1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: He say, well, let me just turn my camera. There 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: we go. Uh, how much are you looking forward to 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: this off season and just you know, getting back to 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: a regular off season. Obviously you didn't you didn't have 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: that last year. You were rehabbing all the way up 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: to training camp. Um, you know, obviously we've got to 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: take care of business this week. Uh. That that's a 8 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: that's what's the most important thing is right now? Finished 9 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 1: off a high note, only one my opportunity with with 10 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: these group of men. Uh, and it's building. So finished 11 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: off with a high note. But I do believe the 12 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: off seasons definitely is going to be helpful for me. Um, 13 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: just coming off of a c L and having to 14 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: rehab and get ready for a season. Now I can 15 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: get back to training and how how I want to 16 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: train and get my body in shape and get my 17 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,959 Speaker 1: body ready for a seventeen game season and something. So 18 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: I'm not saying I'm looking forward to it, but I 19 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: know I hopeful it is going to be for my 20 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: body and for the rest of my career. Are you surprised? 21 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: Were you, I don't want to put words, were you 22 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: surprised by how how exhausting the process was to come 23 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: back from from the a c L and and to 24 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: do it right up to butt up right against the 25 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: season like that. No, I knew it wasn't gonna be easy. Um. 26 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: I prepared myself uh for this, Um, even though I 27 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: couldn't train the way I wanted to train last offseason, 28 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: I attacked rehab. I tried attacking to come back even better. Obviously, 29 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: you know there's some things that just out of your control, um, 30 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: that that happened throughout the season that kind of pushes 31 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: you back. Um, low adversity. You can't plan for that. 32 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: But I knew it wasn't gonna be easy. But you know, 33 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: I'm just thankful that I'm still here. I'm still able 34 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: to play the games that I love. And I know 35 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: that the a c L and the tough times this year, 36 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: that the adversity is gonna help moved me and build 37 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: me to the man and the player that I'm going 38 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: to be in the future. He sat you hear me, Yeah, 39 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: you're good. Thanks. I'm curious. You've had two head coaches, 40 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: two running back coaches, like four offensive line coaches, which 41 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: obviously plays into what you do, uh too, three offensive coordinators. 42 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: Think how much does that constant change affect players. Now 43 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: I'm not just talking about John, talking about the assistant coaches, 44 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: Like how much does constant coaching staff change affect productivity 45 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: and development and all those things. Um, you can't go 46 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: into that situation looking at like that. You only can 47 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 1: control where you can control. Um. And and in this game, 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: we get paid to go out there and play football. 49 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: But like you said, there there's been you know, a 50 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: couple of changes in the last four or four or 51 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: five years or whatever, Uh, in different coaches, not not 52 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: just for myself, but for a lot of players in 53 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: this building. Um, you know, does is that a big difference? Um? 54 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: I don't know. Like for me, like I said, my mindset, 55 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: everyone's attacks it differently. My mindset is, hey, control you 56 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: control whatever it is. Just go out there and go 57 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: to work. But I would say that you get to 58 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: meet a lot of different personalities, uh, be coached by 59 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: a lot of different coaches, and you know, grab a 60 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: little bit from everyone and improve their game. But you 61 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 1: know it does it does impact a little bit, um, 62 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: to be completely honest, just as players. But you it's 63 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: all about how you attack. It's all about your approach 64 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: with it. And I think you know, my mind sets. 65 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: Just um, control your control and that's going out there 66 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: every single day and try to get better and um 67 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: take coaching and and listen to the details and trying 68 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: to improve as a player. Hey, you were in this 69 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: spot two years ago where like late in the season 70 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: you're probably even asking this exact question. Do you feel 71 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: like you guys are playing to save some of your 72 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: coach's jobs, like when a dominant performance improvement could save 73 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: some jobs like you were probably asked that in two 74 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: thousand of nine team do you feel do you carry 75 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: that or do you not worry about that? Um? You 76 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: know you can't look at it like that for to 77 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: be honest, you know only only you know the point 78 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: of view that I can speak from is as a 79 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: player point of view. And you know, all those decisions 80 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: making and stuff like that's out of our control. You know, 81 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: we don't make those decisions. So uh, we get paid 82 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: to go out there and play the sport that we love. 83 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: And that's that's the mindset that we gotta have. Go 84 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: be professionals and go out there, UM knowing that we 85 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: don't have one opportunity left at the team, UM and 86 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: try to go out there and finished wrong. Would win 87 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: just so we can for ourselves. And like I said, 88 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: you can't really worried about that too much. We'll have 89 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: having that mindset too much. You gotta control your control 90 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: and that's how you go out there and your effort 91 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: and how you play. We'll take three more Badliner and 92 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: Tom Canada and Jordan's He's take on I think I'm 93 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: gonna ask the question Zach was trying to ask, which is, 94 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: you talked after the game, but what did you make 95 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: of all the criticism that your coach, Joe Judge took 96 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: for um, the emotional things that he said after the game? 97 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: Do you think do you think it's deserved? Do you 98 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: think he flew off the handle? Are you proud that 99 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: he said it? You know what, what's your re action 100 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: as a player to To be completely honest, I'm not 101 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: really aware of the criticism that came behind it. Um. 102 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: Like you said, I talked right after him, and you know, 103 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: he got out there. Coaches a passionate coach, and he 104 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: said things that that he felt and that he believe in, 105 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: and you know that a lot of players in the 106 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: locker room believe in too. Um. What I took out 107 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: from it, the message is that this place is going 108 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: in the right direction. And you know it may not 109 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: look at look at it right now from the outside 110 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: looking in, but internally we know what we have here. 111 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: We know what we're doing in the locker room, meaning 112 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: the characters that we have, the personality that we have, 113 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: the work echo that we have. UM. And sometimes it 114 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: doesn't automatically transfer to the football field. Um. But like 115 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: I said after I talked after him, I believe it is. 116 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: You know, it's the only way that I know how 117 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: to get stuff done. You know how to improve and 118 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: how to get better. It is continue work, continue to 119 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: trust the process. And you know, obviously we we know 120 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: it's frustrating as players, obviously fans. We know fans get 121 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: upset when when we go out there and we lose 122 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: or lose by a large amount of numbers. But you know, 123 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: players too, it's frustrating. But you gotta keep your head down. 124 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: You gotta keep working and have belief and have faith. 125 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,919 Speaker 1: And that's the message that I took from it. So 126 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: I really don't know the criticism that came behind it. 127 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 1: I tried my best to stay out of the media, 128 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: stay out of you know, he says she said things, Um, 129 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: I've said actual social media or some stuff come to 130 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 1: my come to my attention, but um this week that 131 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: haven't came to my touching. But the message that I 132 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: got from is, uh the belief that he has in 133 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: his locker room, the belief that he has internally, and 134 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: you know, I think we all the players would come 135 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: out and agree with that. Thanks. Yeah, man, Hey sake one. 136 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: Looking back throughout the entire year on you know, overcoming 137 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: this injury, do you feel like the giants like made 138 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: it harder for you to get on the field and 139 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: the sense that the medical restrictions were such that they 140 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: weren't going to fortiate to get out there before you 141 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: are ready. Uh No, I don't. I don't look at 142 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: it like that at all. To be honest, I can't 143 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: speak for other places, only been here, and one thing 144 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 1: that I can, you know, wholeheartedly say that we have 145 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: amazing training staff, amazing medical staff. We haven't amazing everything 146 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: in this building. But you know, when you first come here, 147 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: you're not hurt. You don't really get to spend that 148 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: much time with everyone in the training room. You only 149 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: going there too for pretty have to make sure you 150 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: don't get hurt. But you know, I just spent a 151 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: lot of quality time with a lot of those guys 152 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: um and in that training room and um, they're unbelievable 153 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: people and helped me as much as I can to 154 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: get myself back on the football field. There's a lot 155 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: of challenges that came throughout the way of the camp, 156 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: well with the passing of my great aunt. Um, with 157 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: joint practices. You know, you don't how comfortable do you 158 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: feel going out there against another team. So it was 159 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: some delays in there. But with the medical staff, they 160 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: did nothing but but helped me and prepared me and 161 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: get me ready for the season. And even when adversity 162 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: hit with the ankle. Uh to to prepare my body 163 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: to get me out there, you know, as quick as 164 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: I can and as healthy as I can to go 165 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: out there and be able to produce. Hey, sick one. 166 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: I wonder how you would describe, you know, this season 167 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: for yourself and also in your mind. Is it just 168 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: a matter of you being healthy for you to get 169 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: back to the player that you were that you want 170 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: to be. Uh No, I don't. I don't think so. UM. 171 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: My mind is just going out there producing, Um, continue 172 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: to play the sport that I love. Uh. I mean 173 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: when you have an ankle injury, like I said before previously, 174 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: it's something that just going to nag. And uh. You know, 175 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: I had probably one of my better games in recent 176 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: time last week and it wasn't like the ankle just 177 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: went away. Um. You know, it's just something that I 178 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: was able to get flow in the game. Um Olan 179 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: did a maiding job open the polls. Uh and you 180 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: know I was able to to get get back and 181 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: rhythm and um, I really you know, it's just been 182 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: so much. I hate talking about this too. You can 183 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: play honest because anytime you know, I kind of talk 184 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: and offended myself, it sounds like I'm just making up excuses. 185 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 1: And I never want to be viewed as that that 186 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: person or that type of player. And I don't you know, 187 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: that's not my motto, is making excuses. But there's just 188 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: been a lot of uphill battles, a lot of adversities 189 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: that that came throughout the season. Um, and you know, 190 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: you just gotta take your punches and roll with it. 191 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: And for for me, getting back to that player is 192 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: you're never gonna be a hundred percent healthy. You don't 193 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: even come in the first game a hundred percent healthy 194 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: to be honest, because you got to grind the word 195 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: tearor camp um and every week everybody's battling something new, 196 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: and it's going to be more battles I'm gonna have 197 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: to face. Hopefully it's nothing seasonally ending, ending or anything 198 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: that you don't have to sit me out for for 199 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,719 Speaker 1: multiple weeks. But UM, for me, it's just getting out there, 200 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: getting rhythm, um, going back to just being confident, you know, 201 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: just getting back there and believe that every time I'm 202 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: back there that I'm him and that's why I get 203 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: back to and that's where I felt like I got 204 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: back to last week, and I'm gonna continue to go 205 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: to UH throughout the rest of my career.