Speaker 1: You guys were able to kind of bounce back from
Speaker 1: a very emotional game out here today against a team
Speaker 1: playing their number one quarterback.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely expected a dog fight with them. Uh
Speaker 2: really well coached team. I kind of uh see some
Speaker 2: similarities and in their mentality to us, just how they
Speaker 2: go about their organization. So I knew they were gonna
Speaker 2: come out and fight, and uh, you gotta win in
Speaker 2: different ways in this league, and I think we could
Speaker 2: win in a lot of different ways. So I'm just scrappy.
Speaker 2: We had a lot of guys go down. We had
Speaker 2: to pick up the slack hopefully nothing too bad, but
Speaker 2: just sticking with it and playing physical like we always do.
Speaker 2: And our offense is pretty good.
Speaker 1: An you feel like defensive line group.
Speaker 2: Did with you. Definitely miss him, that's for sure. He's
Speaker 2: a great player. But I think we stepped it up
Speaker 2: pretty good. It's hard for me to tell when I'm
Speaker 2: out there what guys are doing, but we made some
Speaker 2: good plays and I'm excited about Khalia and and JK
Speaker 2: coming along and Kevin Son.
Speaker 1: There was some creativity in the alignments up front. I
Speaker 1: don't know if that was a direct to buy product
Speaker 1: of Eric and Javon being out. But there was the
Speaker 1: play where you lined up over center, and there was
Speaker 1: one where you and Chase were on the same side.
Speaker 1: Both of those were very effective. How much did you enjoy.
Speaker 2: Being a little bit more versatile regard I like that. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it's tough without a camp because I I over the years,
Speaker 2: I've been on the edge so much and it's it's
Speaker 2: definitely a lot quicker and different inside. So I'm not
Speaker 2: always super confident about it. But I think if I
Speaker 2: could continue to get reps and games and and get
Speaker 2: a better feel for it, I think it could be
Speaker 2: a really good change up now that we have guys
Speaker 2: like Chase and Randy who could they deserve ops and uh, yeah,
Speaker 2: it's it's good for us.
Speaker 1: Defending Drew Locking was a different kind of challenge.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was getting it out pretty quick. I feel
Speaker 2: like a lot of backup quarterbacks, uh in the league
Speaker 2: now kind of like sit behind guys and really understand
Speaker 2: the scheme. They can't necessarily do all the things as
Speaker 2: starter can, but like the play action stuff and all that.
Speaker 2: When you have really good players like DK and and
Speaker 2: lock it he could get the ball out quick and
Speaker 2: and give him opportunities to make plays, and I think
Speaker 2: he played pretty good.
Speaker 1: Number of guys that are kind of leaving the game
Speaker 1: and an injury where are you that like during the game,
Speaker 1: and doesn't change anything in terms of, you know, understanding
Speaker 1: your rush like kind of stuff.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you definitely notice, especially when it's D line guys
Speaker 2: getting out. You just have to try and cranking up
Speaker 2: another notch. Me and Fred kind of tell each other
Speaker 2: like we have to step it up to make up
Speaker 2: for that. And it is an eerie feeling when guys
Speaker 2: are dropping left and right. But this time of year,
Speaker 2: everybody's hurting. But yeah, hopefully nothing too bad.
Speaker 1: I realized my twenty nineteen you guys kind of went
Speaker 1: through something like that on the defensive side, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: a number of injuries kind of really scuffled a little bit.
Speaker 1: Is there anything you can take from that experience if
Speaker 1: you do have guys this a week or two here coming.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just about the younger guys just being ready
Speaker 2: for their opportunity. And I think a lot of guys
Speaker 2: have come along throughout the season and it's gonna be
Speaker 2: I mean, you could be the the second guy earth
Speaker 2: like the fourth guy, and the rotation and and something happens,
Speaker 2: and you're one of the most integral parts of of
Speaker 2: the D line, so everybody's just got to be ready
Speaker 2: and and pick it up.
Speaker 1: Showed a little more emotion there on that fourth Quartersack.
Speaker 1: You how you usually mild mannered, usually gainst your pose,
Speaker 1: and but you're pretty fired up there. What was going
Speaker 1: through your mind in that moment.
Speaker 2: Yeah, my celebrations are pretty pretty relaxed these days. But
Speaker 2: I was very disappointed myself for the penalties they had
Speaker 2: today and making up for it with the play is
Speaker 2: it makes it a lot better. Said plenty about great
Speaker 2: friend Warners over the years and this season definitely up there.
Speaker 2: I think he's gonna be a lock all pro. I
Speaker 2: think he's the best at his position in the league.
Speaker 2: So he's the best, and that's no question. I had
Speaker 2: no clue what was going on on that play. I
Speaker 2: was running off the field and then I ran back
Speaker 2: on my helmet wasn't strapped. I'm gonna get some guff
Speaker 2: for that. I'm supposed to be blocking people we want
Speaker 2: to score on defense, and I did not help there.
Speaker 2: What can you say about Demo and just development over
Speaker 2: the last couple of years, And yeah, I love I
Speaker 2: love Demo so much. I'm so sorry for taking a
Speaker 2: pick six away from him last year and another interception
Speaker 2: this year. And but he's I mean, he's come so
Speaker 2: far just as a person. It's funny because people come
Speaker 2: into the league their kids, and sometimes this new generation
Speaker 2: of kids, not that I'm an old guy, but they're different,
Speaker 2: and it takes them a minute to understand how to
Speaker 2: be a man and become a man. And I think
Speaker 2: a lot of guys have done that.
Speaker 1: Like he was ready to just get who was coming.
Speaker 2: At Yeah, I was supposed to be on the field
Speaker 2: to grab him and pull them away like I did
Speaker 2: last week. I was too tired. He's like a little
Speaker 2: rabid dog out there. Sometimes. I love him.
Speaker 1: Yeah, do anything for him because.
Speaker 2: I should get him a gift. I'm not a Christmas
Speaker 2: gift yet, and you just step up my shopping. I
Speaker 2: haven't gotten too much of it done yet