1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Joining us here the Gbag Nation and one on five 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: three the fan uh Amari, It's great to have you 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: in here. So we were talking a little college football earlier, 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: and I know that with being Thursday, we got a 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: lot of Alabama fans here, we got a lot of 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: Cincinnati fans here, and I've been trying to explain to 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: everybody that, hey, you know, if you're an Alabama fan, 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: do not overlook Cincinnati. How do you feel about the 9 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: confidence that you have in the matchup coming up tomorrow 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: night with your former squad? Yeah, I mean I'm always 11 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: confident in Obama. That's that's for sure, that that'll never change. 12 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: But I mean there's a there's a reason you played 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: the game. You know, it's a reason the game has 14 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: actually played. UM games were one about what people games 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,919 Speaker 1: were won by how people thought the game would end, 16 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: the games would need to be played, So, you know, 17 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: anything can happen, but I'm definitely rolling with a pipe. 18 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: Do you got do you have you talked to a 19 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: lot of people in town that are that are going 20 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: to the game. Oh yeah, I've actually talked to a 21 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: couple of people. Yeah, people that I know from school 22 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: actually ran into UM one of my old teammates not 23 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: in the NFL. I think it was last yeah, Wednesday night, yeah, 24 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: um or Tuesday night, I think, but um, yes, I've 25 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: people about the game and it's gonna be fun. It 26 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: is gonna be a fun game. Okay, Mari, I need 27 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: you to do you you last week, you you asked, 28 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: oh hey, throw me the ball, give me, give me 29 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: some opportunities here. So if anything else you want to 30 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: do to kind of fix what goes on in the world, 31 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,759 Speaker 1: if anything else you want to make demand Yeah, yeah, yeah, 32 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: you think anything you want to fix. I mean it 33 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: seems like you're you're a man of your word going 34 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: out there and you know, and they found a way 35 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: to get you the football. It had to feel good, 36 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: you know, getting back in the flow of the game 37 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: and you look just you look healthy, and Maria, you 38 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: look healthy out there running routes and you know it 39 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: kind of talk about walk us through that little bit 40 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: about how much that game meant to you as far 41 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: as the way you were able to produce in it. Yeah, 42 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I mean that was my very fout, 43 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: my first time I asking for the ball like that. 44 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: But I didn't do it just because I wanted to 45 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: have more questions like I can, I don't. It's not 46 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,679 Speaker 1: really a thing. The important thing for me was, as 47 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: I said earlier, m I understand the situation we're in. 48 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: You know, this is my seventh year in the league, um, 49 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: and this is the best team I've been on. I've 50 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: been on one other really good team. I had a chance, 51 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: And so I say all this to say that I 52 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: understand how fleeting this opportunity can be, you know, and 53 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: I do genuinely think that I'm I'm, I'm I'm an 54 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: important piece for our offense, and I just want our 55 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: offense and our team as a whole to reach our 56 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: our full potential. I don't want it to go to waste, 57 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: to waste just because I know how fleeting the opportunity is. 58 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: So I just want to team to reach our full potential. 59 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: And I think in order to do that, you know, 60 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: I need to be a part of it. Yeah, that's 61 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 1: what it is. I'm sorry, Amory. I didn't mean to 62 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: cut you off there. It's just interesting because you know, 63 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: we all talk about how you know, you go through December, 64 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: you're three and oz in the month, and this is 65 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: the time that you're looking ahead towards the playoffs. But 66 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: it seems that you may have been feeling the same 67 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: way that we were. Was there some urgency on your 68 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: part on getting this back together on offense as you 69 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: head into the final weeks of the season. Oh yeah, 70 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: for sure, for sure, you know. And that's the reason. Again, 71 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: that's the reason I made the comment that I made, Um, 72 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: you know, you have to you have to peek at 73 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: the perfect time in this league historically, that's that's been 74 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: an accurate statement. So I feel like what we put 75 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: on displays on Sunday that was the that was the 76 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: perfect timing. Maria. After the game, I was doing the 77 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: post game and you were talking about out and I 78 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: thought you gave a great explanation because they asked you 79 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: about playing with pace and you and you and you 80 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: talked about you know, the fastball, the offense and stuff 81 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: like that and how you guys are able to take 82 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: advantage of it because you have the type of personnel 83 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: that could play a lot of different positions. Is that 84 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: something again, I might ask you to give game plan 85 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: secrets to wear everything, but is that something that you 86 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: guys like say, hey, we get excited about that when 87 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: we could play with some pace that we feel like 88 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: we're a little bit better offense. Oh yeah, for sure. 89 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: I mean the proof is in the pudding. Like I 90 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: said before, you know, when we weren't playing with space, um, 91 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: we weren't playing we weren't as effective as an offense. 92 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: Us when we were playing with space. Um that's not 93 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: to say that we're just that we're going to be 94 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: better every game we played with space, because you know, 95 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: a lot of times we need to slow it down, 96 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: you know. Um So so yeah, what do you think 97 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: you know, the way that we were kind of describing, 98 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: I mean, it's one thing to play with pace and 99 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden it's a three and out 100 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: and then you got your defense on the field a lot. 101 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: But what it looked like it was intentional to get 102 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: the ball out of Dak's hands quickly to run some 103 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: of those those players that the routes are not those 104 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: developing down the field as much. Is that correct? Is 105 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: that the game plan that you all had offensively going 106 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: into the game Sunday night? Um, I don't know about 107 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: it like that. I think, Um, Dak is just he's 108 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: more of a better He understands defense. Defense is more 109 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: and so he understands exactly what he has to do 110 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: with the ball based on what the what the play 111 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: calling is, and based on what his reads are and 112 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: his progressions are. So that might be more of a 113 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: reason why you're getting the ball out quicker if he 114 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: just understands offense more, He understands um being what the 115 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: defenses are doing to us more, and so he's able 116 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: to make a quicker decision. Amari, You know, a lot 117 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: of times, you know, in the in the media, and again, 118 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: you do a great job of being really super honest 119 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: when we have a chance to talk to you, not 120 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 1: only here but in your you know, in the stuff 121 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: at the at the start that you do. You know, 122 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: they always talk about this game is just another game, 123 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: but this one kind of has a little bit of 124 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: a different feeling to it because of Arizona's uh, you know, 125 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: already in the playoff and you guys being and trying 126 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: to get to that first seat. Is is this one 127 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: of those games? It is a little bit more than 128 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: just your normal regular season game. UM, I really wouldn't 129 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: say so. I really wouldn't say so. I think we 130 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:52,679 Speaker 1: understand as um as a team that they're a good team. 131 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: You know, obviously have a really good record. UM, but 132 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: we truly feel like I'm speaking from an offensive off 133 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: it's a perspective. We truly feel like it doesn't matter 134 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: who we line up and play. That's how That's how 135 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: we truly feel it doesn't matter who we line up 136 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: and play. We understand that. Um. If we got that 137 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: and execute the game plan, we can play. We can 138 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: play any team at any level, UM, and we feel 139 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: like we'll be productive. It doesn't matter how good they are, 140 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: if they already clinched for the playoffs or anything. So 141 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: we don't really we haven't really been focusing on who 142 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: we're playing. We've just been focusing on our game plan 143 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: and executing that. Yeah, Maria, you said earlier that this was, 144 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: you know, all the times that you have spent in 145 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: the league, one of the best. Do you think this is, 146 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: you know, from a roster standpoint, on both sides of 147 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: the football, the best team that you have played on 148 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: since uh you've been a professional, Oh, without a doubt, 149 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: one percent, easily by far. Actually, what brings everybody? I 150 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: mean you say that, mar again, you play on some 151 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: tremendous teams in your career in college and stuff. What 152 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: what what is it about this team? Is your two 153 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: or three things you can kind of tell us that 154 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,119 Speaker 1: why you feel the way you do about this team. 155 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: Um yeah, I mean talent obviously, that's the that's the 156 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: that's the thing. Talent depth we have. Like we don't 157 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: just have talent um talented starters across the board, but 158 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: we have talented backups. You know, one guy, one guy 159 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: goes down, the other guy will feel in um So 160 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: talent depth coaching for sure. Like coach McCarthy, one of 161 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: the things I noticed about him early Actually it's just 162 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: everything he does is about winning. Like he doesn't he's 163 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: not big on the politics. You know, he's not big 164 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: on the politics. He's everything he does goes towards winning. 165 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: And that's something that I really affect. I would say 166 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: talent um depth and coaching. But just you mentioned about 167 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: the politics stuff. Is that something that kind of that 168 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: ruins your experience of playing, Amoris? Like, is that something 169 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: you can to look at you say, man, I wish 170 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: we didn't have that part of our game. Uh. Yeah, 171 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: there are a couple of things, but you know, you 172 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: just have to be able to adapt sure every person Amory, 173 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: have you been assigned an animal spirit animal by Mica 174 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: yet by chance? Nah? I haven't, Nah, not not yet. 175 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: How can he not go to you of anybody here? Uh, 176 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: as far as an animal goes. I mean, it seems 177 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: like he's handing them out left and right. Yeah, he 178 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: hand them out left right for sure. I overheard um 179 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: interview today about the eagles, So yeah, he's definitely handing 180 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: them up. He is. Amory. Okay, we know this, abatch. 181 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: We got New Year's Eve coming up tomorrow. We know 182 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: you're you're you're kind of a homebody. You kind of 183 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: like to just kind of hunker down at home and 184 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: all that. Are you a guy? Do you stay up 185 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: till midnight and like watch the ball come down and 186 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: at New Year's Eve and stuff and then turn off 187 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: off the TV? Or is does does a Maria have 188 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: Amari Cooper have a New Year's Eve routine that he 189 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: does when he's just hanging out at home? Nah, I don't. 190 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: It doesn't really hit me like that. I guess I 191 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: don't really celebrate it. You'll celebrate it at all? Are you? 192 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: Are you? Do you? You? You just are they holidays 193 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 1: that you really really like that? You really? I mean 194 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: birthdays stuff like that. Is anything you really really kind 195 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: of relate to UM I would say I used to. 196 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: I used to be big on the holidays growing up, 197 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 1: for sure, but not so much as a great well, 198 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 1: welcome to that club. I'll tell you that they don't 199 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: get that that much more fun every time when that 200 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: number gets bigger. Hey a Maria, I know that it's 201 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: been a busy day for you. To appreciate you carving 202 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: out a little time to join us. Appreciate it. Thank you.