Speaker 1: What's good.
Speaker 2: Command is family and welcome in to next man, but a
Speaker 2: very special version of next man up because we brought
Speaker 2: one of our brothers, Hole Noah Ignagni's in the building.
Speaker 1: Just put pen to paper.
Speaker 2: First thing, first brother, congratulations of coming back to the
Speaker 2: burgerdy and feel.
Speaker 3: I'm feeling blast man. It's great. It's great to be back.
Speaker 4: Man.
Speaker 3: I'm excited to see what the future holds for this team.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 2: Men, We're excited to have you, man, because what a
Speaker 2: season you had. You were part of one of the
Speaker 2: better secondaries in the NFL.
Speaker 1: When that happens, a lot of times, you get other suitors,
Speaker 1: you get other places that may want you. What made
Speaker 1: you decide to come back this.
Speaker 4: Way, honestly, just just a leadership the coaches. You know
Speaker 4: how we were being led, you know as a team,
Speaker 4: you know, as players. And I felt like these coaches
Speaker 4: did a really good job of leading us as men,
Speaker 4: and and it showed on the field. You know a
Speaker 4: lot of people said and like didn't say what we
Speaker 4: were gonna do this year, said what we was gonna
Speaker 4: do this year? And you know, and I feel like
Speaker 4: we exceeded all expectations, honestly, and all the work was
Speaker 4: put in here, you know, behind the scenes and the
Speaker 4: meeting rooms. My bad, but you know, so that was
Speaker 4: a anything for me, just just the coaches and the players,
Speaker 4: the bond that we have as a team, you know.
Speaker 4: So you don't get that too many places. So I'm
Speaker 4: glad to be back and get to be a part
Speaker 4: of it again.
Speaker 2: Can you give us more in depth detail on what
Speaker 2: specifically makes the leadership here so effective, because that was
Speaker 2: one thing that we've talked to every single person about it.
Speaker 2: Talked about brotherhood, talks about family. Well, this was DQ's
Speaker 2: first time in the building. He was new, just like
Speaker 2: the rest of you guys. How was it so effective
Speaker 2: so quickly?
Speaker 4: I feel like, you know, it's one thing to be
Speaker 4: a leader, and it's crazy. I was reading this book
Speaker 4: you know, this morning about leadership, and you know, just
Speaker 4: because you have a leadership role or a title doesn't
Speaker 4: mean you're a leader, you know. And so I feel
Speaker 4: like we have a lot of coaches who are in
Speaker 4: leadership roles who are actually good teachers, good leaders, you know,
Speaker 4: good men themselves, you know, and so and it shows,
Speaker 4: you know, because I feel like if you're not, you know,
Speaker 4: it's also going to show in the way you lead.
Speaker 4: And so, like I said, I feel like the players
Speaker 4: itself showed, you know, the coaching staff, you know, they
Speaker 4: might not have been talked about that much last year,
Speaker 4: you know, but even dq know him coming from you
Speaker 4: know him previous experience head coaching, like he's he's doing
Speaker 4: he's done this before. You know, he's led before. And
Speaker 4: you know, and me being with him in Dallas as well,
Speaker 4: I saw that aspect of him as well as he's
Speaker 4: just a good teacher man. And he brought other good
Speaker 4: teachers with him, and you know they're able to teach us,
Speaker 4: you know.
Speaker 3: So yeah, and in the show, So, how does.
Speaker 2: A environment like this teach you how to be a
Speaker 2: better leader? Because I think it's dope. First of all,
Speaker 2: you gotta let us know what that book is, man,
Speaker 2: you know, we gotta know. But the fact that you're
Speaker 2: it sounds like you're working on being a better leader.
Speaker 2: You understand how valuable that is. How has this environment
Speaker 2: helped hone.
Speaker 4: That just just last year for me, it was as
Speaker 4: a career defining a year for me. It changed my
Speaker 4: whole aspect of life about like what I could do
Speaker 4: as a player, And it started here Man started in
Speaker 4: Oka's last year around this time, and it was a
Speaker 4: built process.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 4: My confidence just kept getting hired and high as the
Speaker 4: season kept going, and it showed, you know, at the
Speaker 4: end of the year, I think we were like the
Speaker 4: third ranked you know, yes, sir dB rooming in the
Speaker 4: whole league as far as passing, you know. So, I
Speaker 4: mean that's that's a huge deal, you know. And I
Speaker 4: remember at the beginning of the season, we won't rank
Speaker 4: that high, you know, And so just the fact that
Speaker 4: to see us grow and and and change into that,
Speaker 4: you know, I really saw, you know, what good leadership
Speaker 4: can do, you know. So it pushed me even myself.
Speaker 4: You know, I just got mayriored, you know recently, So
Speaker 4: I just stepped into a leadership role is that as well?
Speaker 4: You know, But even before that, just leading my family.
Speaker 4: I'm the oldest of three, you know, so being a
Speaker 4: big brother, so I've always kind of been a leader
Speaker 4: in that way too. So like just just all around,
Speaker 4: like what God is doing in my life right now
Speaker 4: is truly amazing. So I had to come back here,
Speaker 4: you know. I just I'm because one number one God
Speaker 4: told me to as well. So it just I'm excited
Speaker 4: to be back.
Speaker 1: Man. Man, God is good, sir.
Speaker 2: And you said career defining season, that's what it was
Speaker 2: for you last year? What about the season was career defining?
Speaker 2: And then second part of that question, define where you're
Speaker 2: at in your career right now?
Speaker 4: For us, I feel like it was a stepping zone
Speaker 4: in the right direction. You know, coming from Miami, coming
Speaker 4: from Dallas, wasn't really playing that much, you know, so honestly,
Speaker 4: my confidence wasn't really you know, that high as a player,
Speaker 4: you know, so just coming here last year and everything
Speaker 4: was just worked, everything was earned, and you know, so
Speaker 4: and being in Dallas and practicing and being in the system,
Speaker 4: you know, I got to learn the system of course,
Speaker 4: so you know, I had a head start when I
Speaker 4: came up here in the summer last year. So just
Speaker 4: going through that whole process and the season going how
Speaker 4: it was, And like I said, I mean we talked
Speaker 4: in the season. Yeah, I didn't know how the season
Speaker 4: was gonna go. I didn't know exactly how things were
Speaker 4: gonna turn out. But you know, I kept my faith,
Speaker 4: I kept my head down, kept working, and you man,
Speaker 4: I felt like it was one of the best seasons.
Speaker 4: Definitely my best season. Ever, you know, I played a lot,
Speaker 4: started a lot of games, you know, for these amazing
Speaker 4: coaches and stuff like that. So I'm glad they were
Speaker 4: even trusted me to even do that, you know. So
Speaker 4: like I'm honored to be back as well and see
Speaker 4: a lot of new faces when I walk into the
Speaker 4: building and see a lot of the same faces as well,
Speaker 4: you know. So yeah, man, I'm excited to see, you know,
Speaker 4: with the future has man.
Speaker 1: And you earned it.
Speaker 2: You earned your spot, you talk without those new faces
Speaker 2: in the building. We brought on some new guys adding
Speaker 2: to an already potent defensive back when we've lost a
Speaker 2: few guys as well. How excited are you to see
Speaker 2: what these new guys can bring. You got a Jonathan Jones,
Speaker 2: you got a Will Harris, man some real dogs they've
Speaker 2: sat here as well. How excited are you to see
Speaker 2: how you guys can all work together and build that comrade.
Speaker 1: Re up back again.
Speaker 4: I'm super excited. Just like last year, everyone was new,
Speaker 4: you know, new faces and all that. So we're gonna
Speaker 4: get to do it again, you know. So got some
Speaker 4: new faces like Jonathan Throne, Jonathan Jones, Will Harris. You know,
Speaker 4: Jonathan's for like went to Auburn. You know, I went
Speaker 4: to Arburn too, you know, so you got to hate
Speaker 4: a connection there too. So it's gonna be decided just
Speaker 4: to talk to him. And you know, I mean he's
Speaker 4: experienced too, you know, he started two you know, went
Speaker 4: to Super Bowl. You know, he's played a lot, played
Speaker 4: a lot of ball man, been successful at a lot
Speaker 4: of places, you know. So I'm on to just you know,
Speaker 4: be in the room with him kind of we was
Speaker 4: talking about like a lot of more in the season
Speaker 4: stuff like that. It's kind of the same thing, you know.
Speaker 4: So I'm want to just you know, still be kind
Speaker 4: of young and be able to learn from those guys
Speaker 4: as well, you know, so because I feel that's another
Speaker 4: part of the leadership is being able to learn as well,
Speaker 4: humble yourself, you know, and not being you know too
Speaker 4: like over dramatic by everything all the time.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 4: So yeah, man, So I'm excited to see you know,
Speaker 4: him and you know, Will Harris and see you know,
Speaker 4: what we can all do together, you know, and what
Speaker 4: we can create together.
Speaker 2: So yeah, and this time around is different because last
Speaker 2: year you're still trying to figure things out, Like you said, right,
Speaker 2: you didn't know what your role would be when now
Speaker 2: you're coming in this second year, They've shown you they
Speaker 2: want to keep you here, They've brought you back. That's
Speaker 2: kind of different than what you've dealt with in your career.
Speaker 2: What do you think your role would be now? And
Speaker 2: do you feel that the approach to this offseason is
Speaker 2: a little different now that you're in this scenario.
Speaker 4: I do, and but one of the main things for
Speaker 4: me last year, you know, I talked to these coaches,
Speaker 4: you know, the opportunity was always there. The first thing
Speaker 4: when I talked to you know, my coach, you know,
Speaker 4: Jason Simmons, he said, you know you're gonna you're gonna
Speaker 4: get to dictate, you know, what your role is. You know,
Speaker 4: that's the thing I like, you know about being here,
Speaker 4: is that they let you dictate your role. So you like,
Speaker 4: whatever you decide you want to do, whatever you work
Speaker 4: towards and you get and you earn as a player,
Speaker 4: that's what you're gonna get, you know. So I'm excited
Speaker 4: to get to do that over again. And of course
Speaker 4: with more experience played all last year, you know, so
Speaker 4: I know more, you know, my third year in the
Speaker 4: system as well, you know, so I'm excited to see
Speaker 4: you know what God, you know can do honesty, And
Speaker 4: I'm just a vessel man. So you know, I'm just
Speaker 4: putting the work in now back in Atlanta, Georgia, you know.
Speaker 4: So I'm gonna come back ready in April twenty first,
Speaker 4: and you know, let's see what happens.
Speaker 1: Man. It seems like DQ and Joe wit Jr.
Speaker 2: Have a very specific type of player they want on
Speaker 2: their defense, somebody that is extremely versatile. We saw you
Speaker 2: line up outside, we saw you line up inside and
Speaker 2: find success in both. Where are you more comfortable lat
Speaker 2: if you could say.
Speaker 4: I'm honestly comfortable wherever they want me. You know, I
Speaker 4: can play outside, I can play inside.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 4: Of course I play more inside last year and it
Speaker 4: was new for me, but it was exciting and I
Speaker 4: feel like I found a home there as well. But
Speaker 4: you know I want to go back outside too. I
Speaker 4: won't be able to play both of you know, that's
Speaker 4: a possibility, you know, but you know, all that has
Speaker 4: to be earned, and you know there's gonna be a
Speaker 4: time for that to happen and stuff like that.
Speaker 3: So I'll be ready, and you.
Speaker 2: Talk about all of that has to be earned. I
Speaker 2: know you, man, you're a work ethic kind of guy.
Speaker 2: What are those things that you have been working on
Speaker 2: and that you look forward to working on this offseason
Speaker 2: to better hone that game and allow you to be
Speaker 2: able to go from inside to outside to anywhere on
Speaker 2: the field.
Speaker 4: I would say, you know, I'm already fast, but of course,
Speaker 4: just just keeping the same, like being consistent, you know,
Speaker 4: not taking too much of a break off, you know,
Speaker 4: keeping like your speed work, your strengths and your strength training,
Speaker 4: your dB work, your drills and all that stuff, all
Speaker 4: the little fundamentals because you know, when you get here,
Speaker 4: your coaches are gonna teach you, you know, their way, You're
Speaker 4: gonna learn the system and stuff like that. But I
Speaker 4: feel like all the little fundamentals, now, that's what you
Speaker 4: need to be doing, like the footwork, drills, the speed
Speaker 4: like staying in the weight room, staying strong, little stuff
Speaker 4: like that, because you get here, you're gonna train and
Speaker 4: do all that stuff too. So but being ready for
Speaker 4: when that time comes, you know, your body's good.
Speaker 2: So yeah, And I love bringing up Joe widd Jr. Man,
Speaker 2: I think what he does is incredible. I think he's underrated.
Speaker 2: I don't think he got enough love for what he
Speaker 2: did with us, especially with that secondary. Now you said
Speaker 2: it third year within his system. Can you talk on
Speaker 2: how you've seen Joe whitgrow as a coordinator. This was
Speaker 2: his first year as a coordinator, but I think we
Speaker 2: all knew he was ready for the task. Can you
Speaker 2: speak on that a little bit in your experience with
Speaker 2: Joe Wood Jr.
Speaker 1: And how we helped you improved.
Speaker 4: Even in Dallas, Man, he had like a in the defense.
Speaker 4: He had a leadership role there too. And you know
Speaker 4: Dallas a couple of years they were there. You know,
Speaker 4: they were a top defense. You know, he came here
Speaker 4: the top defense, you know. So you know the workspeace
Speaker 4: for himself. I don't even have to say anything, you know,
Speaker 4: So him being here last year, and you know, I'm
Speaker 4: excited to get to work for him again, and I
Speaker 4: get to earn his trust again, earn his respect again,
Speaker 4: you know, so as a player, and yeah, man, see
Speaker 4: what happens.
Speaker 2: Man and man, we were so excited. Normal to let
Speaker 2: you get abouty because I know you were busy. But
Speaker 2: my last question for you, because you weren't else you
Speaker 2: had a familiarity with this fan base as the enemy, right,
Speaker 2: But now you've got to be in here and see
Speaker 2: really what this fan base means when they love you.
Speaker 2: I'm sure you've gotten hit up a bunch since you've resigned. Man,
Speaker 2: Talk about this fan base and how special they were
Speaker 2: in the season that you had last year.
Speaker 4: I mean it was you know, I don't really look
Speaker 4: at you know, social media too much, honestly, but you
Speaker 4: know my family does, you know, so they're always sending
Speaker 4: me you know, so they're all they were sending me
Speaker 4: was all good and positive stuff.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 4: You know, not everywhere it is like that. Honestly, It's
Speaker 4: not true, you know. And so depending on you know,
Speaker 4: if you play good, if you play bad, you know.
Speaker 4: So I feel like this is this organization, These fans,
Speaker 4: you know, they really love you, you know, especially if you
Speaker 4: put the work in. They see you working, They see
Speaker 4: you play on the field, see you sacrifice in your body,
Speaker 4: you know, for your teammates and your family. Man, I
Speaker 4: feel like you man, you know that's real right there.
Speaker 4: You know, you don't get up too many places.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 4: So I'm excited to be back and have an opportunity
Speaker 4: to play for them again, you know, show what I
Speaker 4: can do.
Speaker 1: Man, well, Noah, just know you deserve that love that
Speaker 1: you get from the fans.
Speaker 2: Man you earn this day. I hope you able to
Speaker 2: bask and I hope you able to celebrate with your
Speaker 2: loved ones.
Speaker 1: Man. Congratulations on being back here. Man.
Speaker 2: We're so excited to see and thanks for falling up
Speaker 2: man command his family, our next man up.
Speaker 1: We brought him back to the crib. Noah ignogony, brother.
Speaker 2: We appreciate you, man, and again, congrats on everything and
Speaker 2: we can't wait to see how the season goes.
Speaker 3: Of course, thank you man, Thank you