1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: You talk about the transition to the right side. Yeah, 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: I mean it's it's basically just a flip flall thing. 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: You know, you do everything that you do on the 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: left side do it on the right, except everything is reversed. 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's not as hard as people sometimes 6 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: make it seem. Uh, you know, pretty transitions and transition 7 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 1: is different. But for me, uh, you know, I feel 8 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: it smoothly. And I'm gonna you know, I'm gonna give 9 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: them all, Well, did you do anything special like you 10 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: look trimor and and you know, like you had a pole? 11 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: I mean, did you do waiting to prep for the 12 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: transition to be more versat appreciate that You're the first 13 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: one I noticed. Is that? Um No, But yeah, I 14 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: I did, you know, up my training a lot more intense, 15 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: a lot more conditioning, a lot more. You know, I 16 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: just did different things that I did in the past. 17 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: You know, there was a famous saying by my college 18 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: strength coach that you know, stuck with me all offseason. 19 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: You know, if you always do what you always did, 20 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: you always get what you always got. So I did 21 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: a lot of things differently this year eight different. I 22 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: worked out different. But yeah, I mean at the end 23 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: of the day, still training for football, still, you know, 24 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: going out there practicing my craft, just on the other side. 25 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: And that's that's about it. Did you want to do 26 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: that or did somebody tell you think that? Or did 27 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: you just of the toon and say, okay, I gotta 28 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: do something different. I mean, it's it's I guess you 29 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: could say it's both. You know, I me, the coaches 30 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: and other players. You know, my teammates, We all, you know, 31 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: talked a little bit, you know, I hear everybody out. 32 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, this is what 33 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: I want to do, and that's where I want to be. 34 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,199 Speaker 1: I will. I'm so happy to see him, Lulu woman 35 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: from UC you know, and you are Latino Real or 36 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: your something ras Mohican Latino sand Familia as a looking 37 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: at almost not as I see I sall look at 38 00:01:53,000 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: yo practica, Yo yevo and memente practico. I you mentioned that, Um, 39 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: you know it's not that big of when's the last 40 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: time you played on the right side? Um, I guess 41 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: you could say high school. I played right guard all 42 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: throughout high school and um I I did get you know, 43 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: I switched out a little bit and uh, in college 44 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: as well. Coogler had me, you know, playing both sides 45 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: also just in case. And so I mean, I guess 46 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: you could say I played right guard all my life, 47 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: just not as much you know recently my recent years. Um, 48 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: did did we did get at any point in the 49 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: spring or that, did you run out there and go 50 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: to the left side? You know, like muscle memory? I don't. 51 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean I can transition left or right 52 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: when you're supposed to be on the right, and you 53 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: went to the left by mistake? Oh no, no, that 54 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: did that didn't happen? You know, Once I I get 55 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: locked in at right, I'm right. Um, but I mean, yeah, 56 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: I am ready just in case. Uh, you know, I 57 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: ever get called back to the left, back to the right. 58 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: That's a cool thing about you know, playing both sides 59 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: now I can kind of transition a little bit easier. 60 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: And yeah, we'll talk about the benefit that you've got 61 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: from from the working that can do many whether this offseason. Yeah, 62 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: you know, I think one of the best things about 63 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: working out there is that you're with a bunch of 64 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: guys around the league, so you can learn a lot. 65 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: You can also compete a lot. You know, you've got 66 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: guys that are there with the same goals, with the 67 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: same attention, is working hard, so it kind of pushes 68 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: you naturally, you know, instead of just working out by yourself, 69 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: which I did, you know, my previous years. But no, Yeah, 70 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: the the best part about it is the camaraderie and 71 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: the competition that it builds because all the guys are 72 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: they're doing the same things where they brought it up. 73 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: Can you tell us how much with you last? Um? 74 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: You know, I think around like twenty pounds or something 75 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: like that. So what are you now? I mean, it's 76 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: it's very It's it's not you know, it's not too much. 77 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: Let's not focus so much on the way, you know, 78 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: because I did you know, lose body fagging west so 79 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: and so all that comes into play. It's not just 80 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: like a straight you know wait thing. But I mean 81 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: around there twenty pounds so what I'm sorry, Um, you 82 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: went to the up here last year between COVID I'm sure. 83 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: I think I heard you had an injury that you're 84 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: dealing with, so you had a lot of things going 85 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: against you. What is that taught you about yourself? You 86 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: resolve and how are you applying those lessons to this 87 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: year and just you know, showing everybody that you were 88 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 1: more than of being out there. Oh. You know what, 89 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: there's sometimes there's things that happened to you that you 90 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: just can't control. And that was one of them for me. 91 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: You know, I didn't like it at all obviously, but 92 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: I had to deal with it. And you know all that, 93 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: you know, the time that I missed, you know because 94 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: of it, you know, has just taught me how much 95 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: more important the time that I have now is. So 96 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: now I I try not to you know, waste any wraps, 97 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: waste any time, waste any you know, I try to 98 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: do everything even better than I did before because I 99 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: value that time a lot more because I had to 100 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: sit out usually coming back after you know the COVID list, 101 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: I mean, or were you still bother? No, I mean 102 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: at all, at all times, I was ready to play. 103 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: But you know, there's just something is that you just 104 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: can't tell whether you're good or bad until after the 105 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: fact or until after you know, time passes. Um. I 106 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: couldn't give you really give you an answer on that, 107 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: but I mean I was always ready to go in 108 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: and and and play if I need you for my 109 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: makes Leonard Williams so difficult to block Leonard Williams. I 110 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: would say, you know, he's just a he has he 111 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: has everything. Uh. He has speed, he has ugility, he 112 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,119 Speaker 1: has a strength. You know, he has a size. And 113 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: you know, for a guy his size, you know, he 114 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: moves very well. So I mean when you put all 115 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: those together, that's what makes me very dangerous. Give restrictions, sorry, 116 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: give you the resume. When you have all those things 117 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: going on, the negativity and all that stuff that was 118 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: going on, did you ever say why me? Or did 119 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: you have somebody kind of like keeping you from hitting 120 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: you know, the emotional rock bottom? No? No, never that 121 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,239 Speaker 1: why I mean mentality? You know that make the mentality. Uh. 122 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: I wasn't raised that way at all. Uh. You know, 123 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: you deal with what's happening. Can't control you can't control it. 124 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: Did I like it? No? But it was never you know, 125 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: poor me, you know, blah blah blah. You know, I 126 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: always just you know, said, you know what, when my 127 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: time comes, I'm gonna make sure I take advantage of it. 128 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: And that's what I'm doing now. So give it the practice, 129 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: and I think it's gonna be a great competition, you know, 130 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: like I kind of said that, Uh, with the with 131 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: the Duke Manu Weather training, you know, it kind of 132 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: just brings out, you know a little bit more out 133 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: of everybody and it gives you, It gives you that competition, uh, 134 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: and it naturally makes you just step up your game. 135 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: So the same concept. You know, we're gonna step out 136 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: our game. You know, we're gonna want to have good 137 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: practice against them. We're gonna want to win every day 138 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: against every team. So naturally it's just gonna make us 139 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: better as a team. Let speed game one your fresh 140 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: star as a unit. The offensive line, what's the mindset 141 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: on building you know, with Daniel take in his next 142 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 1: step with any weapons like holiday, what is kind of 143 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: the focus right now? And you can go off our 144 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: focus right now, it's just to get better overall as 145 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: the team. You know, I'm gonna let those guys take 146 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: care of their own positions and their own jobs, you know. 147 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: But you know, starting with the offensive line, what we 148 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: gotta do is just block better. Give those guys a chance, 149 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: and those guys won't disappoint. We'll give it. The restrictions 150 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: that are against the people that don't you don't have vaccinated, 151 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:12,119 Speaker 1: don't get vaccinated. Um is there more incentive this year 152 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: than ever before to get vaccinated? You know, I'm the 153 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: last person that, you know it gets to talk about vaccination. 154 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: You know, I I I decided to get mine. You know, 155 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: I respect the decision of any of my teammates and 156 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: any coaches that they if they decided to get there 157 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: or not. I'm nobody to judge, and we're just gonna 158 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: leave it at that. We'll be sure. Had spinning a 159 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: little bit after last year. You got the virus, you 160 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: came back, you you lost your job, and you're sitting 161 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: there and happened to me. No, you know that's one 162 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: thing about me. You know, I've I always had confidence 163 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: in myself and I and I know what I've always 164 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: been able to do and what I can do. And 165 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: I have the same mentality now now I just get 166 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: the chance to actually show it, so which makes me 167 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: really happy.