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Hey, hey, B-Rob, very special guest, what's up, B-Ronnino, my dad.
49ers running back, Brian Robinson Jr.,
how you doing, bro?
I'm good.
I'm good, man.
I'm good, man.
Look, 3-0, but y'all been besieged by injuries, man.
Nick Bosaza, Brock Purdy, Kettle, Jennings, Ayuka, still yet to play.
How have you guys been been able to still be 3-0 as the injuries start them out?
And it's, you know, the adage, the cliche, next man up, has really, has really had to be you guys's mantra?
Yeah, I think the depths just got to prepare.
They just got to keep preparing like the starters.
You know, same conversation
Matt Jones been having, you know, the last couple of weeks.
You know,
he didn't think he was going to, he didn't know he was going to have to start, you know, the last couple of weeks.
So,
you know, just big testament to guys that just could come in prepared come in working you know like you know they're gonna get their shot gonna get a moment at any given time so i think that's the biggest thing about just having a team full of you know experienced players and you know depth that you know prepare well so guys got to step up now for sure yeah what b-rob what has that transition been like for you going from washington going down to san francisco what has the transition been uh getting acclimated to the offense getting acclimated to a new atmosphere a new environment what has that been like for you?
It's been good.
You know, it's been a work in progress for sure.
You know, it was a
quick turnaround for sure.
But I think with Kyle's offense, it's easy to kind of, you know, for my style, you know, it's a lot of run, you know, run game in there.
So like, it's easy for me to, you know, pick up to that stuff.
You know, obviously,
some of the verbiage and stuff, I'm still picking up on, but, you know, for the most part, I've been picking up on stuff pretty fast.
My old running back coaches got there with y'all, Bobby Turner.
You tell him, hey, said, man, I was on last night.
Bobby T, he told me to tell you what's up.
Okay, I'm going for sure.
Let him know tomorrow.
I'm going to let him know.
What's been Kyle's message to you guys?
I've known Kyle since he was 12 years old.
I know a lot of the guys out there because a lot of the guys were with me when I was in Denver when Kyle was in high school and when he went on to the University of Texas.
But I know a lot of those coaches out there.
So what's been Kyle's message to you guys that keep you guys
three, got you guys three and no even though the injuries have started to mount
i think it's the message that really sits with with me for real is uh he's been telling us you know just play desperate you know like no that's that's just been the message just play desperate and uh and i feel like uh you know that's enough said honestly you know
everybody pretty much responds to that alone everybody knows that exactly what he mean when he say that like you know play desperate yeah i feel like you know that's that's the message simple as that.
Yeah.
Brad, okay.
We hear this all of a sudden.
I mean, I thought you was playing well for Washington.
And then all you saw, you know, he might get traded or if he did not get, they can't find a trade partner, they're going to release.
Was there anything in training, Campbell?
Was there anything in the offseason that led you to believe that you wouldn't be a commander this season?
I mean, honestly, I couldn't even tell you that.
I was just so focused on, you know, just being a commander.
You know, I felt like at the time, that's that's the only thing I should have been, been focused on, you know, unless, you know, somebody from the higher up had a message they wanted to say, you know, say something to me that made me think otherwise.
Other than that, you know, my only focus was being a commander, you know, so,
you know, I couldn't tell you nothing besides like the rumors or something like that that probably like triggered it, you know, but you don't really get too caught up in rumors and stuff that go on on the internet.
You don't really know.
But
apparently they was knowing they were knowing stuff i didn't know
listen b rob that had that happened to all of us baby that happened to all of us one day obviously it happened to me uncle i'm sure it's happened to you and sometimes you going about you going on about your business doing what you're doing for getting prepared for the season and all of a sudden you know it always come from in-house too It always comes from in-house.
They purposely put it out there
just to get the storm, just to get the storm going, you know, and it lets you know, well, damn, that's how y'all feel about me.
Everything I done did for you, all the work I done put in, the blood spent I done went to war with y'all, and that's what y'all wanted to leak out there.
And it is what it is.
But listen, you off the green of pastures, obviously, enjoying.
How are you enjoying your time out there
in San Francisco so far?
Shit, honestly, man, I just, I mean, I jumped straight into it, man.
I ain't really had time to really just, you know, get out and really explore like that.
You know, I'm sure when the time come, I'll see what it's like.
But, you know, right now, it's just been all above for me, man.
I had to jump straight off the jet, like, you know, like trying to, trying to get in the playbook, you know, obviously, cut shit.
I got to, I'm in the same position, you know, I got to.
You like a rookie all over again.
Got to learn a new system.
Yeah.
But at the same time, also preparing like the starter that shit I always been.
So, you know.
So when my number called, I come in there and do my thing, you know, so that's what I expect to do.
So I'm, you know, just working on getting caught up to speed as fast as I can, just so that it ain't no no hiccups when that number gets caught.
I don't care about the fact that it's only been a couple of weeks.
I ain't making no excuses to that.
You know what I'm saying?
When it's time for me to spin, spin.
Yeah.
Is the offense schematically any different?
I'm sure the words are different, but are there any similarities from the commanders and what you have to do with the 49ers or is it completely different?
I think we're running a different scheme.
You know,
it's definitely a different scheme.
And it's actually like, I like it.
One cut, get your ass downhill.
Exactly.
You know,
that makes no sense to me.
You feel me?
That makes sense to me.
I'm good.
I blocked that sense of one cut.
Hey, we're going to cut the backside.
When you make a decision, when you put your foot in the dirt, commit to that, come on with it.
Yes, sir.
All right.
Bobby T.
A.
So,
we practice that.
So, why the hell you doing it?
Yeah.
Bobby T don't play.
Jenno,
I don't know if you know Bobby T.
Bobby T don't play.
I done got to know him well over the last.
Oh, yeah.
Be Bobby, Bobby T a great guy, though, man.
He a great guy.
What's it like having Kristen McCaffrey?
I mean, you're in the same meeting room with Kristen McCaffrey.
You're in the backfield sometimes.
What's it been like?
Because, you know,
going to the University of Alabama, you used to having, you know, great, back, great players around you, but he he a different animal
yeah he definitely you know he is who he is though but he he's super humble you know great you know great teammate so it's you know it's easy you know be in the room with him he you know he's just a great team player so he you know he ain't too caught up in you know being christian mccaffron and all that you know so
it's been pretty cool you know just getting to know him and get to play alongside him and just seeing how he go about his business and and why he is the special player he is because he he he handled he handled his business like that he'd be on top of you know what i'm saying it's it's just been fun to watch just get to know him and you know just see how he he's been the great like that over these years
yeah hey man what is it like man i'm i'm like like just just a thought man and being able to share the fear i can't i'm kind of kind of hurt almost a little bit not being able to play in this era because there's some great players that i enjoy watching especially on the defensive side of the ball that i would love that i would have loved to go against.
And
Fred Warner has to be one of my favorite players.
So, man, what is you?
You got to tell me, what is it like being able to share the field with young bull, man, every time y'all out there on that field?
Yeah, I think, I think, you know, being able to share the field with Fred is special.
You know,
it's a moment in my life I ain't going to take for granted for sure.
Because
I came out here to San Fran and I had to play against Fred my rookie year.
Yeah.
And,
man, we tore each other up.
You know what I'm saying?
But we hit it, look, we hit each other enough just you know, after the game, like, like, bro, respect, respect, yeah, you know what I'm saying, respect for sure, you know what I'm saying.
So, you know, by the time I walked in the building here, it was just like, you know, we still remember like them moments, like playing against each other.
And I'm like, we on the same team, you know what I'm saying?
So it's like, hey, we're gonna, we're gonna go do that to other teams now.
We're gonna go do what we was doing to each other.
We're gonna go do that to somebody else, right?
You know what I'm saying?
So dope.
Yeah,
I think that's
that's dope for sure.
B-Rob, do you remember uh first game you came out uh it's a a tremendous meme you came out running to many men after the traumatic you ended up getting shot and i was like well he probably done for the year and hell you back in no time i'm like damn
i mean obviously that's a very traumatic experience what was it like running out after being shot by i don't think you missed very many games what'd you miss like three four games or you can't you no you was right back yeah i only missed i only missed the games that i was out for for the, what is it, NFI?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Injured reserve.
Yeah, so
you got to miss four games.
So
those are the only four games I had missed.
Did you know you were going to be able to make it back so quick?
So when this happened, so what are the doctors telling you?
What are the athletic trainers telling you?
And then what are you telling yourself?
So the doctors actually told me that I would make a full recovery.
I would be able to play ball.
You know, so that's the first thing the doctor told me.
So
once I got out of there, shit, I took it straight to the recovery room, you know, and once I got in the recovery room, it was just a work in progress.
You know, I, you know, shit, once I started walking and I was able to jog and just move my feet and just do little cuts and stuff that just made me feel like myself again.
I just started kind of ramping myself up just in the in the training room and getting stronger.
And really,
I still wasn't ready to play.
I just, I wanted to play.
You know, in my head, I was like, you know, ain't nothing finna stop me from playing.
I'm playing.
Especially after
she again named a starter, too.
I'm like, yeah, I got to get out there.
I got to start my career as a starter.
I got to go get in there and get active.
And
I wasn't even close to healed and healthy when I even touched the field anyway.
Not even close.
By a long shot.
Right.
By a long shot.
I ran on one leg for two years for sure.
Damn.
Like, no doubt.
But
so
when I finally came back, this was the thing that this was the decision-making time.
After I had set out for the first four games and I was able to come back, you know, Rivera, Rivera was my head coach at the time, Coach Rivera.
He came in the locker room.
He came to me.
He was just like, yo, totally up you.
I respect that, though.
You you know what I'm saying?
He came up to me, he was just like, Yo, it's totally up you, you know, like
your car, your shot.
I'm like, I'm going, you know, that's that was the only words I have.
I'm like, I'm going.
So
going through this traumatic experience, have you had to move differently?
Have you surrounded yourself with different people?
Make sure you stay out of certain areas.
So how has that
impacted the way you move day to day now?
Honestly,
I've always been the type that moved precisely.
You know, I always had that precision in my movements.
You know, so it was actually
kind of shocking how that even
drew up on me.
I didn't realize that the city was just that bad.
You know, I just didn't, I didn't know it was that, that, that terrible out there.
You know, I was just
calmly stopping through, you know.
I didn't know it was that terrible, you know, to where I had to really, you know, just be all the way on edge
and yeah like like i really wasn't even on that type of time at the time and you know most like that's just that's just how i naturally move anyway so i kind of let my guards down for a minute down after just getting the rules and stuff from the the nfl security um of our team that was just telling us like how the gun laws and stuff like that is down there so i'm like all right i ain't got ain't no guns guns down ain't gonna worry about the gun feel me so Bad please.
So my mind said, just my mind shit was just kind of like, I kind of like slept on, I slept on them for just a little.
I kind of slept on them.
You know what I'm saying?
And
it happened just that fast.
Damn.
Just
in that little, that little window where I was sleeping at.
I took, you know what I'm saying?
Yeah.
Damn, they ran down on my man.
You had the jury, they take anything up off you?
No, man.
I ain't really even have
nothing on me, but
my wallet and my keys.
But
they was just as shocked as I was.
So it was just kind of like we was at a little standoff.
And
I ain't give them nothing.
But
I just ain't really have time to.
You know, shit was just happening so fast.
I ain't had time to do nothing for real, but what I did.
like i said you never know what you're gonna do until you get in a situation like you know i learned something about myself that day you
I'm glad you're good, though.
I'm glad you're good, man.
By the grace of God, man, to be able to continue doing what I'm sure was your childhood dream, and that's playing the game of football.
You're from Tuscaloosa.
Was there any, did you consider going to any other school other than Alabama?
Nah, not really.
I ain't even going to lie to you, bro.
It was always Bama, bro.
It was always Bama.
And
I even tried to go out and visit other schools.
And
it just, it just,
it almost got a little rowdy as
right before it was time for me to go and sign the school.
Kirby had got the head coaching job at Georgia after being at L, after being at Alabama for all those years.
And he was part of my recruiting process as well.
So,
you know, he kind of went and got that job at Georgia.
He was just like,
Come on, I'm like, I'm like,
I went over there, checked him out.
You know, me and my family went over there and you know, sat down with him.
You know,
you know, he made it real interesting.
He made it an interesting, he finally had made my recruiting process interesting because at that point, I hadn't been paying attention to nobody.
Right.
And Kirby had got that job, he made it interesting for a short, short second.
And I was just like, nah, bro, can't do it.
Can't do it.
That's dope.
That's dope.
Give me your top five Alabama running backs.
Off the top like that.
All right, but I got to go back.
I got to go back a few years because
my first running back that I actually have paid attention to, you know, just growing up in Tuscaloosa was Glenn Coffin.
So
I'm going to throw him in there.
I'm going to let Glenn slide.
Then I'm going to let Mark Ingram get in there.
Mark.
I got to let Mark get in there.
I got to let
I gotta let Trent get in there.
I gotta let Trent get in there.
I gotta let Josh get in there.
I gotta let Josh get in there.
Do you got one more spot?
Not including myself.
I'm not including myself, but I'm gonna put Derek in there, too.
You gotta get there.
Damn, you put Derek in there as an afterthought, huh?
Damn.
But no,
he ain't last.
It ain't really no order.
Everybody doing their thing.
It ain't no order when you putting the Bambo backs together.
It really ain't no order.
You know what I'm saying?
I don't know, like it really ain't no order, you know.
Obviously, you can put them in your own order, you know what I'm saying?
That's a nice list,
man.
Hey, B.
Rob, we appreciate you joining us, man.
Good luck, stay healthy, and when your time comes in there, hey, shine, shine bright like a diamond, bro.
Do your thing, no doubt, no doubt, no doubt.
Appreciate y'all.
Do me a favor.
What's up, bro?
Hey, when you see Fred, when you see Fred tomorrow, tell Fred, I would have ran his ass over for you real quick, bro
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That's tough.
That's real tough.
Hey, Josh.
Yo.
But hey, let me tell you something real quick before we start the show, right?
I know before we get serious, I just want to let you know, bro, I would have ran you over, right?
Nah, you got me, man.
Hey, come on, now.
Come on, now.
All right, let's welcome to the show, Viking Safety, Josh Matellis.
Vikings, right now, you're third in takeaways, third in passing defense, fourth in pass differential, sixth in total defense.
What was it like out there?
Because it happened in a flurry.
You get a pick six.
You get a strip, a scooping score, and you guys was just taking the ball away.
And then, and the offense would go right out there and put seven on the board.
seemed like, damn, I don't know if you've ever been a part of something as a farm but defense is concerned that where you took the ball away and it looked so easy, so effortless doing it.
Nah, I've never been a part of nothing like that.
Like that was crazy.
You talk about complimentary football.
Like that was all of that.
And within like two, two seasons,
it was crazy.
Like it was back-to-back plays and it almost felt like practice, like watching it.
Like, you know, I'm practice.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Don't talk about my team like that, man.
No, I'm about to just explain.
Let me explain it.
You know, how in practice, when, you know, coach is telling you to do something, you know, you do it in individuals, you know, you practice in that walkthrough.
And then now it's practice and you're doing the same thing.
You know what's coming.
You know, you're able to do things you ain't able to do if you don't know what's coming.
And he, you know, we were making plays, especially Isaiah Rogers, obviously, the man of the hour.
He was making plays that it was just like, dang, like, you don't see plays like that unless it's practice like i'm like i'm surprised like he getting this off on a nfl sunday but uh
nah man uh that's the kind of defense we play man you never know who it's gonna be but uh you know the way we play defense and the way we cause havoc you know anybody bound to have a day like that on his defense what hey listen go ahead oh cho oh no i'm gonna say listen i watched that game i was hurt Josh i'm not even
i was hurt i obviously i knew i knew burrow was out so i i felt good i felt good about Browning coming in because he's been in before when Burrow went down and, you know, he did pretty well.
But obviously, what you guys were able to do defensively,
forget the offense.
I want to talk about the defense because
you, Isaiah Rogers,
that front end, man, you guys were all over the place and actually dominated the game for all four quarters.
I thought at some point...
I don't even know why I had to believe that we even had a chance to win, but what you guys showed the other night with Brian Flores, his creativity and what he does exotically defensively and having the personnel to be able to do some of the things he wants to do, man, it was a beautiful sight to see.
A beautiful sight to see.
Yeah, man, when you can put it all together like that, especially on game day,
you know, we talk about it, you know, we preach it every week.
And, you know, for us to come and do that, especially after a loss and the way, you know, we gave up 200 rush yards a week before, you know, and that's not, that's not the way we play defense in Minnesota.
So, you know, for us to come back, we could practice going hard, head down, grinding, and for us to come out Sunday and, you know, put that out there for everybody to watch.
And that's on tape now you know for the rest of the season uh it was special we mentioned i think you guys have five turnovers at the half isaiah rogers he gets a a long pick six and then he gives a punch out scoop and score and then he gets it and it's like in another punch out and it seemed like this is just happening back to back to back and you're about looking like damn boy what what did y'all have to eat for breakfast
Yeah, it's crazy, too.
I walked up to him after one of his plays.
I think it was after the force fumble, and he picked that up and scored.
And I like, I grabbed his hands, I said, Whatever you got, let me get some of that.
And hey, lo and behold, the Lord blessed me with the hip
came right in my lap.
I said, Okay, he really has something.
I don't know what he had and what his routine was last week, but I've been close to his hip this week.
I'm gonna do the same.
Obviously, you guys go to Dublin.
You played the Steelers in Ireland.
You excited about, I mean, you know anything about Ireland other than, hey, is it the UK?
I mean, but have you ever been to Ireland?
Are you excited about playing in Ireland?
No, we uh we've done the London thing a couple times, but uh, I've never been to Ireland, don't know too much about the culture.
Um, I obviously
know a little bit, but uh, for me, it's gonna be a first uh, something that uh I did want to want to experience sometime in my life, you know, just traveling and exploring the world.
But yeah, it's gonna be a unique experience.
Yeah, I'm packing up, just finished doing a little bit of that, man.
We head out, yeah, yeah,
It's crazy, man.
So you got to get used to that time difference.
And we actually playing two games overseas back to back.
So y'all staying over there, right?
Yeah, we staying over there.
We head to London on Monday.
So
it's going to be crazy.
It's going to be dope.
I mean, obviously, I've been to Ireland many times to watch soccer matches.
So I'm not sure how much free time you guys do have.
Obviously, you're going that far, but when you go somewhere that far, you obviously want to get out and at least venture out, do some experience of culture.
I'm not sure how much you know leeway and leash you know giving you guys we'll get a little bit huh we'll get a little bit okay okay you you you're gonna like it you're gonna like it i can't i can't say it right now on the show on some of the things that you can enjoy and do but i'm gonna i'm gonna text you i'm gonna text you
i mean since you're going to ireland you can't have a pint so you can't do that so that's all i don't know how much you're going to get an opportunity to do in ireland but you probably get something to do in london because you guys get you know you leave on monday tuesday is your off day so that probably be the day that you get an opportunity to go see Big Ben or, you know, Riddle.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You get an opportunity.
You got to get around the city.
Yeah, to take in, to take in some of that.
JJ goes down.
Obviously, he had a great game, game one.
He didn't play well the first half, but then he comes out, plays like gangbusters in the second half against Chicago, and you guys win that ball game.
The second game didn't go quite so well.
He gets nicked.
In comes Carson Wentz.
How gratifying is it to have a veteran that has won a lot lot of games in this league,
played for a number of years, and you know it's like, you know what?
We've got to play at our level.
Let's make it easy on him.
If we can get an opportunity to get our hands on some balls,
let's take the football away.
Let's get a couple of scooping scores.
Let's get a pick six.
Let's do something to make it easy
for our team.
But you got a guy, veteran guy.
What was it like watching what he was able to do with the opportunities that you guys presented him?
Yeah, man, it was nice, man.
As a defense,
uh, you know, you can help out the offense, you can play complimentary football, and you get a vet in there that understands, you know, uh time of possession and uh just understands how to work the NFL, um, NFL game and the ebbs and flows of uh, you know, a football game.
It's uh, it allows you to play with a different kind of uh, you know, hunger and calmness on defense.
Um, obviously, you know, we knew we had to uh step up, and we know we're going to have to step up moving forward, just understanding, you know, we got a backup quarterback in now and we still have a young quarterback when jj does get back healthy the defense is going to have to step up big but uh for to see carson went to come in man and just instantly you know click back to you know his uh his prime it was special you get jordan addison back this week so now hey people are gonna have to pay a day all of a sudden you can't double or triple a jetta now you got to pay attention because addison a burner can make plays catch after you know running catch get deep um what's it going to be like to get this edition back to your offense?
Man, man,
that's a one-on-one guy, man.
He's a big play, explosive.
I mean, you talk about having two number one wide receivers on your team and being able to use what they do well at a high clip.
It's crazy, man.
KO,
he has both of them at his hand.
He can do whatever, man.
So definitely, you talk about having a quarterback, a young quarterback, or a backup veteran quarterback, having a guy like that to throw to an 18 on the other side.
Man, you really can't go wrong, man.
And you hand the ball off, Jordan Mason, Aaron Jones.
Hey, man, we it's that look like a winning offense to me.
Let me ask you, let me ask you this, bro.
How long you been?
How many years have you been in the league?
Okay, so you, I, you, you, the right person to ask.
Six years in the league, give me your five toughest defenders that you've had to face, that your defense have had to face
receivers, excuse me, receivers,
receivers,
Ooh.
Five toughest.
I would say Jamar Chase has been up there just because the attention
you got to have.
You got to know where he's at.
Yeah, because he's one play and he could change a whole game.
Amon Rasse Brown from the Lions.
We see him twice a year.
Great scheme, but he got great, great.
He had great players.
In and out of the breaks, man.
Damn.
Yeah, I'm about to say
he's very efficient.
He getting in and out.
He's getting in and out, man.
And he does a lot of the dirty work too.
Um, Puka at the Rams, man, we played him twice last year.
He was giving us work.
I ain't gonna lie.
I think he's a pretty good receiver.
Just being able to use, being able to use your physical tools, but still being able to use your agility at the same time, man, and being able to produce for your offense.
I think Puka does it really well.
Obviously, Devontae Adams, I would probably say number one on that list.
Wow, yeah, because
you saw him twice a year.
yeah coming into the league he gave my first touchdown
he was talking and he was talking cash after i was like yeah i should have never messed with him but uh yeah uh yeah i would say number one on that list right now um obviously besides the guy i go against every day in practice is definitely uh
devante okay yeah jettis yeah jettis he a different breed man i've seen i didn't see him do some crazy stuff you know practice you know you see a different animal and that's what i tell people you think about what they do in the game you ought to see them in practice.
Oh, my God.
You like that?
Did he just, did he just do that?
Off the porch.
I'm talking, we rookies, we same class off the porch.
I'm like, you sure this guy in the same class as me?
Like, he working too?
Like, he killing me.
He killed me.
You got anything else on your?
I was going to ask you, obviously, with the next game coming up, based on, I'm not sure if you guys have watched film already, if you've done any type of homework, are there anything coming up in this next game that you guys think you have to worry about or that you have to be sure of to make sure that you don't allow to ensure that you guys play just as well as you did against my Bengals?
What do you think you have to worry about in this next week's opponent offensive?
Yeah, for one, when you think about just a Mike Tomlin coach team, you think about a gritty,
a very physical, disciplined, disciplined football team.
So, you know, and then you add that with Aaron Rodgers, a 21-year vet who's elite with his passing ability and his football IQ, you know, it's going to be hard for us to find a way for them to make mistakes.
So, you know, on our end, we can't make mistakes.
So that's going to be a big key to the game is executing and not giving them easy stuff, not
missing assignments, missing blitzes, and messing up coverages, making sure everybody in their spots and executing the game plan because, you know, those two very experienced people you're going against, and you can't afford to give them anything to keep them in the game.
Because once that fourth quarter hit, you know, that's when they superpowers start to show.
But yeah,
they have a very physical team, but if we take it to them, man, from the get-go, I think we'll be in the right spot.
What is the biggest difference between Coach Flores and your previous defensive coordinator?
Oh, man, I think
for me and just getting to know Flo over these years, I mean, I was with the other defensive coordinator for a year, but with Flo and and getting to knowing this over these years i think it's just his his ability to understand not only players but uh the game and uh put those two together like he understands what this defense does well and what each player can do in this defense well
and and it's not yeah it's not it's not a matter of having a player who who's great just because you know the stats and the combine says is this it's because he fits this defense and his abilities will highlight very well and it's almost like a receiver you're not gonna put a slot receiver at the x he ain't gonna get open so you know he uh he understands how to how to move us around and have us do what we like to do really well but still make it look different
you see what he said
see that hey
josh if i can get offensive coordinators right to understand exactly what you just said they have they have egos they have egos so they just call the plays and expect to put the receivers in certain positions and just make go go make the play make it work instead of understanding each player who you got
understanding what you got understanding what they're good at putting them in positions to make plays where it comes to their strengths and not their weaknesses then it the game is simplified if you just do that yep but
we we'll even play we'll even play more people than normal you know we'll rotate especially in that front seven we'll rotate in guys on different person down the distances right whether it's passing downs, rundowns.
If you could play the run, you're going to be in on rundowns.
If you could rush a passer, you're going to be in on pass downs.
If you could drop in zones, and we need to, you know, it's one of those situations you're going to be in.
And I think that's the best part about it, man.
You never see a guy on our defense doing something he don't feel comfortable doing.
And, I mean, when you're playing fast and you, you know, you clear head,
and then you make plays.
But you got to put guys in position to succeed.
And like you said, Josh, a lot of times, look, credit, Ocho,
it's my scheme.
It's my offense.
It's my defense.
Nah,
you find, you know what?
You find the, you build your scheme around the players you have.
Yup.
Yup.
We switched, well, I say we switch schemes every year, man.
Besides our like base go-to plays, it's been a different scheme every year, man.
And it's just because we have different 11 guys out there.
So you got to switch it up.
Damn, man.
What?
I wish everybody else thought like that, especially the coaches, man, calling the plays.
But Josh, most of the time, I can only attest when I was playing, no, week to week.
Now I'm just saying some of the complaints that we hear from other players on other teams is,
man, they want to do it they way, and we can only run the route this way.
So obviously, you can, you, you restrict players from having the freedom to do what they do best because, okay, I got an ego.
This is my system.
It worked at the other place I was at.
So if I come here, it should work here too.
Look, with coaches like that,
I don't care if you take an Uber, but at the the time I have a taxi, as long as when his back foot hit, you where you're supposed to be.
I don't give a damn what you do to get there.
That's all that matters.
That's it.
Ask Travis, Kelsey, all of them.
It ain't got to look.
They're going to look the same.
But I will be when the quarterback ready to come,
I'm going to be where I'm supposed to be.
Let me ask you this.
Other than the weather.
What's the biggest difference between Miami and Minnesota?
Because he's talking about 85 and sunny, and then you get mine who's 20 and three feet of snow.
God, so weather obviously the biggest difference, but I would say just the culture, man.
You know, Miami, you know, that's that fast life, man.
Like, hey, ain't no time to just sit back and chill, man.
You sit back, your phone ringing, it's somewhere else.
It's motion.
It's something.
In Minnesota, man, it's really
commute.
It's slow motion, man.
Very family-oriented,
you know, very sit-back, relaxed.
I mean, when it gets cold out here and it starts snowing, you ain't going nowhere.
You ain't want, you don't want to go.
Practice at home.
Yeah,
yeah, it's uh, it's just you know, get home, you know, find your hobbies that you like to do, and you know, do that every day.
So, I mean, I think it's been good for my mental, I mean, especially living both lives.
You know, I mean, I've been in Miami my whole life, and then for me to be up here now, I think it's definitely uh good to just see both sides and being able for my family to see both sides as well.
I think that's really cool.
Have you uh, have you have you tried the Juicy Lucy's?
Yeah, that was one of the first things I did, man.
and it's a competition yeah the cube joint like hey yes so i went to both
i went to both you got you got a favorite
uh five eight club man they uh they do it right man that's the one hey
outside of football what what are some hobbies some things you like to do that that you're passionate about let's say when football season's over you know this is where i can find my safe haven and i have a passion for this and it's something that you enjoy doing that maybe even when you when you're done playing when you retire long down the road it can probably get into.
I just got into bowling, man.
And I think that's going to be my golf.
Yeah.
Yeah, I just got into it.
I just bowled a 300, boy, two weeks ago.
What?
I'm close, man.
I'm 278.
I didn't hit it.
Okay, man, man.
Come on, dad.
Let me show y'all.
Hey, come on.
We go hit some pins, man.
So, yeah.
Bowling, definitely, man.
What size of bowling ball you using?
I got to be specific because y'all look
what you got
15.
okay okay okay
yeah yeah i normally i go
i i got a i got a 16 i got a 14.
i gotta go in between
14 is my wrist bucket yeah i got i gotta go a little lower yeah i feel you
that's my like sweet spot but yeah man i i've been i've been really into bowling I just uh I mean, I played the piano past couple offseasons.
That's been one of my big hobbies.
Bacon, I just picked up to making bread,
just doing stuff in the kitchen.
I'm trying to get diverse, man.
Hey, yeah, listen, but
I used to cook them things up too, back in the day, bro.
You go each other cooking things up.
Hey, you got time.
You got that time now.
Hey, I used to be in that, you know, I used to, yeah, that was me.
That would be before football.
I used to cook them things up.
No, you didn't.
Come on,
not before football not before
not before
not before hey I'm just saying when you said when you said baked I like you put back memory yeah no no throwing that out y'all yeah not that so how how long how long have you been bowling
uh i would say
what now probably now like six months really
i got good fast though i ain't gonna lie
that's how i know that's how i know that's how
yeah that's how i know it's gonna stick Because, like, you mean, you know, when you, you, when you touch something, you're like, oh, yeah, this me.
Hell, I only bowled 200 a couple of times.
I only bowled, I think, my best at like 215, 221, something like that.
I'm like,
I'm like 180 to 202, something like that.
Yeah, that's me.
You garbage, bro.
If I don't get 200, that's a bad day.
Damn.
Well, that's what it makes you gonna feel bad, bro.
I appreciate that.
Nah, hey, but hey, you got other hobbies.
You made me look bad.
I got no hobby.
Hey, work is my hobby.
Nah, Josh.
I ain't gonna hold you.
That's it.
Hey, you do a good job.
I appreciate that, man.
I appreciate that.
Me and Ocho, we try to get it in, man.
We try to get it in.
Nah, man.
I appreciate what y'all doing, man, especially for the game, man.
And not even just for the game, man, just for men in general.
Just, you know, setting standards, you know, being the, being the face, being able to just show yourself and be yourself no matter what's going on in the world and in your life.
So I appreciate y'all.
Man, it's been fun talking to y'all, man.
I can't believe I can't, to be honest, I can't believe I'm talking to y'all right now.
That's crazy, late night, night cap talking to two goats.
I appreciate that, man.
We appreciate you taking time out of your schedule to come on with us, man.
Stay healthy, good luck the rest of the season.
Hey, keep playing that way, man.
Hey, Pro Bowl might be calling.
All pro might be calling, man.
Keep it going.
That's the goal, man.
That's the goal.
Everything to help the team win.
Hey, and I'm playing good.
I gotta help.
Winning definitely helps.
I can assure you of that.
Winning definitely helps.
Appreciate it.
Appreciate it, man.
Stay healthy, man, and good luck down with the rest of the way.
All right, boy.
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Now we have a very special guest joining us, 2022 second round pick out of the Universal team.
Ran one of the fastest 40 times in combine history.
Many question that time.
They say they think it was faster than what they said because when it popped up on the clock, it was 4-2-1.
Then they rounded it up to 4-2-7,
4-2-8.
So here he is, second-round pick out of University of Baylor.
Spent the first couple of years of his career at the New England Patriots.
Now with the Kansas City Chiefs, starting to thrive.
Here he is, Tyquan Thornton.
Tyquan, how you doing, bro?
Good, man.
How you doing?
T, what they do, boy.
What's your what up, man?
Man, shoot, let them know where you from, boy.
Tell them where you from, boy.
Man, you better act like you know it, boy.
You down here in the bottom, huh?
But that 305, you hear me?
My we don't play no games.
Everywhere we go, we open the door, we close it right behind us.
That's what we do.
Know that, kick the door down.
Hey, first off, before we even start, boy, I want to say congratulations.
Congratulations.
Obviously, your resurgence out there in Kansas City.
Sometimes we need situations that allow us, when we get those opportunities, to prevail and show the talents that we do have and possess.
Boy, you showed the F out last game, boy.
And all I'm asking you to do is to continue.
Stream them things alone.
Stream alone.
They ain't going to be able to deny you.
They can't deny you.
Yes, sir.
But go ahead,
I'm going to let you take over that.
I got excited because my dog's in the field.
Go ahead.
What's been the biggest, I mean, seemingly, I know you had a couple of injuries, your collarbone, and it seemingly you couldn't get on the feeling.
When you got on the field, it was hard for you to stay healthy.
Now you get an opportunity for your talents to flourish.
We know you had the speed.
And it seems like Andy and my homeboy, you his favorite target right now.
And it seems, what has allowed you to thrive
this year in Kansas City where in years before it didn't go so well?
Really, basically just getting in the rhythm, man.
You know, just getting them opportunity, getting them reps, you know, being out there, you know, staying healthy, you know, getting those reps and challenging myself in practice, man.
I'm trying to get better every day at the little things, you know, some of the things that I'm not good at.
You know what I'm saying?
And here in KC, man, they're very,
they let me know what they really want from me man and pat man you know having pat at quarterback man he makes it a whole lot easier for me you feel me so i'm out there just running knowing where the ball gonna be at man and it's just um making routine plays
When you got your opportunity to come over from New England,
what was the role?
What did they tell you they were looking for in a receiver when they brought you on?
Man, I mean, they didn't even have to tell me, man, you see the room.
You got guys like Xavier Wordy, you know what I'm saying?
Hollywood, Juju, Rashi Rice, you know what what I'm saying?
A bunch of playmakers.
So, man, all I just had to do is just, you know what I'm saying, just find my little puzzle in there and see where I can fit at.
But it really wasn't hard, though.
They like speed.
And y'all got it.
Y'all got it to burn.
Y'all got it to burn.
Now, y'all, y'all got, hey, you and Xavier and Rashid Rice, Hollywood Bryan.
I think Hollywood ran low 4-3.
Y'all got a nice little relay team going.
We already lining up with whoever.
But what has it been like?
Okay, you get there and all the names that you've mentioned have all played with Mahomes
before.
Now you get there and it seems that he's looking for you in situations.
You have one, the ball popped it out, Mahomes
rose and came right back to you.
That had to make you feel good because this is Patrick Mahomes, a Super Bowl champ, MVP, and he got that kind of confidence in me to come back to me.
I mean, sure, we work at it at practice, man.
We doing long drive drill.
We throwing deep balls every other place.
So, you know,
You know what I'm saying?
A thousand times in practice.
So he got a lot of faith in me.
So it's just me basically going out there and just making him right.
Yeah.
And the funny thing about it, too, Ty, when you got a quarterback like that, man, a quarterback that has expectations, once he trusts you and starts throwing you the ball like that, especially on deep plays, back to back like that, hey, they finna keep coming.
They finna come.
And the funny thing about it is you always got to be on point and always got to be alert and understanding, regardless of what the situation is or what's going on or what the read may be he might come to you just because in his mind well hell the last time i needed to play i knew i could count on on a zero for sure and just subconsciously he gonna come back to you again so man dude i'm i'm happy for you you're in a great situation because the conversation that people continue to have about the kansas city chiefs week in and week out is the struggles that at the receiver position And the only thing they talk about now is you and your emergence of now being one of those that can help them win games and i just i just want you to stay on that track and once you open that door all you got to do is close it behind you yeah that's all you got to do to close it behind you but go ahead go ahead
look you guys started 0-2 uh late uh uh you had an opportunity seemed like you was gonna win the game against philly and you win the game again you played the chargers and now you go to new york And do you feel this was the game that's going to get you guys back on track?
Because Seattle, where do I, excuse me, we're not used to seeing Kansas City start the season 0-2.
we always like hey this is the first time that in a long time kansas city not really favored to get to the super bowl you know win the division they're not favored to win the afc you hear all the talk how have you been able to block the no how have you guys been able to block the noise out focus on what you can control and then go win this game win this game last sunday
man just um going in there and just going to play kc football man just letting it loose having fun showing our personality i know the offense we kind of got off to a little slow start, but just going out there and just keep on punching at it.
You know what I'm saying?
And we know what we can do, man.
We got the players in the room, man.
We got the coaching staff, man.
We all just believe.
And we came out of that second half just to, you know, finish off and come out with a win for sure.
Yeah.
You know what, and Ty, when I think about it, I think about, we think about the Chiefs of last year.
And we're talking about the starting 0-2 or 0-whatever at the beginning of the season.
But you have to think, those close games last year that they had this year, they won those games.
They won those games.
They still had the same struggle, but they just happened to win those games as opposed to this year.
Everything's not in their favor.
So now they're having to dig themselves out of hole similar to how another team that we know about that started off good this year.
Now we're in trouble, you know, losing our quarterback.
But I keep saying, as long as they got 15, they're going to be all right.
So all the talk about the struggles that they're having, hell, boy,
I'm going to say it every time, every week, boy, throw the ball to 80, boy.
That's it.
Period.
It ain't got to be no deep balls.
It all come down to you, too, and and have that mentality.
Hell, if I catch me a hitch, I catch me a slam, I should be able to take that 80-something yards.
You know, Ty, we think about putting on a nightcap, NFL's fastest man.
You know, are we thinking about getting, we thinking about getting cheetah, thinking about getting you?
Xavier words on this conversation, man.
Me?
I feel like you went 4-1.
I really feel like I went 4-1.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yo.
Hey, hold on, hold on, hold on.
Can I ask you a question?
Like a serious question?
What's up?
Like, right now, you think you're faster than me?
No, I've been trying to race you a couple years ago.
We ain't gonna speak on that.
And I ain't wanna embarrass you then because I don't want to take your confidence because I'm still running like that.
But hey, this is a four, it's a 483 under here, boy.
It's a 483 under here.
This is real talk.
Uh, we're gonna see when I see you.
All right, bet.
So, when you put that together, make sure you put me in the race.
Nah, no, these are all cheaters, no tortoises.
So if I gave, so we, this offseason, you train, Ty, so I mean, we take five guys.
So we know cheetah has been the fastest guy for a long period of time.
Whether or not he's still that remains to be seen.
We got you.
We got Xavier Worley.
I don't know.
Oh, yeah.
Okay, Woolen.
We got Woolen.
Didn't somebody run 4-2 this year?
I don't know.
So we're going to take all the guys.
We're going to take six, seven guys.
And we're going to, what y'all want to run?
Y'all want to run 60?
Y'all want to run 100?
What you got?
60, 40, 60, 100.
I'll say, give me 100, man.
Give me 100.
A matter of fact, hey, and a million dollar prize for the winner.
So,
can I throw that out?
Can I say a million?
Oh, oh,
hell no.
Turpin.
We might get a couple of sponsors, put a couple hundred thousand.
Nah, a million.
I mean,
that ain't bad for 10 seconds to work.
who making that kind of million dollars
don't even make that kind of money hollywood too oh hollywood hollywood that's what i'm saying we're gonna put hollywood we're gonna put hollywood in there we just get hollywood wait a minute man you talk you talk about players that's making come on now we can't disrespect it but talking about some hundred thousand it gotta at least be a million the kind of money they make oh joe you see how excited guys get when they when they get a refumble or get a fumble recovery or pick and they're gonna get 200 that's in a pot
know what you think it's it's not the money it's the title of being the world the fastest man man nbc sports didn't pay those guys didn't pay daryl green and rod wilson and and hersh walker and willie galton
it was the title okay well we had a different time these boy making 20 30 men a year
oh joe how much you how much you think the fast you want to be known as the best at something i'm the fastest ain't no doubt it ain't no well i ran this time i ran that time it's now when we lined it up and the title for the nfl's fastest man was on the line all I know is I crossed the line first.
Now, all that other stuff, I didn't run no 4-1.
I didn't run no 4-0.
But listen, I'm just telling you what happens is
when you add money at the end of the finish line, it adds a different kind of pressure as opposed to just being the fastest man.
Oh, I'm running for a million dollars.
That does something.
You just said they make 30 million.
So what's a million dollars to somebody that's 30 million?
If I'm not in season, you mean I got a chance to make me extra spending money?
Ty talk to him.
Yeah, off season.
Let me ask you a question.
What do you think that guy can make if he's the NFL's fastest man?
That's his official title.
He's already the fastest man, obviously.
If he, if you already ranked, who said that?
Who said that?
Oh, okay.
I see what you're saying.
Until you line it up.
Until you line it up, you ain't the fastest.
Exactly.
I get it.
Noah Lyons was the world's fastest man coming out of the Olympics.
Now we got a new fastest man, Oblique Seville.
So we got seven guys lined up.
This is for the NFL's fastest man title.
I like it.
Hey, hey, TC, like he died for it.
He's like, hey, I don't know what it is.
See, that's what I'm talking about.
See, that's what I'm saying.
Hey, he ain't ducking no smoke.
He said, hey, line it up.
Hollywood, Savior, Cheetah.
Because you know, Cheetah has been claiming this title, and rightfully so.
For at least the last seven, eight years, Taekwondo.
So I don't know.
Cheetah, Cheetah can get out.
I ain't gonna lie.
He ran it.
Hey, hey,
we saw him running that 10-1-5, and he got out quick.
It's 4-2-1.
I stumbled too now at the break.
Yeah.
You did?
You did.
But I've tried to figure out how did they round it up?
How did they round it up that much?
Okay, how you, if you want to say, okay, the 4-2-1 to 4-2-3, okay, I'll give you that.
How do you go from 4-2-1 to 4-2-8, 4-2-7?
I don't know.
You got to ask them.
I was just going.
I thought I was the best man.
I thought I had me at an island or something.
You feel me?
Did you expect?
So
when you was going through your training, wherever you were,
where did you work at?
Did you go to Florida?
Did you work at Michael Johnson's camp?
Who camp did you work at?
I was at SPE.
Me, Tariq,
we was all down at training.
We was clocking like four or twos while we were training.
So
we'll go there.
Okay.
So you was expecting to run as fast because everybody seemed shocked that you ran that fast at your height.
So they were like, we expect them to go fast, but I think when you dip done the 4-3,
they're like, hold on.
We got to go back and look at some tape.
Because
it didn't, maybe it didn't look that fast on tape.
Because now you run that fast and it doesn't look that fast on tape.
They got to go back and look at something like, what do we miss?
It's a less, man.
My less real long, so it is.
It don't look like you're moving, huh?
I'm moving for sure.
he's been running like that man since he was a jit man
been running
he ran with my daughter at miami gardens
so you ran track in high school right tracking high school i've been tracking all my life
so what what was your hundred and two what was your best hundred best 200 my best 200
i would say was
i don't know
20 point high though it was high 20 point high yeah
i didn't i didn't really get fast at the hunt.
Like, my start got faster when I was in college.
Like, my,
I got stronger.
Yeah.
Dick Velora them came with Dave Ronda.
We started doing like the Olympic liftings and stuff like that.
Yeah, that power clean.
That's when I really got that first.
Because like
100, I was really like, I was more like a 400 runner.
The 400 race on the quarter horse.
You feel me?
So that's why I'm able to run them deep balls back to back to back.
You got, when you go, look, look, you guys guys win the game on Sunday, but it doesn't get any easier because you got a big game coming up again with the Baltimore Ravens, and you know what those guys represent.
And they lost the other night.
And it wasn't like a close game.
The score might say 30 to 38, but they got beat up.
And you know, they're going to come in and you guys seem to have their numbers, especially in the red.
Well, you have the number.
I think Lamar has only beaten Patrick Mahomes once.
So you guys just started.
Y'all play Monday night?
No, y'all play Sunday.
Monday night to Sunday night.
Sunday.
So you guys, okay, so it's a regular week.
You guys are, you got, hey, I know Andy got up at the board and says, hey, we got this team coming in.
We know what they represent.
They know what we represent.
We've played each other a number of times over the years.
What's your mindset?
What's Taekwan Thornton's mindset going into a game like this?
Just be the best version of Tyquan Thornton.
Get ready for a fight.
You know what I'm saying?
Take a punch, give a punch, and keep on going for four quarters.
You know, they like to play a lot of man coverage, Ty.
I'm just saying.
I've been putting it out.
It's so funny, Ty.
He just said they like to play a lot of man coverage.
And right now, against the past, they rank 29th in the NFL.
Look, I don't know what they rank.
I'm just telling you what they like.
They believe they say, we like our corners against your receivers.
That's what we like.
Whatever we are, we are.
But that's what we like.
We like this matchup.
So it ain't a good matchup based on the statistics and the rankings.
That's all I'm saying.
That's all.
Look, as Ocho said, they're struggling defensively.
They gave up 264 points in the fourth quarter.
They gave up 22 points in the fourth quarter.
And then
Detroit got whatever they want.
They ran the ball how they wanted.
They did a great job.
Jerry Goff didn't get.
But you know, that's not the version of the Baltimore Ravens you're going to get.
So what's your expectation from the Ravens?
I mean, that's a good football team over there.
They got a lot of good players, but a lot of good players too as well.
So like I said, man, we know it's gonna be a fight.
No, we're just gonna do play KC football, man.
That's what we're gonna do.
We'll go out there and we're gonna play
in your brief tenure in the NFL.
Who are some of the tougher, tougher DBs that you've had to go up against?
Um, when I was in New England, who I had to face, that was pretty good.
Sauce was pretty good when I was out there in New England, I'm playing against Sauce, seeing him two times a year with him long arms.
Um, who else
Have you had to go against Stingley?
You had to go against Pat Sertan.
Have you had to go against?
No, I don't think I really went against Pat like that.
You know, I grew up playing against Pat, so, but I ain't really right, I ain't see him in the league yet.
But um, Stingley, I didn't see Stingley,
so I just say sauce.
Sauce is probably the only one that yeah, yeah,
I like it.
Yeah, but you know, I'm looking at this, I'm looking at it now.
Uh, you theoretically were supposed to be the fastest guy because John Ross ran 4-2-2 and you had 421.
So you like feel like,
I got this.
I had put my shades on and I was like, yo.
They played.
They played with us.
So
had the 421 stuck, would you have run another 40?
Actually, I did.
So when they told me I had 421, I put on my shades.
That was it.
Okay.
Yeah.
It wasn't nothing else to do.
I was like, bro, the speed,
y'all don't need to.
See me at Pro Day.
So what did you run?
Did you run in your product?
I just ran out.
You said y'all don't saw enough of this speed.
I don't need to show y'all nothing.
Y'all get greedy.
So what was your vertical?
What were you saying?
Because normally when somebody runs that fast, when you run that fast, you're explosive.
You got a high vertical, you got a high standing long jump.
So were you 10 and a half, 11 feet standing long jump?
Were you 38, 40 on the vertical?
I ain't gonna lie, man.
That's a minute ago.
I don't remember none of them numbers.
Yeah, I was too.
Bro, I remember none of them numbers.
You 26.
I remember my style.
I jumped at like a 45, I think 44, 45, 45 minutes vertical.
To be honest, the whole time I was training, I was really just running about that 40.
I'm trying to get
really that record.
But I think I jumped good, though.
I think I ain't jumped bad.
I think I jumped good.
So you knew the record was 4-2-2.
And so all you guys were down there training, pushing each other like, hey, somebody from this group group need to get that record.
Uh, I nominate me.
It was me, Tariq William, Kaylin Barnes.
He was the um, well, him and Willen was like the two fastest DBs.
We were working, yeah.
Hey, Kaylin Barnes, fast like that, yeah, he fast, he country fast.
He from um, yeah, I think he didn't he run sub four, didn't he run sub four three?
He went four two five,
man.
Man, yeah, that that's that's that's fast for no reason.
Damn, I mean, you blink and he's gone.
Well, Tyquan, thanks for joining us, man.
We really appreciate it.
Congratulations on success.
Continue to build on what you got going on.
Don't let up.
This is just a start.
This is what they envisioned when they took you in the second round.
The type of player that you are right now, the type of player that you're becoming, this is what those teams envisioned when they saw you at the combine and they saw you at the University of Baylor.
So continue success.
Stay healthy and come back and talk to us down the road.
Appreciate y'all, man.
Yeah, hey, boy, get it.
Appreciate you, boy.
Love.
Love.
All right.
Appreciate you.
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