 Good morning football, we're now joined by hometown hero who continues to give back to his community He was a fifth round draft pick born and raised in Georgia and is entering his ninth year already nine years with the Falcons Please welcome friend of the show defensive tackle Grady Jarrett We're doing great. We're happy to have you on here and you've been with Atlantis is being drafted there in 2015 you guys obviously have added some big names this offseason But you've been there through it all the ups and downs the Super Bowl appearance the bad seasons You've seen so many guys come and go on defense offense coaching staff and all What's it meant to you to continue to be on this team continue to be one of the leaders and one of the better players You know what man, I mean a lot to me some I definitely take pride in but I know that doesn't happen without me You know going in being my best, you know year any year out and just taking each year how it come You know since I've been here. We've had some highs had some lows, but I still feel like the best is yet to come for us Man, so I'm excited. I take a lot of pride in being in line falcon man, and I'm excited for what's to come for us We're excited too. I think it's really one of the truly exciting teams in the whole league But Grady NFC South such an interesting division right now. You finally chased Tom Brady out of the league He retired after you terrorized for most of his career the Panthers draft Bryce young this wee little guy all the way up at the top and the Falcons are sticking with Desmond Ritter It is a friend of the show. He came on the show this guy's tough He's fearless. Tell us on the field and around the facility. Why is he the right guy? How was I describing to us? Man, you know time time gonna tell man, but it's a reason why we believe it is He's been a great leader for us in the time that he's been here You know going into his second year, but I mean also just the physical the physical skills It's a take to be a great quarterback in this league, and I'm excited to see him You know take the reins and with this opportunity that he has But I mean we believe in him wholeheartedly and I'm thinking gonna shock a lot of people But it won't be a shock to us man or himself because he's got who has super confidence in himself Definitely so hey Atlanta's biggest move on draft night was selecting running back Bijan Robinson What are your impressions of this guy? I've trained with him. So I know you bring but what you think about him so far Man super super dynamic Super explosive and he a good dude, man, you know just talking to him and he's just humble and but at the end of the day You know underneath all the humblest it's a beast in there You know I'm saying so all his takes before itself just the product the work that he put out of Texas man And I mean when you just see him learn it as you know man You just see guys when they move different, you know I'm saying so he got the it to him I'm excited to see it come to life on Sundays man and just see how we use him and how he just You know really just set the league on fire man. I'm excited for this guy Absolutely was so fun. We were talking running backs earlier and hopefully Bijan does what he needs to do for the position in your team this upcoming season Awesome to talk to you this morning Grady recently you hosted your eighth annual Grady gives weekend It took place over three days is a fundraiser for your foundation Grady gives you got a combo style workout for high schoolers at a Youth football camp. What's this weekend about? What's so fun about it? What makes you love it so much that you do it every year? Yeah, man, so definitely one of my favorite weekends of the year my charity weekend We started off with a golf tournament top golf to raise funds for Grady gives and then on the Friday We hosted a high school combine for kids all in a local area from Atlanta to Kynes Whatever may be in the past we did a 7 on 7 tournaments as well But we didn't do that this year and then I always have the youth football camp for the kids in my area And the kids come from all over Georgia, you know to come to the camp and there's something I just take pride in giving them something I didn't have growing up and for it to be the eighth year doing it We just want to continue to grow it to be bigger and bigger, you know I couldn't do it without my team Grady gives my mom a bigger supporter So I mean something that we look forward to and hopefully that we continue to impact a lot of lives Man, we got kids that's been like through the camp now that's in the NFL now You know what I'm saying? So hopefully just I continue to touch kids lives in a positive way and Grady gives continue to bless a lot of people and many avenues of life That's incredible man many many avenues of life, and that's the way you go You've had kids come through there who are now in the NFL Grady gives it's really impressive You should be proud of it and the GJ logo on the shirt is clean, too. It's it's it's all You know what send it we'll wear it you think I'm mine. We'll wear it on the show I'm not making it up. It always goes perfectly though when you run into our hosts today So you and Leonard for that have had many encounters talk about some of the times over the years that you've run into seven as we call him And how does it go Grady? Me tough dude man tough runner man ever since you know Everybody was a little nervous when he was coming out of college because he was just running for 400 yards a game You know I'm saying so when He don't say we know how it's gonna go but man Lenny may you help heck of a competitor dog and when you came to the Bucks we play each other every year and then I would might even play when you down the jacks jack still too You know I'm saying so it's been a heck of a time competing against you man. So much much respect Appreciate it my guy you ever get a clean hit on a Leonard for that where you got up TMO from anything And he clean hits where you got a nice shot on them I mean, you know, I was actually watching tape last night just at all the temper game from last year the first one and You know, I had a nice It wasn't a super clean is what I wanted to be but I had nice be the be the double team came through and got a One-on-one tackle against me. He fell forward. So it wasn't a tackle for lost tonight, but But I thought that was a good that was a good play early in the game last year All right, good. Lenny you ever lower your shoulder and truck this guy. Let's go. What did we ever? Remember you remember when I cut back on you talk about it I Got up laughing I say I see I got you. She's a yeah One two so quick, but yeah, he got he did me dirty dirty, you know, so that's what happened man It's a league everybody get got a little bit Yeah, I'm not definitely man. Have a great season man. You're definitely one of the guys I love competing against and bring the best out of everybody, but you know, I know you was kind of upset about the last game You know at home against you know, you want you want you want to kill my guy, but it, you know It's all good I'm glad you wanted to run back on that plate man. You know Video apparently we have some videotape of you. Oh, here we go versus Grady. What do we got roll it? Let her take us through this Is this it If I made that play that would have been the extra mean I'm coming to three gaps That's a good football Look, I'm not gonna lie when you when you did the you might have been scared. I don't know We sent three blockers a great. I tell you what great Len is here doing the hosting thing for us the rest of this week You got to come do it sometime. Yeah, whether you're done playing or next off season or with this summer Whenever we'd love to have you you're too good at it and you're the man really what you're doing Let's do it. Got it. That's Grady Jarrett one of the best players best guys in the league and an old nemesis of Lenny here