Bussin' With The Boys - Best of the Bus: Lavonte David & Vita Vea Knew They Would Win 2021 Super Bowl Two Weeks Before The Game Was Played?!

Episode Date: September 19, 2026

Recorded: August 19, 2022 | To wrap up our offseason football interviews we welcome Tampa Bay Bucaneers studs Levante David and Vita Vea to the bus. An electric interview where we get to learn a ton a...bout each of the guys. As always, please continue to help us continue to grow the pod by telling everyone you know to subscribe to the pod.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:20 Yeah, unfortunately. Like, he's more of the, you know, this is your third time, right? Yeah, I got it. I got you. It's the first time of me on it, though. Yeah, it was true. Yeah. And so I do, just to open it up. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:31 2011, like, hey, we got to block this guy. You were wearing number four? Number four, yeah. We got to block this guy. 27 tackles. You're the only guy that made a tackle the whole day because we donkey jaw. Yeah, true. And you guys, you remember the meeting? You guys went crazy? I do remember the meeting.
Starting point is 00:02:49 Levanti was the only one talked about because even though he had 20-some tackles, like, I think in the books it was like 17 or something like that. And literally, Bo was like, if anybody, if we had, had more people in here that had half the heart of Levanti David. He was a fucking warrior on the field. And the rest of you just pissed on your leg. Bro, and the way he had to be sitting there, he couldn't be smiling or nothing. He had to be like
Starting point is 00:03:08 bad. I felt so bad because it was a blowout. Yeah. I felt so bad. I remember like it was everything. He was just like It was an ass one thing. The only one who showed up basically was a dude, it really was an ass beating. We beat the shit out of y'all. Yeah, but the next year? Yeah, the next year
Starting point is 00:03:24 Dinar got hurt. You guys have, we already got that. People can click on whatever we had Dinar on, we did a spring tour thing, and we had the Nard on, and we talked about that game. Because they had, like, I think they averaged, like, two yards of carry. The next year? The next year. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:40 You know how the Blackshirt game worked. I think of that game. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Monti gave us the juice we needed. There's a nice little clip of me taking Will to the sideline.
Starting point is 00:03:50 In the fourth quarter, in the fourth quarter. Just trying to show the scouts. Your boys were going to go already. Yeah, we were winning by what, 21? I mean, it was like a two-square. game, but you guys were running, like late in the fourth. Like, you guys were trying to, like, get out of there. Yeah, our quarterback threw three interceptions.
Starting point is 00:04:04 Yeah, immediately through three interceptions. It was awful. Did Stanley catch a peat? That game, I believe. Yeah, the first one, when DeNar got hurt and they threw that first one, that's when Stanoe got in. That's what I remember. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:04:14 Let's get the word count up. So we're at practice yesterday. And your big ass lines up at a five technique. And what I tell you yesterday, the day before. You did say something. What I say? Don't fucking line up over here. Bro, I got to cut you.
Starting point is 00:04:28 I got to shoot, I just got to do what I'm told. Bro, they line up, like, out on a tackle. Are you, like, excited about that game plan? Or would you rather be inside, you know? It just depends. I know most tackles, they're going to jump set me. Yes. Just because they know I'm going to come with power.
Starting point is 00:04:44 Yeah. Bull rush. So they try to jump set me to stop my momentum. So my move, I can't get away my move. You're going to put it inside. Something. I'm doing something. Hey, I'm telling you, if this makes me,
Starting point is 00:04:58 ever, like last year when we practiced against them, we were watching the film. And we're like going back over the film, like, hey, this is what these guys run, 42 double A, blah, blah, blah. And so, but there was one, it was like third and nine or whatever. And there was a tight end.
Starting point is 00:05:10 You lined up at a nine technique. Yeah. And I said, I looked at the coach and said, hey, this big motherfucker's out there, like, don't expect me do my job. I'm getting, I got to block that guy. You're trying to get the call from Tannahill and then just call time out.
Starting point is 00:05:23 I couldn't fucking. Bro, and then we were playing y'all, what was it, 20? It was at our place, 2019. We're in the red zone dude, and JPP drops into coverage. So I went to, like, slam it back because it was probably pressure or something. And this man catches his arm under mine, and it was basically one of those, take me where you want.
Starting point is 00:05:44 You're going to take me wherever you want to go right now. We threw a touchdown, but damn, I was in the laugh at the quarterback. Yeah. And no chance. Boogie, what should we get into with Vita about? You know, Boogie, he gave you the record. gave the recommendation of you to come on the bus. Part of me was thinking, like,
Starting point is 00:06:02 should we get you and Devin on? And have you guys say you're the two best, the best tandem in the league? Devin said he'd been on before already. Yeah. He assumed, though. Oh, you're asking me that? No, no, no, no. I'm saying, because I asked you, who do you think we should get on the bus?
Starting point is 00:06:16 Yeah. I met from Can break, and I said possibly be the bear. Because I was giving him shit, he was like, why would you recommend Cam? I said he was interviewing tight hands. I know. I looked him up. I was like, oh, he's just some big white.
Starting point is 00:06:28 white Tide-in, and you're like, oh, we've done it. We've been interviewing Tideans, which is true. We kind of need to get away with it. Okay. Get away from it. Yeah, we can't be boxed in. I don't know. Heritage.
Starting point is 00:06:41 What you like, do? But he's got a huge thing. What's the nickname behind a boogie? Don't tell them that shit. It's long enough. It's been long enough. It's been long enough. This is a fun story, actually.
Starting point is 00:06:55 So, Levanti, like any young college, male horny Yeah And so we would always We would always joke with Boogie Because you know He'd get
Starting point is 00:07:08 He'd get himself into some situations And Zoh would always say Hey Boogie You're like a You're like a pit bull With the pink thing hanging out And we'd laugh about it And I told Boogie like I'm gonna name
Starting point is 00:07:19 My first dog I'm gonna get a pit bull And I'm gonna name him Boogie Which happened What's up? A little Red Rocket Yeah which happened I got my first dog
Starting point is 00:07:26 And I named him Boogie I remember Texan booking and sent him a photo like, hey, I named my first pit boogie after you. Just, you know, just joking. But that's how I got the nickname. That's how I kind of elevated because Zoe always called you boogie to begin with. Zoh was our third running mate basically was in college. Yeah. But so, yeah, being horny, that's where you got the nickname.
Starting point is 00:07:46 You were like that in Nebraska? Like what? You know what I'm saying? Horny. You know when your fellow's getting into some situations, you're like, man, how'd you get in that? How'd you get yourself in that situation? Yeah. Everything.
Starting point is 00:07:57 And so, you know, he would just... That would be the inside joke. I came from Juko going to Nebraska and it's more open. I could be more freely. So, shit. More open. Like, it's the planes. Like, we're just running free in the plane.
Starting point is 00:08:08 Yeah, like, fuck. Kansas, it was shit. I mean... Yeah. Kansas is a fucking... I mean, but Nebraska's the exact same. No, it was way bigger and better than Fort Scott, Kansas. They talked about it being...
Starting point is 00:08:21 I heard about Kansas. Pretty slummy. Yeah. It was pretty... I don't want to bash the time. I mean, they showed a lot of love when I was there. But, like, it was really nothing there. It was just a Walmart there, basically.
Starting point is 00:08:32 Yeah, but besides, like, the college, I've been to Nebraska. Yeah. But it's, you come from Miami. Yeah, that too. That had to be a huge transition going from Miami to Kansas. It was. It was definitely was. Everybody pretty much shit on.
Starting point is 00:08:48 Yeah. If you came from a big city or a big area, everybody pretty much shit on Lincoln, Nebraska. Where I came from, I thought Lincoln was like, oh, fuck, this is a city. And everybody's like, this isn't shit. You can do everything here. I mean, Lincoln wasn't bad. I guess coming from Fort Scott going to Lincoln, I was like, oh, yeah, happy.
Starting point is 00:09:05 But obviously, I don't compare nothing to Miami because, you know, Miami is Miami. So I'm not going to this city thinking, oh, I get the same thing. I get it down to Miami, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. Where'd you grow up? I grew up in California, northern California. What part? The Bay Area.
Starting point is 00:09:21 I was born in Sacramento. Look at the boys, huh? Look at us. Find a little ground. We're going to break through those walls eventually. I know, right? Yeah, we got a soft-spoken, stud, soft-spoken. What made you want to go to Michigan?
Starting point is 00:09:32 Yeah. What's that? What made you want to go to Michigan? I was a punk kid, dude, that wore the dicky pants halfway down his ass and, like, the Bamar jare t-shirt. What was the guy? You were going to Michigan? Well, I was going to get there.
Starting point is 00:09:43 And so I was like, I was in this like, fuck where I'm from type vibe. And I was like, I need to go see four-season. I'm going to go somewhere else. Okay. Plus, Jake Long was like the number one overall pick. True. So I was like, I'm going to go, I'm going to Michigan. Okay.
Starting point is 00:09:54 Is that offered by Nebraska? I know. We got into that because we had Bo on. Yeah. We talked about how he recruited Taylor. Oh, yeah? He was like dumbfounded, why Taylor flew over all these states and colleges to go to Nebraska.
Starting point is 00:10:06 Yeah. Michigan. Oh, yeah, my fault. Yeah. Would you go school? Washington. University of Washington. Why don't you stay in California?
Starting point is 00:10:14 Our grade shirt of the year. I had grades coming out of high school. Yeah. And then it's like grade sheltered a year. And then I had a couple offers. And then after that, something happened, and then U-DW is the only team that stuck with me. And I was the only visit I took.
Starting point is 00:10:29 And when I went there, I was like, damn, this is a nice place. I was just like, I'm going to- How do you not have the grades coming out of high school? It was just, I think it was just how I grew up. It was my parents from the islands. Yeah. So it was just, like, when I grew up in school, it was just, I learned everything on my own.
Starting point is 00:10:45 Or not on my own, but, like, cousins and relatives, like, we learned from each other. But it was never a big thing to, like, your grades in school were going to get you to college. It was like if you're good at, it was always if you're good in football, you're going to go to college. And then I realized it late,
Starting point is 00:11:02 like junior year and I was behind, like, credits in certain classes. I didn't have a language. I never took a language. And then when I grayed her the year, that's the only thing I needed. So I did uphold my senior year after the football season. I did a whole bunch of, like, night school classes
Starting point is 00:11:19 just to get into college. And the only thing I was missing was a language. And I bypassed it because I told them I was fluent in Tongan, my heritage. Yeah. And then I had to do it like a test, like this Tonga lady. And like I had to do like on a computer and stuff. Just speaking Tongan and they spoke to me in Tongue.
Starting point is 00:11:41 I had like translated. And then I passed it. And then at that point you only had the one offer from Washington. Yeah. Washington's a loud spot to play. I lied though. I lied. Like when people.
Starting point is 00:11:52 I lied just to get more, trying to get more offers. When I did, like, an interview or something, they always asked me, like, Max Preps or something. Like, what offer you got? And I was like, yeah, I got him from Tennessee. No, you didn't have them? I didn't have them.
Starting point is 00:12:06 I was just saying them. And then... Where did you boost that rating? Get that rating on. Yeah, no doubt. Where did you want to go? I grew up a Stanford fan. Really?
Starting point is 00:12:14 Yeah. I don't know about Stanford. I was down the street. No shot of getting a Stanford. No, no shot. No shot. No shot. But the crazy thing is my senior year.
Starting point is 00:12:22 We played against Stanford, and then their head coach came up to me after the game. He was like, you're my favorite player in the back tour right now. And I was like, I was down the street four years ago. You could have came and got me. He's probably fired up to hear that. Yeah, I was. Hey, Washington is where you kind of had your coming out party. Washington was.
Starting point is 00:12:41 Yeah. First year, junior, when you're 10? Yeah, because I broke my foot. Yeah, yeah. First game, Levanté comes out, has like 15 tackles. He's like throwing up the bones, kill somebody over the, middle and then I whenever I come back there's no job to be had anymore it was just all Levantes oh my god what a feeling yeah I went through some good yeah we were I mean when I'm
Starting point is 00:13:02 when I first got there when I first got there Will zo and all those boys it was it was cool you know they're cool like kind of took will was the the main one kind of like helped me you know studying stuff like that learning defense and stuff like that classic Wilcompton passing little that he knew I was going to come in you know take everything he basically you have to rob the bank yeah everything Everything from you. But it was more of like frustration because we would only run like dime pack
Starting point is 00:13:26 to 11 personnel, like stuff where you would have to linebacker sets. Yeah. We would run dime to fucking everything. And I hate it. It was like the lone linebacker. I hated it. Why'd you hate it?
Starting point is 00:13:35 I didn't want to be on the backer out there. I'm not there. They were on it with DBs and shit. I ain't like that. Like we playing the Big 12th against spread teams. You know how that go. Yeah. So like they don't want, you know,
Starting point is 00:13:43 they want more speed, I guess, out there on the field. And then the next year, when we end up going to big ten, I basically told them, like, I don't want to be out there by myself. I'll pay the dime position and let it will play the mic, and that's what happened. He gave me a job. Legit, he gave you a job.
Starting point is 00:14:00 Yeah. That's tough. So when you did that, for that, whatever, that year, that you guys are, you know, he stole everything from you. There was no animosity? No, when he came back. Not to him.
Starting point is 00:14:10 It was more of, like, one of those situations to where you thought you still had the spot because he was bawling. And I'm watching the film after the game because I broke my foot. Yeah. And I was like rushing to come back type of thing because you're kind of like witnessing like
Starting point is 00:14:22 oh this motherfucker is a he's a baller. And you would think that I was thinking that he would move over to the diamond I'd be the middle. When there was like no communication it was more of like you know you were kind of like shun based off like damn nobody's like keeping me in the loop
Starting point is 00:14:37 or talking to me about it type of thing. There's no, I am I'm asking him like he's like I mean he's he's Levanté David. You know what I mean? He wasn't Levante David then. But you knew he was coming Like the first game he had 13 or 15 tackles. 13 tackles. This man, he's not on the whole time.
Starting point is 00:14:55 Playing against Washington, he was like, the way he was like slipping blocks of squeezing in a certain, just squeezing into certain tackles, it's like you knew he was going to be a fucking dude. And sure enough, like, you're in the top tackles list playing two years at Nebraska. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:10 Who was that Washington? Remember? What was the players were, like the key players? Oh, it was Jake Locker, Chris Polk. Yeah. Big Locker, Ternet Tynes. Jermaine Curse? Jermaine, yeah, he was there.
Starting point is 00:15:22 Yeah, yeah, he was there. He had another guy, too. Mason. Oh, Mason, Foster. Daniel T.M. Machine, R.P. to Daniel. Oh, yeah. I know the other receiver you thought. I can't remember his name.
Starting point is 00:15:33 It was loud playing there, though, Washington. You guys were, like, sneaky fucking. It was louder now. It's louder now, because they built it up more. Because you guys should go straight up. Yeah. We got the aluminum seats, too, so everything vibrates. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:44 It's literally straight up. Like, you know how your guys is, it's surprisingly not that, loud, but it's because it's the bowl. Yeah. Well, I'm just saying, like, you guys obviously have the capacity, but their shit's built like the designer. They say the designer of the Seahawks Stadium designed ours.
Starting point is 00:15:58 It's kind of a same. So they dropped the field down more, and then the way he's built. It's like it echoes off the, whatever. You guys have all the boats that on the water and tailgate? I like that. I like that. Yeah, that was dope. So getting drafting.
Starting point is 00:16:14 Do you have, do you have, I was just going to move to him, like, you're, you're drafting the first round. Talk to us about, like, getting picked up by Tampa. You go from California, you go from the West Coast all the way to Florida. Like, what was that transition like? It was crazy. I knew nothing about Florida. I was just, I was always on the West Coast. California kid. Never really, like, got out of California. And then went to Washington. I was only like a two-hour fly away. And then going from that cold to the heat, it was just, it was crazy. I knew nobody, nothing about Florida. And I came, got drafted. I was, In my first year, it was kind of hard.
Starting point is 00:16:51 It was rough. I was like, I knew no one. Bonte was being, he was being mean. Nah. He wasn't. He wasn't. That type of guy. I just wasn't used to it, and it was hard for me to acclimate.
Starting point is 00:17:02 But then, right now, transition to now, I love it there. And it's crazy because when I first got there, I was like, I was a fish out of water. You got, Monti, they was over there. Yeah. They threw the whole playbook at me, and I was like, damn. Yeah. In college, like, we didn't. It got to a point when we were in college that we were so good up front
Starting point is 00:17:27 that they gave us, like, free range, kind of. And it was just like we didn't have any, like, blitzers, like, barely blitzed. But we had good enough de-line that we rushed, like, basically three every day, like, every time on third down. So you basically lined up and just played how to. Yeah, we just lined up wherever we wanted. Just played backyard football with the boys. Yeah, we just, that's basically what happened, not. Not to a T, but that's basically how it went down, how I felt about it.
Starting point is 00:17:53 And then when I came to NFL, they're throwing me all these plays. It was like, what's this? I was like, learning, I was like, what they got in the fire zone? I was like, I all know. What they got in the fire zone? I don't know. I was all know what the hell's a fire zone. How do you feel better now?
Starting point is 00:18:09 You're all dialed in now? I'm all in. Well, our D-line coach used to be a D-coordinator. So when he came in, my second year, it was just, we'd be in the media. He's like, tells everybody's fuck up. He messed up right here. So now it's just like, we're in meetings. Like, you know who fucked up already.
Starting point is 00:18:27 And like, you know all the plays. You got to say. Behind every night spent making the kids' lunches, there's a lot of suspense. Will they finally eat the veggies? Will the pasto survive the first bite? Will the lunchbox come home empty, half full, or come home at all? And will you finish episode 8 before you're done slicing the cucumbers?
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Starting point is 00:22:23 normally D-Lyman wait for the linebacks to give the call. Yeah. But we're out there, like we're giving the calls too. Yeah. We know it's just like. What the front is supposed to be set at. You're playing the back like Derek Candy. Tupac, Biggie.
Starting point is 00:22:37 You're playing the running back against like Derek Kennedy, Ivan Camara. And they got to cover him. They're not worried about giving us the call. He was like, my first, our first year, that's how it was, like, because we knew nothing. And we should be out there, but what's it called? What's it called? What's it called?
Starting point is 00:22:53 So, like. But now they just give us the play. And then we'll be able to line each other out. Like his rookie year, our coach at the time, he made everybody, like, try to learn every, like, we had some shit called Kahoot, right? Kahoot. Kahut. So, like, D-Line had to say, where everybody, what everybody had, like, what this guy
Starting point is 00:23:10 had and dropped, what coverages is and everything? Like, I'm like, come on, man. D-Line don't need to know all that. Like, what I need to know the coverage is on? on the back end and shit like that. You know what I'm saying? Just get them boys to front and let them just go play football.
Starting point is 00:23:21 So when Casey came in, Casey changed the whole game. Now it's like we hear the whole call. Yeah. You hear 51 and they only play one high. And they play man. They can't cover forever so the rush got to get there. You know what I'm saying? When they play, if you think about it,
Starting point is 00:23:37 and man, bad shit happened when it's like not all corners, like not all corners are good. I'm not saying talking bad about our corners, but bad shit happens when we're a man. It's just like something general. It's the NFL, right? Yeah, the NFL's like, their receivers there in the NFL too, so it's like... Yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:54 And you don't want to be in cover one against, like, the Saints and Camara. Yeah. Yeah. You can't cover guys like that all day. Yeah. Yeah, basically. And basically, like, when we be giving the front, like, we'll get a coverage call and they, like, we'll get a coverage call and they basically already know the front.
Starting point is 00:24:11 So it's kind of, like, easier for everybody to get the call quick. And, like, when we're in a situation, like, two men in this shit, like that, we just were about the coverage and they take you out of front, basically, shit like that. Seems like y'all run intricate-ass games, though. Like, you guys have, like, you have a nine and all of a sudden he'll just go and spike to the A-gap, like, you guys do some wild shit.
Starting point is 00:24:31 Just in practice. Just crazy stuff. Like I said, we saw this whole thing out. You lined up on the outside randomly and stuff like that. Yeah. It's just crazy. No. Hey, listen.
Starting point is 00:24:43 They too big. And the thing about you, too, dude, as it knows, Like a lot of nos is don't play hard. Like you play hard. That's got to be love for you. Yeah, very love. Like I seen it from the get-go. I mean, oh, no.
Starting point is 00:24:54 Like, I played with Jerome McCoy, and I seen how hard he used to play. I used to turn and run into the ball. Like, it's been times, but, like, you know, if he, like, we run into the ball and he passed me up. I'm like, what the fuck? I'm like, it's pissing me off. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:06 And then I started to see him doing him like, okay, we're getting somewhere. You know, we got something. Like, that's all right. You play hard, you know, all that other stuff going to come about. You know, as a rookie, he coming in, just, you know, a big guy, you know what I'm saying? You know, you know, lady don't own them about his waiting and stuff like that.
Starting point is 00:25:21 And then he out there trying to run to the football. And I'm like, okay, you know, we can. Big big as you want. You run like that. Big thing. So, and then shit, it just go from there. That's the main thing, too, though. Like, we always spur about, you know, just playing hard no matter what, you know, like the defense.
Starting point is 00:25:35 That's the thing. I never played nose before until I got to college. So in high school, I played running back, my linebacker. I wasn't this big. How big were you? I was like 250. And then when I gray shirted, I... Two-fifty as a running make?
Starting point is 00:25:53 But I carried the weight well, so I didn't really look that big. Look at this man out here. Bro, you're massive. Am I just trying to tackle you there? Imagine feeling that stiff arm dude. That kid's in a wheelchair now. Purner is getting compressed. Are you kidding me?
Starting point is 00:26:12 Like you guys CTE from that one play. In the year, I didn't play no D-Line. All I played was running back and no linebacker. And it was the funny thing when I played. When I played linebacker, I didn't, all I did was blitz every single play. That's all I did. I was like, I didn't know. You really didn't have to learn ball until you got to be NFL.
Starting point is 00:26:30 I didn't know. Even when all the offense, like the quarterback, I was like, which way I'm running. Just go this way. He said just go this way. He'd point for you and you just ripped that way. On defense, I was just flits every single play. There was only one time I ever dropped back in coverage, and it was like to win the game.
Starting point is 00:26:48 It was like last play situation. Like drop back in the coverage, it was my first time I got PBU and we won the game. I just seen some dude running like a deep over, and I just started chasing him. Seeing the ball out, I dove and batted the ball down. We won, and I was like, no one noticed it. But in my mind, inside, I was like,
Starting point is 00:27:07 damn, that was like the biggest play ever to me. And no one, like, no one noticed me. I got up. I thought everyone was going to come, like, jump on me and making a play. And it was just like, no. No. No. You weren't going to score anyway.
Starting point is 00:27:17 His coaches are definitely just like, how did we just put him in the right? How do we just let him play? Yeah. But it makes sense why you didn't get a lot of offers. Right. Running back in the middle linebacker. That's true, too. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:27:27 When I got to, when I got to Udub, I didn't know I was going to play nose because I gray shirt a year and I gained the 100 pounds. Let's put a timeout, Rov. How did you gain 100 pounds in a year? I don't know. All I did. All I did was go to at Juco and did classes to, like, for me to make the, be able to go to U-Dub.
Starting point is 00:27:52 And then outside of that, how I got strong was I did, like, construction work, like, landscaping stuff. And, like, I just went. And I did all the hard, I did all, like, the hard labor stuff. Yeah. Bring concrete and stuff like that. And just, like, I did it with my uncles and stuff.
Starting point is 00:28:11 But, like, and their payment to me was, like, feeding me. I didn't get paid cats. They just fed me. To wake up, go to work, do the class, go do, like, break concrete, and then get fed. And that's all we did was just, like, eat, eat, do construction work. No moment of this painting of a hundred pounds, you're like, maybe I shouldn't. You think around 20 and go, hmm. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:28:33 I need to say a little slender. Yeah. I felt it. I definitely felt it because I knew once I broke 300, my back started. hurting, like, walking around. I was like, golly. And I was, that's what I always told everyone. That's what I told everyone was like, once you break, once you go over 300, you'll feel
Starting point is 00:28:49 it, like your back starts hurting. But then you get used to the weight. And it was just like, when I went to U-Dub, the funny thing was, I thought I was going to play outside linebacker. At 300 pounds? And I was like 370 when I got to U-Dove. Were the coaches checking with you at all? I didn't.
Starting point is 00:29:06 So here's, here's what I'm saying? You need the coach with a head. Let me come see you real quick. And they'd be like, here's the thing, though. Here's the thing. He just walks in 370. You know how you take a visit? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:16 Like, they take you to the wait room, they just step on a scale, they measure you out and stuff. Yeah. I didn't think they care because I stepped on a scale and I stepped up. The first time I ever, like, weighed myself in that year.
Starting point is 00:29:25 And I was like, 3.73 and I was just, oh, shoot, my heart kind of dropped. I thought they were, I thought they were like, damn, they were about to drop my offer, this and that. And then, what's it called? After that, they started taking me to all these restaurants and, like,
Starting point is 00:29:38 feeding me. like normally what they do on a visit. So I was like, oh, they probably don't care. They feed me all this, all this damn food. And I came back. I was out of shape. It got me in the shape, whatever. I thought I was coming in playing outside linebacker.
Starting point is 00:29:50 You still thought that even at 370. Yeah. That's what I thought. And no one said anything to you? No. You're probably going to play now. They didn't say anything. I came in thinking I was going to play outside linebacker.
Starting point is 00:30:01 Because that's all I played in high school. When I came in, it was like you playing nose. I didn't, that was like a whole new world. How mad were you? Huh? How mad were you? I wasn't mad. I was just like, I was more scared.
Starting point is 00:30:15 Because I was just like, the thing is, the closer you are to the ball, the faster things happen. Yeah. I was like playing nose. I started getting like knocked out the ball. And then the good thing, because I had Danny Shelton when he was there. And he was like a true nose guard. And I learned from him. And basically that's what really helped me because I watched him, studied him playing college.
Starting point is 00:30:36 And then that was. That's really reasonable. I feel like I'm the nose that I am today. Is it Danny? What's Danny doing now? Where's he at? The Chiefs right now. He was balling though.
Starting point is 00:30:47 His senior at you do? Like, I think the first two games, he had like seven sacks. He was like that. Yeah. But he went to Cleveland first. He got drafted into Cleveland. Yeah. To the Patriots.
Starting point is 00:30:59 Detroit. Now he's at the Chief. Bro, that story's funny, man. You listen to him and it seems like he's just like an innocent kid. He just had no clue. No idea. But we all kind of work. I weighed 373.
Starting point is 00:31:09 Legit, when you're in high school, though, the things you think about that they don't matter at all. But you think, hey, these coaches probably think X, Y, and Z, and you're just totally off. I had a coach in high school, he didn't care. He was like, he wanted us to be heavy. And it was like, there was like one time, my senior in high school, the whole old line was just Tongans. There were like 340 pounds, my size. And there was just across the board. high school.
Starting point is 00:31:38 That was the funniest thing. That was the funniest thing. If you're like an all-white team, you're lining up like, fuck. Yeah, dude. Like that's dead ass, though. I mean, where I'm from, because you would go to the city and play like an all-black team, you're like, oh, fuck. For real, dude.
Starting point is 00:31:54 I feel like Tongan guys are just like denser cats. Yeah. You guys are just built different, man. I mean, too 50 are running back. Yeah. Oh, terrifying. Middle lineback. Terrifying.
Starting point is 00:32:04 Blitzing every play. And what school is this that's just all Tongan? playing a high, like what? I've never heard of that demographic. It was a school called Miletus High School. Yeah. In California, there's a lot of Pacific Island there. So it was just, that was a thing.
Starting point is 00:32:17 There was sometimes, you like, you face schools that had the same thing. So you're like, dang. Yeah. Who's the better, who's like the better Polynesian, me or you? How was, when you first got to the league, like, what was it like being under Levante David over here? Him as a leader. Him being a vocal guy, because I hear he's a vocal guy now.
Starting point is 00:32:37 he wasn't he was when i got in he was more like a led by example that's how he led and uh we had quan he was the vocal guy and in the in the lineback room or on our defense so qun was the vocal guy and tay was the uh he was like the ali by example so it was just like when i mess up it was just like damn i felt like i left tay down and there was one game it was just because I was new and like I came in I went three four nose and they drafted me into a four three defense so it was like a way different style of play for me and I was just like trying to learn it it was all different and the the technique that they wanted to play I kept getting to reach I remember it it was a what did they run they run like a press open yeah or press and what's it called
Starting point is 00:33:31 it was like there was zoning yeah I was a shade every single play and for like four plays straight I got reached by the nose and they were running through my A gap running through my A gap and I was like, I was just like I didn't know what the hell was going on and I was like what the hell was going on
Starting point is 00:33:46 and we got to the side we got to the sideline and Tate came up to our bench he said if we don't know what the fuck he's doing get them fuck out and I was like oh shoot after that that's all I was like then I got to lock it in
Starting point is 00:34:00 that was the funniest thing ever just a soft-spoken cat man he's like damn I got to lock it in because some dudes, you get yelled out like that. You might know, fuck you. Right, right, right. Not you, I got to lock it in. So what happened after?
Starting point is 00:34:11 It changed ever since. Yeah, shit, you got better. It changed ever since. But I think when we got these new coaches, they don't fucking know, get the fuck out. We got these new coaches, it was more my style of play because I'm more like a two-gap type of nose. I can play both, but I rather prefer, like, two-gapping.
Starting point is 00:34:29 And just, like, I'd hold the double, let the linebackers run. I get the center and let Tay run free. And I feel like that's where I thrive at as a nose tackle. And I feel like... And that was in the last... This has been in the last couple years, right? Yeah. But that's how it was in college.
Starting point is 00:34:47 And it was just like... My job was to eat double teams. Place going to me make the play. Let the linebag is run. And then, like... Selfless. Because a couple years ago... It's helpless, Paul.
Starting point is 00:34:57 You got put on IR, right? Yeah. You got injured. What was that like? Because you go from being injured, then last year you obviously become... You know, you get your first... Pro Bowl. Like, were there times with that new staff
Starting point is 00:35:07 to where you were kind of like, fuck, man. That was crazy, because that was our second year with them. Second year with the new regime. Yeah. And I felt like... You was having a good adage of you. I felt like I was picking up, like,
Starting point is 00:35:20 to have the best year of my life. Yeah. And it was like, the game was finally, like, slowing down. And I remember at meetings. We were playing Chicago. This is you or year three? Who? That was your second.
Starting point is 00:35:29 Year three. The second year with the VA. Yeah. Or with the new coach's that. Is your fourth year right now? Fifth year. fifth year. You signed a new deal?
Starting point is 00:35:36 Yeah. He did. Like, it was like, what, four years, 70s, something? Yeah. Come on, what was it? We can look it up. We'll Google it right now
Starting point is 00:35:43 if you don't want to say. Four years, like, 71, I want to say. Man, I hope you're not living in California still. No, no. Yeah, the taxes, huh? The taxes are crazy now.
Starting point is 00:35:58 Yeah, floated. So you never forget you're playing in Chicago and what happened? You were having the, yeah, you fixed it. I felt like I was having the best year of my life. Game was slowing down. I remember.
Starting point is 00:36:06 remember like that Chicago game. I was probably having like the best game of my, my career in NFL so far. And the game was like slowing down. Like everything we watched in film, everything I studied, like I saw. Like one of the plays was like,
Starting point is 00:36:18 I know, I remember was like, our coach told us like, when the receiver motions in to a cut split, and you're on, you'll be in the backside. And I was all in the backside, line up at a two eye.
Starting point is 00:36:29 And I said that guard will cut you. I seen it. I was in my stance, seeing the receiver motion in, cut split. And I was like, all right, I'm going to be on the back side. backside.
Starting point is 00:36:37 His guard's by to cut me. Sure enough, like, normally when you, like, when those tendencies pop up, you're like, I know it's going to happen, but I still got to play honest. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It might not happen. There's a chance it might not happen. And I went, and he took, like, a little bucket step, but I knew he was going to cut me. I played the cup block and ran down line and got TFL.
Starting point is 00:36:58 And I was just like, sitting there. I was like, that's crazy. That just happened. I got a sack, got a couple TFLs, and then at the end, it was like in the two minute, like the last minute, minute and a half. They had to go down and score three, Kee Field to win the game. And it was crazy.
Starting point is 00:37:16 It was like a hustle play. Yeah. Like they ran like a screen. I was running out. Running back was like dancing behind the tackle. And I finally got to him. And me and Devin got to him at the same time. And then Devin like crashing through my ankle.
Starting point is 00:37:29 And it was just, it wasn't Devin's fault. It was just like one of those freak accidents. What was the injury? I broke my ankle tore my deltoids and it was just it was crazy but then after that
Starting point is 00:37:42 it was just I was like damn season's over for me and it was crazy but when we got onto the bus right after the game we lost it was the funniest thing ever
Starting point is 00:37:51 because I was just like I thought we were gonna win but we got Brady he's about to do some some magic and then it's gotta be like Brady too like
Starting point is 00:38:00 oh damn this court all right we got Brady we got to do this thing yeah I was always over the there, I was like, they pulled me straight into, like, the X-ray, and it was, like, right into the tunnel, put me straight to the X-ray, and I was like, it's probably, like, an angle screen, something.
Starting point is 00:38:14 They told me it broke the news to me right there, and they were like, oh, he broke your ankle. And I was like, damn, I was on the crutches. Like, you want to go to the locker room? I was over there standing in the hallway, thinking I'm, like, in the movie or something. Like, they probably won the game. I was like, I was in my head. I was like, they probably won the game. I'm going to go stand in the hallway, they didn't come down.
Starting point is 00:38:33 They're going to be like, it's a movie. like some movie shit. And I was like, they're going to get me on the video. Yeah. Look at Vita. He's hurt. You know, we're cheering his team from the tunnel. That's fucking awesome, dude.
Starting point is 00:38:43 That's the funniest shit ever. I came out and I was like, what happened? It's like, they lost. Crunch you guys. I got to get out of here. He's holding him up, man. I felt like, I was like, I was mad that we lost. The car came up.
Starting point is 00:38:56 He was like, you want to ride? I was like, get the fuck on my face. I was mad as hell. But then when we got into the bus right after the game, After everybody's shower, got into the bus, Sue was like, what happened? He looked at me, he was like, what happened? I told him, like, they said I broke my ankle.
Starting point is 00:39:11 And he was like, he's the one who put it in my head, put in my brain that was like, you can make it back. But if we go to the playoffs, I was like, what the hell? He told me when the year when he played. I was like, what the hell? Like, how do you know this? He was like, he started telling me, he was like, yeah, we played, I played for the Rams. That's what Akeep to leave did.
Starting point is 00:39:31 He was in IR all year and came back for the playoffs. And he put it on my mind. And I was just, that's what I always told it. Like, everybody in the building, I showed up. Yeah. I still came to meetings every day. I was, like, coming to meetings. I came to meetings like that next day.
Starting point is 00:39:46 And they're like, damn, well, you still here? I was like, yeah, I'm about to make it back. And no one believe me. They're like, nah, you're not coming back. The training room, they're like, no, you're not coming back. Then they noticed, like, how fast I was healing. And it got to a point they were like, everybody was on board. And it was like, it was crazy because, like, we knew we were going to,
Starting point is 00:40:04 in the Super Bowl. It was just like a thing. It was like we're going to Super Bowl. And I was like my biggest. We called it like, this is my fight camp. You know fighters, they have like a boxing camp, like three month boxing camp. I was like two months out. And it was like this year a fight camp. Like I was still in the cast.
Starting point is 00:40:20 And I like, I had to go work out. But like, I was like, I would wet my cast on purpose. Just so every time I go change it like twice a week. And they get pissed. But my my thought behind it was like, When they change my cast and they take it off, I'm going to move my ankle around. So I'm working on mobility.
Starting point is 00:40:40 And that would be hell of funny because it was like, what happened? I was like, I got to use a shower. And every time I shower, like, the trash bag is not holding it. The water is not keeping the water out. And I'm just putting, like, be pouring a water bottle down. The doctor would, like, take my cast off and leave the room and get the supplies. And I'll be in there and, like, move my ankle around. Yeah, that's pretty fucking.
Starting point is 00:41:00 That's kind of genius. Yeah. It is genius. That is genius. Bro, that is genius. You're getting there cast for a little bit. That thing gets stiff. Isn't that dope that like that was your mindset about it?
Starting point is 00:41:11 It was a, yeah. That was a fucking insane. And that was the thing. We knew the Super Bowl who was going to be in our stadium. And that was like, it's right here. It's like, it's already written. We're going to be there. What made you guys feel so confident about it?
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Starting point is 00:45:20 The Super Bowl was hosted. No teams ever won in their own stadium. Right. But then it was just... We got to a point where we couldn't lose, like, our last eight games, we couldn't lose. Like, if we lost the game, we wouldn't make the playoffs. Yeah. And we won, like, we won, like, eight straight.
Starting point is 00:45:37 Right, because I remember the same speed and y'all pretty easily. Yeah. So, like, we had, like, a playoff mentality, like, round week 13, week 14. Like, every game, we must win. Like, that's the mentality we had. So, like, we came back from the biweek. So, like, after the biweek, it was like, oh, shit, we got it. Because we lost to the chiefs.
Starting point is 00:45:55 Chiefs, and then we had the buy week. And, like, after that, it was just, like, you know, every game here on it, we were 75. So, like, every game here on now, like, we have to win to make the playoffs. And, like, that just was our mindset. And, like, as it got closer and closer to us, the end of the season, we kept telling, like, we're going to make it for you. We're going to make it for you. Because we knew his plan, what his plan was to try to come back. And it was crazy because, like, the first, our first, the wild card, pal game, we played against the Redskins.
Starting point is 00:46:21 And we won them. We beat them. And we had the commanders. A close game, too. Manor, man, I'm bad. Yeah. And then we had a, we played the Saints. And, like, since I've been here, we, like, never beat the same.
Starting point is 00:46:34 Yeah. And that was, like, they killed us twice that year. And it was just, like, we get past them, we're going to win. And that's how we knew that we beat them. And that was, like, the only team, like, in our division, we couldn't, like, get over. That was the hump. And we beat them. And it was, like, right then and there, we're going to win.
Starting point is 00:46:52 And that was, like, the next week was the NFC Championship in Green Bay. I was like my first week back. First week back. You played a majority of snaps. I was supposed to be on snap count, and then next to you, know, I'm in there for, like, the whole series. I was looking, I was like a Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:47:07 You'd think, like, I was working out, running and doing cardio, but, like, all that stuff doesn't prepare you for, like, your football cardio. Like, nothing you could do could get you in football shape. And now I was just out there, I was, like, it was cold as hell out there.
Starting point is 00:47:20 It was freezing. It was, like, little snow out there. Yeah. So, like, when that cold hair hits your lungs, I was like, bro, I can't breathe. It was like, as much as I wanted to stay out there, like, and played the whole series, I kept subbing myself out.
Starting point is 00:47:32 And I was like, I'm not in good enough shape. Because I only ran for, like, I was only running for like two weeks leading up to it. So I was just like, I can't. Yeah, man. They were making fun of me. Like, the strange stuff were making fun of me. It was like, the first time I ran,
Starting point is 00:47:47 I was like, I couldn't breathe. Because you got to think about in Tampa, the humidity, all this and that, the heat. Like the first time they made me run. on the field, like I couldn't breathe for nothing. They kept making fun. They said, yeah, stop smoking Newport.
Starting point is 00:47:59 That was a joke. I was like, yeah, I'm about to go smoke a Newport, this and that. But that was, that was a crazy year. But then when we got to, we beat Green Bay, we went to the Kansas City Week, and it was just two weeks. You had two weeks before Super Bowl. And then, like, we practiced. From our practice facility, you could see the stadium.
Starting point is 00:48:20 So that was, like, built up motivation because you could see them setting everything up. you're driving in, you're seeing like Super Bowl stuff being built. A fire, fire practice facility. Bears. And that's all you see, that's all you see is two weeks leading up to it. And we finally got the game plan. It was just like, this was like nothing we ever,
Starting point is 00:48:40 nothing we ever seen before. And it was just crazy. Like nobody questioned anything. It was just like, once we've seen the game plan, it was just like that boosted our confidence to like a next level. What about the game plan? It boosted your confidence so much.
Starting point is 00:48:53 It's basically we knew everything they was doing. Yeah. Like we basically... So if you look back to the first time, we played them in the first... During the regular season. Right before you're by?
Starting point is 00:49:01 Yeah. When we played them, they beat us in the first quarter. Yeah. They scored like 21 points in the first quarter, and that was like the only time they scored. Yeah. And then for this whole second half,
Starting point is 00:49:12 they didn't score any points. And we almost came back and won. Yeah. The final score was 27, 24. Yeah. And we was getting, like, 21 Zip. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:49:20 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:49:22 And it was just, after that, we corrected it. And so when we came back in Super Bowl, we knew what they were going to do. And, like, the coverage they came out with. Yeah, it was just like a different, a lot of, like, a lot of different looks. Like, there had been this formation, we'll check this coverage.
Starting point is 00:49:38 And when they motion over and stuff, we would check another coverage. Like, it was just, they didn't know we was in zone. We was in man. We was in quarter quarter half. Like, it was a whole bunch of stuff. But, like, everybody was confident in it. And then, like, it was one of those games
Starting point is 00:49:51 where, like, we came in and he basically said, like, when you say, like, D-line, y'all got the run game, basically, like, y'all take care of the run game, and then we're going to win the game. And, like, the confidence bowl had kind of, like, both had kind of, like, instead of the confidence in us, and, like, when we looked at the thing, like, this type of football we like to play right now.
Starting point is 00:50:10 That was our biggest thing, because, like, our biggest thing is our run defense, and, like, stopping the run. That's, like, what our D-lines is known for, and that's, like, what we try to hang our hat on, like stopping the run. And that was like the, that was the thing. It was like, they're not going to beat us on the ground.
Starting point is 00:50:27 So we're going to take that away early. We're going to make Patrick Mahomes beat us. And that was the biggest thing. It was just like. That's a big statement saying we were to make Patrick Mahomes beat us. Yeah. Like the pass rush was on fire that game. I mean, I remember watching that game.
Starting point is 00:50:41 But he had two tackles out too, right? The Eric Fisher, Torres, Achilles. Yeah. And the ASC championship game. He's trying to make a lot of those wild throws, which he's, which he's low-key almost made. Yeah. He did.
Starting point is 00:50:52 Those, those, those, those throws that he was making was crazy. Insane. There's even memes were, like, right after there was, like, people trying to recreate it. It was like, how the hell he'd do this? Yeah. It was insane. It was dope. It is massive when guys like yourself can take out Travis Kelsey.
Starting point is 00:51:10 It was mad. I mean, it was just, like I said, yeah. I'm obviously complimenting. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But you know, Travis watches. Yeah. Yeah. But I'm saying that that was, like, massive.
Starting point is 00:51:22 Like, you were in there, like, you were being highlighted. Like, you were, when you can cover somebody like a Travis Kelsey one-on-one, yeah. That's, it's big because it frees people up to, you know, take care of the deep end with Tyree Kill. I remember all the backyard plays that are happening. I remember leading up to the game, like, I kind of, like, had a little hamstring injury. Like, and it was kind of, like, holding me out of practice that first week. And, like, I just remember, like, obviously hearing the media saying,
Starting point is 00:51:46 once they got a hamstring injury, I think he's going to be able to, you know, match up with this guy or whatever. But, like, in my mind, I'm like, I'm good. You know, like, it's a challenge, you know what I'm saying? It's basically, like, best on best. You know, I got a lot of respect for Travis Kelsey. He's great football player, obviously. But, like, in the Super Bowl, when you get challenged like that by your coaches,
Starting point is 00:52:03 your coaches believe in you and, like, I'm the older guy on the team. A lot of people, you know, look up to me and stuff like that. Like, I got to answer the challenge. You know what I'm saying? So whenever my number was called to guard him one-on-one, man-to-man, man, and I'm going here, and I'm going here, and I'm going to study everything he do, and, like, wherever he line up, up at, figure out his routes and stuff like that, and just try to, you know, take him
Starting point is 00:52:22 out the game as much as I can whenever I, whenever I'm lined up against him and, you know, it worked down to my benefit. How many times in that game were you one-on-one with him? Man to man, probably about seven, eight times, maybe. Enough times to make you sweat. For sure. No doubt. I mean, when your cover sweat, like, because he's got so much length.
Starting point is 00:52:42 Sometimes it's not even about, like, you can be locked up on him and he's able to just make a play because he's a loose. They had Tariq and McClearmine. Oh, wow. Crazy. He studs, man. And look, you can say one thing people in football, people in the outside world don't understand as much as, like, people inside the football world do is like, there's so many one-on-one
Starting point is 00:53:00 mashups. And it's just like, there's times, there's a call on me and you're like, oh, I'm chilling on this play. I know, like, I just got this area and I'm going to be fine. But there's other times you're like, like, there's times in the game when we go, and it's like, I know everyone's sliding away from me. And it's just me and this dude. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:53:14 And I have zero help. Zero help. You know what I'm saying? In your head, you're just like, I just got to win this one-on-one. You got to win. It's got to win this one-on-one. Yeah. It's like a whole different trigger clicking in your mind.
Starting point is 00:53:26 It's like, oh, shit, it's my, this my real right here. There's no one there to, like, protect you. Everyone's watching this match. That's literally how I feel. Like, if it's man to man and I got this guy, like, damn, everybody watching us. Because they might think this is the mismatch right here, so I got to know my best at it. You know, just that. Do you think about how, do you ever think about how slept on you are throughout your career?
Starting point is 00:53:50 I do. I do. I mean, but it don't bother me or nothing like that. That's what you saying. It don't bother me or nothing because, you know, like around the league, you know, I hear people, you know, some people give me my respect. It's just the big media stuff. Don't give me my respect. But like my peers, that's all I, you know, care about. Just my peers know when I go out there and I, you know, put my heart is out there and then my teammates and stuff like that. They know they could count on me. They know they could trust me and stuff like that. But, you know, at the end of the day, I still, I'm always going to feel like I'm still a top out of all-linebackers league even than year 11. Yeah, I mean, it definitely helps, too, like, when TB12 comes to town and you got somebody
Starting point is 00:54:29 else being vocal, and you guys are winning games, too, because that was probably the shitty part is, like, being in a certain market. Yeah. But the last couple of years, like, it's been nice seeing from friend to friend, like, seeing you get more than that. I know, I see you always shot me out. Bro, he's always. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:54:44 He's always. Yeah. Yeah. So I appreciate that. Yeah. Appreciate it, bro. With everything changing, like a bulls taking over and stuff like that, did you guys do two join the practice last year?
Starting point is 00:54:57 No, I think we just did it all. Yeah, just us. What is with us doing this every year? Y'all get some good work, bro. It's some good work, like, two. Hold on. I mean, like, we get good work? Yeah, we, like going to get good work.
Starting point is 00:55:10 That's what I'm saying. Like, it's two physical teams. He's got the Miami stuff going on. Yeah. Well, he goes, y'all get to do. some good work. And for whatever he was, like, hold on. He was even worse in college.
Starting point is 00:55:19 You couldn't really like, what did you say, LaMonte? Like, two physical teams. Yeah, basically like... All are physical for sure. Like, with a mindset, like, it's basically a mindset, like, best man win type of you. You know what I'm saying? Like, you like, you like, best on best, let's go see who going to win and stuff like that.
Starting point is 00:55:34 And, like, the past couple years it has been, you know, great work, even though this year went better than the last year. You know how last year wins a bunch of fucking brawls every day. Yeah. Every period. Every period. Yeah. But it's also like that heat makes everybody like way more mad.
Starting point is 00:55:49 Like we were blessed by weather this week. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because usually, like June and July, it was in the hundreds. And then all of a sudden it was like mid-80s this week. It was a nice deal. When it was coming up, one of the staff was like, it's going to be 65 at night, one of these nights or something like that. I'm like, damn, that's awesome.
Starting point is 00:56:05 Yeah, it's a crazy change for sure. Yeah. How do you guys think you did this week? I think it was the first day. I ain't going to be on it. Y'all kicked out of that. That's the first day. For real for real.
Starting point is 00:56:15 And then the next day it was... Respect. Yeah. And then the next day, we kind of, like, got back to where we was. Got back to our norm and kind of executed better. So who won on day two? There was good, there was good boys on day too. Yeah, it was great work on day two.
Starting point is 00:56:29 We were definitely better on the second. It was better. We was better. That's all that matter. The funny thing is the same thing happened last year. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly.
Starting point is 00:56:36 The exact thing. They beat us on the first day. Yeah. And we showed up on the second day. Like the first period of practice, whatever. And also, like, you guys showed up two minutes before practice started. We legit went into this, but their buses were late. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:56:50 So, the all low-key came in and weren't even, like, warmed up. And so the first team period, legit, like, I think it was bombs over Baghdad. We were, no, we were ripping the ball deep and, like, had big holes, and it was, it was solid. And then the next, but we knew. The minute that practice ended, we're like, they're coming out tomorrow. And so the first team period of the next day, it's like, PBU, probably a sack. like just run stuff. It's like, oh, fuck.
Starting point is 00:57:17 Like, it is good work. And it's good, too, because I don't know if it's because of the second year, but it felt like tensions weren't that high this year. Yeah. It didn't feel like, it was almost like you guys were familiar. Yeah. Like, when I saw y'all, like, I remember seeing you in Tampa,
Starting point is 00:57:32 and I wasn't really practicing because I was coming off the ACL. I saw you in the weight room. And I said, I'm like, what's up, Ouse? And you, like, just looked at me and walked past me. I'm like, oh, they're about to be like that today. It's very wild. Yeah. And then this year I was kind of talking, or a couple days ago yesterday,
Starting point is 00:57:46 I'm like talking to you, you got like a smile on your face. It just seems like there's more of a familiarity that we're just going to do this. Yeah, because like I said, man, like, I feel like both teams kind of like got that mindset like, you're going to be the physical tough team today type mindset. And when you got two teams going like that, all it does is make each other better. So that's why I like, you know, kind of like joint pressing issue guys. Yeah, it's all good. Going against fucking Derek Henry and the Pazra shit.
Starting point is 00:58:10 So. Yeah, they had you out. They had you out on fucking social media yesterday. I saw it. You know I saw it. What happened? You know I saw it? It was actually Buck Rising. But Buck had like Levante David against Derek Henry and past rush, blitz period or whatever. Everybody was tagging me like, oh, Will's conflicted.
Starting point is 00:58:25 Yeah. Doesn't know what to say. He got me yesterday, but I got him, he got me yesterday, but I got him Wednesday. Yeah. Yeah. So that kind of like was. But it's all about what you can put out there on social media. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just to film that iPad sent it to me.
Starting point is 00:58:39 I'll do the rest. No, I'm not going to do that. I don't care about that Yeah But y'all are so fast You and Dev Yeah So fast
Starting point is 00:58:51 Would you say y'all are the best tandem You are the best duo in the league For sure Tenham Best tandem Like we can do I feel like we can
Starting point is 00:58:58 We can be the only group We probably can do it all We can do it all You can list the quarterback Run Stop and cover Receiving the backside The bad field
Starting point is 00:59:08 Who do you think is behind y'all Who I think is behind us I like those guys in San Fran. Those dudes, all three of them. Z's, obviously Fred, and then what's, 57 there? I forgot his name. He, Greenlock. Those dudes, beast.
Starting point is 00:59:27 I remember, like, last year, we was watching them play, and we, like, looking at the way they play, like, looking at the linebackers playing. And I'm like, damn, these dudes flying to the football league, physical, they're aggressive. 57 is like a dog. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. By the way, you watch them on film, too.
Starting point is 00:59:41 Exactly, exactly. He's got like that crazy, kind of like a screw loose type of. Yeah, yeah. And I know Aziz already. When Aziz was coming out, he went to FAU. And I was down there training. I used to train at XPE in Boca, and FAU was in Boca. And then I kind of like met him.
Starting point is 00:59:57 He was fresh off of ACL. And, like, you know, the trainer was like, you know, just work with Vante, you know, just kind of like piggyback off him and stuff like that. And then that's how I got to know him. And great kid, he's from Tampa. So he already knew me. So he was a great kid. And he was a free agent and then playing football for San Fran.
Starting point is 01:00:15 And obviously Fred Warner's a dog. Yeah, Fred's a dog. He's a dog. He's a dog. He's a dog. Their defense is unreal. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:00:25 They got it out of, now. Their front seven is good. I just like the way they play, like they relentless. You know, I like that relentless attitude as a defense. Don't sleep on the boys in Tennessee now. Oh, we got a-cunningham. That Cunningham? Yeah, obviously.
Starting point is 01:00:37 They're even smaller like, you fucking. Bro, did you see? Did y'all? Yeah. We saw it. We saw it. Yeah. Oh my God.
Starting point is 01:00:44 I've never seen that. Yeah. I've never seen nothing like that either. But the last time I go, he's. The last time I seen something like that is when Cam Chancer took Mikey Buddy out. Oh. Remember that? Yes.
Starting point is 01:00:57 That was crazy. That was crazy. Yeah, when I saw that play, I was like, oh, my God. If I were about listening, you're talking about when, I don't want to blast the boy. Yeah. I mean, he's a boy. But you know what you know what you're saying? But you're saying of the boy.
Starting point is 01:01:09 too. Titans didn't put it on Twitter, but the bucks wanted to put me and following on Twitter. That's what I was saying, yeah. We'll figure that out. Yeah, it's wild. Hey, Nate, I don't know who runs
Starting point is 01:01:17 the social for Titans, but I'm just speaking to Nate Bain, who's part of the team. It's like, hey, funnel me some stuff now. Yeah. Follow me some stuff. Let me be the vessel. Let me be that guy.
Starting point is 01:01:27 Yeah, I'll be that guy. When I saw that play, I was like, woof. That was a physical play. That was a crazy. And it was just weirdly physical, too. The way he was like. Yeah, it was a classic,
Starting point is 01:01:38 like, what's you call it? Damn. From your lead with your shoulder and your same foot. Same foot, same shoulder. Yeah. Had a brain far. I get it. I wouldn't have been there.
Starting point is 01:01:49 I'm glad Will was here to navigate that for us. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, him and dude, Zach too. Zach can, Zach's super fast and twitchy. But, dude, he lays, he lays dudes out. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:02:00 He lays dudes out. When he was in Houston, I mean, even last year of the Titans, he just, I think he's got like a vendetta against the offensive alignment. He literally just fucks him up. It's wild. Wild is the way he takes them out. I think that's the most.
Starting point is 01:02:11 linebackers have that been dead against O-Lyman. I don't understand it. You just think to yourself, so we were talking on the phone the other day, like, knowing, like, if I had to see Taylor in certain situations, like, based on game playing, like, you literally think to yourself, I have to fucking try and get him before he gets me. Yeah. Because for the most part, not for the most part, like all the part. It's whole game player.
Starting point is 01:02:32 Yeah. Like, all the part, like, they're way bigger than you. So it's like, you have to fucking, like, think. I got to take this motherfucker out before they look at me. You know who comes to my own when I think about stuff like that? Yoshi. Going against Yoshi. Yeah, Highway 51.
Starting point is 01:02:44 Yeah. Yeah. He's Yoshi. He went to Fort Scott with the Tate. He came to Nebraska together. Like, he's one of those guys, like, you got to get him before he gets you, because if he gets you, he's going to try to embarrass you.
Starting point is 01:02:57 Yeah, like, he was very extra. Like, somebody you're like, all right, bro, we're fucking, he plays over with. Like, lay on you and be, like, just really extra. Yeah. Hold you a lot. Do whatever he can to, like, pancake. Yeah, do whatever he can.
Starting point is 01:03:10 Love that. I always tell him, like, you will never get me. Like, he'll try to grab you. He'd be twisting and turning him. Yeah. And if he gets you, he's going to lay on you. And just, like, belly flop on you, basically. Right.
Starting point is 01:03:19 And way after the whistle's over, too. Yeah. Like, really try to... That's something like Jensen. Everybody hates Jensen, huh? Dude, everyone is... I hate Jensen. I fucking hate Jensen.
Starting point is 01:03:30 I mean, I really never really talked to him, but I mess with them. Yeah. Behind every night spent making the kids' lunches, there's a lot of suspense. Will they finally eat the veggies? Will the pastos survive the first bite? Will the lunchbox come home empty, half full, or come home at all? And will you finish episode 8 before you're done slicing the cucumbers?
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Starting point is 01:07:10 insider knowledge all in one place. Does fantasy dominance sound appealing to you? Listen to the NFL fantasy football show on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. He's one of those dudes you like when he's on your team and he's on your side, but like against him, such, like, bro, get the fuck. And then as a person, he's a great dude, too. Is he?
Starting point is 01:07:31 Yeah, really cool dude. You know what I'm saying? Is this me good? It's no really final report on it. That's the crazy part about it. So we don't really know what's exactly. Is he's just done for the season? I don't think so.
Starting point is 01:07:43 Gotta piss everybody off. Somebody like that gets hurt, like early in camp. Yeah. They too. Yeah. No. Probably a scuffle around the, it's like with the, you know. It was just like an unfortunate situation, though.
Starting point is 01:07:52 Like, it wasn't meant, it wasn't person. We was just in a team, drill, compared to drill. Yeah. But, you know, Justin, obviously, a leader at O line. He's going to be definitely missed if he missed some games. So, but he's in good spirits, though. That's the best thing about it. That's good.
Starting point is 01:08:09 Yeah, he seems. like a dude. Yeah. Should we do our tier talk? I think it's time for Tier Talk. What's Tier Talk this week? You guys probably heard some of the pod, right? Like, did you listen to this when Lenny was on the bus?
Starting point is 01:08:19 I wasn't. It was fast in the breakfast. I was trying to beat the high score on Pac-Man. Oh, over there? Yeah. You play Galga? I didn't. I was playing Galaga.
Starting point is 01:08:29 That's the game now. That's the game. I lost like three minutes. What did we, did we come to what we wanted to do for the Tier Talk? Let's do best jerseys, best NFL uniforms. Let's just lock that in. I'm down with that. All right.
Starting point is 01:08:40 That's NFL. You want to go first or do you want the boys to go first and give you guys some time? Yeah, I'll go first. Will. Will you're up. Man, that's tough, though. Yeah, throw up the 32 teams. Come on me, please.
Starting point is 01:08:51 Just NFL. Best NFL jerseys. Does that have to be like right now? Like present day or past? Present day. Okay. You can? Because you, so you would go.
Starting point is 01:09:07 You got to like actually, like, since we're throwing this off the cuff, I feel like it's easier just to do present because if it's right, like, you throw and retro, like, I feel like I got to think of the categories at a later day. We'll do you just present right now. That make you feel better? Yeah, man, thank you. All right, I got you. I appreciate that. Look, you see. Big girl.
Starting point is 01:09:26 Damn. I'm going to take my time first. Yeah, we got some time. Yeah, we're in zero. My hands are sweating a little bit, but I just want to slightly rattled. You got here? If we could just throw up the logos of the team.
Starting point is 01:09:45 I think I got my number one. kind of hard because I play I'm telling you I saw it I was like damn for real you said it's kind of hard because what I play a lot of madden
Starting point is 01:10:04 and then you know how you could change the uniform you mix and match like what you think is the best you play a lot of Madden yeah man I can't get into it
Starting point is 01:10:12 new Madden codes I didn't get the I don't have a new Madden yet oh you should have NFL Pish should have sent it to you yeah I sent that off the other day so buddy
Starting point is 01:10:20 so go ahead this is tough I think I got one I have two, I have two, I just got to find number three. I think if they would have let us have the cream circles this year, our throwback creams. You guys just throwback orange?
Starting point is 01:10:43 Yeah. Oh, bro, yes, incredible. It's supposed to be this year, but I don't know. But a lot of retroes are tough, like the oilers, tough. Oilers go hard. Oilers go hard. All right, I'm having a hard time here, so let me ask a question. If I wanted to go with, like, if I just said,
Starting point is 01:11:05 like the browns. And I'm not going the browns. But I'm saying like if it was like they're all brown jerseys, like that is a tier to me. Yeah. Is that okay to say? Yeah. Okay.
Starting point is 01:11:14 Then I have my whole list. You want me to go first? Yeah, you go ahead and go first. I know. It's tough, man. I know. And I hate going first too because you guys are going to stay a couple of them. I'm like, damn, I should have picked that.
Starting point is 01:11:26 No doubt. My tier three is it's going to be an alternate jersey for the Arizona Cardinals. I think they're all blacks. All black, yeah. I think those things go fucking hard, dude. You see out there, I think it looks really good. Yeah. I think usually, like even in high school,
Starting point is 01:11:46 like if a team has their main color being black, it's usually a good look. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So I'm going to go with my tier three being the Arizona Cardinals black jerseys. My tier two, I'm not sure why. I love the combination with the red tops and the gold bottoms. I think the 49ers.
Starting point is 01:12:07 uniforms are just classic and fire and I think a lot of people lose the beauty in a uniform by doing too much you know what I'm saying Seahawks alternate well no I think
Starting point is 01:12:23 I think the Seahawks are like right on that cusp but even some like newer college stuff like you go look at Penn State like they're as basic as can be but they look fire Michigan Mays and Blue they look fire I think Jargers is already my tier one is one of our best fan base.
Starting point is 01:12:44 And it's going to be the Las Vegas Raiders. That's silver and black, dude, I think is the hardest combo in the NFL. And obviously, I'm excluding the Titans. That's my tears. If Titans were in there, though, do you have your jerseys in there? Like, I don't think if somebody heard that they weren't in your top three, that it would be like a shot. Oilers would be. If we went all, I think Oilers would be my team.
Starting point is 01:13:07 Oilers would be safe. Well, this would be my tier one. But, like, I just don't... To me, my favorite of the Titans is the All-Navies. Yeah, the All-Navy goes hard. Yeah, I think the All-Navies are sick. We're wearing tomorrow. All-Navis.
Starting point is 01:13:19 Red-Clegged out. Red-cliads. Wag-out on that one. Go ahead, Willie. Get loose. So, throwing in an alternate, you rattled my brain, especially when you said Madden. But my tier three, and, hey, we are... We see eye-to-eye on the majority of this list.
Starting point is 01:13:38 And we've had these conversations before. I knew it would happen like this. Yeah. Yeah. But my tier three isn't going to be, what was your two-thirds? Cardinals, all black. It wasn't the Cardinals. I love the Cowboys alternate where they have the star on the shoulder pad.
Starting point is 01:13:50 That's a great shoulder. I think those are fire with the white helmet, the Navy Star. I think those are electric. My tier two, I, 1,000% agree with Taylor. I love the 49ers. I love the red and gold. Classic. I love how the gold just pops on the Niners helmet.
Starting point is 01:14:06 And my tier one, like, you said all the right things. There's something about the silver and black. dude wearing it, you just feel you feel invincible. Really? You feel fucking dope. You know what I mean? Like, even if you're carrying a little extra
Starting point is 01:14:18 on the bottom tire and you're wearing that black, like you just feel sick. When the black shooter, you got the, matter of fact, these are like, these are like the cleats that they have. You get to rock the Jordans. Yeah. Do you really? Yeah, bro. The Jordan, yeah, the ones.
Starting point is 01:14:31 Yeah, those go hard. It's just, oh, it's got to exclude her. Yo, well, hang on now. I'm not in the league. I'm not in the league. I'm not in the league. Yeah, but it's the most recent. team. But I'm not in the league. Hey, the old redskinned jerseys
Starting point is 01:14:49 are fire too. Good question. They are, but what I didn't like about the redskins is like the bottoms. Now they're different. But he had to wear like the yellow bombs. I just wasn't a fan of those. You know it was fire, but now it's garbage. The Falcons. Yeah, because they're
Starting point is 01:15:05 alternate on Madden, I think it's fire. Yeah, the red, in the red helmet, the all blacks. The red, yeah. Yeah. Atlanta used to be. And then they did that fucking wash where it washes from black to red or red to black. That's garbage. And I think your guys' shit's cool too, but I like, it doesn't.
Starting point is 01:15:25 The family member vibe there is the Niners. I don't think you guys touch the Niners. Nah. You got it? You got me first? So my tier three, I'm going to go to Dolphins. That's a great pick. Nice big.
Starting point is 01:15:38 I look at them, too. Yeah. You just want the home jersey? It's just something about the white face mask with the visor and the teal, you know, the white. Like, it's sweet. Then they throwbacks, you can mix in a little black with it with the swag. So that's kind of like my dope. And that's a good first pick.
Starting point is 01:15:55 Yeah. And the white facemass part, because I always thought Texas was dope because they had the white face mask. The white face man, yeah. Texas is up there for best college uniforms. Yeah. Texas is up there. My tier two, I'm going to Raiders. The Raiders is my tier two.
Starting point is 01:16:09 Just the classic black and silver. just goes to anything goes with it. Like, yeah. And then my tier one, you know, basically everybody got in the San Francisco 49ers. Yeah. Like they all black alternate. When they came out that one time,
Starting point is 01:16:22 I didn't think about that, dude. And this is going to make your pick unique is like it's the all black. Yeah. So we put up, like, it won't just be the Niners logo. Yeah. To pick the all black. Oh, so dope.
Starting point is 01:16:32 You should be excited. Yeah. It's kind of hard. I think my tier three would have to be the Steelers. That's a good pick. That is a good pick. I think that classic black... I don't respect being passed around on it.
Starting point is 01:16:46 I know. It is good. It usually doesn't go like this. A lot of times there's arguments. Hey, that's garbage. That classic black and yellow, I think, it's nice. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good point.
Starting point is 01:16:57 Yeah, though, the logo on one side. I was in to say Niners, but since you all said it, you all said it, I'm going to change it. I was going to say 90s. I grew up a 90s fan. Morning raised in California. Kind of happens. You can choose them, brother. If you want, we can have them.
Starting point is 01:17:14 Here's what you can do. You can throw in a sneak and honorable mention in there. Honorable mention, Niners. Then I'll go with the Panthers' all-black uniform. Okay. It's got some sickies. It was only because when I found out the history behind them, when we had my rookie, our D-Line coach, he played for the Panthers.
Starting point is 01:17:34 And he said when you play at their house and they were all-black, that means they're trying to disrespect you. Oh, really? Wait, what's in it again? The funeral is. Oh, I didn't know that. That's no. I wasn't 100% fired up on that pick, and then by you saying that, that fired me up.
Starting point is 01:17:49 It was because of history behind it. And then I think my tier one, I couldn't pick between Green Bay and the Seahawks. But I had to go with the Seahawks. They're like lime ring. Yeah. Color Rush. Yeah. I don't like it.
Starting point is 01:18:07 I think I say that because I always use the Seahawks. Madden and I always use that color that color way I think that's the reason why I feel like Green Bay kind of got shunned out of your I know I was thinking that towards the end the way you were bouncing them as your tier one it's like one kid just been tier two and they just moved down the ladder I get it everybody get on on the mission you want to you want to throw an honorable mention go ahead
Starting point is 01:18:31 no something about that I think the all black saints is dope too dude yeah I was gonna want to change mine yeah I think an honorable mention throw them in there for my honorable mention. Yeah, I agree with that. You want to put them in there. I'd like to. But I've already, and we can't, I've already put mine down. I do, I do like that, I do like that saints.
Starting point is 01:18:52 A Florida Lee is dope. I didn't want to say it because I didn't want to turn on me because it was like, there's like our rivalry. Do you pick the Panthers? I ain't going to say nothing. You don't see them as a rival. Huh? No, I feel like our real rival is the Saints.
Starting point is 01:19:10 But I didn't want to turn on me and they were like, Yeah, we're about to put the same thing. You over there to focus on their jerseys. So, that is tough when you're playing ball, and you've got to, like, worry about me. Yeah. What was your honorable mention? I was going to go with the Jets.
Starting point is 01:19:27 Really? Yeah. Okay. You want to defend that? What do you mean by that? Yeah. I think the old, not the new ones, but the older ones. It's just like, you know what me?
Starting point is 01:19:37 I'm simple. Yeah, the retro ones, whatever. But the simple green and white, all white, and the green on green, like, it just... Yeah. I don't know. It just pops for me. All right. Is that the jersey they were wearing when you cheap-sided Gino Smith out of bounds and lost the game?
Starting point is 01:19:55 They actually were in all-white, for real. You lost that game. I ain't lose that game. I'm not going to lie, the Bengals, the Bengals new uniforms are coming from the part. I don't know. The orange doesn't do it for me. Bad decision. No.
Starting point is 01:20:08 The whole bull called by the ref. No, bro. He was out of basketball. They changed the rule in next year. What are the three words? What are you had to do? He was going out of bounds. All you had to do was just touch him to go out of balance.
Starting point is 01:20:18 They get a personal foul penalty. They get in field goal range. They kick the field goal to win the game. It's one of Buggy's first years. I remember thinking, what the fuck? Next year they changed the rule. But all I'm saying was you didn't have to do what you did. We don't have to do this.
Starting point is 01:20:31 We don't have to fight. You're right, you're right. You're right. The three worse are kind of like, they kind of, it's kind of, yeah. Yeah, I feel you on that. The team kind of makes it the jersey. Ravens a sleeper, too, though.
Starting point is 01:20:50 Yeah, you're right. The all black ravens? Are we talking about the worst? You're talking about the worst giants? I like the Giants. Yeah, in like 2007. You know what I'm saying? When they were in the Zerobles and stuff?
Starting point is 01:21:01 Yeah. Man, those Giants, you know what's sweet. Yeah, Giants is kind of weak. The three worst ones are, and listen, this is not shoo. I don't like... Houston, Jacksonville. I think the new...
Starting point is 01:21:17 Round it up. No, I think the new Rams uniform, I don't really like it. You don't like them? I like the gray white they, the off white they have is cool. The charges, I don't like the uniform. I don't like them either. The powder blue? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:21:31 I don't like the bucks uniform. I was just what I was playing. Write that up. Put that in there. He just says, I don't like the bugs. Man, I don't know. Already did it. My question is for you, and it's how much longer do we get to see Levanti David play?
Starting point is 01:21:50 And what else do you have to accomplish? Outside of fucking, obviously, what everybody says, and that's when a Super Bowl for the team. How much you're going to see for me? Honestly, I'm actually kind of going like year to year right now. You know, this is basically my last year in my contract right now. And I'm feeling good and feeling great. I'm healthy. I'm happy.
Starting point is 01:22:13 but, you know, right now just year to year. And as far as much more I got to accomplish, I feel like I got some more stuff to accomplish. You know what I'm saying? I'm just trying to solidify myself as one of the best linebackers that played the game. Trying to, obviously, I want to make the Hall of Fame. So I'm trying to, like, you know, pat nose numbers a little bit.
Starting point is 01:22:38 It's kind of like, you know, like what goal of mine was obviously, you know, I reached the 40-20 club with the 40-sats, 20 interceptions thing. But I don't know how much longer I got to play to do that. Where are you at right now? I'm at 26 and 12. Got a little bit of work. I got a little bit of work, so you never know. But, you know, it just goes, it's just how my body, how far my body takes me,
Starting point is 01:23:02 and then how my mental is, you know. I have, obviously, I'm a family man now, so. Congratulations on being a new dad. Appreciate it. So don't go from now. That was an outstandingly buttoned up dancer. That was good. You can see when he gets in the, yeah.
Starting point is 01:23:18 He's got to do. When we were in Nebraska, he literally said, like, we talk about the NFL and stuff. I was like, how long you want to play? He's like, oh, I probably want to get like 10 years. I'm just thinking, like, the fact that you can just talk like that and say that. But here we are. You're on year 11. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 01:23:32 You're in college. You're like, I want to get 10 years in the league. I probably play 10 and then see where I'm at. So, yeah, you got the juice for real. When I actually got here, I didn't think I was going to make 10. Honestly. You happen to have one? No, I'm good.
Starting point is 01:23:46 I'm set. Boys, I appreciate it. It's been a fucking awesome time. It started off. I felt like we were kind of feeling it out. We were looking in water. You're like the stereotypical, like, big guy who's like soft-spoken. It doesn't say a whole lot.
Starting point is 01:23:57 But we got into your stories and then. Yeah. Killed it. You had 10 minutes of just running. I was just like a child sitting at the edge of my seat and enjoying myself. Yes, bro. But thank y'all, man. Yeah.
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