WEBVTT - A Conversation with Jets Safety Jordan Whitehead (7/12) 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:06.320 We're presented by went Bett. Betty is the team sport 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:08.720 bet together at went Back. Eric Ellen here inside at 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:14.040 the studio, joined by New Jet safety Jordan's Whitehead. How 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:17.160 has the adjustment been going coming back to the Northeast. 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:20.759 You know it's been it's been pretty good. Um, being 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:22.960 in New York, it's uh, it's a different Like I'm 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:26.520 from Pittsburgh. It's a little difference, bigger. Um, it's a 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:30.120 lot more people. You know, the fan base is crazy. Um, 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:33.919 but you know, becoming part of this defense, just like 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:36.360 what I've been getting used to with the coaches and 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:38.680 you know, a gatting used to the players. We've been 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:42.400 communicating and trying to you know, get on the same page. 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:44.479 And I've been having a lot of fun, you know 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:46.680 with the guys on the back end and um, you 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:49.240 know c J and Quincy just kind of just running 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:51.680 the thing in the middle. Uh. It's been really exciting 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:54.600 just to see the similarities, Um, of the great defenses 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:56.880 that we could be. I love that you just said 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:59.840 the fan base is crazy. What do you know about them? 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:03.000 And why are you already saying well, starting off my 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:05.360 first event when we did uh Draft night, I think 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:07.920 you had the stadium Draft night. Um, you just had 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.840 you had the Giants and Jets fans in the stadium, 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:13.520 but how crazy like the Jets fans coming up, how 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:16.240 many people there were, Um, just for that night. It 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:18.480 was just like you know, you get that in college. 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:21.200 You had a little signing events during camping all that things. 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:22.679 But it was a lot of fans and just a 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.240 lot of people that knew who you were. Especially for 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:27.160 me and DJ sitting next to each other coming in 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:30.440 New had a lot of love for us. What do 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:32.840 you think about the talent on the field that you've 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.480 seen here the spring, because he talked to the media 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:37.840 not too long ago and you said this could be 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.120 one of the best secondaries I've played on the national 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:42.560 football Like, oh yeah, when I said that, I really 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:45.480 meant it. Just because Um, the death that we have 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:49.160 here at safety for sure, Um. And then just knowing 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:52.600 the corners we had brought, you know, two corners in um, 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:55.080 DJ Reid, who had been playing amazing in the last 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:57.360 couple of years in the NFL, and then you draft 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.880 the player at number four saw us. You know, it's 0:01:59.880 --> 0:02:02.120 just a lot of You've got a lot of confidence 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:03.680 with that. And then you have Bryce Hall got a 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:06.600 lot of reps last year, a lot of good snaps. Um, 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:09.240 it's just like just you feel good going in the 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.080 game where you know you can have three solid quarters 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:15.040 right now that that has starting, Um experiencing Brice and 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.560 then saw U. This young guy, but he's ready to work. 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:19.680 He's the fourth pit. He better be ready to you know, 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.239 playing he is. He's been showing a lot um and 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:24.600 pressing guys up and making a lot of plays. So 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:27.960 what's the story behind number six? Because we're just talking 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.480 about it before. I look at the defensive backfield now 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.919 and it's almost all single digits across the board. Yeah. 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.639 So my favorite numbers three. That goes back to when 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:39.640 I was a little young little league and then I 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:41.440 got to college and three was taken, so I went 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:47.280 to nine. Um, so fast forward to now upside down 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.359 to nine and six you know, so that's kind of 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:51.960 where I'm at now. It's a multiple three. Um, I 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:54.400 was thirty three but I was taking so it's just 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.440 kind of sixes. I like six too, so it's a 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:58.880 good solid number. Yeah, it's gonna ask you that look good, 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:01.400 feel good right for sure? And when you're taking a 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:04.000 look at yourself as far as a photograph or maybe 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:06.840 in video. We're putting them up, putting up some highlights. 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.160 What do you think about the six? I'm loving it. 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.639 My friends hit me back home like you look good 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.680 in the six, and I'm like, I wish I had three, 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.079 but the six has grown on me. Yeah. And there 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:21.200 is somebody who wears thirty three here with the Jets. Yeah. 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.960 If you talk about not approaching him right going with 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:26.440 a new number. So I had asked him, but he 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:28.800 said it was a childhood number. So I respected that. Um, 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:31.040 that's kind of the field. I was going forward three, 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.200 But I respect somebody that says a childhood number really 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:36.520 means a lot to them. Um. Can you talk about 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:40.480 the dogs in the secondary? You mentioned DJ and m MOD. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:45.839 DJ seems like a real intense dude, no matter what's 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.320 gonna happen, right right. Yeah. You know DJ at to 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:51.480 every play, he's correcting it or he's I'm gonna make 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:53.840 the next play like that's just his mindset. Um, he 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.800 shows it every day. Um, and just watching him from 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:58.360 the past, you know, I used to keep up with 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:00.520 a lot of dbs around the lead and just I 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:02.080 used to see him making a lot of plays. Like 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.200 he's like me, not a big, super big guy, but 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.080 he's scrappy and he's all he's fighting every Why is 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:10.440 he effective on the outside because Jordan's most guys who 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:13.560 are five ft nine playing cornerback in the National Football League. 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.720 You know, people are gonna say he's got to be 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.720 an inside guy, right yeah, just um, you know he 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.039 got the mindset for sure, but then his quickness and 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:24.480 his ability to just cover and um, you know his spinash. 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:26.720 He he doesn't give up on plays. That's gonna take 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:28.920 him a long way. He understands the game. You're very smart. 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.120 So that's probably helping him a lot too because he 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:32.960 comes to me with you know, that's like safety is 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.160 usually go to the corners. He's coming to me. Um, 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.920 just every day there's something new. So so C. J. 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:41.600 Mosley was Mosley was sitting in the seat not too 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:45.080 long ago doing a podcast and I brought up Sauce 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.760 and he said, we're calling on my mind? What do 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.960 you what do you call on him? So mars his name. 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:55.200 They can play on Sunday. But but size or Ama. 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.280 He made a couple of plays this past week. Um, 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.359 and he's just shown what he's capable of one, so 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.520 that's his standard. And um, once he makes some more 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:04.920 players doing camp, he's gonna get that that nickname Sauce 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.280 from the whole team. So maybe you we'll start calling 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.279 him Sauce. So you guys might calm Sauce Week one 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:14.880 against the Baltimore Ravens September eleven, in which will be 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:19.320 a frenzied environment Life Stadium. What do you like about him? 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.159 Coming out number four overall selection? So he's gonna have 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.760 a lot of pressure on him externally. Um, but people 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:29.920 talk about, yes, he's got swagger, but he's also soaking things. 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.440 Oh yeah, that's one thing about him. He's uh, he's 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:37.440 very like football savvy. Um, he got that confidence. Just 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.360 that's him. You look at him, you tell he got confidence. 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:45.280 But he's very knowledgeable. He's coachable. Um from me, I'm 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.720 telling him something that I think and he's I got 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:49.760 you in the next play. He's doing it so not 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.240 just from what I've seen I know in the meeting rooms. 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:54.440 I'm not with him all the time, but I'm sure 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:56.640 he's just he's soaking up information. The way he's playing, 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.080 you could tell that he's been studying. Um, he's picking 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.159 up very fast. What's unique about him in terms of 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:05.719 not just what he brings to the table physically, but 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:10.000 also the intangibles. Yeah yeah, like his size, Um, you know, 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.640 superpower like they were saying, that's what Coach Alla says 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:14.880 is pressing, Like get on the line of scrimmage, you 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:16.799 get a guy on the line, get up during pressing. 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.560 That's your superpower. So just I would say for him 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:21.400 for that, that's gonna be his advantage. You know, he's 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:24.520 gonna do a great job of pressing guys up and 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:26.920 just letting him know that this is his island over there. Okay, 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.280 so we know cornerback got a lot better here in 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:34.039 the off season. Safety tremendous facelift and you're at the 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.760 center of that. What do you want to say about 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.800 this group that people don't know? Right? Um? So, and 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.080 coming in I didn't really um know too much yes 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:45.719 about you know them Jet safety play just from being 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:47.920 what Tampa on my own team. Um, it was hard. 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:50.039 And then when I got here, I started watching film 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.839 and then I'm like, okay, Alja out there and making plays, 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.440 you know, Ashton making a lot of plays. I don't 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:56.880 have had a lot of guys changed them. But those 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.039 guys were out there the most. And I've seen Ashton 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.159 playing a line and I'm he's pretty good. And then 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:03.800 this week at camp, UM, he's just been showing the 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:05.800 coaches and showing the players like what he's capable of. 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:08.200 You know, he's having a great um O t a camp, 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:09.720 a lot of a lot of pigs, a lot of 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.760 production on the ball, and UM, he's just smart player. 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.640 He does everything, UM he's told to do. So what 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:17.760 I think from these this guy, these guys is like 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:19.240 they got a great coach. We got a great coach 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:21.600 at M coaching us. Um, he's very hard on us, 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.960 very detailed, and that goes a long way. Um from 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:26.880 when I first got in the league, that's been the 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:29.800 main priority, just little details and M sticks on that 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.880 all day every day. Is the same person throughout the day. 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:35.400 And the guys that they have. Jason Pennock, I played 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.240 with that, my boy, he was that corner. Uh, and 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.120 they moved into safety last year, so I didn't really 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:41.920 know too much about what he could do at safety 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:44.760 and then watching them now being with him every day 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:47.720 watching film, Uh, he's very smart and just you know, 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:49.720 he knows the game and once he learns how to 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:52.360 really just do the little things that being in that 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:54.360 safety position instead of corner, and he's gonna take it 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:57.800 to the next level. He's long range, e very athletic. 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:00.920 And then the Marcus Joiner you know, vetting Rent in 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.600 the room. Uh, he's coaching me up, teaching me a 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:05.920 lot of new things. Um. I get to see him 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:07.400 on film, and I watched him in the past, just 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.040 you know, being uh, being older than me, I looked 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.080 up to. We got the same agent, so I really 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.280 got the divel in when I was younger and watching 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.440 him and the way he plays, He's like me, you're 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.520 not the biggest guy. He's gonna hit you. He's gonna 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.880 go after the ball. And he he plays man and 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.400 man very good as a safe for a safety you know, 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.440 he's not Safety's gonna play a lot of man. But 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:27.960 if you watch him, he sticks on receivers like a nickel. 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.320 Do you think that's a missing owner about this defense? 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:33.959 I know you haven't taken a snap under Robert sala Yeah, 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:39.200 but everybody thinks San Francisco Seattle play zone all the time, 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.480 where Salad says, hey, we play a little bit more 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.760 man than you guys might think. Yeah, just from being 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:49.080 doing situational football now you will see a lot of 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:52.040 man and uh still mixing in his zone. They could 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.280 do a great job of mixing. The coverage is up though, 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:56.720 but just on certain situations you know what you're getting, 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:58.920 you know where where to run and uh you gotta 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.280 be ready to really a sticky man and man and 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.559 um lockdown. You gotta have a lot of confidence playing 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.120 man and that's what you know. We're growing at um 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.960 getting confidence and then you know, taking our techniques and 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.640 just proving them. Want to feel how much can you 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:15.240 and LaMarcus compliment each other a lot? You know, we 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:19.560 similar players and we could do similar things. Um, you 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.360 know when we get into camp more and find the 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:23.720 strengths and our weaknesses, get to play with you short 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.120 more get chemistry. Um, we will all this tell a 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:29.160 little bit more. But just from talking, I could just 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:32.280 tell how like sere, what we both are just you know, 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.880 being able to interchange that free safety, strong safety. Yeah, 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:39.480 do you hate the term box safety because when people 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.160 talking about Jordan White had Yes, we know you can 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.880 thrive in a box, right, But you just talked about 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:51.480 being interchangeable with Marcus and the books did use you 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:55.160 in different situations, and I think that Robert Salad Jeff 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.720 all Bricker gonna continue to do that. Here do you 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.400 not like that terms? So there was a where I 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:02.480 didn't like the term box safety because it's like limiting 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.560 you like, oh, he's a linebacker, he can't cover. But 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.640 for me, I tried myself in now as all right, 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.280 I'm box safety, but yeah, I'm gonna be the best 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.400 in the run, best box safety in the run, and 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.080 then I'm also be able to cover um, you know, 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.319 tight ends. And then last year I was flexed out 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:20.960 a little bit on the U Z receiver plan zone 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:24.160 a little bit. 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Yeah, so he actually taught 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.360 me a lot. Um you know just when he when 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:16.160 they came in that coaching staff Tar Bowls. Uh, he 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:18.600 met with me and he he taught me a lot 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.600 because it was the same defense that they ran here 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:22.800 with the Jets. So I used to watch the Jets 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:26.160 jabal items I used to watch and how he played, um, 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.520 you know, the box safety position, a strong safety position 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:31.840 and to coach Bowls taught me run reads and coach 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:33.800 with put my safety coach given a lot of credit. 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:35.760 Taught me a lot of safety reads and run reads 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.840 like linebackers do, which safeties usually don't get to learn. 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.199 And we spent a lot of time with that, um, 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.000 so we worked together. So it was really it was 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.200 pretty big, and that's why we were probably the number 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:48.120 you know one run defense a couple of years, just 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:52.120 because of how deep detail we really were. And then 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:55.640 taking it here, I really feel like it's kind of similar. 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.600 It's not the same eight man front, but um, it's similar. 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.040 You guys work together with the backers. These work with backers, 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:02.960 and once you get all on the same page, it's 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.600 gonna make a dominant run defense. And I was reading 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:10.559 about it, he said that, or you've mentioned that, TV 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:14.600 said I gotta talk more. Yes, was that natural for you? 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:17.160 Because I've talked to you a few times since you signed, 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:21.400 and you're a pleasant dude. People get along with you 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:23.800 in the building. You can see that your team's uh 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:27.240 teammates gravitate towards you. But was that not natural for 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.720 you at first? So when I first got in the league, 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.520 it was kind of more. I was, I'm like shy, 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:36.240 just letting everything happen. Um. But when he got there, 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:40.000 he and walked through talk talk talk if not running 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:41.400 the back what what did you see you that say 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:45.640 anything to play? Kind of like that? So walk through 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:48.880 in in the film room taught me to talk more. 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:52.600 So it definitely stuck with me. And every day doing 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:54.400 walk through, I could just remember walk through him just 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:57.800 you know, behind me, moving me, just saying talk and 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.160 then stuff still sticks me to this day. And they're 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:02.400 big one it here. So I'm trying to get everybody 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:04.520 in the room to get on that same type of 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.480 communication level. When it takes you a long way. You 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:11.520 gotta be verbal and communicate both on the field and 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:15.400 in the classroom. But this is a new team, years old, 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.480 four season the National Football League, new team, new system. 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:22.880 Do you find yourself absorbing a little bit right now 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.640 and knowing that, hey, once we get to the summer 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:27.719 and get through a preseason game or two, I'm even 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.040 gonna be talking more. Oh definitely, we'll be talking more 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:33.640 when I understand the defense completely. Um, right now, just 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:37.400 knowing they're becoming great defense, you gotta talk. There's gotta 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:41.679 be somebody calling out every call, um reiterating the emotions. 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:43.760 You know, you just gotta keep on talking. So that 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.280 that's why I pry myself on you know, first intend 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:49.040 what personnel it is. I'm saying that every snap, just 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.400 a just to let the guys know around me, like 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:53.200 giving them a little tenants up like this is might 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:55.760 go on and it's helping me out. I say, they 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:57.800 give me the call. CJ gives a call, I say 0:13:57.840 --> 0:13:59.880 my rules in my head to tell their safety. Just 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:01.840 overre on the same page, and it takes you a 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:03.760 long way. If I don't know the call, he knows it. 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:05.960 It's gonna help us out. Everybody knows we played the 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.120 wrong thing. Everybody plays the same thing. They're on the 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:10.319 same page. It could work out with that being said. 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:13.840 Mostly is a mic linebacker. How close do you guys 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:17.120 have to be YouTube specifically? Right? Yeah, so you know 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:18.800 after if I don't know something, because I'm new to 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:20.680 this and he knows it like the back of his head, 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:22.920 I'm asking him questions all the time. Um, it could 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.280 be a little thing just like do you want me 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:26.840 to say? Do you want me to do this? Just 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.120 so because it's like, you know, he it's his defense. 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.080 He's been a part of it. So I'm trying to 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:33.200 see what he wants and he's doing a great job. 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.360 Just communicated with me back what he expects and then 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.000 I'm just giving my points into I just I used 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:42.040 to watch him a lot with the ravens Obama. I 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:43.720 used to watch so I know the type of player 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:46.560 he is. I know you smash mouth, You're gonna run 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:49.000 you down, hit you, the type of players. So you know, 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.000 I like that, and I just try to follow the league. 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.280 You do follow the league, and you mentioned that a 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:56.600 couple of times. Who do you study in terms of 0:14:56.640 --> 0:15:00.960 your position safeties out there that you like, not necessarily 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:04.640 running the same system, but the guys that you appreciate 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.320 their game for sure. So for me, when I first, 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:10.080 like I said, Jamal Adams from studying that tape, his 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.840 aggressiveness um to be able to take on blocks and 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:14.760 get to the quarterback tackles for lost all that. I 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:17.520 used to study him a lot. Buddha baker Um, just 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:22.960 his physicality, his speed, how he closes on tackles. There's 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:24.480 a lot of guys like I usually I love watching 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.680 Troy paulamalu um old tape, just the way he plays, 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:31.440 you know, all around player, tackle loo interceptions. And then 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.200 just another guy that could go back to my old team, 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:37.960 Antoine Winfield Um younger than me, but just how he plays, 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:42.200 um detailed guy. I enjoy watching him play. The other 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:46.720 thing that we haven't talked about is you're effective rushing 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:50.520 the pastor blitzing. Is that something you envisioned doing a 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:53.160 little bit here? Oh for sure. Yeah, we had a 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:57.120 lot of blitzes down of a tall bowls. Um. You know, 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.960 Brick does a great job of you know this guy 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:03.120 defenses and you're gonna get a free shot. And uh, 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.280 just to show them when we get pads on, UM, 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:07.280 really show the show the coaches what I can do. 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.920 And that's probably one of my strengths. Uh, you know, 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:14.920 coming downhill like that. I'm definitely looking forward to it. Well, 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:19.240 you're known as a big hitter. Um, I wanted to 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.240 ask you there are a couple of hits that have 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.920 stood out as far as your careers to this day. 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.880 So yeah, we played in Division with the Panthers, the Saints, 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:37.160 the Falcons. But my favorite running backs watching playing was Kamara, 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.680 you know, it was McCaffrey. So I would every time 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:41.280 we played them twlice the year. I have a target 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:42.840 like a chick with my shotter, Like I need to 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.600 get a good hit on them. So my best games 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.240 will come against the Saints and the Panthers, and I 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:51.520 would I would before the game be wanting to get 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.640 a clean shot, clean safe shot on the running back 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:56.560 and McCaffrey, camar and I had a couple of tags 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.560 with them, and the game moves so fast. What's it 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:02.880 like in that split second for half a second when 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:05.800 you know you're gonna have an opportunity for a big leg, 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.800 You know, it's it's a great feeling after um, you 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:11.680 stop them short. I had a couple of Mike Thomas 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:14.480 third a short hit him short of the snakes, get 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:16.280 up and you know it's a it's a good feeling. 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:18.960 One thing I can say about those big hits though 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:21.800 sometimes they hurt a little bit. Get up. You gotta 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.119 act like they don't. You celebrate it, get back to 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:26.280 the signline. You're like, all right, that kind of I 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:28.880 hit him, But you know I felt it too. How 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:31.040 much you guys stressed and takeaways out here, because you 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:34.639 mentioned Ashton before he picked up two in his many days. 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:38.000 We're taping here in the spring, it's mid June. With 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.199 that being said, for this defense to go to the 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:44.040 next level, get more takeaways, and then also from your 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:47.720 perspective when you have to hold back from the hit 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:49.880 and maybe say, hey, I got a chance to get 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:51.480 to the ball. Yeah, that's a big thing in my 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.760 game that I'm trying to uh tune up a little bit. 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:56.040 You know, Um that ball is in error. Defensive player 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.800 of misset need to be go get the ball. Sometimes 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:03.200 you get sold out in about to knock this guy out. You, Um, 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.480 you don't potential to the ball as much. So, uh, 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:07.960 the ball gets you points. The ball get you win. 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:10.560 So that's the biggest thing. And uh, you know, having 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:12.880 as many dropped the interceptions I have my career, I'm 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:16.360 going for the ball only I can't even count. It's 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:18.720 too many. I there's too many. Is that why you're 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.719 playing on the defensive side of the ball, you know, Colors, 0:18:21.720 --> 0:18:23.800 I was running back, so yeah, I once I got 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:25.959 any receptions, but I got I got some tosses and 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:30.040 things like that. Tom Brady, you were a team and 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:33.040 at his What did you take away from that experience? 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:37.760