Speaker 1: You know, whatever people talk about the best defenses in
Speaker 1: the league, there is always talking about Seattle first. Pretty much. Statistically,
Speaker 1: you guys are right up there. You're ahead of him
Speaker 1: in some categories, right with him and others. Do you
Speaker 1: think you guys are now at the point where you
Speaker 1: should be in that conversation about the best defensive units
Speaker 1: in the league. Yeah, I mean, I think they say
Speaker 1: that because they've consistently been over the years, been that
Speaker 1: type of defense. But you know, this year we've shown
Speaker 1: National Football League who we are, what we can do,
Speaker 1: and yeah, I mean, we believe we're the best defense
Speaker 1: in the in the National Football League. So in our opinion,
Speaker 1: of course, we believe we should be in that conversation.
Speaker 1: You know, that's that's on us though. I mean, we
Speaker 1: know this, this is going to be a battle of defense. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, one of our things going into it is
Speaker 1: not only do we have to be better than their offense,
Speaker 1: but we also have to be better in their defense
Speaker 1: on Sunday. So it's gonna be big for us. It
Speaker 1: was he used a lot of empty sets against England.
Speaker 1: The kind of difficulties does that pose, especially for the
Speaker 1: back set. Yeah, I mean, it just gives them. First off,
Speaker 1: Russell was able to create so well with his feet. Um,
Speaker 1: putting all five options out um allows him more opportunity
Speaker 1: to create in more more ability, more space. Um, you know.
Speaker 1: So so that's number one. But then also you know
Speaker 1: they've got they've got people who can who can beat
Speaker 1: you downfield if you're not if you're not playing right.
Speaker 1: So you know we've got to be on point on
Speaker 1: the back seven and uh, you know, hopefully get some
Speaker 1: pressure up front contain Russell and that's that's probably a
Speaker 1: game plan right there. Russell was battling some injuries earlier
Speaker 1: in the season. Looking at the film, has he looked
Speaker 1: less to run maybe than in the past. I mean
Speaker 1: he looks to run. Um, that's his game. He likes
Speaker 1: to be on the move. He likes to extend plays
Speaker 1: with his feet. We know he'll he'll move with the
Speaker 1: ball and look down the pass first, but but ultimately,
Speaker 1: if you give him a lane, he's gonna run the ball.
Speaker 1: So he's athletic enough, um, you know, mobile enough to
Speaker 1: uh to extend those plays and make people miss. It's
Speaker 1: one of his things that makes them so special. So um, yeah, again,
Speaker 1: we gotta kee him in the pocket and contain him.
Speaker 1: How much you guys need to win a big road game,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of a defeat at home, you know,
Speaker 1: you know the deal. Yes, it'll be big for us
Speaker 1: every game from here on out. Um, it's huge for us.
Speaker 1: So you know it's a one game mentality. You know
Speaker 1: you've probably heard that a lot, but it's the truth.
Speaker 1: And especially on the road, you know, this is them
Speaker 1: for us must win. You know, we've got to we
Speaker 1: have to win win these games. UM, So you know
Speaker 1: it'll be big for us. It's gonna be a dog fight.
Speaker 1: We expect that. Every game has been a dog fight
Speaker 1: on the road. UM. You know, we don't expect anything less.
Speaker 1: What's the channel, What's what's going to see you back?
Speaker 1: It's holding us back? No, I think it's ourselves. Um.
Speaker 1: At the end of the day, we're not making enough
Speaker 1: plays at the end. You know, we've we've been up,
Speaker 1: you know, we've had the ball at the end to
Speaker 1: win the game. UM, been in a lot of different
Speaker 1: situations where the outcome could have been different. UM, and
Speaker 1: we haven't made those plays. So hopefully we can build
Speaker 1: on what we did last week, being able to make
Speaker 1: those plays, being able to make those stops and convert
Speaker 1: those those first downs and score the way our offense
Speaker 1: did and you know, build on that to continue us.
Speaker 1: Can you continue this? Uh this you know momentum going forward. Um,
Speaker 1: we've got to be able to finish games out. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's been able to identify any anything between home and road.
Speaker 1: That the point differential that you guys have given up
Speaker 1: home versus road is pretty sharp contrast. It's just execution.
Speaker 1: You know, if you execute, it doesn't matter where you're at,
Speaker 1: you're gonna be playing better. Um, and you're gonna you're
Speaker 1: gonna have the type of outcome that you're looking for. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, it seems like our energy level is it's
Speaker 1: up a little bit when we when we're at home.
Speaker 1: So you know, we've got to get that changed. And um,
Speaker 1: you know we expect it to this. We're going into
Speaker 1: a hostile environment. UM, nope, nope, no, no, uh nothing.
Speaker 1: We have no other option but to come out with
Speaker 1: with a whole lot of energy because if we don't,
Speaker 1: you know, it's gonna be rough. Today. I don't even
Speaker 1: know if the word is swagger or confidence cocky. This
Speaker 1: same attitude on the road as you do at all
Speaker 1: We do I think we do. Um, you know there's
Speaker 1: been I know the Detroit ganno, um, even the Washington game.
Speaker 1: It felt good going out there. Um. At the end
Speaker 1: of the day, it's just execution. You know, you gotta
Speaker 1: for us, you gotta stop the run. You've gotta gotta
Speaker 1: take the momentum out of their offensive hands and and
Speaker 1: and let our offense go to work. So UM, you know,
Speaker 1: I think I think it's just goes comes back to
Speaker 1: the basics, speak about the run. The obviously more there anymore. Yeah,
Speaker 1: russellside solid. You know if I know they just released,
Speaker 1: um they're running back. Yeah. Um, but you know they've
Speaker 1: gotten They've been a team that sticks to the run. Um,
Speaker 1: and is is uh, you know, trying to establish the
Speaker 1: run first. So you know, just like every every week,
Speaker 1: that's the that's the number one goal is to stop
Speaker 1: the run. I think big difference for this week, Um,
Speaker 1: you know that you don't see every week is Russells
Speaker 1: his ability to to extend play. So back in we
Speaker 1: got to be able to to plaster um on our
Speaker 1: coverage and then you know front we got to try
Speaker 1: and try and contain him. Played against some good tight ends,
Speaker 1: what sort of the challenge just Jimmy Graham presenting. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean they use him like a wide receiver. You're
Speaker 1: watch him, you know, and rightfully so he's got he's
Speaker 1: a he's a big guy. UM can go get any
Speaker 1: ball throw up at him. So um, and Russell likes
Speaker 1: to target him a lot. So you know, we've got
Speaker 1: to be able to contain him as well, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, be able to make him, make him stop
Speaker 1: his feet, you know, challenge challenge the throws and um, yeah,
Speaker 1: challenges throws. One of the biggest differences between in this
Speaker 1: defense between last year and this year, Jordan's your ability
Speaker 1: to get off the field and third down. Um, is
Speaker 1: there any one thing you can point to that's been
Speaker 1: more responsible than other things for why that's happening this year?
Speaker 1: I don't know, man, mentality. You know, we harp on
Speaker 1: third down a lot. Um, you could, you could, you
Speaker 1: could look at a bunch of different things. I think
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, and I've said this
Speaker 1: this whole time is just execution, man, We just were
Speaker 1: just executing. Um. Guys are holding each other accountable? Guys
Speaker 1: are you know when it gets to that third down,
Speaker 1: we know how how crucial it is um. You see,
Speaker 1: you look at the games we've lost, they these teams
Speaker 1: have been able to convert on third down or we've
Speaker 1: given up penalties to let them, you know, convert on
Speaker 1: third down and put them in a in a position
Speaker 1: to um pick up that third down easier. Right. So
Speaker 1: you know, obviously you have to play play well on
Speaker 1: first and second down, but once you get to that
Speaker 1: money down on third you know you've got to be
Speaker 1: be able to to to be stout, host out, and
Speaker 1: uh to get them off the field. Orgast h