1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Baby, real good, real good. He's a little grumpy, you know, 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: every now and then. He's threw up on me for 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: the first time yesterday, so that was cool. He's been 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: killing my wife and he probably got me. What's the 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: sense of urgency right now? Two and four? I mean, 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: it's on to the next. You know, we don't obviously, 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: we don't like where we're at, but it is what 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 1: it is. What happened in the past, it's the past. 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: It's still eleven games left, yeah, eleven games left, and 10 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: it's on to the next. So our biggest focus is 11 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: just fixing the corrections from last last week and just 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: going out there to get to win. I'll speak for myself, 13 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: but I think when I looked at the season and 14 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: when Mackol's name was starting quarterback, it's ill. You know, 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 1: rookie quarterbacks. It takes a little while to get them going. 16 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: But there's enough talent on this defense to sort of 17 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: elevate the group until the offense sort of comes into 18 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: you know, better form. I guess, do you feel like 19 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: it's a defense you guys have Domingov made enough plays 20 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: to you concutitive to be what you well, maybe I 21 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: thought you were going to be. I mean, we don't 22 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: like where we're at just because we haven't been finishing. 23 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: You know, everybody that plays defense, and it is probably 24 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: the same for all the teams around the league, they 25 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: like when the pressure is on them. So we like 26 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: when the pressure is on us, and we haven't been 27 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 1: holding up to that. But we've been getting better each 28 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: and every week and this week they'll click and hopefully 29 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 1: throughout the rest of the season they'll click it. So 30 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: our main thing is just like getting better each and 31 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: every weekend, making sure when we get to those situational 32 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: points in the game that everybody is clicking and everybody's 33 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: moving on the same frequency and we can come out 34 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: with the wins. Talked it after the game to just 35 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: spending various points, you know in some of these games 36 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: where you guys, somebody chance then but it just hasn't 37 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: come through pretty defense. For the reason you see a 38 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: coming thread in some of those instances, you know, Miami Cavo, 39 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: what have you. Uh yeah, I mean there's been a 40 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: couple of coming threads in there. It's basically just everybody 41 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: doing their job when you're out there and when you're 42 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: playing for the game, and when those situations happened at 43 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: the end of the game. Nothing else that happened before 44 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: the game matters, Like, the most important part of the 45 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: game is the end of the game, So everybody has 46 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: to be on the p's and ques, and unfortunately we 47 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: let some of those slip for whatever reason they may be. 48 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: And that's the reason that as a defense, we feel 49 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: like we're at where we're at. But like I said, 50 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 1: we're just focused on like making sure that when it 51 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: comes to those situations, that everybody's on top of their 52 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: game and that we perform to the best of our 53 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: abilities and come out with the win. Because once we're 54 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: clicking on all cylinders, we know that we're going to 55 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: be a tough defense to beat. But we just have 56 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: to make sure that we're clicking again. There's many one 57 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: instance against Dallas for you, were are the boundary and 58 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: I'm just wondering, is that something that you've ever done before? 59 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: And when you are thrown out there in a role 60 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: like that might be new to you, you know, just 61 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: that a difficult thing to kind of do on the 62 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: plot like that. Yeah, it wasn't a new role. It's 63 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: stuff that I've done before, and I've done a lot 64 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: in this defense. It just depends on what the call 65 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: is and whatever whatever the game plan is for that week. 66 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: So there's not really any position on the field that 67 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: I haven't done or that I haven't done a lot. 68 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: So usually if I'm at a position, it's because I've 69 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: been there before and I'm comfortable at it. Do you 70 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: guys feel like you're you know, we just got the 71 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: injury report. It's pretty long list. Um, and you guys 72 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: in the secondary, a bunch of guys on there. Do 73 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: you feel like you're stretched thin at all? In the 74 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: defensive backfield? I mean, the list is long. You know, 75 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: that's not really that's not really my cup of tea, 76 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: But I mean I have noticed, you know, you see 77 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: guys walking around the locker room like with little nicks 78 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: and bruising and stuff like that. The list is long, 79 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: and we've had some challenges with plugging in some pieces 80 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: here and there, but overall, it's like our mentality is 81 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: next man up, and that's the way it should be. 82 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: You know. Uh, we wish that there was nobody on 83 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: the injury report, but it's the game of football, so 84 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: everybody gets injured. Uh, you just kind of hope them 85 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: guys get back healthy as fast as they can and 86 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: and that we can get the full strength before we 87 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: make this run. Because no, not even a little bit. 88 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: I mean I believe that every person on this team 89 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: can go out there and help us win the game. 90 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: So it doesn't matter if you're playing or not, if 91 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 1: your numbers called, you got to be out there and 92 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: ready to go. So yeah, uh, some starters might be 93 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: heard or whatever it may be, but the guys, the 94 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: guys that are second are just as good, So it 95 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: doesn't really matter to me. What can you say about 96 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: Justin befo and the the guy who hasn't only had has 97 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 1: he treated a lot of experiensiones had it before, but 98 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: he goes in pressing to duty to make some of 99 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 1: the places that he didn't encoverage, but also special teams 100 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: athletic Like JB is so athletic and it's crazy. We 101 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: were actually just talking about this last week. Like he's 102 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: probably pound for pound, one of the strongest people on 103 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: the team. He's just just super athletic. And he's one 104 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: of those guys like you can pretty much plug him anywhere. 105 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: He might not get a whole lot of reps in 106 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: practice or what it may be but when he gets 107 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: in the game, like he knows what to do. He's 108 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: just a vet. And he's also one of these guys 109 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: like if you tell him, hey, just go guard him, 110 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: go shut him down, he'd be like all right, and 111 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: he'll go about of the day. I know you see 112 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: him every day. But what makes you say most of all, 113 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: like the best example of Justin big pound for pound, 114 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: one of the strongest US, he's just killing the spot, 115 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: killing me, killing killing the squad or killing me. He's 116 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: just he's so freaking fast, you know what I'm saying. 117 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: But mainly it really is like his legs, they're strong, 118 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: and it might not look like it because he's he 119 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: looks like a thin dude, but he is strong, strong 120 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: as heck to go from a guy who's a four 121 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: special teamer and you really have a prominent role. Defense 122 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: forus is something that you've done. You know, can you 123 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: describe what that what that takes the time to you 124 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: have to or guys are great at special teams to 125 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: be really good at both disciplined special teams but also 126 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: you know a defense. Yeah, uh, I would say the 127 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: main thing about special teams is like effort, Like you 128 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: have to know your job. You have to you have 129 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: to study your opponent and stuff like that, but the 130 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: main thing is effort. A lot of guys don't really 131 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 1: want to do special teams because they feel like, oh, 132 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: I'm started, Like why I'm on special teams. So but 133 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: if you go out there and just put it on 134 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: the line for your team, then you know, more times 135 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: than not, everything's gonna everything's gonna paying out. You know, 136 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: it can get sometimes like tricky with with the schemes. 137 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: You're going up against different teams here and there, and 138 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: that's why you do have to study. But to be 139 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: just to be truthful, the list isn't as long as 140 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: an offensive defense. It's all about want to. So once 141 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: you do that studying and once you get the game 142 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: playing down and know your opponent and who you're going 143 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: against and know how you can beat them and stuff, 144 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: it's really just going out there and just busting your 145 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: butt one hundred miles an hour. And then you add 146 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: the defensive part of that too. You see sometimes guys 147 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: that who were core special teamers, they get the starting 148 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: role and kind of either losing on the defensive side 149 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: or losing on the special team side is because like 150 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: they just lose the effort. They lose the effort, they 151 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: get tired, and they just don't want to do it anymore. 152 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: So to be able to do both, to play special 153 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: teams in offensive defense, it takes real commitment because you're 154 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: gonna be tired, like you might have a ten plate 155 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: drive on defense and go out there and have to 156 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: do punt return and guard the best gunner out on 157 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: the field, guard slay the guard j B. Like a 158 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: lot of guys don't want to do that, so it 159 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: mainly it just comes down to your manse, your commitment, 160 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: and your effort. Cool, you're good, Thank y'all.