WEBVTT - Dominique Robinson getting stronger in Year 2 | Bears Weekly 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:08.119 Welcome in Tumble Bears Weekly, a Chicago Bears Network production. 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:12.280 Download the Chicago Bears official app, brought you by Verizon 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:15.280 to follow the team on ago. Bears Weekly has brought 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:19.840 you by Advocate Healthcare, Beth Rivers, CD, Twing, Connie's Pizza, 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:23.960 and Miller Liked. Here are your hosts, Jeff Chili aka 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:28.600 the Mayor of Bearsville and his Psydekick, Tom the Surfmaster, Theyer. 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.960 Gotta Love, Danny Zetterman and the crew with the nicknames 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:39.320 love It, the Mayor of Bearsville and what we call you, 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:41.800 Tom the surf. 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:43.879 Master, the Surfmaster I love. 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.320 You have to be over sixty years old to be 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:49.879 qualified as a master in any sport, so I'll take it. 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:52.120 We need a nickname for Jim Metal. He'll be driving 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:55.120 us shortly as well. But good evening, everybody. One more 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:59.240 week to go before mandatory Minicapito. Off season program is 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:02.720 winding down down fast, and this is Bears Weekly out 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:05.360 of ESPN Chicago, the Bear's Radio Network. Joining me is 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:08.160 always my broadcast partner, Tom Thayer, the super Bowl Bear. 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:09.720 We're here at seven o'clock tonight. 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:12.160 Our producers Dan Brilly Jordan drud up thanks to executive 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:15.959 producer of the Bears Radio Network Kerra Ostrowski Charlie Bevens 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:19.440 spending the dials back of the ESPN studios. And you know, 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:21.679 I mentioned a Super Bowl Bear, Tom Theayer and a 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:24.800 lot of your former teammates golfing this week with some 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:28.679 old guys, not necessarily Super Bowl Bears a few. But 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:32.200 did you get the invite to Jay Hilgenberg's course out 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:36.600 there at Kenosha with Waddle and Jim Harbaugh and Neil 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:38.280 Anderson and I forgot who else? 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:43.840 Caposo, Jim Morrissey. I did get, I did get an invite, 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:48.240 But for the most part, I have retired from the game. 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:52.160 I poorly played it. 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:55.720 So but you know what, I enjoyed being out of 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:59.480 practice with you yesterday. I did see Sylvie, I saw 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:01.960 Danny's utter mean but you know, we have a chance 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.400 to kind of get away from it all and have 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:07.240 a little bit of football conversation. And it was kind 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.920 of funny because I keep thinking about it, that that 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:13.040 catch by DJ Moore in the end zone and you 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:16.240 called but you called it a trust throw, yeah, And 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:20.880 I like that because it was a tight window. It 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.920 was a great catch. It was great confidence by justin 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:26.760 you know, inside the red zone like that, and you 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:30.480 know that's the the standards of improvement that you have 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:30.960 to see. 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.400 But I keep, I keep thinking about. 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:37.040 That word trust throw, trust throw, because the more trust 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.720 he gains in this group of receivers that I think 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.640 that he has to have confidence within himself that he 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:45.200 can make those throws. 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:48.079 And he made a bunch of those with Dj Moore 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:50.480 and has throughout this all offseason program. We bring in 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.560 the quarterback himself, should we say because we got nicknames 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:57.360 now apparently Jim about Miller Mania, we go with Miller Mania. 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.720 So that's just a quick response. I don't even know 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.080 if that works for you. If you've got a better one, 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:02.720 bring it on. 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:07.480 Uh, I don't know, like Miller Mill the thrill. I 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:07.880 don't know. 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:09.440 Mill the thrill. 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:10.600 Wait. 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:15.920 At some point in your football playing life grade school, 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.480 did somebody coin that phrase for you? 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:23.120 No? Never, No, I'm not buying it. You've had a 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:27.400 few nicknames, I'm sure. But anyway, Miller Lite. 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:32.680 I will say this though, when we talk about trust 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:35.960 throws and just you can visualize what that looks like 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:37.800 right without being at practice this week. 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.480 I mean what does that mean and how important is it? 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:41.040 Yeah? 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.360 I mean I just think you know, like I said, 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.440 when you drop back and you're just you're confident, uh 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.080 that the receivers doing their job. You know, say, you 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.480 know basic just out routes, you know where you're just 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:54.720 anticipating it and you're trusting that the receiver is going 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.320 to cross the dB space and you know, you just 0:03:57.440 --> 0:03:59.800 you kind of just let it rip. You know, you're 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:03.040 using you know that the receiver is going to do 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:05.160 their end of the bargain and you're going to deliver 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:06.800 your end of the bargain. A lot of that does 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:11.720 come through trust, through reps, talking things, through knowing the coverages, 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:15.600 just confident in what your assignment is and that's when 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:17.960 you distrust it to let that bowl rip and get 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:18.640 it out of your hand. 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.920 The beauty of that particular throw we're talking about, and 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.039 we had a bird's eye view of it, was in 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:25.760 the red zone, so it was a thrower of the 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:29.440 end zone in tight coverage. And I'll tell you DJ Moore, 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:33.239 having seen him play with Carolina and now witnessing practice 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.880 after practice, he has some magic hands. 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:37.200 Jim is very soft. 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:39.719 The ball is in his area, he just plucks that 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.600 ball and gets upfield. I think he's going to be 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:45.279 an and I said this one they traded for him, 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:47.680 Tom and Jim, this is going to be a guy 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.039 that's going to be a chain mover. He gets he 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:53.760 accumulates first downs, which leads to touchdowns. And I know 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:56.200 he hasn't had a ten touchdown year yet in his career, 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:59.080 but he's had a whole lot of different quarterbacks. I 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:02.839 think these you are gonna connect. I think they're gonna 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.880 they're gonna put some points on the board because this 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.840 is a guy it appears again no pad, So you 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.120 always got to qualify that this is the short season. 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:14.440 But you know he trusts him. 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:17.760 Jim, Yeah, you can say. I mean, if it wasn't 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.080 for the quarterback situation, he would have been over five 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.919 or over one thousand yards every year. You know, this 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:26.040 past year they had what four different guys going at quarterball. 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:26.560 He's had three. 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:29.200 Yeah, he had three, so you know, PJ. 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:33.040 Walker and Baker and then obviously Sam Darnold was down 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:34.600 there as well, and I think he only finished with 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.479 whatever eight hundred and eighty eight yards, But realistically his 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.160 five year career, he would add over one thousand every year. 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.200 If he just said competent quarterback play down there, and 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.839 we mentioned the explosive plays, So yeah, I think he's 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.760 got the ability to even this year, to get to 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:50.560 double digit touchdowns. I mean, I've been saying it. If 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:52.400 their run game is on par with what it was 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.479 last year, their play action game alone, they won't be 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.960 last in the NFL throwing the football. They just they 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:00.560 will not with this group that that's not lining up 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:01.839 this year in my opinion. 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:06.240 You know one thing when we talk about OTAs and 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.200 yeah and I listen, man, I'm the biggest disliker of 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:12.320 no pad football that there possibly is out there. But 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:15.039 if we're gonna go sit out there and watch the OTAs, 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:17.240 you know, it's not about contact. 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:19.080 It's more about hands and feet. 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.480 And when you look at DJ Moore and that catch 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:23.760 that he was able to judge the velocity of that 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:26.720 football when it came out of Justin's hands and then 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:28.680 he put his hands in place, how is he going 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:31.680 to be able to stop control and catch the football. 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.279 It's just like the other positions that you like to 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:38.320 see paying close attention to the offensive line. Okay, if 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:42.480 you go to OTAs, try never to watch their upper body, 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:46.520 watch their feet and how they're connected to their responsibility 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:49.320 and assignment. Because when you get do get on full 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:52.440 paths and you have contact that's involved, you'll see a 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.640 lot more of the little fundamentals of the game that 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:57.120 you have to be good at in order to be 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:00.560 an NFL player. But this is kind of judge day. 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:03.440 Do they have the hands of a receiver? Do they 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:07.039 have the feet as of an offensive defensive lineman or 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:10.000 any other position? And you brought up the way that 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:13.960 Edmunds flows as a linebacker, and we were talking about 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:17.000 like when we initially saw Erlacker and now we have 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:20.160 a chance to have an eyes on approach to Edmunds 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:23.520 and how his feet flow in the linebacker position. So 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:27.080 that's you know, one thing I do like about OTAs 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.200 Again not a not a big fan of no pad football, 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.880 but we do get a chance to see a lot 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:37.160 of really important values that go into these guys earning 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:38.680 an opportunity. 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:40.640 No question, And Jim, you know you've been doing this 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.440 a long time and you were part of that process 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.880 as well, but you know it kills me sometimes when 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:49.400 you read the national reports of OTA practices because again 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.520 for those who don't realize it. The media's eyes on 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.520 it only three times during the OTAs. It's once a week, 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:59.040 but a lot of a lot of things are almost 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:03.600 like put out there final analysis on somebody, or oh 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:08.040 my gosh, this this rookie quarterback has struggled in OTAs. No, 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:11.880 it's it's one ota that you had your eyes on. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:16.200 Don't formulate a whole idea what a player is or isn't. 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.480 That's like a coach saying, you know, I stood on 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.960 the table for a guy I wanted him in the draft, 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:24.920 and then you know, two weeks into offseason program, I 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.880 can't coach that guy. No, that's not the case. I 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:31.400 will tell you those guys are again. The pace and 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:35.480 the intensity despite no pads and no contact is intense 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.200 over there. They are running all over the place, and 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:41.840 I am with Tom, you know, watching the feet, watching 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:43.240 the accuracy of a quarterback. 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:44.760 The balls shouldn't be on the ground much. 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:47.679 You know, it really shouldn't, especially in seven on seven, 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:49.920 and that would be the case for a regular season also. 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:53.080 But the ball's not on the ground that much. You're 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:55.840 making chance he throws that maybe you would normally do 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.240 you should you gotta experiment, let it let it rip, 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:03.320 and Justin's letting it rip on the flip side defensively. Jim, 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:07.800 there's something about this Tyreek Stevenson man, this Miami kid, 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:12.640 second round pick. He's walking and talking, dare I say, 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:17.160 like a veteran corner out there, his communication skills. Just 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.559 listening to him on the practice field and his persona 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:26.120 and his swagger, it's he's really caught my attention. 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:26.800 Jim. 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:30.360 Well, he because he looks the part right, you know, 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:34.960 he's that's a big, physical corner who they essentially selected 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:38.800 out of Miami. And so I think that's encouraging because, 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.840 like you said, you know, some players pick things up 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:44.360 a lot quicker than other players. Like who was I 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:46.319 reading about today? Will Levis was one of those players 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:49.360 that supposedly struggled today the sky is falling. He's a 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.200 rookie quarterback. Of course he's going to go through his struggles. 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:54.840 And some of these rookies will have good days and 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:56.680 then of course they'll have bad days. But you're trying 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.240 to start to stack them together as you install all 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.439 these things that they need to be able to execute, 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:05.480 and it'll go at a different pace for every single player. 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:08.400 But as for Tyreek Stevenson that was a productive player 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.520 in college. He's got all the measurables you're looking for. 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:13.800 So I think it's encouraging that you're saying he looks 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:17.160 the part. But as Tom said, the big tests, when 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.680 the Pats come out and things start coming a lot faster, 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:21.800 you know, in terms of the speed and the pops 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:23.920 and the hits and all those type of things, that 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:26.840 he'll have to be a whole new ball game. That'll 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.280 see if he looks the part then, and then it'll 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:31.360 be the preseason games and we'll see if he looks 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:33.360 the part then, you know, and he's got to keep 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.640 on stacking him together and earning it when it's all 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:36.400 said and done. 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:38.040 You know. 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:41.240 That kind of my third point about going throughout OTAs 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:46.600 as I the defensive back group, I really enjoy the enthusiasts, 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.959 the enthusiasm in which they practice with and that when 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:53.160 they do make a big play, they you know, kind. 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.040 Of surround and support each other. 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.480 And I think that's why I message you today, Jap 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:02.080 about how many guys in this defensive back group don't 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:05.400 have any NFL starts, Because when we look back at 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:09.160 the defensive backfield a year ago to where it's at now. 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:12.680 It's one of the most competitive, experienced positions that the 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:16.080 Bears have, and it was super encouraging because when you 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:19.120 go back and you look at the practice and you 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:22.240 look at the way, you know, how fired up these 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:25.560 guys are and how they're communicating and how they're, you know, 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:29.160 really approaching their job to make it as difficult as 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:31.000 possible for a guy like justin. 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:33.200 Yeah, we're gonna hear from John Holk on some of 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:35.920 those guys, the young guys. The answer to Tom's question, 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.440 how many guys did not yet have an NFL snap 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:40.880 on the list of dbs, the answer is five, and 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:44.240 they're all rookies, undrafted or drafted players. Everybody else on 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:48.040 that defensive back list right has NFL snaps here or 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:50.720 somewhere else. Coming up next, we're gonna be joining an 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:53.760 interview I did with a defensive end Dominique Robinson this 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:55.400 week up at half I saw that's coming up next 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:57.720 here on Bears Weekly on ESPN one thousand and the 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.280 Bears Radio Network. 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:02.400 Excuse Weekly with a Force of the Bears for twenty 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:07.000 three years. Jeff on the Bears Radio Network. 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.360 Welcome back to everybody, the Bears Weekly here on ESPN 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.600 one thousand here in Chicago, and the Bears Radio Network. 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:19.880 Jeff Joniec alongside defensive end edge rusher, a guy who 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:23.080 could kick inside as well. Second year and ready to 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:26.160 have some fun. Domini Robinson our guest here today and 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:28.520 now we'll talk to Jim Miller and Tom Payer in 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:28.959 a moment. 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:31.200 Thanks for taking some time. How you feeling good? 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:31.520 Are you? 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:33.720 I'm doing great? Tell me how it's going. 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.319 It's going good. It's going good. I had a great offseason. 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:39.520 I kind of took a little time off, but I 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.600 was here working out a lot, you know, trying to improve. 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:44.080 When some areas get stronger. 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:47.680 So where did you want to get stronger or where 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:49.000 did they want you to get stronger? 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:50.720 Well, I want I knew I needed to get stronger 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.080 in my upper body. My legs are solid, but I 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:55.520 needed to get stronger on my upperbody to be able 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:58.199 to set the edge a little better. So think I've 0:12:58.200 --> 0:12:58.560 done that. 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:01.200 Is that something you felt over the course of your 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:03.160 rookie season like these? 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:04.800 Yeah? 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.320 So, I mean, you know, the transition kind of caught 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:09.280 me in a in a weird area where I was. 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:12.040 I was strong, but I wasn't as strong, and then 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:14.199 I come here and it's you know, you got to 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:16.760 ramp it up just a little more. So, uh, it was. 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:20.120 It was definitely a learning experience last year. But I 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:21.880 think I can. I'm gonna be great this year. 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:24.040 You know, Honestly, I ask guys this all the time 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.520 when they come in off you know, listen, Tremaine Edmonds 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:30.280 was nineteen when he entered the league. He's only twenty 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:34.040 five years old. Okay, but can you feel when you 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:37.400 come in as a young player the strength of a 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:38.600 guy on the opposite siety. 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:41.440 Can you feel their strength? It's man strength. 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:44.400 It's different. It's a little different. You can definitely feel it. 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:46.320 It's a little different from college. You know, you can 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:49.840 kind of muster your way around. But with poor technique 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:53.640 in the league, you know, you can. 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:55.240 Get exposed technique at your beat. 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:56.600 Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:13:56.640 --> 0:14:00.360 So the toolbox I used to talk about the tool box. 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:04.080 Yeah, pass rushers, defensive linement, stopping the run too. 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:05.920 Have you developed a toolbox? 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:06.840 I have. 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.360 I took some time to work out with some guys 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:14.040 this this off season. I got with BT Jordan before 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:17.920 actually right before he accepted that job out and out 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.680 of Seattle, and he's a pass US specialist, so I 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:23.760 got with him. I was supposed to get with Rob Mathis. 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.200 I think I'm gonna try to get with him after 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.680 Ota is going into uh, you know camp and now 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:33.680 in our off time, so I've been working with different guys, 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:36.200 just trying to improve, watching tape and stuff like that. 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:39.160 So yeah, a lot of guys do hire you know, 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.280 some professionals that focused in on that and that A 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:45.000 lot of it is just marring footwork with hands, right, 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.240 So unlocking your hands, we hear that all the time. 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.120 And a guy who hasn't played the position very long, 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.359 I'm sure there's still a lot of those hands. 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:53.720 To be unlocked. 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:56.800 You know what, what you what have you learned the 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.920 subtleties of of that one instant of time where you 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.680 can make a move that's gonna make you dangerous. 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:07.080 I learned a lot, especially with angles. Last year. 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.960 My angle, my pastor's angle just wasn't the greatest, and 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:11.680 that's why I was getting caught in a lot of 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:14.160 positions that I was getting caught in. So I fixed 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:17.520 that and it's starting it's starting to it's starting. 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:17.800 To look good. 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:21.160 So watching myself on tape with the angle and the 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:24.280 different moves and stuff like that that I've learned this offseason, 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:26.480 I'm feeling good. 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:27.400 I'm feeling good. 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:30.240 Well, you folks can't see this, but he's smiling. So 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:32.560 he's got that. He's got that look in his eyes. 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:34.760 So you know, you're the first one. You got to 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.000 look in the mirror and say, Okay, I'm better. I'm 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:40.320 figuring this out a little bit. After instant success two 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:42.240 week one, you're thinking, okay, had a second a half 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:44.880 against the forty nine ers in that slop and then 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:47.680 if you're not getting them, is a way on you? 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:48.560 Right? Is it? 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:48.960 Does it? 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:49.240 It did? 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:49.800 It did? 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.560 And you know, I think I was blessed to be 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.000 able to get those sacks in week one to show 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:57.320 that I can do this. 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.960 But I got lucky. I'm not gonna lie. Uh. 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:04.120 I think that was one of those beginner luck games. 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:07.320 And as the season went on and I kept fighting 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:09.280 and fighting trying to get some more, it just wasn't happening. 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:14.440 So uh, that was a big learning experience and all 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:15.160 that tape. 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:17.720 Last year I've watched, I've learned from it. 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.800 I sat down with my coaches and you know, worked 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:24.080 on the things that they told me, and I'm improving 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:28.120 from that, so I you know, it happens, it's not 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:28.840 gonna happen again. 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:32.960 Though I like the I like the resolve. Why won't. 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.200 Oh, I just can't. I can't have another season like that. 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:38.520 I mean, that was that was year one. You know, 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:40.520 that's that's that's expected. 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:41.000 You know. 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.200 I I expected more from myself, But. 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:49.080 Now that I'm here, it's definitely I don't expect it 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:49.720 to do that again. 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:54.120 Do you give yourself a little break about that, because, 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:57.000 let's be honest, you don't have a ton of experience 0:16:57.040 --> 0:16:57.560 at right. 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:00.760 A tiny bit, but not much like when I so 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:04.640 my my original before getting drafted, my original goals were 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:07.679 to make the fifty three and to make plays on 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.840 defense or SG whatever spot they put me in. When 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.560 I got here and I knew, you know, the season 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:14.760 came around and I knew that I was going to 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.760 be in rotation, those goals started to change a little bit. 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:20.399 You know, I started to put a number on the 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.040 sacks and stuff like that, and when I didn't reach 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:25.280 those goals, you know, kind of it kind of hurt 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:27.120 a little bit. But I'm still learning the game too, 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.000 and I'm still learning that. You know, it's not just 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:33.360 me out there of four guys rushing as one. So 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:36.280 even though I'm not getting a sack, my efforts can 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:39.000 help somebody else get a sack. Their efforts efforts can 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.400 help me get a sack, and it just plays all 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.720 in the one. So after I looked at that and 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:46.919 I was like, all right, you know it is what 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:49.040 it is, you know. And throughout the season, even though 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:51.840 you know it ended with one and a half, I 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:55.040 had opportunities where I was in on things you know 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:57.000 that I you know, didn't get the numbers for. But 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:00.080 I was in on a couple of stuff throughout the 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:03.400 season even though the sacks weren't there. I was productive 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:07.000 as of you knows and crassures and stuff like that. 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:10.840 So I know sax is the main goal and that's 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:13.600 what I'm here for. Uh, there were there was other 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:14.480 stuff that went on to. 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:17.360 How many miss secks did they tell you you had 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.120 or did you think after watching back? 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:22.439 When I when I watched it back, I didn't have 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:25.880 any open opportunities to where it was just like, man, 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:31.000 you missed that one. Uh, there were more of you 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:33.560 should have used this move, you know, or you should 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.800 have did this or that. I was my alignment, assignment, 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:40.240 key technique. I'm usually solid on doing the right things 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:42.440 and being in the right places. So it wasn't no 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.680 mental errors or anything like that. I think it was just, yeah, 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:48.440 you know my luck. 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:49.400 Was it hard? 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:51.880 Was it hard hard on your mentally because you always 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:54.800 were in a great mood? Yeah, great mood, always great moved. 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:58.000 But was that season hard for you? 0:18:58.119 --> 0:18:58.680