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Come on, get some of that.
I'm hit. I'm heavy. Sweet dirt bike.
Yeah. Did you get the dirt bike
from Amazon
where everything comes from?
The new Santa? That's exactly what
you got.
How are you feeling physically
because you kind of keep ramping
up here, feel amazing. Yeah,
I never feel better to be honest,
just happy about here with the guys running
around having Fun 11 training camp and it's,
it's a blessing, man. It's cool.
It's cool to be here. Obviously one
of the biggest changes, we talked
about it a couple weeks ago with Sean.
I mean, what's it been like?
Just you see a different energy in him
now being so in time with the people.
I guess I have always an energy in him.
I guess he's the head coach,
but him popping in
the defensive meeting more obviously.
It's cool to see. You know,
Sean's always been aggressive.
You can see that former wrestler,
everybody knows that he has that wrestling
mentality and so
you know when he's in the defensive
meeting rooms and he's talking to us,
he could tell he wants to
be aggressive And so it's it's
cool to see. Now we're trying
to get an understanding
of how he's calling stuff. How
much different is that?
Like as you go through on
the field, actual execution,
how many differences are there?
Did you notice?
I don't, I don't think
there's many differences right now.
Obviously the playbook is a playbook.
We we had this playbook for,
for years since we've gotten here.
But just what just talk on it.
OK, but but you know just the
way Sean calls plays it's
just you know you got to get,
you got to get used to.
So as of right now you know not
a huge difference but you know
sometimes situational football
calls may be different from pass and
we're just trying to get a trying
to get a clue on on what we might
be might be doing.
Sorry John you get a sense of the
aggressiveness in this approach but
in terms of a learning curve there
really isn't much of 1 because so much.
No no I
you know to be honest with you
guys we've been in this defense
this whole time and we've made
so many adjustments throughout
the years within within each call
you wanna stand up that that you
know it's I've kind of gotten
wrapped up in all the all the other
adjustments and so to me it's
trying to get back to the basis of
training camp football and not you
know week 11 or less game planning
for a team you know years ago.
So that's my biggest adjustment
and but as far as the plays goes
it's not much of a difference
when you think back when you were
going under the night and and maybe
just thoughts about your
where it might be. Could you
envision this day right
here with your two kids
here at your
11:00 PM No no. You know when it when
it first happened and you know my
coach would be the first one to tell
you my teammates the first one to
tell you I didn't know what I didn't
know what the outcome was going to be.
I thought I was done.
I think I told you guys that before
so to be in this situation right
now and you know having having my
babies here having my wife here.
You know can't even put in the
words how how amazing it is and
I'm just a I'm a proud dad I'm a
proud husband and I wouldn't change,
wouldn't change shoes with
anybody in the world.
So I love where I'm at in my
life and couldn't be better
mentally. Pads coming on in
a couple of days. I can't
wait. I can't wait.
I had a conversation with Doctor
Watkins couple days ago just
that the reassurance as to you
know that you're it's way better
than what it was before. And
you guys got to be honest,
I got a big old head.
I got to be honest, in years past
it was a struggle, man.
Like like getting out of bed of just
of just like having you know neck
soreness and all that type of stuff.
So I'm just happy that it's not
going to be as as bad as what it was.
I know trepidation or or you're ready.
I'm ready. Come on. How long
you been watching me play? I know.
I'm ready to go, man. Oh no,
that's the thing like like
you were ready.
Had you the AFC championship game,
you would have been.
So I'm assuming you tested it from a
context input at a pretty high level.
So there's no real threshold for you
to get over when the pads go on out
exactly, exactly.
I was ready months ago.
It probably worked out for
the best app by full recovery
and was able to sit out a couple of months
and not have to be banging and wear and
tear on my body and all that. So it's
fully here and I have no doubt in my mind
that would have passed. Get on. I'll
be ready to go and start hitting.
I'm not thinking about how's my next going
to hold up and all that type of stuff.
I'm cool, work together back in Orchard Park.
So it's not like it's completely
blindsided you or anything,
but is it a little bit surreal
still to be here with Jordan
again after not knowing if that
was ultimately going to play out?
Yeah, you know, it's it's it's
truly awesome to have come back.
You know that throughout the whole his
whole contract situation, you know,
he was letting me know what was
going on and you know, calling me up,
giving me whole details and stuff
because we really didn't know what was,
what was going to be going on.
So you know it's awesome to have pull
back and you know we see the same
things every single day on the field,
off the field.
So it's just a it's a blessing to have
him back also because I know I played
my my best game when he's healthy
like a step said that he understands
he has more football behind him than in
front of him at this point in his career.
You kind of saying to where where you
are in your career do you approach
training camp differently because
of where you are. Yeah young guy.
The young guys probably think at times
I'm like kind of psycho because I
I just you just have you
just have usually have more urgency.
You know as you get older you have more
urgency because you understand that you
know those those years have passed and you
don't have times to just give away games,
to give away playoff games and come up short.
So it's just a lot more urgency.
Like I said, some of the young
guys probably think like, wow,
this dude's 32 and he's still coming to work.
He's a little crazy in the head
because he's just, you know,
it's just go, go, go,
go because that's just a mentality
you got to have. Is
that conversation that you've had
or is that something that you
and Dave's employer like knowing
where you guys are in your career?
Is that a conversation
that you guys have or this
is known, this is known, This is known.
I think throughout the years,
listen to guys like Kyle Williams speak,
Lorenzo Alexander, which was here today,
some older guys that just
kind of paved the way for us.
And as his team and for this organization,
you know, just listen to them talk.
It's kind of the same thing.
It's just something you know
and usually you know throughout
the throughout the season,
towards the end of the season,
maybe one guy will will say a few things,
but I think the older guys
understand that it's got to get it,
got to get it now and
there's not so many opportunities left.
He's aware of it, especially for
this group of guys who have been
together for so long knowing that
time is running short in some ways.
How much do you appreciate that?
I love Josh. I love, I love him.
You know everything that he brings to the
table bring the brings this organization.
He's a perfect guy for this organization,
for this team he's you know he's a leader
he's a leader he he just you know wants
to go out there and compete every day.
So him understanding that and he's
you know John's going to play for
another who knows 15 years hopefully.
So he, you know for him to be saying
that understand the urgency of the
older guys that's that's a wide wise
move on his part just understanding
the game understanding you know being
being older than what he really is.
So yeah, I love to hear, you know,
keep you one saying that for sure
looks the same to us seeing
you out there running around.
But is not being in a live game almost,
you know, here it'll be like are
you worried at all about just like
triggering and recognizing or is that
you think it's just going to happen,
This is going to happen,
this is going to happen.
I will tell you this,
the first live game.
We're back Monday night.
I'm going to be geeked.
So I might have to set up this
calm down a little bit because I
know that that you know as soon
as you step back on the field and
we could go and I'm going to be
maybe a little bit too excited.
So yeah, I have no doubt in my
mind that once we get back out
there it's back to football.
I feel like I've played plenty of
snaps in the past to to be able
to recognize what's going on.
You know coming here even for
for training camp.
You know my mentality of
the playbook is there.
Understanding what I got to do with my feet,
my eyes is there.
Obviously it's a little rust every
year just knocking that stuff off,
but within a within a couple days,
I feel like it's time to just kind
of put all that rust behind you
and go out there and play fast.
If
you had to watch games last year,
did it make it worse?
Knowing how much that defensiveness
to your experience out there?
I mean, other guys have come to play,
but they really missed your experience.
Did that also make it worse?
Having to watch
that? It was tough. It was.
It was very tough because you
know you you put in all the
hours of film work together,
you put in all that stuff
and I was still doing that.
But at the same time you can't
be on the field. We on the field,
you know you you we've had
our core guys around here for
some time now with Po and I,
Lano, Tedavius,
Terran and you know watching film I
was able to you know kind of help
them out a little bit of what I see
and obviously Po is is doing his
best out there trying to get things
organized and get everybody lined up.
But at the same time it's it's,
it was tough to see that, you know,
I'm not saying Paul had to do it by
himself because that's not the case.
You know,
we had other guys out there helping and,
you know,
trying to make a name for themselves.
But it's just that that core,
that nucleus that we've had around
here for a long time is was kind of
broken a little bit getting trade back,
you know, Thanksgiving Day.
So, yeah, Long story short,
it was very tough.
It was tough to watch.
It was tough how the, you know,
thought all the stuff that happened last
season and then the way the season ended,
but it's giving us all little little
extra motivation because you know,
we understand that it
could be gone like that.
You never know when it's
our last nap together.
So we're putting in the time in the meetings,
we're hanging out.
You know those those core guys,
I'm that I'm talking about
what guys are in special teams,
We're hanging out,
we're making fun of Terran,
we're talking about Terran style.
We're doing all the type of stuff,
just laugh and having fun and I
think that's what's going to,
you know,
continue to take it to the next level.
Fierce
competition going on at
the cornerback position.
What's been your perspective
on that battle through
just a couple days at camp?
Has anybody stood out to you? Three young
guys fighting for the job,
love to see it, love to see it.
Three guys that are really
making a name for themselves.
And you know, I've been in that,
I've been in that position before, you know,
in the past of having to compete for your
job and and still compete for my job.
But I guess being a young guy and doing it,
you kind of brings the best out of you.
You know, it's tough every single day because
you're not getting as many reps as you like.
But as you can see, those guys are going
out there and they're making plays.
So it's the best, you know,
the best thing you can ask for.
And you know, I'm excited to see,
you know, who breaks through on that.
But I know who,
you know who doesn't start is going
to still be working their *** off to
try to try to get out there and play.
So just three guys that are that
are really competing and making
the best of the situation
precinct in the offense as
you're kind of depending the
precinct in like Josh has like
these new targets
you know door says doors in the
past has obviously been able to
draw some things up emotions a lot.
He does all type of stuff.
So you know you really got to be on your
P's and q's understanding the defense
and knowing you know what defense you're
in getting everybody lined up and all that.
And then on top of that,
he has the weapons, you know,
with the receivers and you know,
bringing in somebody like
Kincaid and you know, he's,
he's all around doing stuff.
So it's cool to see you, man.
I'm excited for that offense.
And you know,
we're making them better,
they're making us better and
you know that's how we're going
to get to the next level.
Cool. Cool.