 We've got some guys waiting in the wings. You know them well. Let's go ahead and bring them in. I'm talking about Roger Saffold, Amani Hooker. Who else is in there? Jeffrey Simmons, are you online? There we go. There you are. Look at that, fellas. How you guys doing? How you doing? I'm good. All right, fellas, thank you for being with us. We got a big season coming up. We just had a poll, so I'm going to ask you guys, because you're going to play them. Who do y'all want to play the most out of the Chiefs, Bills, 49ers, or Saints? Saffold, we'll start with you. It don't matter. It don't matter to me. It doesn't matter. That's right, that's right. All right, line up. How about Amani? What have you got? Who do you want the most? You know, I'm going to have to go with my homes. You know, I think he's going to sling it around, and I'm trying to make some plays. You know, I know he's going to ball it around. All right, so the ball's in the air. He wants to snag it from my homes. All right, well, who else? What have we got going on? Jeffrey, you already said, do you say yet? Well, I'm looking forward back to, especially my rookie year, losing in that championship game. You know how they say revenge. I need that revenge game back. There you go. So I like Chiefs. Of course, of course. Got to have the Chiefs. Fellas, you know, once you've been drafted, do you pay attention to the draft while you're playing? I'm excited to watch. What about you? You've been in this game for a little bit. Are you still watching the draft? You know, I definitely, I try to, but it's been less and less as the years have gone on. I guess basically what I think is a great night for these guys. You know, congratulations to everybody who ends up getting drafted. But you've got to really prove your worth once you come to the team. So that's kind of how I look at it and how I've been looking at it over the years. Yeah, and for me, I'm a younger guy. So I still got guys that are still in, you know, from Iowa back in my college that are going to end up getting drafted. So I'm excited for them, you know, and see where they end up going. Hey, Jeffery, so what was it like when you got drafted two years ago? How were you feeling? Did you have any butterflies? Were you anxious? Were you upset? What was going through your mind the night of the draft? I mean, personally, you know, I was, it's one of them things where I was, like you said, I was anxious because I didn't know, especially dealing with my injury, I didn't know, like, because it was, you know, it was got down to 19 pick, you know, it was that draft were going and going all night. I'm like, is I'm really going to go this night? Now, you know, I'm thinking, I'm with my family, you know, everyone's still telling me, like, you know, be patient, you're going to go the first night. So I'm still over there, like, like, what's going on? You know, I'm like anxious, like, is I'm going to get picked tonight or what? But when I finally got that call, you know, I saw that Nashville Tennessee number and manager cheers went all across my body. You know, I talked to Jen and brave on the phone. And, you know, from that point on, you know, I embraced that time with my, go ahead. I'm curious. Sorry guys, a little technical difficulty here here. I'm curious, you know, if given your positions that you play, all right, we've got, we've got two defensive guys here, an offensive guy. Do you want help around your position? Are you, are you worried that you're, we draft an O Lyman or a safety or a D Lyman? Like, how do you feel watching the team operate? I don't, I don't have any problems whatsoever. I don't have a problem whatsoever with that. I'm all about, I'm all about, you know, just building with the, with the squad. I want to see the squad get better. You know, we always talk about that team mentality on this team. And I think that we should want people to come in and help us immediately. So, you know, I always get excited for a new group of guys come in. And the best part about it is that you now have your complete team and now it's time to start strategizing and getting to work. Yeah, I agree with Roger. I agree with Roger. I agree as well. Yeah, I agree. Go ahead, Jeff. No, I'll just, I'll agree. I mean, you know, like you said, it's just whatever I think, I know the guys upstairs and that would brave them for, you know, whatever they think we need the most. And I'm looking forward to whoever we draft and come in. I hope, you know, I hope they ready to come in and work to help us win games. Yeah, and then whoever we get, you know, they're gonna come in and push the guy, you know, in front of you. So, you know, it's not like a hateful thing. You know, we want guys to come in and compete and push the guy in front of you to make the team better. Okay, Roger, I got a question for you. You being the elder statesman here, the veteran, what kind of advice do you want to give these rookies coming in to the fold this season? You know, I think the biggest thing that I could tell them that, you know, nothing is given when you're in this league. And, you know, once you get your chance, you got to take the biggest, you know, you got to take advantage of your opportunity. You know, we're a blue collar group. You know, we work, they in, they out, it's hard. Right, this is harder than the games. You know, we just have this different type of tenacity effort. So if you're gonna be able to have success on this team and you're gonna need to make sure that you're putting forth all that effort. This, like I said, it's a work group. It's a smart group and everybody plays for one another. So my biggest advice to the rookies is keep your head down and just keep working, work through it all. Yeah, absolutely. Keep your head down, keep working. Right, coach? Chop wood, chop wood, that's it. You know, coach here, he's planning for the season. So I think every question he asks you, he's half taking notes for TSU football. Exactly, so I can get my speeches together for the guys. Congratulations, by the way. I appreciate it. I mean, these guys that come out and talk to the team for me a couple of times. Absolutely, in time. Yeah. Well, I know John Robinson, the GM's been, obviously we're looking to get some pieces on draft night, but in the off season, he's been acquiring pieces and especially on the defensive side of the ball, Danico Autry, Bud Dupri. You defensive guys must have liked that, right? I also should accept about that, especially up front. I think we just got some real dogs up front. We played against both of them guys and you see how dominant they are. And I'm excited just to see how far we can go, especially with the type of philosophy we have on defense, add them to guys, I know they're going to fit well, so. Yeah, and on the back end, we added two guys that just make plays. They're aggressive, they're tenacity. I could see when I was watching their highlights in their film that they just love ball and I definitely think they're going to help us out on D. So guys, describe for me the feeling of locker room right now. Two years ago, you were an AFC championship game. Last year, you didn't quite get as far as you liked. Derek Henry had a monster year. Just tell me, what is it like, the feeling coming into the 2021 season? Is it Super Bowl? Is it to get back where you were? Just kind of give me the vibe of what's going on in the locker room right now. I think it's always been and always going to be to win a championship. No one was satisfied with the AFC championship. Losing in the wild card was a great lesson for our young guys to let them know that this doesn't happen every year. That when it comes to playoff time, that we got to play above our expectations. We want to raise those same expectations this year. I know that all these guys are hungry, but it's different. We didn't have one home game in our previous postseason. And then we have our first home game in the wild card and you lose. So it doesn't matter. It's just all about picking up your game and putting your best foot forward. And that's what we need to do collectively. Yeah, it is true. Guys, everything you hear out of the mouth is perfect. It's all team first. Ready to go for the season. I know we still got a ways to go. We got to get these guys and get through the summer and everything. I cannot wait to see you take the field again. Roger Saffold, Imani Hooker, Jeffrey Simmons. Guys, thank you so much for hanging out with us at the virtual draft party. And I look forward to seeing you on the field.