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Speaker 1: That's flag. If you got twenty minute huddle, twenty minute

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Speaker 1: the huddle, that's game. That's the last name. You know,

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Speaker 1: This is gonna be good. I can already tell CJ.

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Speaker 1: Gardner Johnson new defensive bat for the Detroit Lions, and

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Speaker 1: start with the CJ. Your relationship with with Aaron Glenn

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Speaker 1: and Dan Campbell. Just how much did that play a

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Speaker 1: was it about Detroit? What was it about this situation

429
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Speaker 1: that you loved here last year that made you kind

430
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Speaker 1: of you don't want to re up with this um?

431
00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,000
Speaker 1: You know, I think getting to know this organization throughout

432
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Speaker 1: the year, you know when I did come in, and

433
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,639
Speaker 1: then just the report that I was able to build

434
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,600
Speaker 1: and the you know, just the locker room feel, and

435
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,880
Speaker 1: you know, there's there was something special about last year.

436
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,560
Speaker 1: I mean it was it was a lot of fun.

437
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 1: You know, we went on that great run and made

438
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,840
Speaker 1: that playoff push and you know we kind of just

439
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,520
Speaker 1: fought hard till the end. But it was just one

440
00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,439
Speaker 1: of it's just you know, one of this one of

441
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,800
Speaker 1: these places that why wouldn't you want to be. I

442
00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,600
Speaker 1: mean this city something like that. You want to want

443
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 1: to make it happen. I don't know if Lions fans

444
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,840
Speaker 1: know this, but you're a heck of an athlete, you

445
00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 1: know for kickers obviously had this reputation, but I mean

446
00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,240
Speaker 1: you want to stay title in hockey, which I love.

447
00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,359
Speaker 1: When did you start playing hockey early in life? That

448
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,919
Speaker 1: was earlier was probably on skates at like two or

449
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,919
Speaker 1: three sow Yeah, and then obviously the natural one with that.

450
00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,199
Speaker 1: A lot of hockey players play lacrosse, so you did that,

451
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,280
Speaker 1: and then you play football. You were not only a kicker,

452
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,800
Speaker 1: but you play defensive back, you played some running back,

453
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,200
Speaker 1: you filled in at quarterback. I know, want a state

454
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Speaker 1: title there. I mean you had your you had your

455
00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,800
Speaker 1: hand and a lot of different things growing up as

456
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,040
Speaker 1: a as a youth bath lady, right, yeah, I mean

457
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: that was kind of the whole my whole life grown

458
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,600
Speaker 1: up was your sports. It was always constant. It was

459
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,119
Speaker 1: always next season, onto the next sport. So it was

460
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,359
Speaker 1: you know, all the way up and through the end

461
00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,040
Speaker 1: of high school. And then obviously you know went to

462
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:18,000
Speaker 1: college kicker. Great success there and I know there were

463
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,119
Speaker 1: some issues here with the kicking early on, and you

464
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,720
Speaker 1: kind of really stabilize that. And I know one thing

465
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,000
Speaker 1: Phip has always talked about is just your confidence and

466
00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,400
Speaker 1: that you exude that. He called it a calming effect

467
00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,919
Speaker 1: to that room. Where did that come from, Michael? Is

468
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 1: it just You've You've always kind of had that personality.

469
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 1: You've always been that guy just really confident in yourself

470
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,800
Speaker 1: or your abilities, and if Fit that was one thing

471
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,439
Speaker 1: Fit really loved about you. Yeah. No, I think I

472
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,119
Speaker 1: think that's got to come with the position. Um, you know,

473
00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 1: I've always been confident in my ability, confident when I

474
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,280
Speaker 1: know I'm capable of doing um, you know. And I

475
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 1: guess that comes from, you know, maybe playing all those

476
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:55,320
Speaker 1: different sports and now that all of a sudden you

477
00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 1: just get to funnel it into one sport and one position.

478
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,640
Speaker 1: But for the most part, it's just knowing that you're

479
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,240
Speaker 1: capable of doing what you know you can do. And

480
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 1: I've always kind of had that confidence, and it's you know,

481
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,360
Speaker 1: if I can pour that out into locker room and

482
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 1: some of these other guys, why not who showed that?

483
00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,800
Speaker 1: Last year twenty four of twenty eight kicking field goals

484
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,000
Speaker 1: a perfect thirty three for thirty three with extra points.

485
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,160
Speaker 1: I know Lions fans are excited to have you back

486
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,240
Speaker 1: because of that consistency. Money Badger? Is there a better

487
00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,440
Speaker 1: nickname than that? Win? Did that started out? How'd you

488
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,680
Speaker 1: get the money Badger? Dave? Yeah? That kind of came

489
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,840
Speaker 1: my rookie year. It was one of those situations where

490
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,440
Speaker 1: you know, no one ever makes up their own nickname, right,

491
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,120
Speaker 1: so it was kind of the fans started making that name,

492
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: and I guess it just kind of stuck and the

493
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 1: next thing, you know, they were saying it on TV.

494
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,960
Speaker 1: You talked about Detroit, the situation here, just how excited

495
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 1: are you watching all the other additions that Brad has made?

496
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 1: And obviously, you guys have five picks in the top

497
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 1: eighty one, so you're gonna get some draft capitals, some

498
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,080
Speaker 1: guys that can come in and be really good in

499
00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,400
Speaker 1: that regard to just how excited are you for for

500
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 1: what's building here and some of the guys that you've gotten,

501
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,440
Speaker 1: and how you've improved this football team this offseason? Yeah,

502
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 1: it was. It was one of those situations where you

503
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,639
Speaker 1: could just see this team had it within them, you know,

504
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,000
Speaker 1: towards the end of last year, you know, the way

505
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: we would fight, and just that locker room, we knew

506
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,440
Speaker 1: what we were capable of. And then anytime you're able

507
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,400
Speaker 1: to add on to a situation and add new pieces,

508
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 1: and you know, this organization and this staff, they know

509
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,360
Speaker 1: exactly what kind of player they want, and I think

510
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,280
Speaker 1: that there's gonna you know, mold perfectly into this locker

511
00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,040
Speaker 1: room and it's just gonna be that much better. It's

512
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 1: got to be a culture fit with these guys, too, right,

513
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,600
Speaker 1: I mean, it's not just you're a really good football player,

514
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 1: but they want guys that fit a certain type, fit

515
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 1: that locker room. You talked it off the beginning, how

516
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,680
Speaker 1: you love that locker room, how it gelled. It's not

517
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 1: just you've got to be a really good player, You've

518
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,520
Speaker 1: got to be the right player, right, Yeah, you gotta

519
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,680
Speaker 1: be a dude on this team. You know, there's guys

520
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,919
Speaker 1: and there's dudes, and I think, you know, coach Campbell

521
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,840
Speaker 1: does a great job of, you know, making sure that

522
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: we got dudes in that locker room. But yeah, I

523
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,399
Speaker 1: think it's it's an exciting time, you know, seeing all

524
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,119
Speaker 1: these moves that you know, Brad Holmes has made and

525
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,680
Speaker 1: what we know we're capable of doing this season. We're

526
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 1: excited about it. What's your process is the obviously, do

527
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,800
Speaker 1: you stick to what you've always done? You know, you're

528
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,119
Speaker 1: mister consistent at least you've shown that to be through

529
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: your college in professional career. Well, what's your process like

530
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: in the offseason and maybe what's one thing that that

531
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 1: you maybe tried to work on this offseason or try

532
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 1: to implement to better your game a little bit? You know,

533
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,359
Speaker 1: I think, you know, I definitely try to keep it consistent. Um,

534
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,160
Speaker 1: you know, you take a couple of trips here and there,

535
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,760
Speaker 1: but definitely keeping the work work ethic alive. And what's

536
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,919
Speaker 1: been cool is I've been able to work, you know

537
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 1: with our guys you know, out and out on the

538
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:43,000
Speaker 1: field and get a field work this offseason. So that's

539
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,440
Speaker 1: been kind of a new addition Jack Scott and Jack Okay.

540
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,120
Speaker 1: So I've been able to go out there and work

541
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,960
Speaker 1: with them, um, and that's been fun. But other than that,

542
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 1: it's you know, I guess, you know, you definitely still

543
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,919
Speaker 1: want to get away from the game because it is,

544
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:56,880
Speaker 1: you know, it's a long grind. Yeah, so you want

545
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,240
Speaker 1: to be able to make sure that you can balance

546
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:02,199
Speaker 1: stuff out. And I've just made sure I kept it

547
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 1: light enough. But at the same time, I've been working,

548
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: You've been working. Yeah, Brad Holmes has been working to

549
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,479
Speaker 1: your part of that. I know Lions fans are really

550
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 1: excited to have you back with the consistency. You really

551
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,120
Speaker 1: settled down that kicker spot. Congratulations on the new deal

552
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:16,640
Speaker 1: and we'll see when you call you guys get back

553
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: here in springtime. Appreciate it. Thank you.