WEBVTT - Press Pass: DeMeco Ryans

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<v Speaker 1>Yet you feel like you're getting better. You're feeling something.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been getting better, getting some progress still right now

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<v Speaker 1>at this point, not exactly where it needs to be reminded.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see how it goes. I'm curious, man. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>once everybody's healthy, you and Michael and Kiko and Jordan

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<v Speaker 1>has been healthy. I mean, how having four guys like

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<v Speaker 1>you at the side back of I mean how that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of talent's going to show something the l Yeah, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you know, getting everybody back, it will be

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<v Speaker 1>really good for us. There's a lot of talent, a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of guys who played a lot of ball, so

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<v Speaker 1>it'll be really good. A lot of you know, different packages,

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<v Speaker 1>different guys who can using ever together. So it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>really a plus for our team for the depth that

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<v Speaker 1>we have a the linebacker position. In the past, you've

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<v Speaker 1>never wanted to come off the field. Now there's a

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<v Speaker 1>fourth person in that mix. How do you take that?

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever it's best for us, you know, whatever we need.

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<v Speaker 1>However the rotation goes, however Billy, you know, decides on

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<v Speaker 1>who's in and who's out on that particular down. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it works, it'll work for us at what point, did

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<v Speaker 1>you think Jordan Hicks was a guy who would be

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<v Speaker 1>in that rotation when everyone was healthy. Oh? Man, I

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<v Speaker 1>always say, man, the first first few days I've seen

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<v Speaker 1>him in Ota is always seen that you know, he

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<v Speaker 1>could be a really good player, And I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>how the rotation was would work itself out at that

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<v Speaker 1>point in time. But as you can see, he's he

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<v Speaker 1>can step in. He could play some good ball for us.

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<v Speaker 1>We're you're a little surprised, but you know coming back

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<v Speaker 1>this week, your hand, he wasn't all the way back. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>not not surprised. I mean I felt I felt pretty,

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<v Speaker 1>I felt okay. During the bye week. It was good,

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<v Speaker 1>good time to recover and everything. But you know sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>injuris take that injury, it takes like two to three weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you see. You're one of the few guys

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<v Speaker 1>that's been on the defense since we got here a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of years ago. What does she As far as

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<v Speaker 1>progression year to year through the first seven games this year,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, uh, just progressive. We've gotten better with the

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<v Speaker 1>big plays. I think you know, the first couple of years,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of big plays, a lot of big passes,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of a lot of quarterbacks has some great

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<v Speaker 1>days on us passing the ball. So I think considering

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<v Speaker 1>we've gotten better over the years, just knocking that number

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<v Speaker 1>down in the passing game, feel like we're playing much

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<v Speaker 1>better there. And also, you know, our turnovers just through

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<v Speaker 1>the roof. You know, for us to put the emphasis

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<v Speaker 1>on the turnovers and see it come to life, that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's been a huge plus for us ko bring to

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<v Speaker 1>the table. That's unique. I think Keiko is a guy

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<v Speaker 1>who can you know, he does a good job in coverage,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, running with tight ends or backs, whoever it

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<v Speaker 1>may be. He does a good job in covering. And

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<v Speaker 1>he's just he's the guy who can play sideline and sideline,

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<v Speaker 1>make a lot of make plays all over the fieldcast

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<v Speaker 1>all the big game to get you guys a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years back, do you remember from that game? Uh man,

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<v Speaker 1>that's again correlating to I don't think our our secondary

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<v Speaker 1>as was as good as it is now. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>again that was a that was a bad game for us.

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<v Speaker 1>One I'd like to forget. We went up in Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he did a really good job that day.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, I think it's a different team you

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<v Speaker 1>know different, we have a different team. He's with the

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<v Speaker 1>different team, so I think it'll be a different, little

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<v Speaker 1>different outcome this time around. Just fall off like your

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<v Speaker 1>hamstring saying, I know how much would you were talking

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<v Speaker 1>about injury? Is this something that there was a setback

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<v Speaker 1>within over these past few days. I mean it's just

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<v Speaker 1>still progressing still, you know, still headed in the right direction.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, so why were you out there yesterday? Hit?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it because of the nature of yesterday's practice? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a light practice. Interest this could be in

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<v Speaker 1>a league like top five touch defense. An't had that

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<v Speaker 1>around here? You know, Johnson's all right, and I feel

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<v Speaker 1>we have to make it for the top five defense.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes you just look at it and you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>make a lot of bonehead mistakes and kind of give

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<v Speaker 1>up a touchdown here, they're not covering again our bad

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<v Speaker 1>communication here. If we clean all those things up, I

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<v Speaker 1>think we definitely have the making of a top five defense.

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<v Speaker 1>But it has to be consistent, down in and down.

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<v Speaker 1>When you watch the the best defense in the league,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't have those lapses like Sweet sometimes have. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks you, that's who come on road.