1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: Brandon, I'm sorry practicing against him and then what he 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: does and how has he changed who Brandon? Yes, Um, speed, 3 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: it's it right there. I mean he has an elite 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: gift with that speed. How fast he is with the crossers, 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: gold balls, anything deep, you always have to have somebody 6 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: over top of them. And if you're not, at any 7 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: time he's he's poised to make a big play. And 8 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: you mentioned accountability, you know, in the Carolina game, Brandon, 9 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: rather excuse me, Stefan had a tough game, Um, and 10 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: he stepped up. You know, he was was open about 11 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: it to have to work on my communication as a unit. 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: Was it important for you guys to like let him know, like, 13 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: you know, new guy, trying to live up to expectations, age, 14 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: you know, like you know, it's where we are now, 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: it's kind of where we're going. Oh yeah, definitely. We 16 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: told him, like Steph, we got your back. Um. The 17 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: Carolina game, nobody played good that game, and we all 18 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: played bad. He wasn't the only one that played bad, 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: and we had to let him know that. I mean, 20 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: you're not going nowhere. We're not going nowhere, and the 21 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: only thing we could do is continue to get better. 22 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: And figure out what we need to do to be 23 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: a better football team on Sundays. And that's what we did. 24 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: We all just took actions upon ourselves to be better, 25 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: to do more and make sure that we're more prepared 26 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: for Sundays. But if you found out about his personality 27 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: and how he approaches the idea of getting better, he's quiet. 28 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: I tell you that he's probably the most quiet person 29 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:37,199 Speaker 1: I've ever been around. But he loves football. His approach 30 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: to the game, you can just tell how hard he 31 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: works watching film, how long he stays at the facility, 32 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: always doing extra stuff to take care of his body. Um, 33 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: you can tell he's a professional. And when you have 34 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: professionals like that in your room, it always makes your 35 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: job a lot easier as a football player. To supprise 36 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: to me how quiet he was, because you know, this 37 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: is a guy who's like, you know, elite cornerbacks and 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: coming over, Oh yeah, definitely. I mean, because you usually 39 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: don't get too many quiet corners. Man, They're usually the 40 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: one that's doing all the happen on the field. But 41 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 1: m he always let's his play do the happen for him, 42 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: and that's why he is the player he is. How 43 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: big an impact has he been able to make, Like 44 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: since the buyer, we can going for you guys have 45 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: obviously tightened up your defense a lot as the seasons. Yeah, 46 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: I mean we feel real comfortable about putting him out 47 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: there and just saying, hey, look, you gotta cover him today. 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: And when you have something like that on your team, 49 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,119 Speaker 1: and I really feel we got a couple of guys 50 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: we got him in Malcolm that can do that. But 51 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: when you have that on your team, knowing that you 52 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: don't have to worry about that guy over there, or 53 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: worrying about that guy going for one hundred and fifty 54 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns, it just does something to the defense. 55 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: It lets the linebackers worry about what they need to 56 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: worry about, unless the defensive line worry about getting good penetration, 57 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: stopping the run and rushing the pastor and unless the 58 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: safeties know, all right, we just got to do our 59 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: job because we know Steph's gonna do his out there. 60 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: Pretty surprise when he scrapped with that woman in the 61 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: in the preseason, Hey man, I said he was quiet, 62 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: but I say he wasn't competitive, So I mean everybody 63 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: got that competitive spirit. Um, he's not gonna let anybody, 64 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: you know, try to punk him or chump him. And 65 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,399 Speaker 1: he just did what he felt was best at the time, thinking, no, brother, 66 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: my life. Yeah, you know I love that. That's good thing. 67 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna be writing this piece about defensive back 68 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: song like they usually are most times what it takes 69 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: to win. Uh, we just smoked Minnesota like trendy Wayne's. 70 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: He came into the swing, the ball was he was 71 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: being attack. Yeah. Yeah, one bad play, another bad How 72 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: does a defensive back avoid them? Got at that short 73 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: term memory? You know, that short term memory is key 74 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: as a defensive back because literally, you can be playing 75 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: a good game and they're on something. One bad play happened, 76 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: and then you sit here thinking about that that last 77 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: bad play. Then that last bad player turned into another 78 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: play just because you just not focus on the task 79 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: at hand. So, I mean, the best dbs are the 80 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: ones that have the shortest memory, because I mean we're 81 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: covering arguably the best athletes on the field. I mean, 82 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: these guys are a freak of natures. They're they're taller, 83 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: faster or quick, they have great hands, they're athletic, and 84 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 1: from time to time they're gonna make a play and 85 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: all you can do is literally just get it out 86 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: of your head as fast as you can so that 87 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: you can focus on the next play and not let 88 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: it turn into another bad play. How did you learn 89 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: the master that? I would say, Um, dav helped me 90 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: a lot that Devin mccordy, you know, I mean, because 91 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: you know, being a young guy, I mean some games 92 00:04:55,320 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: in my earlier career where said, okay, miss to tackle, 93 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: then that first miss tackle lead into a second miss tackle, 94 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: then the third, and he just kind of I just remember, 95 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: like my rookie year, maybe it's my second year. He 96 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: was just like, you're gonna be all right, but you 97 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: just gotta know, like you have to move on. You 98 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: can't be worried about the same thing because all it 99 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: does is distract you from the task in hand, which 100 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: is the next play. And he was like, and then 101 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: once it's another bad play, It's just it's just a 102 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: it's a cycle that you don't need to deal with. So, 103 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: I mean, he did a great job, but just let 104 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: me just take it one play at the time, just 105 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: one play at the time, good or bad. I'm good 106 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: at bad. I've always thought of the safety as the 107 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: last line of defense. I mean, if there's nobody after him, 108 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: you know, how do you view exactly what your role 109 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: is and what the safety does. Well, like you said, 110 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: I'm in the last time offense the safety. I just 111 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: think nothing should ever be behind you. No passional balls, 112 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: h no runs. You've got to be a good tackler, 113 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: especially an open field tackler. So that's something that I've 114 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: worked on, I'm still working on just throughout the league, 115 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: because I mean that's a trait that can help a 116 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: team or really hurt a team. So you always want 117 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: to be accountable a your job, and I know open 118 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: field tackling is something that's very, very important for the 119 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: free safety in our defense.