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Speaker 1: or for a small fee on the various streaming services. Now,

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Speaker 1: let's get to football. Remember last year's preseason opener. The

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Speaker 1: Bengals faced the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers,

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Speaker 1: who surprised many of us by starting Tom Brady at

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Speaker 1: quarterback in the preseason opener. Here's how the Bucks opening

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Speaker 1: series ended. Rookies Joseph Osai and Cam Sample are both

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Speaker 1: in to rush Tom Brady on third down and ten.

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Speaker 1: Giovanni Bernhardt pack in and running back lines up to

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Speaker 1: the right of Brady, catches a high shotgun snap, looking

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Speaker 1: scrambling and sacked. Brady brought down at the thirteen yard line,

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Speaker 1: and as the Bengals sack them on third and ten,

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Speaker 1: that sack went to rookie Joseph Osi, who had seven

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Speaker 1: quarterback pressures on only twenty three pass rushing snaps. According

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Speaker 1: to Pro Football Focus. He was the star of a

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Speaker 1: nineteen to fourteen win and I spoke to Osi right

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Speaker 1: Joseph Osai. Part of the Bengals excellent performance in the

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Speaker 1: preseason opener and in your case, a sack of Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady on the Patriots opening drive. Look how big of

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Speaker 1: a throw was that? It was awesome. You know, I

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Speaker 1: grew up watching him play before Robin Harkhouse. He was

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Speaker 1: lined up against me, So it was definitely dope seeing

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Speaker 1: those guys and living a dream. But I just know

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Speaker 1: We got great guys on that line all over. You know,

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Speaker 1: for him to get moved, it was it was a

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to see how he'd grow as a

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Speaker 1: team throughout the season. You're being modest. I admire that

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Speaker 1: technically a combined sack between you and Trey Hendrickson, But

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Speaker 1: In the days that followed, Joseph experienced pain in his

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Speaker 1: So if i'm if I'm ever not at that standard,

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Speaker 1: when you're back out there just playing, just playing? You know, UM,

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Speaker 1: So I'm just gonna be blessed and super thankful, thankful

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Speaker 1: thank you so much. I appreciate that Josi was the

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Speaker 1: Bengals third round draft pick. Last year. In the second round,

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Speaker 1: particularly for an offensive lineman, being much easier than year one.

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Speaker 1: but in general terms, do you feel like that's going

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Speaker 1: teammates and guys around me and learn from them. And

427
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Speaker 1: I thought I did that pretty well going throughout the

428
00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 1: season and trying to progress every day. Now it's just

429
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,240
Speaker 1: about locking it every day and get better, way better

430
00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,520
Speaker 1: than I was last year. I think if anybody looks

431
00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,600
Speaker 1: back on some of the biggest plays from last season,

432
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,959
Speaker 1: your tackle just before the half and the AFC Championship

433
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 1: game of Tyreek Hill has got to be very high

434
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Speaker 1: on that list. Is that a moment that's become really

435
00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:35,320
Speaker 1: meaningful for you? I mean, yes, it was what it was.

436
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,920
Speaker 1: I guess at the time I didn't realize it, but yeah,

437
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,479
Speaker 1: it was definitely, you know, huge. But there's a lot

438
00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,800
Speaker 1: of plays you can pick apart the whole game, you know,

439
00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,920
Speaker 1: especially from the defensive standpoint that made a difference. So

440
00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:48,160
Speaker 1: you know, it's just about doing your job and competing

441
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,879
Speaker 1: hard all the time and let the results, you know,

442
00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,919
Speaker 1: happy as they may. We're chatting with the Eli Apple.

443
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 1: What do you do after a season? You go back

444
00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,280
Speaker 1: and look at all of it? Or since you're doing

445
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,600
Speaker 1: that on a weekly basis, you know, don't you have

446
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,399
Speaker 1: to do that? Yeah? Yeah, Well, so being back now,

447
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,640
Speaker 1: we've got our whole games or iPads and stuff. So yeah,

448
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 1: I'm I'm looking through everything and I just feel like

449
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 1: I'm a totally different player now mentally. So it's just

450
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:16,159
Speaker 1: about building on that, getting that confidences and incorporating what

451
00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 1: I've learned from watching film just on the field field

452
00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,439
Speaker 1: and not making those same mistakes. You know, you had

453
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,679
Speaker 1: a Twitter post or Instagram post fairly recently where you

454
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,480
Speaker 1: talked about something like the fire has been relet? How

455
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:33,639
Speaker 1: did you mean that? It's just always finding more more

456
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 1: someone to just keep going for it, you know. Obviously

457
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,680
Speaker 1: super Bowls what you you know what I'm saying, as

458
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,160
Speaker 1: a team, strive for it. For me, it's just continue

459
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,840
Speaker 1: to just get that excitement to get better every day,

460
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:47,160
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? And I feel like that's

461
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,399
Speaker 1: what I meant, just bringing that attitude. I already had it,

462
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,719
Speaker 1: already have it because it's in the sim But now

463
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,040
Speaker 1: it's just about you know, just spreading it around the

464
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 1: whole locker room and giving everybody got juice every day,

465
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 1: no matter if we doing walkthroughs, you know what I mean.

466
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 1: So it was just about, you know, locking in all

467
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,640
Speaker 1: the details and just coming together more as a team.

468
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,160
Speaker 1: You know, how do you feel about the Super Bowl?

469
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:14,480
Speaker 1: You made some plays? Obviously Cup made some plays. Nah, man,

470
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Speaker 1: That's that's the name of the game. That's the name

471
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,639
Speaker 1: of the game right there. But I'd like to go

472
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,720
Speaker 1: undefeated all the time and throw no hitter. Yeah, of course,

473
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,760
Speaker 1: who wouldn't. But you know, you learn from those those

474
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,119
Speaker 1: inter kate moments where you know you've battled little one

475
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,200
Speaker 1: of the best. So him and Mat Stafford a great

476
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:34,199
Speaker 1: connection obviously, and you know you put on a great performance,

477
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,119
Speaker 1: especially on that last drive. So I thought it was

478
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,520
Speaker 1: a great learning too. It's for me for the offseason

479
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: and for us as a group. Know, learned from from

480
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 1: that and just be better at finishing. You know, you

481
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,520
Speaker 1: did a great job, but it's always more to more

482
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,240
Speaker 1: to get I look back at that final touchdown. The

483
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,720
Speaker 1: coverage was actually good. I don't know what a dbat

484
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,760
Speaker 1: can do on a perfectly thrown ball on that particular route.

485
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,760
Speaker 1: A lot you could have played that better, way better.

486
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,640
Speaker 1: My leverage was way too hard on inside. He played

487
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 1: off the ball so I wouldn't be able to get

488
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:06,640
Speaker 1: hands on so he can have some room to walk

489
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,920
Speaker 1: up on me and create that space and mass I

490
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,639
Speaker 1: could put it right on him, right on his back hip.

491
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 1: But I thought, you know, if I was head up

492
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,960
Speaker 1: so outside, I would be able to be able to

493
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,439
Speaker 1: get hands on look back for the ball. But you

494
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 1: know that's hindsight now and the heat of the moment.

495
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,439
Speaker 1: You know, things happen, So you know that's off to them.

496
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 1: They they they did what they had to do to win.

497
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Speaker 1: Do you enjoy sparring with the people on social media.

498
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,679
Speaker 1: It's a part of the game. All the fans, you know,

499
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,919
Speaker 1: I put them off one group of category, just you know,

500
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,720
Speaker 1: try to have fun with it. You don't take anything personal.

501
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,639
Speaker 1: I'm never really angry, even if I come off as suck.

502
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 1: So I know a lot of people don't like it,

503
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 1: but you know the way I interact, you know what

504
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like you know, obviously, social media

505
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,680
Speaker 1: is a space where everybody tries to let their feelings

506
00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,639
Speaker 1: go and display their their thoughts or whatever, or troll

507
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: most people. Allityd is that specially the media. So for me,

508
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 1: it was more of meekom than back trolling the trollers.

509
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 1: That's how I looked at it. But it's all info.

510
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,880
Speaker 1: You got a locker room that appreciates what you did here.

511
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,880
Speaker 1: Last year, you played more snaps than any other defensive back.

512
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,919
Speaker 1: You feel like he found a home. I feel like

513
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 1: every day I'm blessed to be here. It feels like

514
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: home just because of the guys around and the coaches,

515
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,840
Speaker 1: the way they've embraced me. So I just want to

516
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,640
Speaker 1: concede to reward them, just my hard work in preparation.

517
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,280
Speaker 1: Always appreciate your time. Thank you, appreciate you. In addition

518
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,119
Speaker 1: to that key tackle of Tyreek Hill, Eli was also

519
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,919
Speaker 1: responsible for tipping a pass near the end of the

520
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,640
Speaker 1: playoff win at Tennessee that was intercepted by Logan Wilson

521
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,840
Speaker 1: to set up Evan McPherson's game winning field goal. My

522
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 1: final conversation this week is with one of the sixteen

523
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Speaker 1: rookie free agents that the Bengals signed right after the draft,

524
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,639
Speaker 1: Wide receiver Jack Sorenson, played college ball just down the

525
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,680
Speaker 1: road Miami University, where he earned first team All MAC

526
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: honors last year by catching seventy six passes for one thousand,

527
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 1: four hundred and six yards and ten touchdowns. So, having

528
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 1: played at Miami, what's this experience like for you to

529
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,400
Speaker 1: be with the NFL team right down the road? Yeah,

530
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 1: you know, obviously, just getting a chance to play in

531
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,480
Speaker 1: the NFL is a dream come true. It's been a

532
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,879
Speaker 1: dream I've had for a long time. But getting a

533
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,400
Speaker 1: play not too far away from where I spent six

534
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,400
Speaker 1: years as pretty special. I got a lot of friends

535
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 1: that moved to since and have jobs here. So the

536
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,879
Speaker 1: community and in the people that I know in Cincinnati

537
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,680
Speaker 1: is it's just pretty cool to play for the team

538
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: that is represented by all those people. So you had

539
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 1: a monster year last year for the RedHawks fourteen hundred

540
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,879
Speaker 1: yards plus ten touchdown catches. I believe did you start

541
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,239
Speaker 1: to think last year that you were going to get

542
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: an NFL opportunity? Um, yeah, I mean it's it's obviously

543
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,199
Speaker 1: something of this in the back here. It's in the

544
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 1: back of her head at some point. But for me,

545
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,199
Speaker 1: and I was so focused on the season, just the

546
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,680
Speaker 1: game that was at hand, and I wanted to go out,

547
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 1: you know, a MAC champion again, and unfortunately weren't able

548
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,360
Speaker 1: to do that. But you know, I think the more

549
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: you think about the stats, then the more it takes

550
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,919
Speaker 1: away from the team game, and the we game starts

551
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: to become a me game. And and half the reason

552
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 1: that I was able to have the success that I

553
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 1: had was because of the support staff that was around me.

554
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: I had great old line, I had a great quarterback,

555
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: I had other great receivers that opened me up and

556
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: gave me opportunities, and had a great coaching staff that

557
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,200
Speaker 1: game planned really really well to put me in positions

558
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,919
Speaker 1: to make plays. So the reason I had all that

559
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: success was really a culmination of everybody around me doing

560
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: what they needed to do. We're visiting with rookie receiver

561
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: Jack Sorenson. So Jamar Chase last year had some incredible

562
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 1: games as a rookie. I think two hundred and sixty

563
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 1: six receiving yards in a game, which was a rookie

564
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,600
Speaker 1: record in the NFL. You topped that in a game

565
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 1: last year against Ohio two eighty three, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, yeah,

566
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: I mean college to the NFL is a bit of

567
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 1: a jump, but um, I mean it's just cool being

568
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 1: not being around you know, Tea and and Trent Taylor

569
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: and Trent Irwin, and you know and and Tyler Boyd

570
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 1: and Jamar and and all these guys that you know,

571
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 1: some of them at a young age have had a

572
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,720
Speaker 1: lot of success and then other ones are veterans in

573
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 1: the league that have learned a lot of great tips

574
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 1: and tricks on you know, how to run routes certain ways,

575
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 1: or how to read certain coverages and where the holes

576
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 1: are going to be. And just getting to be around

577
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: that type of experience every every day is is for

578
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 1: a young receiver a blessing um and hopefully, well, will

579
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 1: you know, help me a lot a little the way

580
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 1: Is it kind of jaw dropping to practice with guys

581
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 1: like Jamar and t who are just such genetic freaks.

582
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, yeah, I mean I mean I wouldn't say,

583
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 1: like Starstrucker jaw dropping. Um. I think it's like I said,

584
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's a blessing to be around as

585
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: such a young receiver. Um, getting the opportunity from learn

586
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 1: to learn from young guys that have had a lot

587
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: of success and then some other guys that have been

588
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: in the in the league for a while and have

589
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: learned how to have a lot to success consistently, consistently. Um,

590
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 1: just being around that and getting to see how they,

591
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 1: you know, attack practices and how they attack individual drills

592
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 1: and how they attack special teams and the consistency that

593
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 1: they have day to day. I think that's um a

594
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,280
Speaker 1: great uh you know example from for me to see

595
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:21,280
Speaker 1: as a rookie. How about Burrow? Is Burrow jaw dropping? Yeah?

596
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, he's he's a great qub um,

597
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 1: but you know, just the same thing. I think. I

598
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: think it's for me, you know, I'm not getting the

599
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,120
Speaker 1: reps with Burrow, but just getting to see him, just

600
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 1: watch him how he goes about and his mannerisms during

601
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,240
Speaker 1: practice and how serious he takes it. UM. You know,

602
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: for me, it's a great example as a rookie to

603
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 1: to watch that and to you know, try to you know,

604
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: take after or exemplify a couple a couple of things

605
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 1: that he does in practice. So he's he's a great

606
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,160
Speaker 1: example for all of us rookies. What contact did you

607
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: have with the Bengals if Annie in the pre draft process? Um?

608
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 1: Throughout about the pre draft process, I was at the

609
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 1: local day, UM, so I got to talk with some

610
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: of the coaches and UM kind of work with some

611
00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 1: of the staff then and then just a couple meetings

612
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 1: here and there leading up to the draft. How do

613
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,120
Speaker 1: you feel a guy like yourself can try to make

614
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: a mark? Yeah, initially, I think for me, you know,

615
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: obviously I want to contribute in the receiver room and

616
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: but for me, initially, and I'm really focusing on special teams,

617
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 1: I want to play all four special teams and UM

618
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 1: and travel that way. And then obviously, you know, if

619
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 1: I can contribute in any way in the receiver room,

620
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: I want to do that too. But I think for me, initially,

621
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 1: I'm going to attack and be the best special teams

622
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 1: player for me on the team that I can be UM,

623
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 1: because I think that's the best way I can contribute

624
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: this first year. And you know, if the opportunities come

625
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 1: at receiver, then I'm obviously gonna take goes and run

626
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: with them. But um, initially, I'm going to learn as

627
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: much as I can to be a sponge at the

628
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 1: receiver position and then just try to attack the special teams.

629
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Speaker 1: I think he noted off the top he spent six

630
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: years at Miami. Was that a blessing for you to

631
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to have an extra year to develop? Yeah,

632
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: you know, I think I think it's it's a blessing

633
00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 1: and a curse. Right, you come in a little bit older,

634
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: UM than most rookies, so you know it's it's not

635
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 1: the best in that way, but UM, yeah, blessing in

636
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 1: the sense that you know, I got I got six

637
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: years to develop, UM into the player that I really

638
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: felt like I could be in college and it kind

639
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 1: of showed that last year. UM. And you know, I

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Speaker 1: think I come in as a rookie with a little

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Speaker 1: bit more maturity and understanding of UM, you know, how

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Speaker 1: to you know, handle really long seasons and how to

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Speaker 1: COVID gave us and just different stuff like that. You know,

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Speaker 1: I've had a lot of experiences in college that had

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Speaker 1: just those experiences over those six years, I think you are,

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Speaker 1: family savoring this opportunity? Yeah, yeah, I think they're. I

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Speaker 1: think they're adjusting a little bit. Um, A lot of

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Speaker 1: my uh, a lot of my families from Green Bay, um,

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Speaker 1: so uh, you know, just trying to push some orange

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Speaker 1: and black into their into their wardrobe, um slowly. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's it's been awesome. Everybody been super supportive and really happy.

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Speaker 1: This is a dream that I've expressed I've wanted for

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Speaker 1: fifteen sixteen years now, so you know, everybody's just really

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Speaker 1: happy for me, which is which is also a thing.

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