Speaker 1: One year later.
Speaker 2: How much different this NFC Championship game bring what it.
Speaker 3: Did last year?
Speaker 1: I mean pretty there's differences in similarities. I think for us,
Speaker 1: you know, just continue to have the mindset of one
Speaker 1: day at a time, one practice at a time, and
Speaker 1: then going out and executing no matter what the situation is.
Speaker 1: Obviously our sense of urgency is extremely high and love
Speaker 1: the way we've been practicing all week and excited to go.
Speaker 2: Personally, for you, you were here for a half a season
Speaker 2: last year. At this year, you can hear the entire season.
Speaker 2: Does it give you a different perspective.
Speaker 1: On it at all? I think just having familiarity with
Speaker 1: the with the guys and being there all off season
Speaker 1: and going through training camp with them, going through the
Speaker 1: highs and lows with everybody, Uh, definitely more comfortable and
Speaker 1: just with more time and more experience with all these
Speaker 1: guys definitely means a lot boost.
Speaker 3: Is it to get depot even just in a limited
Speaker 3: basis back at practice today?
Speaker 1: That's awesome? Anytime he's out there, Uh, he brings a
Speaker 1: extra set of juice that is hard to hard to
Speaker 1: mimic without him.
Speaker 3: You heard about George being TV glass year.
Speaker 1: BLUs George is unbelievable. Man. He's uh, he's someone that's
Speaker 1: you know, I think the best tight end in the league,
Speaker 1: and uh, somebody who uh does everything right, whether it's blocking, receiving,
Speaker 1: blocking downfield. His leadership is great, and he's tough as ever.
Speaker 1: You know, he played through anything and find any way
Speaker 1: to get on that field with his guys, and so
Speaker 1: I have the utmost amount of respect for him and
Speaker 1: really glad that I got to I get to be
Speaker 1: a teammate.
Speaker 2: Last game, he had seventeen carries against Green Bay. In
Speaker 2: an ideal world, how many times would you like to
Speaker 2: tote the.
Speaker 1: Ruck as many as it takes to win? Uh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I've had games where you have ten carries,
Speaker 1: have games where it's thirty. For me, it's not about
Speaker 1: the touches, it's about making them count. And uh, you
Speaker 1: know some games, you know, carries a lot of times
Speaker 1: are depending on one how well we're running the ball
Speaker 1: and two what the defense has given you. And so
Speaker 1: for me, I just try to make every single touch count,
Speaker 1: no matter if it's a carrier pass or if I'm blocking,
Speaker 1: if whatever it may be. Just you just got to
Speaker 1: execute on that play.
Speaker 3: Front seven statistically, they're real good against the running.
Speaker 1: Sorry, yeah, they I mean they're extremely tough. You know,
Speaker 1: they play hard, they fly around, their physical I think
Speaker 1: they give you a lot of different looks. They pressure
Speaker 1: a lot, so I think a lot of guys get
Speaker 1: confused sometimes and you know where they're coming from. But overall,
Speaker 1: you know, it's a great defense that plays really hard
Speaker 1: and it's no shock there here.
Speaker 3: What his game has drawn some comparison to yours?
Speaker 1: Just sorry, what was that first part?
Speaker 3: Gibbs? His game has drawn some some comparisons to yours.
Speaker 3: Do you have any advice for a young running back?
Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean, just keep doing what he's doing. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's a stud man. Been a lot of fun to watch.
Speaker 1: I remember watching him in college. Uh. Just an exciting
Speaker 1: player and somebody who's going to be great for a
Speaker 1: really long time. So both those backs there, I have
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of respect for the way
Speaker 1: they run. You know, they're fast, physical, they can break tackles,
Speaker 1: catch the ball, whatever it is. So I just have
Speaker 1: a lot of respect for him.
Speaker 3: What have you learned running behind Trent Williams? From your view?
Speaker 3: How does a man that size move the way he does?
Speaker 1: I've learned it's really fun to run behind Trent, And
Speaker 1: I have no idea how somebody that big moves like that.
Speaker 1: I've yet to figure that out. Sorry.
Speaker 3: People joke that the NFL MVP Award is a quarterback awards,
Speaker 3: So what is it?
Speaker 2: What do you think about a running back being a
Speaker 2: finalist this year? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, all the awards are great. I think, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, when when you're this far into the season
Speaker 1: and you're playing for an NFC championship, it's hard to
Speaker 1: think about anything else but that. Obviously those things are cool,
Speaker 1: but I don't think they they touch how how meaningful
Speaker 1: it would be to to win this game and have
Speaker 1: an opportunity to go on to the next. But it's
Speaker 1: definitely an honor to be mentioned in that conversation. Definitely
Speaker 1: an honor.
Speaker 3: Does it feel like any other week or is it electure? Uh?
Speaker 1: You know, I think you prepared just like any other week.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think you do more, but I
Speaker 1: think the natural emotion of this week has everybody pretty
Speaker 1: amped up ready to go.
Speaker 3: There any emotions from from last year's NFC championship game
Speaker 3: into this one. Knowing just how you guys just really
Speaker 3: didn't get shot and did that fuel you and stick
Speaker 3: with you through this year just to.
Speaker 1: Get back here for that, I think, you know, last
Speaker 1: year was last year. This year is this year. I
Speaker 1: think we're exactly where we want to be with a
Speaker 1: chance to win an NFC championship at home. And you know,
Speaker 1: I don't think we're thinking about last year at all.
Speaker 1: We're just focused on this week and doing everything possible
Speaker 1: to go out there and win. And there was a
Speaker 1: great photo of you in Tarve interview recent I think
Speaker 1: earlier this week.
Speaker 3: What was it like to me up with her big
Speaker 3: football fans?
Speaker 1: She gives me. Yeah, she's a legend obviously, just became
Speaker 1: the winning as coach and being a Stanford coach, so
Speaker 1: I would watch it when I was back in college
Speaker 1: and watch her team. So when I saw her, she
Speaker 1: had the jacket on with all the all the wins,
Speaker 1: so I had to go up and say hi, and
Speaker 1: she was awesome.
Speaker 3: Talks about that kind of the interchangeability of you and
Speaker 3: Debo and how it affects defenses.
Speaker 2: I know you're may not see.
Speaker 3: Any real fan when you watch the team. How much
Speaker 3: does it make a difference when you have are both
Speaker 3: on the field together in terms of the way, even
Speaker 3: if you're not getting the ball, how it might influence
Speaker 3: the defense.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it influences the defense a lot. I think,
Speaker 1: you know, in order to do that, you kind of
Speaker 1: have to have the right mentality. And I look at
Speaker 1: the way that guys like him and i UK and
Speaker 1: Juan and George and Juice, how everybody kind of commits
Speaker 1: to doing their job whether they have the ball or not.
Speaker 1: Uh So, in order for it to really have an effect,
Speaker 1: you have to do things right when you have the
Speaker 1: ball and when you don't have the ball. And he's
Speaker 1: a good example of that. And even if he's just
Speaker 1: in motion, getting people to put their eyes on them,
Speaker 1: because you never know, you know, when he has a
Speaker 1: ball in his hands, it's pretty scary.
Speaker 2: Many camps seem like you were on a totally different
Speaker 2: speed than almost everybody else on the field. Is this
Speaker 2: team kind of like on a mission based on the
Speaker 2: way last year ended to finish the deal and make
Speaker 2: that take those two extra steps?
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, I think. I think, you know, going back
Speaker 1: to the first day at OTA's, you know, we definitely
Speaker 1: had a salty taste in our mouth from last year
Speaker 1: and we knew how how good this team can be,
Speaker 1: and teams like this don't always come around. So to
Speaker 1: have it and to have this opportunity and to be
Speaker 1: in the position we're in, the sense of urgency is
Speaker 1: definitely high.
Speaker 2: And Kyle expressed the Detroit as this confusion up front.
Speaker 3: How did they do that? What do they do?
Speaker 1: I just think you know, the different stunts and blitzes
Speaker 1: that they do, and uh, they bring a lot of
Speaker 1: different people and they do it fast, so that would
Speaker 1: probably be the biggest thing. Appreciate you guys.