Speaker 1: I don't kind of feel the same to me, you know,
Speaker 1: with me, you know, I kind of had a feeling that,
Speaker 1: you know, the guys would be back. It's just a
Speaker 1: matter of time, you know, with contract negotiations and how
Speaker 1: that goes. I've been through it, so I know it's
Speaker 1: only a matter of time before that's back.
Speaker 2: How do you feel headed into week arter.
Speaker 3: We're pretty good. I feel like we were ready, had
Speaker 3: a We had a great camp.
Speaker 1: You know, might have seen a couple of guys, but
Speaker 1: you know, we know what they capable of, so I mean,
Speaker 1: we know what they bring it to the table.
Speaker 3: So it's all hands on, Dick and we ready to
Speaker 3: rob it. You're expecting sous going there. I had to
Speaker 3: to follow you where we're going. I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't know what to expect. Actually, we just going
Speaker 1: out here. We just got the game plan to get
Speaker 1: ready for practice.
Speaker 4: You know, couldn't help it, m as you were most
Speaker 4: every practice, you're playing hard.
Speaker 3: You're looking at did.
Speaker 5: You cut into this camp determined to be impressive?
Speaker 3: And how I ain't come in to be impressive.
Speaker 1: I came in to be me, which was being shape
Speaker 1: and being the best version of myself I could what are.
Speaker 3: You seen on film from Robert Solid Defensive? Set?
Speaker 6: Again, we seen a film from Robert Solid Defensive.
Speaker 3: Then, you know, they play fast, they physical.
Speaker 1: You know, guys run to the ball, you know, similarly
Speaker 1: kind of what we do here, but cause you know,
Speaker 1: you know, he was here before he went over there,
Speaker 1: so I mean they played fast, physical as well.
Speaker 2: Not to take it to a stay note, but obviously
Speaker 2: what happened with Ricky over the weekend, you were kind
Speaker 2: of the person kind of standing in the gap letting
Speaker 2: everybody know that he was Okay, you're also a teen captain.
Speaker 2: How big was it for you to kind of do
Speaker 2: that for him?
Speaker 1: It was It was kind of shocking to me at first,
Speaker 1: cause Juice called me and I was like, I was
Speaker 1: kind of surprised.
Speaker 3: I'm like, what what, what do you mean?
Speaker 1: And then I had called Mike and see what was
Speaker 1: going on, and then they had told me and I
Speaker 1: was just like, nah, this just can't be right.
Speaker 3: And then got on the phone with John and.
Speaker 1: He was already up there and I talked to him
Speaker 1: and he told me everything was gonna be good.
Speaker 3: And then later on that night, you know, I kind
Speaker 3: of talked.
Speaker 1: To him and the next day went to see him
Speaker 1: and he said it was in good spird, So I
Speaker 1: was good.
Speaker 2: How much was he Rena?
Speaker 6: Was it to get the fast time in the lab?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 1: That was that was amazing just to see, you know,
Speaker 1: with the situation that that happened, you know, with him
Speaker 1: just being able to still kind of be normal at
Speaker 1: the time, and then the following day he's he just
Speaker 1: you know, the man's just a soldier?
Speaker 2: Is it am how little rock hellos?
Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah for sure?
Speaker 1: Really yeah?
Speaker 7: How longer are you to be a captain.
Speaker 4: A second round?
Speaker 1: It's it's pretty good just to just to see what
Speaker 1: my peers think of me and how you know, I'll
Speaker 1: go out here and work and you know, just to
Speaker 1: like being in the cabinet was a blessing.
Speaker 6: Do you bo if you knew this, the speculation about
Speaker 6: your future beyond this season, it was report you you
Speaker 6: structure your contract that generally indicates someone who may.
Speaker 3: Not be moving any time.
Speaker 1: I don't know what y'all think, like reconstruction contracts me,
Speaker 1: but that's not for y'all to know.
Speaker 3: It's for us to know.
Speaker 1: But uh, I'm really controlling things I can do, which
Speaker 1: be with my feet ar I'm here right now, and
Speaker 1: you Jo, we know we see what I for jokes.
Speaker 6: A new number?
Speaker 3: What'll come to your number?
Speaker 7: One?
Speaker 1: It's the only number I ever wore before I got here, actually,
Speaker 1: so I went back to one for sure.
Speaker 6: For what's a the last I don't know, seventy two
Speaker 6: hours been like for you, the the kind of the
Speaker 6: emotions of the Ricky piercell thing and then getting Trent
Speaker 6: and I back in.
Speaker 3: And just what's it?
Speaker 6: What's it been like?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean handling one thing at a time. Obviously
Speaker 4: the rookie situation. Thank god that he's even alive with
Speaker 4: us today. I mean that was in his same situation.
Speaker 4: So happy that he's back here around the building with us,
Speaker 4: and then with BA and Trent. Having them back in
Speaker 4: the building is a huge major boost for us as
Speaker 4: a team. Obviously those are two not only spectacular players
Speaker 4: for us, but leadership wise both of them being back
Speaker 4: in the building is big. So we're happy to have them.
Speaker 6: On Tuesday, when those guys are back, is there any
Speaker 6: extra prep in the step and practicely he could feel
Speaker 6: a whole again anything?
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 4: You know, like I said that, those are two guys
Speaker 4: that we rely on heavily, not only on the football field,
Speaker 4: but off the field, you know, just as as teammates
Speaker 4: as brothers.
Speaker 3: So it's good to be back. Fred.
Speaker 7: Whenever you started a new season last year, you guys
Speaker 7: didn't know about rod Perty's health. There's always some things
Speaker 7: that you wonder how they're going to turn out when
Speaker 7: you're starting a new season. Are there any question marks
Speaker 7: that kind of stand up for you that you want
Speaker 7: to see how things are going to be resolved as roads?
Speaker 3: No, not necessarily.
Speaker 4: Every season is the new year, and you don't know
Speaker 4: what your team is until you go out there and
Speaker 4: you put it on tape. And so obviously we have
Speaker 4: a great test week one Monday night football at home
Speaker 4: against a great opponent on it and I'm excited to
Speaker 4: just put put together a great week of work preparation
Speaker 4: to make sure we're our best selves on Monday. We'll
Speaker 4: be different seeing Aaron Rodgers in a different uniform, not
Speaker 4: in the Factor's uniform.
Speaker 6: I know that he was on their last week.
Speaker 3: I got hurt so early. Yeah, No, it'll be different.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 4: Obviously we've had our battles over the years.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 4: I love competing against Aaron. Happy to see him back healthy,
Speaker 4: So it'll be a great matchup.
Speaker 6: When you put a tape in and watch him clock,
Speaker 6: what do you say, what jumps off?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I mean he always just had the savvy right, the
Speaker 4: ability to extend plays, to make the big plays, you know,
Speaker 4: keep control of the game, obviously, make the plays in
Speaker 4: the big time moments. So you know, there's nothing that
Speaker 4: you could just pinpoint and be like, hey, we gotta
Speaker 4: stop him from doing this. You got to prepare for
Speaker 4: it all, you know, and so we'll have a big
Speaker 4: test ahead of us.
Speaker 3: It's got a little no luck to him, doney, he.
Speaker 4: Got a little no uk Yeah, yeah, you got you
Speaker 4: got a little no look to him and does it all.
Speaker 4: He's one of the greatest of all time for a reason,
Speaker 4: so he can do it all a lot of time.
Speaker 3: It's Probert talkigure what kind of impact.
Speaker 1: Does you have in your tregua?
Speaker 3: Okay, what kind of he sort of defense that?
Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, I owe a ton to Rock Coach. I
Speaker 4: want to not even call him Robert coach sala as
Speaker 4: I know him and uh, he means so much to me.
Speaker 4: From the moment I stepped in this building my thirty visit,
Speaker 4: you know, him showing confidence in me as a player,
Speaker 4: and then obviously to give me the nod as the
Speaker 4: mic backer in my rookie year. That takes a lot
Speaker 4: of guts to give a rookie that that power. But man,
Speaker 4: I mean, I'm so happy for him and his success.
Speaker 4: Hopefully not very successful money not of course, but man,
Speaker 4: I mean I owe a lot to him, you know,
Speaker 4: just right there with Demko man him and him and
Speaker 4: co Sola were huge in my development.
Speaker 6: On a similar note to that one, when Kyle promoted
Speaker 6: Sorenson the d corn airs of so, he said he
Speaker 6: wanted the defense to kind of get back to basics
Speaker 6: what what you did with Demiko and Sala.
Speaker 3: Have you gone through a camp?
Speaker 6: Do you do you feel that in NFL what what waste?
Speaker 4: Yeah? Absolutely, I think the fact that coach Sorenson has
Speaker 4: emphasized the style of play that we're trying to, uh,
Speaker 4: I mean, not necessarily get back so I felt that
Speaker 4: we still played with that style last year, but just
Speaker 4: continuing to work on the like you mentioned, those base fundamentals,
Speaker 4: the relentless finish and effort violence to play the game
Speaker 4: and then as well as playing our technique, and that's
Speaker 4: what it's gonna take to win games and play the
Speaker 4: style of defense that we want to play one.
Speaker 6: Obviously, the number one goal is stopping the run.
Speaker 3: So what do you see when he's high?
Speaker 6: How can you use that to kind of set.
Speaker 3: The top for this year?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean huge tests. I think he's one of
Speaker 4: the best backs in the league just from watching him.
Speaker 4: I haven't played him yet, but so dynamic, the ability
Speaker 4: to hit the home run, with the speed his cuts
Speaker 4: in and out of inside the box. Uh, I think
Speaker 4: it's one of the top of the league. So he's
Speaker 4: gonna be a huge tests for us. We gotta swarm him.
Speaker 4: It's not gonna just be a one guy show. We
Speaker 4: gotta we gotta swarm the football. And I know they're
Speaker 4: they're excited about the rookie that they brought him as well,
Speaker 4: So we got to make sure we're on our assignments
Speaker 4: and we're playing relentless football in order to have a
Speaker 4: chance of stopping it.
Speaker 5: It's been very exciting having Trent show up and uh
Speaker 5: and and BA. I was on the other side of
Speaker 5: it last year and I was super excited to get back.
Speaker 5: I may have even been more excited for them to
Speaker 5: show up. I know how important they are to our team,
Speaker 5: and I just love both of them as people, So
Speaker 5: it's good to have him.
Speaker 6: Did you notice an uptick is just energy or anything
Speaker 6: on Tuesday when those guys start coming out of practice.
Speaker 5: I mean, yeah, initially, but then everybody gets back to
Speaker 5: back to the routine, back to work, so it's a
Speaker 5: quick little celebration. And then even for ba and and Trent,
Speaker 5: you sign your deal and you know that you're secure
Speaker 5: and you you're making what you deserve, but then it's
Speaker 5: back to your your job.
Speaker 7: Pulled you aside and talked about, you know, helping him
Speaker 7: get ready for the season to kind of sharp at
Speaker 7: his skill before Monday.
Speaker 5: We're texting a little bit and I said, whenever you
Speaker 5: show up, I'll give you some some live reps, but
Speaker 5: I don't think he needs it. Our scout team guys
Speaker 5: will give him the looks. I think we'll get a
Speaker 5: couple of reps today full speed against the Ones. But
Speaker 5: if anybody could come back and play like they've never left,
Speaker 5: it's him.
Speaker 4: There's so much change on the defensive line this year.
Speaker 3: What do you kind of see is the idea of
Speaker 3: any of these new guys.
Speaker 5: Coming in and how they meshed with the guys who
Speaker 5: are here, well, yeah, I mean it's pretty much all
Speaker 5: new guys besides me and Kevin, Yeah right.
Speaker 3: And Hardgraves and Beils for the most part, pretty new.
Speaker 5: I mean Hardgrave has only been here a year and
Speaker 5: Rob hasn't played too much. So me and Kevin have
Speaker 5: been here for a while and we know the scheme
Speaker 5: really well. But I really like the new guys. I
Speaker 5: think I think we've improved.
Speaker 3: I think.
Speaker 5: Leonard brings something to our defense that we haven't had
Speaker 5: a guy who could make plays all over the field
Speaker 5: and has just a motor that, uh, he doesn't get tired.
Speaker 5: So having a guy like that who's super long and
Speaker 5: athletic and could rush, and I think this scheme is
Speaker 5: going to bring the best out of him.
Speaker 3: So I'm excited.
Speaker 4: I really am, Robb having your career and time waited.
Speaker 3: Would you say, Rob, I'm kind of impacted he had
Speaker 3: on you when you came.
Speaker 5: In and were kind of well, he brought me here,
Speaker 5: well had a hand in doing it at least, so
Speaker 5: I'll always be thankful to him, and he's he was
Speaker 5: a great coach. I think he he worked really well
Speaker 5: with Chris because Sarah obviously and and and just let
Speaker 5: Chris do his stuff with us, and and it worked out.
Speaker 6: Said that last year, it was an adjustment here for
Speaker 6: him to get kind of on this way.
Speaker 2: Do you see him after now?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I do.
Speaker 5: I think he's got a year under his belt, and
Speaker 5: I think he went into the office season with the
Speaker 5: right mindset of training extremely hard and being ready to
Speaker 5: have one of his best years. And I could just
Speaker 5: tell by how he came in from from day one
Speaker 5: that he's he's chopping out the bit to have a
Speaker 5: great year to go back.
Speaker 4: We know why you weren't last year to play.
Speaker 3: What does it mean to be a capital.
Speaker 4: On this team?
Speaker 3: I heard we got a parking spot, So.
Speaker 5: No, it's great being being a captain on a team
Speaker 5: like this with so many unbelievable players that have done
Speaker 5: such great things in this league. It's an honor and
Speaker 5: I just I just want to live up to it.
Speaker 5: So I'm gonna work hard and be the best leader
Speaker 5: that I can.
Speaker 4: Because he got hurt so early last year, what would
Speaker 4: be different seeing Aaron Rodgers in a different uniform, not
Speaker 4: on the pack, because you guys have had some good
Speaker 4: battles in the past.
Speaker 5: Yeah, he'll be wearing a different uniform, but it's definitely
Speaker 5: still him. So we'll prepare like we're playing him.
Speaker 3: For last season with a run defense team under a
Speaker 3: little bit of scrutiny.
Speaker 6: How do you think that's changed from a year ago.
Speaker 5: I think we have a group together that's gonna be
Speaker 5: here for the whole year. Last year we're kind of
Speaker 5: piecing some piecing some guys together, Not that they didn't
Speaker 5: do a great job, but it's hard to get this
Speaker 5: scheme because the details are very important, and if you're
Speaker 5: not repping it through August and July or the end
Speaker 5: of July and August, then.
Speaker 3: Then you're gonna be.
Speaker 5: Behind a little bit and it shows and your get
Speaker 5: off and how fast you're playing, and all those details
Speaker 5: really count. And I think Chris went out and picked
Speaker 5: guys that he's seen over many years who jump out
Speaker 5: and play this scheme really well. So I think we're
Speaker 5: going to be a little more cohesive as a unit,
Speaker 5: just more godly.
Speaker 3: I do.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think he's gonna I hope he's gonna have
Speaker 5: the best year of his career, which is saying a
Speaker 5: lot so Nick Nick.
Speaker 6: When Kyle promoted Sorens and obviously he wanted the defense
Speaker 6: to kind of get back to basics, to back to
Speaker 6: who you've been in the best. Do you feel that
Speaker 6: now having gone through a camp, that this feels more like,
Speaker 6: you know kind of what.
Speaker 3: You're doing with the Miko. Yeah.
Speaker 5: I mean I wasn't here for camp last year, so
Speaker 5: I feel like it wasn't that much of a difference
Speaker 5: last year. I just think we're more tied in from
Speaker 5: the front to the to the backers, to the back end,
Speaker 5: and I think we have talent in the back end
Speaker 5: that we haven't had before. No offense to the guys
Speaker 5: of the past, but we had great guys in the past,
Speaker 5: but we definitely have some really good depth and just
Speaker 5: studs back there.