Jamal Merrell

I'm like, I'm going to go home, find my wife, talk to my daughter, figure out what I want to do at home because I wanted my career field to be in Delaware, home state.

And that's what it looked like.

I had a plan.

It wasn't like, I'm like, like my dad and mom taught me, like, you're not going to blindside me.

My dad used to say, never tie my hands behind my back.

I was like, that's why I took that same approach to NFL.

I was like, NFL wasn't going to tie my hands behind my back and catch me off guard.

I was like, you can release me whenever.

If I don't make this team, that's fine.

But when I go home, I'm good because mentally I'm already prepared for it.

So that's, I would say I was, I was prepared for it.

Nah, when I got released from the Titans, he was still with the Bears, Chicago Bears at the time.

And I'm just living through him.

I'm like, hey, bro, go.

Like, keep going.

Push the limit.

Like, I'm home, but I'm good, you know?

So you definitely have to have somebody on your corner that's understanding and pushing you for your greatness.

When I knew was I got released, came home and I was at my happiest moment.

really yeah with my wife and kids i'm like man i'm because i'm i'm home 24 7 but i'm coming from college where i wasn't home i was home like some weekends some days during the week so i was home 24 7 to really be with my wife when she got home from work with my daughter so i'm like man i love this life you know like a different appreciation and then um i was working in my career for that at that time and the eagles called me and i denied it are you serious i denied it but