Jamal Merrell

And then Tennessee Titans came and I believe they had like two solid linebackers and the rest were just like players that I knew I could beat.

Um,

And I was like, all right, I'm going with Tennessee.

And I always loved Nashville.

There's just something about it.

And I remember I got on a plane the next morning and went there, and it was just a reality check.

I was just like, they're bringing players in left and right.

Reality check like.

I would say college is better and more athletic than, not athletic, but college is better and more competitive than the NFL.

Yeah.

It's no money involved.

Well, when I was playing, it was no NIO deals.

So everybody in college, we all played our hearts out.

We could.

Yeah.

It's money involved.

So when I got to when I got like literally when I was with the Titans sitting in a linebacker room.

um a guy avery he got drafted third round so he got signing bonus money so he had like 300 400 000 like right there so they're all talking about oh i'm gonna go to the mercedes um dealership get a car and then a cornerback came and this is all my day one cornerback came and he got drafted second round so he's like yeah i'm going to what car are we gonna get and i'm just sitting there like

And I meet my linebacker coach.

He's like, yeah, man, you're going to do well here.