October 22, 2025 • 25 mins
This week on Sideline Pass, Kristen and Sharon react to the Panthers week 7 win over the Jets, look ahead to this Sunday's home game against the Buffalo Bills, and so much more - including an exclusive sit down with Panthers defensive end, Nic Scourton.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Years. Kristin Balboni and Sharon Thorps loved it with your
sideline pass.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
That's right, it's time for sideline pass with your Panthers
sideline reporters Sharon and Kristin. Sharon first road win of
the season, the Panthers extend the wind streak to three
in a row, four of the last five, and this
one was a defensive battle up in the Meadowlands thirteen
to six. What was it like being on the sidelines
for this one?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Oh, my gosh, it was really a ton of fun,
not just because we won it, because the way the
game was going. It was actually really exciting to be
going back and forth the way they were and you're like,
you needed to get a stop and the defense will
get one. They often to get out there and it's like,
oh my gosh, we're going to score. It's like, no,
we had to kick it away.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
But it was.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It was actually really exciting because the way it really
sort of came down to the wire and the defense
had to really step up big at the end to
get those stops, and of course the JC Hornt interceptions,
and then when Andy Dalton came in and was able
to get exavierly get for that huge thirty three yard catch,
you know, to keep the drive alive, to keep the Panthers,
you know, in the driver's seat there to win the game.
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So it was sort of like with with baseball, like
I love baseball, and with World Series coming up here,
it's like that the pitcher's duel, you know, where it's
one nothing as opposed to a shootout, you know, a
twelve to ten kind of thing like we had with
the Cowboys, with the shootout we had with them.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
This was the exact opposite of that.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
So it was actually really exciting and needed to say
it was a ton of fun, especially at the end,
and those JC picks were unbelievable to see the way
the sideline just erupted after that. All the guys defense
and offense, special teams just loving it. So it was
a lot of fun to come home on a happy airplane.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
I'll tell you that.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Yeah, can you take us through what it's like to
come home with the road team when they have a
win not to And I just want to say this,
when you come home after a loss with the road team,
they're still professional.
Speaker 5 (01:49):
They're watching their film there.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
You know, It's not like it's gloom and doom on
the plane or anyone's throwing a fit or anything like that.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
But Sharon, it's a different vibe when the team wins.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Oh, it's absolutely different.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Just leaving the stadium, when you have to go check
through security and get back on the buses, you know,
everybody's talking and laughing instead of you know, after a loss,
everybody's pretty much silent. And like said, they're still professional,
but they're they're very quiet. They're into themselves, they're watching
film whatever. But after the win, everybody is just you
can just there's a spring in their step and they're
just excited getting onto the buses and getting back to
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the airport. And then when you're on the airplane, you
hear some hooping and hollering going on in the back
and guys joking around and having fun. It got pretty
loud on the plane on the way back on Sunday night,
so they were having a lot of fun and a
lot of smiles all the way around. Coach Canalis went
through the plane was sort of high five in people
and get a big grin. So they were really excited
to finally get that one under the belt because it's
been a while since they were able to get a
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good win on the road. I mean, they obviously had
Atlanta last year at the end of the season, but
the first one this year, it was a hard fought
one and they really enjoyed it.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I love that about coach Kanalis, and that reminds me.
I think we talked about this a little bit last season.
But for those who don't know, you have the same
plane crew and they wear their Panther's jerseys. Izum, Sharon,
you've been. You were on the road every week. I
haven't been in a while. That's still the case for them.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
We did switch airlines this year.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
We switched from Delta to American, and so we've hit
a few different ones, but there's always at least two
that are always the same. Yes on the plane and
they have their Panthers gear on and they put you know,
Panthers banners up on the plane and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
So they were really happy. I'm so sweet afterwards.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
And they get on because they get on the you know,
the intercom right and they make their announcements and they're
always so personalized. It's so kind win or loss. But
it's just like you said, it's just a great atmosphere.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, it's it's definitely a lot more fun to come
home on a winning airplane than a losing one, and especially,
like I said, the way they were able to grind
it out and get it done, so it was great.
Speaker 5 (03:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
So you mentioned this Andy Dalton coming in and you
know for the fourth quarter and icing the game there
on that big first down to Xavier Lagette. As of
right now before practice on Wednesday, the most we know
about Bryce Young's status is that he's day to day
with an ankle. There were outside We're Sports that came
out earlier this week and Dave can Allen's answered those
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questions and he says, we're saying it's an ankle.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
We're not gonna say anything more than that.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And he's day to day and from what we have
heard is they're going to bring him out there today.
We're going to know more about this situation on a
daily basis.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
It's not a sure thing.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
And Sharon, that's an interesting place to be because you know,
what did you see from with with Bryce? He got
stepped on, but then he was able to walk back
to the locker room. Didn't look like that much of
a limp. But but what did you see in the
game in terms of how that injury played out.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Yeah, it was interesting right after he came off.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I didn't realize that he had gotten injured on the
plane until he came off the field and was standing
talking with the trainers and I could see them he
was trying to like stand on one foot and he
was sort of shaking his head, and they put him
down on the bench and they were, you know, moving
his foot around a little bit.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
They taped it up.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Really heavily and then had him try to run on
the sideline and as you know, gave the sort of
shake it. It hadn't mention, and they took him to the
locker room. But the doctors were watching the replays, you know,
they get different angles of it. They were watching the
replays on the sideline there, and I was sort of
peeking over their shoulders. Yes, he did get stepped on,
but before he got stepped on, when he was back pedaling,
his right ankle sort of just gave out a little
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bit on its own. Then when he was turning and
trying to avoid the sack, the guy also stepped on him.
So he sort of had a little double whammy there.
But he did not appear to be limping hardly at all.
Was when he was there on the sidelines, and it
was just more of putting pressure on it with the running.
So I know they were going to hit it really aggressively.
The past couple of days, they've really been trying to
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rehab it hard and he wants to be out there.
But it was hard to tell exactly how bad it was.
But he was not on crutches or anything. They did
have a boot on him coming home on the airplane,
so but he was not on crutches, which I take
is a very good sign, and because he was able
to bear weight on it, just you know, with the
boot helping him out a little bit.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
So it's hard to tell, you know, is it gamesmanship?
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Is it trying to make the Bills prepare for two
quarterbacks when they already know that it's going to be
Andy Dalton? Who knows so the Panthers, I mean already knows.
So it we'll find out, like you said, more this afternoon,
but I would venture to say there probably would not
rule him out if they were going to until Friday
at the earliest and just try to keep the Bills.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
On their toes.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Why not if you can, of course you can make it.
Make him prepare for you guys, make them prepare for two.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
There's never a bad thing to be gained from gamesmanship.
As you said, why rule him out early? But it's interesting,
And you know, I was talking to Al Wallace earlier
this week and I said, what do you think when
you hear that someone has a boot on? Because I
you know, I think, as like a civilian, when we
see someone in a boot.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
Right, we go, oh gosh, like what happened?
Speaker 4 (06:31):
Are you okay?
Speaker 5 (06:31):
And usually they're like, yeah, we got to leave it
on for a few weeks whatnot.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
And he said, you know, it's it's really especially when
you're traveling, it's really just more of a stabilizer, like
the boot in itself. Yeah, doesn't mean that this is
you know, that series of an injury. Like you said,
if he's on crutches, that's one thing, but you know,
especially traveling back and not being able to get that
kind of immediate care you're going up the air pressure
is different that the boot is really precautionary and it's
good to see them.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Have that on there.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
So I thought that was a really interesting point that
even I you know, as much as we talk about injuries,
hadn't really thought through because usually when you hear ankle,
you're thinking two to four weeks, and so regardless of
what happens, and of course, you know you want your quarterback,
you want any player to heal as best they can,
it seems like it could have been a lot worse.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
Hearing Oh, absolutely absolutely, That's why, like you said, I
was encouraged there were no crutches, and the fact that
the Panthers are not calling it a high ankle sprain,
because when you hear that, you're like, uh, oh, that
can definitely be more severe. As you said, like we
just head Jatavian Sanders out or he missed three games
with a high ankle sprain, so those are definitely more
severe than just a regular role of the ankle or
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something like that that they can tape up and get stabilized.
So we'll see how things go this week, but certainly
doesn't look like anything long term. He maybe you know,
misses this game, but even if he does, I don't
think it's something that's going to like keep him out
for six weeks or anything like that.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
It should be pretty short term.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Yes, agreed, speaking of injuries, a positive note, Austin Korbett
coming back, and you know, you never know how much
fans are following the offensive line. I think our fans
pay a lot of attention to it, as they should
because of how good this offensive line has been. But
this was the sixth different offensive line in the seven
games that the Panthers have played, and it's amazing to
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see that they're really no one's really missing a beat
because of this depth. We saw Austin Corbett, which when
he got hurt in the beginning of the season, I
didn't know how long it was going to take. You know,
it seemed like when he and Robert Hunt both got
hurt that it could have been season ending. And to
see him come back so quickly and not only come back,
but go in at left guard for Damian Lewis who
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was banged up, it's just so impressive. And I think
I saw him say that he hasn't played left guard
since twenty nineteen, which might have been his first year
in the league. To go out and do that, and
just for this offensive line to continue. You know, these
running backs we go ran for over to you know,
over two hundred yards three weeks ago, most yards from
scrimmage in Panthers history last week, and then this this
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running game combined for well over one hundred yards. I
think it could have been closer to one hund fifty.
It's just amazing what these these guys upfront are able
to do.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Yeah, that's just such a tribute to Joe Gilbert, the
offensive line coach, and his staff what they've been able
to do with these guys. I was actually talking to
him before the game on Sunday and he said, that's
something that we are implementing now as soon as we
start in the off season, the preseason. We're making these
We're training them across multiple positions, all of them, so
everybody can be sort of plug and go. We've seen
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that for years now with Brady Christensen, who can just
play every position across the offensive line. I think he
has played every position for the O line pretty much
here in Carolina. So they're getting guys to be able
to go and play in multiple positions. And we spoke
to U as you were saying about Austin, and I
was like, how hard is it to flip flop from
one position to the other, And he explained, you know,
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obviously Austin had been at guard in the past, but
it was on the other side, and he said, that's
harder to go from right to left because everything is backwards.
Your footwork is different, your hand placement is different, everything.
This is a complete, like mirror reversal, and that's not easy.
And for the the fact that he was able to
come in and do that, just pick it up seamlessly
the way he did, especially coming back off of an injury,
like you said, could have been season injury and season ending.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Thank goodness it wasn't.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
And he played so well. And he's also such a
great leader on that sideline. I mean, I just love
to see him out there, especially late in the game
he was trying to get the offense going. He's like,
come on, guys, this is our game to win. Let's
just go get it. We got to ic it here.
And he's just a great leader. And that was just
a testament to how talented he is to be able
to play the positions that he is able to play
right now, it's just awesome.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
You're right, You're right, Absolutely one injury that is tough
for the Panthers. Pat Jones a great contributor to this line.
He is out for the season back injury. And you know, Sharon,
he is someone that I have heard in the locker
room is just someone that this team respects so much
and then also is doing stuff. If you're a fan
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of line play, go watch him some of the stuff
that he's doing, the way he's able to get off
the edge. I mean, it's just he's such an impressive player,
someone that they brought and thinks so highly of and
to not have him as such a loss. But then Sharon,
to see these these young guys, you know, Nick Gorton
one and a half sacks in this game, Princely Umamiellen
continuing to play well, and to see what this defense
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was able to do six sacks in this game after
having five it combined in the previous weeks. Without a
guy like Pat Jones, that has to provide a lot
of confidence for this team going forward.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
Oh absolutely, And they yeah, he said Pat Jones. I mean,
what a great guy he is. And he's he's such
a like laid back sort of you know, soft spoken guy.
He loves to go fishing, likes to be by himself
on the boat. So he then he turns into this
like crazy guy out on the field though, where he's
just running back and forth. That's one of the things
they loved about him was how flexible he was, and
he could be inside or outside and he could just
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just go sideline to sideline and just such a super talent.
And he and DJ want him had been former teammates
at South Carolina and back with the Vikings. I mean,
to be able to come back and play together. I mean,
they were just really clicking out there. So it's a
big loss, it really is. It's huge to lose him,
which really stinks. But the good thing is, like you said,
Nick and Princely really stepping up in a big way.
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And Princely he was just he was on the sidelines
multiple times during that game. He had gotten I think
he'd taken a knee in the back or gotten stepped
on or something during to play, and he was really
struggling with the right side of his lower back and
oblique and they were trying to wrap it up and
put the heating pat on it, and he was really
having a hard time with it, but he just kept
going out there.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
He just refused to come to come off the field.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
So the way that those two guys are both playing
the way they've been able to develop so quickly this season.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
I think that also has something to do with Pat Jones.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
He's a guy that he told me at the beginning
of the season he really likes to mentor the young guys.
He feels like he got all this great information when
he was a rookie from the Elder Statesman with the Vikings,
and he said, I feel an obligation to pass that on.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
He said, I know these guys.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Want my job and they want my reps, but it's
an obligation of mine to go and teach these guys
and pass on all of my football knowledge. So he's
been working in the background to try to help develop
these guys, and I'm sure he will continue to do
so when he's able to be back in the locker room.
So a big loss, but he's certainly trying to still
make his presence known and helping these young guys learn
and develop in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Such a great point, Sharon, And speaking of Nick Scorton,
I'm going to have a chance to talk to him
in just a little bit, so I'm excited to get
his perspective on that game. First NFL sack all the things.
I can't wait to talk to him in just a
little bit, but before we do that, I need Sharon's
famous scouting report on the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 5 (13:28):
This is a tall task, Sharon.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
It definitely is, because, well, multiple things. We all know
Josh Allen for, we all know what I need to do
the raining MVP. He's just he's such a talented player,
and he's probably a very ticked off player right now too,
as are most of the people on that team because
they have lost too straight, which are it's surprising, especially Atlanta.
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You're like, how they lose to the Falcons and we
beat him thirty to nothing. So Josh Allen is just
an unbelievable talent and what he's able to do out
there on the football field. And they're coming off a
bye and I saw this stat and doing my research
that the Bills are undefeated coming off a bye.
Speaker 4 (14:09):
Under Sehn Sean mc dermott.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
So it's like, hmm, so that those two things sort
of make you a little go. But on the flip
side of that, their defense has been struggling this season.
They are second to last in the league and run defense,
which is sort of surprising, but they've had some injuries,
had a couple of guys suspended. I know ed Oliver
back now they're big D tackle inside. He is back
and healthy, and he just came back last week after
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missing several games and immediately had a sack and several tackles.
So he's a guy that's going to beef up that
run defense. But they have some holes in that respect.
They have not had a lot of guys stepping up
at the receiver position now Curtis Samuel has been injured,
but they don't have a ton of guys. Nobody's like
really standing out at the at the receiver spot.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Now.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
They do have James Cook of course at running back,
and he's excellent. They've got a really good running attack,
so they're tough against. They're they're having a hard time
stopping there, but they're doing a great job actually running
the ball. So and with Josh Allen thrown into and
what he's able to do with his legs, this is
definitely not going to be easy. They've got a very
potent offensive attack and based on that run game and
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this D line which has been phenomenal, really this front
seven and really the whole defense has been doing a
great job against the run the past few weeks. They're
going to have everything they can handle coming up on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
No kidding, Sharon, but really amazing now when you look
at the Panthers top ten in defense in terms of
what they've been able to do, which is incredible, and
like we said, tall task here, but I know this
team is up to the challenge. So we'll see, we'll
see if we can hand Sean McDermott that first loss
after a by all streaks are meant to be broken
at a absolute point.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
Yes, Sharon, this was great. I learned so much.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I know the fans learned so much as well, and
I always appreciate it and I'm looking forward to next Wednesday.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Sounds great. Thanks Kristin.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Welcome to Sideline Pass here with Nick Scoret and Nick
congratulations for first NFL sack one and a half sacks
on Sunday in that win over the Jets. I have
a question, when you have one and a half sacks,
how is the half a sack compared to the first sack.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
The half sack was my first sack, that's right.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Do you get just as excited about a half a
sack as you do for the whole one.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
And that situation. No, because I thought it was a
TfL at the time. If thought of knew it was
a sack, I would have been a lot more excited.
But I thought it was a TfL, so I was like,
you know, let's keep you pushing.
Speaker 6 (16:28):
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
So that's the reason why the celebration that we saw
was for the full sack. So if you're just listening,
if you're watching, I'll do the celebration. If you're listening,
what you did was you blew a kiss and you
put your arms up. It reminded me of like you
were on a stage after a play.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
Is now what you were going for? Did you plan this? No,
it just came out.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
I got too excited, and I kind of froze up
a little bit because I got a celebration that I
usually do. But I was like, the sack it was.
I'm glad it was my first sack, but I missed
one or earlier in the game. It just it just
wasn't a cool enough sack for me to do my celebration.
So I just kind of you know, first one, you know,
here I am everyone.
Speaker 6 (17:09):
You were so.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Happy too, as you should be. What's the normal sack celebrations.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
I like to roll the dice. Oh that's good, Yes.
Speaker 6 (17:15):
That's really good. When did that start? Uh?
Speaker 1 (17:17):
When I transferred to A and M and I got
the number eleven? Uh huh, yes, ma'am.
Speaker 6 (17:21):
The number eleven comes from where.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Well, the reason it ties into the dice is like
when you shoot dice, it's like you hit seven or eleven. Yeah, yeah,
And like basically it means like I hit like yeah,
I hit like I got the sack, roll the dice,
I pick 'em up, and I take the money.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
So did you pick eleven for the dice or did
the dice come after? Why is eleven your number?
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Ooh? I G I don't know. I had number number
seven in high school. I had number eleven in high
school basketball, I had number five. I got number five
when I got to Purdue, and then A and M
they had number eleven open. I was like, I'll take it.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Look, I was number eleven in elementary school church basketball,
and I think we can both agree it's the best number.
Speaker 6 (17:59):
There's something about it. You roll the dice. I love
it all right.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
I want to ask you, so six sacs in this
game for other guys that got secks. I'm going to
ask you to describe each of them in one word. Okay, Princely,
what's one word for him?
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Bold?
Speaker 6 (18:20):
Bold?
Speaker 2 (18:21):
You guys kind of came in in the same situation
second round picks edge rushers.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
Did that put you two together?
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Like?
Speaker 6 (18:27):
Are you too close?
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Yes? I mean I think me and Princely are two
like very different individuals, but like, I think it works
for us, like, you know, like a lot of the
qualities he has. I need a lot of qualities that
I have he needs, like and we just kind of
work off each other, and you know, I think we're
going to make a really good like duo later. But yes,
it's yeah, just like bold as in like very like stylish,
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very like Yes, the hair, Yes, like he cares about
he doesn't care about what you think. He's going to
be Princely hundred percent of time. And I respect the
head guy.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
I love that alright. One word for Derek Brown.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
Ape like he he is the best.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
When you play uh with a guy like that on
the line, What does that do for everybody else?
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Makes our job easier? Like I mean my first year
in the league, I mean, and just to be blessed
with such like really good guys on the interior. I mean,
makes our job pretty easy. Like the runs usually don't
come out to us. All we gotta do is set
a hard edge and them guys making all the plays.
So I mean, I d Derek Brown is just phenomenal him. Yes,
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he's just really good.
Speaker 6 (19:39):
He is a Sean what's one word for him?
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Sh deranged in what way? Like another eight like just nasty, physical,
polished like veteran football players. Yeah, like to be in
year ten and just still compete the way he does
and care about it as much as he does. Just
like I said, the ultimate profess. He just he just
an ape man, let you get after it.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
And he's got those rings too, so I know when
he talks, just like DV he talks, everyone listens, right,
and the wealth, the wealth of knowledge, the insight that
he has alright, Trayvon Merrick, last guy to get a
sack besides you, badger, Yeah, oh yeah, I see that.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
It's just not the biggest. But he's just nasty, like physical,
everything you could want. And I don't even know what
you call his position, like like a hybrid safety line buck.
Speaker 6 (20:29):
He's just a Swiss army.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Yes, he's just a dog man. He can really pass rush,
like really pass rush, like he gets set the edge.
He's just I mean, he's a big part of this defense.
Like yeah, I mean a lot of our stuff doesn't
work without you.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
And it's so neat to hear you talk about all
these guys, and it just seems like the defense has
such a respect for each other. And you guys also
have fun together. You get to go out there, you
get to celebrate. What's it like playing with these guys?
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Just blessed. I mean, you know, you hear about it
when you're in college. You know about the talent that
they have in the NFL. But man, these guys, like
from from the top to the bottom, are just professionals
and just really good football players and and and it's
just nice. I love to watch, like I love the
game of football, and it's just nice to watch these
guys go out and make plays.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
What word do you think they would use to describe you?
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Mm or would you hope?
Speaker 1 (21:29):
What? I would hope? M.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
I'll tell you what A lot of fans describe you,
especially when that's watched.
Speaker 6 (21:35):
Your stuff is professional.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
They say, like you come in it looks like you're
you know, you talk like you're.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
A vet, you play like your a vet. What does
that mean when you hear that?
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Just the ultimate compliment, you know, I try to do
things the right way. I think all the programs that
I've been a part of stemming from high school, like
and at first I kind of like rebelled against it, like, man,
like this is football, It's a fun game, Like why
do I gotta follow all these rules? But it just
it's just a part of me now, Like it's just
who I am. You know. I love the game of
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football and I try not dispect it. So the only
way that I can really, you know, prove to these
guys that I'm worth anything is just doing things the
right way. So working hard, tryna, you know, tryna make
make myself stand out. Like I ain't no big physical freak.
I'm not the fastest, but you know I stand out
by you know, knowing my playbook, you know, making sure
I I I like my stuff, doesn't think So I can,
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you know, be a leader as a young guy and
you know, call guys out. So I think that's just
the biggest compliment, And you know that means so much more,
you know, coming from the guys in the locker room.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Yeah, well, I uh love talking football with you, but
we gotta talk about pets.
Speaker 6 (22:40):
We were talking about it a little bit when you
walked in. You have like I do, little dog, big cat.
So tell me about these pets that you have at home.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
So I got Lily when I was at A and M.
She's a long hair minie dockson, sassy lover, she's she's
the queen. Like I love Lily. And then I got
uh uh main coon jr Uh. I got him when
I got here in the spring, and he, like a
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lot of people say cats don't have personalities, he's very.
Speaker 6 (23:13):
Like disagreed, stuck up and like just he just.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Like it's my way of like no way. He's going
through his teenager phase right now too. So like every morning,
like five fifty he's coming up in like like jumping
on me and like wanted me to feed him. He's
so fat like main coons grow grow up to like
they're like four years old. So like he just eats
so much. But I I love him. I I love
I love my pets.
Speaker 6 (23:35):
How big is he now?
Speaker 1 (23:37):
I think right now he is, I wanna say twelve
pounds mm, So he's good.
Speaker 6 (23:41):
He's getting big boy.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
I saw this thing that said like sixty percent of
cats are overweight.
Speaker 6 (23:45):
My cat is definitely.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
He came in off the street and he's just not
stopped eating since then.
Speaker 6 (23:50):
But we were talking about this.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
It's something about the little dogs that they just run
things and then the the big boy cats and and
the cats have to they have to get in line, right,
and then you're getting you might be getting another one,
is that right? Oh my gosh, I have you already
identified her?
Speaker 1 (24:07):
So the like the women that I get that I
got JR From, you know, I reached out to them
and was like yeah, because I wanted a black one
at first, and JR Is like gray and he is
the white coat.
Speaker 6 (24:20):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
They have a black female who I think she just
got here and she's beautiful, Like I want a really
bad but they also got a male that they have
as well, So I want to go see those. I mean,
I'm getting bold.
Speaker 6 (24:33):
I was gonna say, you're gonna come home.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
You're gonna come home with both of them, and then
poor Lily is gonna have to whip all of them
into shape, is.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
What I I think. Lily loves the cats like she
loves to play with them. But we have like those
little like things you attached to like the windows, like
like the little sealed like they're like little beds on
the windows.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Yes, and then they jump jump up and see so
they can get away from her.
Speaker 6 (24:55):
Mm hmm. We have a little writer too, I know.
Sometimes they need their space.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Yes, that's exactly. I feel bad because I feel like
I'm always catering to my cat because there's so many
easy like oh he is a cat tower, you know. Yeah,
it's just a little but Lily just has us, like
anytime we're in the how she's on one of our
lives and one of my Like that's just who she is.
Speaker 6 (25:14):
Same. I was gonna say something tells me Lily.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
Trust Nick.
Speaker 6 (25:19):
This was great.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
Thank you so much for the time I've been says no,
thank you
Years. Kristin Balboni and Sharon Thorps loved it with your
sideline pass.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
That's right, it's time for sideline pass with your Panthers
sideline reporters Sharon and Kristin. Sharon first road win of
the season, the Panthers extend the wind streak to three
in a row, four of the last five, and this
one was a defensive battle up in the Meadowlands thirteen
to six. What was it like being on the sidelines
for this one?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Oh, my gosh, it was really a ton of fun,
not just because we won it, because the way the
game was going. It was actually really exciting to be
going back and forth the way they were and you're like,
you needed to get a stop and the defense will
get one. They often to get out there and it's like,
oh my gosh, we're going to score. It's like, no,
we had to kick it away.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
But it was.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It was actually really exciting because the way it really
sort of came down to the wire and the defense
had to really step up big at the end to
get those stops, and of course the JC Hornt interceptions,
and then when Andy Dalton came in and was able
to get exavierly get for that huge thirty three yard catch,
you know, to keep the drive alive, to keep the Panthers,
you know, in the driver's seat there to win the game.
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So it was sort of like with with baseball, like
I love baseball, and with World Series coming up here,
it's like that the pitcher's duel, you know, where it's
one nothing as opposed to a shootout, you know, a
twelve to ten kind of thing like we had with
the Cowboys, with the shootout we had with them.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
This was the exact opposite of that.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
So it was actually really exciting and needed to say
it was a ton of fun, especially at the end,
and those JC picks were unbelievable to see the way
the sideline just erupted after that. All the guys defense
and offense, special teams just loving it. So it was
a lot of fun to come home on a happy airplane.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
I'll tell you that.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Yeah, can you take us through what it's like to
come home with the road team when they have a
win not to And I just want to say this,
when you come home after a loss with the road team,
they're still professional.
Speaker 5 (01:49):
They're watching their film there.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
You know, It's not like it's gloom and doom on
the plane or anyone's throwing a fit or anything like that.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
But Sharon, it's a different vibe when the team wins.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Oh, it's absolutely different.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Just leaving the stadium, when you have to go check
through security and get back on the buses, you know,
everybody's talking and laughing instead of you know, after a loss,
everybody's pretty much silent. And like said, they're still professional,
but they're they're very quiet. They're into themselves, they're watching
film whatever. But after the win, everybody is just you
can just there's a spring in their step and they're
just excited getting onto the buses and getting back to
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the airport. And then when you're on the airplane, you
hear some hooping and hollering going on in the back
and guys joking around and having fun. It got pretty
loud on the plane on the way back on Sunday night,
so they were having a lot of fun and a
lot of smiles all the way around. Coach Canalis went
through the plane was sort of high five in people
and get a big grin. So they were really excited
to finally get that one under the belt because it's
been a while since they were able to get a
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good win on the road. I mean, they obviously had
Atlanta last year at the end of the season, but
the first one this year, it was a hard fought
one and they really enjoyed it.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I love that about coach Kanalis, and that reminds me.
I think we talked about this a little bit last season.
But for those who don't know, you have the same
plane crew and they wear their Panther's jerseys. Izum, Sharon,
you've been. You were on the road every week. I
haven't been in a while. That's still the case for them.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
We did switch airlines this year.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
We switched from Delta to American, and so we've hit
a few different ones, but there's always at least two
that are always the same. Yes on the plane and
they have their Panthers gear on and they put you know,
Panthers banners up on the plane and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
So they were really happy. I'm so sweet afterwards.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
And they get on because they get on the you know,
the intercom right and they make their announcements and they're
always so personalized. It's so kind win or loss. But
it's just like you said, it's just a great atmosphere.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, it's it's definitely a lot more fun to come
home on a winning airplane than a losing one, and especially,
like I said, the way they were able to grind
it out and get it done, so it was great.
Speaker 5 (03:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
So you mentioned this Andy Dalton coming in and you
know for the fourth quarter and icing the game there
on that big first down to Xavier Lagette. As of
right now before practice on Wednesday, the most we know
about Bryce Young's status is that he's day to day
with an ankle. There were outside We're Sports that came
out earlier this week and Dave can Allen's answered those
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questions and he says, we're saying it's an ankle.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
We're not gonna say anything more than that.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And he's day to day and from what we have
heard is they're going to bring him out there today.
We're going to know more about this situation on a
daily basis.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
It's not a sure thing.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
And Sharon, that's an interesting place to be because you know,
what did you see from with with Bryce? He got
stepped on, but then he was able to walk back
to the locker room. Didn't look like that much of
a limp. But but what did you see in the
game in terms of how that injury played out.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Yeah, it was interesting right after he came off.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I didn't realize that he had gotten injured on the
plane until he came off the field and was standing
talking with the trainers and I could see them he
was trying to like stand on one foot and he
was sort of shaking his head, and they put him
down on the bench and they were, you know, moving
his foot around a little bit.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
They taped it up.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Really heavily and then had him try to run on
the sideline and as you know, gave the sort of
shake it. It hadn't mention, and they took him to the
locker room. But the doctors were watching the replays, you know,
they get different angles of it. They were watching the
replays on the sideline there, and I was sort of
peeking over their shoulders. Yes, he did get stepped on,
but before he got stepped on, when he was back pedaling,
his right ankle sort of just gave out a little
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bit on its own. Then when he was turning and
trying to avoid the sack, the guy also stepped on him.
So he sort of had a little double whammy there.
But he did not appear to be limping hardly at all.
Was when he was there on the sidelines, and it
was just more of putting pressure on it with the running.
So I know they were going to hit it really aggressively.
The past couple of days, they've really been trying to
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rehab it hard and he wants to be out there.
But it was hard to tell exactly how bad it was.
But he was not on crutches or anything. They did
have a boot on him coming home on the airplane,
so but he was not on crutches, which I take
is a very good sign, and because he was able
to bear weight on it, just you know, with the
boot helping him out a little bit.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
So it's hard to tell, you know, is it gamesmanship?
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Is it trying to make the Bills prepare for two
quarterbacks when they already know that it's going to be
Andy Dalton? Who knows so the Panthers, I mean already knows.
So it we'll find out, like you said, more this afternoon,
but I would venture to say there probably would not
rule him out if they were going to until Friday
at the earliest and just try to keep the Bills.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
On their toes.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Why not if you can, of course you can make it.
Make him prepare for you guys, make them prepare for two.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
There's never a bad thing to be gained from gamesmanship.
As you said, why rule him out early? But it's interesting,
And you know, I was talking to Al Wallace earlier
this week and I said, what do you think when
you hear that someone has a boot on? Because I
you know, I think, as like a civilian, when we
see someone in a boot.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
Right, we go, oh gosh, like what happened?
Speaker 4 (06:31):
Are you okay?
Speaker 5 (06:31):
And usually they're like, yeah, we got to leave it
on for a few weeks whatnot.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
And he said, you know, it's it's really especially when
you're traveling, it's really just more of a stabilizer, like
the boot in itself. Yeah, doesn't mean that this is
you know, that series of an injury. Like you said,
if he's on crutches, that's one thing, but you know,
especially traveling back and not being able to get that
kind of immediate care you're going up the air pressure
is different that the boot is really precautionary and it's
good to see them.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Have that on there.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
So I thought that was a really interesting point that
even I you know, as much as we talk about injuries,
hadn't really thought through because usually when you hear ankle,
you're thinking two to four weeks, and so regardless of
what happens, and of course, you know you want your quarterback,
you want any player to heal as best they can,
it seems like it could have been a lot worse.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
Hearing Oh, absolutely absolutely, That's why, like you said, I
was encouraged there were no crutches, and the fact that
the Panthers are not calling it a high ankle sprain,
because when you hear that, you're like, uh, oh, that
can definitely be more severe. As you said, like we
just head Jatavian Sanders out or he missed three games
with a high ankle sprain, so those are definitely more
severe than just a regular role of the ankle or
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something like that that they can tape up and get stabilized.
So we'll see how things go this week, but certainly
doesn't look like anything long term. He maybe you know,
misses this game, but even if he does, I don't
think it's something that's going to like keep him out
for six weeks or anything like that.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
It should be pretty short term.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Yes, agreed, speaking of injuries, a positive note, Austin Korbett
coming back, and you know, you never know how much
fans are following the offensive line. I think our fans
pay a lot of attention to it, as they should
because of how good this offensive line has been. But
this was the sixth different offensive line in the seven
games that the Panthers have played, and it's amazing to
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see that they're really no one's really missing a beat
because of this depth. We saw Austin Corbett, which when
he got hurt in the beginning of the season, I
didn't know how long it was going to take. You know,
it seemed like when he and Robert Hunt both got
hurt that it could have been season ending. And to
see him come back so quickly and not only come back,
but go in at left guard for Damian Lewis who
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was banged up, it's just so impressive. And I think
I saw him say that he hasn't played left guard
since twenty nineteen, which might have been his first year
in the league. To go out and do that, and
just for this offensive line to continue. You know, these
running backs we go ran for over to you know,
over two hundred yards three weeks ago, most yards from
scrimmage in Panthers history last week, and then this this
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running game combined for well over one hundred yards. I
think it could have been closer to one hund fifty.
It's just amazing what these these guys upfront are able
to do.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Yeah, that's just such a tribute to Joe Gilbert, the
offensive line coach, and his staff what they've been able
to do with these guys. I was actually talking to
him before the game on Sunday and he said, that's
something that we are implementing now as soon as we
start in the off season, the preseason. We're making these
We're training them across multiple positions, all of them, so
everybody can be sort of plug and go. We've seen
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that for years now with Brady Christensen, who can just
play every position across the offensive line. I think he
has played every position for the O line pretty much
here in Carolina. So they're getting guys to be able
to go and play in multiple positions. And we spoke
to U as you were saying about Austin, and I
was like, how hard is it to flip flop from
one position to the other, And he explained, you know,
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obviously Austin had been at guard in the past, but
it was on the other side, and he said, that's
harder to go from right to left because everything is backwards.
Your footwork is different, your hand placement is different, everything.
This is a complete, like mirror reversal, and that's not easy.
And for the the fact that he was able to
come in and do that, just pick it up seamlessly
the way he did, especially coming back off of an injury,
like you said, could have been season injury and season ending.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Thank goodness it wasn't.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
And he played so well. And he's also such a
great leader on that sideline. I mean, I just love
to see him out there, especially late in the game
he was trying to get the offense going. He's like,
come on, guys, this is our game to win. Let's
just go get it. We got to ic it here.
And he's just a great leader. And that was just
a testament to how talented he is to be able
to play the positions that he is able to play
right now, it's just awesome.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
You're right, You're right, Absolutely one injury that is tough
for the Panthers. Pat Jones a great contributor to this line.
He is out for the season back injury. And you know, Sharon,
he is someone that I have heard in the locker
room is just someone that this team respects so much
and then also is doing stuff. If you're a fan
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of line play, go watch him some of the stuff
that he's doing, the way he's able to get off
the edge. I mean, it's just he's such an impressive player,
someone that they brought and thinks so highly of and
to not have him as such a loss. But then Sharon,
to see these these young guys, you know, Nick Gorton
one and a half sacks in this game, Princely Umamiellen
continuing to play well, and to see what this defense
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was able to do six sacks in this game after
having five it combined in the previous weeks. Without a
guy like Pat Jones, that has to provide a lot
of confidence for this team going forward.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
Oh absolutely, And they yeah, he said Pat Jones. I mean,
what a great guy he is. And he's he's such
a like laid back sort of you know, soft spoken guy.
He loves to go fishing, likes to be by himself
on the boat. So he then he turns into this
like crazy guy out on the field though, where he's
just running back and forth. That's one of the things
they loved about him was how flexible he was, and
he could be inside or outside and he could just
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just go sideline to sideline and just such a super talent.
And he and DJ want him had been former teammates
at South Carolina and back with the Vikings. I mean,
to be able to come back and play together. I mean,
they were just really clicking out there. So it's a
big loss, it really is. It's huge to lose him,
which really stinks. But the good thing is, like you said,
Nick and Princely really stepping up in a big way.
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And Princely he was just he was on the sidelines
multiple times during that game. He had gotten I think
he'd taken a knee in the back or gotten stepped
on or something during to play, and he was really
struggling with the right side of his lower back and
oblique and they were trying to wrap it up and
put the heating pat on it, and he was really
having a hard time with it, but he just kept
going out there.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
He just refused to come to come off the field.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
So the way that those two guys are both playing
the way they've been able to develop so quickly this season.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
I think that also has something to do with Pat Jones.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
He's a guy that he told me at the beginning
of the season he really likes to mentor the young guys.
He feels like he got all this great information when
he was a rookie from the Elder Statesman with the Vikings,
and he said, I feel an obligation to pass that on.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
He said, I know these guys.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Want my job and they want my reps, but it's
an obligation of mine to go and teach these guys
and pass on all of my football knowledge. So he's
been working in the background to try to help develop
these guys, and I'm sure he will continue to do
so when he's able to be back in the locker room.
So a big loss, but he's certainly trying to still
make his presence known and helping these young guys learn
and develop in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Such a great point, Sharon, And speaking of Nick Scorton,
I'm going to have a chance to talk to him
in just a little bit, so I'm excited to get
his perspective on that game. First NFL sack all the things.
I can't wait to talk to him in just a
little bit, but before we do that, I need Sharon's
famous scouting report on the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 5 (13:28):
This is a tall task, Sharon.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
It definitely is, because, well, multiple things. We all know
Josh Allen for, we all know what I need to do
the raining MVP. He's just he's such a talented player,
and he's probably a very ticked off player right now too,
as are most of the people on that team because
they have lost too straight, which are it's surprising, especially Atlanta.
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You're like, how they lose to the Falcons and we
beat him thirty to nothing. So Josh Allen is just
an unbelievable talent and what he's able to do out
there on the football field. And they're coming off a
bye and I saw this stat and doing my research
that the Bills are undefeated coming off a bye.
Speaker 4 (14:09):
Under Sehn Sean mc dermott.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
So it's like, hmm, so that those two things sort
of make you a little go. But on the flip
side of that, their defense has been struggling this season.
They are second to last in the league and run defense,
which is sort of surprising, but they've had some injuries,
had a couple of guys suspended. I know ed Oliver
back now they're big D tackle inside. He is back
and healthy, and he just came back last week after
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missing several games and immediately had a sack and several tackles.
So he's a guy that's going to beef up that
run defense. But they have some holes in that respect.
They have not had a lot of guys stepping up
at the receiver position now Curtis Samuel has been injured,
but they don't have a ton of guys. Nobody's like
really standing out at the at the receiver spot.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Now.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
They do have James Cook of course at running back,
and he's excellent. They've got a really good running attack,
so they're tough against. They're they're having a hard time
stopping there, but they're doing a great job actually running
the ball. So and with Josh Allen thrown into and
what he's able to do with his legs, this is
definitely not going to be easy. They've got a very
potent offensive attack and based on that run game and
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this D line which has been phenomenal, really this front
seven and really the whole defense has been doing a
great job against the run the past few weeks. They're
going to have everything they can handle coming up on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
No kidding, Sharon, but really amazing now when you look
at the Panthers top ten in defense in terms of
what they've been able to do, which is incredible, and
like we said, tall task here, but I know this
team is up to the challenge. So we'll see, we'll
see if we can hand Sean McDermott that first loss
after a by all streaks are meant to be broken
at a absolute point.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
Yes, Sharon, this was great. I learned so much.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I know the fans learned so much as well, and
I always appreciate it and I'm looking forward to next Wednesday.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Sounds great. Thanks Kristin.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Welcome to Sideline Pass here with Nick Scoret and Nick
congratulations for first NFL sack one and a half sacks
on Sunday in that win over the Jets. I have
a question, when you have one and a half sacks,
how is the half a sack compared to the first sack.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
The half sack was my first sack, that's right.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Do you get just as excited about a half a
sack as you do for the whole one.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
And that situation. No, because I thought it was a
TfL at the time. If thought of knew it was
a sack, I would have been a lot more excited.
But I thought it was a TfL, so I was like,
you know, let's keep you pushing.
Speaker 6 (16:28):
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
So that's the reason why the celebration that we saw
was for the full sack. So if you're just listening,
if you're watching, I'll do the celebration. If you're listening,
what you did was you blew a kiss and you
put your arms up. It reminded me of like you
were on a stage after a play.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
Is now what you were going for? Did you plan this? No,
it just came out.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
I got too excited, and I kind of froze up
a little bit because I got a celebration that I
usually do. But I was like, the sack it was.
I'm glad it was my first sack, but I missed
one or earlier in the game. It just it just
wasn't a cool enough sack for me to do my celebration.
So I just kind of you know, first one, you know,
here I am everyone.
Speaker 6 (17:09):
You were so.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Happy too, as you should be. What's the normal sack celebrations.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
I like to roll the dice. Oh that's good, Yes.
Speaker 6 (17:15):
That's really good. When did that start? Uh?
Speaker 1 (17:17):
When I transferred to A and M and I got
the number eleven? Uh huh, yes, ma'am.
Speaker 6 (17:21):
The number eleven comes from where.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Well, the reason it ties into the dice is like
when you shoot dice, it's like you hit seven or eleven. Yeah, yeah,
And like basically it means like I hit like yeah,
I hit like I got the sack, roll the dice,
I pick 'em up, and I take the money.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
So did you pick eleven for the dice or did
the dice come after? Why is eleven your number?
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Ooh? I G I don't know. I had number number
seven in high school. I had number eleven in high
school basketball, I had number five. I got number five
when I got to Purdue, and then A and M
they had number eleven open. I was like, I'll take it.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Look, I was number eleven in elementary school church basketball,
and I think we can both agree it's the best number.
Speaker 6 (17:59):
There's something about it. You roll the dice. I love
it all right.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
I want to ask you, so six sacs in this
game for other guys that got secks. I'm going to
ask you to describe each of them in one word. Okay, Princely,
what's one word for him?
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Bold?
Speaker 6 (18:20):
Bold?
Speaker 2 (18:21):
You guys kind of came in in the same situation
second round picks edge rushers.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
Did that put you two together?
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Like?
Speaker 6 (18:27):
Are you too close?
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Yes? I mean I think me and Princely are two
like very different individuals, but like, I think it works
for us, like, you know, like a lot of the
qualities he has. I need a lot of qualities that
I have he needs, like and we just kind of
work off each other, and you know, I think we're
going to make a really good like duo later. But yes,
it's yeah, just like bold as in like very like stylish,
(18:54):
very like Yes, the hair, Yes, like he cares about
he doesn't care about what you think. He's going to
be Princely hundred percent of time. And I respect the
head guy.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
I love that alright. One word for Derek Brown.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
Ape like he he is the best.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
When you play uh with a guy like that on
the line, What does that do for everybody else?
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Makes our job easier? Like I mean my first year
in the league, I mean, and just to be blessed
with such like really good guys on the interior. I mean,
makes our job pretty easy. Like the runs usually don't
come out to us. All we gotta do is set
a hard edge and them guys making all the plays.
So I mean, I d Derek Brown is just phenomenal him. Yes,
(19:38):
he's just really good.
Speaker 6 (19:39):
He is a Sean what's one word for him?
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Sh deranged in what way? Like another eight like just nasty, physical,
polished like veteran football players. Yeah, like to be in
year ten and just still compete the way he does
and care about it as much as he does. Just
like I said, the ultimate profess. He just he just
an ape man, let you get after it.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
And he's got those rings too, so I know when
he talks, just like DV he talks, everyone listens, right,
and the wealth, the wealth of knowledge, the insight that
he has alright, Trayvon Merrick, last guy to get a
sack besides you, badger, Yeah, oh yeah, I see that.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
It's just not the biggest. But he's just nasty, like physical,
everything you could want. And I don't even know what
you call his position, like like a hybrid safety line buck.
Speaker 6 (20:29):
He's just a Swiss army.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Yes, he's just a dog man. He can really pass rush,
like really pass rush, like he gets set the edge.
He's just I mean, he's a big part of this defense.
Like yeah, I mean a lot of our stuff doesn't
work without you.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
And it's so neat to hear you talk about all
these guys, and it just seems like the defense has
such a respect for each other. And you guys also
have fun together. You get to go out there, you
get to celebrate. What's it like playing with these guys?
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Just blessed. I mean, you know, you hear about it
when you're in college. You know about the talent that
they have in the NFL. But man, these guys, like
from from the top to the bottom, are just professionals
and just really good football players and and and it's
just nice. I love to watch, like I love the
game of football, and it's just nice to watch these
guys go out and make plays.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
What word do you think they would use to describe you?
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Mm or would you hope?
Speaker 1 (21:29):
What? I would hope? M.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
I'll tell you what A lot of fans describe you,
especially when that's watched.
Speaker 6 (21:35):
Your stuff is professional.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
They say, like you come in it looks like you're
you know, you talk like you're.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
A vet, you play like your a vet. What does
that mean when you hear that?
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Just the ultimate compliment, you know, I try to do
things the right way. I think all the programs that
I've been a part of stemming from high school, like
and at first I kind of like rebelled against it, like, man,
like this is football, It's a fun game, Like why
do I gotta follow all these rules? But it just
it's just a part of me now, Like it's just
who I am. You know. I love the game of
(22:06):
football and I try not dispect it. So the only
way that I can really, you know, prove to these
guys that I'm worth anything is just doing things the
right way. So working hard, tryna, you know, tryna make
make myself stand out. Like I ain't no big physical freak.
I'm not the fastest, but you know I stand out
by you know, knowing my playbook, you know, making sure
I I I like my stuff, doesn't think So I can,
(22:27):
you know, be a leader as a young guy and
you know, call guys out. So I think that's just
the biggest compliment, And you know that means so much more,
you know, coming from the guys in the locker room.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Yeah, well, I uh love talking football with you, but
we gotta talk about pets.
Speaker 6 (22:40):
We were talking about it a little bit when you
walked in. You have like I do, little dog, big cat.
So tell me about these pets that you have at home.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
So I got Lily when I was at A and M.
She's a long hair minie dockson, sassy lover, she's she's
the queen. Like I love Lily. And then I got
uh uh main coon jr Uh. I got him when
I got here in the spring, and he, like a
(23:10):
lot of people say cats don't have personalities, he's very.
Speaker 6 (23:13):
Like disagreed, stuck up and like just he just.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Like it's my way of like no way. He's going
through his teenager phase right now too. So like every morning,
like five fifty he's coming up in like like jumping
on me and like wanted me to feed him. He's
so fat like main coons grow grow up to like
they're like four years old. So like he just eats
so much. But I I love him. I I love
I love my pets.
Speaker 6 (23:35):
How big is he now?
Speaker 1 (23:37):
I think right now he is, I wanna say twelve
pounds mm, So he's good.
Speaker 6 (23:41):
He's getting big boy.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
I saw this thing that said like sixty percent of
cats are overweight.
Speaker 6 (23:45):
My cat is definitely.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
He came in off the street and he's just not
stopped eating since then.
Speaker 6 (23:50):
But we were talking about this.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
It's something about the little dogs that they just run
things and then the the big boy cats and and
the cats have to they have to get in line, right,
and then you're getting you might be getting another one,
is that right? Oh my gosh, I have you already
identified her?
Speaker 1 (24:07):
So the like the women that I get that I
got JR From, you know, I reached out to them
and was like yeah, because I wanted a black one
at first, and JR Is like gray and he is
the white coat.
Speaker 6 (24:20):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
They have a black female who I think she just
got here and she's beautiful, Like I want a really
bad but they also got a male that they have
as well, So I want to go see those. I mean,
I'm getting bold.
Speaker 6 (24:33):
I was gonna say, you're gonna come home.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
You're gonna come home with both of them, and then
poor Lily is gonna have to whip all of them
into shape, is.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
What I I think. Lily loves the cats like she
loves to play with them. But we have like those
little like things you attached to like the windows, like
like the little sealed like they're like little beds on
the windows.
Speaker 2 (24:51):
Yes, and then they jump jump up and see so
they can get away from her.
Speaker 6 (24:55):
Mm hmm. We have a little writer too, I know.
Sometimes they need their space.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Yes, that's exactly. I feel bad because I feel like
I'm always catering to my cat because there's so many
easy like oh he is a cat tower, you know. Yeah,
it's just a little but Lily just has us, like
anytime we're in the how she's on one of our
lives and one of my Like that's just who she is.
Speaker 6 (25:14):
Same. I was gonna say something tells me Lily.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
Trust Nick.
Speaker 6 (25:19):
This was great.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
Thank you so much for the time I've been says no,
thank you
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