 Hey Jonathan, congrats on signing here. Just quickly you know I was wondering if maybe you could give us a quick scouting report on the new secondary coach Anthony Minjit and why he's somebody that you were eager to work with again here in Tennessee. I thank Ben with him you know my previous six years in Houston obviously we have a relationship I think you know I've seen him come in there and obviously coming from college made the adjustment had a chance to come in there with veteran guys and then had a chance to draft guys so I've seen them develop guys also and I just know his approach to the game and the passion that he has. You know obviously he's worked on the staff with Ravel before so I think both of those guys have the same mentality and you know want to play winning football and bring that mentality each and every day to the classroom into the football field obviously. Jim Wyatt. Jonathan I guess my question speaks to your longevity. What still drives you, motivates you after 14 seasons and what do you hope to bring to the Titans? I think just a love of the game. I think I do a great job of training all season taking care of my body trying to stay ahead of the curve. You know this league is always about getting young and I think you have to do more. The older you get some people think it's the opposite way but I think it's the more you do you have to stay ahead of the curve and you know for me just coming over here just being a part of the secondary obviously I've faced these guys you know the past however many years nine years I've been in Houston some of these guys wasn't here before but a lot of these guys I'm familiar with their face and know some of them and I think they're a proven group of guys obviously so I'm just coming in feeling what need be and just giving my expertise and just you know help out along the way you know obviously we drafted some guys as well here and I think you know it's my job is to show those guys the rope you know 15 years ago I was the first round pick you know sitting there's a lot of those guys shoes you know rookie not understanding the playbook just you know catching up with the day-to-day life of the NFL and just you know the rigors of the schedule you know compared to being in college so just having that part I'm just able to help those guys along the way you know the veteran guys we have here just information throughout the week anything that can help those guys play better I'm here for them. Teresa Walker welcome to Tennessee Jonathan what is it about this coaching staff in general or was it variable maybe that helped attract you to the Titans what is it you liked about him as a head coach? I think just having a history with him knowing his mentality knowing his expectations obviously playing against the Titans you know in the division I know what they bring as a football team they made a great push last year and have a lot of great players on this team and I think he's doing a great job of managing that and that's his biggest skill set I think you know that I remember about him being around the way that he manages guys but at the same time you have a high expectation level for you to do your job at the highest level and you know be a professional at all times and I think that's what's great about him and I think that's what makes him the great coach. Taran Davenport. Hey Jonathan welcome to to Nashville my question for you is in regards to leadership obviously as a veteran player that's something that that you're going to bring to the table but how do you do that in this type of circumstance where you're only in virtual meetings? You know for me right now I'm just kind of sitting in these meetings and you know more so paying attention and playing catch up you know obviously I've been in Houston the past nine years so I've been able to sit back and relax in a lot of these meetings to where I know the playbook and things so for me that's you know challenging itself but obviously I think we have a great group of guys to where they've explained it you know book and measure as a secondary coach and then just all the other guys that we have in the room and those guys have played a lot of football before and have a lot of experience so just having that and bringing me in the room those guys just been helpful in the meetings you know everybody's putting in putting in and I think when you have a secondary like that I think it's better for everybody overall just because you know you have each guy pushing one another but at the same time he's looking out for the other guys best interest. Terry McCormick? Jonathan I guess with all this going on with the off-season program kind of being different with the COVID-19 and all that how much does it help that you have a familiarity with both the secondary coach and Mike Brable as you start to learn this defense without actually being there and doing it? I think you know for me just being able to be around the guys you know meet some of the guys listen to those guys see the way they interact in the meetings the way they handle themselves I think that's the biggest part about it I think you know me being a professional is my job first and foremost to understand the playbook and get that down so I think what has happened is extra time with the um COVID-19 going on now you know I have more than enough time to get into the playbook to study obviously getting out there on the field and moving around in front of guys things change and you know you have to speed up your memory process a little bit but I think just taking advantage at this time you know having a chance to zoom in with the coaches and ask more questions so just being in that student role you know at the same time it's being an eventual role but you know being able to ask those guys a question to get feedback so I think you know it's a good situation for me overall. Paul Kaharski Hey even with Logan Ryan leaving uh DBS probably have the best leadership before before you arriving how do you kind of figure out your place in that with Byrd and Bacaro and and and Adori and Malcolm? I think just like I said before kind of fitting in what need be but at the same time just be myself you know I'm not coming in here to look to replace anybody or do anything or be the savior or none of that you know I'm just coming here to be you know whatever my job is whatever my role is to do that to the utmost and I think obviously Logan was a great player for those guys so I don't want to get into comparisons but you know when I see somewhere I need to speak up or get some input or help guys here and there that would always be me you know at any point of my life so I think that's just a natural for me so anytime I'm able to give the information back and be helpful it's only right you know whether it's a defensive back or whether it's a young guy on the wide receiver's other side of the field or if it's a quarterback I think that's what makes you really good as a football team as a group when you have guys that's able to give each other information and feedback what you see on this particular route or what did you expect things like that to when you get into the game everybody's clicking on the same page. Vrable was talking about the slot as a more vertical position than it used to be how does Jonathan Joseph at this stage of his career view himself in terms of a slot contributor? Oh you know for me I'm just like I said we haven't even got there for and I'm not even really coming to here with any expectations or anything like that because you know obviously look at this team they got to the AFC title a game last year and you know for me I don't want to come in here and be the guy that's looking to feel some board or do something that's not acts of me you know my role is to come in and do what's acts of me and whatever that be when the time come you know I'll be ready for that role. Johnny Franks. Good afternoon Jonathan as your career has progressed how has your preparation changed to keep your mind and body sharp for an upcoming season? I think just being able to go out and just compete with the younger guys you know whether it's in your training session just your preparation just whatever it may be just always having that mentality anytime you have a chance to be out there and whether NFL Shield that is a privilege and don't take it for granted so you know you don't want to come back out of shape or you don't want to put yourself in a position to where you can't do your job will be available for your team so I just always take that approach to everything that I do and I think you know it's been working for me and it's always room to learn things you know being able to do different set of group guys the way they use a terminology the way they see things the way they approach things you know you can never get too old to learn different things you know those things that I learned today in the meeting in the zone meet that I heard Kenny Bacaro say that he used in a technique and when I seen it it made perfect sense to me but I never heard it before but it's something that I will always remember. I think you're on mute. I'm on mute? Robby is. Sorry about that. John Burton, sorry. Sorry about that. Thanks Robby and hello to everybody on this chat. I hope to see you soon. I hope everybody's doing well. Jonathan welcome to the Titans just curious kind of along the lines of what you've been saying you know you look at a guy like Brady playing quarterback into his 40s, Francois playing running back still at 37. You still playing at a high level at 36. You know three guys playing three very demanding positions. How much pride do you take to still be able to you know at an older age still be able to to play you know NFL football at a high level? Take a lot of pride in it you know just because you know it's a blessing you know at the same time so you know anything that's at this point in stage in my career is not a given you know you have to work for it and see it go and put in the work and I enjoy it that's the best part about football is grind you know when you get out there and playing the games on Sunday and all that that's fun but you know the all season the build up and everything else that's the grind but you know ever since a young age when I've been back in high school you know I've been having that mentality and it's carried me throughout the way and it's kind of made just the NFL life for me honestly a little easier because I never looked at it like oh man I have to go work or do this it's just been part of my process and my thought mentality so for me it's just easy just go out there man and just push yourself in your body and let you know when you need to cut back on it certain things and just listen to your body thanks Corey Curtis hey Jonathan congratulations my Gamecock wife is very excited to have you in town wanted to ask you about another Gamecock and another Rock Hill native I understand you and Jadavion Clowney are really close can you just talk about the the level of your relationship and your friendship oh yeah we obviously from the same hometown you know both Gamecock I'm not I'm a lot older than him but you know he's a Rock Hill legend and I've been on him for his whole life basically and he's a great friend of mine you know obviously you know you get in this league everybody's you know their own individual make their own decisions you know he's obviously a pre-agent things like that so um you know I just kind of stand back you know and um if advice is that acts for me I would give my input but other than that you know you have to let everyone make their own decisions because when you put that jersey on and go out there on that field you have to live with you know everything that comes with it you'd rather have him with you than against you though wouldn't you oh any day of the week you know that's not even a for question any any day of the week you know he's the guy that you're a little bit have with you fighting your corner no matter what you're doing just because that's his mentality uh my Giardi job thanks for doing this uh my question for you is just you spent so much time in the division how much of a priority was it for you to stay in the division and you know with a side benefit maybe get a couple cracks a year at Houston I think uh it was it wasn't important until you know I started to really think about it you know because obviously I had a few other teams um talking and interested you know made offers and things like that but I think just being familiar with you know the teams in the division the wide receivers the office of coordinators just you know the way things operate in this division um obviously having a chance to come to a team that's been you know contending you know the last few years and on the rise I think um that plays a lot into it you know being closer to home um my wife is from Nashville Tennessee so that played a lot into it and just having a lot of people over there you know everything that I asked about you know Tennessee Titans was great positive feedback and um I think that just made it that much more easier of a decision for me to make uh Chris Harris hey Jonathan welcome to Nashville when you get here um get the NFL schedule is coming out tonight obviously and given how ambiguous everything is right now with the off season and and stuff going forward how does that maybe provide like something definitive and a goal to to work for it's given everything that's unknown right now um you know as a player you have to always stay ready you know you can't take it for granted you know I remember being a player back in 2011 I think when um we had the lockout and you know there's a lot of guys you know some guys kind of relaxing some guys taking it easy playing it out by ear and you know some guys still going forth all and working out as usual and I think that's the approach you have to take because you don't want to be that guy things come up and move a little quicker because being a part of the NFL is always constant change nothing is never set in stone you have to take that approach with everything that you're doing so you'd rather be ready and then something doesn't happen then something happens and not be ready thank you sir uh John Glennon hey Jonathan congrats on your uh on your deal um wondering what you know about the uh the Titans corners here um you know Dory and and Malcolm and even with the um the draft pick uh Christian Fulton coming in I wonder if you've uh researched him at all or gotten to see some some clips on him obviously the rookie you know I've seen uh miss highlights you know I'm a big great player I think you know any brick coming in you don't want to put expectations on those guys you want to let them just come in and learn and figure out being an NFL player and a professional and all those things before you even think about what he can do for you on the field obviously you know that comes with being a draft pick so you want him to go out there and perform so I think in due time you know however he plays out he'll be fine and okay and I think you know Malcolm and Dory both of those guys play great football you know have along their careers and you know that's still relatively young and learning and getting better and I think you know just having me over here we're melting in the rest of those guys in the room I think it's always something that you can learn always get better at and I think those guys eager to do all those things and you know make a name for themselves throughout the league as well you know from a unit not just individuals uh David Bochlar hey Jonathan I'm curious you're close to 200 career passes defense is that a significant milestone to you and uh and how many more interceptions do you feel like you could have had along the way oh in my career interceptions man I probably dropped about 35 40 interceptions I dropped 10 my rookie year I had like 20 some pass breakups but 10 of those have dropped interceptions like two hands on the ball but I've dropped you know I don't reckon it's not just you know one of those ones you think you could have like two hands on the ball at least 30 to 35 interceptions without a doubt and as you know it's part of those things playing in a man a heavy man-to-man scheme throughout my whole career it's like the hardest thing is in man-to-man is you know play the band in turn around and find the ball so you look at a lot of times like that but um that's part of football I think you know just being a ball disruptor in general you know um that's what I've been able to do um the record is just part of the thing that's came with my career throughout just me just being consistent it's not something that I set out just to chase I think I've always been a corner to where you know obviously you never want your guy to catch the ball so I think um I was born and raised up and you know when I was in Cincinnati as a youngster I always played each and every play as a ball was coming to your guy and I think you know playing the right discipline football making guys earn each and every yard doing all those things helped me throughout my career just to get my hands on more and more balls uh Luke Glenn ain't got my question I'm good okay uh just a couple follow-up questions and then we'll wrap it up Corey I think how to follow up yeah Jonathan um I know the league is planning on trying to get people back um in buildings here soon it came out last night and I know the players union is talking with ownership what would you like to see in place uh before players get back into training facilities I think um the NFL however they were handled I think they would never put the players in a position to where we in jeopardy or anything like that so I think when we get to this stage I think they would have everything in place to where the players wouldn't have to worry about anything just because I think you know all those guys in the higher ups that's what they're doing behind the scenes and all those things I think so when we get to that place I don't think there's anything for the players to have to worry about honestly all right last two uh Teron how to follow up Jonathan coming into the league you were a 4-3 guy obviously you know a bit of that speed may have eroded how has your game evolved whereas you're still a solid cover corner that doesn't have to rely on speed I think um you know coming into the league as a speed guy you know 4-3 guy you know they got pinned to my name a lot just because I didn't play as many college games you know I was only like 12 career college games or something but I think you know of my career I've defined my game to be more of a technician I've studied a lot and took my mental aspect of the game to the next level so where you can slow the game down and you can anticipate things you can have a feel for routes and all those things I think running is just a thing that's kind of like you know it's almost mislead in a way because I haven't ran 40 honestly I've ran a 40 to train but I haven't timed myself in the 40 since I ran the 40 at the combine if I had to run it probably run I can run a 4-3 not a 4-3 one obviously but you know it's only 40 yards you only run in one time but I think football is about understanding when to run and when not to run you know not when to not panic and not panic and all those things so I think the more you're able to take your mental aspect and understand and anticipate those things I think that can help you when you're losing a step you know leading your career and things like that without seeing you know champ bailey all those other guys ronde barber any other guy that's played well up into this 30s throughout their years uh so we're going to take the last question here but everyone can stay on the line um ben is actually going to join this call the same call and when he gets in the waiting room I'll go ahead and let him in and we'll start up with him so you can stay on the line so last question is a follow-up from Jim Kim you out there yeah Jonathan I was just following up you said your wife is from Nashville I was just curious did she go to school here how'd you guys meet I was I was more interested just that Nashville connection yeah we met in Cincinnati when I was a rick in Cincinnati she went to TSU so obviously I think she had some friends in Cincinnati it was a little short distance a little short drive look so we actually met there and you know stayed in contact and dated for a while then we kind of made it efficient and um thanks you went to Hillsborough high school there all right I appreciate your time Jonathan and uh we'll let you roll on that and uh look forward to seeing you here in Nashville thank you no problem thank you guys appreciate it thank you thank you very much sir no problem thank you