 AKB I'm right out of the gate. I'm going non football. Just hoping you can tell the story Again about delivering your son just how that all came kind of came about and how nerve-wracking that process was for you I mean One of those deals where we just couldn't make it to the hospital. Obviously he wasn't planning on having a baby at the house wife was having pretty bad contracts I actually fell asleep because she was having contracts earlier that night and They end up subsiding and so I thought the baby's gonna come the next day So I'm going to sleep wife he woke me up probably about 10 30 a half contractions. She was on the bathroom floor So I kind of got up start You know not really panicking but scrambling to get some clothes on helping her try to get dressed Her mom was downstairs, so I had to call her mom upstairs to help us out of whatever and I was downstairs Getting the car ready went back upstairs. She was on her feet moving around, but she was still having pretty bad contractions Called the doula till the dude's me said the hospital. She then she quickly told me Call her back Tell her immediate at the house So I'm Then now I'm really starting to scramble a little bit. So I think I went back downstairs for something I guess I'm still getting the car ready when I came back upstairs. She was back on the floor on her hands and knees having contractions Got the doula on the speakerphone and the doulas talking to her asking how she's feel She's saying I can't really move. I feel like the baby's about to come You know those type of things so the doula kind of switched the game plan She was she was actually probably 30 minutes away because she was I think she live out in Franklin or whatever I'm living in Asheville Then she eventually said let's try to get her in the bathtub So I'm like, okay. Well, let's try to get her on her feet So I'm trying to just to check back there kind of pull the pants down a little bit Just see what's going on and the head was already poking out So at this point I'm back there like oh man heads poking out talk to the doula She's okay. Just tell us start breathing to relax and just tell us start pushing the baby's coming and um, so So obviously like I said, she's on her hands and knees so the baby when the head started to come out His face was pointing upwards so I can see his face was real purple So I was kind of nervous about that. So, you know the doctor, I mean the doula told me to support his head Check around his neck check for the bill of court be right around his neck and it wasn't good. Thank God And um, man, why can start pushing man about 10 15 minutes later man Once she once she got his head out and his shoulders everything kind of just slipped out man I kind of caught him You know caught him in my arms He waited about five seconds. He coughed about twice two or three times start crying And laid my wife down on her back man We did skin to skin waiting for the ambulance and the doula to arrive And we ended up getting a percentile cut the umbilical cord man that we headed to the hospital So all this happened within from 10 30 to 11 0 5 this is like a 30 minute period and things kind of went fast And what's what's your son's name? Uh, he's gonna be the fourth actually so kevin leon byrd the fourth and and uh, what day was that? This was august the 23rd. He was due on the 24th But he ended up coming the night before on the 23rd and it's funny because my daughter's birthday is on the 22nd So we got back to back birthdays in the byrd home And I guess of all the things you've done on the field that kind of top, you know that that catch there Best you'll probably ever make in your life. Oh most definitely. Uh, that was the most memorable probably the most memorable thing Me and my wife has ever been through in our relationship other than obviously getting married. Um, but yeah, I mean that's the story I'm being able to tell my son, uh, you know for the rest of our days Hi tron man, I don't even want to ask you a football question Looking at the jaguars game last week there were a few blown coverages that resulted in some big plays It seemed like that was steamed up How do you go about avoiding, you know, having those same type of uh mishaps that the coach did last week It's just playing with great eyes. Uh, that's something that I felt like we didn't do very well Uh on monday night in the dimmer games the things we got to clean up there But it's really just playing with good eyes playing within the defense Understanding that the defensive back, you know, having your eyes in the backfield usually bad things will happen So, you know, having your eyes on your man, uh, if you have man coverage on the receiver And just having your eyes on him, uh, like, or vice versa. It's a titan or whatever. So just having your eyes on man Just playing within the defense Okay Hey kb, uh two parter for you first one just talking about the jags young quarterback garter menshew I think a lot of people and not quite sure if he's the real deal yet But you guys faced him once last year. You saw what he did in week one. What makes him dangerous Well, I think he just does a great job playing within, you know, the scheme of what they're trying to do on Offense, uh, not taking too many chances. Uh, he's pretty good when he gets out on the move Scram is a quarterback. I think he only threw one incomplete pass the last game through like two or three touchdowns So he had a pretty good game. He's won a no against us So, uh, we had to find a way to stop this guy. Keep him in a pocket You know, make him be a pocket quarterback make him be this uh in the pocket And um, I mean, I think he's just a good. He's a good guy. He has a little bit of swag to him I think everybody could see that Um, so like I think he's I think he's a pretty good quarterback in my opinion My second question to you is just about I think you tweeted out it took me five years to get my first career force fumble Uh, but finally happened or whatever. It's just you when you look at those little things though, kevin And your journey in the nfl. Do you keep kind of surprising yourself even with these little things that happen? You're like, okay, this was a first Yeah, I mean, I'm always trying to you know, find ways really just get the ball honestly, uh Right if it's forcing the fumble interception from recovery, you know all those small things and honestly, man It's just really just you know, showing great effort and finish. Uh, just trying to run to the ball Always was told as a young player, you know, anytime you're hustling to the ball and you're running a full speed at all times Good things happen. So that's what I just try to do. I try to run to the ball and just try to always put myself in a position to make plays Like treason Kevin, uh, this franchise hasn't started off the season winning its first two games since 2008 How important is it for this franchise to try to build now some momentum? Any lessons learned from last year particularly the ability It's nice to be able to come back from a two and four start, but nice maybe to not find yourselves in that position to start with this year, maybe Yeah, I mean the goal every week is to be one or no, uh, you know, I don't really look at it as you know Trying to go two or no because the franchise never done it before, you know I just think it's all about trying to go, you know, beat a division opponent Obviously the number one goal every single year is the winning division So we had to start by beating our division opponent. So we got a really good Jacksonville team who I mean me personally Obviously a lot of people were saying that, you know, they were in tank mode But I mean, I think they have a good roster and I think that's just goes to show that they went and beat the coast I think the coast kind of underestimated them and they went in the dog fight So, you know, I'm hopefully it won't be a dog fight for us Hopefully we can get up and uh, you know score a lot of points. Uh, but at the end of the day It's all about just trying to be one to know this week Hey Hey, KB, I just wanted to ask you about the poise of some of the rookies on your defense Uh, you had some good stuff to say the last time we spoke about to you about Chris Jackson, Christian Fulton I'm just curious about what you saw from them in their debut a couple days ago Yeah, I mean, I I think they did some good stuff in the game Uh, I mean obviously it was the first time ever in an NFL game regardless of what stands out there or not You know, it takes a little time to get your feet wet and some things that they got to clean up But it's some things as an entire defense. We all got to clean up. We all had some plays out there Uh, you know as a total defense that we feel like we can have back So I wasn't surprised for them to have a couple players out there, but I love the effort Uh, and I think as the year going they will continue to get better and better And uh, I mean they're gonna have to play big, uh, you know big minutes and uh, big snaps for us this year Obviously with with some guys down right now Uh, Buck Kevin, uh, obviously Personnel changes from year to year. They've got a couple of different pieces or a couple guys who aren't there anymore A new offensive coordinator. What what looks different about them From maybe years past Uh, I mean they didn't take a lot of shots in the game. Um, I mean they still have dj sharp Who's a really good pro bow receiver? Um, they have the rookie number 10 who I think he's He's kind of put you in the mindset of a j brown as far as body type Uh, they're gonna try to do whatever they can to give him, uh, give him the ball in his hands They put him in the wildcat They put him in the back foot and actually ran him, uh, ran the ball with him. So he's a pretty good receiver. Um, you know kindly they have Um, Keeland Cole, so they have they still have some guys that were there last year Like you said, it's a different offense. Uh, j gruden who's a pretty good, uh, you know officer coordinator. Um, But yeah, I mean it's a little bit different. Uh, like I said, they don't take as many shots But that was just it's only one game though. They didn't take as many shots in the last game But, uh, I would I wouldn't be surprised that they would try to take some shots this game I'm uh starting to run out of time. Uh, Terry Hey be, uh, how much does it I kind of get your attention when they Knock off the Colts who were expected to be one of the division favorites in the opening week? When a lot of people kind of thought Jacksonville was in rebuild mode Yeah, I mean it just goes to show you shouldn't underestimate anybody, uh At the end of the day, you know, all this preseason talk is really just talk. It's just nothing but noise Uh, last year, you know, everybody crowned the cleveland browns to be, you know, the team To go win the Super Bowl and we ended up beating them in week one So you can't underestimate anybody. It's all about going out there and executing, uh, the game plan on all three phases And you know, it's football at the end of the day So like I said, all the talk really means nothing We're going to go out there and beat a division opponent and Jacksonville jack was both one or no And somebody has to be two or no at the end of the week John go ahead Kevin, uh, you guys have had some uh, some big goal line stands, uh, over the past couple seasons What why have you guys been some, uh, successful in some some key moments in, uh, in goal line stands, you think? Yeah, I mean, I think goal lines is all about, you know, pride Uh, not letting other team get in there. I mean, obviously I feel like we should have two goal line stands Uh, we we have to be better in the red zone period. We shouldn't even let them get down there that close But um, but yeah, I mean just talking about, you know, Jeffrey Simmons in that big play that he made Uh, it's just all about a want to in in in the defense Telling ourselves and bowing our bank and saying we're not going to let these guys score That's what goal line defense all about. It's not a lot about schemes about want to and you know, What would somebody's tell us in front of you? Thanks sir Hey kb, I was asking uh, just ryan about, you know, it's the gonna be the home opener and normally that's going to be a Loud rowdy atmosphere, but obviously that won't be the case this time How how odd will that be and what was it like in Denver and was it more of an advantage in an away team? I haven't appealed with that Um, no, I think it's kind of I wouldn't say it's a home field advantage or nothing. I think it's an even playing field. Um It was it was a different experience out there. I'm not even online especially Like during tv timeouts where You know, usually be a little bit of noise. You can hear the fans You know, you usually see westy will your hyping up the crowd and stuff like that It was a couple times tv time even when taylor had went down And uh, it was complete silence in the stadium I mean you can hear a pin drop in the stadium. So that was definitely a new experience But once you're out there playing uh in the ball snapper, you're in between uh in between those lines and in the whistles Blown it's just football at the end of the day. I mean the energy is going and stuff like that But yeah, it's definitely a different experience that uh, I think we're all gonna have to get used to honestly Uh, we'll finish up with don. She's got a couple of nts you questions for you Hey kb. I'm working the game for espn on saturday and uh saw your tweet for coach stock. We're gonna talk about him Obviously, he's in his 15th season there. Um, what makes him special as a coach and what has he meant to you? uh, I mean first just as a As a as a person, uh, coach stock just cares. He cares a lot about all his players I would I would I would definitely think that I mean everybody that I know for a fact still has a relationship with him Former players and everybody. He's a great player. I mean, he's a great coach. He cares about his team But as as a coach on the field, I think he just tries to get everything up out of you Uh, try to push this guys to the limit. Uh, it kind of teaches the same thing that we teach here You know talking about effort and finish having a great attitude at every single day coming into the building Uh, if somebody asks you how you're doing, you always say great. Just keeping a great attitude You talk about toughness being a tough team being a tough individual. Um In turnovers, I mean, uh, that's something that you always preach So I mean, I really enjoyed my time there at MTSU and uh, I still talk to coach stock almost every other week I mean, he actually texted me for the game. So like I say, he's a great coach and a great person Along those lines turnovers they play Troy first time since 2012 2012 was your red shirt freshman year where you forced three turnovers That was kind of it seems like one of your breakout games. You remember that and what do you know about Troy and that rivalry? Yeah, I know I think before that game we hadn't beat Troy and like coach stocks entire time at M.T. And I think they had played a few times because he was in a Sunbelt at the time. Um, But he was a memorable game because one of our team captains Craig, uh, Craig Allen Who was the junior at the time had a career end in neck injury One of those deals where you can hear a pin drop in the stadium. Everybody was kind of down in spirits or whatever and um I think like two or three plays later I took a pick six to the house to kind of put us ahead and that was actually the game went in touch down to win the game So probably one of the most that was probably the most memorable game that I probably had at MTSU That game against Troy. So it's gonna be a big game on Saturday. Hopefully the guys can pull out the win