Speaker 1: Yeah. Person Um, most likely he hadn't spoken about it
Speaker 1: at all. But um, you know, I know personally playing
Speaker 1: the Saints last year was it was a little motivating.
Speaker 1: So I'm sure you know he's got a little little
Speaker 1: extra juice for this game. No, we we've moved moved
Speaker 1: on from that one. Um. You know, obviously they they
Speaker 1: put it on this last year. UM, but I think
Speaker 1: this is a different team. Uh, They're a different team.
Speaker 1: It's not one of those games where we feel like
Speaker 1: we need to get revenge from this year the last
Speaker 1: maybe from that game to now for year at UM,
Speaker 1: I think damn there every player, and I mean in
Speaker 1: the secondary. Um, yeah, it's different. Person it's a different scheme.
Speaker 1: We gotta We're obviously playing really good up front and
Speaker 1: getting a lot of pressure, um stopping the run. So
Speaker 1: that I mean at that point last year, I think
Speaker 1: we just came off for Tampa giving up a whole
Speaker 1: bunch of yards running. It was similar there, couldn't cover
Speaker 1: the running back last year, couldn't stop Calvin Johnson. Um,
Speaker 1: but obviously did that. Those matchups are a lot different
Speaker 1: this year. They don't have Calvin Johnson. Three really good
Speaker 1: receivers UM one of them was only behind Julio and
Speaker 1: receiving yards with Jones, So I mean didn't Stafford can
Speaker 1: throw the ball all over the place. They got a
Speaker 1: really good running back and Riddick Um. But you know,
Speaker 1: this year, we feel like our matchups are a lot better, UM,
Speaker 1: But we still gott do a good job stopping the run.
Speaker 1: Still gotta get after the quarterback. And that's what's allowing
Speaker 1: us to play so well, I'm back in UM. Well,
Speaker 1: the biggest thing is just making sure you're still in shape.
Speaker 1: You know your your your body is taking care of UM.
Speaker 1: But the biggest thing for us is coming back from
Speaker 1: a bye week where you just won three games in
Speaker 1: a row. It's getting back to the basics that that
Speaker 1: got you there and remembering UM, you know, how to
Speaker 1: practice the tempo, the demeanor, UM and not listening And
Speaker 1: we had to sit back for a whole week and
Speaker 1: hear about how good we've been and and when you
Speaker 1: have a young team, you want to make sure you
Speaker 1: come back and it's UM, you're grinding even harder than
Speaker 1: in the first three weeks. It's Carson susceptible to that
Speaker 1: at all these things, listening to the outside noise or
Speaker 1: is he It's just temperamented approach perfectly soon it too
Speaker 1: so far. I mean he's he's showing no signs of
Speaker 1: um change. He's he's still here early. He's still going
Speaker 1: about his work, UM like a professional. He's still working
Speaker 1: on the little things. UM. So now on n't see
Speaker 1: him um falling forward. You know, everybody jumping on the
Speaker 1: intwagging credit. I just I think the scheme is helping
Speaker 1: him a lot. You know, they're taking a lot off
Speaker 1: his plate. You know, whereas last year he had to
Speaker 1: drop him the coverage a little bit and he's still
Speaker 1: gonna get pressure. But now he's he's able to put
Speaker 1: his hand in the ground, Penny's ears back, UM and
Speaker 1: attack and he's one of um O our best um
Speaker 1: D lineman that can do that. Can you talk about
Speaker 1: coming off the edge? Um, he's powerful, He's got moves.
Speaker 1: I think this bull rush is probably the best on
Speaker 1: on our team. UM. And he's being productive, you know,
Speaker 1: weekend and week out. I think the system, obviously allowing
Speaker 1: him to use the skill set to the best of visibilities,
Speaker 1: is been paying off up front. Clearly as aggressive a
Speaker 1: unit as any in the NFL. I one of the
Speaker 1: ways offensive coordinators count that is through the screen game.
Speaker 1: Can you just speak to how important it is for
Speaker 1: you as a guy in the say and there, to
Speaker 1: come up and blow those screen passes up. Yeah. So
Speaker 1: you know a lot of teams when they're when you,
Speaker 1: when they know you're aggressive, they'll hit you with screens, draws, boots,
Speaker 1: all things that try to slow you down and make
Speaker 1: you you think twice about coming harder next time. Um,
Speaker 1: And the way we defend those is just move faster.
Speaker 1: You know, we see a screen, we need everybody on
Speaker 1: the field running to the ball um. And the way
Speaker 1: you stop those places where population, and that's from the
Speaker 1: secondary coming up from wherever you are on the field
Speaker 1: to to fit it. And then we got the big
Speaker 1: guys putting their foot in the ground and coming out
Speaker 1: of the stack. And so you know, when people try
Speaker 1: to slow you down, you just you go faster. And
Speaker 1: and like I said, population is what stops those plays.
Speaker 1: For the first time, I sat in the stands, which
Speaker 1: was an overrated experience, but uh but it was cool,
Speaker 1: nice uh nice cool day on and a big ten
Speaker 1: overcast as usual about um, I mean when he first
Speaker 1: when I first heard you know, Jim Schwartz coming in,
Speaker 1: you hear really, I had no familiarity with his defense.
Speaker 1: So just hearing what the media is talking about this
Speaker 1: Y nine, I just knew, oh yeah, I know last
Speaker 1: time I heard why nine that's been terrible for the safety.
Speaker 1: So um. But once he got in the building, Um
Speaker 1: installed the defense and you saw the difference. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: you can see that this is going to be a
Speaker 1: disruptive defense that allows guys to play fast. UM. And
Speaker 1: it's been been fun playing in it. Like nine. No,
Speaker 1: there's nothing near the Y nine that that you'd seeing
Speaker 1: in NFL history. This is he's got guys that are
Speaker 1: playing you know, outside, but they're they're crashing down, They're aggressive.
Speaker 1: They're not running around blocks, Um, they're running through people. UM.
Speaker 1: And so that's a that's a lot different from a
Speaker 1: safety when I gotta if I have to defend a
Speaker 1: gap that's only as wide as me, or I'm defending
Speaker 1: a gap that's five people are it's that's that's that's tough,
Speaker 1: Doug talk today about during the bye week, some guys
Speaker 1: need to, you know, make better decisions. You saw Nigel
Speaker 1: report that Um brought brought a lot of gun onto
Speaker 1: a plane as one of the leaders on the team,
Speaker 1: do you feel like you need to talk to some
Speaker 1: of your teammates about those sort of situations? No, not really.
Speaker 1: I mean I don't think it's been really UM many issues,
Speaker 1: nothing that's really distracting or hurting team. UM. Obviously, a
Speaker 1: couple of decisions that we probably wish we had back,
Speaker 1: but now I don't. I don't think there's no need
Speaker 1: to really address it. Um. And we don't have any
Speaker 1: more bye week, so we'll be here working airways. Nothing
Speaker 1: to worry about that. Does that? Does that bother you
Speaker 1: at all? I mean, Doug said he was surprised that
Speaker 1: anyone would carry around you know, I'm loaded handgun yet,
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean it's you know, we talk about guns,
Speaker 1: you know. Um, it's not unlawful to have them, so
Speaker 1: and I'm sure many guys own them. It's just about
Speaker 1: being smart where you take them, obviously. UM. But yes,
Speaker 1: it's nothing else concerned. Obviously the lines have really good
Speaker 1: receiver vers But how much different does the offense look
Speaker 1: a foul conn Johnson? Um, not much difference. I mean,
Speaker 1: Jones is being really productive and he's you know, Stafford
Speaker 1: was feeling feeling really good. About throwing it to him,
Speaker 1: but he's making plays. There are two running backs well,
Speaker 1: um one now, but Riddick is really well. They use
Speaker 1: him as a receiver, running option routes, getting open um.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously when you have Colvin Johnson out there,
Speaker 1: you can always when you're in the gym, throw it up,
Speaker 1: you know, regardless of who's out there. Where's double team,
Speaker 1: triple team and I don't see that you know that
Speaker 1: outlet anymore. But they're moving pretty efficiently. Um. So we've
Speaker 1: got guys cross the field, whether it be Golden tayor
Speaker 1: Anku on bolding. You know those are gonna be good
Speaker 1: or important matchups for us as well. Kind of a
Speaker 1: big stretch to you played like maybe three or four,
Speaker 1: four or five games on the road. I mean it's
Speaker 1: important to get off to a good start with that,
Speaker 1: isn't it. Uh Yeah, I mean you know you talk
Speaker 1: about you know, most most teams have a formula. You
Speaker 1: win all your home games and and go you know,
Speaker 1: fifty percent on the road and you're sitting real nice,
Speaker 1: um and this you know, this is an opportunity to
Speaker 1: go on the road and get a win. Um, it's
Speaker 1: the only opportunity we got right now. So so we're
Speaker 1: focused on it. And it's it's a tough place to play. Obviously,
Speaker 1: we learned our lesson last year about about this place. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, so trying to make sure that that we
Speaker 1: come prepare. Malcolm, I apologize if you've been asked this question,
Speaker 1: but you've been on teams that have won the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: This team is three and all. What's the keyest, you know,
Speaker 1: succeeding when you've had success, if that makes sense, when
Speaker 1: when everybody's talking great about you, Yeah, ignore it. I
Speaker 1: mean it's ah, this is a league that as loud
Speaker 1: as people will praise you when you're doing well, the
Speaker 1: criticism would be just allowed as soon as you lose.
Speaker 1: So for us, you know, we don't pay attention to it.
Speaker 1: We want to go one and know every week and um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's a long season and when you start
Speaker 1: trying to look at the end, um, you lose sight
Speaker 1: on on the task in hand. So right now, the
Speaker 1: task in hand is just preparing for the Detroit Lions
Speaker 1: as best we can get ready to go on a
Speaker 1: road game into a hostile environment and and somehow come
Speaker 1: home with a wint