Speaker 1: Man, I felt like a young guy again. No, I
Speaker 1: felt like a twit year event these practices. Is a tough, man,
Speaker 1: But obviously it's fun. It's fun being out here with
Speaker 1: the guys.
Speaker 2: Man. They keep me young man. And obviously it's no
Speaker 2: place I'd rather be.
Speaker 1: So, you know, grind, that's what training camp is about. Man,
Speaker 1: good start for us man offensively and defensively. So we're
Speaker 1: just getting things flying and going from there.
Speaker 3: At the last season, did you you have to kind
Speaker 3: of sit down with yourself and figure out if you
Speaker 3: wanted to keep playing? Oh?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that that's always when you get to
Speaker 1: this age. Man, kids getting older, you missing a lot
Speaker 1: of things. You know, the life outside of football become
Speaker 1: a little more important. Have three kids now, so you know,
Speaker 1: my kids getting older. Man, My my kids is more
Speaker 1: active in sports and stuff like that. It gets tough
Speaker 1: missing it, man, But I love the game of football
Speaker 1: so much it kind of you know, I sat down, Man,
Speaker 1: it was a no brainer. I still felt like I
Speaker 1: had something left in the tank. Man, And obviously, uh,
Speaker 1: it was a no brainer. That'll be back here in
Speaker 1: San Francisco for sure.
Speaker 2: What are the things that keep you coming back? What
Speaker 2: really did you still want to accomplish a Super Bowl? Man?
Speaker 2: You know, at this point, I think that being so
Speaker 2: close last year.
Speaker 1: Obviously we know how that game ended, and we've heard
Speaker 1: about it all off season, obviously, but just being able
Speaker 1: to win a Super Bowl, and it's not often that
Speaker 1: you be able to play on teams like this. I mean,
Speaker 1: you look at offensively, the guys that we have, defensively,
Speaker 1: the guys that we have, Uh, you'd be foolish not
Speaker 1: to want to be a part of it, man. And
Speaker 1: they wanted me back, and it just was a no
Speaker 1: brainer for me.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 1: And obviously it'll be no better story ending than than
Speaker 1: then than winning the Super Bowl this year.
Speaker 2: I think that's everybody's expectation this year.
Speaker 3: Even before you got here last year, they come close
Speaker 3: a couple of times. Did you feel right away when
Speaker 3: you got here that this is a team that is
Speaker 3: really urgent.
Speaker 2: To push through this right?
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 1: You know, just coming here when I came, Man, I
Speaker 1: was at I was at home. I was a little
Speaker 1: league coach a little bit, Man, I was training my son.
Speaker 1: So from the time I walked in a building, it
Speaker 1: just was a no brainer that you could feel that
Speaker 1: energy here and from the day. From day one, you
Speaker 1: just step on a practice field, you see, Man, this
Speaker 1: is a championship football team.
Speaker 2: You know. Obviously can't say I played.
Speaker 1: On a lot of championship football teams in my career, Man,
Speaker 1: but I've had some success, you know. Obviously in Jacksonville,
Speaker 1: he was a championship football team, Man, And you know
Speaker 1: what it feels like being around long as long as
Speaker 1: I have, and from day one it was a championship
Speaker 1: football team. Once we caught our groove, we was rolling
Speaker 1: and we played championship football, Man, twelve straight. Obviously we
Speaker 1: couldn't close the deal. But that's why we hear now, Man,
Speaker 1: new season, new opportunities.
Speaker 3: Okay, Like defense is always a little bit ahead of
Speaker 3: the of the offense and the early part of training
Speaker 3: camp any but She's like, maybe this year's been a
Speaker 3: little bit more pronounced. You feel pretty good about the
Speaker 3: way you guys are covering past plays and getting your
Speaker 3: hands on footballs.
Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, I think that.
Speaker 1: You know, it's huge the confidence that you see in
Speaker 1: these guys play with Obviously, Man, some of these young guys,
Speaker 1: Man Demo, I don't think get talked about enough.
Speaker 2: From his stretch at the end of last season.
Speaker 1: Man, the confidence that he's playing with now, maybe it's
Speaker 1: the number that he wearing number two.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 1: Man, he playing different obviously. Man, I've always respected his game,
Speaker 1: but man, he's taking his game to another level. Guys
Speaker 1: like Woman, we got guys out there. Obviously, we know
Speaker 1: what Mooney Ward is capable of doing, but young guys
Speaker 1: are stepping up and uh, you know in the secondary
Speaker 1: and we being able to be contested contested these plays.
Speaker 1: You know, these some good receivers. We're going against b A.
Speaker 1: I mean BA is adult.
Speaker 2: Man. Deebo obviously we know.
Speaker 1: So for us to be able to be competitive with
Speaker 1: those guys, someting gonna help those.
Speaker 2: Guys get better. And they're competitive out there.
Speaker 1: Man, I mean you're going against those guys day and
Speaker 1: day out when the game come, and you're not gonna
Speaker 1: see too many duos like Being and Deebo weekend and
Speaker 1: week out. But uh, man, you can't can't stress enough
Speaker 1: how good those guys been in the confidence. You gotta
Speaker 1: be confident playing dB International Football League, and those guys
Speaker 1: are confident.
Speaker 2: Do you it's a younger room this year than last year.
Speaker 3: Do you feel the need to be a vocal, more
Speaker 3: of a vocal leader than you were when you first
Speaker 3: got here.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, I think that you know, find your role.
Speaker 1: Last year I came here, man, that we had guys
Speaker 1: like j v Man, Jimmy Ward, you know those guys, man,
Speaker 1: I just played.
Speaker 2: I just played my role obviously.
Speaker 1: Man, let those guys do what they You know, you
Speaker 1: have guys like Jimmy who've been here for a long time.
Speaker 1: Was wherever the captain. I didn't need to be that
Speaker 1: vocal leader because man, it was covered.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: I just did my part, did my one eleventh obviously.
Speaker 1: So obviously I don't try to do too much. That's
Speaker 1: just never been my game. But being a vocal leader
Speaker 1: for these young guys to shoes for these guys, man,
Speaker 1: because when I was coming in, I think that leading
Speaker 1: by example is one thing. But obviously, man, you got
Speaker 1: to be able to tell these guys and coach these
Speaker 1: guys up.
Speaker 2: And that's my job. That's my job to coach.
Speaker 1: These guys up, man, especially young guys like tig I mean, Jaire,
Speaker 1: he gotta earn the name tig Man. So like Jire
Speaker 1: and those guys like that, coach them up man and
Speaker 1: things like that.
Speaker 2: So you know hearing my hearing me be more vocal.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 2: It's beneficial for those guys, man, Obviously.
Speaker 1: I know those guys look up to guys like myself
Speaker 1: and things like that, man, And it's just a blessing
Speaker 1: to be able to coach those guys up. And they
Speaker 1: give me their ear to listen, man, And obviously they
Speaker 1: want to get better, and I'm here to help them
Speaker 1: get better.
Speaker 3: He can just to be vocal and more animated on
Speaker 3: the field, but not so much off the field. But
Speaker 3: he needs to kind of step that up a little bit.
Speaker 2: Do you see that in him? Man? Obviously, I think
Speaker 2: that Huff is just Huff is who he is. Man.
Speaker 2: His energy is just so different. And Huff is young.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 1: You gotta think some of our rookies are still older
Speaker 1: than Huff. So it's Huff having grasp man. You know,
Speaker 1: he's still a young kid, obviously. But you hear him
Speaker 1: on the field, obviously. I think that nobody knows the
Speaker 1: defense better than Helf except for Fred maybe.
Speaker 2: So obviously on the field, it just comes natural. He's
Speaker 2: that guy back there. Man. You hear him sometimes more
Speaker 2: than Fred.
Speaker 1: Each and every play, Huff kind of gets everybody lined
Speaker 1: up man, smart guy from day once this last year,
Speaker 1: he's being kind of like that vocal guy on the field.
Speaker 2: His personality is a real laid back guy outside of
Speaker 2: the building. That's just who he is. Some people come around, man,
Speaker 2: but eventually he will. Man. But right now he's a leader. Man. Obviously,
Speaker 2: his play speak for himself. So he's a leader in himself.
Speaker 1: Man, we understand that Heuff is gonna practice hard, healf
Speaker 1: is gonna play hard.
Speaker 2: He's one of the best safets in the league. Man.
Speaker 1: In my opinion, it's not mean safet that could do
Speaker 1: what he can do. That's not no safety in my opinion,
Speaker 1: who could do what he can do. Man, Huff is
Speaker 1: just he's that guy. So obviously he continued to lead
Speaker 1: by example and on the field he is that vocal
Speaker 1: god and that's what matters right now, you know, and
Speaker 1: obviously everything else is gonna come with it, uh for sure.
Speaker 3: So keep Wilks told us yesterday that he showed you
Speaker 3: that that played from the Miami game last year.
Speaker 2: This it's the seventy five yard touchdown.
Speaker 3: W What was the context of that, I mean, what
Speaker 3: was he was that.
Speaker 2: Before training camp? And was he trying to kind of.
Speaker 3: Show you guys that you know you're you're not invincible.
Speaker 3: That there there were some plays last.
Speaker 1: Year, you know, just communication and things like that. How
Speaker 1: you gotta communicate on plays like that. Lack of communication
Speaker 1: can lead to those type of plays. Hurt a couple
Speaker 1: of feelings in there, obviously every time that play come up, Man,
Speaker 1: I try to go to the bathroom.
Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying, go to the bathroom. I
Speaker 2: don't wanna see it.
Speaker 1: But you know, obviously it was just more of a
Speaker 1: communication kind of deal where it's like, hey, man, you
Speaker 1: gotta communicate. If you can communicate out here, Man, things
Speaker 1: like this can happen in the National Football League. Those
Speaker 1: guys are good football players just like we are. Man,
Speaker 1: just a lack of communication it. Lack of communication can
Speaker 1: sometimes lead to explosive plays and sposive plays can get
Speaker 1: you beat in this league.
Speaker 2: So obviously, man, he won't gods to.
Speaker 1: Be more evoking and communicating back there, man, and things
Speaker 1: like that, so you can avoid those type of mistakes.
Speaker 2: Scream yeah, yeah, if you had a teammate like that
Speaker 2: as well as.
Speaker 1: Man, I I I would say Fred's energy and things
Speaker 1: like that. I haven't had been around many guys like
Speaker 1: that in my life.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: And I've played a lot of football, man, a lot
Speaker 1: a lot of football. Man, I haven't seen many guys
Speaker 1: with that that type of energy day in and day out.
Speaker 1: Fred don't seem to have any low days, truly, I
Speaker 1: can say, Man, I play with some good football players, man. Uh,
Speaker 1: I think Fred is probably one of the best, if
Speaker 1: not the best football player I've ever played with.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 1: And that's saying a lot. Just the energy, the way
Speaker 1: he practiced away, he ap proast the game. You see
Speaker 1: it from afar, Man, I didn't really respect it. I
Speaker 1: I I knew he was a great player, man, but
Speaker 1: seeing it up close in person, Man, you gotta respect
Speaker 1: respect his greatness.
Speaker 2: So you know, that energy right there is contagious. Man.
Speaker 1: Fred gets going, Man and Fred going Man from play
Speaker 1: one Man, we rocking. You know, that's our leader, that's
Speaker 1: our vocal leader, that's our emotional leader. So you know,
Speaker 1: obviously having a guy like that on the practice field,
Speaker 1: it's very beneficial, man.
Speaker 2: And it gets to juice is going.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 1: Obviously, the old guy like me, I need that sometimes, Man,
Speaker 1: get me going a little bit.
Speaker 2: I appreciate y'all