How you doing? I'm good. Yeah, I
feel good, but it feels good. I've been a good camp, you know, practiced every day. They would let me
practice. And how really good? We talk about this year's Camp.
How would you compare this year's Camp to last year's Camp?
It's much harder, much harder. I said, there's one of
the tougher camps in the last seven or eight years doesn't compare, which none of
these due to league in the 2000s. That camp was an actual grind. These are much different,
they're more mental grinds, but we have many more reps this
year. A lot more call it periods with the ones.
Obviously three different teams came in and practiced with two of them that we went to
Carolina. So it was more difficult for
sure, which I think it was good. I think we looked like a
more physical team and all three of those combined practices. So I think that's good. I think we're different football
team or a lot more mature. Especially up front which I think is going to help
us starting to see do like this training camp
compared to years past. We do like the new
physicality and I do. I mean, I grew up in the league when it
was double days. So this those not necessarily, no, no, not at
all. But you get into a routine as
we're creatures of habit. So in those times you could get
through it because you're used to it. I
think now I appreciated the more reps and
practice because you feel like Starting to see you maybe a
little bit more ready to play, wind wise, you know, callous wise on the
body, I'm the only position. I would
see the quarterback to know can touch. So we're still got to go
through that process of getting our first hit in. But I think the tempo of Camp was
really good. When you look at going into this week one, is it
a little more rewarding after everything you've been through
especially last year? Yeah, I think so. I think
they'll be a lot of gratitude on the sidelines is I'm here in
the anthem and getting ready to go out there for all the people that Showed
up for me in the past year and then all the lessons and the ups and downs. The highs the
lows in between that happened last year, they'll be a
lot of appreciation for being able to
be back on the field. There was you know definitely thoughts in
the locker room after I got hurt that I was going to
be it. So to be able to go back on. The field will be really sweet. Emotional moment for me,
was there a moment in that time that stands out to you right
now? When I walked for the first
time, there was a really special moment. I have steps in my house in the
first time, I was able to walk up. My steps was like, this huge hurdle to pass for me, and
I felt like, oh, I'm now kind of normal and I was a special
special time. What's the greatest lesson? You
learned about yourself this past year and everything
you had to go through to get back to this moment. Well, learning how to ask for help. I
think I was a big lesson for sure. I've always been the one
that I want to take care of the people in my life and when you're sedentary and you
can Over and can't walk. You gotta
rely on people to help you. So it allowed me to really see kind
of who showed up for me. Who's in my inner circle, you
want to be a provider but you need to eat, ask for help.
That's actually the best thing you can do for
yourself when I say the name, Bruce Hall, what do you think? Three down back and I think
that's the biggest compliment. You can give a running back in
this day and age. You proved it last year, but he can play for a second.
Third down. You can run routes. You can catch got incredible
hands. He's a game break. GE. He has like deceptive 43 speed
which is funny because he didn't look like he's run that
fast but nobody catches them and you can do it off. If
another quarterback asked, you what makes Garrett Wilson so
special. Would you say these like Gumby, you know, he's just prances around out there
and then can make all the moves. What I've seen from him. This
Camp is a greater attention to detail on some costly asking
him. What did you see? What did you see? And I think it catch
them off-guard sometimes and I said, listen what you see Is what I'm going to see and I
need to see the game through your eyes, as much as you need
to the game through my eyes. So just constantly empowering
him to take that that leap with his
instincts because his natural ability is absolutely incredible. Who's the most most underrated
defensive player on this team stuff? I feel like, you know, the big-name guys, get
a ton of recognition. I think DJ read and Michael
Carter two guys that come to mind obviously. A lot of
attention, goes to sauce and, and should because he is
outstanding player, I think one guy because he missed all last
season 2, but Chuck, I think Chuck is really added a lot of stability to our
defense and you saw it in two of the three. Joint practices that we had. He
drilled a guy and in drill guy cheaply. A guy had a full speed
run out of and lowered his shoulder and Chuck like put him on his
back both times. I mean that did a lot for our
buddy looked at chuckling trucks coming off an ACL on a
ridiculous like one last plays of OTAs which was filed to. I look for Chuck to have not just a big season for us on the field
but his leadership to really show up because he has all that leadership
quality inside. I'll actually send someone asked him, you
know? Just how there and camp and he said, I would describe
him as awesome. Great may be magnificent. Is that how you would describe
your Camp? How you are right
now? You know, I look at things
differently. I expect greatness.
So I think I had a solid camp but the bar is pretty high for
myself. You know, I'd set my sights on
coming back last year and I knew would have been a
really limited movement capacity, but there was a lot of obviously
frustration disappointment watching the way things played
out. This year feels a lot different
from the guys we signed. I like the way that things have been
trending for us were a little more under the radar which will be interesting. Although
we're playing Monday night, you talked about the Intrigue,
you've been in New York right now for two years. What's that
like, what are the Jets fans like, what are you are going to
be here? Yeah, I mean, they're great, they're tortured in many ways but they're super
loyal. You know, they have high
expectations. I came from a place with the expectation was
winning the title every year and Probably, I think the Jets would
appreciate a playoff berth as a starter. Like, you know,
you want to title New York, you go down in history. Like very few other places. So, there's a lot of special fields around this
organization. It's a proud organization, proud fan base, you know? Hopefully, we can get
them. Give a lot to cheer about how is your pregame ritual
change from when you were younger to now. It has it kind
of stayed the same these little know it changes all the time.
Time there was like ten years. I never went out in the field for
pregame warmups. I just stayed in the locker room then there was a time where I was banged up and in 18 and
would go out every single week, early every year, there's different
playlists. I listen to I think the only thing that is pretty
consistent is as I go through the plan for one last time over analyzing things, I will
always find certain guys and remind them just little tips
that are probably going to happen. Could be something. I
was laying in bed thinking about the night before. Or maybe
I woke up thinking about it or maybe some from Friday
that I reminded him to just want to put on their brain one more time and I think that's
always important when he was Super Bowl for this town for
New York Jets is something that they've craved, what would
it mean to you and your legacy? And a lot of the fans organization, be special would
always create that bond with me in the organization,
which would be really cool. Obviously, I got a great bond in Wisconsin with those fans and
other organization. This would be just another fun thing
to remember, At the end of my career but the gist of this game that a
lot of people Miss is the relationships and you can have great teams and
great people and not win it and still take
the relationships away when he won a Super Bowl. The bond is always just a little
bit stronger so to have that strong bond with these guys
for the next 20, 30, 40 years we would be you know, really special.