Speaker 1: Well, thirty four to go shotgun snap, Browning back steps
Speaker 1: up in the pocket, wires are passed down the.
Speaker 2: Middle, stept in Alex high Smith ranging facts.
Speaker 1: Okay, Alex, First of all, how did the team defense respond?
Speaker 1: Do you think in camp and then leading up to
Speaker 1: this first game against Faltons. Yeah, I'm just excited to
Speaker 1: know for what we're gonna do in week one. I
Speaker 1: think we had a really good, really good preseason, a
Speaker 1: really good ota He's really good camp and so I
Speaker 1: was just awesome to see these guys, see all of
Speaker 1: us jelling together, and so I just decided to see
Speaker 1: what we do week one. So we got a lot
Speaker 1: of new guys, and a lot of guys are coming
Speaker 1: in and gonna make a huge impact pack for us,
Speaker 1: and a lot of guys back from last year.
Speaker 2: So I'm really excited.
Speaker 1: One of those new guys that it's hard not to
Speaker 1: get excited about is Patrick Queen. What have you seen
Speaker 1: from him?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, he's he's he's gonna be the leader,
Speaker 2: the quarterback of our defense. And so he's a guy
Speaker 2: who's you know, he's a better in this league, you know,
Speaker 2: with the same class twenty twenty class, and so It's
Speaker 2: awesome just having a guy as a stud. You know,
Speaker 2: he's he's he's gonna come in and be awesome for us,
Speaker 2: and he's he's gonna make a lot of plays for us.
Speaker 2: And he's got he's got that dog in him. So
Speaker 2: I'm excited to take the fell with him every single game.
Speaker 1: You and TJ Watt have been such a great pass
Speaker 1: rushing duo and a disruptive force. TJ is closing in
Speaker 1: on one hundred career sacks. You think that's a big milestone.
Speaker 2: Absolutely. I mean, you know, he's already a Legendly I
Speaker 2: feel like, you know, to get to to a hundred,
Speaker 2: that that puts you, that to put you in a
Speaker 2: rare category. And so it just shows to who he
Speaker 2: is as not only as a football player, but also
Speaker 2: as a person as well. Is the way he works
Speaker 2: and so he loves this game and he takes it
Speaker 2: seriously and you see how hard he works and it
Speaker 2: pays off for him on the field, and so that
Speaker 2: moment is gonna be special when he gets to one
Speaker 2: hundred sacks. So looking forward to that.
Speaker 1: Mike thomlins On no need to get certain guys out
Speaker 1: there during the preseason yourself, t J Watt, Cam Hayward
Speaker 1: even on special team. He said, I'm not gonna play
Speaker 1: Miles skilled, but I know he can do. So this
Speaker 1: provides opportunities for young guys. Nick Herbick, who makes him
Speaker 1: splash last year, had a really really impressive preseason.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we all knew who was going to these
Speaker 2: guys coming into your too now. And so he's a brother, said,
Speaker 2: you know, he's a stud, and you know when he
Speaker 2: came in last year, he's making plays and making splash
Speaker 2: plays for us, and he's gonna do the same this year.
Speaker 2: And so I'm just excited to see what he does
Speaker 2: for us this year. And I think the three of
Speaker 2: us are gonna just gonna make a lot of noise
Speaker 2: this year. So I'm really excited for it.
Speaker 1: Going into year five, yourself, what are you looking for?
Speaker 1: What are your own personal expectations?
Speaker 2: Yeah, just to be better than everything that I was
Speaker 2: last year and just continue to get better in all
Speaker 2: years of my game. Ultimately, the main goal is to
Speaker 2: win the Super Bowl. So whatever I can do to
Speaker 2: help this team get to that, you know, that's my goal.
Speaker 2: And just so I've got a faster and stronger this
Speaker 2: offseason and so just working on my moves and find those.
Speaker 2: So I'm looking forward to just going out there and
Speaker 2: stepping on the field and showing what I've been working for.
Speaker 1: The quality of competition, the team's changed from year to year.
Speaker 1: Atlanta made a lot of moves in the offseason. You're
Speaker 1: going down on the road to face them to start
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty four season. What are your thoughts about
Speaker 1: the Falcons.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, they're a good team. You know, they
Speaker 2: got a lot of new guys. You know, they got
Speaker 2: they got Kirk Cousins and free agency and also drafted
Speaker 2: some some guys as well, and so it's gonna be
Speaker 2: a you know, tough but I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 2: Those two nations are gonna be, you know, showing out
Speaker 2: and showing up for that game. And so it's definitely
Speaker 2: gonna be a tough game. It's gonna be a fun one.
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a hard fall one. And so they
Speaker 2: tell every game is in the NFL, you know, everyone is,
Speaker 2: you know, everyone's good in this league, and so you
Speaker 2: just gotta bring your a game every time. And so
Speaker 2: we gotta do that going into Atlanta, And so I
Speaker 2: can't wait for that matchup,