1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Let's feel a teck seven and two defense secutive turnovers 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: in the red zone. Talk about all that. Yeah, that's big. Um, 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: you know, just to keep fighting and not giving up 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: even even though they're making big plays like that to 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: get there. Um, you know, it just shows the character 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: of us and on the defense and our wellness just 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: to keep fighting for each other. You and Leo seemed 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: to really dominate a fund to talk about some success 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: you at him. Uh, you know, our goals, um, each 10 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: game is you know, just have everybody on our back 11 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 1: kind of thing. Us set the tone and you know 12 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: us take control of the defense and um, you know, 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: so you know games games like that is is what 14 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: you know, where our goals out each week and you 15 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: know we're just gonna keep trying to you know, lead 16 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: this defense. Two wins. When you went out there today 17 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: was stopping Pierced the number one goal of course. Um, 18 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: you know just watching film how hard he runs are Um, 19 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: fearless he runs and you know just his his ability 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: to break tackles and keep going his balance is amazing. 21 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: So you know our go all week was to get 22 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: eleven guys to him, bring them down, um, and don't 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: let him get started because he only had one big run. Yeah. Yeah, 24 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: when you were on the sideline, obviously they you know, 25 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: Wink said a couple of weeks ago, the idea of 26 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: they want to pay at that a mere snap count 27 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: and I burned you out when you were on the sideline. 28 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: That's when they hit that big drive and they had 29 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: the sixty one yards You come back first play that, Pierce. 30 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: Are you almost standing on the sideline like all right, 31 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: all right, that's enough, that's enough. I gotta get back 32 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: out there manage that in that situation. No, I wouldn't 33 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: say it's like that. Um, you know, you know, they 34 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: just they kind of you know, it was a good, 35 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: good scheme block up. They had, you know, two guys 36 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: on our on our middle linebacker climbed up and that's 37 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: when they bust Bursted. Um. You know, Um, I'm always 38 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: always want to get be on the field. I feel 39 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: like I always can help the defense and no matter what. Uh, 40 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: you know, But I don't think it's a snapcout type 41 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: of thing. It's just you know, us getting rotate, rotating 42 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: guys in staying fresh, you know, so I can make 43 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: that next play like like I did on the running back. 44 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: Might this be the first time since Clemson you've had 45 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: that feeling of this is fun. Football is fun. I 46 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: mean lose, I mean, losing isn't fun. But you know, 47 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: just being here with the guys, uh, you know, just um, 48 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,679 Speaker 1: you know, just enjoying the fellowship that we have every day. Uh, 49 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: that's that's fun. And so I mean they're losing, you know, 50 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: you just keep trying to learn from that and you 51 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: keep trying to grow from that, and you know, don't 52 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: let it take the fun out of football. And you know, 53 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 1: so this year we went in is extra fun, you 54 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: know what I mean to to have that Plus said, uh, 55 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 1: you know, he hasn't seen that ro Donald in the 56 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: person he said. But as far as Iver Donald context 57 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: to Lawrence, it's him and him. That's interior defensive one. 58 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: It's your reaction to that with years he's funny. Uh uh, 59 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: you know, it's just the you know, the respect I'm 60 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: earning from him. And he's a good ball player, and um, 61 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: you know, I don't like you know, comparing myself to 62 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: people things like that, but you know, just you know, 63 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: just that's how he abused me. And you know, I 64 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: just want to keep dominating and improving myself to to 65 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: him and to whoever else you've said that there's never 66 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 1: really been a moment since you got here that you 67 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: felt like you weren't a dominating player. But when you 68 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: start seeing people react to your playing, it's almost like 69 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: where you've been. I've been here the whole time. Uh, 70 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: I mean yeah, kind of. I mean, you know when 71 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: it when it helps with that, uh you know, just 72 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: you know, I feel like I'm a guy that always 73 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: just you know, I wanna improve myself and um, you know, 74 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: just show let's just show my dominance wherever I am, 75 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: however I am. Um, you know, Coach j you know 76 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: it has done a good job, you know, teaching me 77 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: how to play with my skills, my abilities and my land, 78 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: my strength, all that those type of things. And you know, 79 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: me being willing to listen to him, you know it shows, 80 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: you know, just my humbleness, even though I feel like 81 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: I have been dominating. But for him to come in 82 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: and you know, just tell teach me, coach me about 83 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: how to be better, and you know, it's just it's 84 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: just all kind of going to folution now. He said 85 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: earlier in training camp, he wanted you to use your 86 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: hands better. We said something, how do you do that? 87 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: Um reps um, you know, just being intentional on um 88 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: whenever I step on the field, um and practice and 89 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: a drill, being intentional about where I'm putting my hands, 90 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: how I'm using them, what I'm grabbing things like that too, 91 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: you know, just until it becomes part of me. So um. 92 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: You know, I preach every week to the guys like 93 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: that's going to field. It's be intentional what we want 94 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: to get better at. And you know, sooner or later 95 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: it's gonna become sex in nature. And you know, just 96 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: keep flowing. Dex. I remember when you were rookie and 97 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: you said to me, you don't remember to start problem 98 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: about it. You were like I was, we're talking about 99 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: you being a run stuff, run stuff you defensive line 100 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: when you came out of Clemsond. You told me back then, 101 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: you said, don't forget about my pass rushing down. Well, 102 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: this year people are now seeing that even more. You 103 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: feel you're finally getting your attention with Hey, besides me 104 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: being a run stuff in defensive line, I can also 105 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: push that pockets. Just the year now you're finally showing 106 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: that this year. Yeah, yeah, it's just starting to make 107 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: a little more sense to me. Uh. You know, each 108 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: year I wanted to my goal, it's to grow in 109 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: my position and learning my position. And um, this year, 110 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: you know, everything is kind of slowing down for me. 111 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: It's making sense. Um, you know, continue to build my 112 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: confidence throughout the whole week and uh you know, preparing 113 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: the right way and you know, just showing Um, you know, 114 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: I just want to keep keep going and keep trying 115 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,119 Speaker 1: to stack wins and you know, get get other guys 116 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: to keep going with me.