WEBVTT - End of Season Interviews: Jamin Davis | Episode 72

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. What

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<v Speaker 1>a difference a year makes, especially for second year player

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<v Speaker 1>Jamie Davis. After learning the rope to the NFL of

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<v Speaker 1>his rookie season, he came up with a renewed purpose

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<v Speaker 1>and led the team with tackles with one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>four and before he headed out this offseason, well, he's

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<v Speaker 1>taught by the players Club to talk with one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best to ever put on the Burgundy and goal

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<v Speaker 1>linebacker London Fletcher and wide out Santana Moss. Check it out, Jamie,

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<v Speaker 1>you're two in the books man, end up leading the

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<v Speaker 1>team in tackles this year. How did it feel to

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<v Speaker 1>kind of go through the season that you had and

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<v Speaker 1>after obviously the rookie year you had and playing as

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<v Speaker 1>well as you did this year? Absolutely, I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like this was definitely a big year of growth

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<v Speaker 1>for me, just figuring out who I am as a

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<v Speaker 1>player and just giving me something to build off going forward.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the things that stood out, man, is that

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<v Speaker 1>you can tell you can see your growth. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>sometime it's not something that's just glaring, you can just

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<v Speaker 1>you know, put your finger on but we actually saw

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<v Speaker 1>you fly around to the ball. Was that from the

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<v Speaker 1>position change or that was just from just the familiar

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<v Speaker 1>you know, being familiar now with stuff and having that

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<v Speaker 1>extra help that you say you was getting from Cold

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the season. I think that was more so being

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<v Speaker 1>familiar with the position a lot more seeing things that

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen before last year, and just going out there

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<v Speaker 1>and just trying to put it a little bit more

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<v Speaker 1>of a stain on different plays that that was out

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<v Speaker 1>there for me to make in your one and I

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<v Speaker 1>think just going forward, that's just something I'm gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to continue to build off of so that I could

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<v Speaker 1>just make more of a mark on this team. Cole

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<v Speaker 1>went down, you eventually started wearing the green dot man.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a little different for y'all. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 1>if you in college, y'all signal everything. I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know if y'all have you know, the headset. What was

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<v Speaker 1>that like for you? You know, having to call a

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<v Speaker 1>defense and listen to it for the communication. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it was one of those things for me that was

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<v Speaker 1>like you got to step up and show out. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>Cold went down and it was just an eye open

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<v Speaker 1>experience for me because it was like Okay, next man up.

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<v Speaker 1>That was always the mentality that I had in my

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<v Speaker 1>head anyway, So just when I got the opportunity, it

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<v Speaker 1>was like, Okay, now you got to be more of

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<v Speaker 1>a vocal leader kind of guy and just step up

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<v Speaker 1>to the plate and just put your best foot forward.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, one of the things that come with being

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<v Speaker 1>a veteran or starting to stack those years up on

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<v Speaker 1>your you know your resume, is the confidence and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the off seasons are much different. Now you can go

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<v Speaker 1>into your off season just knowing that I'm gonna really

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<v Speaker 1>step things up, and I'm gonna go out here and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm attack certain different things that I know that I

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<v Speaker 1>need to work on. Is that something that's going through

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<v Speaker 1>your head now? I know the confidence is there, we

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<v Speaker 1>saw it in your game, But are you already mentally

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<v Speaker 1>preparing for this off season just knowing that, man if

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<v Speaker 1>I do X, Y and Z, I'm definitely for the

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<v Speaker 1>bringer on a different level. You know this next time around.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that something that you've already been thinking about or

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<v Speaker 1>that you're probably that it happened whenever happens. Absolutely, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean in my head right now, it's like it's time

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<v Speaker 1>to put your best foot forward to show everybody that

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<v Speaker 1>you are all pro linebacker. So now you gotta change

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<v Speaker 1>little things up as far as like alignments and stuff

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<v Speaker 1>like that. To figure out little things I could take

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<v Speaker 1>your game to the next level again next year. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's like where do you go from here? It's like

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to be average at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the day. So I'm one of those guys. It's always

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<v Speaker 1>going to do it as best as possible and just

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<v Speaker 1>bring everything I got. When you look at this season overall,

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<v Speaker 1>and obviously, you know three days we felt like it

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<v Speaker 1>was three different seasons, you know, the wonding fourth Star,

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<v Speaker 1>then running off to seven and five, and then obviously

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<v Speaker 1>the way the season ended. What will you remember most

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<v Speaker 1>about this year That we didn't quit at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the day, no matter what, even if it started slow,

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<v Speaker 1>we picked it back up and it didn't end the

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<v Speaker 1>way we wanted it too. But I mean, look at

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<v Speaker 1>a testament of yesterday Lakai went down with Dallas. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>if you asked me, I mean we had our backs

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<v Speaker 1>against all we never volted, So I mean going forward,

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<v Speaker 1>that's something to build off of, and I just know

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<v Speaker 1>the guys around me got my back and like coach

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<v Speaker 1>Rivera always say, all we got is all we needed.

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<v Speaker 1>So how was it looking at some of them young

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<v Speaker 1>guys yesterday? Man, I got it. Yeah, I'm glad you

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<v Speaker 1>asked that. It was just sitting there watching, just watching

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<v Speaker 1>everybody flying around and just you know exactly how they

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<v Speaker 1>was going to play because of how they approached it

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the we can practice and it was just amazing

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<v Speaker 1>to just see everybody doing their job and just it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't really a surprise because it was one of those

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<v Speaker 1>things that we always prepare the same exact way and

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<v Speaker 1>just went out there and showed everybody that it ain't

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be a cake walk over us or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So they went out there and played their game and

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<v Speaker 1>the results spoke for him, So that was good. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the first things when I saw Tanna to day,

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<v Speaker 1>he was like many have a colligue hut that you

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<v Speaker 1>know you see him running around. He was making a

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<v Speaker 1>ton of plays, did some things running down the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the field and cover two. It's like, sayn why

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<v Speaker 1>haven't he been playing? You know what is that something

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<v Speaker 1>you've seen in colleague in practice all season? Lost league

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<v Speaker 1>is a dog man. He definitely earned his respect from

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<v Speaker 1>in my eyes when I first met him. To be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>like I've been new, League was a dog. So just

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<v Speaker 1>seeing him go out there and take take advantage of

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<v Speaker 1>his opportunity or something that's really humbling. This is knowing

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm the same kind of guy as well. So

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<v Speaker 1>just being around a guy like League, I think going forward,

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<v Speaker 1>he always gonna make his mark as well, do you guys,

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<v Speaker 1>M Because I knew I was always one of those guys.

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<v Speaker 1>I went home, I went to Miami, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I felt like we had some of the best upbringing

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<v Speaker 1>when it came to you know, strength and conditioning right

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<v Speaker 1>there on campus with our scrim coach Andrew Swayze. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure how you guys do it now nowadays, but

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<v Speaker 1>do you go back to where you're from, or do

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<v Speaker 1>you stay around in the area and say, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>get some of the guys from the team and work

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<v Speaker 1>out or how do you do that. I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>that's probably one of the safest routes to take. It

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<v Speaker 1>is probably sticking around the area because you're around the

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<v Speaker 1>strength staff, they get to see you, they can keep

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<v Speaker 1>their hands on you and do as much as possible

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<v Speaker 1>to keep developing you as a player. So I mean

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<v Speaker 1>going forward, you know, like, Okay, we've seen this guy

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<v Speaker 1>around the facility, we know that he was putting in

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<v Speaker 1>that work in the offseason, and then going forward, you

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<v Speaker 1>got other guys that's gonna slowly start to trickle back

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<v Speaker 1>in as well so that they can get on boarding

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<v Speaker 1>and that chemistry just keeps growing. Yeah, man, this is

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<v Speaker 1>uh we if you have this type of jump next year.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the fact that you said all Pro line back,

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<v Speaker 1>Pro Bowl, all Pro lineback, and you know, as I

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<v Speaker 1>watched on the field, the talent is there, the confidence

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<v Speaker 1>is growing. You know, each and every week we saw

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<v Speaker 1>a progress throughout the season. It's just a little thing,

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<v Speaker 1>like you said, that alignment and learning a little intricacies

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<v Speaker 1>of playing that position. Man, I can't wait to see

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<v Speaker 1>a year three from you. I can't wait you. It's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna Beau already. For all your news and analysis, be

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