1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: You look forward to the challenge of going up to 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: a defense which is, you know, one of the best 3 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: in the league. Um, yeah, there's definitely one of the 4 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: best defense in the league. And you know, you're we're 5 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: all competitors here, so we're excited to go against that 6 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: challenge and um try to get another went at home. 7 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: You look at the what do you see when you see, Um, 8 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: he's good as advertised. Um, he's you know, game and 9 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: one that I could just say he's good as advertiser. 10 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: He's probably the best sevens playing the league. Um, he's 11 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: a heck of player. He's big, fast, strong, he's everything 12 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: you want outside linebacker slash d n um. So you 13 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: know he's definitely gonna be a challenge this week. But 14 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: you know we played great players before and we just 15 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: gotta come out ready to compete and ready to work. 16 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: He's obviously none as one of the best pass watchers 17 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: with the lady. But how disruptive this sets said run good. 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: He's like he's I only think I can really say 19 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 1: he's good as advertised. He can he can pass for us, 20 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: he can he can do it all. Um, he's a 21 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: versatile defensive players. So it's gonna be exciting to to 22 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: go against go against him, and you know, see see 23 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: what I got against a guy like that, and see 24 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: what we got against a guy like that in a 25 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: defense like that. But um, you know we were leaving 26 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: our coaches, we're leaving ourselves and especially on the oven 27 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: side of the ball. Um that we're gonna put us 28 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: something in the right positions and make place you're preparing. 29 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: What are you looking at in particular Chicago defense? Yeah, um, 30 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: you know, I know that they're there are a great 31 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: defense and that they have great players over there, But 32 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: you treated the same week. Um, you know, you watch 33 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: what they like to do and what they do more 34 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: Um for me as a running back, watch how they tackle, 35 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 1: um or very aggressive. Um, you know, the same same 36 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: thing I do every single week. So I'm not really 37 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: changing anything. But obviously you you are aware of how 38 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: how good they are. But um, that's everyone. NFL is 39 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: good every every time you go out there. It's a challenge. 40 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: So um, it's a challenge that we help to be 41 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,559 Speaker 1: bill in face. Especially may be adjustment in the second 42 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: half last week, How do you make adjustment? Yeah, um, 43 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: you know they Eagles did a little bit different stuff. 44 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: And every team every time, any time you play them, 45 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: they're gonna do the second half. They always have adjustments. 46 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: But um, you gotta wash the adjustments and you gotta 47 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: learn from them. Um, whether it's during the game, or 48 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: it's previous after the game, or if even before the game. Um, 49 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,519 Speaker 1: so we know that we know what they're what they're 50 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: gonna do. Um, we gotta you know, I think we 51 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: got a really good scot of reporting those guys, and 52 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: but we just gotta come out and execute. And um 53 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: sometimes this year we execute it, and sometimes we did it, 54 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: and the times we didn't, we lost, and and times 55 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: we did we win. So we gotta find a way 56 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: to do it that do that this week changes for 57 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: you when you're spelled for a play versus spelled for 58 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: a series. You're obviously gonna get snaps off. How does 59 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: it change for you if you're out for a whole 60 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: series versus maybe switching in and out on a second 61 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: down here or there. Um, you know, it's it's really 62 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: really doesn't change any any difference from me, but especially 63 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: at the running by position, Um that hits you take 64 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: and you know it's it's not even like just when 65 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: you come out, Um, you know, obviously you want to 66 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: be in the game, but you just you know, you 67 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: believe and you have confidence in any coaching staff and 68 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: especially and other running backs. And when Wayne goes out there, Wayne, 69 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: Wayne does a great job too. So uh, it's kind 70 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: of like, you know, a combo. We have a two 71 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: punch back there. I feel like and Um, I feel 72 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: like he's been doing a really good job Wayne, and 73 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: probably have Um having his role expand a little bit 74 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: more too, But different in terms of like, you know, 75 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: it's no, it's no difference. I mean, at the end 76 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: of the day's football. Obviously you do get a rhythm 77 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: when you get the ball a little bit more, but 78 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: then you get a feel for them. But you know, 79 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: some people are in a position where they get the 80 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: ball twenty times and they get the ball five times, 81 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: and like, for example, Wayne don't get to carry the 82 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: ball twenty times a game. But when he gets in 83 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: there and he gets his five carries, he takes it 84 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: takes a man each of it. Do you communicate with 85 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: the coaches when you need to take a break break 86 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: or a breather, Um, you know, it's kind of just 87 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: a feel, um as obviously the field just continue to 88 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: get better as the season goals and as we all 89 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: see it together and as longer my career goes. But 90 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: you know, you break a long run. If you break 91 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: a long run, sometimes coach, your coach kick you out 92 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: because why why I be out there if you're not 93 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: a hundred cent to help your team? You know, Um, 94 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: obviously you want to be out there. You want to 95 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: continue working in situations where you gotta grinding out if 96 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: you're tired. But like I said, I'm definitely confident in 97 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: um and the coaches and believe in the coaches, and 98 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: I'm definitely confident in the running backs in our room 99 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: to took out there and make plays. Also, you like 100 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: to workload, but you've been getting you know this year 101 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,239 Speaker 1: as far as you know the plays, the runs, the passes. 102 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: You know they it's enough. But it's not too much 103 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: or it's not not enough. Um, I think it's perfectly fine. 104 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. Me it is with the workload, 105 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: my mindset, and I think I've said this multiple times, 106 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: is whatever it takes. If it's twenty I know you 107 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: uh when you got thirty eight, Um three too, you're right, 108 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: You're right, Um, wherever it takes, Um, that's that's my mindset. 109 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: You know. I know you guys keep bringing the questions 110 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: because how many times I touched the ball, uh in 111 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: the second half. But if we finished the game, we'll 112 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: win that game. I don't think that's gonna be this 113 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: topic or the story. So, UM, I know what people 114 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: are thinking. But like I said, I can send you 115 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: believe in the coaches, but continue to believe on the offense, 116 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: in the system, and continue coming and work and take 117 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: it went at a time. Watching Bears tape, how often 118 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: have teams used running backs to help chip on Mac 119 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: or is that not something that that running backs usually 120 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: can do because she's some difficult to deal with. Um, 121 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: I mean I think every everyone, everybody tries to get 122 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: a chip when when when there's a chance, but you know, 123 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: it comes, it comes. They got to come at the 124 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: right time. You got no winning where you can do it. 125 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: And you also, you know, we believe in the offensive line. Um, 126 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: we have great officers linement up there too. And uh, 127 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: like I said, the end of day's football, and it's 128 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: gonna be one on one sometime you've got one one 129 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: one matchups. And yes, he's gonna make plays, and yes 130 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: the Bears are gonna make plays, and every team's gonna 131 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 1: make plays to get you sometime. But at the end 132 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: of the day, you've got to make more plays, you know. 133 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: I think when you broke these big players last week 134 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: or a couple of the times he brought the season, 135 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: have you whether it's protections or where you get the 136 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: ball and you see any of that. Um, you know, 137 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: one all the big runs that we have, it's one 138 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: starts up front. Um, So the offensive line does a 139 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: great job, and then your job as a running back 140 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: is it one is blocked up perfect. You gotta make 141 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: your guy, miss Um, you got win your one on ones. 142 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: And like I just said, sometimes they're gonna make their plays. 143 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 1: But the special thing about football and a special thing 144 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: about playing offense. Um, if you get a chance to 145 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: go out there and play eight ten series and they 146 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: stop you seven or six whatever, you've got twenty one 147 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: points on the board, and obviously continue to go out 148 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: there and try to put the more points. But you 149 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: can win a game with twenty one points. So the 150 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: common common, you know, thing that I've noticed is breaking 151 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: tackles obviously starting up front with offensive line doing a 152 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: great job, and um, you know, doing what I was 153 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: brought here to do. Make my guy missing, be a 154 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: game changer and break along one having games into this thing. 155 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 1: How how personally do you think that you've grown as 156 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: a football player. Um, it's so far in your career 157 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: based on where you were when you first got traffic. 158 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: You know, I think I've grown grown a lot. Um, 159 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: not not even just speaking on the field, um. Off 160 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: the field with with releadership and uh feel more comfortable 161 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: with talking UM, but on the field just seeing it 162 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: feel differently. The game that's slowing down even you know, 163 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: for me is slowing down a lot more understanding situation, 164 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: understanding um, just a game as a whole. Um. And 165 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: you know, I still have so much more room to 166 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: approve there. And you know, I'm like, I'm always up 167 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: for that challenge. And uh, I'm ready to continue to 168 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: get better every single week and continue to learn from 169 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: these guys and continue learn from these coaches. If you 170 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: got to the point where you can go up to 171 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: the coach and say I think this is open to 172 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: give it to me, UM, I mean you know I try. 173 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: I try not to do that because you know, you 174 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: just you believe and what your coaches are gonna call 175 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: and like I said, as a game, you know, everyone 176 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: wants to be a coach and everyone thinks they know 177 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: what should be called in that situation or how we 178 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: should do this or how we should do that. They're 179 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: there for a reason. So I just believe in those guys, 180 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: and you know they've they've been putting me in position 181 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: to do well, and everyone's been loving and hyping me up. 182 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: And oh, rookie, this rookie that you know it's it 183 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: starts with the team and starts off the line, but 184 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: also starts with the coaches supporting in a position to 185 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: make plays. And I think they've been doing that not 186 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: only with myself, but with every morning this team this year. 187 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: What do you want to get under these next five weeks. No, 188 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: just continue to fight and continue to get better. You 189 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: never know what's gonna happen. UM. I know we're not 190 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: satisfied about um satisfied about our record right now, but 191 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: we've still got five five games to get better and 192 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: continue to work. And for myself, the same thing, same 193 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: model there. Continue to get better, learn and approve every 194 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: single game. And this mistakes you make, make sure they're 195 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: not mistakes that you made like the mistakes I made 196 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: early season, make sure those are dead, and continue to 197 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 1: get better in every area of my game, catching the ball, 198 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: running the ball, pass blocking um, and growing into a 199 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: better leader.