Blake Grupe meets with the Saints media to talk about him winning the kicker job.
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00:00 >> Congratulations.
00:02 >> Thank you.
00:05 >> So what's the past 24 hours like for you?
00:08 >> It's been a wild ride.
00:10 Thankful for everything that's come.
00:12 It doesn't come easy, it comes with a lot of hard work and just thankful for it all.
00:18 >> Blake, how much do you feel like you put yourself in position to be a kicker
00:22 here or just in the league?
00:24 >> Yeah, I mean, I tried to do everything I possibly could.
00:27 Took every single day.
00:28 I tried to get the most out of it and just go out there and maximize your opportunity.
00:34 And just worry about going out there and doing your job every single day and let the rest
00:39 take care of itself.
00:40 >> How much of a relief when you finally get the call, hey, you're the guy?
00:44 >> Yeah, I mean, obviously it's a relief.
00:45 It's been a long camp.
00:47 It's been obviously a highly competitive camp.
00:50 Going against a guy like that that's done it for a while and done it at a high level.
00:54 It wasn't really, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
00:58 The job's still the same, but I'm glad to be here, glad to be here for this team.
01:04 And just thankful for the opportunity.
01:07 >> After you found out who was the first call you made?
01:09 >> I called my dad.
01:10 There's still a lot of phone calls to be made today, but
01:15 it's been a pretty long day.
01:17 >> And what was that conversation like?
01:21 >> Yeah, it was a short one, unfortunately.
01:23 I just had to run up and talk to the coaches.
01:26 So like I said, it's been a lot to process today.
01:29 But it's been special, I wouldn't trade it for anything.