teams. I went out there 615 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 6: like this is I start on special teams. 616 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 7: He was as San Francisco. I didn't even know I 617 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 7: played against so when we played them. 618 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, because I look like I came out like a fullback, 619 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,400 Speaker 6: because I will come. I took any time they say, 620 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,719 Speaker 6: look you're gonna be on kickoff, Okay, put me out. 621 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 6: I want to be the dude who attacked the ball. 622 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 6: And back then we had they had the wedge. I 623 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 6: used to run and just go blow the wedge up 624 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 6: just to set a tone. You know, they seen forty six, 625 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 6: and yeah I wore forty six. 626 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 2: I know that number ugly. 627 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,439 Speaker 6: Whatever, but that's what they gave me, and I rocked it. 628 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 6: I say that they're gonna remember forty six out today, 629 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 6: and you start every game when you're on special teams, 630 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 6: remember that you start every game you start every half. 631 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 2: Don't worry about what people say. Special teams will get 632 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 2: you paid. 633 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 6: I play seven years in the NFL on special teams 634 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:07,160 Speaker 6: and I was making three point five million on special teams. 635 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 6: They you'll pay you. And when your time is to shine, 636 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 6: you shine. I had the opportunity to come to Tennessee. 637 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 6: They say you're gonna be the man. I say, okay, 638 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 6: it's about that time. They put that ball in my hand. 639 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 6: I never went back to special teams, and. 640 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 3: He went from for he went from forty six to 641 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 3: eighty two. That's a good look at himber Right, I got, 642 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 3: I got. 643 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 2: The idea is get in y'all in now. 644 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 4: It's how you stay here, to stay as long as 645 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 4: you can man, ride that bike until you can't. 646 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 2: Man, that's that's. 647 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 4: The ultimate Goald dream. And we're gonna say it. Short 648 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 4: sight is everybody wants to be a Hall of Famery 649 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 4: Pro Bowl. That's not the reality of it. That's of 650 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 4: that one percent, that's less than one percent. There's only 651 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,719 Speaker 4: fifty hundred of those, right, most of the Fiel's bit 652 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 4: of the role players, everybody rest of the role players, 653 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 4: there's only so many Tom Brady's and all them, you 654 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 4: know what I'm saying. So the idea is get in 655 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 4: and play long as you can. 656 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 3: That's some good and sage advice and probably a place 657 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 3: where we should stop because these guys are got to schedule. 658 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 3: But hey, all of these guys, they're a resource for you. 659 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 3: They've been there and done all that. And I want 660 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 3: to thank our great panel to day doctor Kevin Dyson, 661 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 3: the freak Javon Curse, mister linebacker, mister Munday, and to 662 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 3: himself number fifty three, Keith Bullock eighty two down there 663 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 3: forty six to eighty two tight end to Landy Walker 664 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 3: and the ever reliable number six, the super punter Brett Kern. 665 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 3: Thank you all for being here and it was an 666 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 3: honor be with you guys this afternoon. 667 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 2: Thanks