1
00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:08,160
Speaker 1: Thank you. Yeah, uh no, they just said happy birthday

2
00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,719
Speaker 1: and was about it. Nope, sadly.

3
00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,840
Speaker 2: But I mean obviously you're behind up offensive line right now,

4
00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,279
Speaker 2: So how do you kind of brace for that or

5
00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,040
Speaker 2: help support them to get through the growing paint?

6
00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you know, for me, it's just it's

7
00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,120
Speaker 1: just about doing my job, you know, not doing anything

8
00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,320
Speaker 1: uncharacteristic and and trying to do too much. It's go

9
00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,400
Speaker 1: through my reads, get the ball out and help them out,

10
00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,040
Speaker 1: you know, and help get them into a rhythm. Obviously

11
00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,760
Speaker 1: in the run game and stuff, allow them to get

12
00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,440
Speaker 1: into a rhythm, but when it comes to the past game,

13
00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,559
Speaker 1: there's a you know, definitely I could do my part

14
00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,320
Speaker 1: and getting the ball out and being on time and

15
00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,560
Speaker 1: and you know, help them establish you know, their feet

16
00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,520
Speaker 1: within the game and and you know, just continue to

17
00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:02,480
Speaker 1: build them up. So yeah, it feels like.

18
00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,640
Speaker 2: The Lions feel like they let you guys have one

19
00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,960
Speaker 2: last year. Obviously gets a championship game and want to

20
00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:08,559
Speaker 2: come in here and probably beat you by thirty points,

21
00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,400
Speaker 2: and they're going to try to do how do you, guys,

22
00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,559
Speaker 2: in the situation you're in, kind of try to match

23
00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,959
Speaker 2: the intensity of a team that may have all those

24
00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,200
Speaker 2: things going forward the many game.

25
00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean obviously last year NFC Championship game, Like,

26
00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,520
Speaker 1: there's a lot of emotions that go into that, especially

27
00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:24,880
Speaker 1: you know when we were able to go to the

28
00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,280
Speaker 1: Super Bowl from it, and you know, their season was ended,

29
00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,160
Speaker 1: So we obviously know how that feels, you know for

30
00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,080
Speaker 1: us the year before with Philadelphia and that kind of thing.

31
00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,679
Speaker 1: So it's definitely a thing and we have to be

32
00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,600
Speaker 1: ready for it. And more than anything, it's you know,

33
00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,479
Speaker 1: how can we come in and ready to to battle

34
00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,679
Speaker 1: these guys for four quarters and do what we can

35
00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,160
Speaker 1: to obviously win and walk out and you know, create

36
00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,320
Speaker 1: some momentum for us our organization moving forward and stuff.

37
00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,440
Speaker 1: So and play for each other, man like, we we

38
00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,240
Speaker 1: got nothing but real strong love in this locker room,

39
00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,200
Speaker 1: and so to go out there and play for each

40
00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,240
Speaker 1: other and and do it takes to win at Levi's

41
00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,320
Speaker 1: at home, man like, that's that's everything for us. So

42
00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,080
Speaker 1: that's our mindset going into it. We know that they're

43
00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,280
Speaker 1: going to come in with with a you know, a

44
00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,320
Speaker 1: heavy heart from last year and ready to go for

45
00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,560
Speaker 1: this game. And but that's what makes us league exciting.

46
00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,040
Speaker 1: So Monday Night Football man, and it will be fun.

47
00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,240
Speaker 1: George also just said that you talked about how you

48
00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,280
Speaker 1: grew up wanting to play Monday night football.

49
00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,280
Speaker 2: Can you just take us through what that experience is

50
00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,400
Speaker 2: like and what your first one was like, and how

51
00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:26,959
Speaker 2: you get geared up for that this week?

52
00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you know, growing up, you just hear

53
00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,680
Speaker 1: the chime and stuff. It's the school week has started,

54
00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,480
Speaker 1: and and uh, you know you sit down and watch

55
00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,239
Speaker 1: the primetime game Monday night. And so I was just

56
00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,799
Speaker 1: telling all the guys like, man, like I mean, our season,

57
00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,200
Speaker 1: it's it's been tough and just the way how it's gone.

58
00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,440
Speaker 1: But man, we got two games left. We got a

59
00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,160
Speaker 1: Monday night game in front of everybody to go out

60
00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,760
Speaker 1: and live a childhood dream. And and we're all in

61
00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,400
Speaker 1: our twenties and thirties, man, playing football like for our job.

62
00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,120
Speaker 1: So let's go out there, man. And and you know,

63
00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,400
Speaker 1: we've got such a great opportunity in front of us

64
00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,520
Speaker 1: to go and enjoy this game and compete, and uh,

65
00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:02,800
Speaker 1: this is what we do for our job, man, So

66
00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,120
Speaker 1: let's enjoy it together. And so for me, the little

67
00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,079
Speaker 1: kid and me is always pumped for these kind of

68
00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,640
Speaker 1: games and stuff. So I'll never take it for granted.

69
00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,560
Speaker 1: And more than anything, that's when Levi's get rolling and rocking,

70
00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,480
Speaker 1: and and uh, I want to do my part in

71
00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,040
Speaker 1: and helping it get to that point. And and so

72
00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,000
Speaker 1: that's how I'm looking at this game. And and I

73
00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,120
Speaker 1: know all my teammates are too, so we're excited for it.

74
00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,560
Speaker 2: But if you're throwing arm one hundred percent healthy or.

75
00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,079
Speaker 1: Is it healthy enough, it's one hundred percent healthy? Yep, yep.

76
00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,560
Speaker 2: Your take on the the offensive line, I mean, three

77
00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,720
Speaker 2: new guys on the fifty three. Man, we weren't even

78
00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,640
Speaker 2: here a week ago. What did you do to kind

79
00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,200
Speaker 2: of welcome those guys? And assuming you didn't get them

80
00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,040
Speaker 2: the truck, but what's it been like to get up

81
00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,880
Speaker 2: to speed with those guys and and kind of welcome.

82
00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,560
Speaker 1: Them into the into the Yeah, I mean it's just always,

83
00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,880
Speaker 1: you know, welcome in with open arms, and you know,

84
00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:56,400
Speaker 1: this is who we are, this is what we do,

85
00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,520
Speaker 1: and and uh, more than anything, man, we play together.

86
00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,440
Speaker 1: And so they all know that they've come in and

87
00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,480
Speaker 1: they felt it and and uh, no one here has

88
00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,760
Speaker 1: you know, had their head down and sorry for themselves

89
00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,720
Speaker 1: about anything. It's like, man, we got another game on

90
00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,720
Speaker 1: the schedule and we're coming in ready to go. And

91
00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,920
Speaker 1: so I think those those guys have felt that and

92
00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,280
Speaker 1: they know what they have to do for us and

93
00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,560
Speaker 1: in order to you know, be successful, and they're in

94
00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,200
Speaker 1: doing their jobs so and more than anything, man, just

95
00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,479
Speaker 1: communicating with them, telling them about cadence and timing of

96
00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,800
Speaker 1: plays and and uh just helping them out in that

97
00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,719
Speaker 1: regard and talking to them at lunch and stuff and

98
00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,120
Speaker 1: getting to know them. You know, it's it's new, it's different.

99
00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,279
Speaker 1: It's tough situation, but you know, this is the NFL,

100
00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,760
Speaker 1: so we got to adapt and be ready to go.

101
00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:43,200
Speaker 2: So different guys on the defensive front seven as opposed

102
00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,680
Speaker 2: to the ant championship game. So I mean, was their

103
00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,520
Speaker 2: film study on that game even and then does it

104
00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,960
Speaker 2: give you something actually feel good? Vives kind of knowing

105
00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,800
Speaker 2: that was one of the best wins you've had.

106
00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I've gone back in watch that just

107
00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,520
Speaker 1: to you know, sort of see how you know, they

108
00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,359
Speaker 1: played against us and what they did against our scheme.

109
00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,440
Speaker 1: So we we've seen some stuff from last year. But

110
00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,040
Speaker 1: at the same time, you know, the personnel is a

111
00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,760
Speaker 1: little different, especially upfront and everything. But you know, more

112
00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,600
Speaker 1: than anything. We're gonna go into it based off of

113
00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,320
Speaker 1: the stuff that they've done this year with the guys

114
00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,599
Speaker 1: that they have currently playing, and and go from there.

115
00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,120
Speaker 1: But you know, we definitely respect them. They all play

116
00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,800
Speaker 1: together really well, man, They've been in the system for

117
00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,880
Speaker 1: a while and and more than anything that, I just

118
00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,800
Speaker 1: feel like they play together as a team. They're aggressive

119
00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,800
Speaker 1: and what they do both on offense and defense, and

120
00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,600
Speaker 1: and you just feel like, you know, they they do

121
00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,400
Speaker 1: what it takes to win games. They've done it time

122
00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,480
Speaker 1: and time again every week. So for us on offense, man,

123
00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,280
Speaker 1: it's it's gonna be a good challenge. Obviously, we've got

124
00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,920
Speaker 1: some new guys on our side of the ball, so overall,

125
00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,960
Speaker 1: it's just it's gonna be a good matchup.

126
00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:55,440
Speaker 2: So and seek out the new offensive lineman at launch

127
00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,160
Speaker 2: to you know, get to know them.

128
00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,279
Speaker 1: As I said, yeah, I mean at all the meals

129
00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,280
Speaker 1: and stuff, just you know, getting to know them and

130
00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,680
Speaker 1: sitting down and talking. I mean, we all quarterbacks, tight

131
00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,520
Speaker 1: ends lineman, we all sit together when we eat and stuff.

132
00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:12,039
Speaker 1: Our schedules all pretty similar. So that in passing getting

133
00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,960
Speaker 1: to know him in the locker room, like all the

134
00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,440
Speaker 1: moments that we we get off just you know, obviously

135
00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:21,400
Speaker 1: introducing it to introducing each other and and uh knowing

136
00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:22,760
Speaker 1: that we got to step on the field and go

137
00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:28,919
Speaker 1: to go to war together. So yeah, that's important. In particular,

138
00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,520
Speaker 1: is familiar with the offense having played under Bobby Slowick

139
00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,360
Speaker 1: last year. Can you kind of sense that being out

140
00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,680
Speaker 1: there with him? Yeah, he definitely has the just the

141
00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,960
Speaker 1: veteran nests to him where you know, he's he's been

142
00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,520
Speaker 1: through you know, the league and understand what it takes,

143
00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,360
Speaker 1: you know, getting in and out of huddles here and plays.

144
00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,880
Speaker 1: He just he looks like a professional for sure. So

145
00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:53,120
Speaker 1: excited to have him.

146
00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:59,200
Speaker 2: Examples of this. George is like an extremely loyal TV

147
00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:06,640
Speaker 2: from your experience, How has that kind of shown through relationship?

148
00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,240
Speaker 1: I mean, dude, he's he's been great to me regardless

149
00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,760
Speaker 1: of the circumstances of winning or losing. Like he's he

150
00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,760
Speaker 1: sees something in me that's that's pretty good. And and

151
00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,760
Speaker 1: you know, he's just been nothing but great encouragement to me.

152
00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,000
Speaker 1: He's real to me about what I can do and

153
00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,480
Speaker 1: and uh where I can get better. Like he's he's

154
00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,920
Speaker 1: real and that's why I love him, and uh more

155
00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,480
Speaker 1: than anything like he's he's a guy that's gonna do

156
00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,480
Speaker 1: anything for you when you step on the field, off

157
00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,240
Speaker 1: the field, he's got your back and for our team

158
00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,680
Speaker 1: man like that. We've been in some tough situations this year,

159
00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:41,880
Speaker 1: and that dude has been one of the dudes that

160
00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,440
Speaker 1: comes to work every single day. All the guys have,

161
00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,680
Speaker 1: but George especially, you know, every Sunday he shows up

162
00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,600
Speaker 1: and he's doing the dirty work. He's blocking, he's making

163
00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:56,000
Speaker 1: tough plays, he's catching the ball, breaking tackles. George has

164
00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,520
Speaker 1: done it all and so we're all extremely blessed to

165
00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,240
Speaker 1: have George as a teammate and look up to them

166
00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,080
Speaker 1: a lot, and you know, to be able to going

167
00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,560
Speaker 1: through this kind of stuff is tough. But when you

168
00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,840
Speaker 1: have guys like George, Jews, fred Bosa, like guys that

169
00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:13,480
Speaker 1: care for this organization, this team, their brothers, they make

170
00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,480
Speaker 1: it worth coming to work for and so very thankful

171
00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,960
Speaker 1: for all of them. Thanks guys,