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Today it's our show All right let's go I got a cup of coffee What'd you decide to drink I want the Cold water I went against the double hot Combo of hot drink hot day 4 P.M For coffee and water here we go salute All right thank you Spartanburg you've Been great to us so we're coming off an Off day yes what does the Hecker family Do for fun on just a random Wednesday Thursday free day for us I mean it Really depends you gotta I Two two children that are in very active Stages of their life so you've got to Try and Keep them entertained while also Accomplishing things around the house Because I know as a dad things pile up You know there's honeydew list gets a Little long in training camp yes it Becomes a honeydew scroll you know it's Like it just dropped the bottom out and It rolls away from you Um trying to go to the park have fun Usually I love to try and get a working nap in There somehow for you or the kids yeah It's impossible to get the kids to nap So for me I tried that myself okay hang out with Their chickens I'm glad you brought that up what is the Current chicken count in your backyard So you can count it fluctuates but as of
Right now uh the Hecker household is an Eight chicken family oh Yeah that's more than you had before yes Yes so we've we've we've we've had as Few as three okay and as many as 11. Um nature nature happens nature happens Yeah okay but so far we've had a fox Okay raccoon possum and Hawk Um all men have been a nuisance so Living down in South Charlotte Nature is In your face Not normally people don't say that about South Charlotte but maybe at your house You've you've invited nature in yeah Yeah we're we're A pretty welcoming family also I must Commend you on your uh Your cart driving skills thanks I think We might be hitting a step which isn't Great you've got you'd actually do it We're doing great you're doing awesome Thanks bud this is much more of a Walkway than a cart path but um that's Okay I'm loving what we're doing we're On campus and I was told just don't Break any traffic laws so I'm not going To break any traffic laws today there Can't be traffic laws where there is no Traffic that's right there is no traffic Yeah there are bushes and things but Yeah we'll be all right yeah we'll make It okay that's payroll deducted yeah Yeah we could have done it we're gonna Go through the grass all right here
We're going off-roading whoa there it is Nice when Adam thielen was on we talked A little bit about date nights with our Wives right when you guys do a date Night just I'm just trying to compare Notes with other dads on the team when You guys do a date night is the Babysitter's goal to get the kids down Are you guys putting the kids down Either before or after a date night It it really depends it depends on Kind of that season of Life they are Depends on when they're going down yeah But we have we have been as of late Leave before bedtime Yes as if I yeah we even my my wife and I had a date night this off season that Was kind of like a mid-afternoon date And we purposely Uh sorry kids if you're watching this as Well Um we purposely just kind of hung out Extra long yep to bypass bedtime yeah my Kids already know that we do that that's Good so well they're good right yeah Jansen's you guys jansen's no Paris love You very much but But we need a little we need a little Break yes in order for you to be a good Parent and to have your you know Relational batteries full be able to Give them What they need yeah you gotta invest in Yourself so JJ do we want to talk about
What happened right over here on this Baseball field last year oh boy Okay so We've done a cart talk I kind of drove Around Johnny why don't you really fast We're kind of Do you think I can just drive out on the Baseball field during practice Do you think they would mind this is More of a throw around throw session I Say we go for it all right they can Always just tell us to get off all right We'll see if they yell us we're we're Just gonna use the uh warning track for A minute okay thanks guys thanks Appreciate it why don't you go ahead Last year so you've been here a year yes This is your second training camp first Training camp yeah what happened right Out in this area on the cart path key Come upon these two young raccoons They're kind of patrolling the fence I'm Like oh that's interesting I haven't Seen any like young raccoons in a really Long time or maybe ever And so one of them runs all the way down The left field line and gets out and is In these trees to our left And there's another one that is like Trying to crawl I clawed the fence and Getting stuck So We we're trying to approach the Close to this young raccoon to get it to Run away
And it charges us like it gets arched Backed and right at us and uh I was very Scared do we have video of that I think I do we might use my phone yes we might Need to cut that into the video right Now yes we'll just put it in there or Make it look good right and maybe we'll Get a little image a little throwback of What happened I'm gonna help you Don't worry Soccer practice is taking place The ball's behind us Johnny you've been known to do a few Trick shots you doing any right now Oh boy I was gonna ask if you've ever Thrown a football in an NFL game No One Ever Knows that about you Fun fact I have indeed doing a football Football in an NFL game throwing a Couple of them to the ground I've thrown two to the other team oh boy Also for the people that don't know at Home we me and you collectively have to Have the most handshakes of anybody on Team we're up to four or five now we got A lot we have a lot we got a lot Um we can't show them all we just kind Of air them out as the season goes along Yeah hopefully we'll have lots of things To celebrate yeah We have we've got handshakes kind of With the whole team kind of generic ones Bigger ones are there any are there any
Guys on the team that you just those are The guys I want to celebrate with like Who are your favorite guys to celebrate With celebrating with the o-line after Made field goal really gets me going It's a lot of fun Um They just they're so they're so big and Happy and you just feel like a little Kid like celebrating with your dads They're they're very happy Um you obviously were with Corbett in La Yeah um any other o Lyman that really Just make you smile like beau's always Just makes me smile oh yeah Teemo I get A smile ear to ear yeah Teemo every time You see him and your day's initially Better Bows yeah he seems like a giant kid Sometimes and he um It's funny man our o-line I there's not A The great thing about this team is There's not one guy That I don't enjoy being around you know Just all great dudes awesome people Um work hard Put the game the team first and I think that's going to build well for Us this season so I'm I'm really excited And I also do enjoy celebrating with the Gunners celebrating with the Gunners That means they did something to make me Look good there it is once again
Self-applaus way to bring it all the way Back to yourself I I would say that we've made being a Specialist cool Yes how did I do for self Applause Is that good okay Way to go I have to start by applying For myself first there we go being a Specialist is cool especially during Training camp yeah that's when it's Really the best that's when it's the Most opportune for the other guys Because Let's just let's speak candidly our Workload is a little different from well Right now we're filming a cart talk and They are in meetings The x's and o's Need not apply that's these two Joe's so We're almost all the way out to campus We'll start working our way back yes Great news this has been the first Quarter of cart talk have you had a Blast Please get me out of here If anyone this is episode one of eleven If anyone sees us riding around in the Cart please ask JJ to stop and let me Off do you want to drive it I don't know man okay oh let's just move Out of the hey I'll kick her there you Go nice oh hit bombs Chris sailor Camp Okay there you go don't tell Jamie I Won't tell Jamie won't tell Jamie all
Right let's switch okay and then let's See how this finishes up can I ask you Questions Yep have you been asked any questions on This uh Derek Brown asked me a question Ah Shaq kind of tried to take over Are you ready are you you've you've ever Asked somebody pull my blinker there you Go Just go straight I'm great at driving you're great at Driving I am great at driving your NFL Career Could have a driver's license oh my gosh I didn't think about that that seems Scary the idea of my kids driving is Terrifying so this This uh 16th year Hopefully it's On the bigger and better things and not Terrifying like a 16 year old driving This is fun like we're driving around Campus like campus here has changed a Lot you get to kind of realize like how Many relationships Um you developed we just did Fan Fest Back in Charlotte and you know there was A bunch of Legends a bunch of guys that Yeah let's go left Um a bunch of guys that I played with Um and then you know their kids and Families like that stuff's kind of wild Because one of the you know the Interesting things in the NFL
Is most everyone's turning over team to Team pretty regularly right we as Specialists get a little bit of an Advantage because usually if you do well Especially pun or Snapper you can kind Of hang in one spot for a pretty long Time yeah But everybody else even if you have long Careers might end up on five six seven Teams and bounce around right so it's Kind of nice to have really spent my Entire career in one spot and all the Relationships and things that you form There That's kind of that is a I realize it's A very unique environment oh fellow Carters oh do you think they're doing a Conversation on the golf cart over there Yeah I don't think it's recorded though I didn't see any GoPros mounted yeah I Do have a couple more questions for you As we as we kind of wrap up here Um you got another hour and a half No yeah Um no a couple quick questions just some Things that have come up in other cart Talks I try to try to blend to get an Idea from the team cohesion cohesion Yeah we're going on the road Yeah you tucking your feet in tucked in Sheets or are you ripping those sheets Out you gotta I I enjoy the feeling of Being like kind of in a cocoon for a Second okay so I will get into the bed
And they normally tuck those suckers in Really good yeah so I enjoy the struggle Of kicking my feet I kick them loose I Still leave Um the sheets over my feet but I'm Definitely breaking through the tuck I Appreciate it Um episode two tomorrow you just want to Keep filming uh no thank you all right Yeah but shoot us maybe some podcast Names we could take this on the road you Know what we didn't talk about that That you come up with podcast names Before you come up with podcasts oh no Doubt yeah what's your what should you Call this Gingersnap podcast Ginger Snap that's something we just Came up with that just now yeah just hit Me what do you think It's fantastic don't forget to smash That like button don't forget to Subscribe Um oh yeah please subscribe all you Keyboard Warriors out there in the Comments we see you we see it we're Coming so say nice things especially About Johnny please Johnny hacker your First cart talk you did it I survived I Had a great time thank you so much all Right put her there
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