WEBVTT - Drive Time - Eric Rowe On Halloween and Spooking Quarterbacks 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:07.000 Practice are al fits Faford Parker touchdown. What a win 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:12.640 for this Miami Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:16.600 And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:21.200 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:24.239 each and every day. How's it going everybody? It is 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:28.200 Wednesday hump Day. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:30.640 I am here to bring you your daily dose of 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:33.600 Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, it's time to 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.440 turn the page and get to the New York Jets 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:39.639 are a f C East rival. We'll hear from coach Floras, 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:42.800 a handful of Dolphins players, as well as my exclusive 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:46.959 interview with Dolphins sensational safety Eric Rowe. And I'll tell 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:50.360 you the one thing more disheartening than allowing a third 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:53.000 and long conversion on defense. 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Here on the podcast, 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:25.479 we had the very rare, I think, the second ever 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.920 Tuesday night football game in the NFL, as the Titans 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.399 take down a f C East foe Buffalo Bills and 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:33.560 helping the Miami Dolphins out there a little bit. Buffalo 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:36.520 falls to four and one. That makes Buffalo four and one, 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:39.560 New England two and to Miami two and three, and 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:41.760 the Jets oh and five. I know it's a little 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:44.360 bit early to start looking at the standings in the NFL. 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:48.440 I always believe maybe after Halloween, maybe even closer to Thanksgiving, 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:51.040 is when you start to really pay attention to the standings. 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:54.040 But the Dolphins now behind the Bills by only two games, 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.400 and we're only one game back of the Colts, who 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.720 hold the seventh seed in the a f C wild 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.320 Card picture, along with the Las Vegas Raiders who were 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:03.760 also three and two, and the Patriots right ahead of 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:06.240 that at two and two. So Miami with a chance 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:08.600 to make some moves this weekend with the game against 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:11.560 the New York Jets. And I thought the primetime games 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:13.960 over the weekend in general, just we're really good. We 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:15.919 talked about the Titans and Bills game got kind of 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:17.840 out of hand at the very end there, But on 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:21.000 Monday Night Chargers and Saints, that thing came right down 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:24.040 to the wire into overtime a field goal off the upright. 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:27.160 Can't beat that, Russell Wilson. The Seattle Seahawks doing their 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.360 thing on Sunday night football against the Minnesota Vikings. So 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.520 if primetime games can continue to be like this and 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.200 give us that much entertainment, especially three nights in a row, 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:39.240 can't top that, man, I'm all here for that. So NFL, 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:41.200 you never let us down. You always give us the 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:45.000 best drama on all of television. Speaking of drama, watching 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:47.520 the first part of that Bills and Titans game, I 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:51.079 kept thinking to myself as Josh Allen was converting these 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:54.360 third and thirteens and third and fifteens and just breaking 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:56.720 the back of the Titans defense early in that game, 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:59.600 how disheartening that must be as a defense to watch 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:01.840 a quarter back that can extend plays and get the 0:03:01.840 --> 0:03:04.520 football down the field into those intermediate areas, and with 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:06.680 the way he extends the play and extends the pocket 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:09.320 by the time he finds the receivers. Those guys have 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:12.080 been covering for five, six, seven seconds, and so they're 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:15.280 wide open at that point. So a difficult quarterback to defend. 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:18.560 And I was thinking, what's more disheartening than giving up 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.760 third and long repeatedly? Especially I think on the second 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.040 or third drive of the game for Buffalo, they had 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:27.440 converted to plays that were third and thirteen or longer, 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:30.400 and I was thinking, what's more disheartening than that. Well, 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:33.240 I'll tell you my favorite food is chicken parmer Gan. 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.120 We had chicken parm for lunch on Tuesday here at 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:39.040 the Dolphins facility, and I went up there, saw the 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:41.320 lunch in the lunch room, saw what was in there, 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.120 decided to go back to my desk to clean a 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.320 couple more things up with work, and then came back 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:47.880 to get the lunch and the chicken parm was gone. 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:50.680 So third and thirteen not getting your chicken parm. I 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:54.440 think both those things are all things equal, all joking aside. 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:56.760 Let's go ahead and jump now into Brian Flores is 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.840 Wednesday morning media availability. It's a new week, a new 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:01.880 oponent of the the New York Jets, and we're gonna start 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:04.320 here for a question with coach about getting out to 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:06.880 fast starts, and both of the Dolphins wins this year, 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.120 they got out to fourteen zero leads and would later 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:13.600 extend those leads seven and then seven seven in that 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:15.920 Jacksonville game as well, So plenty of early leads and 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.680 fast starts in those victories. I asked coach, what is 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.960 synonymous with fast starts and how do you do that 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:23.480 again here in Week six against the New York Jets. 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:27.440 But we always talked about, you know, playing fast, starting fast, Um, 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.320 something that we harp on on a weekly basis. Again, 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:34.040 it's football about ball bounces a few different ways, so 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:35.920 anything can happen, and we've got to be able to 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.720 play any type of game. So, um, you know, when 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:41.520 we start fast, and when we started fast this season, 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:45.120 it's were five games and we started fast twice and 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.880 we won those games. We didn't start fast, um, and 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.880 we didn't win those games. So um, like every game 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:52.840 is a little bit different. You know, there's some some 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.599 if we can get going early, and we want to 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.520 and that's always a good thing, but we've got to 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:01.520 be ready to play, um, you know, in any type 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:04.520 of game. We've talked about that as a team. Um, 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:07.360 you're up, you're down. It's a back and forth to 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:11.359 defensive games, you know, an offensive game. We've got to 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.320 be able to adjust and try to play any any 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:17.200 style because every week it's a little bit different based 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:19.720 on your opponent, based on you know, a lot of factors. 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:24.039 So the starting fast is always something we we we 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:26.920 put a lot of emphasis on. And earlier in this week, 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:30.680 we had Mike Gasicki on talking about Ryan Fitzpatrick and 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:33.520 said he's his favorite player he's ever played with. Coach 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.320 was asked about that comment and what makes Fitzpatrick so 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.599 likable among his teammates and his peers. I think he 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:43.440 just he brings a lot of energy to the field. Well, 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:45.599 I would say, first and foremost, he's a he's a 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:47.800 great teammate that goes I would say, you know far 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:49.760 beyond you know what you guys see on the field. 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:53.719 So that's their interactions in the locker room, um, you know, 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.479 outside of the building. I think that's all plays a 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.680 part and why he said something like that, Um, but 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:03.240 on the field, you I see his energy, his enthusiasm, UM, 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.440 his support for his teammates, willingness to you know, put 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:08.680 his body on his on the line for his teammates. 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:10.960 I think that's why you get that that type of 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:14.400 response from a guy like Mike and other players as well. 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:17.400 But um, to me, that starts. You know, what you 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:18.840 see on the field is what you see on the field, 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:22.839 But those relationships and that that respect is earned, um, 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.919 you know in practice and meetings and you know, in 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.480 the locker room, and then it kind of manifests itself 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.960 into the relationships you see on the field from the 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:32.919 quarterback to the guys that try to get to the 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:35.960 opposing team's quarterbacks. Here's what coach had to say about 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:38.560 what he's seen so far from Emmanuel Ogba, who picked 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:40.760 up another sack on Sunday and continue to have his 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:44.200 presence felt along that Dolphin's defensive line, pass rush and 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:47.000 run defense at the end inside wherever he can line 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:50.000 up AGAs making plays. You know, there's a lot of things. 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:55.560 I mean, he's run game, pass game, uh, work, ethic, competitiveness. 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:59.400 You know, it's tough, smart, you can play multiple positions. 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:03.240 So I was been obviously getting improving and getting better 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:06.599 every week, getting more familiar with the system, his role 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:09.360 and his fit, you know, and the defense. So I've 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:11.520 been I've been pleased with him. We talked about that 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:14.720 run defense and Emmanuel ogbas impact on the run defense. 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.480 He was a big focal point of that fourth down 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.360 stop which Mary and Hobby, Dolphins defensive line coach on 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.560 the podcast yesterday, talked about how important that play was 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:25.760 to not just get the defense off the field and 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:29.040 set the offense up in almost plus territory was at 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:32.880 the minus forty two yard line in that range, but 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:34.880 it also gave them some momentum and got the offense 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:37.280 charged up. They would later score on that possession and 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:40.280 make it fourteen zero. Here's coach talking about the other 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.840 side of the football though, the running game, which chan 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.800 Gaily said was doing good on counter needs some work 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:49.000 on wide zone on Tuesday's press conference that he was 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:52.520 available for. Here's coach Flores on the running game. It's 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:58.280 like every other area, UM on this team could it 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:04.640 could improve. Um. So, run game, play action, run defense, 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:10.640 past defense, you know, kickoff, kickoff or tern punt coaching, 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:13.920 all of it can improve. So, UM, that's what we're 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.400 trying to do on a daily basis. UM. I mean 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:20.000 it starts in meetings. It starts in meetings and you 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.080 take it to walk through and you go out there 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:25.640 and practice and try to improve it and get better. Um. 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.200 You know, whether it's you know, blocking up an eight 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.280 man front or one guy you know, getting seven on 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:34.640 seven and the back beating the eighth guy, or um, 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.880 you know, something schematically that we could do that would 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:40.120 help us in that in that phase of the game. Um. 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:42.320 But we're doing that on a weekly basis. And you know, 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.559 things that people think we're struggling in obviously, but also 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.880 the things that we're actually you know, we might be 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.559 having some success in. So we're trying to improve every 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.240 every area. And on the topic of improvements, Dolphins have 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.800 a season high five sacks in the game on Sunday, 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:00.480 spearheaded by that front seven, the linebackers coming into the asbrush, 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.400 but also the defensive line. And then coach finished up 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:07.080 with his thought on Shack Lawson. Alright, So Shack Lawson, Uh, 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:10.480 he's getting better, he's trying to rehab and he's getting treatment. 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:15.240 Expect to see amount of practice today. So we'll see 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:18.319 how this goes and practice. We want to see him 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:21.319 out there obviously if he can, if he's healthy enough, 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:23.120 we'll get him out there. So though you have it 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:26.559 busy Wednesday morning presser here for coach Flores. Up next, 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:29.040 let's go ahead and run my interview here with Dolphins 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:31.560 safety Eric Row. We talked about a handful of topics 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:34.840 like career adversity, um playing the new position at safety, 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.760 his production in that position, playing with his teammates here, 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.960 and kind of gathering that sense of camaraderie and leadership 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.120 here on the Dolphins team in his second year with 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.560 the club, and also some tips on fashion, talking about 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:50.520 Halloween and his potential side hustle during his NFL career 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:53.880 and possible post playing career endeavors. Long down the road 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.040 here for Eric Row. Let's go ahead and roll my 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:59.839 interview with Dolphins safety Eric Row and writing Shotgun Now 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.280 on Drive time is Dolphins safety Eric Row. Eero, Welcome 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:06.280 back in Man, Thanks for joining me. Hey appreciate having 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.240 me as always. And I think the last time we 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.040 talked was smack dab right in the middle of training 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.199 camp and you had a one word answer when I 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:15.600 asked you how you were feeling. You just said sore. 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.120 But after a game and a five hour flight, how's 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:23.400 the body feeling today? Even more so, even what you 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.800 know what. It's a good, happy sort. We came away 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.360 with a win. That's exactly right. That's exactly right. And 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:29.920 we talked about this a little bit, you know, before 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.080 we jumped on the podcast here and how we wanted 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:34.880 to talk football, but also talk about your personal background 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:38.000 a little bit. And I understand you have another interest 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:41.240 outside of the football world, correct. I always had an 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:45.800 interest in real estate. You know my mom kind of 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:47.839 growing up, she didn't she kind of showed me the 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:49.599 ways and kind of ever since then, I had a 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:51.679 you know, I had a good interest in it. So 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.240 and now that you know I have a little bit 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.960 of money to invest, I start looking for like different 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.360 unit properties. Well, shoot, given the trends of the recent market, 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:04.199 it's a good time right now, isn't it. Yeah, it's 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.040 a great time to do it. Great time. And are 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:09.319 you more focused back in your hometown of Houston, is 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:10.439 that kind of the area you want to be or 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:12.400 maybe down in South Florida? Like where's your focus at 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:17.599 for that? Really? Both I'm actually looking into property is 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:23.439 actually in Florida. It's actually like Tallahassee. Uh. And there 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:25.440 was a couple there was a property chill looking at 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:28.560 Houston kind of here and there. You obviously died down 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.040 during the season because you know, my whole focus is here, 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.800 but you know, a little bit here and there. You know, 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:37.120 I'll look, you know, to see if something's under the market. Yeah, 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:38.640 and you mentioned you, you know, the fact that it 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:40.280 has kind of dined down while you're here because your 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:42.959 focus is right here, and thankfully for Dolphins fans, your 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.280 career are still in the middle of it, still thriving, 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:46.880 in the middle of your prime here and plenty more 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:48.960 years to come, hopefully, Eric. But I wanted to ask 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:51.640 you about maybe some of your career adversity. You know, 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:53.920 the injuries. Dolphins were your third team you've you've been 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:56.199 on now, and you were playing cornerback at this time 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:57.960 a year ago, and this team was off to a 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:01.560 difficult start, and I think it's to draw parallels there. 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:04.600 How would you say your career adversity has helped prepare 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:07.120 you for managing the highs and lows of an NFL season, 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:11.160 in more particular this Dolphins team the last couple of years. Yeah, 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:13.719 I mean, just uh, you know, I've been through it all, 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:18.760 been through the the injuries. You know, that's that's the lows, Uh, 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.840 you know, the highs with you know, making a playoffs 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.480 and super Bowl runs. So I kind of been from 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:26.960 the top and I've been at the bottom and uh 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:28.680 and kind of you know, kind of what you learned 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:32.200 from both is how you know, kind of how much 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:34.720 work that you need to consistently put in, you know, 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:37.000 day and day out, whether you know you're at the top, 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:39.560 we're at the bottom, you know, just to stay and 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.400 you know, really compete in this league because if you 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:44.839 don't get better, then I mean you get worse. I 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:48.120 mean that's what I learned. So obviously that taking care 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:51.320 of your body is a huge issue. So but you know, 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:55.000 from this time last year, yeah, we you know, over 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:59.120 four or five days and oh and five you know, 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:01.480 rough star. You know, I had to you know, had 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.040 a rough start going in. But the only thing you 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:07.720 can do is just keep working. And then when they 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:10.880 made the position switch, I just keep I just kept working. 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:13.120 I mean just you know, really nothing that I can do. Like, 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:15.079 I'm not I'm not a quitter, so I'm not gonna quit. 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.960 So I'm just gonna keep working. And I mean I'm 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.440 glad like the work I'm putting in it is kind 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:23.240 of paying out but I know is it doesn't stop there. 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.719 He's gotta keep working. And that seems to be kind 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.400 of the the entire mentality of the team, right because 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:32.080 we've had Fitzpatrick on after after the Seahawks game, he 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.839 was down on himself after the game on Sunday against 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:36.400 the night Ares. He was, you know, kind of in 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:40.040 the same like, same tempered, measured approach as far as 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:41.240 like I don't want to get to high, don't want 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:42.960 to get too low. Does he really kind of help 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:46.080 permeate that throughout the course of the locker room. Yeah, 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:49.480 I mean even even you know, we had a team 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:52.280 meeting and our player meaning and he told us, like, 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:55.280 you know, be the same guy whether we're losing or 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.840 we're having success. Be the same guy, you know, coming 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:02.200 to practice, the same guy in the game. You know, 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:06.040 just cover losing. Don't be down on yourself for if 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.200 we're winning, you know, you have extra energy to be 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:10.920 the same guy every day and being consistent. And on 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.800 the topic of adversity, Eric I think a less person 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:17.199 might cave to the idea of switching possessions, especially mid season, 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:19.200 but you talk about how you embraced it and how 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:20.680 what else am I gonna do because I'm here, I'm 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:22.240 not on a quitter. And before I get to my 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:24.000 main point here, I want to ask you just just 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.440 real talk for a second. When you first realize you 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:28.000 were going to be down there in the box with 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.120 some of those bigger dudes at two oh five, what 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:36.160 was your reaction? Yeah, yeah, well, you know, at first, 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:37.760 I'm like, you know, okay, I'll do it. But then 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.080 when I got down there, you know, during the game, 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:43.640 and how fast, how fast you know, things really move 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:47.200 and that you know that little box, I mean, it's 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.480 it's pretty physical. I'm like, oh, she like this is 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:51.880 this is real down here. I've been on you know, 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:54.480 I've been out by the numbers, you know, facing of 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.760 my whole career, and I mean, you have the receivers 0:14:57.760 --> 0:14:59.880 are fast, but it's a one on one, but you're 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:01.960 the box. It's it's a lot of moving parts and 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:06.560 I'm like, holy crap, like they move fast. But uh well, 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:08.320 you know, what's it. You know, once you get used 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.560 to it, you know, it just kind of is what 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:12.120 it is. But at first I was like, man, this 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.480 is this is tough. Are there may be any like 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:17.640 little silver linings to to that flip and and the 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:19.240 fact that you do have to take on those big 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:22.160 physical guys down the box. Because I recall reading a 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:25.040 story I think it was from Charger Center, former Charger 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:28.240 Center Nick Hardwick, who talked about playing down there and 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:30.360 the weight you have to maintain and how he would 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:32.920 eat ice cream every single night. Was there any advantages 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.360 like maybe more ice cream for you? Yeah, I mean 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.000 I got you know, you get to take on the 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:41.480 fullback or live in at some point. And I mean 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:43.960 the coaches they try to like, they try to help, 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.440 and you know the way they you know, put me 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:48.680 in the position where I don't have to do that 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:51.800 a lot, so that helps. But you know, at times 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:53.680 I have to go down there and kind of just 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:57.440 stick my body in there, and it's kind of sacrifice. Yeah, 0:15:57.680 --> 0:15:59.280 that's that's the name of the game, right, that's football 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.600 on a nush all right there. But again, you embraced it. 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.320 And you know, we saw Jamal Perry play safety when 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.440 Bobby went out last week against the Seahawks. We saw 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.680 Jesse Davis flipped from right tackle to left tackle Sunday 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:11.960 against the Niners. It's a hallmark under the team for 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:15.640 Brian Floors. Versatility, guys playing multiple spots, next band up mentality, 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:19.120 this adaptable, vers versatile mindset. But I want to go 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.840 in deeper on that because guys just seemed genuinely receptive 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:25.760 to being team first over me. First. We heard coach 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:27.600 talking about it last year when he first got here, 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:29.880 how he doesn't want the star player that's bigger than 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.960 the team. And I think that you really embody that, 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:33.720 e Ro And what do you think it is about 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.880 Flora's that makes players so receptive to his style and 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:40.800 his teaching. I think it's that so really like the 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.560 mindset of the guys that you know, kind of he 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:46.160 brought in and you know from free agents, and we 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:48.240 all have the same mindset of obviously everyone has a 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.320 mindset of winning, but obviously have to get more you know, 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:53.600 in the detail with that, Like a lot of guys, 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.560 you know, they you know, we have a good chemistry 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:58.960 on the team. Everyone you know, they love hanging out 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:01.760 with each other, respect each other. So you know, kind 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:03.600 what comes with that is you're gonna play hard for 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.760 each other, right, you know, we got to play onto 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.600 positions like to help the team win, Like you know, 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:10.800 we don't want to let each other down, So it 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.160 kind of is what it is. Like. It was funny 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:16.000 because win Jamal, he came in and see how his game. 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:19.800 He hadn't got like a free safety snap probably like 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:23.320 in three weeks when he went in there, and you know, 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:25.760 he did his thing and he really helped the team 0:17:25.760 --> 0:17:28.000 out and body went down, And I mean, that's that's 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:30.320 kind of stuff we need, and we've seen it up 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:31.960 throughout the course of the first two years here with 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:34.800 Brian Flores. And your history with Brian Flores goes back 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:38.040 now to you know New England previously before you got here. 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:40.200 You know him as well as anybody maybe on this team, 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:41.800 but maybe you can tell us a little bit about 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.840 some of his defensive philosophies. You mentioned the team signing 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.680 certain free agents, drafting certain players. We saw them signed 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:50.440 Byron Jones usual a first round pick on a cornerback, 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:52.920 and Noah Eggnogay a third round pick on the safety, 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.679 and Brandon Jones. What does the value or kind of 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:57.840 the mindset they are building that defense sort of front 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:00.119 to back and really loading up that secondary and give 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:02.000 you've got so many matchup parts and so many guys 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:05.159 that can do multiple things back there. Yeah, I mean it. 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:09.040 I mean, obviously everyone knows he's a you know, defensive guy, 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:11.840 and I guess our you know, first first thing was 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:14.040 we needed some people in the back end, so you know, 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:19.080 they got a lot of secondary people coming in. But yeah, 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:23.040 he's definitely, you know, a defensive like heart. But a 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:24.960 lot of people don't know he's big on special teams, 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:28.040 Like he drives a lot of people based on special 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:31.200 teams first, so I think people don't know. But yeah, 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:35.480 just knowing his like philosophy, like like defense, it's just 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:36.960 kind of like, you know, we gotta get it done, 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:39.560 especially on the back end. Yeah, he talks about the 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:41.840 kicking game plenty in his press conferences. We've we've heard 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:45.600 it a few times. But we were also, you know, 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:47.720 going back to that kind of even quel mentality. We 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:50.560 talked about Fitzpatrick kind of approaching the game that way 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:52.640 and his you know, his media and everything he does 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:54.560 is all, you know, let's try to get away from 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:56.320 the roller coaster and stay on that flat line, so 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:58.480 to speak. But after the game Sunday, you know, in 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:01.600 the post game zoom calls, I expected Flow to be 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.000 a little bit more jovial on Sunday, but he had 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:06.200 the exact same demeanor that he did after the Seattle loss. 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:08.880 He preaches it, he practices it, same guy every day. 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:11.320