1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,080 Speaker 1: Let me ask you something. 2 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 2: You know, this late in the season, what the record is, 3 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 2: what the playoffs are now, to all this other stuff. 4 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: What would one win do for you? Do you think 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: for your for the team, for the. 6 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: Coaching staff, for your teammates, for you personally, what would 7 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 2: just getting one win. 8 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: Year do for you? 9 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 3: I mean, you know, I think honestly, it's just about 10 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 3: whooping somebody else every day. And I know that's super 11 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 3: you know, simple, But I think, like you said, well 12 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 3: one win do uh, you know, not much obviously in 13 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 3: the grand scheme, but I think as far as you know, 14 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 3: continuing to chop wood and just continue to get better 15 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 3: as a team, I think, you know, it'll definitely be positive. 16 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: Would it? Would it? 17 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: You know, you know what the building's like, right, you know, 18 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: and you know people are going about their business and 19 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 2: they're not happy about you know. 20 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: What's going on. Would one win change a little bit 21 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: of that? You know? On Sunday night it's I think, 22 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: you know. 23 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 3: Five o'clock, if you've come back of there able to win, 24 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 3: I think, you know, we've been keeping the same kind 25 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 3: of mindset towards getting better and just understanding that regardless 26 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 3: that you know, regardless of the wins or losses. If 27 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 3: we were you know, if it was totally flipped around, 28 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 3: you know, we still be trying to get better at 29 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 3: this part of the season. So honestly, you know that's 30 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 3: that's really it. The focus is just on individually getting 31 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 3: better and seeing how, you know, things shake out at 32 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 3: the end. 33 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: Thank you Art Stapleton Akavo on top doing that. 34 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 4: But uh, you know, you're you're still a young player 35 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 4: in this league. I mean, but you're already you're in 36 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 4: you know, your year three is lining down at this point. 37 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 4: I'm curious when you look at, you know, that young 38 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 4: player tag in this league. Maybe from your experience, when 39 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 4: is it okay to speak up and become a leader 40 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 4: and be a vocal leader. 41 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: Because you have a lot of young players on this team. 42 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 4: We've talked a lot about the age and obviously you 43 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 4: guys need guidance and whatever circle, whatever corner of the 44 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 4: locker room you you want guys to kind of step 45 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 4: up and be themselves. 46 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: From your perspective, how long does that take? 47 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 3: Well, if you ask me, from a real standpoint, in 48 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 3: my personal opinion, this is not for long league. So 49 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: telling guys that you have to wait till after a 50 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 3: certain amount of time to be a leader. It's kind 51 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 3: of like it's smoking mirrors because the average is only 52 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 3: three years. So it's like, how long do you expect 53 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,239 Speaker 3: a great player to come in and not say anything? 54 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 3: You know, that's that's kind of not realistic. And then 55 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 3: on the other side of that, you know, I think 56 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 3: it's beneficial. Obviously, we hope that the speaking up and 57 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 3: everything else is uplifting and for the greater good of 58 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 3: the team. But for me, as soon as you know, 59 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 3: when I came in, I kind of faced the same 60 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 3: questions as neighbors did a couple of weeks ago. But 61 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 3: I'm a guy who you know, I believe that this 62 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 3: is a meritocracy, right, So if you make plays, you 63 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 3: have a voice. If you don't make plays, you don't 64 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 3: have a voice. That's that's the name of the business. 65 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 3: So I would say, you know, for young guys coming 66 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 3: in and continue to make plays first and then you know, 67 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 3: be an impact in leadership second. 68 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 4: No, I appreciate that, and I really wasn't even referring 69 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 4: to yeah, but yeah, just any any young guy in general. 70 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe the younger guys. 71 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 4: Even on your defense, I mean, you've you know, you 72 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 4: guys have lost some leadership. You guys have lost some big, 73 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 4: you know, big voices on this team right now. I'm 74 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 4: just curious, you know, even from a Nubn or a 75 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 4: Drew perspective, these are young guys playing a ton of snaps. 76 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: But are they you know, are they welcome. 77 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 3: To I mean, you know, I honestly it's like, you know, 78 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 3: asking a new head coach. When I came in, Dable 79 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 3: was the rookie head coach, and it's like, what he's 80 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 3: He's his first time being our head coach. So he's 81 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 3: gonna take a back seat. No, He's gonna do things, 82 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 3: do whatever he sees fit. 83 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 2: You know. 84 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 3: So from a player perspective, you know, if a guy sees, 85 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 3: you know, as a part of a bad culture or 86 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 3: a negative culture, you know, I think it's on him 87 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 3: or on whoever else sees it to say something and 88 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 3: do something about it. So I definitely think as long 89 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 3: as it's positive, as long as it's uh, you know, 90 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 3: done in the right mindset, I think it's good. 91 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Thank you, Rock. Can you just talk a 92 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: little bit about what you're gonna miss this year? For 93 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: the rest of this year, it looks like with that 94 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: Dexter there. 95 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 3: Uh, you know, the run defense, the the past rushes, you. 96 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: Know, all all that stuff and the leadership. What's how 97 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: do you guys? 98 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 3: I think that you know, the reality of it is, 99 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 3: we're gonna miss him, but you know this is gonna 100 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,239 Speaker 3: be a great test and a great evaluation on everybody 101 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,160 Speaker 3: around him, you know, the back end, the front end. 102 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 3: We we kind of joked about it, as you know, 103 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 3: dex can't be the crutch, right, decks can be our 104 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 3: excuse on while we're playing well or while we're not 105 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 3: playing well. You know, we all kind of gotta uh 106 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 3: each you know, step up to the plate, right knowing 107 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 3: that he, you know, one of our top guys isn't 108 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 3: there anymore. And as far as leadership goes, you know, 109 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 3: it's up to us in the front end and in 110 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 3: the back end to continue to step up you know 111 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 3: where he's now, you know missing. 112 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: Does you think it will change his scheme? 113 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 3: I think it'll change other I think it'll change other 114 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 3: team scheme. Yeah, on us, definitely, we'll. 115 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: Take two more. Jordan n on what's going on? Man? 116 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 5: Uh, Kevin, I'm curious from a defensive perspective, where. 117 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: Do you think you guys are. 118 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 5: Mentally like philosophically, like, how do you move forward now? 119 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: Without that? 120 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 3: I mean, we just keep trucking forward. I think it's 121 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 3: you know, you lose any player, when the team lost me, 122 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 3: you kind of keep pushing forward when we lose you know, 123 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 3: when the defense loses guys, offense loses guys. We just 124 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 3: got to continue to individually get better and understand that, 125 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 3: you know, somebody has to fill that void in the 126 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 3: leadership role. And you know from you know, the scheme 127 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 3: of football, you keep talking about leadership. 128 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 5: I'm curious where do you do you consider? Where do 129 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 5: you consider yourself as a leader. 130 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 3: I think leadership isn't considered you know, like a person 131 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 3: doesn't consider himself a leader, Like you don't consider you know, 132 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 3: it's not really it's more of a team thing. 133 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: What do you mean by that? 134 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 3: Like we don't like a president, don't just make yourself president, 135 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 3: like he gets voted president, and like leaders don't just 136 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 3: around themselves leaders they get voted or like you know, 137 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 3: the team looks to someone to lead rather. 138 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: Than yeah, do you think you've. 139 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 3: I don't think about it. I don't think about it. 140 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 3: I just continue to live in my light. And you know, 141 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 3: if there are people that I can help on a 142 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 3: personal basis or if there's you know, a way I 143 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 3: can uplift my teammates. 144 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: I try to do it. Last one Brian's on Leabe. 145 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 6: keV and I got two for you. Thanks for doing this. 146 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 6: I'm curious how you see your season individually. Obviously got 147 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 6: kind of marred by Entrey, but you came in talking 148 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 6: about you know, big sacks, big numbers, obviously had the 149 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 6: huge year last year. 150 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: How do you look at your third year individually? 151 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 6: And how important for you is it to finish strong these. 152 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: Last five games? 153 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 3: Definitely super important to finish strong. I think, you know, 154 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 3: missing out definitely hurt. I think every year I come 155 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 3: into this, you'll probably be asking me that question on 156 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 3: you know, how is the season going? With how my 157 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 3: goals are? And I think, you know, in reality, I 158 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 3: got to keep shooting for the stars, you know, keep 159 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 3: putting the work in as long as as long as 160 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 3: your daily habits reflect your goals. I think you're in 161 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 3: a good spot. So regardless of the you know, result, 162 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna keep getting better. This last five weeks 163 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 3: we got, I'm gonna give it all I got. Hopefully 164 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 3: I can you know, come out in a better place, 165 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 3: but definitely, you know, they're definitely hungry. There's definitely still 166 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 3: more work out there, you know, focused on trying to 167 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 3: finish strong and you know, keep having an impact. 168 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 6: And I think the number one thing that like media 169 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 6: and fans are talking about right now is all the 170 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 6: former giants who are killing it right now, like whether 171 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 6: it's McKinny, Sekuan, Evan, Ingram, Leonard Williams, Julian Love. I'm 172 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 6: curious if that has reached you guys, and if you 173 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 6: guys are wondering at all why like why is it 174 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 6: that these guys are doing so well in other spots 175 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 6: and why didn't it all come It's a little bit 176 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 6: of a feel sorry question, I guess, but like, do 177 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 6: you wonder why it didn't all come together for you 178 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 6: guys together here? 179 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 3: I think, you know, after building relationship with guys personally, 180 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 3: I love to see what they're doing. I mean, you know, 181 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:06,239 Speaker 3: from Leonard Williams taking back the pick six to Xavier McKinnie. 182 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 3: You know, I don't know if it's leading the league still, 183 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 3: but still you know, top whatever and picks and at 184 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 3: sa Quon obviously, I mean it's great to see from 185 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 3: an athlete standpoint, love it, and then from a team standpoint, 186 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 3: obviously you wish you could have some success, some success 187 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 3: with those guys being former teammates, but you know, it 188 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 3: is the way it is. It's the way the chips fall, 189 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 3: and obviously, you know, we we wish that we were 190 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 3: in a better standing right now, but we just got 191 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 3: to keep pressing forward and super happy for those guys, 192 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 3: but you know, we got our own mountain to climb.