WEBVTT - The Audible Ep. 93 | Davon Godchaux 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:09.680 Welcome to this week's Audible. I'm John kim Jimmy No 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:12.960 Kimbo Camper. He is out recovering a little bit, had 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:16.000 a little ailment, so he took the week off, and 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:18.840 I'm happy to be joined by former Dolphins tight end 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:21.600 Troy Drayton. Big Troy. Great to see again. Man. We 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:24.520 haven't done this in a long long time. Huh. Yeah, 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:26.520 it brings back a lot of memories. You how about 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:29.680 this room, just being in this room, uh, being able 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:32.599 to were the finsiders and we were talking about Dolphins 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:35.400 football three d and sixty five days. It seemed like 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:38.960 that was I don't know, a career ago. I know 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:41.280 it seemed like a long time ago. But let me 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:44.000 tell you what we we have. We forward to some 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.400 great friendships and a lot of a lot of memories, 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:49.200 a lot of laughs, and uh, you know, so I'm 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.000 happy to be here. Man. Yeah, that was fun. That 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:52.640 was a lot of fun. Now we turned it into 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:55.360 a podcast and we've got the audible going, and uh, 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:58.760 the Miami Dolphins had it going early last week at 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:02.360 MetLife Stadium. They were ten seven and a halftime, did 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:04.920 not get it done, didn't finish in the football game. 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:07.319 Much like the Jets game the week before up in 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:10.880 New York, but they end up losing thirty six to twenty. Uh. 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:13.960 It was disappointing to the point where you know, early 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:17.120 in that game, you get some turnovers, you get some sacks, 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.080 you're in scoring position, you miss a field goal. There's 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:22.200 a lot of things Troy that kind of you know, 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:24.800 built up to the Dolphins not winning. But yet when 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.800 you go to halftime, you're up by three, you feel like, okay, 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.160 we'll come out and get a stop and maybe you 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.480 get a score and you extend that lead. Yeah exactly. 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:34.080 I mean when you look at when you look at 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:37.240 it from that perspective, I mean, it's real simple. But 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:40.280 you know the thing that I think that went against 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:43.200 the Dolphins, like you have to do. You know, you 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:45.679 turn the ball, all the balls turned over three times, 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:48.280 you win the turnover battle, and you lose the football. 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:50.560 There's many, not many games that end up like that 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:52.880 right when you win it. So so you know, when 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.280 you when you win the turnover battle, normally it goes 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.640 the other way. If you're winning to turnover battle, you're 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:00.040 winning the football game. But this went against him to 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.559 me Dolphins this time and so that means there there's 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:05.360 other little issues that you that you have to make 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.480 and you have to make those adjustments. And the Miami 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:09.800 Dolphins just they didn't make those adjustments. Yeah, they didn't 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.240 make the adjustments. And you know what, se Kuan kind 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.760 of turned it on in the second half. That guy, 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.400 you know at field level and I'm standing there, it's 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:21.959 a cold, raw, windy day. This guy's jump cutting his 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:26.080 his first three steps are so explosive that he gets 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:30.120 separation because he's so strong with his running style and 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.920 his legs. It's just incredible to watch him in person. 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.519 You know, he has such a low center of gravity 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:38.800 and spending the time in Pennsylvania and those type of 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:41.840 weather provisions and now in New York, like you know, 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.040 I think he's he's just now starting to get back 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.880 to a percent. You know, the high ankle sprains are 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.000 really tough injuries to come back from it. He came 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:53.160 back early ankle sprain. But I think now he's in 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.799 his element. You know, he's getting his strength back. He's 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.880 able to now have confidence cutting on on the on 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:02.239 those services but pretty much cutting on those ankles, and man, 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:04.160 he's a low because he has a low center of 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:07.160 gravity and he's able to make a cut on a dime. 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:10.600 But I think what people underestimates his power and they 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.760 estimated underestimated speed. You know what. And I'm not gonna 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.320 talk much more about the Giants, you know, because I 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.200 just don't care to because you feel still feel like 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:20.720 it was a game you should have won. But I 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.920 have to pay respect, uh to Eli Manning and the 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.360 way he played and the way that the New York 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.600 crowd serenaded him, much like a Derek Jeter chant at 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:33.120 a Yankee game. When they were where they were chanting 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:37.080 Eli Manning. That I felt like, you know what, God, 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.360 that was good. That was good to see because that 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.280 fan base can be brutal at times, and I'm sure 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:44.840 that Eli has felt the wrath the other way. But 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.800 just to give him props in his career. It might 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:50.080 have been his final home game in front of the 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:53.360 hometown fans, with Daniel Jones maybe coming back off of 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:56.960 an ankle injury himself, but I thought that was great. 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:59.000 I don't know how it looked or felt the way 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:00.840 you saw it on TV, but I thought that was 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:03.160 pretty special. I mean, New York is a brutal place 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:06.600 to play and he understood that going in. And you know, 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:08.800 I think a lot of athletes have had a love 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:13.160 hate relationship with New York. But you know, with their 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:17.880 greatest athletes, there's always there's always that love, like there's 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.680 he will always be in the minds and the hearts 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:22.960 of the people in New York. And you know, that's 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:26.000 a classy thing. And and when you talk about New Yorkers, 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:28.239 they're they're rough and tough when it comes to their sports. 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:30.680 But you know, if there's people that they idolize and 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.080 they have a lot of respect for, it's a guy 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:35.800 like Eli and and and you've seen that reverber rate 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.560 through the stadium. So great job by them. I mean 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:41.760 it's a classy, classy move by the organization and by 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:43.560 the by the fans of New Yeah, I thought that 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:45.440 was really cool. I mean they tried to do it 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:47.520 a few times and Eli is trying to quiet the 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:49.680 crowd because the game was still at hand. But at 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:51.320 the end, I think you let him go and and 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.360 it was great. It was great to hear. Let's talk 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.479 a little bit about uh some Dolphins and we we 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:59.440 talked about a former Penn stater in Sae Kwon Barkley. 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:03.880 You obviously a proud Penn Stater. Let's talk about the 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:07.359 way Mike Kasicki has really turned the corner. You played 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:12.040 the position. The position kind of morphs itself every ten 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:14.920 years and kind of changes into, you know, blocking more 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.600 receiving a little bit of both. But I thought Mike 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:19.440 this season and it was good to see him come 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.839 back and catch a few balls. But I just thought 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:26.000 that his quickness, his strength, his awareness of where he 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:28.880 is and in the routes and all those things have 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:32.640 really come uh to light in his second season, and 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.320 I just wanted to get your opinion on what you've seen. 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:38.359 The difference is maybe in why he is maybe turned 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.120 the corner in terms of there's only one way to 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.600 go now and that's continued to get better. I think 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:47.200 I like his maturation, and you know, see him from 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:51.000 last year to this year. I think it's confidence is 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:54.640 just knowing where you are on the football field, making 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:57.600 sure you you understand your surroundings, making sure you understand 0:05:57.600 --> 0:06:01.920 your role within the offense um. But if there's anything 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:05.520 that I see is he's so confident now. I think 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:07.640 before he was a little hesitant, so he was a 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.760 half a step behind because he was still thinking. But 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:13.200 now I think he understands his role in his offense. 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.200 He understands where he's out on the field, and the 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.800 coaching staff has done a great job at preparing the 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:22.240 tight ends and and and you know, one of I 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:25.240 think one of his weaknesses was was his blocking. And 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.360 it's coming around. I mean he's a big, tall guy. 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.240 I mean that was not part of his you know, 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.880 list of priorities in college. And that's what people don't 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:38.200 understand is that he's learning while he's in the league. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.760 He's learning in the NFL level. That's not the place 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:44.520 that if you don't do anything else, well you know what. 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.160 To be honest, I had that same transition, So I 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.640 do understand it. I do understand it as a young 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.320 l a Rams tight end. I made my transition blocking 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:57.120 in the NFL as well, So I do understand the 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:00.120 growing pains that you have to go through. And and 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:02.760 you know, I wasn't asked to block. I mean block 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:04.640 a lot of Penn State. So me coming into the 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.000 National Football League and blocking for a guy like Jerome 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:10.600 bettis like you gotta you gotta bet Q. So I 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:14.040 think he's understanding where he fits in he understands his strengths. 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.880 And when you understand your strength and where you fit 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:18.800 in in the offense and you have a true role, 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.960 now you're starting to see that confidence flourish. And that's 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:24.760 what you're saying in Mica Seki right now. You know, 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:28.280 it's really cool also to see a guy at thirty 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:31.480 seven years old in a veteran quarterback and Ryan Fitzpatrick 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:35.119 kind of laying it on the line every single week. 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:38.440 And and that hit that he took from Ogletree in 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.440 the game last week against the Giants, it was right 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.280 in front of me and I'm going, man, get down, 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:47.760 find some get down. And I knew. I knew Ryan 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:49.360 was as soon as he's tried to stick that foot 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:50.960 in the ground and go towards him, I'm like, oh, 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:54.160 this is gonna end back. And it did, you know. 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.080 But but you have to you have to respect the 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.760 way that he has played. You know, he had the 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:02.920 first two starts, he gets, you know, out of the lineup. 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.480 He comes back in the fourth quarter against Washington and 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.320 from that point on, I really only think there's been 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:11.920 one non competitive game for the offense that you know, 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.520 you didn't feel like, hey, this guy can find a 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:16.600 way to get you back into the game or keep 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.600 the lead, or you know, stay competitive so that you're 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.000 a couple of plays away from winning or losing. You 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:24.480 know what, I think he is the he's the tone 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:27.720 setter for the team. I agree with you, um and 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.960 and most of the time you're talking about your tone 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:34.080 set as the offensive line. But I think his moxie, 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:37.560 all the things that he brings to this Miami Dolphin offense, 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:41.719 that's that's defines who we are and it all goes 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:44.240 through Fitzpatrick. I mean, he's a guy who's gonna take 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:46.440 some risk, but you know though, some of those risks 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.440 are gonna pay off. And at the end of the day, 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.240 when you when you see the risk that he takes, 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:53.880 their calculated risks and those are those are risks at 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:57.400 any other quarterback with a and you know quarterbacks who 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:00.800 who have strong confidence in themselves there they're they're always 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.199 gonna they're always gonna do what is necessary to get 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:06.440 their teams to win. If Fitzpatrick has been and he 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:09.600 has been an epitome of what this football team is. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.400 We're gonna do whatever it takes to win. And the 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:14.839 tone center on the offense is Ryan fitz back. Yeah, 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:17.640 and a couple of guys that's staying on the offensive side. 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.199 I really thought it was nice to see two guys 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:22.960 that were in concussion protocol play such a big role 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:26.080 in the game and and really be a viable targets 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.959 all day. Devonte Parker had two big touchdowns. He only 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.280 had four catches, but he had seventy two yards and 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:33.880 two touchdowns. And then, uh, you know, what can you 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.559 say about Albert Wilson. The guy's been struggling all year 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.600 to try to feel like, hey, am I a hundred 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:40.959 percent or not? You know, you're coming back off of 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.440 offseason injury, And that was the first time I think 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:46.720 all year I've seen Albert kind of catch of football, 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:50.680 and I feel like he's explosive enough to run away 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:55.200 from people in traffic. I saw that quick burst that 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:57.480 you haven't seen. You saw last year, but you haven't 0:09:57.520 --> 0:09:59.559 really seen a lot of it this year. He had 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:03.200 five Just just your take on on those two guys 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:05.480 in the way they played. Let me say, I am 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:09.720 so happy for DeVante Parker. Um. You know, it's taking 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:11.360 him a while to get to the point of where 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.120 he is, and I'm glad that it's it's on our 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.480 watch because he's on the up and up. I mean, 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:20.679 was watching him being injury prone up until this point. 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.480 This is the healthiest time that he's had with the 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.760 Miami Dolphin organization. So um, and now you're starting to 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:29.600 see the potential that we saw when we drafted him. 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.080 So I'm so happy for him and an extension that 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.280 he got because he's worked hard for it. Um. When 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:37.319 you're talking about Albert Wilson, I mean, he's a guy 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:40.480 that you know last year he was so explosive. Anytime 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:42.800 he got the ball in in his hands, he was 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.680 a touchdown waiting to happen. And he wasn't one of 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:48.679 those receivers that you're just gonna hit up top and 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:50.920 you think you're gonna knock this guy down. He's very 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:53.720 strong and he's got a lot of speed. So just 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.280 to see him coming back and getting back to where 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:58.800 he needs to be. I know, those injuries are are 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.400 and those surgeries are of to come by, but the 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.280 main thing about it is that you have to be 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:06.040 able to gain that confidence. And now you're starting that confidence. 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:11.520 See that confidence come back, Um physically, I mean, and ultimately, 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:14.480 when you're talking about athletes, you know, it's mental. It's 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:16.439 the mental part of the injury that you have to 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.560 get over. And right now you're seeing Albert Wilson starting 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.720 to get over that those injuries that he's had, those surgeries, 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:24.600 and he's coming back to a d percent. You know, 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:28.160 speaking of injuries the Miami Dolphins this season, the defense 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:31.160 has been decimated with injuries in terms of defensive backs. 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.600 We there's guys on the roster. I'm going who is 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.520 that what? What number is that guy? And how do 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:39.400 you pronounce his name? And there's been a lot of change, 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:42.120 you know, but but the one constant, or actually there's 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:44.160 been a couple of constants, but the one in the 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:48.000 middle has been Jerome Baker. I mean, this guy every week, 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:51.840 much like Fitzpatrick does for the offense, I think he's 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:55.400 the tone setter on the defense, just purely by his 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.160 example and the effort that he gives weekend and week out. 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.320 I love our long young linebackers. I mean, those guys 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:05.160 are really playing top quality football. And when you look 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.439 at Jerome and and all the things that he means 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:09.680 to this defense, you're absolutely right he is the tone 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.760 setter for the defense. Uh. And you know, we've we 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.360 talked a lot about our linebackers in the past, but 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:18.720 we've we've as we have some great linebackers. Kwan the 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:26.000 way he's been punning around you, and they're young linebackers 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.080 that can stay together for a long time. And that's 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.000 what you want. You want that core. And we have 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:34.520 a great core linebackers that are no longer our weaknesses. 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:37.600 These guys are our strength. So hats off to Jerome 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:40.800 and Rey Kwan and and that whole linebacking corps. Man, 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:44.200 they're doing a phenomenal job and um, you know they're 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:47.440 the reason why, uh, this defense is the way that 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.360 it is. Yeah, I think so. And then up front, 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.880 you've got Christian Wilkins, You've got d Von god Chow, 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:56.320 who's the Miami representative for the absolutely Man of the Year. 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.480 I mean, you've got, uh, some big time talent that's 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.199 gonna stay with this nucleus of a football team that's 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:06.800 gonna get better and mature together. And you know, I 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.120 had a chance to earlier in the week to sit 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:13.120 down with Davon Gotchaw. We mentioned he's the NFL Man 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.880 of the Year in terms of the Miami Dolphins representative 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.840 and he does so many great things in the community, 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:20.840 and I had a chance to sit down with him 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.840 and talk a little bit about on the field, off 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:30.920 the field and what it means to him. Always great 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.800 to see a member of the l s U Tigers 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.800 coming in the door. Number one in the country, number 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:39.760 one in your heart, Davon got Chaw. I know that 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:43.160 I see you every probably three times a week, and 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:46.280 anytime sports centers on during lunch, I know where to 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.640 find you, and that's checking out the TV, just just 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:52.200 getting the latest news on your Tigers. How are you doing, buddy, 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:54.400 I'm doing great. I'm doing great. You know, it's always good. 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.480 You know, once you got to you know, your on 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.160 them out of school. You know, number one in the country. 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:00.160 You know, that's always good, you know what. And it's 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.520 always nice to kind of kind of get the needle 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:04.959 in your teammates a little bit, especially when you're going 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:07.800 up against uh an Oklahoma team and then you may 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.120 have one of one of the other two teams on 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.000 the horizon, Clemson or Ohio State that you I'm sure 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.920 you have guys in the locker room that you've already 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:19.480 uh forecasted what may happen, right, Yes, Yes, I'm excited. 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:21.680 I'm excited. You know, it's face Oklahoma. You know, very 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.680 explosive offense. You know, uh, Jayla Harrison doing a great job. 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:26.760 You know, I'm a very solid defense. So I'm very 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:28.800 excited for that matchup. You know, December twenty eight, you 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.880 haven't said anything to Stephen uh to Parker in the 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:33.640 in the back, have you? You know, we had some hers. 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:34.880 You know, if he has some brds, I think he 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:37.680 I think he's a little scared. But let me just 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:40.000 say that, Okay, you had some more that you had 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.560 some you had some action up on the field up 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:45.480 at Medlife Stadium. You know, you come out on the 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:47.880 on the losing end, thirty six to twenty. But that 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:50.640 was a game. Really I've felt devon a tale of 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:53.160 two half. So I thought you guys defensively early in 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.880 that football game, you came out kind of kind of 0:14:55.880 --> 0:15:01.080 slowed down in his explosiveness, really shut down Eli early 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.360 in the game, and you end up getting three interceptions. Uh, 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:06.800 you had some tackles for loss. I know that was 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.600 your fifth consecutive game with at least five tackles or more. 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:12.320 What did you feel like going into the locker room 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:14.440 you had a ten seven lead. What did you feel 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.880 like the confidence level and what you guys were doing defensively. 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.200 I thought the confidence level was very high. But at 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:21.400 the end of the day, I just feel like as 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.200 a defense, we just didn't close it out. You know. 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:24.800 It's kind of like having that snake, you know, you 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:26.360 kind of want to stomp on his head to finish it. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.200 You know, I think it's a defense. We didn't do it, 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.040 you know, no matter what the offense too. That gave 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:31.600 us enough points to win the game, you know, they 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:33.280 put you know, having any points on the board. I 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:35.200 think it's a defense. You gotta stop the other team 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:36.960 from scoring, you know, like that's the that's the main goal. 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:38.400 So I think at the end of the day, in 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:39.960 the second half, we didn't play our best defense. But 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.240 the first half we played very explosive. You know, uh 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:45.480 contains se Kwan Buckley for the most part, could contain 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:47.800 Eli Manning. So I just think the second half, you know, 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.080 we just just didn't do a good job as a defense. 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:54.040 How how are you messing with Christian Wilkins. I see 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:57.040 you guys talking on the sidelines a lot, communicating a 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:59.480 lot about what to expect or maybe what happened in 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:03.040 the previous series, or maybe a technique somebody's using. Uh, 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:05.360 you know, he's got forty nine total tackles on the year. 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:08.440 That's the most by any rookie defensive lineman in the league. 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:10.880 How are you guys messing number one? And how how's 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:14.560 that communication as it grown since the season has started? Oh? 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:16.200 Very you know he's grown. You know, coming in, you know, 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:18.080 he was a clips and tiger. I was the LSU tiger. 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:20.560 You know, so it's kind of different different things there. 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:21.560 But at the end of the day, I mean, he's 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.160 a great guy man. He's a humble kid. You know, 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.360 He's want to get better each and every day. You know, 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:26.680 that's the thing you gotta love about him and his 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:28.320 work at that. You know, he comes to work each 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:29.960 and every day. You don't want to get better. But 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:30.960 I think at the end of the day, he's just 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:32.720 gotta keep going and keep getting better, you know. And 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:34.480 so it's me as myself, just keep getting better and 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:35.960 at the end of the day, you know, Scott limmit, 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.240 have you've been encouraged by um? You know, there's been 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.160 a lot of change on the defensive side, you know, 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:43.000 it seems like weekend and week out there's some new faces, 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:45.120 but guys are kind of stepping up to the challenge. 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:48.240 Guys especially along the defensive line. You've had some different 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:50.480 guys on on the edge, you know next to you. 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:53.560 Is that is that kind of refreshing you just kind of, Hey, 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:55.720 let's just go and play. Let's just you know, go 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:58.200 throw a fit for sixty minutes and see where we 0:16:58.240 --> 0:16:59.680 are at the end of the day. You know, because 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:01.680 floor always talk about the biggest thing, you know, it's 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.240 it's trust, you know. So I think you know, you know, 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:06.040 having a hard times in practice. You know what what 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:09.119 the coach pg hobby. You know, they're throwing your different 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:11.080 fits at you, you you know, throwing different schemes that you know, 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.040 trying to see how you're gonna adjust, you know, whether 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:14.960 this coach flow you know and practice going temple on 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.119 the defense, you know, trying to get us to jump outside, 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:18.600 trying to get us, you know, not have the right 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:20.720 play call. You know, I think things like that. You know, 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:22.560 it's big, you know, when once you bring new guys in. 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.240 So I mean I can agree with coach flow, you know, 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.480 I mean, you know, the biggest thing is having trust. 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:29.320 You know, if I don't trust the guy next to me, 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:30.560 then I might be self, which I might try to 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:32.160 get out my gat to make a play that he's 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:33.840 supposed to make, you know. So I think the biggest 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:35.919 thing there is having trusting that guy. You know that 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:37.680 he's going to make the play, that he's gonna set 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:39.159 that edge. And I think, you know, once we have that, 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:41.000 no matter who we bring in, I think it'll be 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:43.119 all It'll be all good. You know, you mentioned tempo, 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:46.520 and that's something you guys practice as a defense, and 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:48.880 it was really good that you do, because the Giants 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.040 came out first series in the third quarter, they went 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:53.720 tempo a little bit. They rushed the line of scrimmage, lineman, 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.320 break the huddle. They're down, and you guys kind of, 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:58.800 you know, withstood it. You got on your heels a 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:00.679 little bit, but then you kind of came back. Is 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.720 that something that you could remember from a Wednesday or 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:05.679 a Thursday when you get tempo at practice, that you 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:08.720 can apply during a real game, because at the end 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.960 of the day, I mean, New York is thirty degrees 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.479 warted degrees down here is still like seventy eight degrees. 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.400 So a hundred percent. I mean, you know when Coach 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:17.560 Flow doing that in the sun, you know, on the outside, 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:18.840