Speaker 1: They need.
Speaker 2: So great excited to uh get back out there and
Speaker 2: you know, get a win and earn another week.
Speaker 1: Uh with my team. So feeling good going into this game.
Speaker 3: How's this game different than the other three games anty championship.
Speaker 1: Games for you? Uh? Everything.
Speaker 2: I mean it's a new season, new team.
Speaker 1: Yeah, really don't compare the others.
Speaker 2: You know, East season is a a new journey, so
Speaker 2: it's just another step on, you know, our journey for
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty three season. What do you see from
Speaker 2: from the run game, especially of you know when the
Speaker 2: East Montgomery of physical.
Speaker 1: Flag, Uh, greater running the ball. I've had a lot
Speaker 1: of success. Uh.
Speaker 2: They have two different styles of backs, which opens up
Speaker 2: their playbook for them.
Speaker 1: Uh. With Gibbs they have you know.
Speaker 2: A lot of design runs for him, and then also
Speaker 2: with Montgomery, they have a you know, some different runs
Speaker 2: for him.
Speaker 1: He's more of a power back.
Speaker 2: But Uh, they do a great job and they have
Speaker 2: a great o old line and so it's gonna be
Speaker 2: a huge challenge for us.
Speaker 1: Kerr.
Speaker 4: You're one of the only guys on the team that
Speaker 4: was here before Shanahan came. I'm curious what you remember
Speaker 4: about his arrival and kind of how he communicated his
Speaker 4: vision for the team at the time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was when he came, you know, they he
Speaker 2: brought a new uh, new energy, new uh sense of urgency,
Speaker 2: and uh definitely was a change in the culture.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: It was a lot of hard, hard work and you know,
Speaker 2: everyone was, you know, trying to prove that we deserve
Speaker 2: to be here, you know when they got here, and so,
Speaker 2: you know, it was a new energy around the building
Speaker 2: and you know it was it was good though we
Speaker 2: had uh instantly when he came in. He talked about
Speaker 2: building a brotherhood and how the best teams are the
Speaker 2: closest teams, and how we have to treat one another
Speaker 2: and uh, you know, we put a lot of hard
Speaker 2: work in to get us to to this point where
Speaker 2: you know, we've got to turn around and winning a
Speaker 2: bunch of football games.
Speaker 3: You played a jured golf quite a quite a few
Speaker 3: times over the years.
Speaker 4: How has he evolved?
Speaker 3: How how was he different than when he was with
Speaker 3: the Rams.
Speaker 2: Think it's pretty I mean think it's pretty similar in
Speaker 2: terms of, you know, the player that he is. I
Speaker 2: think he was a good player when he was with
Speaker 2: the Rams as well too. I think that you know,
Speaker 2: whenever as you continue to get older and you go
Speaker 2: through more experiences your career, of course you get wiser
Speaker 2: and you get hardened and sh and I'm sure that
Speaker 2: that situation of him leaving, you know, LA had a
Speaker 2: big impact on his career as a player and mindset
Speaker 2: and all those different types of things. And so in
Speaker 2: terms of like football, just play, just being a football
Speaker 2: player though, I think he's been a great quarterback in
Speaker 2: this league, which he continues to show. So Kurk, I
Speaker 2: wonder about the battle that coach Holland is going through.
Speaker 1: How does that kind of inspire you and inspire your teammates.
Speaker 2: Uh, it's always been inspiring, you know, for us throughout
Speaker 2: these years. He's a great energy around the building and
Speaker 2: a big part of our success. And uh, you know,
Speaker 2: he's also takes the time out to talk to us
Speaker 2: and you know mentor us about s you know, football
Speaker 2: and and stuff off.
Speaker 1: The field too.
Speaker 2: So consider we have a great relationship, and uh, it's
Speaker 2: been great having him here and having a man like
Speaker 2: that who you know, has played in the league, had
Speaker 2: a lot of similar experiences us fighting through adversity and
Speaker 2: is on the coaching side now, and a lot we
Speaker 2: can learn from him, So definitely a huge blessing to
Speaker 2: have him, you know, be a part of our staff.
Speaker 1: I think some of us, maybe many of us watch
Speaker 1: too much movies and tomorrow speech from coach was gonna
Speaker 1: be a big raw Ross speech. He said, It's really
Speaker 1: not like that. You guys not need that type of motivation.
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, I mean if you gotta get motivated to
Speaker 2: play an NFC championship, you know, I don't know what
Speaker 2: to tell you at this point. You know, everything is
Speaker 2: on the line, everything you work so hard for, uh
Speaker 2: to you know, earn the right to extend your season
Speaker 2: and go to the super Bowl. So I don't think
Speaker 2: guys need need too much motivation.
Speaker 3: What's your routine like in the final forty eight hours
Speaker 3: before it came like.
Speaker 1: This, routine's the same.
Speaker 2: Try to get some rest, you know, take care of
Speaker 2: my body. Uh, wake up in the morning, get moving around,
Speaker 2: head over to the stadium early. Uh, get moving around,
Speaker 2: get treatment, finishing up on some last film or you know,
Speaker 2: reviewing my assignments, and then you know, get my right
Speaker 2: mind right to take the fields.
Speaker 1: Devo.
Speaker 3: He's a hundred percent good to go. How does his
Speaker 3: presence change each the long room? On game day and
Speaker 3: then a game like Sunday specifically.
Speaker 2: UH Deebo is one of the best players in the league,
Speaker 2: and so having him on our on our uh on
Speaker 2: our team, and you know, having him on the field,
Speaker 2: we we feel his energy when he's making plays. He's
Speaker 2: inspiring us on on defense as well too because of
Speaker 2: how he plays his position and delivering punishment to opposing defenses.
Speaker 1: So having him out there is gonna be great.
Speaker 4: Is there a game this season and maybe it was
Speaker 4: the last game, but where you were just really proud
Speaker 4: of the way the team kind of came back, whether
Speaker 4: it's from the lost the week before or anything like that.
Speaker 2: Uh, I think there's been a lot of ups and downs,
Speaker 2: you know, throughout this year, just like with any season.
Speaker 2: You know, I think, uh everybody thought the sky was
Speaker 2: falling when we lost three in a row, and uh, you.
Speaker 1: Know, we responded pretty well to that. You know, we.
Speaker 2: You know, got beat Christmas game in front of the world.
Speaker 2: How we responded to that to be in this position, So,
Speaker 2: I mean it's always up and down start of season.
Speaker 2: I know that we have a a resilient group that
Speaker 2: starts with our culture and our foundation, and you know,
Speaker 2: we just play football. We love playing football, and no
Speaker 2: matter what happens, we're gonna keep, you know, keep going.
Speaker 1: They ll I think very