1 00:00:04,428 --> 00:00:06,628 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football is the production of the NFL in 2 00:00:06,708 --> 00:00:27,068 Speaker 1: partnership with iHeartRadio Football. Hey, welcome to Good Morning Football 3 00:00:27,068 --> 00:00:29,668 Speaker 1: Live in New York City. It's Wednesday, April fifth. I'm 4 00:00:29,708 --> 00:00:32,308 Speaker 1: Jamie art All, Kyle Brand, Jason Cordy, Peter Straker, usual 5 00:00:32,348 --> 00:00:35,508 Speaker 1: characters at the table. Kyle, are you good? You're filming better? 6 00:00:35,748 --> 00:00:37,708 Speaker 1: It's been a long week, a long time since we've 7 00:00:37,708 --> 00:00:39,788 Speaker 1: all been back the bands. We got our four starters 8 00:00:39,788 --> 00:00:41,668 Speaker 1: out here. Yeah, we have a deep bench and we 9 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:44,668 Speaker 1: have great role players who put up shots and key buckets. 10 00:00:44,788 --> 00:00:46,348 Speaker 1: These are our four starters, all right, I love it 11 00:00:46,388 --> 00:00:49,188 Speaker 1: til blockers. Look up the top ten picks in Land 12 00:00:49,268 --> 00:00:52,668 Speaker 1: Zero Lin's mock draft three point Bryce Young going first 13 00:00:52,668 --> 00:00:54,748 Speaker 1: to the Panthers. Then he's got a lot of movement 14 00:00:54,868 --> 00:00:57,588 Speaker 1: that evolves c J. Stroud going to the Ravens, who 15 00:00:57,628 --> 00:01:00,468 Speaker 1: would bump up to the four spots, and the Raiders 16 00:01:00,868 --> 00:01:03,628 Speaker 1: who the Texans, landing Will Levis with a trade with 17 00:01:03,668 --> 00:01:05,668 Speaker 1: the Raiders, who right now hold the seventh pick. They've 18 00:01:05,708 --> 00:01:10,108 Speaker 1: got Texans, Lanta's Texans taking Tyry Wilson's second and then 19 00:01:10,108 --> 00:01:12,548 Speaker 1: trading back into the top ten for that movie. Wow, 20 00:01:12,988 --> 00:01:15,508 Speaker 1: well that would be a move for the Texans trying 21 00:01:15,548 --> 00:01:19,308 Speaker 1: to turn things around, but Lanserland also has six defensive 22 00:01:19,308 --> 00:01:22,068 Speaker 1: players going in the first ten picks, including Georgia defensive 23 00:01:22,068 --> 00:01:24,828 Speaker 1: tackle Jalen Carter at number five to the Seahawks. On 24 00:01:24,868 --> 00:01:26,348 Speaker 1: Carter has made it known that he will not be 25 00:01:26,428 --> 00:01:29,468 Speaker 1: taking visits with teams selecting outside the top ten. Keep 26 00:01:29,508 --> 00:01:32,428 Speaker 1: this in mind, though Jalen Carter's off field issues are 27 00:01:32,508 --> 00:01:34,828 Speaker 1: his reference. A twenty two year old recently pled no 28 00:01:34,948 --> 00:01:38,028 Speaker 1: contest the two misdemeanor driving charges stemming from a January 29 00:01:38,108 --> 00:01:41,348 Speaker 1: incident that involved two Georgia students losing their lives. Jalen 30 00:01:41,428 --> 00:01:45,508 Speaker 1: Carter received probation for his plea from that situation. NFL 31 00:01:45,508 --> 00:01:48,148 Speaker 1: Networks in dandel Jeremiah went on the Pat McAfee show 32 00:01:48,188 --> 00:01:53,428 Speaker 1: yesterday and offer his explanation for some of this movement. Well, 33 00:01:53,588 --> 00:01:55,948 Speaker 1: I think normally when the decisions like this get made, 34 00:01:56,108 --> 00:01:58,388 Speaker 1: it's because you have a backstop, you know, like there's 35 00:01:58,388 --> 00:02:00,708 Speaker 1: somebody that's given you assurances that like this is where 36 00:02:00,948 --> 00:02:03,988 Speaker 1: where the slide ends, You're not getting past us, and 37 00:02:04,068 --> 00:02:06,668 Speaker 1: you can trust that information. Now I don't know who 38 00:02:06,708 --> 00:02:09,388 Speaker 1: that is, but I'm guessing just by looking at all 39 00:02:09,388 --> 00:02:13,308 Speaker 1: the factors involved that the Philadelphia Eagles having Jordan Davis 40 00:02:13,308 --> 00:02:15,828 Speaker 1: a teammate, of his having to Kobe Dean a teammate 41 00:02:15,828 --> 00:02:20,428 Speaker 1: of his, being a team that's pass rush obsessed. You know, 42 00:02:20,548 --> 00:02:22,788 Speaker 1: they picked ten, so that when I heard that he 43 00:02:22,828 --> 00:02:24,908 Speaker 1: wasn't meeting teams outside of ten, I'm like, he's got 44 00:02:24,908 --> 00:02:27,268 Speaker 1: a backstop somewhere in the top ten. And you know, 45 00:02:27,308 --> 00:02:29,708 Speaker 1: the Eagles would be my educated guests on that one. 46 00:02:30,788 --> 00:02:32,828 Speaker 1: All Right, that's an interesting way for DJ to look 47 00:02:32,868 --> 00:02:35,668 Speaker 1: at it. Jalen Carter deciding to only visit with teams 48 00:02:35,668 --> 00:02:37,948 Speaker 1: in the top ten. Do you agree with this, Peter? 49 00:02:38,428 --> 00:02:41,468 Speaker 1: I think it's an interesting decision. But I'm with Daniel 50 00:02:41,548 --> 00:02:44,028 Speaker 1: Jeremiah on this one that obviously it's not something that 51 00:02:44,068 --> 00:02:47,188 Speaker 1: he's risking his draft stock plummeting because he's not meeting 52 00:02:47,188 --> 00:02:49,948 Speaker 1: with teams that Drew Rosenhouse, who's the agent, has represented 53 00:02:49,948 --> 00:02:51,868 Speaker 1: some of the top players in NFL history, and I 54 00:02:51,868 --> 00:02:54,148 Speaker 1: believe this comes in with good counsel and good advice. 55 00:02:54,188 --> 00:02:56,348 Speaker 1: It's also not the first time we've heard this from 56 00:02:56,508 --> 00:02:59,948 Speaker 1: the NFL Draft floor. Deon Sanders was at the combine 57 00:02:59,988 --> 00:03:01,748 Speaker 1: and apparently the New York Giants, who had a pick 58 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:03,388 Speaker 1: in the top ten, wanted to meet with him in 59 00:03:03,468 --> 00:03:06,148 Speaker 1: Deon Why A, we're wasting our time. I won't be 60 00:03:06,148 --> 00:03:07,988 Speaker 1: around when you're on the clock. That was a little 61 00:03:07,988 --> 00:03:09,308 Speaker 1: bit of a different time, a little bit of a 62 00:03:09,308 --> 00:03:11,668 Speaker 1: different situation. But Dan, of course did go to number 63 00:03:11,708 --> 00:03:13,628 Speaker 1: two overall, and he wasn't a New York Giant. I 64 00:03:13,668 --> 00:03:16,268 Speaker 1: also look at a different player from about ten years 65 00:03:16,308 --> 00:03:19,068 Speaker 1: after Dion and it's a similar situation, and that there 66 00:03:19,148 --> 00:03:21,308 Speaker 1: was a lot of talk about character and off the 67 00:03:21,388 --> 00:03:24,108 Speaker 1: field and not just this this case that we're talking about, 68 00:03:24,188 --> 00:03:26,388 Speaker 1: this tragic case with the two students from Georgia, but 69 00:03:26,428 --> 00:03:28,388 Speaker 1: also you'd hear a lot of other things about Jalen Carter. 70 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:30,868 Speaker 1: And it was Warren Sapp coming into the draft back 71 00:03:30,908 --> 00:03:32,748 Speaker 1: when he was draft eligible, and a lot of teams 72 00:03:32,748 --> 00:03:34,268 Speaker 1: were just scared away and say, we don't want to 73 00:03:34,468 --> 00:03:36,228 Speaker 1: we don't want to take Warren Sapp. We've heard some things. 74 00:03:36,268 --> 00:03:39,108 Speaker 1: There was a situation with marijuana. We're not involved with that. 75 00:03:39,508 --> 00:03:41,708 Speaker 1: And Warren Stapp goes so tam Bay Buccaneers and he 76 00:03:41,788 --> 00:03:43,388 Speaker 1: goes out of the top ten, and he goes on 77 00:03:43,428 --> 00:03:45,668 Speaker 1: to be probably the best player in the entire draft class. 78 00:03:46,108 --> 00:03:49,188 Speaker 1: Use that as motivation to say, Okay, I'm going to 79 00:03:49,308 --> 00:03:51,148 Speaker 1: prove everybody wrong and I'm gonna go do my thing. 80 00:03:51,388 --> 00:03:53,628 Speaker 1: I would say use Warren Sapp as a caution for 81 00:03:53,668 --> 00:03:55,748 Speaker 1: teams that are going to say, well, am I even 82 00:03:55,788 --> 00:03:57,788 Speaker 1: gonna take a look at Jalen Carter because of what 83 00:03:57,828 --> 00:03:59,748 Speaker 1: I mean. Get to know him as much as you can. 84 00:04:00,028 --> 00:04:02,028 Speaker 1: And if you're in the top ten, I would say, 85 00:04:02,148 --> 00:04:04,108 Speaker 1: really think long and hard, because Warren Sapp went on 86 00:04:04,148 --> 00:04:06,148 Speaker 1: to have Hall of Fame career and was maybe the 87 00:04:06,508 --> 00:04:09,028 Speaker 1: key piece to those Buccaneers Super Bowl teams. I look 88 00:04:09,068 --> 00:04:11,668 Speaker 1: at every squad from the Houston Texans at two, the 89 00:04:11,748 --> 00:04:15,828 Speaker 1: Cardinals at three, the Colts at four, straight to Detroit Vegas, 90 00:04:15,908 --> 00:04:17,908 Speaker 1: all these teams. You have to at least do your 91 00:04:17,948 --> 00:04:20,108 Speaker 1: due diligence on jail and Carter before saying he's an 92 00:04:20,188 --> 00:04:21,908 Speaker 1: undrafted a guy. As far as him saying I'm not 93 00:04:21,948 --> 00:04:24,668 Speaker 1: meeting with teams, I'm a Daniel Jeremiah, someone has told him, 94 00:04:24,708 --> 00:04:26,068 Speaker 1: if you're on the board, we're taking you. I don't 95 00:04:26,068 --> 00:04:27,908 Speaker 1: think he would risk not meeting with the Titans or 96 00:04:27,908 --> 00:04:30,948 Speaker 1: the Jets or the Patriots at eleven, twelve, fourteen, whatever 97 00:04:30,948 --> 00:04:32,788 Speaker 1: it is, because you know what, I just think I'm 98 00:04:32,788 --> 00:04:34,908 Speaker 1: too good for that. That's not how it's handled anymore. 99 00:04:34,948 --> 00:04:36,788 Speaker 1: There's certainly intel that's going into this thing. And Drew 100 00:04:36,868 --> 00:04:38,708 Speaker 1: Rosenhouse is no dummy. I don't think he's telling this 101 00:04:38,788 --> 00:04:40,308 Speaker 1: guy no, no, no no, no, no no, just meet with 102 00:04:40,348 --> 00:04:41,748 Speaker 1: the top ten teams unless there's a team in the 103 00:04:41,748 --> 00:04:44,748 Speaker 1: top ten who's told him, hey, you're our guy. Yeah. 104 00:04:44,788 --> 00:04:48,148 Speaker 1: It's very interesting to me because to your point, Drew Rosenhouse, 105 00:04:48,188 --> 00:04:50,068 Speaker 1: this isn't his first rodeo. He's done this a ton, 106 00:04:50,148 --> 00:04:52,948 Speaker 1: so for him to make this move, there's something behind it. 107 00:04:53,148 --> 00:04:55,508 Speaker 1: But the draft is always a wild place to me. 108 00:04:55,548 --> 00:04:57,308 Speaker 1: So when you think about that, I'm just like, hey, 109 00:04:57,348 --> 00:05:01,148 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna meet with anybody. This kind of excites 110 00:05:01,188 --> 00:05:03,108 Speaker 1: me in a sense of you kind of say, oh no, 111 00:05:03,188 --> 00:05:04,908 Speaker 1: this is crazy, Like why would you not meet with 112 00:05:04,908 --> 00:05:06,668 Speaker 1: these teams? What if somebody wants to trade up this 113 00:05:06,788 --> 00:05:09,028 Speaker 1: that in the third But I kind of like it. 114 00:05:09,228 --> 00:05:11,588 Speaker 1: I feel like for him, they were talking about me 115 00:05:11,628 --> 00:05:13,668 Speaker 1: as the number one pick in this draft, so I'm 116 00:05:13,708 --> 00:05:16,788 Speaker 1: not going outside the top ten. And for June Rolls House, 117 00:05:16,828 --> 00:05:19,228 Speaker 1: maybe there's some smoking mirrors to this because there's been 118 00:05:19,268 --> 00:05:21,588 Speaker 1: reports teams are taking them off their draft board. They're 119 00:05:21,588 --> 00:05:23,588 Speaker 1: not gonna draft him in the top ten. He's just 120 00:05:23,588 --> 00:05:26,148 Speaker 1: gonna continue to slide. And this is kind of a 121 00:05:26,188 --> 00:05:29,428 Speaker 1: message to every team was no, he's not because exactly 122 00:05:29,468 --> 00:05:32,148 Speaker 1: what Daniel Jeremiah said when this news breaks where he's 123 00:05:32,188 --> 00:05:34,588 Speaker 1: not meeting with anyone in the top ten right away, 124 00:05:34,628 --> 00:05:36,708 Speaker 1: we're like, oh, yeah, there's a stop gapt like there's 125 00:05:36,708 --> 00:05:39,348 Speaker 1: something that's being told and where he feels confident where 126 00:05:39,388 --> 00:05:41,388 Speaker 1: he has no need to meet with these other teams. 127 00:05:41,588 --> 00:05:43,588 Speaker 1: So if now you are one of these teams in 128 00:05:43,628 --> 00:05:46,348 Speaker 1: the top ten where you're saying, do we want Jalen Carter, 129 00:05:46,588 --> 00:05:48,828 Speaker 1: there's other things going on, we may need to pass 130 00:05:48,868 --> 00:05:52,188 Speaker 1: on them. You're like, well, no, my goodness, somebody else 131 00:05:52,268 --> 00:05:54,028 Speaker 1: is gonna get him. If I'm at fifteen, I may 132 00:05:54,068 --> 00:05:55,708 Speaker 1: need to trade up in the top ten to get 133 00:05:55,748 --> 00:05:57,708 Speaker 1: to this kid, because there is a stopgat with the 134 00:05:57,708 --> 00:06:00,748 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, and you start to believe that. So maybe 135 00:06:00,788 --> 00:06:03,028 Speaker 1: there's some smoking mirrors to this to make sure that 136 00:06:03,068 --> 00:06:05,668 Speaker 1: he doesn't fall out of the top ten, because there's 137 00:06:05,668 --> 00:06:07,988 Speaker 1: no denying his talent and what he's able to do 138 00:06:08,068 --> 00:06:10,828 Speaker 1: on the football field. So I am very interested to 139 00:06:10,828 --> 00:06:12,548 Speaker 1: see it because as the draft goes on, if he 140 00:06:12,628 --> 00:06:15,908 Speaker 1: doesn't go and those first nine picks and now they 141 00:06:16,068 --> 00:06:18,228 Speaker 1: goes up at ten, everybody's counting on the edge of 142 00:06:18,268 --> 00:06:20,588 Speaker 1: their seat because if he doesn't go at ten, where 143 00:06:20,668 --> 00:06:22,668 Speaker 1: does he end up going. But I don't have a 144 00:06:22,708 --> 00:06:24,788 Speaker 1: problem with this because to your point, Peter, I do 145 00:06:24,868 --> 00:06:27,748 Speaker 1: think there's something behind it. So I'm very intrigued to 146 00:06:27,748 --> 00:06:29,588 Speaker 1: see how it all falls out. Maybe what's the win? 147 00:06:30,108 --> 00:06:32,188 Speaker 1: Why why not just take the Medians? What are you 148 00:06:32,268 --> 00:06:34,908 Speaker 1: so busy doing that You're like, nah, I'm not going 149 00:06:34,988 --> 00:06:37,828 Speaker 1: to meet This is the biggest job interview of anybody's life. 150 00:06:37,828 --> 00:06:39,508 Speaker 1: You have weeks and weeks to do it. The teams 151 00:06:39,548 --> 00:06:41,308 Speaker 1: want to meet with you. You don't have to go 152 00:06:41,388 --> 00:06:43,388 Speaker 1: through heaven and Hell to sit down and meet with them. 153 00:06:43,428 --> 00:06:44,988 Speaker 1: It could be heaven and hell. They're asking him at 154 00:06:44,988 --> 00:06:48,548 Speaker 1: this question every single time. And if there's no shot 155 00:06:48,588 --> 00:06:51,548 Speaker 1: of me going to your team, if you're drafting at 156 00:06:51,628 --> 00:06:53,868 Speaker 1: twenty eight and years of Cincinnati Bengals and now I'm 157 00:06:53,908 --> 00:06:57,548 Speaker 1: going through the same scenario over and over and over again, 158 00:06:57,548 --> 00:07:01,028 Speaker 1: well listen, if you trust implicitly some alleged agreement you had, 159 00:07:01,348 --> 00:07:03,668 Speaker 1: all right, good, luck because I handshake deal or an 160 00:07:03,668 --> 00:07:06,028 Speaker 1: email to your age. Draft is a crazy time. We 161 00:07:06,068 --> 00:07:08,948 Speaker 1: have weeks to go, Oh yeah, theis sorry, we traded back. 162 00:07:08,988 --> 00:07:10,708 Speaker 1: We're not there anymore. And now the team that you 163 00:07:10,788 --> 00:07:12,588 Speaker 1: stiff because you didn't want to answer questions but that 164 00:07:12,628 --> 00:07:15,388 Speaker 1: are uncomfortable, you're off. Look, I don't see the harm 165 00:07:15,428 --> 00:07:17,628 Speaker 1: in it, and I like the stories too from draft past. 166 00:07:17,948 --> 00:07:20,388 Speaker 1: Dion was a different deal who was cultivating a brand 167 00:07:20,428 --> 00:07:22,388 Speaker 1: when there was no media to cover a cornerback out 168 00:07:22,388 --> 00:07:24,348 Speaker 1: of Florida, and that was this thing. Warren Sapp, you know, 169 00:07:24,588 --> 00:07:26,588 Speaker 1: it's a great story. You know as well as I do. 170 00:07:26,668 --> 00:07:28,868 Speaker 1: There are two dozen other people who did have those 171 00:07:28,908 --> 00:07:31,068 Speaker 1: concerns who didn't work out. Warren Sapp, I think is 172 00:07:31,108 --> 00:07:33,188 Speaker 1: an outlier in that regard. It's a powerful one and 173 00:07:33,228 --> 00:07:35,348 Speaker 1: I hope it works out for this guy. What is 174 00:07:35,348 --> 00:07:37,588 Speaker 1: the win and not meeting? Is it a marketing thing? 175 00:07:37,828 --> 00:07:40,228 Speaker 1: Is there some sort of secret thing going on? It 176 00:07:40,268 --> 00:07:42,308 Speaker 1: seems to me all you're doing is passing on some 177 00:07:42,348 --> 00:07:44,748 Speaker 1: meetings and maybe some uncomfortable questions for which you will 178 00:07:44,788 --> 00:07:48,868 Speaker 1: have implicitly prepared responses from your representatives. You can gurguzate 179 00:07:48,908 --> 00:07:51,068 Speaker 1: as many times as you want, so you can just say, 180 00:07:51,748 --> 00:07:54,908 Speaker 1: is it posturing, is it marketing? Is it kind of 181 00:07:54,948 --> 00:07:57,188 Speaker 1: doing a don thing where like I'm jailing Carter, I 182 00:07:57,188 --> 00:07:59,348 Speaker 1: don't meet with I don't know. I don't think you're 183 00:07:59,388 --> 00:08:02,468 Speaker 1: Dion as a player. I wouldn't trust in any backstop agreement. 184 00:08:02,548 --> 00:08:05,388 Speaker 1: And I don't understand the anguish that you're avoiding of 185 00:08:05,468 --> 00:08:08,468 Speaker 1: just meeting with these teams who maybe want to draft you. 186 00:08:08,668 --> 00:08:10,628 Speaker 1: I would hate to see on draft night the ball 187 00:08:10,708 --> 00:08:12,628 Speaker 1: starts shifting, everything start moving. Is like, wait a second, 188 00:08:12,628 --> 00:08:14,908 Speaker 1: we had an agreement, I had a backstop. You're trusting 189 00:08:14,908 --> 00:08:17,348 Speaker 1: a backstop with your career. I wouldn't do it cosideful. 190 00:08:17,508 --> 00:08:19,428 Speaker 1: I don't like it. If it is, it's more I'm 191 00:08:19,468 --> 00:08:22,748 Speaker 1: more marketable this way because I'm being elusive. And for 192 00:08:22,828 --> 00:08:25,068 Speaker 1: two people at the table of four, it's not going 193 00:08:25,108 --> 00:08:26,948 Speaker 1: well because I think it makes you look I think 194 00:08:26,948 --> 00:08:30,268 Speaker 1: it makes you look strange and standoffish and unavailable. Your 195 00:08:30,268 --> 00:08:32,748 Speaker 1: talent is great, it's on film, and I think teams 196 00:08:32,748 --> 00:08:34,548 Speaker 1: like it. But who's to say in four to five 197 00:08:34,628 --> 00:08:36,668 Speaker 1: years that your option doesn't get picked up or you 198 00:08:36,708 --> 00:08:38,908 Speaker 1: don't resign a deal, and now a GM that you 199 00:08:38,948 --> 00:08:41,188 Speaker 1: didn't want to meet with that had the seventeenth pick, 200 00:08:41,308 --> 00:08:43,668 Speaker 1: isn't with the team that you are desperate to go to, 201 00:08:43,988 --> 00:08:46,748 Speaker 1: and you stiff armed him five years prior your first 202 00:08:46,748 --> 00:08:49,148 Speaker 1: four years on that first deal, or not guaranteed you 203 00:08:49,268 --> 00:08:51,988 Speaker 1: playing your entire career. Anyone playing your entire career is 204 00:08:51,988 --> 00:08:54,988 Speaker 1: a rarity in the NFL. You could be establishing a 205 00:08:55,028 --> 00:08:58,308 Speaker 1: precedent for your personality that might not be true just 206 00:08:58,348 --> 00:09:01,028 Speaker 1: because someone is guaranteeing you something on one night, on 207 00:09:01,028 --> 00:09:03,708 Speaker 1: one Thursday in April. I don't like it. And I really, 208 00:09:03,868 --> 00:09:06,948 Speaker 1: despite your Rosenhouse being ever powerful that he is, I 209 00:09:06,988 --> 00:09:08,948 Speaker 1: think this is short sighted and I think it's it's 210 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:11,788 Speaker 1: setting a standard and a precedent for the uber talented. 211 00:09:11,908 --> 00:09:15,108 Speaker 1: And then you see the undrafted guys just clamoring getting 212 00:09:15,148 --> 00:09:17,748 Speaker 1: on commercial flights. They're in the three sixth row because 213 00:09:17,748 --> 00:09:19,708 Speaker 1: they want to meet with somebody, and Jail Carter is saying, 214 00:09:19,748 --> 00:09:22,668 Speaker 1: no thanks. I don't like it at all. So I'm 215 00:09:22,668 --> 00:09:25,828 Speaker 1: with you. I was that I was that late round 216 00:09:25,908 --> 00:09:27,828 Speaker 1: draft pick that if they would have asked me to 217 00:09:27,868 --> 00:09:29,508 Speaker 1: get on a bus on a Greyhound, I would have 218 00:09:29,508 --> 00:09:31,668 Speaker 1: found my way. And May and my brother had this 219 00:09:31,788 --> 00:09:33,588 Speaker 1: argument all the time. He comes out he's a first 220 00:09:33,668 --> 00:09:35,708 Speaker 1: round pick. He always says to me, well, you should 221 00:09:35,708 --> 00:09:38,348 Speaker 1: have played better in college. So for those guys, if 222 00:09:38,388 --> 00:09:41,308 Speaker 1: I go out there and I dominate defense, yes, because 223 00:09:41,348 --> 00:09:43,148 Speaker 1: as if I'm a first round draft pick and I'm 224 00:09:43,188 --> 00:09:45,028 Speaker 1: a top ten talent, it's because of what I've done 225 00:09:45,028 --> 00:09:47,028 Speaker 1: on the football field. So the person who asked to 226 00:09:47,028 --> 00:09:48,748 Speaker 1: sit all the way in the back of the plane, hey, 227 00:09:48,828 --> 00:09:50,868 Speaker 1: my guy, I wish you well, but I've earned the 228 00:09:50,948 --> 00:09:52,908 Speaker 1: right to sit in first class because of what I've 229 00:09:52,948 --> 00:09:55,108 Speaker 1: done on the football field. I'm not going to take 230 00:09:55,148 --> 00:09:56,948 Speaker 1: away from that to be mad at it. I'm a 231 00:09:56,988 --> 00:09:59,028 Speaker 1: top ten talent, so for him, it's just like I'm 232 00:09:59,028 --> 00:10:01,108 Speaker 1: going in the top ten. And to your point, he 233 00:10:01,148 --> 00:10:03,988 Speaker 1: could possibly slide. But I do think there's something to this. 234 00:10:04,068 --> 00:10:06,428 Speaker 1: For a jew rollsenhouse to do it, it's just like, no, 235 00:10:06,588 --> 00:10:08,948 Speaker 1: I am putting my eggs in his basket because I 236 00:10:09,028 --> 00:10:11,548 Speaker 1: believe it's going to happen. It's just not a hope 237 00:10:11,548 --> 00:10:13,908 Speaker 1: and a prayer. But I'll respect that side of it 238 00:10:13,948 --> 00:10:15,988 Speaker 1: as well. But I'm not mad at this. I just 239 00:10:16,028 --> 00:10:18,108 Speaker 1: feel like there's something more to it from toe, like 240 00:10:18,188 --> 00:10:20,028 Speaker 1: there's another part of it. I feel like the combine 241 00:10:20,468 --> 00:10:23,068 Speaker 1: is an exhausting experience for these guys. The pro days 242 00:10:23,228 --> 00:10:25,348 Speaker 1: is an exhausting experience to these guys they're training all 243 00:10:25,348 --> 00:10:27,148 Speaker 1: this stuff. I honestly do feel this way. I'm not 244 00:10:27,508 --> 00:10:29,908 Speaker 1: I'm being for a player with what he's got going 245 00:10:29,948 --> 00:10:32,148 Speaker 1: on and the questions that he's being asked. If you 246 00:10:32,548 --> 00:10:34,628 Speaker 1: met him at the combine, and he obviously get to 247 00:10:34,668 --> 00:10:36,308 Speaker 1: go back and handle things and it was just at 248 00:10:36,308 --> 00:10:38,308 Speaker 1: the night in prison and comes back and then has 249 00:10:38,308 --> 00:10:40,428 Speaker 1: to deal with like it's been a road. So if 250 00:10:41,428 --> 00:10:43,468 Speaker 1: tells his agent like, hey, I want to answer questions 251 00:10:43,468 --> 00:10:45,828 Speaker 1: from the Minnesota Vikings at twenty third overall for three 252 00:10:45,868 --> 00:10:47,948 Speaker 1: hours about what I just went, I'm good. Give me 253 00:10:47,988 --> 00:10:49,388 Speaker 1: ten teams and then I'll go from there. And if 254 00:10:49,388 --> 00:10:51,348 Speaker 1: I don't have fine, I don't hate on it. There's 255 00:10:51,348 --> 00:10:53,348 Speaker 1: a bit of a ripping these kids apart. It's like 256 00:10:53,388 --> 00:10:55,108 Speaker 1: a carcass go into this thing that they have an 257 00:10:55,148 --> 00:10:56,588 Speaker 1: option to say, I don't want to be part of that. 258 00:10:56,668 --> 00:10:59,028 Speaker 1: And to that point, God bless you, but you're right. 259 00:10:59,068 --> 00:11:00,668 Speaker 1: You could come out of the draft. And I'm sure 260 00:11:00,668 --> 00:11:03,148 Speaker 1: he feels good about his response and his answers to 261 00:11:03,228 --> 00:11:05,668 Speaker 1: those questions of those teams and the top ten is 262 00:11:05,668 --> 00:11:07,428 Speaker 1: that he has met with and that he will continue 263 00:11:07,428 --> 00:11:10,868 Speaker 1: to me coming up Old Dominion tight Ends, Zach Coons 264 00:11:10,948 --> 00:11:15,428 Speaker 1: joins us next in studio. Oh d, let's go Brett 265 00:11:15,428 --> 00:11:17,508 Speaker 1: and Zone all day long. Coming to the table right 266 00:11:17,508 --> 00:11:35,148 Speaker 1: after next. Yes, exactly right. We're having a blast this month. 267 00:11:35,148 --> 00:11:38,028 Speaker 1: In the second we call next Gen Chats, we learn 268 00:11:38,108 --> 00:11:40,988 Speaker 1: all about the next generation of NFL superstars. And right 269 00:11:41,028 --> 00:11:42,748 Speaker 1: now we're joined by one of the best athletes in 270 00:11:42,788 --> 00:11:44,748 Speaker 1: the entire NFL draft, one of the top tight ends. 271 00:11:45,028 --> 00:11:47,868 Speaker 1: He is six foot seven, he's got lightning speed, and 272 00:11:47,908 --> 00:11:49,868 Speaker 1: he's got a ton of stories to go with that. 273 00:11:50,028 --> 00:11:55,748 Speaker 1: Please welcome Old Dominion tight Ends Zach Coons. Hey, guys, June, 274 00:11:55,788 --> 00:11:57,988 Speaker 1: thanks for having me appreciate your story is really cool. 275 00:11:58,068 --> 00:12:00,348 Speaker 1: You spent three years at Penn State and then you 276 00:12:00,428 --> 00:12:02,388 Speaker 1: transfer to Old Dominion and then your first year at 277 00:12:02,428 --> 00:12:05,468 Speaker 1: ODU you explode with seventy three atches six hundred and 278 00:12:05,548 --> 00:12:07,588 Speaker 1: ninety two yards and you go to the first team 279 00:12:07,628 --> 00:12:10,068 Speaker 1: All Conference. Why did you make the move from Penn 280 00:12:10,068 --> 00:12:12,948 Speaker 1: State to Old Dominion and what was that transition like 281 00:12:13,028 --> 00:12:14,948 Speaker 1: for you as far as changing and adapting to a 282 00:12:14,988 --> 00:12:17,788 Speaker 1: new football life. Sure, yeah, having a lot of great relationships, 283 00:12:17,788 --> 00:12:20,068 Speaker 1: but you know, been a huge aspect of that. My 284 00:12:20,428 --> 00:12:23,428 Speaker 1: head coach now coach Rickey. Ronnie had a great relationship 285 00:12:23,428 --> 00:12:25,548 Speaker 1: with him all through high school, being my recruiter at 286 00:12:25,548 --> 00:12:27,988 Speaker 1: Penn State and then obviously having that connection, explaining to 287 00:12:27,988 --> 00:12:29,788 Speaker 1: me the opportunity that I would have, I would earn 288 00:12:29,988 --> 00:12:31,948 Speaker 1: you know, every rep, every snap I got, and so 289 00:12:32,188 --> 00:12:34,148 Speaker 1: when and there with that mindset, when when in each 290 00:12:34,188 --> 00:12:35,748 Speaker 1: day and it's kind of how it went. So he 291 00:12:35,788 --> 00:12:38,108 Speaker 1: was a Penn State coordinator, took the head coaching job 292 00:12:38,108 --> 00:12:40,028 Speaker 1: at Old Dominion that came along with him. Yes, sir, 293 00:12:40,148 --> 00:12:42,708 Speaker 1: that's really cool. I like your style, Zach. What's what's 294 00:12:42,708 --> 00:12:46,028 Speaker 1: the hat? So Supreme is rainbow, I'm camouflage. What's going on? Yeah, yeah, 295 00:12:46,068 --> 00:12:48,188 Speaker 1: you know, we'll change up. Had to had to get 296 00:12:48,228 --> 00:12:50,428 Speaker 1: something nice, you know for the trips. So yeah, is 297 00:12:50,468 --> 00:12:53,588 Speaker 1: he looking jan He's gonna be waiting on Lafayette Street 298 00:12:53,588 --> 00:12:55,788 Speaker 1: in the Supreme store for the next three hours. The 299 00:12:55,828 --> 00:12:57,748 Speaker 1: next drop, I understand. Now he's like, I'm coming out 300 00:12:57,748 --> 00:12:59,388 Speaker 1: in the draft. I go to the front. Do you 301 00:12:59,428 --> 00:13:04,628 Speaker 1: wait in line? Listen. It's never been cooler to be 302 00:13:04,668 --> 00:13:06,988 Speaker 1: a tight end, never been sexier. It's all over the groups. 303 00:13:07,028 --> 00:13:09,708 Speaker 1: The tight ends have this brotherhood, this this group who 304 00:13:09,748 --> 00:13:11,348 Speaker 1: are at Kittle and Kelsey and all these guys, I 305 00:13:11,388 --> 00:13:13,628 Speaker 1: mean Kittles at WrestleMania were in a tight ends you shirt. 306 00:13:14,148 --> 00:13:15,668 Speaker 1: When you look at all the tight ends in the league, 307 00:13:15,708 --> 00:13:17,348 Speaker 1: is there a guy who're like, oh my god, that's 308 00:13:17,348 --> 00:13:20,868 Speaker 1: the guy or I want to play like that guy someday. Yeah? Absolutely, 309 00:13:20,908 --> 00:13:23,148 Speaker 1: I mean it's super attractive to me seeing you know, 310 00:13:23,428 --> 00:13:25,988 Speaker 1: like big athletic tight ends kind of similarly how that 311 00:13:26,028 --> 00:13:27,948 Speaker 1: fits for me? So, you know, you got a guy 312 00:13:27,948 --> 00:13:30,308 Speaker 1: like Mike Asiki, who I've you know, kind of been 313 00:13:30,348 --> 00:13:32,788 Speaker 1: able to follow obviously through Penn State, follow you know 314 00:13:33,028 --> 00:13:34,908 Speaker 1: in Miami, is going to do great, you know for 315 00:13:34,948 --> 00:13:37,268 Speaker 1: the Patriots. So kind of a guy like that where 316 00:13:37,308 --> 00:13:38,788 Speaker 1: you know, the ability to go up and make that 317 00:13:38,868 --> 00:13:40,988 Speaker 1: you know, that jump ball. It's not a fifty fifty ball, 318 00:13:41,028 --> 00:13:43,308 Speaker 1: it's one hundred zero ball. You know, it's yours coming 319 00:13:43,348 --> 00:13:46,348 Speaker 1: down with it. Yeah. So um, but yeah, you know 320 00:13:46,508 --> 00:13:48,708 Speaker 1: being a volleyball player, can you do the volleyball too? 321 00:13:48,708 --> 00:13:53,108 Speaker 1: Can you like it or not only in gym class? Yeah? Yeah, 322 00:13:53,228 --> 00:13:55,028 Speaker 1: you're six seven, I bet you could just dunk the 323 00:13:55,028 --> 00:13:57,508 Speaker 1: be jesus out of the basketball. I bet you can. 324 00:13:57,788 --> 00:14:00,548 Speaker 1: He doesn't even jump really know, can you? Yeah? No, 325 00:14:00,708 --> 00:14:04,068 Speaker 1: so actually that with hurdles in high school honestly people. 326 00:14:04,788 --> 00:14:08,148 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yes, sir, yeah, State champion my junior year. Listen, 327 00:14:08,188 --> 00:14:09,548 Speaker 1: let's get through it right now. We got the video. 328 00:14:09,868 --> 00:14:13,748 Speaker 1: I'm not even kidding. Let's get it. State champion. We're 329 00:14:13,748 --> 00:14:17,068 Speaker 1: talking to you right now. One look like highs. We 330 00:14:17,108 --> 00:14:18,668 Speaker 1: need to know about this, and we need we I 331 00:14:18,668 --> 00:14:19,988 Speaker 1: think we had the video. We'll get to it. But 332 00:14:20,188 --> 00:14:22,868 Speaker 1: tell us about this because everybody played basketball, and I 333 00:14:22,868 --> 00:14:25,108 Speaker 1: mean winning the state champion one on high. Take us 334 00:14:25,108 --> 00:14:27,548 Speaker 1: through this in the rain too? Yeah? Ways away? Yeah 335 00:14:27,548 --> 00:14:30,588 Speaker 1: that was are you running against? Because no one is close? Yeah? 336 00:14:31,068 --> 00:14:33,188 Speaker 1: I think this might be my soft wee. Clearly it 337 00:14:33,228 --> 00:14:36,388 Speaker 1: wasn't best turnout with the rain there, but yeah, Chippensburg 338 00:14:36,588 --> 00:14:39,228 Speaker 1: in Pennsylvania. But um, yeah, I mean I had my length. 339 00:14:39,228 --> 00:14:41,108 Speaker 1: I'm you know pretty much. You're jumping and doing a 340 00:14:41,148 --> 00:14:47,828 Speaker 1: split in mid air. Wow, awesome, that's a throwback. Would 341 00:14:47,828 --> 00:14:50,268 Speaker 1: you do feel too? It's probably about thirty pounds together too. 342 00:14:50,388 --> 00:14:53,988 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, did you high jump, lung jump all that stuff? Huh? 343 00:14:54,028 --> 00:14:57,068 Speaker 1: High high jump? Three in hurdles four by one, four 344 00:14:57,068 --> 00:14:58,748 Speaker 1: by four kind of you name it. Whatever we would 345 00:14:58,788 --> 00:15:00,628 Speaker 1: kind of do week to week whatever we needed points 346 00:15:00,628 --> 00:15:04,388 Speaker 1: in I would just go and do it. Oh yeah, 347 00:15:03,508 --> 00:15:07,308 Speaker 1: ye yeah, build flex whatever we did, whatever we need 348 00:15:07,348 --> 00:15:11,548 Speaker 1: And what's your high jump? Pr sixty eight six eight? Yeah, 349 00:15:11,588 --> 00:15:17,668 Speaker 1: come on, ye zero ball and ninety percent of the 350 00:15:17,708 --> 00:15:20,428 Speaker 1: time it's going to act. Yeah, that's how that's gonna go. Awesome. 351 00:15:20,508 --> 00:15:23,108 Speaker 1: That's I love fantastic stuff. So you come from Penn State, 352 00:15:23,148 --> 00:15:26,308 Speaker 1: you go to ODU in your past catching production goes 353 00:15:26,348 --> 00:15:28,268 Speaker 1: off the charts, but tape back to Penn State. There's 354 00:15:28,268 --> 00:15:30,748 Speaker 1: a long list of guys that you played with and against. Well, 355 00:15:30,788 --> 00:15:32,948 Speaker 1: you had to block up against Michael Parsons when you 356 00:15:32,948 --> 00:15:36,668 Speaker 1: were a Penn State just described that life experience. Yeah, 357 00:15:36,708 --> 00:15:39,548 Speaker 1: being from you know, right around Harrisburg. I mean we 358 00:15:39,548 --> 00:15:42,068 Speaker 1: were always on kind of like our seven on seven teams. 359 00:15:42,548 --> 00:15:43,908 Speaker 1: We were doing a lot of that kind of like 360 00:15:43,988 --> 00:15:46,068 Speaker 1: growing up seeing each other, you know, in the news, 361 00:15:46,188 --> 00:15:48,388 Speaker 1: local newspapers and stuff. So it was super cool. And 362 00:15:48,748 --> 00:15:51,468 Speaker 1: you know, obviously everyone sees the you know, the Michael 363 00:15:51,468 --> 00:15:53,548 Speaker 1: Parsons that that he is today is that you know, 364 00:15:53,548 --> 00:15:55,388 Speaker 1: I hell of a player, a great, great job there, 365 00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:57,188 Speaker 1: but it's kind of just like, oh, like we grew 366 00:15:57,228 --> 00:15:58,668 Speaker 1: up with him, Like there's a lot of guys you 367 00:15:58,668 --> 00:16:00,988 Speaker 1: know from that area. You know, it's it's pretty cool. 368 00:16:01,028 --> 00:16:02,988 Speaker 1: But obviously being able to go against guys like that 369 00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:05,028 Speaker 1: every single day is gonna help you to become a 370 00:16:05,028 --> 00:16:07,348 Speaker 1: better player. Man. You know we talk about it's now 371 00:16:07,468 --> 00:16:09,268 Speaker 1: like we just have a rep and then it's done. 372 00:16:09,308 --> 00:16:11,268 Speaker 1: Like he'll talk to me about, oh, maybe try this 373 00:16:11,388 --> 00:16:13,308 Speaker 1: or try that, and you know, different things like that 374 00:16:13,388 --> 00:16:16,388 Speaker 1: iron shape sharpens iron and uh, you know, kind of 375 00:16:16,428 --> 00:16:18,468 Speaker 1: having that mindset. Was there a lot of trash talk 376 00:16:18,508 --> 00:16:20,548 Speaker 1: going on in practice going up against a guy like that, 377 00:16:20,708 --> 00:16:23,788 Speaker 1: Now everyone's stocking trash. That's kind of how it goes. 378 00:16:23,828 --> 00:16:25,388 Speaker 1: But you know, we're having fun with it out there. 379 00:16:25,388 --> 00:16:28,268 Speaker 1: It's a brotherhood and you know it shows another guy 380 00:16:28,268 --> 00:16:31,268 Speaker 1: that was in our recruiting class, Will Levis as a guy. 381 00:16:31,308 --> 00:16:34,388 Speaker 1: We've had a blast getting into his personality along with 382 00:16:34,628 --> 00:16:36,028 Speaker 1: you know what it can do on the field. Do 383 00:16:36,068 --> 00:16:38,068 Speaker 1: you have a relationship with him and what was it like? 384 00:16:38,188 --> 00:16:39,468 Speaker 1: What kind of player do you think he'll be in 385 00:16:39,468 --> 00:16:41,588 Speaker 1: the NFL? Yeah, we were neighbors at school, you know, 386 00:16:41,708 --> 00:16:43,988 Speaker 1: just a couple doors down obviously, you know that recruiting 387 00:16:43,988 --> 00:16:45,548 Speaker 1: class that we had, there's a lot of you know, 388 00:16:45,668 --> 00:16:47,948 Speaker 1: great dudes in that in that class. You know, we 389 00:16:47,948 --> 00:16:50,148 Speaker 1: were all super close and you know we've kind of 390 00:16:50,148 --> 00:16:52,228 Speaker 1: carried that through even now we've all kind of gone 391 00:16:52,268 --> 00:16:55,348 Speaker 1: like separate spots. You know, everyone's kind of in different places, 392 00:16:55,628 --> 00:16:58,228 Speaker 1: majority of them obviously some guys in the league now 393 00:16:58,268 --> 00:17:00,308 Speaker 1: and like some of us going through the process now, 394 00:17:00,548 --> 00:17:02,308 Speaker 1: you know, but we've all stayed, you know, really close 395 00:17:02,348 --> 00:17:04,388 Speaker 1: with each other. You know, it's a great guy, great leader. 396 00:17:04,988 --> 00:17:07,268 Speaker 1: You know, someone definitely want, you know, leading your offense. 397 00:17:07,588 --> 00:17:10,308 Speaker 1: I love that. Go to the combine and it's they 398 00:17:10,308 --> 00:17:11,788 Speaker 1: say it's a loaded tight end class, one of the 399 00:17:11,788 --> 00:17:13,908 Speaker 1: deepest tight end classes there is. And then you show 400 00:17:13,988 --> 00:17:15,468 Speaker 1: up there and your numbers are off the charts. Let's 401 00:17:15,468 --> 00:17:17,068 Speaker 1: take a look at some of those numbers and where 402 00:17:17,068 --> 00:17:19,268 Speaker 1: you ranked among tight ends. If you're watching at home saying, 403 00:17:19,268 --> 00:17:21,628 Speaker 1: old dominion, I didn't watch him in college, Well this 404 00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:23,388 Speaker 1: is what this guy did at the combine, all right, 405 00:17:23,708 --> 00:17:26,388 Speaker 1: second fastest forty. We know the track background, the vertical, 406 00:17:26,508 --> 00:17:29,388 Speaker 1: the broad the three cone, the shuttle, and you get 407 00:17:29,428 --> 00:17:31,268 Speaker 1: on the bench and you say, okay, here's twenty three 408 00:17:31,268 --> 00:17:35,908 Speaker 1: reps all doing that at six foot seven and you're chiseled. 409 00:17:35,948 --> 00:17:37,188 Speaker 1: Were here we see it now. I don't know what 410 00:17:37,228 --> 00:17:39,028 Speaker 1: if you're weighing right now, but two five is what 411 00:17:39,068 --> 00:17:42,068 Speaker 1: you leveled in't it? Did the perception of you from 412 00:17:42,068 --> 00:17:44,388 Speaker 1: a from from NFL teams when you meet with them 413 00:17:44,548 --> 00:17:49,148 Speaker 1: before the workout? Have you noticed any change since after 414 00:17:49,188 --> 00:17:50,868 Speaker 1: the combine? Like did it feel like that was your 415 00:17:50,868 --> 00:17:53,068 Speaker 1: big coming out party? And now teams you're more on 416 00:17:53,108 --> 00:17:56,108 Speaker 1: the radar, maybe they're more familiar with what you can be. Yeah. Absolutely, 417 00:17:56,108 --> 00:17:58,268 Speaker 1: I think the huge advantage you know, coming from you know, 418 00:17:58,308 --> 00:18:00,748 Speaker 1: old Dominia, a group of five school, being able to 419 00:18:00,828 --> 00:18:02,948 Speaker 1: kind of be on that same you know playing field 420 00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:05,188 Speaker 1: with a lot of obviously with the five guys who 421 00:18:05,468 --> 00:18:08,188 Speaker 1: for the most part, you know, sportsmans are going to 422 00:18:08,228 --> 00:18:10,068 Speaker 1: be following that, like those are why you see main 423 00:18:10,348 --> 00:18:13,068 Speaker 1: you know, main headlines for most of the year. So 424 00:18:13,108 --> 00:18:14,228 Speaker 1: I think it was, you know, it was a great 425 00:18:14,268 --> 00:18:16,828 Speaker 1: opportunity to kind of be on that same you know 426 00:18:16,908 --> 00:18:19,868 Speaker 1: playing field and you know, raw athleticism. You know, obviously 427 00:18:19,908 --> 00:18:21,668 Speaker 1: we don't have pads on. We're out there in tights, 428 00:18:21,828 --> 00:18:23,828 Speaker 1: you know, you're running around stuff. But you know, I 429 00:18:23,868 --> 00:18:26,308 Speaker 1: think it showed my raw athleticism, you know what I'm 430 00:18:26,348 --> 00:18:29,828 Speaker 1: able to do as an athlete. Who was the one 431 00:18:29,868 --> 00:18:31,708 Speaker 1: guy that you had not known before that you got 432 00:18:31,748 --> 00:18:33,468 Speaker 1: to know at the combine and you're like that, that's 433 00:18:33,468 --> 00:18:35,028 Speaker 1: a cool guy. I'll keep in touch with him after 434 00:18:35,068 --> 00:18:39,308 Speaker 1: the fact. Yeah, Titan, I'd say, Tucker Craft. He's great, dude. Yeah, yeah, 435 00:18:39,388 --> 00:18:41,428 Speaker 1: Now he's a great guy, especially you know, coming from 436 00:18:41,428 --> 00:18:43,308 Speaker 1: a smaller school as well. You know, we kind of 437 00:18:43,388 --> 00:18:46,068 Speaker 1: you know, found that common ground kind of you know, 438 00:18:46,188 --> 00:18:48,388 Speaker 1: just you know, hanging out the you know, the whole 439 00:18:48,388 --> 00:18:50,668 Speaker 1: week's great kind of get to know him. Obviously, been 440 00:18:50,748 --> 00:18:52,508 Speaker 1: keeping in touch. We're both kind of going through the 441 00:18:52,508 --> 00:18:54,588 Speaker 1: same process. But it's been a super cool experience. I 442 00:18:54,588 --> 00:18:56,628 Speaker 1: mean this and the highest of compliments. But watching the 443 00:18:56,628 --> 00:18:58,668 Speaker 1: tight Ends work out at the combine, it was like 444 00:18:58,788 --> 00:19:01,628 Speaker 1: thirty plus robots walking around the same sites. They're all 445 00:19:01,628 --> 00:19:03,588 Speaker 1: built the same now, the tight Ends these days, the 446 00:19:03,588 --> 00:19:05,508 Speaker 1: way they're coming out, the way you guys are prepared. 447 00:19:05,548 --> 00:19:08,428 Speaker 1: You are just specimens one after another. And you did 448 00:19:08,508 --> 00:19:10,028 Speaker 1: so great with that group. It was so cool to 449 00:19:10,028 --> 00:19:13,788 Speaker 1: see appreciate. Yeah, thank You're awesome. Jolly well so, but 450 00:19:13,908 --> 00:19:16,468 Speaker 1: back with you here on a Good Morning Football and 451 00:19:16,548 --> 00:19:19,748 Speaker 1: with the draft looming, Chiefs running back as a Pacheco 452 00:19:20,108 --> 00:19:23,468 Speaker 1: is the shining example of it's not how you start, 453 00:19:23,748 --> 00:19:27,588 Speaker 1: but how you finish. Pacheco, of course, was taken in 454 00:19:27,628 --> 00:19:30,988 Speaker 1: the seventh round of the chief for the Chiefs, but 455 00:19:31,028 --> 00:19:34,228 Speaker 1: eventually became the starter in case C. But after year one, 456 00:19:34,268 --> 00:19:36,988 Speaker 1: Pacheco says there's still a lot of meat left on 457 00:19:37,028 --> 00:19:39,868 Speaker 1: the bone. When it comes to his career. He says 458 00:19:39,948 --> 00:19:42,828 Speaker 1: he always has something to prove to his daughters, but 459 00:19:42,948 --> 00:19:46,908 Speaker 1: that he's also unsatisfied because there's more for him to 460 00:19:46,988 --> 00:19:50,708 Speaker 1: prove upon in year two and if I'll not work 461 00:19:50,708 --> 00:19:54,188 Speaker 1: inside of James Power reporting, quarterback terp Simeon is visiting 462 00:19:54,188 --> 00:19:58,708 Speaker 1: the Bengals today, possibly backup Joe Burrow. Simeon has played 463 00:19:58,708 --> 00:20:01,948 Speaker 1: for three different teams over the past three seasons, getting 464 00:20:02,388 --> 00:20:05,748 Speaker 1: one start for the Bears in twice twenty two and 465 00:20:05,988 --> 00:20:10,468 Speaker 1: speaking of those Bengals, congrats Joe Burrow. His popularity in 466 00:20:10,508 --> 00:20:13,268 Speaker 1: the Queen City continues to grow, as he was recently 467 00:20:13,388 --> 00:20:17,588 Speaker 1: voted as the best Cincinnati in a local poll. Bro's 468 00:20:17,628 --> 00:20:20,068 Speaker 1: win chicking up the pole as he's supplanted the five 469 00:20:20,188 --> 00:20:24,708 Speaker 1: year reign by Fiona the hippo. So the streak has 470 00:20:24,748 --> 00:20:29,708 Speaker 1: been officially broken, as Fiona is a well respected and 471 00:20:29,948 --> 00:20:34,268 Speaker 1: a true mainstay at the Cincinnati Zoo. So Joe b 472 00:20:35,068 --> 00:20:40,148 Speaker 1: can claim the crown there in Cincinnati. Kyle, Oh, Fiona 473 00:20:40,388 --> 00:20:44,388 Speaker 1: is Cincinnati's opera like she is massive. Thank you will. 474 00:20:44,548 --> 00:20:47,708 Speaker 1: I didn't even know how big of a figure this was. Guys. 475 00:20:47,828 --> 00:20:50,788 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow has beaten Mahomes in Kansas City, He's beaten 476 00:20:50,828 --> 00:20:54,188 Speaker 1: Alan Buffalo. He now has his biggest victory of beating 477 00:20:54,268 --> 00:20:57,428 Speaker 1: Fiona the Hippopotamus in his own city of Cincinnati. Let's 478 00:20:57,428 --> 00:20:59,108 Speaker 1: take a look at the top ten. We see the 479 00:20:59,228 --> 00:21:02,068 Speaker 1: end of a ragin here. This is voted by the 480 00:21:02,148 --> 00:21:06,268 Speaker 1: readers of City Beat magazine ten best Cincinnati's Then it 481 00:21:06,348 --> 00:21:09,148 Speaker 1: is a grab bag. You got everything, but Pete Rose 482 00:21:09,188 --> 00:21:12,348 Speaker 1: has been there sixty years, Anthony Munio has been there 483 00:21:12,428 --> 00:21:15,628 Speaker 1: probably close to fifty years. And they got everybody from 484 00:21:15,948 --> 00:21:22,668 Speaker 1: Molly Wellman is a beloved mixologist in Cincinnati. They loved Molly. 485 00:21:22,748 --> 00:21:25,228 Speaker 1: They got Rose Lavelle we know her from soccer. And 486 00:21:25,268 --> 00:21:28,548 Speaker 1: then you got my guy, Bob Herzog. Here, Good Morning Cincinnati, 487 00:21:28,628 --> 00:21:30,468 Speaker 1: the morning show which we love and respect, kind of 488 00:21:30,468 --> 00:21:32,148 Speaker 1: our brother and I like the name of your show 489 00:21:32,148 --> 00:21:34,788 Speaker 1: as well. But we have here two verses, one a 490 00:21:34,988 --> 00:21:39,148 Speaker 1: changing of the guard. This is hip versus hippo. And 491 00:21:39,228 --> 00:21:42,468 Speaker 1: if you know the stature and the status of Fiona 492 00:21:42,508 --> 00:21:43,708 Speaker 1: in that city, we just got to get into it 493 00:21:43,788 --> 00:21:45,668 Speaker 1: right now. It's to a national audience. It is a 494 00:21:45,708 --> 00:21:49,628 Speaker 1: big deal in Cincinnati. Fild Of the Hippo born January 495 00:21:49,668 --> 00:21:54,748 Speaker 1: twenty fourth, twenty seventeen, twenty nine pounds, woefully under wait 496 00:21:54,868 --> 00:21:59,068 Speaker 1: and premature, but she was a fighter. She would not quit, 497 00:21:59,388 --> 00:22:03,548 Speaker 1: and she became a symbol of pride and resilience. Her father, 498 00:22:04,428 --> 00:22:08,748 Speaker 1: Henry was thirty four, mother Babe was seventeen. Sounds problematic 499 00:22:08,748 --> 00:22:11,028 Speaker 1: to me, but apparently the hippo community, no big deal. 500 00:22:11,068 --> 00:22:13,788 Speaker 1: That's just how that's how the sausage is made. And 501 00:22:13,828 --> 00:22:17,108 Speaker 1: so once she became the sensation in Cincinnati, it went national. 502 00:22:17,348 --> 00:22:22,588 Speaker 1: The New York Times declared Fiona Mania. Everyone is into Fiona, 503 00:22:22,588 --> 00:22:24,508 Speaker 1: and they're instagramming, and they're checking out on Earth. She's 504 00:22:24,508 --> 00:22:27,028 Speaker 1: getting bigger, she having a little baby bottle, and again 505 00:22:27,108 --> 00:22:29,748 Speaker 1: she became kind of a symbol. They did a one 506 00:22:29,788 --> 00:22:32,268 Speaker 1: hour special in Cincinnati, an hour, not a half hour. 507 00:22:32,308 --> 00:22:34,668 Speaker 1: They said, we need a full hour for Fiona about 508 00:22:34,748 --> 00:22:39,108 Speaker 1: her She was profiled in People magazine. Guys, she became 509 00:22:39,188 --> 00:22:42,988 Speaker 1: like America's hippopotamus, and with that you started to see 510 00:22:42,988 --> 00:22:44,348 Speaker 1: a little bit of the attitude, a little bit of 511 00:22:44,348 --> 00:22:46,468 Speaker 1: the celebrity comes out, you know. She sort of posed 512 00:22:46,508 --> 00:22:50,188 Speaker 1: the sort of posturing, domestically braised Nile hippopotamus is they're 513 00:22:50,188 --> 00:22:53,588 Speaker 1: just like us. She's in the tabs, started dating John Mayer. 514 00:22:53,668 --> 00:22:55,628 Speaker 1: She dropped an album and it was called Hippo Hop. 515 00:22:55,668 --> 00:22:57,548 Speaker 1: A lot of trips to pollume. She had her own 516 00:22:57,548 --> 00:23:01,748 Speaker 1: fragrance and then, of course, guys, with it brought celebrity scandal, 517 00:23:01,988 --> 00:23:05,548 Speaker 1: all right, and a little brother Fritz, Hippo Fritz kind 518 00:23:05,548 --> 00:23:07,988 Speaker 1: of in this vein of what Karen Kulkin used to be, 519 00:23:08,148 --> 00:23:12,428 Speaker 1: or maybe Elle Fanning significantly less famous, overlooked a little 520 00:23:12,428 --> 00:23:15,068 Speaker 1: bit of frustration there, and then you want the real scandal. 521 00:23:15,428 --> 00:23:18,748 Speaker 1: Fionda then shows a lover she did, and her lover 522 00:23:19,028 --> 00:23:22,028 Speaker 1: she decided to mate with her stepfather, Tucker, and I 523 00:23:22,028 --> 00:23:23,788 Speaker 1: don't know what the hell kind of tiger king stuff 524 00:23:23,828 --> 00:23:26,468 Speaker 1: this is, but this is went on. Apparently it's totally kosher, 525 00:23:26,788 --> 00:23:29,188 Speaker 1: and she made it with the stepfather. There's a divorce 526 00:23:29,228 --> 00:23:33,308 Speaker 1: and hippopotamous world. I'm sorry, Peter. The divorce. There was 527 00:23:33,348 --> 00:23:35,788 Speaker 1: some Yes, it was a very complicated. It was a 528 00:23:35,828 --> 00:23:39,348 Speaker 1: little bit like the vun traps and meets the versaces, 529 00:23:39,388 --> 00:23:41,308 Speaker 1: and there were scandal, all kinds of stuff. New York 530 00:23:41,308 --> 00:23:44,428 Speaker 1: Post ran a headline House of the Hippos Zoo family 531 00:23:44,508 --> 00:23:47,868 Speaker 1: drama as Fiona mates with Stepdad. That was an actual headline. 532 00:23:47,908 --> 00:23:50,388 Speaker 1: I didn't make that one up. Burrow just beat this. 533 00:23:50,468 --> 00:23:51,828 Speaker 1: So you know what you do when you're a celebrity, 534 00:23:51,828 --> 00:23:54,188 Speaker 1: have massive scandal, you return to your core. You'd kind 535 00:23:54,188 --> 00:23:55,948 Speaker 1: of just strip it down. You say, I'm just gonna 536 00:23:55,988 --> 00:23:58,388 Speaker 1: take some time to myself. She is a Cincinnata She 537 00:23:58,548 --> 00:24:01,468 Speaker 1: is a Bengals fan. Remember she tops the lists that 538 00:24:01,548 --> 00:24:05,108 Speaker 1: does not include Barry Larkin, Carson Palmer, Sinko, none of 539 00:24:05,148 --> 00:24:08,908 Speaker 1: those people her. She likes the Bengals. This is Cincinnati's 540 00:24:08,908 --> 00:24:11,108 Speaker 1: celebrity fan. This is their Ben Affleck. This is there 541 00:24:11,148 --> 00:24:14,388 Speaker 1: Paul Rudd, It is Fiona the dang Hippopotamus. And in 542 00:24:14,428 --> 00:24:18,228 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, she became a five year champion I Dynasty 543 00:24:18,468 --> 00:24:21,348 Speaker 1: in Cincinnati as the most beloved. They voted here over 544 00:24:21,388 --> 00:24:24,668 Speaker 1: peat Rose over Hythdy Munos over any of those people, 545 00:24:24,908 --> 00:24:27,508 Speaker 1: and that run, after five years, has come to an 546 00:24:27,588 --> 00:24:30,308 Speaker 1: end at the hands of the Bengals quarterback. The Bengals 547 00:24:30,348 --> 00:24:34,268 Speaker 1: send the tweet you will always be our Queen Fiona 548 00:24:34,548 --> 00:24:38,028 Speaker 1: class grace. The Bengals not become a customed to winning 549 00:24:38,068 --> 00:24:40,468 Speaker 1: on the football field as well as in the zoos. 550 00:24:40,828 --> 00:24:43,068 Speaker 1: But I want to know, like there's this push guys 551 00:24:43,068 --> 00:24:45,148 Speaker 1: where they love Burrow in Cincinnati. They're like, I don't know, 552 00:24:45,228 --> 00:24:46,988 Speaker 1: I've kind of team Fiona on this. I think they 553 00:24:47,028 --> 00:24:48,388 Speaker 1: might have messed it up. Let's do a taiale at 554 00:24:48,428 --> 00:24:50,708 Speaker 1: the tape. Let's just look at them side by side. 555 00:24:50,828 --> 00:24:55,228 Speaker 1: Fiona the Hippopotamus here, Joe Burrow here. Significant age difference 556 00:24:55,268 --> 00:24:58,868 Speaker 1: twenty years older for Joe, significant weight difference twenty three 557 00:24:58,948 --> 00:25:01,428 Speaker 1: fifty eight pounds for Fiona. We got Joe at a 558 00:25:01,428 --> 00:25:04,388 Speaker 1: four seven six speed fifteen miles prior. You know, Hippo 559 00:25:04,548 --> 00:25:08,428 Speaker 1: can really run. Joe's idol Drew Brees Fiona's King Hippo, 560 00:25:08,788 --> 00:25:12,428 Speaker 1: a famous pugilist from the eighties, great defensive fighter, the 561 00:25:12,588 --> 00:25:15,668 Speaker 1: only one best Cincinnati entitles for Joe Burrow, whereas again 562 00:25:15,828 --> 00:25:20,188 Speaker 1: a five time champ. So everyone's happy for Joe, but 563 00:25:20,308 --> 00:25:22,908 Speaker 1: there's still team Fiona right here. It is a big, 564 00:25:22,948 --> 00:25:26,428 Speaker 1: big win for Joe Burrow. I think Fiona is determined, 565 00:25:26,868 --> 00:25:31,508 Speaker 1: she is motivated. She is a hungry, hungry hippo. She 566 00:25:31,548 --> 00:25:33,588 Speaker 1: wants that crown back. Guys, I go to the table. 567 00:25:34,388 --> 00:25:36,868 Speaker 1: Did they get it right? And are we seeing a 568 00:25:37,028 --> 00:25:40,428 Speaker 1: rain here? Can Joe hold off the Fiona hive that 569 00:25:40,508 --> 00:25:43,148 Speaker 1: exists in the United States of American Cincinnati. I think 570 00:25:43,188 --> 00:25:44,748 Speaker 1: they got it right. You think they got it right. 571 00:25:44,788 --> 00:25:46,588 Speaker 1: They got it right. Joe Burrow has earned his place. 572 00:25:46,628 --> 00:25:48,348 Speaker 1: He didn't win a super Bowl, He's place at the 573 00:25:48,348 --> 00:25:51,148 Speaker 1: table of Fiona. I am fascinated by chapter two of 574 00:25:51,188 --> 00:25:54,308 Speaker 1: Fiona's career. This is the comeback. This is everything we 575 00:25:54,388 --> 00:25:56,908 Speaker 1: root for. You know, remember when Brittany everyone would build 576 00:25:56,908 --> 00:25:58,548 Speaker 1: her up, they tore her down and she came right 577 00:25:58,588 --> 00:26:01,348 Speaker 1: back up like a rising phoenix. That's what I want 578 00:26:01,388 --> 00:26:03,668 Speaker 1: to see out of Fiona the hippo. We know there's 579 00:26:03,668 --> 00:26:06,468 Speaker 1: been scandal, that there's been some silacious headlines. We heard 580 00:26:06,468 --> 00:26:08,668 Speaker 1: about the step dad, we heard about the age gap 581 00:26:08,668 --> 00:26:11,948 Speaker 1: and the parents. Look, just because the paparazzi caught Fiona 582 00:26:12,028 --> 00:26:13,428 Speaker 1: doing some things, it's not mean that we have to 583 00:26:13,468 --> 00:26:15,388 Speaker 1: fall out of love with her. I feel like Fiona 584 00:26:15,468 --> 00:26:16,948 Speaker 1: is going to have a next chapter. She will be 585 00:26:16,988 --> 00:26:19,188 Speaker 1: the Queen Cincinnati forever, but she will be the top 586 00:26:19,308 --> 00:26:23,668 Speaker 1: top vocatter next year. All right, mccordy, I'm here for Joel, 587 00:26:23,668 --> 00:26:27,108 Speaker 1: I'm here for Fiona. I want a story on Fritz, 588 00:26:27,668 --> 00:26:29,988 Speaker 1: the little brother, that's who. I want to know about 589 00:26:30,068 --> 00:26:33,188 Speaker 1: a little bit of Rob Kardashian, possibly what the sisters 590 00:26:33,228 --> 00:26:35,348 Speaker 1: being a little bit more famous. I want to know 591 00:26:35,388 --> 00:26:36,748 Speaker 1: what Fritz is up to. I want to know the 592 00:26:36,868 --> 00:26:41,028 Speaker 1: scandals that he's stock company, that's what, that's what they do. 593 00:26:41,268 --> 00:26:43,588 Speaker 1: I feel for Fritz Tucker of course, the stepdad, like 594 00:26:44,348 --> 00:26:47,468 Speaker 1: he's a whole nother or yes, spec character, he's got 595 00:26:47,508 --> 00:26:50,028 Speaker 1: a reality show coming out, shows up after she's already 596 00:26:50,028 --> 00:26:54,028 Speaker 1: a star. Yes, who's Fritz? And Bed Tucker is Fritz's dad? 597 00:26:54,028 --> 00:26:58,348 Speaker 1: I feel like there's so much brother sequel. What do 598 00:26:58,388 --> 00:27:00,308 Speaker 1: you got? What do you got? James? I go, I 599 00:27:00,388 --> 00:27:02,828 Speaker 1: go to the football, this place, this wonderful family photo 600 00:27:02,908 --> 00:27:06,188 Speaker 1: between Fritz and Fiona. I go to football. What is 601 00:27:06,788 --> 00:27:09,708 Speaker 1: what was the magazine? What is the publication? Oh yeah, 602 00:27:09,788 --> 00:27:12,348 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Beatcinatti beat. What are they trying to do? Are 603 00:27:12,348 --> 00:27:14,508 Speaker 1: they trying to test the quarterback market right now because 604 00:27:14,548 --> 00:27:16,468 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow has a contract coming his way, and are 605 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:18,268 Speaker 1: they thinking that he doesn't He's not going to need 606 00:27:18,348 --> 00:27:22,508 Speaker 1: guarantee money if he has voted best Cincinnati. So are 607 00:27:22,508 --> 00:27:24,348 Speaker 1: they trying to say, like, please, we love you here, 608 00:27:24,388 --> 00:27:27,348 Speaker 1: you are beloved. You don't demand all of our money. 609 00:27:27,428 --> 00:27:29,028 Speaker 1: Leave some for the other so we can have the 610 00:27:29,068 --> 00:27:30,828 Speaker 1: Bengals team that we know and love. Like I think 611 00:27:30,828 --> 00:27:32,988 Speaker 1: this is all just one big who plot to get 612 00:27:33,028 --> 00:27:35,548 Speaker 1: him to stay ulableness service. I have to I have 613 00:27:35,548 --> 00:27:37,588 Speaker 1: to hand a couple of thank yous to Rich Goldburg. 614 00:27:37,628 --> 00:27:40,388 Speaker 1: This is God's work the entire night. I have things 615 00:27:40,428 --> 00:27:42,348 Speaker 1: in my email from our research or Rich Goldberg that 616 00:27:42,348 --> 00:27:44,868 Speaker 1: I got something about with the age that reached the 617 00:27:44,908 --> 00:27:46,988 Speaker 1: hippos reach their sexual maturity and I'm not even I 618 00:27:47,028 --> 00:27:49,468 Speaker 1: want to burn it with napalm and it's in my email. 619 00:27:49,468 --> 00:27:51,828 Speaker 1: I also the Cincinnati Zoo sent us picture isn't and 620 00:27:51,868 --> 00:27:53,628 Speaker 1: like hooked this up And you guys are so proud 621 00:27:53,668 --> 00:27:56,068 Speaker 1: of your girl. We love Fiona, we love Burrow, we 622 00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:58,388 Speaker 1: love Cincinnati. Thank you so much for that, everybody. Great 623 00:27:58,468 --> 00:28:00,868 Speaker 1: job well done, Kyle, You've done. If there is no 624 00:28:00,948 --> 00:28:02,748 Speaker 1: one that can out on earth the best Cincinnati ands 625 00:28:02,868 --> 00:28:19,468 Speaker 1: like that with class and great style. Brand. All right, 626 00:28:19,508 --> 00:28:22,548 Speaker 1: who's on dec Ken? On another edition of Next Gen Chats, 627 00:28:22,548 --> 00:28:24,548 Speaker 1: where we get to know the next generation of NFL 628 00:28:24,588 --> 00:28:27,708 Speaker 1: stars in just four questions. Our next guest has one 629 00:28:27,708 --> 00:28:29,988 Speaker 1: of the best stories cool stories in this year's NFL 630 00:28:30,068 --> 00:28:33,508 Speaker 1: draft class. Please welcome in Texas defensive lineman Morrow Jones. 631 00:28:33,548 --> 00:28:37,108 Speaker 1: Let's go. Let's go. Hey, guys, how's it going. Glad 632 00:28:37,148 --> 00:28:42,148 Speaker 1: to be here early morning, but let's get it. Title 633 00:28:42,228 --> 00:28:44,388 Speaker 1: the show at all he's prepared. Let's go to Morrow. 634 00:28:44,788 --> 00:28:47,588 Speaker 1: Let's go back to the beginning chapter one Morrow's life. 635 00:28:47,628 --> 00:28:50,268 Speaker 1: You were born in Logos, Nigeria, moved to the States 636 00:28:50,268 --> 00:28:51,948 Speaker 1: when you were seven years old. By just the age 637 00:28:51,988 --> 00:28:54,748 Speaker 1: of sixteen, you would enrolled at the University of Texas. 638 00:28:54,948 --> 00:28:57,828 Speaker 1: Walk us through that sixteen college students starts the whole 639 00:28:57,828 --> 00:29:00,028 Speaker 1: thing in Nigeria, and then you end up playing football 640 00:29:00,068 --> 00:29:02,668 Speaker 1: for the long Horns. That's an incredible story. Take your time, 641 00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:06,428 Speaker 1: tell us everything. Yeah, I mean, I'm just grateful when 642 00:29:06,468 --> 00:29:08,588 Speaker 1: you look at my story, how unique it is to 643 00:29:09,228 --> 00:29:12,508 Speaker 1: come from a country like Nigeria, from the la we 644 00:29:12,548 --> 00:29:15,428 Speaker 1: went to California, and you know, my cousins were getting 645 00:29:15,468 --> 00:29:17,588 Speaker 1: into football and they're like, oh crap, Like you're kind 646 00:29:17,628 --> 00:29:20,068 Speaker 1: of big for your grade. So then you know, I 647 00:29:20,068 --> 00:29:22,228 Speaker 1: played football. It's kind of the biggest guy on my 648 00:29:22,268 --> 00:29:24,068 Speaker 1: team because I was with my age group. And then 649 00:29:24,068 --> 00:29:27,468 Speaker 1: when I moved to Texas, I was with my grade level. 650 00:29:27,588 --> 00:29:29,988 Speaker 1: So I'm about like two years younger than everyone in 651 00:29:30,068 --> 00:29:32,268 Speaker 1: my grade. And you know, when I went to Texas, 652 00:29:32,388 --> 00:29:34,068 Speaker 1: it was like I was just in the grade level 653 00:29:34,108 --> 00:29:36,908 Speaker 1: and it really gave me a chance to learn how 654 00:29:36,948 --> 00:29:39,948 Speaker 1: to work right. I was able to be with guys 655 00:29:39,948 --> 00:29:41,828 Speaker 1: that were about the same size of me, and I 656 00:29:41,908 --> 00:29:44,508 Speaker 1: never really like hit that growth spurt till around the 657 00:29:44,588 --> 00:29:47,628 Speaker 1: high school time period. And you know, going into my 658 00:29:47,828 --> 00:29:50,428 Speaker 1: I was kind of unique story. Freshman year backup on 659 00:29:50,548 --> 00:29:53,148 Speaker 1: B team, sophomore year, didn't even make JV. And then 660 00:29:53,228 --> 00:29:55,188 Speaker 1: going into my junior year, I was like this is 661 00:29:55,228 --> 00:29:57,268 Speaker 1: the year, Like I got to make a varsity this 662 00:29:57,348 --> 00:29:59,348 Speaker 1: year because I don't want to be just a senior 663 00:29:59,388 --> 00:30:02,308 Speaker 1: that you know it gets put on varsity, and you know, 664 00:30:02,348 --> 00:30:05,388 Speaker 1: I had the opportunity to start was kind of history. 665 00:30:05,468 --> 00:30:07,508 Speaker 1: You know, went to UT and thanks to my parents, 666 00:30:07,628 --> 00:30:10,068 Speaker 1: thanks to my family that people around me. I was 667 00:30:10,468 --> 00:30:13,348 Speaker 1: prepared and mature enough at a young age, I think 668 00:30:13,388 --> 00:30:17,628 Speaker 1: to handle that transition right. Coming from a prestigious school 669 00:30:17,628 --> 00:30:21,908 Speaker 1: like Katie Football, it was just a great, great transition. Yeah. 670 00:30:21,908 --> 00:30:23,868 Speaker 1: I love that Katie football team that has won a 671 00:30:23,948 --> 00:30:26,268 Speaker 1: ton of high school games. And the one thing you 672 00:30:26,348 --> 00:30:28,268 Speaker 1: just said, you said to learn how to work. And 673 00:30:28,468 --> 00:30:31,148 Speaker 1: you look at your career at Texas. You worked a 674 00:30:31,308 --> 00:30:34,468 Speaker 1: ton of experience learning and now you're moving on to 675 00:30:34,548 --> 00:30:36,988 Speaker 1: the next level everything that you learned at your time 676 00:30:36,988 --> 00:30:39,428 Speaker 1: in Texas. What are you now looking forward to being 677 00:30:39,428 --> 00:30:41,948 Speaker 1: able to learn and capture at the next level in 678 00:30:41,988 --> 00:30:45,628 Speaker 1: your career. Yeah. My dad always says something about, you know, 679 00:30:45,708 --> 00:30:48,908 Speaker 1: never having a better yesterday, always having a better tomorrow, right, 680 00:30:48,908 --> 00:30:52,468 Speaker 1: And that's kind of my vision and goals going into 681 00:30:52,508 --> 00:30:56,108 Speaker 1: the NFL, right, always looking forward to whether I'm interacting 682 00:30:56,148 --> 00:31:01,068 Speaker 1: with NFL executives or even like assistant coaches, right, or 683 00:31:01,268 --> 00:31:03,388 Speaker 1: you know, people that are still trying to work their 684 00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:07,188 Speaker 1: way up, right, just seeing that, greeting everyone with a smile, 685 00:31:07,308 --> 00:31:09,468 Speaker 1: having a great time with everyone, and you know, just 686 00:31:09,588 --> 00:31:11,748 Speaker 1: enjoying life. You only get one life to live, so 687 00:31:12,308 --> 00:31:14,388 Speaker 1: now why not shoot for the stars? Aim for the moon. 688 00:31:16,828 --> 00:31:19,588 Speaker 1: You know, I'm listening to you speak your wise beyond 689 00:31:19,628 --> 00:31:21,508 Speaker 1: your years. But that's no surprise when you said you 690 00:31:21,548 --> 00:31:23,948 Speaker 1: get to school at sixteen and seventeen years old, and 691 00:31:23,988 --> 00:31:26,228 Speaker 1: you're playing right away, and you're figuring it out on 692 00:31:26,268 --> 00:31:28,308 Speaker 1: the fly as a twenty one year old man when 693 00:31:28,348 --> 00:31:31,068 Speaker 1: it has had all this life experiences. Everyone talks about 694 00:31:31,108 --> 00:31:33,108 Speaker 1: your smarts and your intelligence, and I've spoken with teams 695 00:31:33,148 --> 00:31:35,948 Speaker 1: who rave about the interviews with you. What can you 696 00:31:35,988 --> 00:31:38,308 Speaker 1: do from year one? How does that impact you year 697 00:31:38,388 --> 00:31:40,788 Speaker 1: one where maybe you're not this project because you've never 698 00:31:40,868 --> 00:31:42,748 Speaker 1: run this kind of defense, or you're not this project 699 00:31:42,748 --> 00:31:45,028 Speaker 1: because you haven't been able to be through this life experience. 700 00:31:45,108 --> 00:31:46,708 Speaker 1: What makes you such an impact player right out of 701 00:31:46,708 --> 00:31:48,708 Speaker 1: the gates. I think what makes me an impact player 702 00:31:48,788 --> 00:31:50,788 Speaker 1: right out of the gates is the level of care 703 00:31:51,068 --> 00:31:53,748 Speaker 1: and dependability that I kind of have care when I 704 00:31:53,868 --> 00:31:56,268 Speaker 1: talk about like, I think I played the game of 705 00:31:56,268 --> 00:31:58,308 Speaker 1: football the way it's supposed to be played. You know, 706 00:31:58,348 --> 00:32:00,668 Speaker 1: I think that I bring a passion and I love 707 00:32:00,908 --> 00:32:03,708 Speaker 1: I love competition, right, That's why I play the game 708 00:32:03,748 --> 00:32:05,828 Speaker 1: of football. I play it to compete with the guy 709 00:32:05,868 --> 00:32:08,668 Speaker 1: in front of me. And you just ultimately believe right, 710 00:32:08,788 --> 00:32:12,388 Speaker 1: always working harder and also a level of confidence, right, 711 00:32:12,508 --> 00:32:14,788 Speaker 1: just going in at full steam ahead. I've done what 712 00:32:14,908 --> 00:32:16,908 Speaker 1: I needed to do in college. Now I'm in the NFL. 713 00:32:17,068 --> 00:32:20,988 Speaker 1: Don't have this being scared or you know, hesitant almost 714 00:32:21,028 --> 00:32:23,788 Speaker 1: just go and get it, go after it. It's incredible. 715 00:32:23,868 --> 00:32:26,668 Speaker 1: And that was never more on display than the final 716 00:32:26,708 --> 00:32:32,068 Speaker 1: score Texas forty nine Oklahoma zero, forty nine to zero, 717 00:32:32,468 --> 00:32:34,628 Speaker 1: Red River or something or another. I guess that day. 718 00:32:34,628 --> 00:32:37,028 Speaker 1: We're curious about what happened the following week though, dude, 719 00:32:37,068 --> 00:32:38,988 Speaker 1: because you guys beat the pants off them, then you 720 00:32:39,068 --> 00:32:43,508 Speaker 1: show up at your press conference with a giant turkey leg. 721 00:32:44,108 --> 00:32:48,188 Speaker 1: Give us the story. Tell us. Yeah. So, I mean 722 00:32:48,308 --> 00:32:50,388 Speaker 1: at my time in Texas, it's kind of always like 723 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:54,628 Speaker 1: tradition to go and get the turkey leg. And I 724 00:32:54,668 --> 00:32:57,148 Speaker 1: don't know, for some reason, I was waiting for a 725 00:32:57,148 --> 00:32:59,468 Speaker 1: minute for media and I was starving. You know, just 726 00:32:59,508 --> 00:33:02,308 Speaker 1: played a long game, and you know, a great game, 727 00:33:02,468 --> 00:33:05,148 Speaker 1: forty nine zero, there's nothing like it. Yeah, you know, 728 00:33:05,228 --> 00:33:07,108 Speaker 1: my family gave me the turkey leg, and I wasn't 729 00:33:07,148 --> 00:33:08,988 Speaker 1: done with my turkey leg, so I was just like, 730 00:33:09,068 --> 00:33:11,308 Speaker 1: can I eat this like you can eat it? Here 731 00:33:11,348 --> 00:33:13,108 Speaker 1: and I was like, Okay, well I'm gonna eat my 732 00:33:13,148 --> 00:33:16,908 Speaker 1: turkey leg. Power moved Moro Barbecue Ribs on the night 733 00:33:16,948 --> 00:33:20,148 Speaker 1: that you get drafted in Kansas City. That's the play 734 00:33:20,228 --> 00:33:23,388 Speaker 1: to go from turkey leg to ribs as you go 735 00:33:23,508 --> 00:33:26,668 Speaker 1: from college to the NFL. Morow Ojoma, thank you so much. 736 00:33:26,748 --> 00:33:28,828 Speaker 1: We appreciate it was awesome to hear your story. Man, 737 00:33:28,868 --> 00:33:32,148 Speaker 1: good luck. Thank you. Guys have a good, one indible 738 00:33:32,228 --> 00:33:34,028 Speaker 1: job of seaters. Do you feel wiser now that you've 739 00:33:34,068 --> 00:33:37,348 Speaker 1: gotten in a Morow? It's like a sage. Listen to 740 00:33:37,428 --> 00:33:37,788 Speaker 1: him for day