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Speaker 1: of the Giants Podcast Network. Let's roll. Welcome to another

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Speaker 1: edition of the Giants Total Podcast, brought to you by Citizens,

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Speaker 1: the official bank of the New York Football Giants. I

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Speaker 1: am John Schmelk. It is part two of our Senior

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Speaker 1: Bowl coverage down here in Mobile.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: They've done a great job getting us a lot of

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Speaker 1: sit down interviews with these players, so we've split them

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Speaker 1: up for you. This is part two of our interview

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Speaker 1: series A bunch of guys. There might even be a

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Speaker 1: part three. I had to see how many more guys

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Speaker 1: I get on on Thursday out here. So here are

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Speaker 1: interviews from Wednesday at the Senior Bowl Mobile after practice

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Speaker 1: number one. Thank you for being with us and let's

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Speaker 1: get wrong all right.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 1: We're joined by University of Miami running back Damian Martinez. Damian,

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Speaker 1: what's up in.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for having me?

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Speaker 1: No, I appreciate you coming on, man, this is great.

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Speaker 1: So you spend your first two years at Oregon State

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Speaker 1: before going to Miami. Whytch you this side to transfer.

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Speaker 4: Just you know them new coaches that have coming in

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Speaker 4: just decided, you know, have Like the springball just wasn't

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Speaker 4: probably the best spot for me to prove I'm the

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Speaker 1: So and playing in Miami is not exactly a bad

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Speaker 1: thing either, right, It's a pretty good city. Yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: for sure, absolutely, all right, you're the model of consistency, man, Like,

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Speaker 1: yards ten touchdowns, over six yards per carry every single year?

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Speaker 1: What is it about your game and how you prepared

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Speaker 1: that allows you to be so consistent?

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Speaker 4: Just watching the defense, you know, how they tackle, who

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Speaker 4: how they tackle if I can get him a transition.

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Speaker 4: I mean just really just being consistent in how I

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Speaker 4: prepare is kind of lack. I mean shows it on

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Speaker 4: the stats, I guess, but yeah, just finishing every run

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Speaker 4: hard and just it's kind of what everybody sees from me.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, now you've measured in a two hundred and

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Speaker 1: twenty six pounds. You look at a lot of the

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Speaker 1: running backs coming out of college football. Now on ninety

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Speaker 1: eight two o five, you're two twenty six. Right, what

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Speaker 1: is it about your size that you think and the

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Speaker 4: I think I just carry it well, you know, yeah,

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Speaker 4: I just carry it what I feel like.

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Speaker 5: I move.

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Speaker 4: I'm pretty fluid in my movement, you know. Just my

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Speaker 4: vision allows me also to help me, you know, use

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Speaker 4: with my weight too. Everybody feels that.

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Speaker 1: I was excited to see you this year at Miami,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sitting there during there, I'm like, all right,

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Speaker 1: twelve carries, thirteen carries, Like, what are they gonna like

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Speaker 1: give Damian the ball like twenty three times? Just let

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Speaker 1: them grind the hell out of the defense. Were you

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Speaker 1: kind of like pushing the coaches? Like, you know, guys,

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Speaker 1: I can handle more. I can go twenty two carries.

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Speaker 1: I can like pound this thing all day.

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Speaker 4: No, you know it's always like something I talked about

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Speaker 4: or whatever. But nah, I would never like pound them

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Speaker 4: We had Mark Fletcher over there, so yeah, short Fletcher

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Speaker 4: get that. But no, I mean just being still being

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Speaker 1: Is that something on that NFL? When I'm sure you've

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Speaker 5: Nah, not so much.

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Speaker 4: I mean, you know, like just talking pretty normal stuff,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so what do you want to get across to

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Speaker 4: I just I told him, really, you know, like I'm

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Speaker 4: love to be coached, and I'm bringing one hundred and

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Speaker 4: ten percent to everything I do. So just wanted to

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Speaker 4: I love football. I wanted to be around the team

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Speaker 4: I'm pretty simple, laid back guy.

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Speaker 1: And then when you hit the practice field this week,

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Speaker 1: what do you want to show them about Damian Martinez

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Speaker 1: as a player?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: No, just me being a three down back, you know,

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Speaker 5: Just things you need to be able to do at

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Speaker 5: the next level, you.

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Speaker 1: Know, because it's funny in the game. It's one thing

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Speaker 1: when you play over the weekend, but I think you

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Speaker 1: to stop people from tackling, right, You're right, guys are

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Speaker 4: In a way, I guess you know, But you know,

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Speaker 1: Now, did you I was a little surprised. I'm Mike

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Speaker 3: Okay, right.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So you know a lot of times the first

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: No, it was just you know, chance opportunity to learn

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Speaker 2: It was pretty smooth. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: What has it been like trying to learn an NFL

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Speaker 4: It's been smooth for me just because, you know, coming

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Speaker 4: two different offensive systems. You know, Oregon State is more

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Speaker 3: So it's been pretty easier for me.

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Speaker 4: Just hearing everything over the last three years, it's kind

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Speaker 1: So nice.

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Speaker 5: All right.

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Speaker 1: I want to ask you abou a couple of your teammates.

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Speaker 1: So Elijah Royo, who kind of blew up in his

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Speaker 4: He's a big dude that can move, you know, just

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Speaker 4: he's a good, fast, fluid in his movement. Too fast

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Speaker 1: And then you have Xavier Roscheppo, who you look at

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's shifty, he's a smart player.

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Speaker 4: He knows what he's doing, you know, knows he watches

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Speaker 4: you know, he's he's god hearing.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I want one of your offensive linemans. I

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Speaker 1: had not watched Jalen Rivers until I got here, and

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Speaker 1: I watched one one on ones yesterday. I don't think

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Speaker 1: he got beat. He was great, played multiple positions. Talk

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Speaker 1: about him as a guy an offensive lineman running by him.

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Speaker 4: I think the year before I got there, the year

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Speaker 4: the season before that, I think he was at tackle

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Speaker 4: and they moved him a guard this year. But yeah,

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Speaker 4: he's real versus on the line. He's smart to do everything.

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Speaker 4: He's got long arms, he gets a hold of year

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Speaker 4: it's over. But he's a big dude, So yeah, he's good.

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Speaker 1: All right. Final question. We haven't seen cam Warden either

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Speaker 1: All Star Game, but he had a great year for

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Speaker 1: you guys. The trait that stood out to me, at

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Speaker 1: Everything's at his pace. What is about his personality and

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Speaker 4: I think he's just confident in everything he does. You know,

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Speaker 4: he says it. He tells like he said, He tells

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Speaker 4: him stuff every day. He's you know when you know what.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, I mean you could see it when just

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Speaker 2: Up every every day.

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Speaker 4: You know, he's a motivational speaker for us and just yeah,

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Speaker 4: brings confidence to everybody just the way he plays and

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Speaker 4: you know how he does.

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Speaker 1: He thinks, what's his leadership style?

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Speaker 2: So he's real vocal.

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Speaker 5: I mean, like he leaves.

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Speaker 4: He brings confidence to everybody on the field, off the field,

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Speaker 2: He wants everything to be right.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, gave me and best luck to wrest of you.

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Speaker 6: Man.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate it. Thank you so much.

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Speaker 5: All right.

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Speaker 1: Now we're joined by Ole Miss, defensive lineman Walter No

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Speaker 1: and Walter. How are you man?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing pretty good. What about you?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing great? Man. All right, So you've been knocked

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Speaker 1: with THEE and I think it's kind of ridiculous. He's

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Speaker 1: an undersized defensive tackle. Right. I'm sure you've heard that

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Speaker 1: try to do a little psycho analysis here, and you

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Speaker 1: tell me if I'm off. You just put your two

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Speaker 1: those offensive lineman. I said, oh, you think I'm on

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Speaker 8: Really everything, for starting, like my technique and just kind

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Speaker 8: He just a doll he you know, we call him

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he always gonna talk. He might bring you into

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Speaker 1: That's good.

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Speaker 8: Just I feel like it said mindset. You know, every

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. And then I gotta sk about your leader, Jackson

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Speaker 1: He's like a really cool customer.

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Speaker 6: Right.

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Speaker 1: Awesome, Hey, Walter, this is great getting olia. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for the time, and good luck the rest

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Speaker 2: Right, thank you.

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Speaker 1: how are you man?

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Speaker 5: Great man, honored to be here down in Mobile?

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Speaker 1: All right, talk about it. How do you think your

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Speaker 7: It felt great to be out there competing against you know,

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Speaker 1: Did you have anything on the checklist that you wanted

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Speaker 7: Yeah, so I'm really what I want all the NFL

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Speaker 7: You know, you see the potential, But you know, I

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Speaker 1: Well, you measured in six two, one hundred ninety seven pounds.

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Speaker 5: Uh, you know that they're getting a competitor.

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Speaker 7: That's just kind of how I'm wired. So, you know,

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think obviously switching from offense to defense, there's

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Speaker 7: a little bit of a mentality switch. You kind of

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Speaker 7: have to play with a bigger chip on your shoulder

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Speaker 7: on defense. It's physical and you got to go backwards too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, but moving backwards is a little different from you know,

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Speaker 7: backpending with a guy running at you full speed is

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Speaker 7: a little different from being on the opposite side of that.

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Speaker 7: But uh, you know, that just took some time, took repetition.

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Speaker 7: But I think I'm in a great spot and I

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Speaker 7: feel very comfortable and confident in my ability now. But

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Speaker 7: some things, you know, you kind of learn take with

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Speaker 7: you from from the offense to the defensive side. It

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Speaker 7: kind of helps you out kind of knowing looking at formation,

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Speaker 7: looking at receiver splits, kind of get an idea of

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Speaker 7: what you know what might be coming, so you can

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Speaker 7: kind of already paint a picture pre snap of what

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Speaker 7: the offense might do based off down in distance based

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Speaker 7: off the situation of the game and stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: You're more of a man guy and more of his

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Speaker 1: own guy. What do you like to play?

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Speaker 5: I like to play man. I like man, but you

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Speaker 5: know I don't have a problem playing either one.

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Speaker 1: Why do you like to play man?

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Speaker 5: I think it just suits me.

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Speaker 7: Like fast, long, physical, you know, can really can really

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Speaker 7: utilize my full traits in man coverage for.

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Speaker 1: Sure, use your length and press and kind of get

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Speaker 1: them in a little bit.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely awesome.

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Speaker 1: I want to ask you about two your teammates looking

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Speaker 1: before you say goodbye to your former wide receiver buddies,

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Speaker 1: guys you get to cover and practice a little bit

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Speaker 1: very different types of receivers but also very effective. You

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Speaker 1: have Jilen Noel, who's kind of your really fast slotty

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Speaker 1: type guy. Then you have your bigger outside receiver, Jadena Higgins.

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Speaker 1: Give me the scattered report on those two.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, so, I mean you kind of already hit it,

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Speaker 7: but you know Jalen's are lot receiver, fast as hell,

485
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Speaker 7: you know, great but great hands to match, and he's

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Speaker 7: physical and.

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Speaker 1: Vertical slot like you who want like on these slot

488
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Speaker 1: guys are quicker than fast her.

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Speaker 7: He's got the long speed you know, and you saw

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Speaker 7: a little bit of that, uh yesterday during one on ones.

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Speaker 7: But you know, not only physically gifted, but you know,

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Speaker 7: one of the hardest workers we have. He was a

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Speaker 7: team captain two years in a row. You know, really

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Speaker 7: looked up to on the football team and very well

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Speaker 7: respected and uh, you know, it was fun sharing the

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Speaker 7: receiver room with him for a year, but it was

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Speaker 7: even better being able to compete against him every day

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Speaker 7: at practice. And then Jaden, Yeah, he's your tall outside

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Speaker 7: XZ guy, very very sudden.

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Speaker 5: You know, he's got great releases.

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Speaker 7: You know, he's he doesn't I don't know if he

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Speaker 7: gets as much credit for this athleticism as he should.

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Speaker 7: You know, he people don't think he's gonna run super

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Speaker 7: fast the combine. I think he's gonna run great. He

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Speaker 7: runs great in game. He's got great hands, he's physical,

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Speaker 7: he's all every bit of his six four two fifteen frames.

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Speaker 7: So you know, he knows his body, knows how to

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Speaker 7: use it to his advantage and obviously saw that this year.

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Speaker 5: Both of them had very productive seasons.

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Speaker 1: It's funny sometimes with the taller guys on tape, they

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Speaker 1: have such long strides, they don't look fast, but they're moving.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 7: I think that's definitely one of the things with Jaye two,

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Speaker 7: Like he's got tall, like you said, tall long strider,

515
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Speaker 7: but you know he gets going like he can he

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Speaker 7: can run for sure.

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Speaker 5: Awesome.

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Speaker 1: Hey, really nice getting to meet you, Darian. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much and you good luck the rest of the week.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: now we're joined by Ole Miss defensive lineman Jared Ivy.

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Speaker 2: Jared.

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Speaker 1: What's going on man?

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Speaker 9: Not too much man, just having fun out heromobile and

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Speaker 9: ready to keep working.

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Speaker 1: See you how some people I have to tell you know,

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Speaker 1: can you get a little bit closer to the mic

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Speaker 1: for me? But you're like a podcast pro. I don't

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Speaker 1: have to tell you about Mike Edi cant tell the

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Speaker 1: folks about what you know, your your Ivy League podcast.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, host of the show with on three and the

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Speaker 9: Ole Missed Spirit called Ivy League that you know. I

544
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Speaker 9: brought my teammates on week by week and interviewed them

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Speaker 9: and kind of, you know, put them in front of

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Speaker 9: the fans and kind of gave face the name to

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Speaker 9: a lot of our teammates.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and we're going to talk about a lot of

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Speaker 1: your teammates. You have so many Ole Miss players heading

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Speaker 1: into the pros this year. Wanted to talk to you

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Speaker 1: about all those guys. So after two years you decided

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Speaker 1: to go from Georgia Tech to Ole Miss. Why'd you

553
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Speaker 1: decide to transfer and didn't meet all your expectations going there?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 9: I wanted to, you know, put myself around the best competition.

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Speaker 9: Playing the SEC was kind of my main goal. And

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Speaker 9: then yeah, I just wanted to win. And you know,

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Speaker 9: we didn't do a lot of winning that Tech, and

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Speaker 9: and I wanted to be a part of a winning

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Speaker 9: culture in college and compete for a national championship.

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Speaker 2: So I made the change.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it certainly checked all those boxes. I think, right,

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Speaker 1: great competition. You guys a ton of games, and we

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Speaker 1: saw your production each year just kind of tick up

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Speaker 1: one from three and a half sacks, five and a

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Speaker 1: half sacks and close out with seven sacks. Where do

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Speaker 1: you think you saw the most improvement in your game

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Speaker 1: throughout your time? It all misses you grew as a player.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, Russian, you know, is one thing, But I would

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Speaker 9: say the biggest improvement of my game is physicality and

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Speaker 9: just versatility, being able to play inside and outside.

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Speaker 1: Where where are you most comfortable? If I told you

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Speaker 1: it's a big third and ten, you need to get

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Speaker 1: to the quarterback. Where do you want to line up?

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Speaker 9: I'm mature, d end man. I love to Russian to tackle,

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Speaker 9: you know, play a five. But that question is is

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Speaker 9: so loaded because I've won so many times inside as well.

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Speaker 1: Like That's why I asked the question.

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Speaker 9: I love Russian from a three. I love rushing from

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Speaker 9: a five. I got to sack this year from a

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Speaker 9: two eye as well. My first year here or at

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Speaker 9: all miss I rushed from a zero nose at times,

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Speaker 9: so you know, just anywhere.

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Speaker 1: And then I guess imagine going into these games and

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Speaker 1: you need to study all these linemen, right, and you

586
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Speaker 1: got to figure out all right, maybe against this guy

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Speaker 1: he doesn't handle power too well. This guy I got

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Speaker 1: to use more by quickness and speed. How much is

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Speaker 1: that studying part of your preparation? No, you can line

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Speaker 1: up against so many different guys over the course of

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Speaker 1: the game.

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Speaker 2: Wow, that's a great question. You know.

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Speaker 9: Wednesday is our is our pass rush study day where

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Speaker 9: we cut up all the offensive linemen, all the all

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Speaker 9: the subs and and kind of give them a rundown. Hey,

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Speaker 9: this guy he uses his hands like this. This guy

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Speaker 9: he has this type of change of direction. This guy

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Speaker 9: has this type of power to build a plan for

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Speaker 9: the entire offensive line. A lot of a lot of

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Speaker 9: guys on our defensive line have played in a lot

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Speaker 9: of different spots, and it's good to see every guy

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Speaker 9: at every position. And uh, you know what from your

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Speaker 9: bag is going to work against?

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Speaker 2: What guy?

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Speaker 1: What are your goals this week? You out there on

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Speaker 1: the field, you want to show or prove something to

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Speaker 1: NFL evaluators and coaches. What do you want to show them?

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Speaker 9: I just want to keep playing super physical, choking guys out,

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Speaker 9: continuing to rush well and then yeah, really get into

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Speaker 9: the rocket and being a high motor high every guy.

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Speaker 1: You know, you do a lot of one on one

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Speaker 1: pass rush shows. That's all the attention. But I imagine

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Speaker 1: for for a lot of defensive linemen it's it's the

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Speaker 1: run rolls that you want to kind of get involved

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Speaker 1: in it and really sink your teeth into you. Guys

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Speaker 1: said full contact nine on seven yesterday?

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Speaker 2: Right, yes, sir?

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Speaker 1: What was that like? You know, day one pads on

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Speaker 1: first practice. You know, maybe we're gonna try to slowly

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Speaker 1: get into this. No, no, no, no, full contact tackling

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Speaker 1: nine on seven drills.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, the team periods were really nice. Being able to

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Speaker 9: open back up and run to the ball and get

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Speaker 9: to the ball, things like that, get out of get

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Speaker 9: out of the stack. Yeah, it was It was nice

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Speaker 9: to just play real football. You know, we haven't played

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Speaker 9: since you know, January tewod and Yeah, getting out there

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Speaker 9: and being able to not know if it's runner pass

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Speaker 9: like like it is in one on ones and be

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Speaker 9: able to use your intuition and instincts.

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Speaker 2: Again, it's been a great feeling.

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Speaker 1: National team did full nine on seven. American did not,

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Speaker 1: so I apologize for that.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, we went straight team eleven and eleven.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, All right, let's talk about some of your teammates.

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Speaker 1: Walter Nolan. I thought he was dominant yesterday. What makes

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Speaker 1: him tech? What makes him special?

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Speaker 9: They had a great day, really disruptive guy, like, you know,

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Speaker 9: unbelievable get off and twitch. Yeah, and then a crazy

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Speaker 9: amount of strength for his size, like you know, being

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Speaker 9: able to just affect plays immediately on the snop.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's funny. I was watch him yesterday and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have him later. I'm going to ask him this.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's been tagged with the undersized line of

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Speaker 1: two ninety whatever. I feel like in those one on

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Speaker 1: ones his first two reps, he's like, no, no, I'm

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Speaker 1: going to show him that undersize. He just put his

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Speaker 1: two hands on the defensive lineman and just push them

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Speaker 1: right back into the quarter pack. It's pretty impressive.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 9: I know he's a stunt man, and I don't understand

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Speaker 9: the undersized comparisons and stuff like that. He seems like

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Speaker 9: a Holmo size interior defensive lineman to me. Crazy strength.

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Speaker 9: So you know, I understand the games evolving in length

655
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Speaker 9: and this and that, but guy's got arms the length

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Speaker 9: of light poles. So you know he's able to use

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Speaker 9: that strength and that length to be really really disruptive inside.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely Prince prince Lyaman Mialen, who is one of your

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Speaker 1: outside rushers. What makes him a special outside edge rusher

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Speaker 1: that team should draft early this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 9: And you know when you add that extreme length, sixty

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Speaker 9: six guy with unbelievable speed and quickness first step, yeah,

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Speaker 9: you get a really good prospect. He Yeah, he has

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Speaker 9: an unbelievable dip bend around the edge that that he

666
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Speaker 9: pairs really nicely with the with the spin as a

667
00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 9: change up. So yeah, just an unbelievable rusher. H pretty

668
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 9: unblockable at times, and definitely has the ability to take

669
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:20,119
Speaker 9: over games.

670
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,440
Speaker 1: So many guys I can't touch them all. How about

671
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 1: Chris Paul, your linebacker.

672
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,399
Speaker 9: Yeah, one of the most reliable guys I played with.

673
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,159
Speaker 9: Hell of a communicator. The guy doesn't stop talking. He

674
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,680
Speaker 9: wore the green Dove for us this year.

675
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:32,359
Speaker 3: Uh.

676
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,479
Speaker 9: You know, a guy that can get everybody lined up,

677
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,080
Speaker 9: communicate to the front end, to the back end. So yeah,

678
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,440
Speaker 9: just a really really smart player. But then when you

679
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,720
Speaker 9: pair that with how hard he plays, how fast he is,

680
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,360
Speaker 9: how strong he is, you get a really really good linebacker.

681
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 1: And then how about JJ Pigeez, he's a guy that

682
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,160
Speaker 1: I watched earlier in the week. Uh, just I think

683
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,080
Speaker 1: not enough people talk about him. He's a pretty physical player.

684
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,119
Speaker 9: Yeah, he's definitely one of the one of the biggest

685
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:01,440
Speaker 9: underrated guys in this draft class. Super physical, but with

686
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 9: the offensive background, Like he's got great feet, really smooth

687
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,440
Speaker 9: as a rusher, and then really strong and sturdy in

688
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:14,000
Speaker 9: the run game. Like guy really understands leverage and how

689
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,400
Speaker 9: to play in attack blocks, his great block recognition inside.

690
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 9: So yeah, just another really disruptive guy that we had

691
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,199
Speaker 9: in the interior this past year.

692
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 1: And then Jackson Dort I want to ask about him.

693
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 1: You win against him in practice, obviously you've seen him

694
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 1: be super productive in a lot of games this year,

695
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,359
Speaker 1: make a lot of big throws and throw a lot

696
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,000
Speaker 1: of touchdowns for you guys. For NFL teams looking at him,

697
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,359
Speaker 1: he's here at the Senior Bowl this week. If people

698
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 1: overreact to the first day with the quarterbacks, I don't

699
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,480
Speaker 1: understand that the throw into these receivers for the first time.

700
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,400
Speaker 1: I mean, what do you expect? But what makes him

701
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,560
Speaker 1: a leader and someone NFL team should marry their franchise.

702
00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,119
Speaker 9: Yeah. Man, Well, first of all, he's a gunslinger. You know,

703
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 9: you don't get to be a leader, you don't get

704
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:51,240
Speaker 9: to be a guy. You don't get to be a

705
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 9: player without being an elite passer.

706
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:53,879
Speaker 5: Sure, you know.

707
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 9: So he can make every throw up and down the

708
00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:01,160
Speaker 9: field and pairs that really well with a nice rushing attack.

709
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 9: He went for I think four hundred five hundred yards

710
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:04,400
Speaker 9: this year.

711
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, he can move a little bit. Underrated as an athlete.

712
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,520
Speaker 9: Very underrated as an athlete. But as far as the

713
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 9: leader goes, you know, laid that guy real honest. You know,

714
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 9: he takes a friendly approach, you know, a best friend

715
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 9: kind of guy. You know a lot of a lot

716
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 9: of guys think probably he's their best friend. And yeah,

717
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 9: he's just just a cool cat man, you know, West

718
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:26,440
Speaker 9: Coast guy.

719
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 1: Awesome, Jared, Hey, good luck the rest of the league. Man,

720
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:29,360
Speaker 1: we appreciate the time.

721
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:30,800
Speaker 2: Thank you. I appreciate you having me on.

722
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 1: All right, we are back here and now we're joined

723
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,320
Speaker 1: by Edge rusher Land and Jackson Lyndon.

724
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 6: How are you man, really excited to be around the

725
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:37,639
Speaker 6: guys and everything?

726
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: That's terrific? How do you think the first day of

727
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 1: practice went for you.

728
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,160
Speaker 6: Definitely a lot to clean up, you know, I went

729
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 6: well though, it went well, kind of filed into the system,

730
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,200
Speaker 6: kind of just learned it all and kind of got

731
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 6: got my feet back in the sand, you know, so

732
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,400
Speaker 6: just getting back used to having pads on, running around,

733
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:53,959
Speaker 6: being out there.

734
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,640
Speaker 1: What is that process like for you trying to absorb

735
00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: an NFL defense in the span of like forty eight hours.

736
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,119
Speaker 6: It's actually not that rough because it's just kind of

737
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,400
Speaker 6: the the basic, the just kind of the base. We're

738
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:04,840
Speaker 6: not running a whole lot of pressure, a whole lot

739
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,640
Speaker 6: of everything, so it's really not too rough. Only really

740
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,800
Speaker 6: got two to three things I gotta do, so it's

741
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:10,720
Speaker 6: not that bad at all.

742
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,560
Speaker 1: So how quickly did it? How long did it take

743
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: for you to kind of get into the groove and

744
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,119
Speaker 1: feel natural again in pads going against some of the

745
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:18,200
Speaker 1: best players in the country.

746
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 6: Yeah, really, I guess towards the end of practice yesterday,

747
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 6: you know, so really trying to pick it up today

748
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 6: and tomorrow and have really dominant days.

749
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, and they ran those one on ones fairly early

750
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 1: in practice, right, So was that one of those deals

751
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,160
Speaker 1: where you look back, all right now that I'm feeling

752
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:32,879
Speaker 1: a little bit more. I feel like I could do

753
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 1: a little bit one on one.

754
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:35,879
Speaker 6: Yeah, just a lot of getting a feel from my

755
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 6: stance again, getting a lot getting the feel for just

756
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 6: going against another person again, you know, so really trying

757
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 6: to just go out there and have a dominant one

758
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 6: on one period a day.

759
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, though you are big, and you are tall,

760
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 1: and you're long, right, I think if I was to,

761
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: you know, summarize your traits, that's how I would do it.

762
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 1: How would you describe your game once you get on

763
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 1: the field and you try to utilize those traits?

764
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,800
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, definitely a mixture of all those, but

765
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 6: also just really try flying around making plays, you know,

766
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 6: being on the ball. So that's probably one of the

767
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 6: biggest things I prided myself on.

768
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 1: What do you think is the kind of core of

769
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: your pass rush game that really makes you tick as

770
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 1: a guy that gets after the quarterback?

771
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I really I really use my I'm

772
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,720
Speaker 6: real long livered, so I try to use my length

773
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 6: a lot, you know, and have a few counter moves

774
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 6: like a cross, chops stuff like that that I really

775
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 6: try to utilize as well.

776
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 1: And then I think when when I watch you on tape,

777
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 1: and I know the pass rush in the sacks is

778
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 1: the sexy stuff, the stuff that everyone cares about, right,

779
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,240
Speaker 1: But the way you set the edge in the run game,

780
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,880
Speaker 1: it looks like that's something that you really take pride in.

781
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 6: Oh yeah for sure, because I mean, going into college,

782
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 6: that's the only wea they're gonna put you on the

783
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 6: field is if you can you can set the edge

784
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 6: and stop the run. So that's something I really prouded

785
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 6: myself on as well early in my college career.

786
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: Anything that you know, either you for from Scouts, Scouts

787
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 1: or you've seen on the internet, which who knows. I

788
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 1: mean what people say on there, it's crazy that you

789
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 1: want to go out there and prove people wrong these weeks.

790
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 1: Hey you don't think I can do that? No, no, no, no,

791
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: watch this, I can do that.

792
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 2: Yeah.

793
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 6: Really just go out there and dominate some one on

794
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 6: one reps. You know, I feel I feel like I

795
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 6: gotta I mean the sc out to know I'm I'm

796
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 6: really good with learning playbooks and they saw the film

797
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 6: and so I could play well, but really so that

798
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 6: I could play well under pressure and everything too. Just

799
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 6: kind of in this short span of time, not having

800
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 6: a whole lot of time to get prepped for it

801
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 6: and just so and I can go out there and

802
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 6: do it.

803
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,160
Speaker 1: Who are some of the toughest offensive linemen you went

804
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 1: up against in conference play this year?

805
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, I definitely say Will Campbell, Kelvin Banks, menbel from

806
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 6: Missouri is really talented as well, so that was a

807
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 6: good name.

808
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely those three for sure.

809
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 1: As soon as you happens when you play in that conference, man,

810
00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 1: you get in the face of the best of the best,

811
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 1: right sure, How does that help honde you as a

812
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: player and make you a better football player?

813
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 6: I think it definitely prepares you a lot for NFL,

814
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,680
Speaker 6: you know. I mean you're going against multiple guys. You're

815
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 6: going against a guy every week that will most likely

816
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 6: be playing at the next level, So it definitely prepares

817
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 6: you for that. Obviously, it's not the same because I mean,

818
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 6: once you get there, this guy's only going to advance

819
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,400
Speaker 6: so much more so, of course, but it's just just

820
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 6: knowing I could do it, just based off of being

821
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 6: able to do it in this So that's the biggest

822
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 6: thing that I think it kind of helps you with.

823
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: When you get into the meetings you talk about the

824
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 1: on the field stuff. You have a lot of meetings

825
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 1: this week, gms with scouts and coaches and stuff like that.

826
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,080
Speaker 1: What do you want to get across to them about

827
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 1: you as a person and how you approach the game.

828
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 6: Yeah, really, you're you're not getting someone you're not gonna get.

829
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 6: I mean, I won't be somebody that'll ever be a

830
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 6: problem for the program, you know, a burden for the program.

831
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 6: I'm only my main goal is to go in early

832
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 6: and make an impact early, you know, make an impact

833
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 6: on other players. Really go in there and help out

834
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,480
Speaker 6: any way. I can be dominant on defense, special teams

835
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 6: all that. So that's the biggest point I tried making

836
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 6: known to them.

837
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 1: Do you prefer playing in a two point stance or

838
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 1: a three point stance?

839
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 3: I definitely prefer three point stance.

840
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 5: Why.

841
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 6: I just feel like, I mean, I'm naturally really tall,

842
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 6: so tend to tend to get my pads high, and

843
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 6: I feel like out of the three point stance it's

844
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 6: able to keep my pads lower a little bit longer.

845
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 1: Is that one of the things that that you're constantly

846
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: trying to fight giving your height, trying to make sure

847
00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 1: you maintain your leverage.

848
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, That's something I've always had to worry about

849
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,239
Speaker 6: my whole career, you know, because the moment, I mean,

850
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 6: with how long I am, moment you get a little

851
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 6: bit over over extended, you have no more power, just

852
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 6: stuff like that, you know. So really trying to just

853
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 6: really trying to stay low and stay together, you know,

854
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 6: because with my length, I get overextended. That's star leaning right,

855
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 6: weight spending my weights, my weights so unproportional. So yeah,

856
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 6: really just trying to, i mean, utilize my my length,

857
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 6: but not let it hurt me.

858
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 1: So maybe you already answered the question what are you

859
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:30,959
Speaker 1: kind of working on in the shop right now? When

860
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 1: you leave here, you go train, you're starting to get

861
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 1: ready for the league. What are some of the major

862
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 1: things that you're working on.

863
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 6: Yeah, really my my pad level and then my strike

864
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 6: at the point of attech, you know, really kind of

865
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 6: shocking guys more something I'm really trying to develop more

866
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 6: and just consistently get better at really everything. Really nobody's

867
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 6: perfect in their game at at this time at all,

868
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 6: So really just trying to develop in every way possible.

869
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 1: But we can't wait to see out there get another

870
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: run of those one on ones day lending thank you,

871
00:32:58,400 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 1: thank you. You have a good one all right now,

872
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: joined by UCF running back r J. Hart Harvey, RJ.

873
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 1: Horrey Man.

874
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 3: I'm great.

875
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 10: It's been a great experience here so far. It's blessed

876
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 10: to be here. You know, everybody doesn't get this opportunity.

877
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 10: I'm just soaking it all in right now.

878
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 1: What are your goals this week in terms of on

879
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 1: and off the field, getting a chance to show off

880
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: for coaches.

881
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 10: Yeah, just my goal is this week just taking in

882
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 10: as much as I can, learn as much as I can.

883
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 10: You know, this this system that we're running in this

884
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 10: office is it's a lot different than what we did

885
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 10: at UCF. So just trying to get used to the

886
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,960
Speaker 10: pro style system and yeah, just take it all in,

887
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 10: go out there, do my best, win all my one

888
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 10: on ones. Uh you know, win all my one on

889
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 10: ones with the past protest drills that we'll do today

890
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 10: and uh yeah, that's that's basically it.

891
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to fall up on two of those.

892
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: I'll start the pass protection as you brought that up

893
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: as a guy that's extremely dynamic, and we'll talk about

894
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: your game and a good receiver. How important is it

895
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: for you to show teams that you can be trusted

896
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 1: to be on the field to utilize those skills by

897
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: being able to protect the passer.

898
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's definitely important for me.

899
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 10: You know, my goal, my dream in the in the

900
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 10: next level is to you know, be a be a

901
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 10: four down back, you know, I want to I want

902
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,399
Speaker 10: to be a starter. I want to be a starter

903
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 10: one day and uh be a be a be one

904
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 10: of the best in the league. So it's very important,

905
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,360
Speaker 10: you know, to be considered the best. You know, you

906
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 10: gotta be able to do everything. You know, you gotta

907
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 10: be able to catch the bar at the batfield, you

908
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,319
Speaker 10: gotta be able to pass parte. You gotta be able

909
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 10: to run every scheme. So yeah, I just want to

910
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 10: you know, just learn, learn everything that I can and

911
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 10: get better at it.

912
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 1: What are the things that are most challenging for pass

913
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 1: protection for you? Is it the mental part of it?

914
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: Is it the actual physical like taking on the block.

915
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,880
Speaker 1: What are the things that you're really trying to fine

916
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: tune in that department, see you become a better pass protect.

917
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 10: I'm definitely willing to uh pass protect. It's just my technique.

918
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 10: Got to clean up my technique, you know, keep my

919
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,359
Speaker 10: hands inside. You know a lot of times my hands

920
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 10: will get outside the frame of linebackers and uh, defensive

921
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 10: backs and stuff like that. You know, just just got

922
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 10: to get my hands right technique wise.

923
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 1: Absolutely, all right. You mentioned trying to learn a new

924
00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 1: type of NFL offense. Well your coach, your offensive oinators,

925
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 1: Joel Thomas. Yeah, he's your OCA, he's all running backs coach.

926
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 1: He said he's trying this week not to put his

927
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:06,839
Speaker 1: head in the running back for him too much? Does

928
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 1: the show is biased? What has it been like working

929
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 1: with him and trying to learn that offense from him

930
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:10,879
Speaker 1: this week?

931
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,399
Speaker 3: Yeah? Uh, coach Tom, he's been he's been great. Learn

932
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 3: from him. He's he's very energetic. He is right, very energetic.

933
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 10: You know, it's been great learn from him and uh

934
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 10: hearing his differently lingo and yeah, it's been great so far.

935
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: So this is a stack running back class, right, It's

936
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 1: one of the better running back classes I've seen. I've

937
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: watched a bunch of they guys, and I be honest

938
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 1: with you, I'm just not not because you're sitting here.

939
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: You might have been my favorite guy to watch. You're explosive,

940
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: you get the ball in your hand, change direction, you accelerate,

941
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: you go from zero to sixteen. I feel like snap

942
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: of a finger really quickly. What is it about your

943
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: game that's allowed you? I mean twenty twenty three or

944
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,600
Speaker 1: fourteen hundred rushing yards this year? Fifteen hundred rushing yards.

945
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: If you were to, if a team was to ask you,

946
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: what makes you tick as a player, what trait specifically

947
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 1: makes you a great running back? What would you tell them?

948
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 3: First of all, I'm I'm an extreme competitor.

949
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 6: You know.

950
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,399
Speaker 10: I want to go out there and just dominate every play.

951
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,759
Speaker 10: I want to go you know, my mentality every every

952
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 10: run play is just go score. You know, I want

953
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 10: I want to hit a big one.

954
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 3: And uh, you know, just I'm versatile, you know, I

955
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 3: feel like I can do everything.

956
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, so you want to hit a big

957
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,279
Speaker 1: one on every play. Look, we'd take one Barkley and

958
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 1: I think he had that same mentality. Right, He's trying

959
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 1: to run for sixty yards in every play? Is it

960
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 1: also a battle though? Sometimes to be willing to say,

961
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 1: all right, maybe I can't get sixty on his play,

962
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 1: but if I stick my nose in there instead of

963
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 1: losing to I might gain three. Is that something that

964
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 1: you're kind of fight with us sometimes not trying to

965
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 1: always make the big play and sometimes just take the

966
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 1: nerdy yards when they're there.

967
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 10: Yeah, definitely, Yeah, that's definitely what I actually talked to

968
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 10: some of some disgusts that I talked to yesterday. I

969
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 10: definitely talked to them about that and told them that's

970
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 10: something I need to improve on. You know, sometimes I'm

971
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 10: looking for the big play instead of getting those two yards,

972
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 10: those three yards, And yeah, I'm definitely definitely when I

973
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 10: get to the league, I'll get my those dirt to

974
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 10: get in that pile and get those rough yards.

975
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: What were some of your favorite games or moments in

976
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 1: your times that at UCF.

977
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 10: Of favorite moments at UCF, I'll say scoring the game

978
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 10: winning touchdown against Cincinnati and twenty twenty two, going over

979
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 10: two hundred yards against Oklahoma State, and also just going

980
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 10: crazy against Arizona and Arizona State this past year.

981
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: You're a few of those games, by the way, Yeah, Yeah,

982
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:29,439
Speaker 1: I had a few.

983
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,600
Speaker 10: I had a few TCU as well. I went crazy

984
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 10: against TCU. That probably was my best game.

985
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, I got a lot. I got a lot.

986
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: Did you final question? Did you ever consider transfer because

987
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 1: a lot of guys. Now, you're the UJF program, which

988
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: is it's a good program, but it's not a Power

989
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: five program right where you're in the SEC or Big

990
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 1: ten or something like that. Did you ever consider trying

991
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,840
Speaker 1: to move up a level or what or did they

992
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:53,120
Speaker 1: offer everything that you wanted?

993
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,840
Speaker 3: I definitely could have. I could have gotten a portal in.

994
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: Oh I'm sure you could have coming off a sixteen touchdowns.

995
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 1: I'm sure people are calling you left and right.

996
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 10: Yeah, I definitely could have. But no, I love UF.

997
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,720
Speaker 10: You know, I'm from Orlando, like forty minutes from UCF

998
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 10: the campus, and you know, all the fans they love me.

999
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 10: I got along with all the coaches, you know, my

1000
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 10: all of my family members. They could come out to

1001
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:21,240
Speaker 10: the games and just just want to stay lord to UCF.

1002
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 10: I had a great experience there.

1003
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: I don't want you to set too high of a

1004
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 1: standard there, but I'll ask you the question anyway, how

1005
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 1: fast you think you'renna run? When you running forty at

1006
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:29,360
Speaker 1: the combine?

1007
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,359
Speaker 3: You know, I really want to hit that for three,

1008
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 3: But you think you can? I think I can.

1009
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 10: You know, the trainer that I'm training with right now,

1010
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:43,400
Speaker 10: he said, is a strong possibility and we don't. We

1011
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 10: won't test again until probably like maybe a couple of

1012
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 10: weeks before the combine.

1013
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 3: But I hit it, I know for sure. I'll hit

1014
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 3: it for four for sure, for sure.

1015
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 1: Can't wait to see it. So it looks that way

1016
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 1: and good stuff. Then good luck the rest of the

1017
00:38:58,600 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 1: way and have fun this way.

1018
00:38:59,680 --> 00:38:59,880
Speaker 3: Thank you.

1019
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 11: You love turf, You're good.

1020
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 12: At it, So you start a turf z business grows,

1021
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:10,720
Speaker 12: your savings grow, become the most celebrated name in turf.

1022
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 11: Are you ready for all that life brings?

1023
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 8: All?

1024
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 2: Right?

1025
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: Now, we're joined by Maxwell Harston called Max from Kentucky.

1026
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:22,959
Speaker 1: Max out the first day of practice called for you, Man.

1027
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 11: First day of practice is good. It felt really nice

1028
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 11: to be able to play football again. Just go out

1029
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 11: there and compete and you know, be able to get

1030
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 11: closer with the guys that's on my team.

1031
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 1: It's funny, you're not the first person to tell me

1032
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 1: that it took a little while to kind of get

1033
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: used to having the paths on a run around. When

1034
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,239
Speaker 1: did you start feeling comfortable getting out there on day one?

1035
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,760
Speaker 11: Really after that indie, because it was kind of fast paced,

1036
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 11: so like once I got my feet under me, man,

1037
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,280
Speaker 11: I I was up from there.

1038
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: And then you sort of knocking some passes away, right,

1039
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 1: it looked like you had some good success in the

1040
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 1: teams in the one on one. How did you think

1041
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:50,960
Speaker 1: you did?

1042
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 11: You know, I always run from improvement, but I think

1043
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 11: I did, you know, come out with a confident kind

1044
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 11: of demeanor the first day. I just want to build

1045
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 11: off that day two and stacked days At this point.

1046
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 1: I feel like demeanor for a cornerback is important, right

1047
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: because you know the receivers, they're they're on the offensive

1048
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 1: and you're trying to stop these guys. What kind of

1049
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 1: demeanor do you want to put out there on the

1050
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:12,840
Speaker 1: field when you line up against some of these you know,

1051
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 1: some of the best athletes in the world wide receiver

1052
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:14,880
Speaker 1: and I.

1053
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 11: Just you know, every time I line up, you know,

1054
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,319
Speaker 11: it doesn't matter who's in front of me, that I'm

1055
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 11: gonna compete. And you know, even if I do lose

1056
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:21,680
Speaker 11: a rep, I'm a type of player where I'm gonna

1057
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 11: line back up and so you ain't gonn do it again.

1058
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,879
Speaker 11: So just carry that mindset with me and just keep

1059
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 11: being competitive. Like I feel like my competitiveness is you know,

1060
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 11: it got me all the way to this point, so

1061
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 11: just you know, if it ain't broke, don't fix short memory.

1062
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: Right then a quarterback, you have to have a short memory.

1063
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 11: To have to no doubt. And you know next play

1064
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:39,680
Speaker 11: mentality too. That's just what I stand by.

1065
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: What do you want to show teams out there on

1066
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: the field this week when you you know, have a

1067
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 1: chance to go one on one and play press against

1068
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 1: some of these really good wide receivers, Just show that.

1069
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 11: You know, I could be composed, play with poise and

1070
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 11: just not a lot of receivers speed me up at

1071
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 11: the line. You know, kind of rely on my technique

1072
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 11: more than my athleticism.

1073
00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 1: And they've reps out there, they're throwing flags. So there's

1074
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:02,919
Speaker 1: a line with the physicality that you actually be careful about.

1075
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 8: Right.

1076
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 1: Are you more of a guy that, all right, I'm

1077
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: gonna maybe be a little bit more physical, I'll risk

1078
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:08,839
Speaker 1: the flag or are you going to try to pull

1079
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 1: back a little bit to make sure it's clean.

1080
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,360
Speaker 11: I mean, within them first five yards, I'm trying to

1081
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 11: bully as much as I can and then you know,

1082
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 11: get my hands off and at that point just mirror you.

1083
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 11: But I'm the type of player where you know, I

1084
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 11: know that I truly don't believe someone can just run

1085
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:22,960
Speaker 11: past me off the line, so I can be slower

1086
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 11: in my technique and just really give a hands on.

1087
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: I'm assuming you're a man to man guy based on

1088
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 1: how you're talking to me right now.

1089
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 11: I love man and man man. I let it compete.

1090
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 11: But even in zones, I'm real savvy. I can really

1091
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:33,760
Speaker 11: bait the quarterback. You need to make some bad decisions.

1092
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: What's the technique of being a good press corner? People think,

1093
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: oh long, physically, you just go up there and beat

1094
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:41,439
Speaker 1: somebody out. But what's the technical stuff handwise and feet

1095
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 1: wise that you have to be good at in order

1096
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 1: to be a good press corner.

1097
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 11: Yeah? Really, you have to be able to, first of all,

1098
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,879
Speaker 11: get your hand out there, but not leave it out there,

1099
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,360
Speaker 11: because you know, receivers they're smart too, they run counters,

1100
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 11: they run you know, of course to release his type,

1101
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 11: and they're physical too, so they use their hands as well.

1102
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 11: So really just being able to mirror kickstep, you know,

1103
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 11: play down the line if you want to, but just

1104
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,399
Speaker 11: really that kickstep, getting on front or getting on top

1105
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 11: and then being able to throw that gym out like

1106
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 11: it kind of throws them off.

1107
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 1: Who are some of the receivers that you had a

1108
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 1: lot of fun covering in that first practice that gave

1109
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 1: you some challenges.

1110
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:15,359
Speaker 11: Yeah, Bru McCoy from Tennessee. It was a receiver from

1111
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 11: TCU and then as well as Tedslor from Arkansas. Just

1112
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 11: you know, going out there competing with physical guys. You

1113
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,279
Speaker 11: guys used to use their hands. You know, strong got

1114
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 11: the catch point. You know, I got better guarding there.

1115
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 1: So anything on your checklist, specifically on the field that

1116
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 1: you want to show NFL scouts this week, you just.

1117
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 11: Got to get that ball. You gotta get my hands

1118
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 11: on the ball.

1119
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 1: Man.

1120
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,239
Speaker 11: You know, I'm a natural ball hog. It's gonna find me.

1121
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 11: So you know they too. I'm plying on that.

1122
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: And it's the tougher man demand though, because you got

1123
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: to get your head around. You got to track the receiver,

1124
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 1: get your head around, maintaining your speed.

1125
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:41,800
Speaker 11: You know.

1126
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 1: Toe it's easier you got your eyes on the quarterback.

1127
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 11: Right, you know, but it's harder than man. But man

1128
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 11: never impossible.

1129
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,399
Speaker 3: So you know, it's a great attitude beat.

1130
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 11: You know, if they throw that ball up, it's fifty

1131
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 11: to fifty. But at that point when the ball is

1132
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:55,560
Speaker 11: close to It's one hundred zero on me. So you know,

1133
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 11: just when I get a chance to make a play

1134
00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:58,800
Speaker 11: on the ball, you know I'm gonna take that.

1135
00:42:59,080 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 5: I love that.

1136
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,440
Speaker 1: What do you want to show coaches when you get

1137
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: him in meetings and kind of explain to them how

1138
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: you take as a guy.

1139
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 11: Really just see to be myself. You know, I'm a

1140
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:09,880
Speaker 11: very happy, positive person, and you know, talking to these

1141
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,279
Speaker 11: coaches has been more fun than just you know, it

1142
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 11: kind of feels like I'm playing mad in road to

1143
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,240
Speaker 11: glory right now. So you know, I'm just enjoying this process.

1144
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,879
Speaker 1: That's great. Maxe's great talking to you, man, This is great.

1145
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,319
Speaker 1: Good luck the rest of the weekend. Cooling you guys

1146
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 1: on an aisle. Man, you guys have the toughest job

1147
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: this week. It's you guys in the offensive tackles. Nobody

1148
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:27,839
Speaker 1: is a tougher job than you guys. Really appreciate the time, man,

1149
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,319
Speaker 1: Thank you, appreciate you all. Right now we're joined by

1150
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:33,359
Speaker 1: defensive tackle out of Utah, Junior Tafuna Junior. How are you, man?

1151
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:34,160
Speaker 2: Good? How are you so?

1152
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:35,640
Speaker 1: You're in the national team this week? You being a

1153
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: coach by a Giants offensive corner of Mike Cafie is

1154
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 1: your head coach. What has it been like being in

1155
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 1: meetings with him this week?

1156
00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:45,880
Speaker 13: He's been awesome, very energetic guy, very positive, very very

1157
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 13: clear on what he wants to do and what he

1158
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,719
Speaker 13: wants his team to do. And you know, every every

1159
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:51,279
Speaker 13: morning's how we started meetings. You know, how we're going

1160
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 13: to attack to day and so it's a it's a

1161
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,600
Speaker 13: it's a it's a great thing. It keeps keeps everyone

1162
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 13: in a positive mood, and that's how you're an attack today.

1163
00:43:58,520 --> 00:43:59,479
Speaker 13: So any lays out that point.

1164
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 1: Now, it's been a bit since you've been in pads

1165
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,920
Speaker 1: playing in a game, right, how long did it take

1166
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 1: you to kind of get back into the mix here

1167
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,640
Speaker 1: and and kind of feel comfortable again playing football?

1168
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 2: Just yesterday?

1169
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:13,799
Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean yeah, coming out and you know, doing

1170
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 13: doing the drills again, I was like, I was like, man,

1171
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 13: some of those DRIs never done before, but like you know,

1172
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,839
Speaker 13: getting loosely breaking off the rest and so yeah, it's

1173
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 13: it's it's definitely all you know when you do a

1174
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 13: skill and not for a little bit or you know,

1175
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:27,359
Speaker 13: we still work on those things when you come back

1176
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:28,799
Speaker 13: and play on the pads and do it it's like, yeah,

1177
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 13: it's it's it's a little Russie.

1178
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 2: But now you just get used to it.

1179
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: Now you measured a round six three three h three.

1180
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:36,840
Speaker 1: That's all you measured in, right, You're a big defensive tackle.

1181
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 1: You like to stop the run, sir? Did it kind

1182
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 1: of get your juices flowing right away? When Kafka throws

1183
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: you guys into a nine on seven full contact drill

1184
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 1: to kind of get things started, I could have believeause

1185
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 1: usually they kind of work you guys in slowly. They're

1186
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:50,600
Speaker 1: like no, no, no, no, no, deep end of the pool,

1187
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:51,839
Speaker 1: nine on seven, let's let's run.

1188
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:52,319
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1189
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 13: Yeah, I absolutely love that drill just because you know,

1190
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,399
Speaker 13: it's it's a I would say it's a defensive drill

1191
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:00,880
Speaker 13: just because it's inside run and h that's as a

1192
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 13: defensive tackle, interior line like you got to have, you know,

1193
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 13: pride and stopping the run. And so that's that's our

1194
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:09,279
Speaker 13: calling card, is defensive tackles. You know, let alone the

1195
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 13: pass russ you know, and the team later on.

1196
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 2: But yeah, I love that drill.

1197
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,360
Speaker 1: If there is something that you think really makes your

1198
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,160
Speaker 1: game tech and is the center point of your game,

1199
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 1: that's the best thing that you do what would you

1200
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:18,839
Speaker 1: say it is? Man?

1201
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:20,680
Speaker 13: You know, when I'm not thinking, it's just getting off

1202
00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 13: that rock and going. You know, I'm a I'm a

1203
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:26,399
Speaker 13: I guess I consider myself a very smart defensive tackle,

1204
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:29,279
Speaker 13: and so I see keys, I see formations like you know,

1205
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 13: but you know that's not my job. That's the linebacker's job.

1206
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 13: And so it's just getting down, getting off that rock.

1207
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:35,920
Speaker 13: That's all you know, to be disruptive in that backfield.

1208
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 1: I know, when you guys talk to your agency, do

1209
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,239
Speaker 1: your training, you got kind of the checklist of what

1210
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 1: you want to show these guys on the field of

1211
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 1: practice this week. What are some of the things that

1212
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:43,880
Speaker 1: you want to prove that you can do.

1213
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 13: Yeah, it's just a consistent knock back like yesterday. That

1214
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:48,880
Speaker 13: was my main my main point that I wanted to do,

1215
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:50,880
Speaker 13: and I feel like I did that well, and you know,

1216
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 13: obviously there's always time you get better and then in

1217
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 13: the past rush just yeah, showing that I can win

1218
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 13: and showing those moves that I have because I'm a

1219
00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:59,479
Speaker 13: big power guy and so a lot of the guys,

1220
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:01,439
Speaker 13: you know, they're going the only way to stop powers,

1221
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,000
Speaker 13: you gotta get in front of it quickly and so

1222
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:04,840
Speaker 13: it's just you know, transitioning off of that. And so

1223
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:06,480
Speaker 13: that's why I want to show today it's a third

1224
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:08,640
Speaker 13: down day to day and you get to be able

1225
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:09,319
Speaker 13: to show that today.

1226
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:10,880
Speaker 1: And in those one on ones, you have to have

1227
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:12,520
Speaker 1: some these guys are gonna be ready for your power, right,

1228
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: So you have there's some counters in those ones, right, sure, yep.

1229
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,719
Speaker 13: So you have those kinds like a bull snatch, you know,

1230
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 13: off off a bull off bull forklift, you know, keeping

1231
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 13: him off balance, you know, and raising one hand and.

1232
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 1: A little push poll maybe too, right, yeah.

1233
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 2: Exactly, push pull.

1234
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:29,839
Speaker 13: So just all of those counters and those those are

1235
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,279
Speaker 13: those are moves that you know come off of my

1236
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 13: power bullrush.

1237
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:35,359
Speaker 1: So all right, we talk about you as a player,

1238
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 1: how about you as a guy. When you meet these

1239
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 1: these scouts, these coaches, these gems in these meetings, what

1240
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 1: are you trying to get across about you thegue person.

1241
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 13: Yeah, it's just it's just my genuine self, you know,

1242
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:49,040
Speaker 13: it's showing them who I am, you know, not just

1243
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:51,760
Speaker 13: giving an answer to answer to answer, but to genuinely

1244
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:53,920
Speaker 13: be honest and just be myself because at the end

1245
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,759
Speaker 13: of the day, it has to be genuine Yeah. You know,

1246
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 13: when you meet someone, it has to be of heart

1247
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:01,719
Speaker 13: and and purpose, and so that's that's why I try

1248
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 13: to do and try to really show that's who I am.

1249
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:06,839
Speaker 1: You and your good stuff, man, I appreciate the time.

1250
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 1: Thanks so much, manank you app all Right Now, we're

1251
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: joined by Boston College edge rusher Donovan as a Rocket.

1252
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 1: Donovan Hawaii mean.

1253
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:13,840
Speaker 5: I'm good, Thank you, Thank you for having me.

1254
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 1: I love watching on tape. Coming into this week, what

1255
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 1: do you want to prove on the field to these

1256
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 1: decision makers? Maybe you've heard or your agents told you,

1257
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:21,919
Speaker 1: you know, they're not sure if.

1258
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:22,320
Speaker 3: You can do this.

1259
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:24,840
Speaker 1: Well, I'm going to show them that I can do

1260
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:25,480
Speaker 1: this this week.

1261
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, honestly that I'm a competitor.

1262
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:29,600
Speaker 12: I feel like that's that's uh, that's not something that

1263
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 12: I have improved already, but just you know, be in

1264
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 12: front of uh, you know, scouts and coaches and general

1265
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 12: managers and really show them.

1266
00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 3: You know, they're seeing you face to face.

1267
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:39,359
Speaker 2: I think that's very important to see.

1268
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:41,279
Speaker 12: But also that you know that I'm a I'm a

1269
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:43,560
Speaker 12: complete defensive end, edge rusher and outside linebacker.

1270
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,560
Speaker 5: You know I could do all three positions.

1271
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:49,200
Speaker 1: So okay, It's funny you separated outside linebacker from edge rusher.

1272
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:51,359
Speaker 1: I want to talk about that difference, right, because during

1273
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,440
Speaker 1: one on ones, part of the one on ones, if

1274
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:55,920
Speaker 1: I remember right, yesterday, you were with the one on

1275
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:57,800
Speaker 1: one pass rush, right, and then were you doing some

1276
00:47:57,840 --> 00:47:59,759
Speaker 1: stuff in space as well? No, everything was with one

1277
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:01,120
Speaker 1: of You were with the pass rush the whole time.

1278
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 1: So what do you want to show in that one

1279
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,400
Speaker 1: on one pass rush when you get in there and

1280
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:07,000
Speaker 1: you have those one on reps against some of those

1281
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 1: big OFFENSI attacks, Yeah.

1282
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:09,880
Speaker 12: Kind of what I've shown all year. You know that

1283
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 12: I have a deep bag, yes, but I could I

1284
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:15,440
Speaker 12: could just rush the passer, you know, you know, as

1285
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,480
Speaker 12: simple as that. You know, not you know, not trying

1286
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:20,080
Speaker 12: to overcomplicate it all, but in different ways that I can,

1287
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:21,920
Speaker 12: I can win versus you know, a tackle.

1288
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 1: So now you measured in six two two forty eight.

1289
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:27,480
Speaker 1: The thirty four and a half inch arms is kind

1290
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 1: of what hit me a little bit because it's six

1291
00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:30,440
Speaker 1: to two thirty four and a half in drops. Those

1292
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,040
Speaker 1: are really long arms for for for six two, right,

1293
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:35,919
Speaker 1: how do you utilize that length in how you rush

1294
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:37,279
Speaker 1: the pass or how do you use that length to

1295
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:37,920
Speaker 1: your advantage.

1296
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:41,320
Speaker 12: Yeah, I think I have utilized it with like you know,

1297
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:43,640
Speaker 12: one arm, long arm stabs, whatever the case may be.

1298
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:46,560
Speaker 12: But I definitely think I can utilize it a lot more,

1299
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,520
Speaker 12: you know, I think that it can be. It is

1300
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 12: a tool, and it's a weapon for me and just

1301
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:53,520
Speaker 12: working that into my game and that's you know, that's

1302
00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:55,560
Speaker 12: what you know, offseason training is for you know, working

1303
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:57,600
Speaker 12: on those you know, the small details of pass rush.

1304
00:48:57,760 --> 00:48:59,840
Speaker 1: So what would you say your go to move is

1305
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:01,400
Speaker 1: a ass rushers right now?

1306
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:02,920
Speaker 12: I would say go to moves like more like a

1307
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,800
Speaker 12: chopp club, like a like a yannigin got way, you know,

1308
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,840
Speaker 12: chop the arm down club them by flip the hips and.

1309
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 1: Then we'll flip tips a little move at the end

1310
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:12,920
Speaker 1: and you turn the corner. Right, What are some of

1311
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 1: the counters that as you hit the shop now and

1312
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:16,880
Speaker 1: you're trying to develop more of your game and you're

1313
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Speaker 1: trying to get better, what are some of the counters

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Speaker 1: you're trying to develop to that move?

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Speaker 12: I think you know counters are more like like you know,

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Speaker 12: the inside chop club like more like inside moves for sure, Right.

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Speaker 1: Did you try to do an inside spin on one

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Speaker 1: of your I.

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Speaker 11: Didn't do it.

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Speaker 12: I didn't do a good job of you know, setting

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Speaker 12: that whole thing up. But you know I'm thinking that

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Speaker 12: you know, you know I tackle to see me and say, oh, yeah,

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Speaker 12: he's gonna you know, jump back and you know, use

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Speaker 12: his speed. So I was kind of playing the mind

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Speaker 12: game that comes with pass rushing. But yeah, those are

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Speaker 12: those are the counters. But like I said, you have

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Speaker 12: to set those things up with speed first and you know,

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Speaker 12: do what you do first and foremost before you can

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Speaker 12: you know, work those counter moves.

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Speaker 1: So now, you went to Boston College, you're a smart dude.

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Speaker 1: You went to business school. Is that correct? So how

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Speaker 1: much is that trying to figure out your opponent, what

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Speaker 1: they're good at, what they're thinking about, what you're going

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Speaker 1: to try to do, and that chess match that makes

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Speaker 1: you a good pass rusher.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, it's it goes into you know study obviously, and

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Speaker 12: you know, preparation. I think that's why I was successful

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Speaker 12: this past year. Definitely, you know a lot more hours

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Speaker 12: in the film room, you know, watching you know, the

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Speaker 12: smaller details of offensive line play just to figure out

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Speaker 12: like rush plans. You know, obviously it's a senior ball

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Speaker 12: you don't have you know, all that you know, that

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Speaker 12: much time to really see your opponent or whatever the

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Speaker 12: case would be, unless you know, you checked out their

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Speaker 12: film from this past year.

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Speaker 3: But you know, it's that those are the small things

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Speaker 3: that we look at.

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Speaker 12: We look at you know, what their footwork is, you know,

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Speaker 12: how they you know, place their hands, if they're a

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Speaker 12: low hand striker or high hand striker or whatever.

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Speaker 2: The case may be. That's, you know, so we could win.

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Speaker 1: We talked about us a pass rusher, but use a

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Speaker 1: run stopper. What do you bring the game as a

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Speaker 1: run defender at an edgesetter?

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Speaker 12: Yeah, I said earlier, you know, complete defensive end, outside

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Speaker 12: linebacker and edge.

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Speaker 5: And I think I take pride in stopping.

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Speaker 2: The run game.

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Speaker 12: I understand that you can't you know, you can't pass

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Speaker 12: rush unless you stop the run on you know, maybe

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Speaker 12: for or second down. So I definitely understand that. And

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Speaker 12: I know, you know, uh, you know, that might be

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Speaker 12: some people might say that that I could be possibly

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Speaker 12: deficient in that area, which I definitely don't think so

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Speaker 12: at all.

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Speaker 1: I agree with that, by the way.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, you know, and and and I say that because

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Speaker 12: you know, I really do take pride in stopping the

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Speaker 12: run game, you know, and and I love when you know,

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Speaker 12: teams want to run the football at me and test

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Speaker 12: me and challenge me. And I think it's a very

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Speaker 12: it's a very good challenge. And I like to see

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Speaker 12: say that I'm a person that definitely steps up the challenges.

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Speaker 1: Final question, how much were we asked dropping the coverage

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Speaker 1: and working zones and in space over the course of

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Speaker 1: Boston College.

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Speaker 12: Not often, but I definitely, I would say there were

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Speaker 12: definitely some pressures and packages where I definitely had to drop.

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Speaker 1: But then zone type stuff.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, and as the season went on, and you know,

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Speaker 12: sometimes it might be third down, you know, coach Obriant said, no,

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Speaker 12: he's not dropping it. You know, he's not dropping anymore.

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Speaker 12: We need him to go rush the past or we

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Speaker 12: need him to help this team by doing what he

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Speaker 12: does best.

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Speaker 1: I don't have your numbers in front of me. Was

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Speaker 1: it seventeen sixteen?

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Speaker 2: She tried to give you.

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Speaker 5: I had another hand.

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Speaker 1: No, appreciate it, Donad. This is great man. I've enjoyed

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Speaker 1: watching you all year, and good luck this week and

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Speaker 1: we look forward to see where you go in the draft.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's Part two. Of our interview series on

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