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24:35That's tough. That's real tough. Hey, Josh. Yo. Well, hey, let me tell you something real quick. Before we start the show, right? I know before we get serious, I just want to let you know, boy, I would have ran you over, boy. Nah, you got me right there. I'm serious. I'm serious. Come on, man.

24:49Shannon Sharpe:All right, let's welcome to the show, Viking Safety, Josh. and tell us, Vikers right now, you're third in takeaways, third in passing defense, fourth in pass differential, sixth in total defense. What was it like out there? Because it happened in a flurry. You get a pick six. You get a scoop and score. And you guys were just taking the ball away. And the offense would go right out there and put seven on the board. It seemed like, damn, I don't know if you've ever been a part of something as far as a defense is concerned, that where you took the ball away and it looked so easy, so effortless doing it.

25:24Nah, I've never been a part of nothing like that. That was crazy. You talk about complimentary football, that was all of that, and within two series, it was crazy. It was back-to-back plays, and it almost felt like practice, like watching it. You know how in practice... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't talk about my team like that, man. No, I'm about to just explain. Let me explain it. You know how in practice when, you know, coaches telling you to do something, you know, you're doing the individuals, you know, you're practicing the walkthrough and then now it's practice and you're doing the same thing.

25:59You know what's coming, you know, you're able to do things you ain't able to do if you don't know what's coming. And, you know, we were making plays, especially Isaiah Rogers, obviously the man of the hour. He was making plays that it was just like, dang, like you don't see plays like that unless it's practice. Like, I'm surprised like he getting this off on an NFL Sunday. But, nah, man, that's the kind of defense we play, man. You never know who it's going to be. But, you know, the way we play defense and the way we cause havoc, you know, anybody bound to have a day like that on this defense.

26:30What? Hey, listen. Go ahead, Ocho. No, I'm going to say, listen, I watched that game. I was hurt. Josh, I was hurt. Obviously, I knew Burrow was out. So I felt good. I felt good about Browning coming in because he's been in before when Burrow went down. And, you know, he did pretty well. But obviously what you guys were able to do defensively, forget the offense. I want to talk about the defense because you, Isaiah Rogers, that front end, man, you guys were all over the place and actually dominated the game for all four quarters. I thought at some point, I don't even know why I had the belief that we even had a chance to win.

27:03But what you guys showed the other night with Brian Flores, his creativity and what he does exotically defensively and having the personnel to be able to do some of the things he wants to do, man, it was a beautiful sight to see. A beautiful sight to see. Yeah, man. When you can put it all together like that, especially on game day, we talk about it, we preach it every week. And for us to come and do that, especially after a loss and the way we gave up 200 rushing yards a week before, and that's not the way we play defense in Minnesota. So for us to come back a week of practice, going hard, head down, grinding, and for us to come out Sunday and put that out there for everybody to watch, and that's on tape now for the rest of the season, it was special.

27:45Shannon Sharpe:We mentioned, I think you guys have five turnovers at the half. Isaiah Rogers, he get a long pick six, and then he gets a punch out, scoop and score. And then he gets, it's like another punch out. And it seems like this is just happening back to back to back. And you're about to look at like, damn, boy, what did you have to eat for breakfast? Yeah, it's crazy too. I walked up to him after one of his plays. I think it was after the forced fumble, and he picked that up and scored. and I grabbed his hands. I said, whatever you got, let me get some of that. And hey, lo and behold, the Lord blessed me with a kick.

28:21That boy came right in my lap. I said, okay, he really has something. I don't know what he had and what his routine was last week, but I've been close to his hip this week. I'm going to do the same. I'm going to do the same thing.

28:31Shannon Sharpe:Obviously, you guys go to Dublin. You played the Steelers in Ireland. You excited about – I mean, you know anything about Ireland other than, hey, is it the UK? I mean, but have you ever been to Ireland? Are you excited about playing in Ireland? No, we've done the London thing a couple times, but I've never been to Ireland. Don't know too much about the culture. Obviously, I know a little bit, but for me, it's going to be a first, something that I did want to experience sometime in my life, just traveling and exploring the world. But yeah, it's going to be a unique experience. Yeah, I'm packing up, just finished doing a little bit of that, man.

29:10We head out tomorrow. it's crazy man so you gotta get used to that time difference and we actually playing two games overseas back to back so y 'all staying over there right? Yeah we staying over there we head to London on Monday so it's gonna be crazy it's gonna be crazy. It's gonna be dope I mean obviously I've been to Ireland many times to watch soccer matches so I'm not sure how much free time you guys do have obviously you're going that far but when you go somewhere that far you obviously want to get out and at least venture out experience the culture i'm not sure how much you know leeway and leash yeah give you guys we'll get a little bit huh we'll get a little bit okay okay you you're gonna like it you're gonna like i can't i can't say it right now on the show on some of the things that you can enjoy and do but i'm gonna i'm gonna text you i'm gonna text you right since you're going to ireland you can't

30:00Shannon Sharpe:have a pint so you can't do that so that's all i don't know how much you're gonna get an opportunity to do in ireland but you'll probably get something to do in london because you guys get you know you leave on Monday. Tuesday is your off day. So that probably be the day that you get an opportunity to go see Big Ben or you know, yeah, yeah, yeah. You get an opportunity to get around the city. Yeah, to take in some of that. JJ goes down. Obviously he had a great game. Game one, he didn't play well the first half, but then he comes out, plays like gangbusters in the second half against Chicago, and you guys win that ball game.

30:33Shannon Sharpe:The second game didn't go quite so well. He gets nicked. In comes Carson Wentz. how gratifying is it to have a veteran that has won a lot of games in this league, played for a number of years, and you know, like, you know what? We've got to play at our level. Let's make it easy on him. If we can get an opportunity to get our hands on some balls, let's take the football away. Let's get a couple scoopings going. Let's get a pick six. Let's do something to make it easy for our team. But you've got a guy, a veteran guy. What was it like watching what he was able to do with the opportunities that you guys presented it?

31:09Yeah, man, it was nice, man. As a defense, you can, you know, you can help out the offense. You can play complimentary football and you get a vet in there that understands, you know, time of possession and just understands how to work the NFL NFL game and the ebbs and flows of, you know, football game. It's it allows you to play with a different kind of, you know, hunger and calmness on defense. Obviously, you know, we knew we had to step up, and we know we're going to have to step up moving forward, just understanding, you know, we got a backup quarterback in now, and we still have a young quarterback.

31:44When J.J. does get back healthy, the defense is going to have to step up big. But to see Carson Wentz come in, man, and just instantly, you know, click back to, you know, his prime, it was special.

31:56Shannon Sharpe:You get Jordan Addison back this week. So now, hey, people are going to have to pay a day. All of a sudden, you can't double and triple. for Jetta. Now you got to pay attention because Addison, hey, a burner can make plays, catch after, you know, running catch, get deep. What's it going to be like to get this addition back to your offense? Man, man, that's a one-on-one guy, man. He's a big play, explosive. I mean, you talk about having two number one wide receivers on your team and being able to use what they do well at a high clip. it's crazy man KO he has both of them at his hand he can do whatever man so definitely you talk about having a quarterback a young quarterback or a backup veteran quarterback having a guy like that to throw to and 18 on the other side man you really can't go wrong man and you hand the ball off Jordan Mason Aaron Jones hey man we is it that look like a winning offense to me let me ask you this bro how long you been how many years you've been in the league This is six.

32:58Shannon Sharpe:So you're the right person to ask. Six years in the league, give me your five toughest defenders that you've had to face, that your defense have had to face. Receivers, excuse me. Receivers. Receivers? Ooh, five toughest. I would say Jamar Chase has been up there just because the attention you got to have. Better know where he's at. Yeah, because, you know, he's one play, and, you know, he could change the whole game. I'm going to say Brown. Reliance, we see him twice a year. You know, great scheme, but he got great, great. He's a great player, too. He's getting out of the breaks, man. Damn. Yeah, I was about to say, he's very efficient.

33:41He's getting in and out. He's getting in and out, man. And he do a lot of the dirty work, too. Puka at the Rams. Man, we played him twice last year. He was giving us work. I ain't going to lie. I think he's a pretty good receiver. Just being able to use your physical tools, but still being able to use your agility at the same time, man, and being able to produce for your offense. I think Puka does it really well. Obviously, Devontae Adams, I would probably say number one on that list. Wow, yeah, because you saw him twice a year. Yeah, coming into the league, he gave my first touchdown. And he was talking cash after.

34:19I was like, yeah, I should have never messed with him. But, yeah, I would say number one on that list right now, obviously, besides the guy I go against every day in practice, is definitely Devontae. Okay. Yeah, Jettus, yeah, Jettus, he a different breed, man. I done seen him do some crazy stuff. You know, practice, you know, you see a different animal.

34:39Shannon Sharpe:That's what I tell people. You think about what they do in the game, you ought to see them in practice. Oh, my gosh. He like that? Did he just do that? Crazy. Off the porch, I'm talking, we rookies, we same class. off the porch. I'm like, you sure this guy in the same class as me? He rookie too? He killing me. You got to take your episode, Joe? I'm going to ask you, obviously with the next game coming up, based on I'm not sure if you guys have watched film already or done any type of homework. Are there anything coming up in this next game that you guys think you have to worry about or that you have to be sure of to make sure that you don't allow to ensure that you guys played just as well as you did against my Bengals.

35:24What do you think you have to worry about in this next week's opponent, offensively? Yeah, for one, when you think about just a Mike Tomlin coach team, you think about a gritty, very physical, disciplined football team. So, you know, you add that with Aaron Rodgers, a 21-year vet, who's elite with his passing ability and his football IQ, you know, it's going to be hard for us to find a way for them to make mistakes. So, you know, on our end, we can't make mistakes. So that's going to be a big key to the game is executing and not giving them easy stuff, not missing assignments, missing blitzes and messing up coverages, making sure everybody in their spots and executing the game plan.

36:08Because, you know, those two very experienced people you're going against and you can't afford to give them anything to keep them in the game. because once that fourth quarter hit, that's when their superpowers start to show. But, yeah, they're a very physical team, but if we take it to them, man, from the get-go, I think we'll be in the right spot.

36:27Shannon Sharpe:What is the biggest difference between Coach Flores and your previous defensive coordinator? Oh, man, I think for me and just getting to know Flo over these years, I mean, I was with the other defensive coordinator for a year, but with Flo and getting to know him over these years, I think it's just his ability to understand not only players, but the game and put those two together. Like he understands what this defense does well and what each player can do in this defense well. And it's not. Yeah, it's not. It's not a matter of having a player who's great just because, you know, the stats and the combine says is this is because he fits this defense and his abilities will highlight very well.

37:13and it's almost like a receiver. You're not going to put a slot receiver at the X. He ain't going to get open. So, you know, he understands how to move us around and have us do what we like to do really well, but still make it look different. You see what he said?

37:30Josh, if I can get offensive coordinators, right, to understand exactly what you just said, they have egos. They have egos. So they just call the plays and expect to put the receivers in certain positions and just go make the play, make it work, instead of understanding each player. Who you got. Understanding what you got, understanding what they're good at, putting them in positions to make plays where it comes to their strengths and not their weaknesses, then the game is simplified if you just do that. Yep. We'll even play more people than normal. We'll rotate, especially in that front seven.

38:07We'll rotate in guys on different person down in distances. Right. Whether it's passing downs, run downs. If you can play the run, you're going to be in on run downs. If you can rush the passer, you're going to be in on pass downs. If you can drop in the zones, and we need to, you know, it's one of those situations, you're going to be in. And I think that's the best part about it, man. You never see a guy on our defense doing something he don't feel comfortable doing. And, I mean, when you're playing fast and, you know, you clear head, you make plays.

38:34Shannon Sharpe:You got to put guys in position to succeed. And like you said, Josh, a lot of times, look, credit. It's my scheme. It's my offense. It's my defense. Nah, you find, you know what, you find you build your scheme around the players you have. Yup. Yup. I have to say, we switch schemes every year, man. Besides our, like, base, go-to plays, it's been a different scheme every year, man, and it's just because we have different 11 guys out there, so you gotta switch it up. Damn, man. What? I wish everybody else thought like that, especially the coaches, man, calling the plays. But, Josh, most of the time I can only attest when I was playing, you know, week to week, I'm just saying some of the complaints that we hear from other players on other teams is, man, they want to do what they want.

39:22And we can only run the route this way. So, obviously, you restrict players from having the freedom to do what they do best because, okay, I got an ego. It's my system. It worked at the other place I was at. So if I come here, it should work here too.

39:37Shannon Sharpe:Look, Coach Tess, I don't care if you take an Uber or have a taxi. As long as when his back foot hit, you where you're supposed to be, I don't give a damn what you do to get there. That's all that matters. That's it. Ask Travis, Kelsey, all of them. It ain't got to look. It ain't got to look the same. But I will be when the quarterback is ready to throw, I'm going to be where I'm supposed to be. Let me ask you this. Be in that spot, man. Other than the weather, What's the biggest difference between Miami and Minnesota? Because you talk about 85 and sunny, and then you get minus 20 and three feet of snow.

40:11Oh, my God. Weather, obviously, the biggest difference. But I would say just the culture, man. You know, Miami, you know, that's that fast life, man. Like, ain't no time to just sit back and chill, man. You sit back, your phone ringing. It's somewhere else. It's motion. It's something. But in Minnesota, man, it's really - Slow motion. It's slow motion, man. It's very family-oriented, you know, very sit back, relaxed. I mean, when it get cold out here and it starts snowing, you ain't going nowhere. You ain't want to go home. Practice at home. Yeah. Yeah, it's just, you know, get home, you know, find your hobbies that you like to do, and, you know, do that every day.

40:51So, I mean, I think it's been good for my men, too. I mean, especially living both lives, you know what I mean? I've been in Miami my whole life, and then for me to be up here now, I think it's definitely good to just see both sides and being able for my family to see both sides as well. I think that's really cool.

41:06Shannon Sharpe:Have you tried the Juicy Loosies? Yeah, that was one of the first things I did, man. And it's a competition. It's a competition. Yeah, the Juicy Loosie. Yes. So I went to both. I went to both. You got a favorite? 5 '8 Club, man. They do it right, man. That's the one. Hey, outside of football, What are some hobbies, some things you like to do that you're passionate about? Let's say when football season's over, you know, this is where I can find my safe haven and I have a passion for this and it's something that you enjoy doing that maybe even when you're done playing, when you're retired, long down the road, it's what you'll probably get into.

41:45I just got into bowling, man, and I think that's going to be my golf. Yeah? Yeah, I just got into it. I just bowled at 300, boy, two weeks ago. I'm close, man. I'm 278. I didn't hit that twice. Come on, Dad. Let me show you how to. Hey, come on. We can go hit some pins, man. So yeah, I think bowling definitely, man.

42:08Shannon Sharpe:What size of a bowling ball you using? I got to be specific. 15. What you got? 15. 15. Big 15. Yeah, big 15, man. I got a 16. I got a 14. I got to go in between. Yeah, 14 if my wrist bugger me. I got to go a little bit lower. Yeah, I feel you. For most part, 15, that's my, like, sweet spot. But, yeah, man, I've been really into bowling. I just, I mean, I played the piano past couple off seasons. That's been one of my big hobbies. Baking, I just picked up, too, making bread, just doing stuff in the kitchen. Damn, you really adopted the Minnesota life. I'm trying to get diverse, man. Hey, yeah, listen, boy, I used to cook them things up, too, back in the day, boy.

42:59There you go. You're talking about cooking things up. Hey, you got that time now. Hey, I used to be in that, you know, I used to, yeah, that was me. That was me before football. I used to cook them things up, boy. No, you didn't. Come on. No, you didn't. Come on. Not before football. Not before. Not before. Not before. Hey, I'm just saying, when you said bake, I like you put back memories. Yeah. No, no. You're throwing that out there. Yeah, not that.

43:26Shannon Sharpe:So how long have you been bowling? I would say, what now? Probably now, like six months. Really? I got good fast, though. I ain't going to lie. Yeah, hell yeah. That's how I know. That's how I know. That's how. Yeah, that's how I know it's going to stick. Because you know when you touch someone, you're like, oh, yeah, this me. Hell, I only bowled 200 a couple times. the only bowl i think my best is like 215 221 something like that i'm like i'm like i'm like 180 to 202 something like that that's yeah that that's me aren't you garbage but if i don't get 200 that's a bad day damn well that's what it makes you gonna feel bad bro i appreciate that nah hey but hey you you you made me you feel me you made me look bad i got no work is my hobby now, Josh.

44:15Shannon Sharpe:I ain't gonna hold you. That's it. You do a good job. I appreciate that, man. I appreciate that. Me and Ocho, we try to get it in, man. We try to get it in. I appreciate what y 'all doing, man, especially for the game, man, and not even just for the game, man, just for men in general. Just, you know, setting standards, you know, being the face, being able to just show yourself and be yourself no matter what's going on in the world and in your life. So I appreciate y 'all. Man, it's been fun talking to y 'all, man. I can't believe it. To be honest, I can't believe I'm talking to y 'all right now.

44:45That's crazy. Late night, night camp, talking to two goats. That's crazy. I appreciate that, man.

44:49Shannon Sharpe:We appreciate you taking time out of your schedule to come on with us, man. Stay healthy. Good luck the rest of the season. Hey, keep playing that way, man. Hey, Pro Bowl might be calling. All Pro might be calling, man. Keep it going. That's the goal, man. That's the goal. Anything to help the team win, and I'm playing good, and I gotta help. Winning definitely helps. I can assure you of that. Winning definitely helps. appreciate it man stay healthy man and good luck down the rest of the way all right boy when you're moving like i do trips don't always come together weeks in advance sometimes production shoots interviews or something i've got to travel for on a short notice like the time when i had the last minute trip to denver and everything came together fast once it was locked in i had to be ready to go that's where amazon prime can make a difference when something comes together quickly you can get what you need like grooming essentials neck pillow eye mask even snacks for the flights, so you're ready to show up for it.

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49:51Shannon Sharpe:now we have a very special guest joining us 2022 second round pick out of the university ran one of the fastest 40 times in our combine history uh many questioned that time they say they think it was faster than what they said because when it popped up on the clock it was four to one then they rounded it up to four to seven four to eight so here he is Second round pick out of University of Baylor. Spent the first couple of years of his career at the New England Patriots. Now with the Kansas City Chiefs, starting to thrive. Here he is, Taequann Thornton. Taequann, how you doing, bro? I'm doing good, man.

50:25How you doing?

50:26Shannon Sharpe:See what they do, boy? Watch your what up, man. Man, shoot, let them know where you from. Boy, tell them where you from, boy. Man, you better act like you know it. Boy, you down here in the bottom. Boy, that 305, you hear me? Boy, we don't play no game. Everywhere we go, we open the door and we close it right behind us. That's what we do. Know that. Kick the door down. Hey, first off, before we even start, I want to say congratulations. Congratulations. Obviously, your resurgence out there in Kansas City. Sometimes we need situations that allow us, when we get those opportunities, to prevail and show the talents that we do have and possess.

50:57Boy, you showed the F out last game, boy. And all I ask you to do is to continue. Stream them things along. Stream them along. They ain't going to be able to deny you. They can't deny you. Yeah. Yes, sir. But go ahead. I'm going to let you take over that. I got excited because I'm a dog in the field.

51:15Shannon Sharpe:Go ahead. What's been the biggest, I mean, seemingly, I know you had a couple of injuries, your collarbone, and it seemingly you couldn't get on the field. And when you got on the field, it was hard for you to stay healthy. Now you get an opportunity for your talents to flourish. We know you had the speed, and it seems like Andy and my homeboy, you're his favorite target right now. And it seems what has allowed you to thrive this year in Kansas City where in years before it didn't go so well. Really basically just getting in the rhythm, man. You know, just getting them opportunity, getting them reps, you know, being out there, you know, staying healthy, you know, getting those reps and challenging myself in practice, man.

51:53I'm trying to get better every day at the little things, you know, some of the things that I'm not good at, you know what I'm saying? And here in KT, man, they're very – they let me know what they really want from me, man. Pat, man, you know, having Pat at quarterback, man, he makes it a whole lot easier for me. You feel me? So I'm out there just running, knowing where the ball is going to be at, man, and it's just making routine plays.

52:14Shannon Sharpe:When you got the opportunity to come over from New England, what was the role? What did they tell you they were looking for in a receiver when they brought you on? Man, I mean, they didn't even have to tell me, man. You see the room. You got guys like Xavier Worthy, you know what I'm saying, Hollywood, Juju, Rasheed Rice, you know what I'm saying, a bunch of playmakers. So, man, all I just had to do was just, you know what I'm saying, just find my little puzzle in there and see where I could fit at. But it really wasn't hard, though. They like speed. and y 'all got it y 'all got it y 'all got it to burn now y 'all hey you and Xavier and uh Rasheed Rice Hollywood Brown I think Hollywood ran low 4-3 uh y 'all got a like nice little relay team going we're already lining up with whoever but what has it been like okay you get there and all the names that you've mentioned have all played with Mahomes before now you get there and it seems that he's looking for you in situations.

53:08Shannon Sharpe:You have one, the ball popped it out. Mahomes came right back. Perhaps rolls and came right back to you. That had to make you feel good because this is Patrick Mahomes, a Super Bowl champ, MVP, and he got that kind of confidence in me to come back to me. I mean, sure. We work at it at practice, man. We doing long drive drill. We throwing deep balls every other play. You know what I'm saying? A thousand times in practice. So he got a lot of faith in me. So it's just me basically going out there and just making him right. Yeah. And the funny thing about it too, Tywin, you got a quarterback like that, man, a quarterback that has expectations.

53:45Once he trusts you and starts throwing you the ball like that, especially on deep plays back to back like that, hey, they finna keep coming. They finna keep coming. And the funny thing about it is you always got to be on point and always got to be alert and understanding regardless of what the situation is and what's going on or what the read may be, he might come to you just because in his mind, well, hell, the last time I needed to play, I knew I could count on 8-0. For sure. And just subconsciously, he going to come back to you again. So, man, dude, I'm happy for you. You're in a great situation because the conversation that people continue to have about the Kansas City Chiefs week in and week out is the struggles at the receiver position.

54:24And the only thing to talk about now is you and your emergence of now being one of those that can help them win games. And I just want you to stay on that track. And once you open that door, all you got to do is close it behind you.

54:36Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. That's all you got to do is close it behind you. But go ahead, Al. Go ahead. Look, you guys started 0-2 late. You had an opportunity. It seemed like you were going to win the game against Philly. And you win the game again. You played the Chargers. And now you go to New York. And do you feel this was the game that's going to get you guys back on track? Because Seattle, where do I, excuse me, we're not used to seeing Kansas City start the season 0-2. We always like, hey, this is the first time that in a long time, Kansas City not really favored to get to the Super Bowl, you know, win the division.

55:10Shannon Sharpe:They're not favored to win the AFC. You hear all the talk. How have you been able to block the noise? How have you guys been able to block the noise out, focus on what you can control, and then go win this game last Sunday? Man, just going in there and just going to play KC football, man, just letting it loose, having fun, showing our personality. I know the offense, we kind of got off to a little slow start, but just going out there and just keep on punching at it. You know what I'm saying? And we know we can do, man. We got the players in the room and we got the coaching staff, man. We all just believe.

55:39And we came out that second half just to, you know, finish off and come out with a win for sure. Yeah. You know, when I think about it, I think about we think about the Chiefs of last year and we're talking about the start and being 0-2 or 0-whatever at the beginning of the season. But you have to think, those close games last year that they had this year, they won those games. They won those games. They still had the same struggle, but they just happened to win those games. As opposed to this year, everything's not in their favor. So now they're having to dig themselves out of holes similar to how another team that we know about that started off good this year.

56:12Now we're in trouble losing our quarterback. And I keep saying, as long as they got 15, they're going to be all right. So all the talk about the struggles that they're having, I'm going to say it every time, every week. Boy, throw the ball to 80, boy. That's it. Period. And it ain't got to be no deep ball, Ty. It all come down to you, too, and have that mentality. Hell, if I catch me a hit, or I catch me a slam, I should be able to take that 80-something yards.

56:36Shannon Sharpe:Sure. You know, Ty, we thinking about putting on a nightcap, NFL's fastest man. Oh, yeah. You know, are we thinking about getting Cheetah? Thinking about getting you? Xavier Worthy? I'm waiting on this conversation, man. Me? I feel like I went for one. I really feel like I went for one. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, damn. Hey, hold on, hold on, hold on. Can I ask you a question, like a serious question? What's up? Like right now, you think you faster than me? No, I've been trying to race you a couple of years ago. We ain't going to speak on that though. And I ain't want to embarrass you then, because I want to take your confidence.

57:13Because I'm still running like that. But hey, this is a 483 on the hill boy. This is a 483 on the hill. This is real talk. We going to see you. When I see you. All right, bet. So, Unc, when you put that together, make sure you put me in the race.

57:26Shannon Sharpe:Nah. These are all cheetahs, no tortoises. So, if I gave – so, this offseason, you train. I mean, we take five guys. So, we know Cheetah has been the fastest guy for a long period of time. Whether or not he's still that remains to be seen. We got you. We got Xavier Werley. I don't know. Yeah, okay, Willen. We got Willen. didn't somebody run 4-2 this year? I don't know. So we're going to take all the guys. We're going to take six, seven guys. And what y 'all want to run? Y 'all want to run 60? Y 'all want to run 100? What you got, 60, 40, 60, 100? I say, give me 100, man. Give me 100. As a matter of fact, a million-dollar prize for the winner.

58:11So. Can I throw that at it?

58:14Shannon Sharpe:Can I say a million? Oh, hell no. Turpin. Oh, Turpin. We might get a couple of sponsors and put a couple hundred thousand. Nah, a million. I mean, that ain't bad for 10 seconds of work. Who making that kind of money? A million dollars? No, I don't know if they make that kind of money. Hollywood, Hollywood. Oh, Hollywood, Hollywood, bro. That's what I'm saying. We going to put Hollywood in there. We going to get Hollywood. Wait a minute, man. You talk about players that's making it. Come on, now. We can't disrespect it. We're talking about some hundred thousand. It got to at least be a million, the kind of money they make today.

58:47Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, you see how excited guys get when they get a fumble recovery or pick and they're going to get$200 that's in a pot? So what you think, it's not the money. It's the title of being the fastest man. NBC Sports didn't pay those guys. Didn't pay Darryl Green and Rod Wilson and Herschel Walker and Willie Gault and all that money. We had a different time. It was the title. Okay, but we had a different time. These boys make a 20, 30 million a year. Ocho, how much you think the fastest – you want to be known as the best at something. I'm the fastest, but ain't no doubt. It ain't no, well, I ran this time, I ran that time.

59:25Shannon Sharpe:It's now when we lined it up and the title for the NFL's fastest man was on the line, all I know is I crossed the line first. Now, all that other stuff, I didn't run no 4-1, I didn't run no 4-0. But listen, I'm just telling you what happens is when you add money at the end of the finish line, it adds a different kind of pressure as opposed to just being the fastest man oh i'm running for a million dollars that does something you just said they make 30 million so what's a million dollars because if i'm not in season you mean i got a chance to make me a less extra spending money let me ask your question what you think that guy can make if he's the nfl's fastest man that's his official title he's already the fastest man obviously if he if you already rank Who said that?

1:00:13Who said that? Okay, I see what you're going with. Until you line it up. Until you line it up. You ain't a fast man. Okay, I see what you're going with. Exactly.

1:00:21Shannon Sharpe:I forget. Noah Lyons was the world's fastest man coming out of the Olympics. Now we got a new fastest man, Oblique Seville. So we got seven guys lined up. This is for the NFL's fastest man title. I like it. Hey, TC, like he died before. He's like, hey, I don't know what it is. See, that's what I'm talking about. See, that's what I'm talking about. He ain't ducking no smoke. He say, hey, light it up. Hollywood, Xavier, Cheetah. Because you know Cheetah? Cheetah been claiming this title and right with his soul for at least the last seven, eight years, Taekwondo. I don't know Cheetah. Cheetah can get out.

1:01:00Shannon Sharpe:He ran it. I'm going to get this on. Hey, hey. We saw him running that 10-1-5, and he got out quick. It's 4-2-1. I stumbled, too, now, out the break. Yeah. You did? You did. But I'm trying to figure out how did they round it up? How did they round it up that much? Okay, if you want to say, okay, the 4-2-1 to 4-2-3, okay, I give you that. How you go from 4-2-1 to 4-2-8, 4-2-7? I don't know. You got to ask them. Hey, I was just going. I thought I was the best man. I thought I had me an island or something. You feel me?

1:01:38Shannon Sharpe:Did you expect? So when you was going through your training, wherever you were, where did you work at? Did you go to Florida? Did you work at Michael Johnson's camp? Who camp did you work at? I was in Florida at SPE. Me, Tariq Willen. Okay. We was all down to training. We was clocking like four twos while we was training. So we were going to go there. Okay. So you was expecting to run as fast because everybody seemed shocked that you ran that fast at your height. So they were like, we expect them to go fast. but I think when you dipped under 4-3, they're like, hold on. We got to go back and look at some tape.

1:02:13Shannon Sharpe:Because maybe it didn't look that fast on tape because now you run that fast and it doesn't look that fast on tape. They got to go back and look at something like, what did we miss? It's the legs, man. My legs are real long, so it is. It don't look like you're moving, huh? I'm moving, but I'm moving. He's been running like that, man, since he was a jet, man. I know that MGS, man. Been running. You heard me? He ran with my daughter at Miami Guards. So you ran track in high school, right? Yeah, I ran track in high school. I ran track all my life. So what was your best 100, best 200? My best 200, I would say was, I don't know, 20 point high though.

1:02:57It was high, 20 point high. Yeah.

1:03:00Shannon Sharpe:I didn't really get fast at the 100, like my start got faster when I was in college. Like my - I got stronger. Yeah. Big Valor, them came with David Ronda. We started doing like the lifting liftings and stuff like that. Yeah, that power clean. That's when I really got that burst. Because like, at first the 100, I was really like, I was more like a 400 runner. The 400 race. I'm a quarter horse. You feel me? So that's why I'm able to run them deep balls back to back to back. You got, when you go look, you guys win the game on Sunday, but it doesn't get any easier because you got a big game coming up again with the Baltimore Ravens, and you know what those guys represent.

1:03:38Shannon Sharpe:And they lost the other night. And it wasn't like a close game. The score might say 30 to 38, but they got beat up. And you know they're going to come in, and you guys seem to have their numbers, especially in the – well, you have the number. I think Lamar has only beaten Patrick Mahomes once. So you guys just started – y 'all play Monday night? No, y 'all play Sunday. Monday night or Sunday night? Sunday. So you guys, okay, so it's a regular week. You guys are, you got, hey, I know Andy got up at the boards and said, hey, we got this team coming in. We know what they represent. They know what we represent.

1:04:12Shannon Sharpe:We played each other a number of times over the years. What's your mindset? What's Tyquan Thornton's mindset going into a game like this? Just be the best version of Tyquan Thornton. Get ready for a fight. You know what I'm saying? Take a punch. Give a punch. Keep on going for four quarters. You know, they like to play a lot of man cars. I'm just saying. I've been putting that out. I've been saying. You're so funny, Ty. He just said they like to pay a lot of man coverage. Right now, against the pass, they ranked 29th in the NFL. Look, I don't know what they ranked. I'm just telling you what they like.

1:04:44Shannon Sharpe:They believe they say, we like our corners against your receivers. That's what we like. Whatever we are, we are. But that's what we like. We like this matchup. It ain't a good matchup based on the statistics and the rankings. That's all I'm saying. That's all. look as Ocho said they're struggling defensively uh they gave up 264 points in the fourth quarter they gave up 22 points in the fourth quarter and then Detroit got whatever they want they ran the ball how they wanted they did a great job uh uh Jerry Goff didn't get but you know that's not the version of the Baltimore Ravens you're gonna get so what's what's your expectation from the Ravens.

1:05:25Shannon Sharpe:I mean, that's a good football team over there. They got a lot of good players, but good players too as well. So like I said, man, we know it's going to be a fight. No, we're just going to play KC football, man. That's what we're going to do. We're going to go out there and we're going to play. In your brief tenure in the NFL, who are some of the tougher DBs that you've had to go up against? When I was in New England, who I had to face, I was pretty good. Sauce was pretty good when I was out there in New England. Playing against Sauce, seeing him two times a year with them long arms. Who else?

1:06:01Shannon Sharpe:Have you had to go against Stingley? You had to go against Pat Sertand? Have you had to go against – No, I don't think I really went against Pat like that. You know, I grew up playing against Pat, but I ain't really – Right. I ain't seen him in the league yet. But Stingley, I didn't see Stingley. So I just – I'll say Sauce. Sauce was probably the only one that – Yeah. Yeah. I like it. Yeah, but, you know, I'm looking at this – I'm looking at it now. You theoretically was supposed to be the fastest guy because John Ross ran 4-2-2 and you had 4-2-1. So you like feel like, oh, I got this. I put my shades on and I was like, yo.

1:06:38Shannon Sharpe:Really? They played. They played with us, man. So had the 4-2-1 stuck, would you have run another 40? Actually, I didn't. So when they told me I had 4-2-1, I put on my shades. That was it? Okay. Yeah. It wasn't nothing else to do. I like, bro, the speed there. Y 'all don't need to see nothing else. See me at Pro Day. So what did you run? Did you run on your Pro Day? I just ran on Pro Day. You said y 'all don't saw enough of this speed. I don't need to show y 'all no. I don't need to take one. Y 'all get greedy. So what was your vertical? What was your step? Because normally when somebody runs that fast, when you run that fast, you're explosive.

1:07:21Shannon Sharpe:You got a high vertical. You got a high standing long jump. So were you 10 and a half, 11 feet standing long jump? Were you 38, 40 on the vertical? I ain't gonna lie, man. That's a minute ago. I don't remember none of them numbers. Yeah, I was too. Bro, I don't remember none of them numbers, man. You 26. I remember my stuff. I jumped like a 45, I think 44, 45, 45 inch vertical. To be honest, the whole time I was training, I was really just worrying about that 40. I'm trying to get it. Really? Get that record. But I think I jumped good, though. I think I ain't jumped bad. I think I jumped good.

1:07:54Shannon Sharpe:so you so you knew the record was 4-2-2 and so all you guys were down there training pushing each other like hey somebody from this group need to get that record uh i'd nominate it was me tarik willin kaylin barnes he was the um well him and willin was like the two fast dbs we was working yeah hey kaylin barnes fast like that yeah he fast he country fast he from Yeah. I think he didn't run sub four. Didn't he run sub four three? He went four to five. Woo.

1:08:27Shannon Sharpe:Man, that's fast for no reason. Damn. I mean, you bleak and he gone. Well, Tyquan, thanks for joining us, man. We really appreciate it. Congratulations on success. Continue to build on what you got going on. Don't let up. This is just a start. This is what they envisioned when they took you in the second round. Now, the type of player that you are right now, the type of player that you're becoming, this is what those teams envisioned when they saw you at the Combine and they saw you at the University of Baylor. So continue success, stay healthy, and come back and talk to us down the road. Appreciate y 'all, man.

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