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The Jets are facing adversity in 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:51.480 a big way out of the gate, dropping their first 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:55.560 two games at home to start the two thousand nineteen season, 0:00:56.280 --> 0:01:01.880 and on Sunday in New England again the Patriots. They 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:07.240 will start their third different quarterback in three games. Not 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:09.440 a not a way that you want to start the season, obviously, 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:12.560 you know, having uh Darnald go out with the illness, Uh, 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.319 you lose your your second string quarterback. It feels a 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:18.000 lot like in two thousand seven, Uh was it? Two 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.080 thousand five when I was when I was playing for 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:22.440 the Jets, and we lost Chad Pennington, and then we 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:25.640 lose Jay Fiedler and Brooks Bollingers playing quarterback and we 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:29.360 bring Benny Testaverdi off his couch to play. So, uh, 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:31.600 it can it's tough on your team when you lose 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:34.240 your leader, and it's tough on the confidence the morale 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:36.400 of the team. And you can see it yesterday in 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:38.720 the game. Uh, you know that the team wasn't playing 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.720 up to their their normal standards, uh, the way that 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:43.520 they've been preparing in the season, and it was a 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:46.560 disappointing out here, all right. So I would encourage everybody 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:49.600 to take a listen to Sam Donald's interview on the 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:55.240 Michael k Show on ESPN Radio that preceded us tonight. 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:57.880 Sam Donald would like to get back in the lineup 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:01.480 in Week five against the Philadelphia Eagles. Of course, the 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:04.640 Jets are gonna check him out fully, make sure he 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:08.200 is clear, because you don't take any chances with your 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:12.679 franchise quarterback. But uh, Darnald was back in the facility 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.880 today looking at film. He's chomping at the bit, said 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:18.799 he only lost a couple of pounds. So, uh, they're 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.600 Jets gonna take care of this guy until he's ready 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:23.399 to return to the man. They must be killing him 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:25.080 and it must have killed him to watch, to have 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.720 to watch the game, you know, sitting at home, not 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:31.280 being able to participate, watching your your teammates go out 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.440 there and go to battle without you, without their leader. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:36.680 You know that. I feel for Sam I you know, 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:39.040 I hope that he recovers soon and gets back to 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:42.119 being the leader of the team. Yeah. You know what, 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:46.800 the Jets are in a unique predicament right now, because 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.639 if you take any team in the NFL and say 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:55.480 they're gonna be down to their third string quarterback, where 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:58.239 would they be they be in a similar situation. There's 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.400 no doubt about that. Yeah, I mean it's definitely tough, 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:02.560 you know, to be down to your third quarterback. Uh. 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:04.840 You know, there's a I heard it the other day. 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.440 There's a reason why Sam Donald was the number three 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:09.799 pick overall. He's a special player, you know, and he's 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.120 a great leader on this team, the team that's counted 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:14.560 on him to be that quarterback they've uh, you know, 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:16.880 he's the leader of the team, and to not have 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.280 him in the game Uh, you know, Trevor Simeon was 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:23.720 a is a very capable backup. He's accomplished, he's won games. 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.760 But to lose him now, I mean, where are you at? 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.320 You know you have Luke Falk my fellow Washington. Yeah, 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:33.680 we're gonna get the scouting another yeah. But but still 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:35.600 with that being said, it is tough on the team. 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:37.400 You know, to have a third string, you know, any 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:41.240 player going out there starting. But we gotta take everything 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:44.080 into account here, and the Jets are not going to 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:48.160 make excuses for where they are right now. But you 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:53.440 do have to say, starting quarterbacks out, backup quarterbacks out. 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:57.560 You're starting tight end Chris Herndon is in the middle 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:01.720 of a four games suspension to offensively, you played without 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:05.760 your signal caller on that unit and C. J. Mosley 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.480 two takeaways and the season opener, and that guy's a 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:14.520 four time Pro Bowl player. You're without Avery Williamson, who 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:16.919 obviously tore the a C. I'll we knew he was 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:22.680 gonna be out for the year. Um, you're without Yeah, 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.919 that's right, Quentin Williams, the number three overall selection in 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:32.200 the two thousand nineteen draft. Um, the list goes on 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:37.760 and on, yesterday Jordan Jenkins Monday Night Football, he goes 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:41.320 out with a calf injury, and fortunately, I thought the 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.560 Jets stepped up on the defensive side of the ball. 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:47.360 We're gonna talk to Darrell h Terrell Basham here momentarily 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:50.000 he had a sack and he helped out on another 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:54.760 pressure that ultimately resulted in a sack for Neville Hewitt. 0:04:55.080 --> 0:05:00.400 But my point is here is the Jets depth is 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:04.200 being tested in an enormous way. No team in the 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:08.760 NFL has faced what they have so far early in 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.640 the season. They haven't, you know, and it's that adversity 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.039 that builds the character of your team. Um. You know, 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.280 I thought the defense played well yesterday. They had a 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.080 very impressive outing, you know, up until the eighty nine 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:22.880 yard catching touchdown by Odell Beckham. I thought the defense 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.520 really played their butts off. They were they were nasty 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.360 against the run. I thought they limited big plays and 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:32.280 really kept the team in the game because as as 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:35.800 bad as it was, the Jets were still in striking distance. 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:37.520 You know, when you get into that third quarter and 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.159 they still had opportunities to tie the game or get close. 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:42.080 I know a lot of people were surprised when you're 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:47.080 looking at the defensive starting lineup against the Browns because 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:49.800 on the outside, Darryl Roberts, we know he's gonna be there. 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.839 We know Brian Pool is gonna be your nickel corner. 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:58.040 But opposite Nate Harriston started and Tremaine Johnson was on 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.320 the bench. What was your take? I was, I was 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.520 very surprised. Um, you know, I didn't understand why. You know, 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.159 I wasn't on the inside, so I didn't know. So 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:12.120 so I'm, uh, the the great thing about this team 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:14.800 is the depth and the leadership. You know, I know, 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.640 guys like Jamal Adams, Leonard Williams are not gonna let 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:19.800 guys no matter if they're a backup, if they're a starter, 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.640 they're gonna expect a certain level of play. And you 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:25.240 got that level of play to a certain extent. On defense, 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.279 I thought they all communicated well, you know, there weren't 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:30.720 there weren't many free runners. You know, Yes, there was 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:33.280 a big play like I mentioned Odell Beckham play, but 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.960 I thought the communication was great in a loud atmosphere. 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:41.479 I thought the holding penally on Harriston questionable. Yeah, it 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:43.680 was very questionable, you know, and and that's the tough 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:50.080 thing about playing defensive back play where if the holding 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:54.520 is not called, you're off the field. Next play, Nick 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:58.200 Chubb gets a good blocking up front and then he's 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.640 in before a touchdown. Yeah, and that's the way it goes, 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:02.719 you know what I mean. It's and it's sad that 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.719 that it's a that that one play can make that difference, 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:07.440 you know what I mean. They always say there's three 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:10.320 or four plays in every game that determined the outcome, 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:12.640 and that was one of those plays. You know, you 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:14.560 you have a holding call in the fourth down where 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:16.720 you would have been off the field, your defense comes 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.560 back out, give up a touchdown and just changes the 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:23.760 whole swing of the game. So moving forward now, Luke 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:28.320 Fox is the Jets starting quarterback until Sam Donald returns. 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:31.960 Donald wants to come back against the Philadelphia Eagles. You 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.480 know Luke Fox better than most people. He's a draft 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.840 pick of the Tennessee Titans, and then he spent time 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:44.040 with Adam Gates's Miami Dolphins last year. He was ultimately waived. 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:47.200 The Jets picked him up. He was in a race 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.400 to be the number three quarterback. The Jets decided to 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:54.960 keep two quarterbacks on the active roster, but Fox was 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.240 their practice squad guy. All his sudden, Donald goes out 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.680 with Mono, He's promoted from the practice squad. He's the 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.920 backup quarterback, and now here we are he's starting against 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.840 the New England Patriots Sunday. No big deal, No big deal. 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.000 I mean, listen, he came came out of Washington State, 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.480 my college, and did a great job, you know, running 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.880 the air raid offense. So he's used to throwing the football. 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.520 He's used to throwing the ball into tight spaces. And 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.680 I was proud of the way he played. You know, Yes, 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:22.440 he was under the rest quite a bit, and he 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.720 could have made some throws. Uh, he could have made 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:26.840 some better throws on a couple of plays. But you know, 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:28.760 for for a guy who was on practice squad to 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.040 come off practice squad and be thrown into Monday night 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:34.240 football against a defense that was playing lights out yesterday, 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:36.520 I thought Luke Falk did a good job and and 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.439 I think he'll continue to grow. You know, you give 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.560 him a whole week to game plan. You know, granted 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:42.640 he is playing against the Patriots who are playing some 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.720 very good football right now. It's gonna be a tough challenge, 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.600 but I think that the team is confident in what 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.719 he can do out. We're gonna break down this matchup 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:56.079 later on here on inside the Jets, but the Patriots 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.800 defense might be ahead of their offense at this point, 0:08:59.840 --> 0:09:07.120 and ned is scary. Speaking of fox yards um no 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:13.200 interceptions again, playing under the bright lights, not having those 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.200 practice reps with the first team, I thought he acquitted 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.320 himself just fun. Yeah, I thought he did a good 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:20.480 job of feeling and he did, you know, the best 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:23.800 that he could. You know. Unfortunately, uh, you know, the 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:27.080 team wasn't able to make enough plays. It comes down 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:28.760 to who can make the most plays, who can make 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.760 the least amount of mistakes. Uh, you know, I thought 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:34.880 the Jets hurt themselves penalty wise, They hurt themselves and 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.800 giving up those big plays. But you gotta give credit 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:39.680 to the Browns. You know, they did an excellent job 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:42.560 of performing. They made big plays, They had a good 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:45.400 game plan. You know, Baker Mayfield and company did a 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:48.160 good job yesterday. And sometimes the other team is just better. 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.520 I actually thought it was a winnable game. I I 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:54.079 looked across the way and I see a Cleveland team 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:59.720 that is immensely talented, but they're still trying to find themselves. Um. 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.200 I thought the Jets got after Baker Mayfield at times, 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:07.400 good pressure on the quarterback. They were better in the 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:11.360 run game this week than they were the preceding week. 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:13.840 In the fourth quarter when they lost C. J. Mosley, 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:17.200 they held the Browns to just three point three yards 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:20.320 to carry. They were getting off the field on third down. 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.680 And I know it goes in the box score that 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.240 the Jets lost by twenty points, by twenty three to 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.079 three score. But I'll go back to the third quarter 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:30.840 and say the Jets were right in this ball game 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:34.920 at sixteen to three, UM, and you have a third down, 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:39.360 fuck throws an end zone to Robbie Anderson just out 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.320 of his reach. That a fourth in two play. I 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:44.559 thought it was the right decision there by Adam Gaze 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.600 going forth fourth and two. It's a two possession game. 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.880 Kicked the field goal. Yeah, maybe it gives it some momentum, 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:55.760 but it's still a two possession game. And that at 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:59.440 that time I thought you had to go for the touchdown. Yeah, 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:01.360 I mean I thought think you'd go forward as well. 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:04.240 Uh And unfortunately, Uh, what Luke Falk dumped it off 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:06.160 the levy one, that's right, and he wasn't able to 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.719 get across the one yard instead of to Yeah, he 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:10.600 got one yard um, you know, and it wasn't able 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:12.120 to convert it. But that was a big swing in 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:14.120 the game. And if the Jets were to get a 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:17.400 touchdown in that situation, then it changes the whole dynamics. 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.840 Place was ready to erupt. You Oh yeah, they're ready 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.480 the whole the whole game. They were just waiting, waiting, patiently, 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:26.160 waiting to erupt because and unfortunately at that time never came, 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:29.000 you know, and that's that's tough on on the team, 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:30.920 you know, especially everyone was fired up for the Monday 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:33.360 night football game, and I know everyone was disappointed with 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.440 the outcome of the game, the way that that that 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:37.559 the team played. But I think if you look back 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:41.000 at it, there were some opportunities, you know, to be 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:42.760 in this game and it could have been a different game. 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.520 And to go down to be owing to after two 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.559 home games is very disappointing, but there's some positive that 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:52.360 came out of it. It is a marathon of a season, 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:55.480 sixteen games, and I know the Patriots are on deck 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:59.079 um and then you follow that up with a trip 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:03.760 to Philadelphia. Then you host Dallas. But you gotta keep 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:07.320 on doing the dude right now, and for Adam Gates, 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:10.719 that means coming up with a game, game plan. Tellard 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:16.040 to Luke Fox for this Patriots defense. It is gonna 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.920 be a monstrous challenge. There's no doubt about that. We 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:23.160 are underway here at Vanderbilt's Sports and Spirits inside and 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.520 Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel. We're gonna come right back with Terrell, 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.360 but I show him. And also we're taking your calls. 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:33.280 Eight hundred three seven seven six, We'll be right back. 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:37.200 Welcome back to Welcome back to Inside the Jets. Eric 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:42.160 on alongside Eric Coleman. Jets Rewards members don't forget to 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:47.000 enter the code kick Off in your Jets Rewards portal 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:51.000 during the show to earn a hundred points. Our Player 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.200 Guest segment is presented by M ANDT Bank, the official 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:57.520 community bank of your New York Jets. I had to 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:01.440 have a laugh there, Uh Sam, I'm thicking drilling it 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:05.800 from forty six yards out. Great call from the Voice 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.520 of the Jets. Bob was choosing. But now we are 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:13.680 joined by Jets Hybrid Defender to roll Basham, I'm calling 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:18.360 you a hybrid. Is that okay? Because sometimes you're standing 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:21.160 up and sometimes you got your hand in the dirt. Yeah, 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:24.360 you know, gotta switch it up sometimes, keeping guessing it's 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:28.200 more you can do raise some value for yourself. That's right. Uh, 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:32.720 speaking of switching it up, sometimes, fourteen reps for you 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:38.080 in week one, you played fifty two snaps in week 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:44.640 two against the Cleveland Brown, so big time difference in playtime. 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:47.760 You responded, I believe you have five tackles. You also 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:51.320 have a sack. You helped out on a sack where 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:55.520 you almost got it yourself. Novel you cleaned up. Did 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:57.280 you think you should have got a half of one there? 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:01.040 I definitely should have just made the second up start, 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:04.199 But yeah, that was definitely there to clean it up. Uh, 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:08.199 take us through your first sect. Uh, first sect um 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:13.880 got greg there left tackle he was he was leaving 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:15.560 some room on the edge for me to get around. 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.360 So I knew that that's what I needed to attack. 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:22.160 We had pressure coming up the middle and uh, and 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:24.360 I just got off the ball, made a good move 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:26.640 on the edge event and tried to get the ball 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:32.200 out all speed, mainly speed. Yeah, I was surprised actually 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.640 Baker Mayfield was able to hold onto the ball. What 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:38.720 is your thought process? And you can touch upon this 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.360 as well as far as when you see a fellow 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:46.360 teammate go down who plays your position as well, like 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.520 Jordan Jenkins, who's such an instrumental part of this defense. 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:53.280 But you know you gotta step up as well. Yeah. 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:56.120 You know one thing that our coaches preached us all 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.440 the time, especially with all the injuries that we've had 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:02.720 come up this season, as next man up mentality. You know, 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.040 you gotta practice as a starter. You gotta prepare as 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:08.200 a starter because you never know when they're gonna call 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.800 your number to go up and take care of business. 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:13.240 You know, I really hate to see Jordan go down. 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:14.920 Is one of my really good friends on the team, 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:18.280 and uh, you gotta get them back soon. So I 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:22.360 had to step up get those snaps last night. So 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:24.280 after the game, you know, they always say you're not 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:25.960 as good as they say you are, and you're not 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:29.560 as bad as they say you are. Watching the film, 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:31.640 how bad was it or how good was it? What it? 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:35.240 What was the takeaway for the defensive play we got? 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:38.120 We made a lot of good plays on defense and 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.360 you know, we got a lot of talent in that room, 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:44.080 and a lot of guys who can really play, and 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:45.920 you know, we're gonna take the things that we can 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.840 build off of them, build off of them, and the 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.000 things that we can't, you know, we're just gonna flush 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:53.320 them and move on to the next week. Luckily, like 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:58.440 I said, Monday night game a short week, this is 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:00.960 a chance to move on quickly, you know, to the 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:03.440 next opponent. We're already on to New England. How have 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:06.040 you changed as a player since being selected in the 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.920 third round of the draft at Ohio but the Indianapolis 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:13.520 Colts in two thousand, Uh, just becoming more of a pro. 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:18.040 You know, when I was first drafted, Um, I don't 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.520 think that maybe maybe maybe I don't think I took 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.360 everything is serious, and maybe it didn't hit me as much, 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:27.760 you know how real everything was, and how being a 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.360 pro means a lot to this league and to your 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:34.640 body and and and into your career, into longevity. And 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.520 there's definitely something I've that's changed about me. Well, we'll 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.400 trust me. You're still young in your career and some 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:44.920 guys don't realize until they're done, you know that what 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:46.680 they need to do with the value of it is 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.200 in the position that they get put in. Can I 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:52.360 ask you, you know, going into this game, Luke Falk 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:54.600 is going to be the quarterback. Um, is there an 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:56.880 added pressure on the defensive side of things? Do you 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.880 feel like you need to do more because of you 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.720 having Luke Falk, They're not having Sam Donner or Trevor 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.080 Simmons in that quarterback. Do you feel like defensively you 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:08.400 need to do more? Defensively? We defensively, we just need 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:11.960 to show up and do and play how we've played 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:14.960 a lot of the times, you know, last game, like 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.240 we played pretty well last game, with the exceptions of 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:20.280 a few plays, you know, and coach tell us all 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:22.680 the time, like it's going to be a few plays 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:24.840 that determine it's gonna be like four or five plays 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.040 that's going to determine the outcome of the football game. 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.560 And before the game you can't you don't know which 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:32.359 ones they say which play it is, So you gotta 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:34.240 play each one to the best of your ability, you know. 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:38.520 So with defensive standpoint, we're gonna come out there and 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:41.560 we're gonna try to make some plays, get some turnals 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:45.200 and uh more. Turns this week than we did last week. 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:47.080 You know, we only got one this week. We got 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:50.120 five the first week. We definitely a capable of coming 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.080 out there and turning the ball over and get some 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:54.280 turnings on the defensive side and even scoring points on 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.880 the defensive side. So you know, the pressure is always 0:17:56.880 --> 0:18:01.359 on us. And uh fault he's uh, he's, he's, he's. 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:06.560 He's a good guy. You know, he came in um unexpectedly. Uh. 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:10.280 He made some good plays, you know, and and and 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:12.760 we're gonna put our faith to him, you know. Do 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:16.280 you like the way the guys have responded to a 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:20.480 number of injuries and suspensions. I shouldn't say a number 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:22.439 of suspensions, you've had a pair of them. But on 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:25.720 the on the defensive side of the ball. Brandon Copeland 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:29.320 out for four games. C J. Mosley, he's the heart 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:33.239 of your defense. Obviously he missed the Browns game with 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:37.920 the groin injury. Avery Williamson a c l teire. Now 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:41.640 you're seeing all sorts of contributors step up. I thought 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:44.760 Blake Cashman, the rookie out of Minnesota, really took a 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:49.840 step forward. On the inside there you're playing defensive line 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:53.439 and also outside linebacker and across from you. Uh you 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:56.960 know you're getting good contributions from Frankie Luvu and also 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:02.600 Harvey Langley. Uh yeah. I mean when adversity hits, it 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:06.680 hits hard, you know. So um well, like I said, 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:08.280 our coaches, you know, they preached the next man, not 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:12.960 mental of it. We all practice like we're starters, and 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:16.480 you know, when when guys go down, other guys have 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:19.280 to step up. You know, you you you can't dwell 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:22.320 on well, it would have been different if this guy 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:23.760 was in. It would have been different if that guy 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:25.160 was in. At the end of the day, you got 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:27.119 the guys that you got when you step on the field, 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:31.720 you know, and you're forced to make plays. And let 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:33.920 me go back on the interview to your sack, because 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:35.920 I feel like we were kind of grazed over that. 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:38.520 How good did it feel to get a sack? No 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:41.160 matter what the situation was? You're playing Monday night football, 0:19:41.480 --> 0:19:43.159 you know in the NFL. All the work that you 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:45.760 put in in the off season to improve as a player, 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:47.520 to see it pay off and to get a sack, 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:49.960 how good did that feel? I mean, it feels great. 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:52.760 You know, it always feels good to take down the quarterback. 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:56.960 I can't lie to you, so regardless of the aspect. Yeah, 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:59.960 you do always want to hit home still kind of 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.639 in us some type of way about missing that of them. 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:06.120 So to speaking of hitting home. You grew up in Virginia. 0:20:06.359 --> 0:20:09.920 Is it true that you wrote a letter to your 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:14.840 mother at age eight telling her your dreams and aspirations 0:20:14.880 --> 0:20:17.800 and can you share that with us? Yeah? When I 0:20:17.880 --> 0:20:22.919 was eight years old, first year playing football. Uh, I 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:26.040 mean I loved it um right off the back and 0:20:26.119 --> 0:20:29.119 fell in love with the game. So I did. I 0:20:29.440 --> 0:20:31.800 wrote a letter to my mom telling her that I 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:34.480 was going to go to the NFL one day and 0:20:35.920 --> 0:20:38.320 she wouldn't gonna have to work anymore and I was 0:20:38.320 --> 0:20:41.119 gonna take care of her. And she held me to 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:45.160 that for a while. Oh yeah, So now that you're 0:20:45.160 --> 0:20:47.679 in the NFL, how you're helping around? Oh yeah, I 0:20:47.680 --> 0:20:49.920 definitely take care of my mom a lot. Um. She's 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:54.320 still working because she wants to, but I definitely take 0:20:54.320 --> 0:20:59.560 care of her. And you were raised amongst uh women 0:20:59.600 --> 0:21:02.800 in your face family because you were the only boy, right, 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:06.119 you had three sisters. I had I had two sisters 0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:07.959 and I got an older brother. Okay, you got an 0:21:08.000 --> 0:21:13.040 older Okay, yeah, yea. So but you went to Hardgrave 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:18.040 Military Academy, right, So what took you there? Because uh, 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:20.359 as far as some people finished high school, they go 0:21:20.520 --> 0:21:23.240 right to the college route. You went to hard Grave. Yeah, 0:21:23.520 --> 0:21:25.440 I didn't qualify right out the back for the n 0:21:25.480 --> 0:21:27.160 C Double a Clarenhouse. You know. It was a little 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:30.320 bit of a knucklehead in high school, and uh so 0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:33.240 I had to take the prep school route, which was 0:21:33.280 --> 0:21:35.639