Bussin' With The Boys - Best of the Bus: Bijan Robinson Recaps His Rookie Year + His Relationship With Arthur Smith

Episode Date: January 24, 2026

Recorded: May 9, 2024 | On this episode of Best of the Bus, Will and Taylor sat down with Atlanta Falcons star running back Bijan Robinson while they were in Atlanta in 2024. Everyone knows how electric Bijan is on the field, and he opens up about what his rookie season was really like and how he adjusted to the speed of the NFL. The guys also dive into the midseason controversy around his workload and usage, asking Bijan how he felt about his touches and whether he thought he was being used the right way. By the end of this interview, it’s hard not to be a fan. Bijan comes across as an all-time good dude with a great mindset and love for the game. Enjoy, fellas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHart Women's Sports. Bejanan, welcome to Boston with the boys. As I was sitting down, you had some very choices. I was just came out of nowhere. You were ranking Texas running backs. Do you want me to quote what he said? Quote what he said. He said better than any running back that came out of Michigan.

He said Ricky Williams, Earl Campbell himself, better than any running by that came out of Michigan. Okay, Ricky Williams. the goat couldn't stop smoking oh yeah Earl Campbell really good ball player

and you've only had one year in the league brother I mean we got a but we're talking college ball no I did say I'm biased but there's been like I mean you got 55 touchdowns

but what did you say about Blake quorum's touchdowns no I mean no I mean oh he's one of the best running backs college football history I give him that but there was a lot of them touchdowns one of the best

running back to college football history. He is. But he doesn't hold a candle to the you guys. I respect him heavy. But I don't know. I mean,

you saw in the draft this year that the first running back taking off the board was from Texas. From Texas. How'd y'all do against Washington? How'd that go? It'd go well.

We handled it for you the next week. Y'all did. We took care of business. We won a national championship. You're right. You're right. And congratulations. Thank you very much.

I appreciate that. Yeah, we'll get that one next year. You think you're good this year? I think we're really good. Even just us going to the SEC, I think we have a really good chance of doing some good stuff. I mean, we got everybody coming from the portal.

Yeah, you guys in Ohio State. But are they going to build the culture? How is it playing for coach Sark? Man, it was so much fun. Like, just having, you know, him is not necessarily a father figure, but like an older brother to come in, like, actually coach me and just take me in.

And what was cool was like me and Sark, I was with that. for the rise of what he has now. So, you know, with, like, those struggles that we went through, like, that was, like, what we had to go through. And now seeing him, you know, be, you know, respected around the whole college football, around everybody that knows football, like, it's pretty sick. I don't know lie.

But he's definitely the dude that I respect a lot, especially for, like, making me who I am today as a young man, but I love that dude, man. Dude, Texas is such a dope university. the opportunity to go there and check it out. When did y'all go? We went, we went last spring. Last spring. Yep.

But the uniforms, just like how everyone kind of rides to the longhorns there, it's a dope university. It's crazy. It's crazy. And it's cool because like, like, Texas, like, it's not a college town, but it feels like a college town because I'll bid the campuses. And then you got like downtown like five minutes away. So I thought I love it so much. Yeah.

When you were coming up through high school, like, well, what made you choose Texas? Just a lot of prayer, bro. But like, like, you know, my faith is my big, it is my biggest thing. So I just knew, like, that's for God wanted me to go. And, I mean, what, three years later, like, he was right. But it was more so, like, the coaches there. I mean, I had, like, my first running back coach, Coach Drayton. He was, like, the best college running back coach in the country.

I mean, he had, like, Ezekiel Elliott at Ohio State. Like, he did so many, he had so many guys. So when I went to him, it was like a no-brainer. And my first year, like, it was hard, it was hard, right? because I had COVID, so it was a COVID year for me. I came in in the summer, so I didn't have, like, that spring, that spring development. Yeah. But it was, it was a good time, like, just going there and learning from him at first.

And then obviously, he got a head coaching job, and then the rest was history with his choice. Was there any other school that came close? Ohio State. So I know you hate to hear this. I know you hate to hear this. But, like, so I silently committed to Ohio State for a week. Silently committed for a week. That's the second time we've heard that.

I know it's like that little... Yeah, for a week. Hey, I'm just letting you know. Yeah, I'm coming here. That side girl talk again. Here we go. That's exactly what it was. And it was like, it was more so, it was more so like people and players like in my ear telling me like, like, you got to go here.

You should go here. Like, we're going to build a dynasty here. You're going to be amazing. Which could have been true. But I just knew, like, you know, I could really go to Texas for, you know, a 40-year decision and like not just full. ball, but I can become somebody here and always come back here and always, like, feel like this is, this was always the place for me. And then, I mean, that was the main decision, but yeah, for a week, man, and I told the coaches, like, that was the hardest conversation in my life.

I was going to say how, when you decommitted, how was it? It was tough. It was tough because I called, I called the coaches and I was like, hey, look, like. My heart's beating for you right now. I know I committed last Monday. I know I committed on Monday. Yeah. Now it's Saturday. And I called him, I was like, you know, this just isn't the place for me, like, having to say that to, like, a grown man. And then him be like, what are you talking about? Like, I sent all my running backs away. Like, you were the only one I was getting, like, only guilt trip to you. It was, man, it was crazy.

It's got to be heartbreak whenever that. Yeah. Yeah, because he's a fight. I mean, he was the man. He is the man. Yeah. He's continued to stay the man. A lot of guys are a man and then they fizzle out.

Still staying the man. Yeah. Yeah. appreciate it. Like, it was just, it was, it was just tough, like, to have that conversation as a 17-year-old kid. And then him go on the rain, you still just be like, I know, I'm sorry, man. I know. It was like, I was with my family and they were just like, it's okay, it's okay.

Like, you had one speakerphone? Yeah. Would you be, you have family parents around you and stuff like that? They were, I need to be here with you with this one. Just whispered the phone. I know, coach. I know. I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, coach. What's the biggest thing, like, position coach and knowing like who they've, mentored or coached? Yeah. What was the big pivotal thing for you? Was it that? It was a position coach.

Because you're just like, you're going to be with him your whole time. So I think, and even just talking to like other running backs, you know, before I got there. And like, Reggie Bush, like his position coach in college was, like, that was his guy. Like, he said this is, the position coach is what's most important. Because if you don't agree with him, right, he doesn't agree with you, then you're not playing and he doesn't trust you and then he's he talks to the head coach like he's the most important important guy for yourself um so even hearing that i was like all right so let me like actually build a relationship and then the crazy thing is like nowadays and nil and stuff

bro no no relationships are being built like and then that's why you see so many transfers and so many kids going to other places because they're getting promised one thing and then they're not producing on the field. So after one year, and not even after one year, after one, like, like spring semester, like they're leaving. And I'm like, bro, like, first of all, it looks bad, in my opinion, but it's like you should have been building that relationship with the coach and knowing you can have that trust with him before you even get there. So you understand that when you're there, like, you know what's going to come and you know what's about to happen beforehand. And so I think that's kind of where college football is changing.

And I get it like you got to make your money and stuff. Not thinking too much long term thinking like what can I get here and now. Exactly. Did you ever get tempted by some pre-NIL, NIL? I never did. Never. Not once. You don't say names.

Pre-N-I-L-N-I-L? Yeah, pre-N-I-L-L-I. They're not part of the SEC yet. I didn't have, well, I didn't have an I-O when I came. I know. So like, even like the under-the-table stuff, like, it just never came across. Did any, don't name. names did anybody ever try under the table stuff i think they tried they tried with my coach my high school

coach and he was like nah like this isn't who like you this is you got the wrong kid he's not going to come here off of begging or off of trying to get him with some money um really so that that all got sent away Arizona kid man Arizona respect y'all's that y'all's at y'all top five do what that's the top five football in the country. It is. Cape Creek. Come on.

So where you from in Arizona? Tucson, Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. That border country. U of A. Give you any interest? U of A. 0%.

No. Like U of A.S.U. A.S.U. No. ASU over U of A, though. ASU will be over U of A. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I like ASU.

Like, I feel like if ASU was a consistently really good team, like they would get everybody because guys are so lit. The thing that's wild to me about AASU. you is like they have all the makings to have a good team. They have great weather.

There's beautiful people there. There's a lot of night life. You can just bring like hey, yo, we can create something beautiful and you'll have so much fun. That's what I'm trying to say. There's so much money in Phoenix. So much. Yeah. And you have all these different areas like sponsors that will sponsor you. But I don't know. It was never really. You talk about building relationships and how it's become way more transactional in college. Yeah. Coming in the NFL, this is truly where it's a transactional business. Like you can, what's the phrase you use? You love me, but don't trust me. Yeah, yeah. I love you, but don't ever trust me. Right. That's the kind of the mindset of all these coaches.

They want to build a relationship at any point if you're not doing your job. We'll see you later. No doubt. Do you, are you aware of that and still continue to build relationships regardless? Yeah, I'm definitely aware of it. You know, I've seen that firsthand, like, you know, guys have been here. And then next day, like, they're not here anymore. And, like, my freshman, or not freshman, my first year, last year, you know, just during rookie minicamp,

Like I was with so many guys up to that point and then when we start with with a team then a lot of them are here and it was like a it was like a shock to me I was like it's crazy right I just built a relationship with these kids like with these dudes and then now they're not here no more and it's like okay so now you kind of see like where the business is and then even even like coaches too next day they're here one day they're not and I'm like right like this whole whole like this whole whole time we've been jelling and but I see what like like that statement right there I feel it's true but for me I think it's still important to you know build a relationship with those coaches because you know like I was just telling him like like Lord willing I can stay here in my whole career but say I'm not and say those coaches are somewhere else like you built those relationships so like they trust you so when you're somewhere else and they're somewhere else then they'll then they'll like vouch out for you and pick you up right right so that's why I think it's like that's why I think you're you should keep the relationship

to all the whole time. Talk us through your rookie year. I listened to your podcast you did on the pivot, which is right before the draft. You do go the first round, which is awesome. No doubt. And talk about that process, getting drafted in the first round,

and then kicking off your rookie year. Yeah, man, I mean, so during that process, like, it's a long process. So just from when I'm done with my last year and my junior year and then up to the draft, like those five months, five, six months are long. And it's repetitive of talking to coaches, doing combine training, doing interview training.

Like, I'm doing so many things. And for me, like, I love to do other stuff. So I want to be an actor when I'm done playing football one day. And I've been doing, like, acting classes. But those acting classes have been helping for the interview training because, like, it gets you comfortable in talking to coaches. and get you comfortable and being in different areas with a lot of people in one setting.

So, like, me having to go through that was a long process. But, and then on top of that, like, I was in the controversy of should you take a running back in the top 10? Like, should you, you know, yes, you know, he might have the talent. He might be the most talented, but, like, should you still do it? Should you invest in it? So I was, like, hearing all that type of stuff, too. And, like, it was weird because, like,

Some days I'll be walking just on the street and you see a TV in a restaurant and it's like your face is the one that's up there on like should you do this, should you do that? I'm like and then that's the questions that I've been getting asked. So like that was like definitely a different process for me. But I think when you do get drafted, like that was it's like the best family ever obviously and going to the draft like experiencing that. You know, if you have the opportunity to do that, I think you most definitely should as a player. But then when I got here, you know, that's when we started a rookie minicamp. And like, that's what's about to happen right now here. And it's crazy.

Like that was a year ago. But like that was, I think that was like a really great process for me, rookie minicamp. Because for me, like, yeah, I play running back, but I play other positions too. I play receiver, play slide. You can line me up anywhere. So, like, I really appreciate, you know, Arthur Smith for doing that to me because, you know, with him, with him doing that for me, like, now where I'm at, the game just, like, slow down so much, like, instantly because I'm learning so many different things. Yeah. From linebackers to coverages to everything.

So, and then obviously with the season, like, yes, it was definitely a blessing of a season, you know, for myself. but even just learning, you know, how guys are, how coaches are. Like, it was definitely a fun, a fun time for me. Was that the hardest thing for you? Was the speed of the game at first? Or what was the biggest culture shock for you diving to the NFL, your first couple of games? Yeah, so it wasn't really the speed of the game

because dudes are a little faster than college. But I think it was more so, like, dudes are smarter in the league. So, like, you're not going to see a lot of guys, like, miss their gaps. You're not going to see a lot of guys. under pursue and dudes are always chasing the ball somewhere somehow but I think

you know when you get a grasp of it and understand it then then you'll start to click but when you find your rhythm then it's like you're playing college ball game yeah when that camera angle came out and you're shifting around and yeah that shit was nasty yeah and for me

so for me like in college like I would bring out the shifts and stuff sometimes, but like not a lot. But I think now in the NFL it gives me way more freedom

to do that because dudes are coming from different angles in different areas and you're always trying to get yards but you're always trying to find a way to like make somebody miss because somebody's always right here.

So I get to like obviously just slow a process down and I'll feel a defender coming any which way and then I know I have to do something real quick because if I don't like they're going to make a tackle yeah um so like breaking tackles for me is like it's a fun thing which is interesting you it's breaking tackles is a fun thing yeah I assume so absolutely yeah it's fascinating to hear him talk about it because it's like clearly

he's like I've added more shift shifting this to my game but basically because the game's gotten faster he's developed quicker right there it is that that's exactly it so like because the game's gotten faster like I have to get faster in my process so you just said your head I'm going to get faster and well even his instincts it ends up coming yeah it's like it's like it's like you're in the i don't even know how to explain it if you could if i if i if i could it's like you're in a have you seen a john wick oh yeah yeah we have seen john wick yeah yeah so there's like the scene and like john wick too and like they were all surrounded him and he was just like looking around like trying to find anything but they were all attacking him but like that's kind of like what you're

in when you're going up against these things you're You're figuring it out. You're figuring it out. Well, just feeling one thing to the next. And at first it's fast, but then when it slows down, then it's like, then that's when it gets dangerous. John Wick or Jason Bourne? John Wick. Have you seen the Jason Boyd?

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Yeah. In a straight fight. Johnwick is like never lost to me. He actually loses frequently. He does. He does frequently and gets a lot of help. But he loses in a way that he looked like he won. Like, oh, yeah.

Yeah. That's what he does. That's what he does. So you got to go back and wants the Jason Bourne movies. Because he never actually gets his ass Be. There's not one scene. He's like That tactical. He's always one step ahead of the game. John Wick, how many times

in those movies, JP, was he just, his ass was saved? No, he didn't. The last movie, he's going up those damn stairs. He gets his ass kick 17 times and gets his ass saved. It's a great movie, though. It's a great movie. No, he didn't. You talk about, like, things clicking for you. At what point in the season last year were you like, okay, like, I'm officially finding my speed

where I'm just a touch above everybody else. So that first game of the season, I like had this touchdown. It was my first touchdown. Like I made this move and broke a couple of tackles. At that point I was like, oh shoot, like I could do this like at a high level. Fires me in so much. But then the second game, we played the Packers.

And like I walked on the field and obviously like God gifted me with talent and everything. but it's like you walk on the field and like everything's just slowing down. It's like slow motion. And like I'm in the huddle. And when I like break the huddle, it's like I'm backing up and they're like moving slow. It's like some, it's insane, bro. And so when I, when the ball snaps, like I'm anticipating everything like quick, quick. And I mean, that was an awesome game.

But it was just like the, and I never even explained this, but it was just like the process. of like what I was processing during that game and then the rest of the season it was something that like I was like man this is pretty cool and obviously like you gotta watch a lot of film and yeah that's all that film study and everything like that to anticipate everything

but actually like feeling it and seeing it that fast it was pretty dope. Last year like on the outside looking in I want to say it was maybe the middle of the year your workload would shift around and I feel like Coach Smith would get questioned about it and wouldn't say too much

about anything happening behind the scenes or wouldn't really tip off anything that's going on. Yeah. Is there anything that was happening in the middle of the year to where your workload was shifting or to where you're hearing the same stuff, the external noise,

and whatever conversations you're having with Coach Smith's behind closed doors? Like, you know, people who are curious about what was going down last year, is there any insight to that? Yeah, so it was more so of me hearing the external noise and, like, you know, fantasy football is a big thing.

So, like, I had you. I had you. So, like, a lot of people had me on their fantasy team. So we would get a lot of heat. Don't check your DMs. I'm just kidding. But, yeah, like, during the middle of the season, you know, so Coach Smith was, you know, trying to, you know, make me comfortable in the game and make me comfortable with situations. And, you know, he was just, you know, trying to protect me and do whatever coat, like, because what Coach Smith didn't want to do was, was Derek Henry me.

year one like 28 carries 25 carries like you're taking all this workload year one because he was trying to like gradually get me get me ready to eventually do all that type of stuff but probably from all over the field you're right and like at the beginning of the season like those first five games like it was I was like rolling and then like in the in that middle of the season it was more so okay let's like let's get them let's get them back to like gradually kind of, you know, getting them right. Were you injured? Was there stuff going on towards to say, hey, we want to, okay, I know we're picking up

your workload, like let's kind of maybe mitigate some of the reps in the middle of the year and start to make a run at the end of the year? So, yeah, but it was that, but it wasn't like because of injury. And at the same time, like, my workload was becoming excessive. And, you know, I was running go routes. I was motioning. I was doing all types of stuff, running the football, blocking, in on third down. And, you know, for me, like, we have Tyler Alger.

He's the other running back. He's super good. And, you know, we played off of each other really well. And which obviously helped both of us a lot. But, you know, it was more so, like, doing all those extra things to be the decoy for the defense. You know, because if I go in motion, then that would. Everybody's antennas up. Yeah.

Then it would shift on the defense. And it could open somebody else up. So, like, that was where his thinking, was and yeah it you know my workload wasn't a lot like it would it would decrease on terms of like getting carries and stuff um but he was just trying to you know gradually get me right in different situations because obviously like towards the end of the season then it started picking up again but it was just that like the middle point of the season um that that's where his and that's where his mind was at all right now are you guys talking through this while it's all going down as well yeah

yeah like we're all we're always on the same page yeah we're always on the same page obviously everybody else didn't agree with it, but we always knew, you know, what the plan was. And he told me what the plan was before the season even started. And I was perfectly okay with it. But, and everybody was. But, I mean, as you start getting questions from the media and as you start going on social media. Draft it in top ten, like. There it is.

Yeah. There it is. And then you have fantasy, you know, players, you know, on social media, like, what's going on, what's happening? Like, so it all tied. in but we were always like on the side page and then towards the end of the season that's what everything started to pick back up yeah when you uh when this is all going down and like you're getting this heavy workload and then towards the like the middle lull yeah everyone's starting to ask questions at any point did you want to be like hey this is part of the plan did you ever want to

speak up for that situation or you just kind of had to sit back and let the noise be noise i just kind of sat back and let let the noise be noise and you know yeah i'll get media questions from the media and i was just kind of tell them like like you just said like you know this all part of the process, you know, this is all in God's plan, like, which it was, like, and just for me, just understanding mentally and physically where I was at. But then, you know, when, when things did start, you know, picking up, then we saw the end, the vision of it, but that middle, like, three, four weeks, it was like, what's going on. Yeah, like, what's happening.

And, but we knew the whole time, like, where we were going with it. What kind of jump do you see yourself making going into year two? Like what are your goals and aspirations for Bejohn Robinson? Yeah, I mean, obviously, bro, like to elevate as a teammate. So I want to be like, I want to leave an example in a way that, you know, everybody will be on the same page, you know, what I'm doing. And, you know, for me, I think it was really good to have, you know, the vets that we did have last year because I learned so much from them.

Like, even like Clay is Campbell. Like, bro, like, he's ultimate vet. He's got that voice, too. got that voice. Yeah, yeah. He would just sit down with me. Like, he sat down with me at the end of the season. And he was like, yo, be like, you can really be the best running back in the NFL for a long time, bro.

And he was saying, but you shouldn't go in every day saying that, like, you obviously are very humble, but you should just do it by your work and just show everybody because for me, like, I'm big with finishing. So like, after a run, I finish all the way to the end zone. Sometimes coaches hate that. But, you know, my coaches like are cool. Like, they love it. because it shows everybody else, like, that's what we got to do.

And, you know, for me, I think just me doing that type of stuff in practice and, you know, even just asking questions to other players on what their goals are and where they want to see each other because obviously, I think as a team, you know, we want to win the Super Bowl. Like, but that's what everybody says. Like, everybody's like, we want to win the Super Bowl, we know, Super Bowl. But it's like, what are you going to do, you know, as a team, you know, when nobody's watching. And, you know, I think team dinners, like stuff like that are always a big thing because you build so much chemistry.

And that's why I appreciate, like, even Kirk, because we be out there, you know, grinding every single day on offense, like trying to just build the most chemistry because obviously we're on the field. And that's what we're trying to do is be great. And then for me, like, yeah, obviously I have these goals that I set for myself and I set astronomical goals. Like I think I even said an interview That I wanted to get 2,000 yards But like it wasn't me saying that It was just the goal I have to suffer myself Because obviously like we have Tyler Algeria

Like we have you know That one two punch And I just want us to just Kill the You're not saying it to diminish anything else You're saying like yeah I'm trying to get 2K Facts facts So like I didn't take that and run with that quite a bit

Yeah with you brought up Kirk cousins Like what was your reaction When Atlanta signed Kirk and how has your relationship grown since you've met him? Man, I mean, I was happy, man. I was happy, you know, just because, like, yeah, I mean, I feel like he is a top 10 quarterback, but, you know, I think because, you know, with his faith,

just how good of a dude he is to other people, to his teammates, that's why I was excited. Like, I knew he can come in here and, you know, Joe right away with all of us because, you know, I think the cool thing that Terry, obviously Rahim, Arthur Blank, Arthur Smith, what they all did is like they got really talented dudes, but they got really good dudes at the same time. And obviously he's a good dude, so I think he would come in here and, you know, immediately like Joe with the team.

And that's really what he did. And, I mean, our relationship is strong already. And, you know, just having talks with him and understanding like where his vision is and, you know, where he's coming from and how, you know, he wants everybody on the offense to, you know, have the best seasons that they've ever had. Like, that's, that's huge for a quarterback coming in because obviously, you know, when you're a quarterback, like, you know, you want that like me, me, me type of glory. But with him, it's like, it's all of us. And we're all going to eat in this office. He's a worker too. Like, the tempo and everything else.

Even at meetings, like, he's telling you exactly how he sees it, how he wants it, how it should be. And, I mean, I never had that. So, like, having that. And even like in practice He'd be like This is where it should go This is where how I see it And he he hits it there every time

And it's like This is the game changer right here So it's a fire I've seen your facial expression too about Kirk Yeah it's exciting You've seen Kirkgo chains yet Like the chain Yeah you've seen it is his chain around

No no no no Does he have a chain in his locker His alter ego Does he have a chain is a lot His alter ego Is that thing came out yet? Not yet Save it for the fall

I like that If Beijon can't wait to put a chain on it. Keep that clip in there. You know? What else do we have for Beijon? I got one. Hey, the Beijon Mustardson. The mustard.

Let's talk about the brand of the mustard. Yeah. So the mustard came out like two years ago. And, you know, it was all from like an idea of two guys, David and Craig. They're the other owners of the mustard too. And they came with this like whole presentation of like what it is going to become. like what it should become, this is before anything. And we're like in a top golf, like, meeting room.

So they came with it. And at first I was like, it's kind of cheesy, loki. Like, you know, this is a little weird. But like there, they had like billboards and like murals. And they had like it's selling in stores. And I was like, yeah, this sounds really good. But I mean, I just don't know how it's going to be. So.

Like, is he going to sell? He's going to sell. Yeah. Yeah. So the two months later, it came out in that summer. And, you know, it was like a big thing, like the PR and everything. And people were like, like, this dude has his own mustard. Like, that's kind of where it was at first. And so people started buying it online. And then like a whole bunch of people. Like we saw, we saw order sell from like a little bit to like it just skyrocketed out of the blue. And so we like made merch. We made all types of stuff. And I think. I think the first six months it was out, and it was during that football season. It was like the highest selling condiment in the U.S. What? You know, congrats on that, bro.

It's pretty cool. That's a big game, too. There's some big dogs in that game. Heinz. Heinz. Yeah, some big dogs. You got some big dogs running in the condomin section. And it's crazy because, you know, even in, like, the grocery stores, like in Austin,

obviously we're trying to get it across the country in every grocery store. but like every week you'll go to the grocery store and it's gone and then you'll have every other condiment still there and they're just like keep reloading it so and it's cool because I mean people like when they get the mustard like they'll like take a picture with it like they're like happy about it like you don't you're not going to Heinz you know catch up or mustard like they settle for Heinz you know and it's like it's not cool but uh Ice cream, we're about to be after your asses. I know.

Big trouble. No offense. They're about to buy it up. Maybe. If they did, like, obviously that's the end of all. Like somebody. You're open for business. We are.

We are. Have you done anything creative, marketing-wise, yourself? Outside of, like, marketing plans. Like, right now I'm thinking to myself. Muster's pretty creative. He needs to have the mustard, like, you know, somebody, one of the equipment guys has in a bag, but he has it out on the field. Not out on the field, but on the sideline.

And after he scores, it's like he jogs over to the sideline. and just takes a shot of the mustard, which that right there is just, I mean, so. There's your advertisement. That's such a good idea. Muster bottles has a water bottle. Yeah, if you have water in just the bottle,

you just go right back. It's like Marciaun eating the Skittles. That's, a matter of fact, like, that one's free. We've done, like, marketing stuff, obviously with the commercials and stuff. But that one right there, like, after a touchdown and, like,

somebody just throw it in the, like, throw it from the crowd, like, throw it at me. You know, we can do a lot of different things. Where you go to the sideline? Yeah, get a couple, throw it to them to the fans, Let them do it. Let them do it.

Bro, keep it under the goalpost. A hot dog and the mustard. Score touchdown, put the mustard on top. That would probably be a fine, though. That's all right. Eat that fine. For sure. You're right.

You're right. You're right. You're right. You're right. That's nothing. Yeah. That's a long-term play. You could do some.

You could do some good stuff. That's what we're going to do. A hundred percent has to have the design of your mustard. And then we have like the mascot. We have the mustard mascot. So like, yeah. So it'll be at all the games. It's me.

I always show you on my phone. Like, Yeah. But yeah, he's just at all the games, like at Falcons games, like, it's in the stadium. For real? At Texas games. Like, they're just walking around. Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers.

And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news, new? Huge news. We created our own podcast called, Hey, Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to a...

We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special. So how do we... How do we actually come up with a name Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band.

Before Jonas Brothers was... This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title.

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Dude, I know we're about to slow this thing down a little bit, but NCAA, did you ever play the game? I loved it. Loved it. Yep. How heartbroken are you that you're not going to ever be at the game? Very much so. Just missed that time.

He will be. No, I have to do like in the legend. And they'd be like a legend. Yeah. That'd be cool. But I'm heartbroken. I bet, dude. Like, I was three years, two years off.

Two years off. I hated to bring that up, but it is coming out really soon. It is. And so when it comes out, you're sitting there, you're going to play. July? July, yeah, middle of July. They're like announcing everything, I think, next week or something like that. I'm going to be stuck on that game.

You a gamer? I'm a gamer. What's your game? I'm a sports gamer. Sports gamer and an actor, dude. It's a good combo. There it is. So, like, I love FIFA.

I love, like, I love 2K. Madden I'm okay at, but like UFC, like, that's my, like, that's my, stuff right there. Okay. Would you say you're the best gamer in the locker room? Absolutely not. There's a couple of dudes that are actually like real, like, so like, coo. He's unbelievable at

FIFA. He's unbelievable. He can't count kickers. They have more time than everybody else to do what they want. That is, that is true. That is true. Even in college, like, the kickers were just like just way better than me for no reason. And I was like, come on, man. All the games, ping pong. all that stuff. They had it all. We had kickers in college that it was like not their day to kick.

So I'd be like walking out to practice. And they'd be like, oh, we're going to the movies. Like, God damn it. It was the worst. They were going to the movies. Yeah, we didn't win a whole lot of games. Dude, Kern and who was Ryan? Suck up.

Ryan suck up and Kern would be breaking down. Like, we're in meetings. And they'd be breaking down golf courses. They'd just be planning out golf trips and breaking down golf courses. That's a lovely time. We're going to, we have a break to go to the bathroom and stuff. You kind of, you go in. You're like, hey, what are you guys in?

They're like, literally breaking down golf courses. And they got like stapled papers and everything, breaking down golf courses. But speaking of golf, like, who's your favorite golfer? Tiger Woods. I'm just kidding. I don't watch enough. Max Homa. Okay.

Oh, yeah, that's a good one. That's my number one. He's been on the pod. He's one of the boys. Y'all like, Scottie, Sheffler? Sure. Yeah, just kind of came on. He kind of came on the scene this year.

Texas boy. Yep. Are you golf? I'm not golf, but I watch it and I play it on PlayStation. You watch golf? Yeah. For real, you have it on? and you're like, you're stuck to the TV watching.

I'll watch it, yeah. I can't get behind that, man. He said, hey, yeah, I play it on PlayStation. And I play on me, that's kind of why I watch it. Dude. Are you, can you who? No. All right.

He has a flaw. That's good. Yeah, he has a flaw. Yeah, I know. I don't think he's here in line. I was going to get, I was going to get him going. Yeah, I mean, we asked Coach Raw this. Like, who's got the best athletes, NFL or NBA?

NFL. Yeah, I think there's no question. Like, no. no NBA player can play NFL but no NFL player can play in the NBA Oh, you're drawing a line down the middle There's no way to go both I don't think so like

Do you know who Devin Funches is? Now, J.P. Yes, okay, but that's awesome. That's awesome for us. You have one in a million, like, in a lot of guys. Michigan guy too. Fucking all nasty about Michigan guys, here we are. That's called. That's a callback.

That's called a callback. Who's the last Michigan great? Play corn. No, I'm talking about an NBA. I mean, I don't watch basketball. I don't watch basketball. I focus on football. Dude, you're a football guy, all right?

Stick to the lane. No doubt, no, no, no. Offensive line. We got 14 of them in the league. That's more than any other college. That being said, Atlanta Falcons' offensive line. Talk to me how awesome Jake Matthews is. Is he the longest 10-year Falcon?

Yeah, it's him. Is he just... Is it great? It is him? Yeah, yeah. Is Jake, talking to me about Jake's personality. See, like, your classic offense alignment keeps to himself? No, not, not.

You just got to like open, like, when he opens up to you, like, Jake's my dog. Yeah, I bet. That's my dude, man. I mean, obviously all five of them are, I mean, the whole offline room is like super dope. But like when you meet Jake, I mean, when you know Jake, he's just like the most laid back, chill dude. I mean, he talks about everything, can talk about everything. And he's still funny. Like, he still has that funny personality side to him.

That's my dude, man. Like, for a vet. Like, that's the right I want to have. Can you do me a favorite? We have a segment called Tier Talk. Yeah. And Tier Talk is basically a ranking, whatever the topic is. Can you tier talk me your three favorite players on the Atlanta Falcons?

Okay, I feel like that's like a true question. You can give an honorable mention. It's not a true question. You just got to answer. It's going to suck for some guys to hear this. Man, I love everybody. Start at three. Start at three.

If there's an honorable mention, go ahead and throw a few in there if you need to. We can take a minute, too. We got time. Yeah. Our bet. Bet, but bet. So number three, I'm going to have to say Matthew Bergeron. No, no, no.

I'm playing, Matt. Sorry, Matt. That's got to be tough, brother. He's got to be tough watching this, Matt. He'll be higher. Okay. I'm going to say Zach Harrison, number three. Matthew Bergeron, number two.

And then Tyler Algeria. Number one. No honorable mention. Audible mention. The rest of the team. The rest of the two. I'm going to say, Liam.

He's our long snapper. That's a fire dude. Fire dude. Or Jesse Bakes. I find it very interesting. Jake Matthews did not make that after talking so nice about Jake. But Jake Matthews will make that, though, everybody. So you're a team guy, man.

You're a lot of team guy. I am. I am close to everybody. How about your top three running backs in the NFL right now? If you could give a little synopsis on what makes them great. All right. Then I'm, well, my first one, number one is Chris McCaffrey. Just because, like, you know, his stop and start is incredible.

And, you know, I watch this game so much. Like, I compare my game to his just the most because I feel like we do the most similar stuff. So I'm going to say him. And then I'm going to say Breach Hall is the other one. Okay. Just because, like, his patience, how he, you know, invays breaking tackles, how he gets, he still has that long speed. He's the other one. And then my third, I'm going to have to go with, I'm going to have to go.

Probably Sequin. Sequoan. I mean, yeah, I know his situation has been tough, but, like, I think just Raw, just give the talent for a running back, I think he got that. and his lateral movement, how he can bend and make cuts still, like, of how big he is. Like, I think he's the other one. So it's a solid list. That's a good list.

I'm going to say those three. That's a good list. Put myself in there. The boy, the boy, the end. I know. I was thinking that tale. Who? But I didn't want to be such a homer.

See. I mean, him and his prime. He's Hall of Famer. Yeah. He's Hall of Famer. Yeah. Most definitely. He had 2K.

Yeah, he did. behind this offensive line. I told my ACL that year. Let's go. Five games. What's up? I'll take that. Come on.

I do take credit for that, though. Who's y'all? Who's y'all's top three? Just. Podcasters? Yeah. Matter of fact, yeah. Top three podcasters?

Rogan's one. Yeah, Rogan's one. But what makes him the one? Like, his ultimate curiosity. Yeah. He's so present and his ability to be so curious about the subject at hand. Okay. And be able to break that down and have information about it is, I think that's a one-of-one talent.

In his range. I mean, he can literally have- Crazy range. Anybody on. And he does his, he does his prep work. We broke our own rule. What was that? I was supposed to go three first. But Rogan is.

No, he's gone to. Yeah. Okay. Rogan. God. What about full saying, like, is that a nut boys? No boys, yeah.

Those are my dogs. Those guys are awesome. I don't know about like what's the category that we're talking about when it comes to a podcast like Okay, just whatever they Oh, I'm talking about

There's like so many podcasts and the Nulk Boys have a massive audience They do a great job And their content is amazing Got you But are we talking about Their interviews How they approach the interview

Those types of things Because then I think it does change a little bit Because their audience is insane Okay And those guys, they are good dudes They're not Hey it's us to Jonas brothers And guess what

We have some big news What's the news news news? Huge news. We created our own podcast called Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts.

Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes.

I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

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Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. I would say just like interviews. Interviews. Just be the interview. I would say, uh, Dach Shepherd. I heard of him. Okay.

Armchair quarterback. Yep. He's our armchair expert. He's really good. Okay. Man, who I found myself listening to a lot? I mean, Theo Vaughn's up there. I find myself going in his.

He's so funny. And I feel like he's developed over time too. He's a lot more comedy in the start because obviously he's a comedian. Yeah. But I feel like he's starting to get, he's starting to create a range and a variety for himself

where he's handling himself well on all these conversations. I like that. I like, isn't he like in Atlanta? No, he's in Nashville. Yeah, Nashville. I think he's supposed to sign between the Nashville, maybe L.A.

I'm not sure. Okay. Yeah, I know he's got to spot in Nashville. He was doing the pod with shop, right? For a minute. Yeah, King of the Sting. Yep. But yeah, we're doing that.

That's a solid three. You got Rogan, Theo Vaughn, and Armchair Expert, or Jack Shepherd. Yeah, I'll co-sign that. I've never seen an armature expert one time, but I'll co-sign it. What's another? I'm trying to think, because... Sholes has a really good one. Yeah.

But I've seen his clips. I've never really watched the show. I think he's really good. Yeah, it's hard. I don't know there's something. Yeah, like... I don't digest a whole lot. I mean...

And that's based on, like, what I listen to. too, like, we can't, we can't not talk about the boys. Pardon my take, PMT. They're like the number one sports pod. Okay. They have been for a long time. A long time. Kelsey brothers have a great pod. That's a good one.

Yeah, they're massive. Spin chickles all bars. Everybody at Barcelona listen, all the barso pots. Yeah, PMT probably is like, they would probably be up there with Rogan. They probably be two. Yeah, I mean, as far as consistency and being at the top for as long as they have. The ability to play off each other and having the same sense of humor. Like, they do a great job.

Nope. Yeah, but that's, there you go. There's your top. Top 26 right there. We just get to you. That was a good deal. Top 26. Who's your top left tackles?

Okay. My top left tackles. Trent Williams is one. Easy. Above and beyond. You're a dog, man. The best one. He is the best one.

I wish I had a list to look at. Because I'm trying to go through. It's okay. We still got Jake. He's got Jake. Rams. Sorry, though. No.

Not in Seattle, so that's West. Tunsel's probably in there, yeah. I'm just trying to run through it all because, like, I think Jake's great. I think. Who's Houston? Tunsel. Houston is Tunsel. Okay, that's awesome.

He's nasty. Who's saints? They got nobody. Well, no disrespect. I'm just trying to think of names. Yeah, let me do. I'll do Trent, Tunsell. Let me get Dionne Dawkins for three.

Honorable mention to our boy, Jake Matthews. I still hold a lot of animosity towards him. Yeah, getting the guy. Oh, gosh. Yeah, we were sitting like in a room outside of Radio City. And we kind of like started talking because we were both doing the, you know, top tackles in the drive, like kind of sizing each other up a little bit, but like being respectful at the same time.

Kind of both doing the uncomfortable thing together. And so I was like, hey, what do you want to go? And he's like, honestly, he kind of looks around as. if somebody's actually listening to us for tackles he's like Atlanta would be sick I was like dude same and then that Monday before the draft Atlanta flew to me and they're like if you're there at six be ready and I'm like I'll be there I will be there so six comes around six comes around I'm like fired up and the phone starts ringing on jake matthew's table he's like two tables away from me too his family starts celebrating I was so fucking mad I was so tight because that's where I wanted to go

yeah I was like 8L sick flower branch I came down here checked it out. No doubt. The Arthur Blank was kind of dope too. Fire. He seemed like he killed a couple guys, not himself personally. I made the correct phone calls to get things done. And I respect that if you're able to get away with that.

And so for me, I was like, yeah, that'd be kind of sick. And then Titans called me and I was mad about that because they had two tackles. I was mad as hell about it. Wait, so you're with Arthur Smith. Oh, yeah. That's our guy. He was a quality, man. He was a quality control guy at the time when I first got there.

Yeah. We would do these pursuit drills where they would, like, hold up balls in the corner. of the end zones and we were just run and try to punch the ball out and I would literally beat the shit out of the street I would run up by tackle him to the ground start punching the ball bro the thing I love about him though it's like yeah obviously he's a great coach and like we built the relationship but like bro his dark comedy yeah hilarious yeah like like he's if you're if like a whisper like something like that bro you can't handle like co-smith because like he'll joke with you and it's hilarious he's quick

It's hilarious, quick, quick. It's hilarious, bro. He's got good group chat humor as well. He does. Oh, my gosh. Like, right, he put us in a group chat, some of those office players, and just send the most, like, crazy things. But, like, it was so funny. It was so funny.

And, I mean, that's, like, man, he can definitely, like, build a relationship with, like, any player, just off his comedy. Because, I mean, that dude was hilarious, bro. No doubt. I love that. You just added one more, though. Top three coaches you've ever had. Top three coaches. This has been a fun transition, I guess.

Like, ever in my life? Yeah. All right, well, number one, I'm going to have to go with my high school coach, Coach Benet, Dennis Bonae. He's kind of like, Coach Smith, just off like, like, he's very, he's like the greatest coach in Arizona, like, history, high school coach. Charlie Regal, but yeah, go ahead. All right. Just arguing about it.

Whatever. But, you know, even just him, like, developing, like, helped develop me, to become, like, a respectable man and just, like, be a great kid. He was that guy. But then, number two, I'm going to have to go to Coach Choice.

That's a Char choice. He was my coach at Texas, running back coach at Texas. I mean, like, his energy is, like, awesome. Like, I mean, he brought it every day. every day and then watch I bet at the end of all this

like Rahim's gonna be my number one but I'm gonna say he's already like damn there up there where like Rahim is yeah he's fun to be around bro out of for a month and he's already like that guy I mean just

his presence and like obviously like he's gonna coach you like and get everything out of you but he's gonna do it with you like you'd be seeing him on the field, like in drills, like in the drill. And I'm like, I just never had a coach like that before.

That's awesome. And then even my coach, Petrie, he's, I guess he'd be like my number three. And he's my running back coach now. And like my dog for life. Love that. For life. I hear, I have a question. People would assume that a cat like yourself, five-star recruit, best, you know,

drafted, top 10. You're the man, even currently. that somebody like you wouldn't have faced a lot of adversity. What are one of the more trying times you've had in your career as a football player? Yeah, I mean, well, I face a lot. For me, I think I faced a lot of adversity. Just going to Texas and not having a winning team. Like, when we lose...

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And, you know, like we would go 8 and 5, and then it would be like 9 and 4 or something like that. Like that's a bad season like at Texas. And for me, being like the leader of the team, like who people watch. Like, you know, it was. The star, the guy. Yeah, it was hard. And sometimes. Sometimes I would catch myself, like, going to Twitter and seeing what people would say.

Type in your name. Type in your name. It's the worst. And you know you shouldn't, too. You know, you shouldn't. I'm like, I should not be doing this. But, like, and I'm glad I did it then because obviously I tripled out. And now I don't care.

Like, I don't care people think. But, like, then it was like, all right, what's happening? Like, what did I do? What's the small mess up that I did to make this loss? I kind of had a nice game. Let's see what people you know. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it was.

Like, damn. We lost, but I had a nice game. still want to see like what's it so it's like all that kind of stuff was was a learning lesson for me um but it would be like more adversity of like trying to get teammates on the same page as you and sometimes like teammates went to went to the school because of just the name like they weren't invested in the in the in the play like they just went because they want to go to frat parties and say oh I'm a football player like that's all and I was like that's cool but I don't think you're really getting none out of it um by doing that like wouldn't you want to be a great player

then do it like I just didn't know where where their where their minds were and priorities are messed up yeah they're messed up backwards yep and then even you know even here like man this team is is so tight that we're so close and like just some of those heartbreaking like losses from last year like it was it was you know really hard because obviously like those are the ones that you want and those are the wins that you want but you know with the NFL like we we would put ourselves in in some situations where it was just hard to come out of from from some of those games and then it would end up in a two point loss three point loss and it's just like we know if we won that game like we would be like easily in the playoffs but it's like those little things um that I had to learn from and come over because I think, you know, God plans everything. You know, you have a setback for huge setups for everything. So, like, that's where the setup really is. And that's where we're right now.

And I feel like where we're at now is where the setup is happening. Yeah. Man, we appreciate you coming on. You can tell that you love ball, like you love being a good teammate. You care, which is going to take you a long way. Like, you know, there's, you've probably seen it already. There's just guys in the league that, you know, they don't take loss as hard. They don't see it that way.

They don't come in the next day at work And you're just like, man, why don't you care about this the same way? I feel like I'm caring about this. No doubt. No doubt. But you can tell you love ball, man, and we appreciate you coming on. Man, thanks for having me, man. This is fire.

This is awesome, man. We do appreciate it. No doubt. Hey, the mustard move. I'm going to send y'all, I'm going to monster, though. Yes, do it. The address. Give me like a care package.

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We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions. Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it. But, you know, tired and sick. Tired and sick.

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