October 9, 2025 • 14 mins
Indianapolis Colts linebacker Segun Olubi joins Query & Company ahead of practice to discuss his path to the NFL. He states that he viewed all the different places that he lived growing up as a learning opportunity, says that he still finds it surreal that he has the opportunity to play in the NFL, explains how he got into stock trading, and his relationship with Cam Bynum.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Colts and the Cardinals coming up Thursday edition. By the way,
Quarry Company, thank you for joining us. My name is
Jake Quarry. Eddie Garrison the other voice you hear on
this program. We call it Query and Company. And as
you folks know, we always have those that are listening
in the audience, we assign them a title within the company. Eddie,
I am super excited because you know what we don't have.
We don't have a director of economics. We don't have
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a director of stock trading. That's what we need on
this show in this company, right, So what better guy
to do exactly that than one that joins us from
West fifty sixth Street. He is, of course an Indianapolis Colt.
He had a big block punt against the Las Vegas Raiders.
He is also a linebacker for them. Shaghu Alubi joining
us on the Java House Peel and poor guest line Shagu,
how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I'm good man, that's good and that good to be here.
That's funny.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Okay, so let's begin with that. Are you cool with
being the director of economics and day trading?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, we can get it done. Then. I'm sure I
used to do a little bit in.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
College, although at this point you're a little bit busy
in your primary day to day job. All right, So
I want to begin with this. You know, your story
to me is fascinating and for those that are unfamiliar,
obviously I think everybody knows by now, but you came
here by way of the San Francisco forty nine ers,
where you were an undrafted free agent, and you have
found your way within this roster of doing every little
(01:15):
thing that needs to be done, no matter what is
called upon you. And I've talked a lot on this
show about Ashton Doolan and how much respect I have
for Ashton Doolan because he just is the guy that,
when it's necessary, does what's needed to be done. Do you,
number one, take that as a compliment? And number two,
what is the mindset of just kind of having to
(01:36):
find your role within a franchise?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, I mean, it's just being here. You have so
many great examples of that, you know what I mean.
It's the culture here, so just being able to follow them. Succeays,
you know, you look at guys like Dueling, you look
at guys like Zee, you look at it like guys
that will come through here it's just every man that
does what they can and to.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Help with your position.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Obviously, you know you are a linebacker by trade, you know,
the will linebacker whichever way we want to use the
terminology there. But we now know that the guy that
you know was just in front of you and Joe
Bachi goes onto ir. They make the trade. Now for
Jermaine Pratt, you're right there as well. Do you anticipate
the reps and your role to be elevated within that position?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
You know, you always look to help another, but any
way that you can, So you know, Jermaine come in
and he's a great he's a great guy for them,
He's been with them in the past. Provides leadership obviously,
you know what I mean, help with ze, you know,
and it's just looking for opportunities wherever they come up.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
For sure, I want to get back to.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Kind of your story, Schegud because I think it's it's
a fascinating one and quite frankly, and I don't mean
this condescendingly, it's an inspiring one because you know, and
you know this, I mean, there are so many guys
in the NFL that were five stars that we knew
about and we've known about him since they were nineteen
twenty years old. Okay, now I'm going to give for
our listeners, and you stop me if I'm incorrect in
(02:56):
any of the information that I've accumulated from various sources here. Okay,
so you were born in Pennsylvania. As a kid, you
lived in New Jersey, You lived in Minnesota, lived in Arizona,
lived in London in England, came back, lived in Arizona,
lived in California, then went to college in Idaho, went
to college in Arkansas, back to college in California, and
(03:18):
then into the NFL. Now that's a very circuitous route,
and so my first question would be do you believe
had it not been that kind of a path, that
you still would have found your way into the NFL
or did having to kind of go those extra steps
drive you to the player you've become.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, looking back on it, there's opportunities where I think
if I could have got placed as sooner, or could
have did things a little bit differently, But ultimately my
goal was to just taken an idea from every place
that I went along the way and just added to
my game, you know, whether it's learning how to be
a leader, or learning how to watch film from a
guy like Nate Moore, learning how to pull your trigger
(03:59):
from Jacoory Nickel, you know what I mean, learning how
how to be a dog like from Tayok you know
me and over in San Diego State, just every step
along the way of adding something to your game.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
When you walked on at San Diego State, there were
probably people that didn't know your story but you did.
Was that similar to the situation that you found yourself
in the NFL of having to kind of prove yourself?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Definitely there's parallels there.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
You know.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I'm grateful for the opportunity to have been able to
go on through a situation like that if I got to,
because it just caught me that you put your head
down and things go the way that you want them
to if you work hard.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
So what point, let's get to this. You said in
college you did a little bit of day trading. Now
my understanding is one of the schools you attended, I
think it might have been herding. I'm not sure, but
that you you were looking for like an economics course
that they didn't offer, and so therefore you transferred back
out again. Maybe that's embellished. I don't know, but how
did you get into the trading part of it? And
(04:56):
what about it intrigues you?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Yeah, I'm just it was been the person that love
seeing growth and so being able to start an investment
portfolio with like ten dollars and then it's actually up
to about like twenty one hundred. Now I haven't touched
that initial portfolio. I kind of left it alone and
allowed it to do his thing. Just that, you know,
as like a momento to myself. But yeah, just seeing
like the opportunity for growth is one of those things
(05:19):
that I've always loved.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Okay, So you started with ten bucks and then you
just put it in a rainy day fun and now
it's at twenty one hundred.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Well, it wasn't really a rainy day fun. It was like,
you know, let's see what we can do with this
ten dollars.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
You know that's pretty cool though, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, it's been going steadily. Man. I
think I'll add it over the course of time. I'll
edit up to three hundred, and then from then it
was just purely growth.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Okay, factor fiction. When you were in college or at
some point along the way, you were working at five Guys. Fact,
So how do you not weigh three hundred? Because I
would I mean, you know what I mean, like i'd
be I would have been eating five Guys every single day.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Was Oh, it was funny if my manager actually he
didn't eat at work, so he used to just put
his meal in for me too, because he knew I
was gonna eat.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
So now, wait a minute, here's my thing. Every time
I go to five Guys, they have the sign that
tells me where the fries are from, and they're always
from Idaho. And you were at collegeized is that Did
you work at the five Guys in Idaho?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
No, that was in Orange County, California.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Okay, I was going to say, because otherwise you just
you could have just gone out back to get the potatoes.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Right, Oh exactly.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Hey, what do you.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Most like about Indianapolis? I mean, you've obviously been kind
of to all parts. What are you most like about.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
India Uh, the family vibe. It's not just in the building,
you know, you get around the people in the community,
like people are accepting and loving out here. I think
people are authentic and real, which is something that can
be hard to find.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
You talked about growth.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Shaegu Alubi is our guests, he's on the Java House
Peel and poor guest line. You talk about growth, you know,
for your money and just your story in general represents
exactly that this particular team and you've been around it.
I mean, this is not your first year in India,
so you've seen kind of this team grow and blossom,
and you guys are obviously off to one of the
(07:11):
best starts in the league. What has been the difference.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Ultimately, I think it's just, you know, sometimes it's Tommy
an opportunity. You know, We've had good players, you know
when I've been here, and we've had you know, a
good coaching, you know, and it's just sometimes things got
to marry up in the right way, and that we're
seeing that happen on Sundays this year.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
The you know, the and I realize the other side
of the football, so different meeting rooms and things like that.
But Daniel Jones has been as you know, Jegu, I mean,
you're aware of this. He has obviously been a major
story in a positive way for the Colts this year.
Quarterbacking sometimes with leadership, I think that we envision that
the quarterbacks the one that everybody gravitates towards and he's
(07:51):
the one that's given the raw row chance and everything else.
What kind of a leader have you been able to
see that Daniel Jones is?
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Yeah, just consistent execution, right, Like you look at a
guy like Daniel, he's not super big into the ra ra,
but you can look at him and see that that
confidence that's there, and then you can see the consistent
execution that makes guys, you know, believe him. When you
have belief, guy's play hard, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
So Okay, what about on your side of the ball,
you know the guy that well, I'll just say, I'll
ask you this, who is your defensive leader?
Speaker 2 (08:23):
We know Ze to be a vocal leader for us,
but there's multiple players on our defense that are our leaders,
whether it's you know, defo. I mean realistically, like, we
have so much good leadership and sen on defense that
it's not just one guy. And that's kind of one
of the things that we have as an advantage.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Yeah, the Forest Buckner is the guy that it seems
and obviously Zira Franklin, right, it goes without saying that
Franklin based on tenure and just the fact that he
is so reliably there, right, But Buckner is also a
guy that, it seems as though from the outside is
the one that's not afraid to speak up, so to speak.
Is that a fair assessment.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Yeah, so something needs to be said. Buck isn't afraid
to say it at all, you know, And I think
that's true for a lot of guys on our defense,
which is, like I said, part of what makes us
so good because Cam buying him the same way.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Okay, so cam bying him is a guy that you
have a lot of experience with, right because you go
beyond just the walls of West fifty sixth Street and
your experience with cam bying them.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Yes, yeah, me and him went to high school together,
so that's all. That was really awesome to be able
to see him and be teammates again.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Who was the better player in high school?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
I say you, he said, He might say me. I
might say him. You know, that's this kind of guys
you are, But you know, I'll probably go with Cam.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Is it surreal.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
To be? And I would think this is true for anybody,
but I'll ask it just for you in particular. Is
it still surreal that you're in the National Football League?
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Every day. I walk in every day, walk in the
locker room every single day, looking around and see, like
I mean, when I first walk in, usually see tread
you know. And so I see LaQuan Treadwell. And I
remember watching Lawan in college and then watching him in
the league, and like you just see different guys, you know,
and it just reminds you. Look around the building, you
see how people are. It's surrealed every single day, and
I try not to take it for granted.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
And with that the at what point in your career
did you realize that the NFL was a distinct possibility.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was my
freshman year of high school or college. I was sitting
in my college dorm when I was watching an NFL
game with my roommate, and I just remember sitting there
and I was like, man, I watched some guy and
I think he got completely cooked. And I was just looking.
I was like, you know, I think I could do
at least that, you know what I mean, Like, I
think I could do better than that. And so I
(10:46):
just remember that I changed my Twitter handle to the
league and then kind of just started working on it
from then.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
And once you got into like the situation for example,
where you're you get a key block punt, a special
teams play like that, right. I would think being in
particular in special teams can be a challenge because you
only get so many opportunities out there to make the name,
(11:13):
to make your footprint, to impact the game, and so
you have to make sure that you're not over rushing it,
overthinking it, getting too zealous, and letting the process take
care of itself on a play. Now that's me a
radio host talking. Is that me way overthinking the mindset
of what you have to be in the NFL?
Speaker 2 (11:32):
No, I mean it's pretty simple, like you just line
up and execute your job and then the big plays
happened because you were prepared and you were doing what
you were supposed to do. Like, you can't really go
big play hunting because that's when you get out of position.
I mean, gads are too good, you know, Like you
can't sit there and try to capitalize on something that
isn't there.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
But doesn't that kind of symbolize your entire journey absolutely,
you know what I mean, Like like you just had
to go through the process, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
It's taking advance As with the opportunities when they're there,
but you can't rush the process. And I think that's
true for a lot of guys in this league.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
What's your favorite thing to do when you're not and
during the season. I realize, you know, you're pretty committed
to what you're doing, but when you're away from the facility,
when you're away from practice, when you are just kind
of kicking your feet up, so to speak, chegu Alubi
is doing what to pass the time.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
I like to travel, you know. I like to travel
around a bit, and then if I'm not doing that,
I'll probably be doing yoga or boxing like I like
to do active things like that.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
How long do you live in London?
Speaker 2 (12:36):
We were there for a brief stint, probably like a
few months, a couple months, you know what I mean,
just trying to get things situated back here.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Have you been Have you been back there since? I mean,
did it have any sort of an impact on you?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:48):
I travel I traveled there pretty as often as I can.
I was just there this last summer, visiting my cousins
and friends and stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Do your cousins have British accents? Yes, of course I
have a wonderful I have Eddie loves this. I have
a wonderful British accent. Now, Saga, can you can you
critique my British accent for me?
Speaker 2 (13:07):
All right, let's give it a go. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
I was watching Indianapolis Coach of the Week and and
that had a guy that he brought a punt foot
against the right is and then before I knew, the
Colts just pull away.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
What do you think?
Speaker 2 (13:20):
I think it sounds like it makes the different reasons,
but you know it's better than some.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Yes, yes, Now here's the thing though, brit would immediately
be able to call me out as a poser.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Wouldn't they different places? For sure?
Speaker 3 (13:36):
It's it's cocked me, that's what That's what I'm going for. Idea.
I have no idea what that means, but I like
saying it. You know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (13:42):
All right, shag Aluli, listen, we wish you the best
of luck against the Arizona Cardinals coming up. If you
guys got a chance really to dive in yet, I
would assume that yesterday was probably when you really started
to look at tape on Arizona.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
Oh yeah, we've been on it. We've been on this
since Monday. Shoot, how do you.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
How do you prepare for it when a Kyler Murray say,
you know, we don't know if he's gonna play. He's
a dynamic playmaker. You got to have an eye on
him at all times. But you don't know if it's
gonna be you know, whether it's gonna be Murray, whether
it's gonna be Jacoby Brissette. How do you, guys, what
is the approach when you don't know the status of
a quarterback?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
I think it just you just add more time, right,
like as much time as you can squeeze. You're gonna
you're gonna focus on on both guys. You know, obviously
the primary guy been. You know, you can't discount it
back and we always have a plan in place for
either guy.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Well shakegu We wish you the best of luck.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Man.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
I appreciate the time.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
It's always a pleasure to speak to the guys from
over there, and we certainly wish you the best of luck.
Coming up in uh Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday against Arizona.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
We look forward to watching it.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Awesome man, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Yeah, a good day. Then, see see how I did that?
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Eddie uh Shague Alubi, joining us on the Java House
Peel and Poor Guest line.
Colts and the Cardinals coming up Thursday edition. By the way,
Quarry Company, thank you for joining us. My name is
Jake Quarry. Eddie Garrison the other voice you hear on
this program. We call it Query and Company. And as
you folks know, we always have those that are listening
in the audience, we assign them a title within the company. Eddie,
I am super excited because you know what we don't have.
We don't have a director of economics. We don't have
(00:22):
a director of stock trading. That's what we need on
this show in this company, right, So what better guy
to do exactly that than one that joins us from
West fifty sixth Street. He is, of course an Indianapolis Colt.
He had a big block punt against the Las Vegas Raiders.
He is also a linebacker for them. Shaghu Alubi joining
us on the Java House Peel and poor guest line Shagu,
how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I'm good man, that's good and that good to be here.
That's funny.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Okay, so let's begin with that. Are you cool with
being the director of economics and day trading?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, we can get it done. Then. I'm sure I
used to do a little bit in.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
College, although at this point you're a little bit busy
in your primary day to day job. All right, So
I want to begin with this. You know, your story
to me is fascinating and for those that are unfamiliar,
obviously I think everybody knows by now, but you came
here by way of the San Francisco forty nine ers,
where you were an undrafted free agent, and you have
found your way within this roster of doing every little
(01:15):
thing that needs to be done, no matter what is
called upon you. And I've talked a lot on this
show about Ashton Doolan and how much respect I have
for Ashton Doolan because he just is the guy that,
when it's necessary, does what's needed to be done. Do you,
number one, take that as a compliment? And number two,
what is the mindset of just kind of having to
(01:36):
find your role within a franchise?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, I mean, it's just being here. You have so
many great examples of that, you know what I mean.
It's the culture here, so just being able to follow them. Succeays,
you know, you look at guys like Dueling, you look
at guys like Zee, you look at it like guys
that will come through here it's just every man that
does what they can and to.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Help with your position.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Obviously, you know you are a linebacker by trade, you know,
the will linebacker whichever way we want to use the
terminology there. But we now know that the guy that
you know was just in front of you and Joe
Bachi goes onto ir. They make the trade. Now for
Jermaine Pratt, you're right there as well. Do you anticipate
the reps and your role to be elevated within that position?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
You know, you always look to help another, but any
way that you can, So you know, Jermaine come in
and he's a great he's a great guy for them,
He's been with them in the past. Provides leadership obviously,
you know what I mean, help with ze, you know,
and it's just looking for opportunities wherever they come up.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
For sure, I want to get back to.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Kind of your story, Schegud because I think it's it's
a fascinating one and quite frankly, and I don't mean
this condescendingly, it's an inspiring one because you know, and
you know this, I mean, there are so many guys
in the NFL that were five stars that we knew
about and we've known about him since they were nineteen
twenty years old. Okay, now I'm going to give for
our listeners, and you stop me if I'm incorrect in
(02:56):
any of the information that I've accumulated from various sources here. Okay,
so you were born in Pennsylvania. As a kid, you
lived in New Jersey, You lived in Minnesota, lived in Arizona,
lived in London in England, came back, lived in Arizona,
lived in California, then went to college in Idaho, went
to college in Arkansas, back to college in California, and
(03:18):
then into the NFL. Now that's a very circuitous route,
and so my first question would be do you believe
had it not been that kind of a path, that
you still would have found your way into the NFL
or did having to kind of go those extra steps
drive you to the player you've become.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, looking back on it, there's opportunities where I think
if I could have got placed as sooner, or could
have did things a little bit differently, But ultimately my
goal was to just taken an idea from every place
that I went along the way and just added to
my game, you know, whether it's learning how to be
a leader, or learning how to watch film from a
guy like Nate Moore, learning how to pull your trigger
(03:59):
from Jacoory Nickel, you know what I mean, learning how
how to be a dog like from Tayok you know
me and over in San Diego State, just every step
along the way of adding something to your game.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
When you walked on at San Diego State, there were
probably people that didn't know your story but you did.
Was that similar to the situation that you found yourself
in the NFL of having to kind of prove yourself?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Definitely there's parallels there.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
You know.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I'm grateful for the opportunity to have been able to
go on through a situation like that if I got to,
because it just caught me that you put your head
down and things go the way that you want them
to if you work hard.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
So what point, let's get to this. You said in
college you did a little bit of day trading. Now
my understanding is one of the schools you attended, I
think it might have been herding. I'm not sure, but
that you you were looking for like an economics course
that they didn't offer, and so therefore you transferred back
out again. Maybe that's embellished. I don't know, but how
did you get into the trading part of it? And
(04:56):
what about it intrigues you?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Yeah, I'm just it was been the person that love
seeing growth and so being able to start an investment
portfolio with like ten dollars and then it's actually up
to about like twenty one hundred. Now I haven't touched
that initial portfolio. I kind of left it alone and
allowed it to do his thing. Just that, you know,
as like a momento to myself. But yeah, just seeing
like the opportunity for growth is one of those things
(05:19):
that I've always loved.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Okay, So you started with ten bucks and then you
just put it in a rainy day fun and now
it's at twenty one hundred.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Well, it wasn't really a rainy day fun. It was like,
you know, let's see what we can do with this
ten dollars.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
You know that's pretty cool though, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, it's been going steadily. Man. I
think I'll add it over the course of time. I'll
edit up to three hundred, and then from then it
was just purely growth.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Okay, factor fiction. When you were in college or at
some point along the way, you were working at five Guys. Fact,
So how do you not weigh three hundred? Because I
would I mean, you know what I mean, like i'd
be I would have been eating five Guys every single day.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Was Oh, it was funny if my manager actually he
didn't eat at work, so he used to just put
his meal in for me too, because he knew I
was gonna eat.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
So now, wait a minute, here's my thing. Every time
I go to five Guys, they have the sign that
tells me where the fries are from, and they're always
from Idaho. And you were at collegeized is that Did
you work at the five Guys in Idaho?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
No, that was in Orange County, California.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Okay, I was going to say, because otherwise you just
you could have just gone out back to get the potatoes.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Right, Oh exactly.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Hey, what do you.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Most like about Indianapolis? I mean, you've obviously been kind
of to all parts. What are you most like about.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
India Uh, the family vibe. It's not just in the building,
you know, you get around the people in the community,
like people are accepting and loving out here. I think
people are authentic and real, which is something that can
be hard to find.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
You talked about growth.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Shaegu Alubi is our guests, he's on the Java House
Peel and poor guest line. You talk about growth, you know,
for your money and just your story in general represents
exactly that this particular team and you've been around it.
I mean, this is not your first year in India,
so you've seen kind of this team grow and blossom,
and you guys are obviously off to one of the
(07:11):
best starts in the league. What has been the difference.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Ultimately, I think it's just, you know, sometimes it's Tommy
an opportunity. You know, We've had good players, you know
when I've been here, and we've had you know, a
good coaching, you know, and it's just sometimes things got
to marry up in the right way, and that we're
seeing that happen on Sundays this year.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
The you know, the and I realize the other side
of the football, so different meeting rooms and things like that.
But Daniel Jones has been as you know, Jegu, I mean,
you're aware of this. He has obviously been a major
story in a positive way for the Colts this year.
Quarterbacking sometimes with leadership, I think that we envision that
the quarterbacks the one that everybody gravitates towards and he's
(07:51):
the one that's given the raw row chance and everything else.
What kind of a leader have you been able to
see that Daniel Jones is?
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Yeah, just consistent execution, right, Like you look at a
guy like Daniel, he's not super big into the ra ra,
but you can look at him and see that that
confidence that's there, and then you can see the consistent
execution that makes guys, you know, believe him. When you
have belief, guy's play hard, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
So Okay, what about on your side of the ball,
you know the guy that well, I'll just say, I'll
ask you this, who is your defensive leader?
Speaker 2 (08:23):
We know Ze to be a vocal leader for us,
but there's multiple players on our defense that are our leaders,
whether it's you know, defo. I mean realistically, like, we
have so much good leadership and sen on defense that
it's not just one guy. And that's kind of one
of the things that we have as an advantage.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Yeah, the Forest Buckner is the guy that it seems
and obviously Zira Franklin, right, it goes without saying that
Franklin based on tenure and just the fact that he
is so reliably there, right, But Buckner is also a
guy that, it seems as though from the outside is
the one that's not afraid to speak up, so to speak.
Is that a fair assessment.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Yeah, so something needs to be said. Buck isn't afraid
to say it at all, you know, And I think
that's true for a lot of guys on our defense,
which is, like I said, part of what makes us
so good because Cam buying him the same way.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Okay, so cam bying him is a guy that you
have a lot of experience with, right because you go
beyond just the walls of West fifty sixth Street and
your experience with cam bying them.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Yes, yeah, me and him went to high school together,
so that's all. That was really awesome to be able
to see him and be teammates again.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Who was the better player in high school?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
I say you, he said, He might say me. I
might say him. You know, that's this kind of guys
you are, But you know, I'll probably go with Cam.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Is it surreal.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
To be? And I would think this is true for anybody,
but I'll ask it just for you in particular. Is
it still surreal that you're in the National Football League?
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Every day. I walk in every day, walk in the
locker room every single day, looking around and see, like
I mean, when I first walk in, usually see tread
you know. And so I see LaQuan Treadwell. And I
remember watching Lawan in college and then watching him in
the league, and like you just see different guys, you know,
and it just reminds you. Look around the building, you
see how people are. It's surrealed every single day, and
I try not to take it for granted.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
And with that the at what point in your career
did you realize that the NFL was a distinct possibility.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was my
freshman year of high school or college. I was sitting
in my college dorm when I was watching an NFL
game with my roommate, and I just remember sitting there
and I was like, man, I watched some guy and
I think he got completely cooked. And I was just looking.
I was like, you know, I think I could do
at least that, you know what I mean, Like, I
think I could do better than that. And so I
(10:46):
just remember that I changed my Twitter handle to the
league and then kind of just started working on it
from then.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
And once you got into like the situation for example,
where you're you get a key block punt, a special
teams play like that, right. I would think being in
particular in special teams can be a challenge because you
only get so many opportunities out there to make the name,
(11:13):
to make your footprint, to impact the game, and so
you have to make sure that you're not over rushing it,
overthinking it, getting too zealous, and letting the process take
care of itself on a play. Now that's me a
radio host talking. Is that me way overthinking the mindset
of what you have to be in the NFL?
Speaker 2 (11:32):
No, I mean it's pretty simple, like you just line
up and execute your job and then the big plays
happened because you were prepared and you were doing what
you were supposed to do. Like, you can't really go
big play hunting because that's when you get out of position.
I mean, gads are too good, you know, Like you
can't sit there and try to capitalize on something that
isn't there.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
But doesn't that kind of symbolize your entire journey absolutely,
you know what I mean, Like like you just had
to go through the process, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
It's taking advance As with the opportunities when they're there,
but you can't rush the process. And I think that's
true for a lot of guys in this league.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
What's your favorite thing to do when you're not and
during the season. I realize, you know, you're pretty committed
to what you're doing, but when you're away from the facility,
when you're away from practice, when you are just kind
of kicking your feet up, so to speak, chegu Alubi
is doing what to pass the time.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
I like to travel, you know. I like to travel
around a bit, and then if I'm not doing that,
I'll probably be doing yoga or boxing like I like
to do active things like that.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
How long do you live in London?
Speaker 2 (12:36):
We were there for a brief stint, probably like a
few months, a couple months, you know what I mean,
just trying to get things situated back here.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Have you been Have you been back there since? I mean,
did it have any sort of an impact on you?
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:48):
I travel I traveled there pretty as often as I can.
I was just there this last summer, visiting my cousins
and friends and stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Do your cousins have British accents? Yes, of course I
have a wonderful I have Eddie loves this. I have
a wonderful British accent. Now, Saga, can you can you
critique my British accent for me?
Speaker 2 (13:07):
All right, let's give it a go. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
I was watching Indianapolis Coach of the Week and and
that had a guy that he brought a punt foot
against the right is and then before I knew, the
Colts just pull away.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
What do you think?
Speaker 2 (13:20):
I think it sounds like it makes the different reasons,
but you know it's better than some.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Yes, yes, Now here's the thing though, brit would immediately
be able to call me out as a poser.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Wouldn't they different places? For sure?
Speaker 3 (13:36):
It's it's cocked me, that's what That's what I'm going for. Idea.
I have no idea what that means, but I like
saying it. You know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (13:42):
All right, shag Aluli, listen, we wish you the best
of luck against the Arizona Cardinals coming up. If you
guys got a chance really to dive in yet, I
would assume that yesterday was probably when you really started
to look at tape on Arizona.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
Oh yeah, we've been on it. We've been on this
since Monday. Shoot, how do you.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
How do you prepare for it when a Kyler Murray say,
you know, we don't know if he's gonna play. He's
a dynamic playmaker. You got to have an eye on
him at all times. But you don't know if it's
gonna be you know, whether it's gonna be Murray, whether
it's gonna be Jacoby Brissette. How do you, guys, what
is the approach when you don't know the status of
a quarterback?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
I think it just you just add more time, right,
like as much time as you can squeeze. You're gonna
you're gonna focus on on both guys. You know, obviously
the primary guy been. You know, you can't discount it
back and we always have a plan in place for
either guy.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
Well shakegu We wish you the best of luck.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Man.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
I appreciate the time.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
It's always a pleasure to speak to the guys from
over there, and we certainly wish you the best of luck.
Coming up in uh Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday against Arizona.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
We look forward to watching it.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Awesome man, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Yeah, a good day. Then, see see how I did that?
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Eddie uh Shague Alubi, joining us on the Java House
Peel and Poor Guest line.
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