1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Big earlier this season. You told us you would just 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: got pre season. You've just got the first shot. Are 3 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: you through now? Oh yeah, I'm fully vaccinated. Now make 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: life easier. I mean, not much has changed besides not 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: have to wear the masks. This weekend changed. It's something 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: you guys talk about within the lack of room, the vaccine. Um. 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's a big topic, you know, worldwide, 8 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: not just in our league. Um, you know, But at 9 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: the same time, everyone has their freedom to take it 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: or not. And uh, you know, we sometimes encourage guys 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: to do it, but at the same time, everyone has 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: their you know, right to or not. He said, it 13 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: doesn't change a lot, but it's going to change a 14 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: lot this weekend, right, what's that all this weekend? Yeah? 15 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: I mean I never really leave on Bible weeks anyways. 16 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: I was probably gonna stick around regardless if I was 17 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: vaccinated or not. Um, you know, it's a short three 18 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: day weekend, and uh, you know, I don't really like 19 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: to spend much of it flying, so I just like, 20 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: I'd rather stay here and rest underdo obvious they had 21 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: a huge sacks here, but other than you, it was 22 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: like three sacks here, four sacks they're from like your teammates. 23 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: That I assume it is because Patrick Graham schemed up 24 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: guys to be open. Is that hard for a defense 25 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: to do, to rely on scheme to get pass rush 26 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: other than you or you know, not have that like 27 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,839 Speaker 1: other guy like you who got a lot of sacks 28 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: on his own. Um. I think it all has to 29 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: play it together. Um. It has to be a combination 30 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: of scheme and and the player doing their job and 31 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: not just a player, um, all of the ten guys 32 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 1: doing the job as well. You know, Um, I relied 33 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: on those bad guys to cover the receivers and allow 34 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: me to have time to rush, just as much as 35 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: I relied on Pat Grams are called the right call 36 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: on the right situation, just as much as Pad relied 37 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: on me to you know, be my one on one 38 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: when the time is right. So I think it's a 39 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: combination and that's what makes this game such a team sport. 40 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: How much will it help to have Lorenzo, Carter and 41 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: x Man backed as guys who can produce? Yeah, I 42 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: mean it will help trem to slay. I mean, you 43 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: know a lot of the edge guys went down last year. 44 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: That's what caused me to play defensive end a lot. Um, 45 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: I'll probably still rotate at that position. And uh, you know, 46 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: Buzzo is a great player. X is a great player, 47 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I was sad to see those 48 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: guys go down last year. Um, and you know, I'm 49 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: excited to be able to play with those guys. Do 50 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: you think your role will be different at all with 51 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: you that one's gone? B J is gone. Is kind 52 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: of a little bit different look in that room. Yeah, 53 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: I mean it's a little bit different. Um, But you know, 54 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: we talked about it in the league. Um. You know, 55 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: this is my seventh year in the league now, so 56 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: I see this every year, and uh, you know we 57 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: always talk about you know, even if I'm coming back 58 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: to the same team, is going to be a different team. 59 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: You know, every year is a different team, no matter 60 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: if you're playing on the same team or not, just 61 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: because guys are constantly coming and going. And uh, you know, 62 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: something that Pat Graham always says is adapt to die. 63 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: And that's something that really sticks with me, especially in 64 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: this league, because it's a fast change in league, and 65 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: if you can't adapt to it fast enough, then you 66 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: know people people are gonna move on to trains going, 67 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: so you know, we'll adapt them, will you guys will 68 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: move up and and filling roles and filling shoes, and 69 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: we'll keep going. But do you think it would be 70 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: a healthy situation for this team to have you lead 71 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: them in sacks again? Or does somebody else need to 72 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: do that at a different position. I mean, I don't 73 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: think there's pressure on any one guy to be the 74 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: leader of you know, a certain stat um. You know, 75 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: I think we are all competing with each other to 76 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: uh to do that, and I think that's that's just 77 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: gonna make us be better as an overall defense and 78 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: as an individual as a team. Um, you know, if 79 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: Zoe has more sacks than me and I'm a one 80 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: more sacks than him than I'm a play harder and 81 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: he's gonna play harder because he doesn't want me to 82 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: catch up to him, you know, vice versa. And I 83 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: think that would just contain to push the team. Is 84 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: it hard to assimilate a lot of new players late 85 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: in camp, like whether offense defense? Is it just hard 86 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: to bring guys in and get them up to speed 87 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: right away for the regular season. I don't know, it's 88 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: hard for me to say, because I don't bring those 89 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: guys in and uh, you know, evaluate them the same 90 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: way the you know, the front office guys of the 91 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: coach would. I'm assuming that you know, they're making those 92 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,839 Speaker 1: changes for a reason. They've must they've obviously been seen 93 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: something off film or seen something in the guy. Uh, 94 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: and the reason why they're bringing them here. Uh, you know, 95 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: it's our job to just compete. Um. You know we 96 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: we the one defense is up, giving the offensive scout 97 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: look in the first few plays and stuff like that, 98 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: and I think it's just our job to like make 99 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: sure everyone's ready. That does come you enjoy learned you 100 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: joined the team midstream, though, Like how long did it 101 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: take you to feel comfortable when you got here? I mean, 102 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: as far as the defense, I got comfortable pretty quickly. Um. 103 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,239 Speaker 1: You know I was in when I was in college, 104 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: I had three different defensive coordinators in three years. So 105 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: I think I'm a fast learner when it comes to 106 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: XS and others and like the playbook and stuff like that. Um, 107 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: But as far as comfortability with your team, that definitely 108 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: does take time. Um. It's always an adjustment player in 109 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 1: a new locker room and learning new guys and new teammates. Um, 110 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: you know, I probably best friends with everybody in there now. Um, 111 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: but you know that first year, that transition was difficult. Um, 112 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: you know, it just depends. Boy was because his concern 113 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 1: early was the run game. I mean, you guys have 114 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: lost Alvin. How are you adjusting to stopping the run? Yeah, 115 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: Dalvin was obviously a big piece of our defense. Um, 116 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: you know, but that's the way the game goes. Um 117 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: he moved on, and UM, you know, I think we 118 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: definitely have guys a j. We brought in Danny. Uh. 119 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: You know, Dex is really styled up front. Um. You know, 120 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: I think I'm pretty style in the run game as well, 121 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 1: and I think we have great linebackers. I play downhill 122 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: as well, and I think we'll you know, we'll do fine. 123 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: You earned you earned a pretty nice contract with the 124 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: way you played last year. Now that this season's here, 125 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: is does that put more responsibility on you to like 126 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: keep earning that contract or does it take care of itself? Um? 127 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: I think that's something that I'm working on the most 128 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: right now. Is Um, the same thing I did last 129 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: year that helped me get such a good season was 130 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: just ignoring noise. Um, you know, just like guys were 131 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: doubting me last season and I was able to ignore 132 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: them and focus on my process and just focus on 133 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: what can make me a better player. It is the 134 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: same thing I have to do now when people are 135 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: praising me, saying that I did so well and are 136 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: expecting great things out of me. I just had to 137 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: keep ignoring the noise and focus on my everyday process.