August 16, 2024 • 5 mins
Missi Matthews sits down with Nick Herbig to discuss offseason training, learning from the veterans, and his goals for year two
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Yeah, what ah fuck sick? Perfect? Nick.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
When you were asked earlier in training camp, you know
a play that stood out from your rookie year, you
actually mentioned Keanu Button's first sack. What is a play
though that you had that stands out from twenty twenty three?
Speaker 3 (00:17):
I think to me it's the Seattle Seahawks game for sure,
call it a trifecta djuestion, But just the moment it was,
you know, fourth quarter, Oh god damn, you've seen pressure
from this defensive line.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Let's see if they can finally take Genial Smift down
my first snap of the game.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
And just being able to get that spark to the team,
That's that's really all I could ask for.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
You know, here's here, let me shuck. Did the buck
come out? You got it?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
You got it?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Zach Bumble perfect for the shack stripped fumble recovery.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Yeah, that's young Herbert.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I'm gonna have to start calling.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Him mister Herbert.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Where are going, mister Herbert? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Just being able to get opportunities like that and going
out there and making a play is is the best
feeling ever.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Coach Tomlin was on the sideline saying Hey, I gotta
call mister Herbig now put some respect on your day. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Did he call you that? Yeah, to your face.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Yeah, because his whole thing was like he would call
me little Herbig or young Herbig or fifty one.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
But he's called guys like TJ.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Like mister Wad and mister Heysmith, and it's like kind
of a thing he has.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
You have to earn that from him. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
So after I had got the sack and got the ball,
I gave it right to him.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
He said, thank you, mister Herbig.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
I say, like, all right, I'm doing the right thing.
What were your exit meetings? Like, what did you take
away from them to get ready for this year?
Speaker 3 (01:44):
I had to, you know, obviously improve on their rookie
year and everyone talks about that year or two jump
and just being able to pick up the game mentally,
being physically more in shape and just improving like my
IQ of the game, analyzing more plays, being able to
play for.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Or second and third down, you know, not just.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Being a one dimensional player, you know, and kind of
just learning more from guys like TJ and Cam and.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Alex in the room. So you also learned from James Harrison.
He was up here at camp.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
What did you take away from your time with him?
Speaker 3 (02:14):
I mean it was like ten to fifteen minutes, but
he taught me so much in that little time about
just short space, handspace fighting, just little tricks about beating
old linemen and stuff.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
You know. I can't really tell my secrets. Yeah, we
don't want to know everything.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
But no, he he taught me a lot in those
fifteen twenty minutes. Man, I learned a lot and not super.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Grateful for that.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Did he approach you or did you approach him?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
It was kind of like I was like like Denzell
TJ like you called it, James Harrison. I didn't want
to like interrupt him, you know, so they he came
over there and it was like, man, that was special
for sure.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Hawaii training in the off season, Keanu said that it
was you, your brother, and him in one house competition
twenty four to seven. What did you take away from
that time?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Yeah, that was awesome because that was like my true
my first true off season of like my career, you know,
or not just NFL, but like high school and college,
like you don't really have a true off season. So
that's a true time where I could just mentally physically
get away from the game kind of just relax and
be with my friends, be and my family. But it's
crazy how like you find little things to compete in,
(03:26):
Like we're competing and like who can jump the highest
into the pool or jump the farthest into the pool?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Who can?
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Like know, we throw quarters against the wall. We called
like pitching quarters against the one whoever the short just
got to take.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
The trash out.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
So just little stuff like that. Man, it's like we're
like brothers. So just us being together all the time.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
It's awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
It's Keanu basically a herbic.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Now, yeah, for sure, he's like my son. For sure,
your son. Why do you say that? It's just like
a joke. He'll laugh when he watches and he'll laugh
when do you see it?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
What did you learn from TJ when you went to
Wisconsin to train with him?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Was about we did a lot of like body matance stuff,
you know, like taking care of our body, like we
would warm up for like an hour, you know, like
doing just little stuff like our shoulders, our knees, ankles, hips,
like just everything. So just getting that full package and
seeing what an all pro level defensive player of the
year guy does to get himself ready for camp, you know,
and kind of I'm not gonna be with TJ forever,
(04:24):
so just stuff I can take with me as my
career goes on and his career goes on, and if
we do go our separates one day, you know, I'll
have stuff like that to keep in my back pocket.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Is that where the hand fighting or whatever you guys
do during warm ups with each other.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Came from that?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
That kind of came from the off day last year,
Like whenever we'd have off days, Like I used to
text him, like, bro, when are you going in?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
He'd tell me.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
So I would try to like match up when I go,
and so I could like do whatever he's.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Doing on the off day.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
And then we just gone on the field one day
and we start just doing a bunch of pass rush
and stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
That just kind of became our thing.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
And then you do a pre game and I would
do it every day, so it's kind of like our
routine and.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
You guys talk during it or it's just strictly getting
yourself ready.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
I base it off of like the mood TJS like
talking mood we're talking if he's like if he's the
he looks like he's ready to go to.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
War, like, all right, yeah, let's go mouth shut, Yeah,
I get it. You talked about that jump, and your
defensive coordinator, Tarrell Austin said he felt like you did
make that jump. What else do you need to do
going into this season, knowing there's two more preseason games left,
I think.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
I just need to sert myself as a as a
player in this league.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
You know, I showed flashes obviously last year.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
I feel like, but just to cert myself that I
can't be all all down type of player, and you know,
not just to show everybody else, but the proof to
myself that I am who I say.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
All right, thanks for time. I appreciate it. Thank you
so much
Yeah, what ah fuck sick? Perfect? Nick.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
When you were asked earlier in training camp, you know
a play that stood out from your rookie year, you
actually mentioned Keanu Button's first sack. What is a play
though that you had that stands out from twenty twenty three?
Speaker 3 (00:17):
I think to me it's the Seattle Seahawks game for sure,
call it a trifecta djuestion, But just the moment it was,
you know, fourth quarter, Oh god damn, you've seen pressure
from this defensive line.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Let's see if they can finally take Genial Smift down
my first snap of the game.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
And just being able to get that spark to the team,
That's that's really all I could ask for.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
You know, here's here, let me shuck. Did the buck
come out? You got it?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
You got it?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Zach Bumble perfect for the shack stripped fumble recovery.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Yeah, that's young Herbert.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I'm gonna have to start calling.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Him mister Herbert.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Where are going, mister Herbert? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Just being able to get opportunities like that and going
out there and making a play is is the best
feeling ever.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Coach Tomlin was on the sideline saying Hey, I gotta
call mister Herbig now put some respect on your day. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Did he call you that? Yeah, to your face.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Yeah, because his whole thing was like he would call
me little Herbig or young Herbig or fifty one.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
But he's called guys like TJ.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Like mister Wad and mister Heysmith, and it's like kind
of a thing he has.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
You have to earn that from him. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
So after I had got the sack and got the ball,
I gave it right to him.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
He said, thank you, mister Herbig.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
I say, like, all right, I'm doing the right thing.
What were your exit meetings? Like, what did you take
away from them to get ready for this year?
Speaker 3 (01:44):
I had to, you know, obviously improve on their rookie
year and everyone talks about that year or two jump
and just being able to pick up the game mentally,
being physically more in shape and just improving like my
IQ of the game, analyzing more plays, being able to
play for.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Or second and third down, you know, not just.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Being a one dimensional player, you know, and kind of
just learning more from guys like TJ and Cam and.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Alex in the room. So you also learned from James Harrison.
He was up here at camp.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
What did you take away from your time with him?
Speaker 3 (02:14):
I mean it was like ten to fifteen minutes, but
he taught me so much in that little time about
just short space, handspace fighting, just little tricks about beating
old linemen and stuff.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
You know. I can't really tell my secrets. Yeah, we
don't want to know everything.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
But no, he he taught me a lot in those
fifteen twenty minutes. Man, I learned a lot and not super.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Grateful for that.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Did he approach you or did you approach him?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
It was kind of like I was like like Denzell
TJ like you called it, James Harrison. I didn't want
to like interrupt him, you know, so they he came
over there and it was like, man, that was special
for sure.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Hawaii training in the off season, Keanu said that it
was you, your brother, and him in one house competition
twenty four to seven. What did you take away from
that time?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Yeah, that was awesome because that was like my true
my first true off season of like my career, you know,
or not just NFL, but like high school and college,
like you don't really have a true off season. So
that's a true time where I could just mentally physically
get away from the game kind of just relax and
be with my friends, be and my family. But it's
crazy how like you find little things to compete in,
(03:26):
Like we're competing and like who can jump the highest
into the pool or jump the farthest into the pool?
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Who can?
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Like know, we throw quarters against the wall. We called
like pitching quarters against the one whoever the short just
got to take.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
The trash out.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
So just little stuff like that. Man, it's like we're
like brothers. So just us being together all the time.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
It's awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
It's Keanu basically a herbic.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Now, yeah, for sure, he's like my son. For sure,
your son. Why do you say that? It's just like
a joke. He'll laugh when he watches and he'll laugh
when do you see it?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
What did you learn from TJ when you went to
Wisconsin to train with him?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Was about we did a lot of like body matance stuff,
you know, like taking care of our body, like we
would warm up for like an hour, you know, like
doing just little stuff like our shoulders, our knees, ankles, hips,
like just everything. So just getting that full package and
seeing what an all pro level defensive player of the
year guy does to get himself ready for camp, you know,
and kind of I'm not gonna be with TJ forever,
(04:24):
so just stuff I can take with me as my
career goes on and his career goes on, and if
we do go our separates one day, you know, I'll
have stuff like that to keep in my back pocket.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Is that where the hand fighting or whatever you guys
do during warm ups with each other.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Came from that?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
That kind of came from the off day last year,
Like whenever we'd have off days, Like I used to
text him, like, bro, when are you going in?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
He'd tell me.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
So I would try to like match up when I go,
and so I could like do whatever he's.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Doing on the off day.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
And then we just gone on the field one day
and we start just doing a bunch of pass rush
and stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
That just kind of became our thing.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
And then you do a pre game and I would
do it every day, so it's kind of like our
routine and.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
You guys talk during it or it's just strictly getting
yourself ready.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
I base it off of like the mood TJS like
talking mood we're talking if he's like if he's the
he looks like he's ready to go to.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
War, like, all right, yeah, let's go mouth shut, Yeah,
I get it. You talked about that jump, and your
defensive coordinator, Tarrell Austin said he felt like you did
make that jump. What else do you need to do
going into this season, knowing there's two more preseason games left,
I think.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
I just need to sert myself as a as a
player in this league.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
You know, I showed flashes obviously last year.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
I feel like, but just to cert myself that I
can't be all all down type of player, and you know,
not just to show everybody else, but the proof to
myself that I am who I say.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
All right, thanks for time. I appreciate it. Thank you
so much
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