Welcome back to Good Morning Football. We've got another
guest on the show for you, and this is
my new teammate Khalil Herbert. What's up, man
? There he is. A y'all having me this
morning. How y'all doing? Great. Great,
appreciate that. First of all, I just wanna
take this time to officially welcome you to the team
. Happy to have you. And for those who
don't know, Indy is known for steakhouses, you
know, you got Saint Elmo's, you have Anthony's
Chop House, Tony's. OK. I'm, I'm
a foodie myself, so I know, um,
but you have to give me some recommendations, man
. I eat a lot. Well, for sure
, the first place you have to go to Saint
Elmo's if you haven't already. You've gotta try the
shrimp cocktail. But other than that, what are
you looking forward to most coming to Indianapolis? Man
, now you, you're talking to me about food
, man. I'm a big, I'm a big
foodie. Uh, me and my wife, we
go out every weekend trying to try to find some
new restaurants. So I'm gonna, I'm gonna need
some recommendations, but, uh. Probably just playing
indoors. I've been outdoors my whole career in the
cold, so I'm looking forward to it, you
know, December, January, uh, being inside
, so, uh, that'll be fun. Yeah
, those palm trees behind you, Khalil, are
not subtle. We understand that you're excited to be
in some some climate control when it comes to football
. You've had a whirlwind past 12 months. You
get traded from the Bears to the Bengals, and
now you are choosing to go to Indianapolis. In
your introductory press conference. You said you chose the
Colts because of their energy. What's this energy that
you're talking about that made you want to wear this
jersey? Yeah, I mean, I've played in
that building, so, you know, just being
in that area in that environment, uh, you
see the fans what they bring to it, um
, and just being in that controlled environment, like
you said, uh, um, you know,
it's, it gets loud in there. So being
in that area, um, you know, you
feel that energy, you feel the juice in there
, it's exciting, so I'm excited to be a
part of it. Y Khalil, you're joining Jonathan
Taylor in the backfield. One, have you talked
to him and how do you envision you guys compliment
each other? No, no, I haven't yet
, but, um, you know, I,
I envision us, you know, being able to
keep each other fresh, you know, it's a
long season and, you know, what I have
envisioned, you know, us going on a deep
playoff run, uh, you gotta have, you
know, a good stable of backs to be able
to, uh, carry the load and help the
team. So, um, him being one of
the top guys in the league, you know,
I'm excited to learn from him. I mean,
you know, I know what I bring to the
table, so, you know, just being able
to keep each other fresh and, you know,
uh, keep things rolling and keep the offense rolling
, so I'm excited for that. Khalil, your
Instagram handle is Juiceherbert. So what's, what's behind
the nickname juice there? Um, I got it
in, in, in middle school and high school
really from, uh, one of my coaches.
Uh, just what I bring to the table,
you know, early in the morning I'm not,
I'm that guy, uh, coming in to lift
early screaming, getting everybody going, um, and
, you know, I've carried that through high school
, college, and it's just continued, so.
Um, it's something I look forward. I,
I embrace and, um, it's stuck with me
, so, you know, a lot of my
teammates keep calling me that and uh it's grown on
me since then, so. Khalil, not for
nothing, but like you're screaming, you're a high
energy guy, it's the morning. Khalil coffee caffeine
. I feel like that could have been like the
one, not juice. I don't know. I
know it's like a sugar rush and everything. Did
you ever think about renegotiating that nickname? You know
, because I don't drink a lot of juice anymore
, but you know, in high school, you
know, middle school, you know, juice is
the thing. So I, I didn't start drinking
coffee till probably last year. Now I'm my wife
got me into it, and I'm a big coffee
guy now, but uh yeah you know juice was
the thing back then. Yeah, well, let's
take you back to your juice days then. Yeah
, let's take it back to the juice days.
Let's play a game real quick, right? So
with actual juices, you got apple, you got
orange, you got pine. You have to start
one. You have to bench one, and you
have to cut one or you can replace one.
OK, let's talk juices. All right, I'm
gonna, I'm gonna replace, uh, pineapple juice
with uh fruit punch. OK, OK. Fruit
punch that's all the juices combined. OK, it's
the best one. So you're starting to start.
I'm gonna start fruit punch, um. I'm a
bench. I'm a bench orange juice and then I'm
a, I'm gonna cut apple juice. OK,
that's my top three right there. I really take
a lot of issue with the fruit punch concept.
Tropicana has one Caribbean sunset. OK, it in
the store. You guys are gonna get along in
the locker room. Oh yeah, for sure.
So other than the fact that we're new teammates now
been brought to my attention that we share something else
in common. Growing up in a Caribbean household,
now for those who don't know, that is.
A different experience than it's, it's very it's very
different than a traditional household. So how is that
growing up in a Caribbean household shape your success on
and off the field? Um, and where do
I start? Uh, so my mom is Jamaican
, my dad is from the British Virgin Islands from
Tartola. Um, so I got it both sides
, but, um, I, I mean,
really, I feel like just the work ethic,
um, you know, my parents spoke on getting
up, going to work, not complaining, um
, you know, providing for us, never,
uh, saying, you know, trying to,
it's always trying to find ways to make ends meet
and, uh, you know, getting things we
need and stuff like that. So growing up and
then just the structure, um, you know,
everything is real family oriented, you know, we
have big, big parties, all families invited.
We got, I got Loads and loads of cousins
and aunts and uncles I haven't met before, but
just, that's just how we were raised, you
know, with, with a big family, so
, um, you know, it still comes to
play now that I got kids, so, uh
, you know, help them all helping and growing
and helping us grow up, so. All right
, you're, you also say you're, you're still
a foodie. Yeah. Favorite Jamaican dish. I
mean, I gotta go with Oxtail there we go
. What's that? What's that, like how is
it prepared? Oxtail like what is it? I
, I gotta give you it's something you just gotta
be on one another. You just gotta be you
gotta be there. It's, it's really, it's
truly an experience to sit there and watch it be
prepared, put it in a crock pot. And
everything you gotta make sure that the oxtail is falling
off the bone. This is what I'm talking.
Yeah, you gotta make and then they put the
sauce and the gravy and everything, put some beans
in in it and everything. You're getting a hungry
gotta go for a little cooking. My mom,
she makes them as soon as I come back home
, so I'm, I'm gonna have to hit her
up today and see what she could do. So
yeah, I got, I got a Jamaican guy
out there for, uh, for you when I
get out there. So we'll have the time for
sure. I feel like we're seeing a friendship just
. Forming right in front of our very eyes.
I know. Uh, all right, one last
thing we want to know about you, Khalil.
Even though the Colts don't have a baseball team,
we know that you like to kick off any season
in a grand fashion. Two years ago, you
threw out the first pitch at a White Sox game
. People always have epic stories about throwing out first
pitches. You prepared a certain way. You wanted
it to go a certain way and it didn't.
What's your story behind your first pitch at a baseball
game and, uh, were there nerves involved?
No, no nerves involved, you know, I
, I like to think of myself as a,
a world-class athlete, um, so, you know
, I wanted to put my best foot forward,
you know, I was practicing in the backyard with
my dog, just playing a lot of fetch,
um, you know, so I could feel like
I, I felt like when I got out there
, I was able to, uh, you know
, I wanted to get on the mound, you
know, I, I wasn't doing the in front
of the mound thing, um, you know,
I think I, I think I threw a pretty
good ball too, um. The footage, uh
, yeah, it's somewhere in there, but,
uh, no, I, I definitely felt like
, uh, you know, I was really trying
to throw a strike, but you know, it
, it got there, so that's what matters the
most, so. Well, we believe you because
that's how you told the story. I tell you
, if there was footage, it probably would have
been a bad pitch. Yeah, if we would
have saw some footage, it probably something bad.
So the catcher have to adjust his position at the
batter's box for him to catch the ball. He
stayed right there. I got it to him.
It didn't get there as fast as I wanted.
but he got there. OK, good. Uh
, Khalil, awesome to get to know you.
Good luck with the Colts, and I'm happy that
you get to play inside now. We need,
we need a full report of Khalil and Nick's bromance
and restaurant tour development in Indianapolis between you two.
All right, Cole Howard, everybody, nice to
see you. Good luck.