1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, uh, another another really good back obviously coming off 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: a really big game last week. Got got some experience 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: with him, obviously being in division with him for for 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: a few years there. Patient if you give him a 5 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: crease and he finds it really good vision, burst through 6 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: the hole, gets on second and third level really quickly 7 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: and obviously able to hit the home run at any moment. 8 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: So we got to do a good job hopefully setting 9 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: edges and building a wall and not give him creases 10 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: inside where he can that he can find and and exploit. 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 2: It seems you guys have gotten better against the run 12 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 2: without some. 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 3: Of your better Yeah. 14 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the guys are playing hard. I 15 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: think they're battling up front, their fighting. I think the 16 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: backers are doing a good job and getting downhill. They're 17 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: they're effective. I think tackling has been improved in some areas, 18 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: especially from the back and moving forward here just really 19 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,119 Speaker 1: haven't seen the really really big ones, right, so we've 20 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: been able to do a good job of eliminating the 21 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: really big ones where those there might be a ten 22 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: to twelve yard game here and there, but it's not 23 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: turning into forty. So it's been a big part of 24 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: it and the guys are playing hard, they're flying around, 25 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: and they're accepting the challenge that they're taking advantage of 26 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: their opportunities and they're making the most of them. 27 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 3: What's happening. Yeah, I thought he had a really good 28 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 3: game last week. I do. 29 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,199 Speaker 1: I thought he was He's played physical. Obviously, he missed 30 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: a lot of time there in the middle of the year, 31 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: which is a big part of I mean, we talked 32 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: to all these guys about improving as the season goes, 33 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: and then you get unfortunately injured and you're on the 34 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: shelf for however long. But I've been pleased with the 35 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: way he's progressed and what he's put on tape here 36 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: these last few weeks. And really last week, I thought 37 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: it was probably one of his better games, like flying around, 38 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: playing physical, and he's done some really good things. 39 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 3: For us that stood out. 40 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the physicality, the attack, playing on the 41 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: other sideline, scrimmage in the run game has shown up, 42 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: made some really good effort plays. The one on on 43 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: third down last week was a was a heck of 44 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: a play, being able to get him down chase him 45 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: from behind. 46 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 3: So please with bear his eye. 47 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: Hopefully he continues to improve and get better and show 48 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: up on Sunday scores. 49 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: How much you think the expectations sort of playing too 50 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: that with him, because obviously he was a really high 51 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: picked People want, you know, to be a star. They 52 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 2: say you're the fifth pick in the draft. You need 53 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: to be a start, you need to be a Pro Bowl, 54 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 2: you need to be an all Pro. 55 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 3: Guy. 56 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I think that comes with the territory obviously. 57 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: I mean with with anybody. I think all these guys 58 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: have have those expectations of themselves, all of them do. Again, 59 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: I revert back to when whenever you go through a 60 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: spell where you're injured and out of it, that obviously 61 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: affects your production and your numbers and everything that comes 62 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: with that. And then just be able to get back 63 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: in the flow right like you're not playing for five weeks, 64 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: not practicing for four or five weeks, and then all 65 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you're you're back out there and the reps, 66 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: the rep count, the body, getting everything right back in order. 67 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: It's a process. So I've been pleased with them, I 68 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: really have. I think he's he's playing the game the 69 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 1: right way and and doing the things we ask of him, 70 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 1: and sometimes the numbers come, sometimes they don't, right, it's 71 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 1: a matter of make sure you make them when the 72 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: opportunities are there, and and sometimes you get more opportunities, 73 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: then you don't get as many opportunities as as you 74 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: as you should at times, just based on what it 75 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: is and how teams are playing us, I think comes 76 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: into play right, like how these games are going a 77 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: little bit, and just the opportunities, we just got to 78 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: make sure we take advantage of them with those guys 79 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: when when they are. 80 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 3: There coach. 81 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 2: Speed when you play down that seems to be. 82 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's doing a really good job for us. I 83 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: think he's uh, he's playing fast. Him and Mike are 84 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: both playing fast in there, flying around. Been disruptive. I 85 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: think the front's been disruptive up front, allowing those guys 86 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: to run around a little bit, to be a little 87 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: bit clean, to go make plays. And he's physical, he's 88 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: got some instincts. So he's done a good job with 89 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: opportunities had and hopefully that continues here. 90 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 3: In the last couple of weeks have. 91 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 4: Seen I mean, he's a guy that you want to 92 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 4: talk all the rookies in this rookie class, but you know, 93 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 4: back in September. Darius wasn't necessarily a guy that he 94 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 4: pens have been and said, Okay, we know we're going 95 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 4: to get this amount of playing time on defense. So 96 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 4: when you see a guy developed like that, I mean, 97 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 4: how much how do. 98 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 3: You assess his season? I mean you look at the time. 99 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 4: That he's got, I mean when he's doing the things 100 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 4: that maybe you weren't anticipating him. 101 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I mean coming in, you never really 102 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: know with any of these guys how it's going to go. 103 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: I mean, we have an idea of our expectations of them, 104 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: and you never really know the timeline of it. With 105 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,039 Speaker 1: the with the young guys, I mean, he stepped in 106 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: there week one when Michael was down and played and 107 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: I thought he played really well for the first game, right, 108 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: getting thrown in the fire week one against a good offense, 109 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: I thought he played pretty well. Unfortunately, very similar to Kavon, 110 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: he suffered the injury, a little setback, and even harder 111 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: when you're young, right, missing that time and having to 112 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: kind of reboot their week five, week six whenever he 113 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: was able to get back, But been pleased with him. 114 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: He comes to work every day, he works hard, He's smart, 115 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: don't see him making the same mistake mistakes twice, which 116 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: I think is a is a pretty good indicator as 117 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: a coach when you have young guys that are able 118 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: to learn from their mistakes where we can progress and 119 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: move on and they can move forward to let's learn 120 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: something else now and focus on something else. We kind 121 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: of we kind of got that handled, whether it's learned 122 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: by fire or not, which a lot of times when 123 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,160 Speaker 1: you play young. 124 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 3: Guys it is that way. 125 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: But really pleased with them, and I think he's he's 126 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: taking advantage of the opportunity and hopefully that continues. 127 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 3: I guess that he has such a great deal. When 128 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 3: mikeel went out Sunday from him, I mean he didn't really. 129 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: He's played that position, you know what I'm saying, So 130 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 1: like that was his position to play, whether Mike was 131 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: in there or not, right, So I'm glad he stepped 132 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: up and was ready to go and make some plays 133 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 1: for us. Obviously, the communication aspect was a probably bigger 134 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: piece of it, just being able to take that roll 135 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: over and communicate the headset, the green dot all that. 136 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: That's again, it's something we give all these guys because 137 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: at any any moment like it could come up. So 138 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: all these guys have experienced with that throughout training camp, 139 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: throughout the season, So I was pleased with them in 140 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: that regard. And and again just continue to develop right, 141 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: developing all aspects of playing linebacker and what that is. 142 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: And I thought Tied did a good job going in 143 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: there last week. We might go went down and I 144 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: was able to do some things and make some plays 145 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: for us. 146 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 2: Why do you think when the edges have been such 147 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 2: a problem for you guys, it seems like the teams 148 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: want to attack you, they want to run edge your 149 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 2: maybe just get passes out to the end. Why what 150 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 2: do you look. 151 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: At and say, Yeah, I mean, I think there's a 152 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: lot of guys in the run game that that determine 153 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: the edge. 154 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 3: Right starts with the lbs. 155 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: At times, it's the linebackers if if we got stuff 156 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: going on. Other times it's the nickel, it's the corner. 157 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: So I think there's a wide variety of guys that 158 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: come into play. Obviously on traditional rundowns, whether we're able 159 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: to set it, whether we're playing a six, whether we're 160 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: playing a nine, that they're going to all these teams 161 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: are going to force your corners into the run game, right, 162 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: They're going to put these receivers up on safeties, up 163 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: on linebackers, create create uh cracks where these guys have 164 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: to get downhill and they got to show up in 165 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: the run game. So I think it's been a multiple 166 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: things kind of throughout the year. If you go all 167 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: the way back from week one forward, I think if 168 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: you look, it would be a myriad of things there 169 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: at all positions. 170 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 3: But I think there's also been some good especially here recently. 171 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: Last week, I felt like there were some really good 172 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: examples of edges where we were able to play vertical, 173 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: whether it was kivon, whether it was boogie, where they 174 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: weren't just fighting to stay outside, they were able to 175 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: create the edge playing vertically. And then with these corners, 176 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: like I think the corners have shown up uh much 177 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: improved here over these past four or five 178 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 3: Weeks and what it was probably a little bit earlier 179 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 3: in the year,