Max, how you doing buddy? I'm doing good
. You ready to get your butt to Buffalo?
Uh, hey, you earned it, buddy.
You earned it. I know it's a big moment
. Enjoy it, man. I'm proud of you
. All right, listen, uh, Coach McDermott
right here. He wants to, he wants to
say hello to you real quick, all right,
and we'll pass you down. Alright, hey buddy
. What's going on, man. I'm so excited
, man. I'm ready to get to work,
man. I'm happy for you, man. Happy
for your family. Listen, man, you're coming
to a great city, a great town, and
a great organization, man. We're happy to have
you and your family. Welcome to Buffalo, buddy
. Thank you, thank you. Thank you.
Congratulations. I'm gonna put you on with our owner
Terry. Hang on. How you doing, Max
? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. I'm
in the green room ready to walk out and collect
that bills hat. He got that hat after he
got that call, and I am so excited to
tell you that we welcome now to Good Morning Football
, the Bills' first round pick cornerback Maxwell Hairston.
Ha. Listen, man, uh, we watched
the video, you got the call. That was
incredibly, that was 8 days ago. What's it
like to watch that video back and how are you
feeling now? Wow, to hear it was 8
days ago, watching that video, I felt like
it was yesterday. Yeah, yeah. How are
you feeling now? And I'm I feel like I'm
eager to go up there and get to work,
ready to learn my teammates, learn the locker room
, and just, you know, be a Buffalo
Bill. I mean, listen, I was so
excited when I heard that you were gonna be on
the show today because you were on draft night that
Thursday, the official green room hype man, the
MVP, the chief morale officer. You were hugging
every prospect on their way to the draft stage.
I don't know if you were getting paid per hug
, but you should have been. So why was
it important for you to be the energy guy?
Because like you are just that naturally. I can
tell right now we can all tell, but why
was it important for you to show up that way
? Well, I was lucky enough to have the
best seats in the house, you know, everybody
had to walk past me, and I knew like
majority of the guys there, basically all of the
guys. So I made sure I'm like, hey
. But you get that card, trust me,
I would tap you up because I'm happy, you
know, some of those cards, I, I
almost shed a tear myself. I'm like, man
, I'm happy to see my guys like they had
it. So I was, I'm glad I got
those seats. Man, Max, you're my new
favorite player in the NFL. Matter of fact,
after you got drafted, I actually sent a message
to him on his Instagram. I know a lot
of people was messaging him. I was one of
the many that messaged him and just congratulating you and
just telling you how inspired I was by how you
conducted yourself, but. I wanna talk to you
a little bit about how, how did that feel
when you first got into the Bills, um,
building and you saw your jersey? You told me
you have 31, but how was it when you
saw your locker? I remember how it was for
me when I saw everything kind of come to fruition
I saw my last name out there. How was
that experience for you? Man, that was great
. I took probably about 1000 pictures just in the
locker room, like just walking around the whole facility
. Like, I was able to have a 30
visit there, but to not really see my name
in the locker room, here I'm gonna be at
, get my number, like it was just surreal
. Like I really felt like I was dreaming.
Max, congratulations, brother man. I need you
to talk that talk, all right? So this
is me and you talking, right? Let's,
let's keep, let's keep it 100. Let's keep
it a buck as the young folks will say.
Uh, the schedule is coming on, the schedule
is coming out later this month, and we all
know you're gonna be going against Patrick Mahomes, Joe
Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hurts. Uh,
which one of those guys would you want to pick
off the most? Oh, really, I have
to say Pat Mahomes, I have to say Lamar
Jackson. And why is it those guys? Man
, Pat Mahomes, I've, I've just always wanted
to pick him up. I'm not gonna lie.
I just always wanted to pick him up like that
because, hey, I went to Kentucky, he
went to Louisville, so it. Still there a
little bit. Go take care of business. Makes
sense. I like your business. Listen, Max
, you, uh, you can do some crazy
things physically. You're one of these guys who runs
in the 42s who jumps 40 inches. I have
a physical challenge for you. Is it physically possible
for you to stop smiling? Oh, I'm try
I'm trying. It might not be possible. OK
. You can do it, you can run 42
, but he can't stop smiling. That is the
moment right now in your life, and it is
really contagious. We're thrilled to talk to you.
Let's talk nicknames. You're one of these guys,
you go by Mad Max. What's the origin of
story? Why do they call you that? OK
, so I got this nickname in Pal. So
literally, I was much smaller than I am right
now and I always played corner, so I knew
I was going to be a corner, but my
coach is kinda like, OK, it might be
small, but yeah, I promise you you're not
gonna get over it. You're not gonna run over
him, and he was just like, you know
, that's Mad Max, and I was like,
it stuck with me, cause when I play,
when I'm, when I'm playing and I get on
that field like I'm really Mad Max, all these
smiles and stuff. That's the one time I can
, you know, hold the smile. Max,
so, so Willie, Willie went through the,
the guys that you would wanna pick off. You
went through all of the quarterbacks that you're gonna play
against, but you play with the MVP Josh Allen
after you got drafted, you FaceTimed to with him
. What was that conversation like with Josh Allen?
Man, that conversation was like, hey, I
got the, my MVP is a quarterback. I
know I'm good. I told him I said,
look, if I have to pick you up in
practice, I'm keeping that ball and it's not personal
. You're just, you're just the MVP. Max
, I've played in the cold before. You've played
in the cold before. I've played in Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Green Bay, uh, but Buffalo's next
level, my brother. It's next level. Are
you prepared for the snow in Buffalo this season?
OK, so, you know, being from Michigan
, I played in a couple of snow games myself
, but I know Buffalo is kind of like on
its own level, but hey, it's still the
same mindset, no sleeves in the game when it
snows. Has Ray's all I wanted to hear.
That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Has has
Ray Davis told you a little bit about the weather
up there and what's in store? I love the
fact that you two are now closest friends, obviously
from Kentucky days, but now both in Buffalo.
So what was that first conversation like? Were you
guys talking, texting? Tell me everything. So
I was on the phone with him as well after
I got the call. He was on the phone
with Coach Mro and man Ray, that's my brother
, man. I know he's gonna take care of
me, but seeing how he was, uh,
how he would react when it was snow, you
know, Ray's from California, so I really caught
him off guard, but it just had me dying
. I know I'll be able to handle a little
better than Ray. Max, your excitement, man
. It, it reminds me of when I was
about to get, uh, when I got picked
and we're about to start rookie minicap. You got
rookie minicap next week Friday. What are you most
excited for? What are you looking forward to,
um, with your future teammates? Honestly, I'm
just excited to, you know, get out there
, put my cliques on, be with my new
teammates, you know, the rookies, and just
build a relationship with those guys and have a great
camp, you know, be able to be a
leader, you know, have the guys push me
, I push them and we just have a good
time. Max, I gotta keep it one more
time 100 with you and this, this 1 may
get you in trouble. Uh, you're going into
Buffalo and they pride themselves on buffalo wings, so
I'm gonna be honest. Oh, you're a blue
cheese or ranch guy. Oh, you can't do
me like that. You can't do me like that
. I'm a ranch guy. Yeah. No,
no, no, he set me up man,
unbelievable. Listen, Max, uh, you are
going to a place that is truly special. The
fan base truly special and unique. Obviously the team
, the stadium, the atmosphere, everything. It's
a very cool time to be Maxwell Hairston. We
are very happy for you. Just give us one
last taste about anything you might want to say right
now to anybody in the Bills mafia watching. What
would you like to say to those fans? Oh
, hey, Bill's Mafia, best fan base in
the NFL, we about to get to work.
It's gonna be fun, just know. That's the
man he says just know, and you better.
That is Maxwell Hairston of the Buffalo Damn Bills coming
to Western New York. It's great to meet you
, man. Keep smiling. Yes sir.