1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: Reaction period. Uh, I don't have one. I'm like, all 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: you guys will see what happens. Hey, Devin, I um 3 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: just talk about defense to day. UM gonna be happy 4 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: it's rush. Through three games, they've been bringing a lot 5 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: of eat day. Yeah, it was great. I think today 6 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: we talked about getting off to a good start. Um, 7 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: August a team that was kind of very high powered 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: on offense. You talked about Cam Newton, McCaffrey, Um, Samuel's 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: you know, all those guys alsen Um very tough to 10 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: stop once they get going. So UM, I thought we 11 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: did a good job of first stopping to run and 12 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: then um getting a few good rushes in there to 13 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: mix it up. So, um, we got a lot of 14 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: players out there to play good football either hear other places. Um, 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: So it felt good for all of us to get 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: out there and start to put it together. Devin, can 17 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: you ever think of an instance preseason or not where 18 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: you held the opposing offense to not crossing midfield at 19 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: least for the first half or tonight the entire time 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: you're on the field. We might have I'm not sure 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: he did. You guys did that tonight? Is that I 22 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: ever had that sort of kind of dominance door half 23 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: for your group at any level. Yeah, I'm not sure. 24 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: I don't remember. Might have it all kind of scrambles together. 25 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: But I think that we took the right mentality. I 26 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: think one thing though, we talked about that, you know, 27 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: the one thing we want to improve is getting turnover 28 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: is that's something that we know we need to do 29 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: during the season to just make it easier on ourselves. 30 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: So one thing walking away, even though it was a 31 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 1: good first half and really overall a good game defensively, 32 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: just trying to take the ball away it would be 33 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: a big difference for us on defense. Yeah. Then you've 34 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: been around the game for a long time now, and 35 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: the way they're calling pass interference and these potential challenges 36 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: you know this year as you've seen a couple in 37 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: preseason where you see it and maybe you look on 38 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: a jumpo trying like, oh, yeah, that's gonna get overturned 39 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: and they don't overturn it. Do you guys have any 40 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: definitive direction as to how this thing's gonna go or 41 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: is it kind of crush your fingers and hope you 42 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: play it the right way? Yeah? Not really. I mean, 43 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: so far, I've liked that they're not trying to watch 44 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: it in slow motion and call like if your pinky 45 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: touch as a receiver a second early. Um, I mean 46 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: we all know when things are in slow motion, it 47 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: just looks totally different. So, um, you know you got 48 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: to today, you know too, you know from looking at 49 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: it look like two good defensive players and it stood 50 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: so um hopefully, But I think that's one of those 51 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: rules that you're gonna have to kind of see how 52 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: it goes really game by game. Um. Just seeing some 53 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 1: of them throughout the league in the preseason so far 54 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: I thought was obvious and it's been you know, changed 55 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 1: or over so I feel like you never know, probably 56 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: from week to week the job. I'm never a fan 57 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: of those meetings. Um. I feel like they go however, 58 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 1: we answered the question, ask the question, and then once 59 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: we get into season, like, you might as well throw 60 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: that whole meeting away. So Bill always says it the 61 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: best week by week. We have to go how the 62 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: games being called, and we have to adjust to it. Devin, 63 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 1: and your experience is that players performance in preseason games 64 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: or their consistent performance in practice that earns them roster 65 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 1: spots and increased roles once it's cut down day. Yeah, 66 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: it's all that you know from my time being here, 67 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: it's practice. Then we we've gone on the row two 68 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: weeks in a row. You get some joint practices in there, 69 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: and then the games. Overall, I think as a player, 70 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: you just have to keep getting better, keep improving, each 71 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: guy being different situations. But I think, you know, Bill 72 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: even told us this week, like overall, each guy on 73 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: the roster has to improve, you know, day by day, 74 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: week by week, game by game. It just you have 75 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: to improve. And I think you know, it's a tough 76 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: time for everybody. Coaches, you're trying to evaluate everybody. Um, 77 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: I just try to tell all the young guys at 78 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: the end of the day, just try to play your 79 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: best football, have fun out there. Do that and I 80 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: think you can feel good, you know, leaving the situation. 81 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: But it's every day. You know, you can't just focus 82 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: on the games because then you don't get better in 83 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: practice or your game. So I think it's day by 84 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: day just taking whatever that is, if it's a practice, 85 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: if it's a walk through, you know, just doing whatever 86 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: you can to show the coaches that you know what 87 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: you're doing and that you're gonna play hard, Devin, your 88 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: impression of Terrence Brooks, who looks like he played some 89 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: of a chunk star role tonight. We've seen him play 90 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: deep safety. He's been known as a special teamer before 91 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: he got here. What's your impression of him as a 92 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: defensive player so far? Just a veteran guy that's come 93 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: in and try to learn everything. I think for him, 94 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: you know, in the spring, he's gotten a chance to 95 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: be out there with a like numerous guys, so each 96 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: time he's done with a different guy, he has to 97 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: play a different role. And I think that's, you know, 98 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: giving him the opportunity to be kind of well balanced 99 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: and well versed in multiple roles in our defense. And 100 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: you guys know, we have you know, guys like my 101 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: brother that plays in the box, sometimes it plays corner, 102 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: plays nick. So the more guys can do and I 103 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: think T Brooks has definitely fit that role. And I 104 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: think being a special teams player probably helps. You know, 105 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: he's able to do a bunch of different things. He 106 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: knows a lot of roles on special teams as well. 107 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: So I thought he's done a good job down a 108 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: camp just for one being a veteran bringing that type 109 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:16,239 Speaker 1: of leadership and then being able to be versatile Devin 110 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: through training camp, the joint practices the first two weeks 111 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: and then tonight, are you getting a feeling more and 112 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: more of how special this defense can be if you 113 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: guys are all playing well and communicating together. Yeah, but 114 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: I'm probably the bad guy to acts. I feel like 115 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: that every year. But I think, like I said, we 116 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: got a lot of good players there, and it's about 117 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: putting it together. And I think one of the best 118 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: things going away for two weeks, you get to spend 119 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: a lot of time together, you know, in the hotel 120 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: after meetings, you know, eating, hanging out. So I think, 121 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: you know, as a group, the better you know somebody, 122 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: better relationship is, you know, I think you put more 123 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: pressure on yourself to be accountable to that person, to 124 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: know your stuff to play for that person. So I 125 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: think we've been really building as a defense and as 126 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: a team overall. So it feels good when you put 127 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: in all the work during the week and you come 128 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: out and have a good performance. But as you know, 129 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: in this league, it's a week by week thing that 130 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: you got to kind of put that work in each 131 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: week to have those those results. That you want have 132 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: been many of us having participated in that game so far. 133 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 1: Today was for us. It's pretty physical up day. Do 134 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: you feel that way? I mean, it felt like a 135 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: regular season game out there. Yeah, And we knew that. 136 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 1: You know, this is probably the fourth or fifth time 137 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: we've played against Carolina since I've been there in the preseason, 138 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: and then you count the regulacy their physical football team. 139 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: Downhill they want to run offensive lineman, big guys, So 140 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: we knew that as the type of game it was 141 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: gonna be. And I think those always good challenges. Last 142 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: week going to Tennessee, this's you know, Downhill wants to 143 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: run the ball team two tight ends. So we got 144 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: a little bit out here tonight, and you know, I 145 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: think that's a good challenge for us to try to 146 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: play different teams in different styles, and I think that 147 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: helps us prepare for the regular season. Appreciate it. Five