1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: Difficult as a guy with status and like to be 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: humble and work towards this point. Uh, it's definitely, but um, 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:12,319 Speaker 1: I've always been that way. UM, and I've always been 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: a worker though if nothing never changed. I never came 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: in here with expectation andthing like that. Came here just 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: to go to work and you back into the buildness. 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: That's what you to not only be playing, but to 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: be playing on a team that's playing for something. You 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: said again, what does it mean not only to be 10 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: back playing, but to be playing for a team you 11 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: know with a winning record and contributing time decided? Can 12 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: now you get to the contribute, You get to make 13 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: some place for his team and make that run. The 14 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: run is is as big as it comes. Um. The 15 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: opportunities of blessing and know I'm thankful for how much 16 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: do you feel you showed them? Particularly the other day, like, hey, 17 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: my deserving roster spot. You know, here's what I can 18 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: put on tape, is what I could do on the 19 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: field in the game. Um, I was just it wasn't 20 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: any worried about that. I just wanted to get the 21 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: w um and take on the win. And how about 22 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: a team you get closer to what we're trying to 23 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: go accomplish goals and um, and being a being a 24 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: factor and doing stuff like that helps a lot when 25 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: you start a game. Did you ever envish yourself though 26 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 1: more as a box guy? Uh? Yeah, when that when 27 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: I when that when they brought me in. That's what 28 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: they asked me to do. So yeah, but I mean 29 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: when you first got drafted, I mean you were safety. 30 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: I was always true, but still was in the box 31 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: about um, I'll play well down there. So because definitely 32 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: that's you feeling more. How much more comfortable do you 33 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: feel line backer at this point? I'm comfortable. I'm comfortable 34 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: and boy, knowing the defense, how they how they want us, 35 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: how they want us to play, how they use us 36 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: within that scheme, and high factor in the different in 37 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: different schemes, So it's comfortable. How tough is a player 38 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: like that to oh they haveing? My boy, he's definitely 39 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: tough as be si fire, you know. Um, he's a 40 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: he's a he's a mens in the middle. He's ah, 41 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: it's a man to be reckoned with and somebody's got 42 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: to keep eyes on it. He's a great player. How 43 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: much does having a guy like you on the field fame. 44 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: That was a bit in slea. You know what that 45 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: guy like cookas or you have this institutional knowledge of 46 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: these players, like is that a huge benefit knowledge? Yes 47 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: and no, because if reguless in the fact that, like 48 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: everybody's gonna play people differently, I definitely give some keying on, 49 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: like how how this person is and how you want 50 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: the ball. But for a person to ask you see 51 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: in person is different to everybody talking to the way 52 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: I will play it is not the same way somebody 53 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: else would live. Is there any different in the sense 54 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: that if you were playing let's say Jalen Hurts, I mean, 55 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: and you're in the middle, you, I would assume, would 56 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: have two people to watch, whereas if you're playing cousins, 57 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: I mean, it's only the running. Yeah, Like that's a 58 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: good question. Um, most likely you know, Becausin's not a 59 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: running quarterback though, I mean he will take off and 60 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: it needs to but it's not a run quite because 61 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: looking the past, the ball take his checkdowns that that's 62 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: open down the field. Now, when you have to worry 63 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: about this one person is make sal job much? Who 64 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: were he here the last time? That joints me the 65 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: play what's that. It's crazy because after so many years 66 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: and it's been the last time was the last time 67 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: I was here? Oh man, Uh, just a blessing to 68 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: disguise and get that out between the again. We didn't 69 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: get the finish we did last time, so I see 70 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: were on that road to getting that at the opportunity again. 71 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: So what do you like best about the defense you're 72 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: a part of the now? Uh, everybody's together, the crowding, um, 73 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 1: the leadership, the humbleness, all things that left at the 74 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: door when he wanted to go with him, everything is 75 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: but to the side. Everybody comes to work. Uh. And 76 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: the transparency that we have with one another in the 77 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: coaches and stuff like that, and just being honestly one another, 78 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: keeping try to accountable, um and making this thing, making 79 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: this thing work. It's just a fun ride right now. 80 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: I think for who for this? For me? Yeah, yea, 81 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: how much just seasons. It seems forever ago because I've 82 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: been getting up the edge and I'm looking back at it, like, dang, 83 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: that was it felt like forever but it really wasn't. 84 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: But it is ms. Yeah about the goal right career, 85 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: What do you think it says about this about this 86 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: group that you have old basically all the guys that 87 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: you have telling your your position, Jalen and and Tony 88 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: and in the box, none of you were really on 89 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: this team. Let's started the season. Uh huh right, so 90 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: what is so what does that? What does that say 91 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: about about you guys that you were able to come 92 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: in and jel and get on the phone. We've been 93 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: on each other around round the league. We knew how 94 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: I know, I didn't play Tony, Tony actually played um, 95 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 1: watching each other from from far um and opponents at 96 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: the same time, so we kind of knew how each 97 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: other played. And when we got on the field, we 98 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: just jelled because that that that mentality, that knowledge of 99 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: the game and how we how things and we know 100 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: things could be happening now and those scars that we 101 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: had back in our younger days. It sticks with us. 102 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: So we're always gonna be in tune with that. Uh 103 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: and it helps it helps us defensively to make plays 104 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: and get up the field. Now that you're on that roster, 105 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: how much you expect your should keep growing here? I 106 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: don't see. I don't know. I don't know that that's 107 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: big obviously. See, I don't know about that one. When 108 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: did they actually tell you, Uh, shoot, I could get 109 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: you trouble. Now, they've been talking about it for a minute, 110 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: but they wanted to just make keep it under wraps 111 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: until this thing, keeping his keeping his head, keep good. Joe, 112 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: do you want to complain about playing time? No? No, no, no, 113 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: no no no. I'm cool with it. When you make 114 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: plays like the third and second down run stops, it's 115 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: a part of you just say. But you know, keep 116 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: me on the field. This is what I do. You know. Oh, 117 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: it's just when I'm on the feel, I try to 118 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: make as much munipulate as I can to. Uh, Like 119 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: I said, how the team win? Um, yes, keeping me 120 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: on the field, it's beneficial. But um getting the getting 121 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: the younger guys, getting everybody staying and standing in tune, 122 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: standing locked in and getting us all making plays and 123 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: everybody's happy and having fun. That's the best player about it.