Speaker 1: How do you guys feel about how you performed in
Speaker 1: your first two playoff games and what's been kind of
Speaker 1: inside the locker room or on the practice field. The
Speaker 1: challenge that you guys have kind of put forth to
Speaker 1: each other about playing a complete game on Sunday.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was always bittersweet for both those games, you know,
Speaker 2: because obviously you're so happy and excited that you won
Speaker 2: the game and you're able to advance and doing the
Speaker 2: things necessary to win the game, but also knowing that
Speaker 2: that's not our standard, you know, for defensive play that
Speaker 2: ever since I've been here, you know, And so that's
Speaker 2: that's something that's been a point emphasis. I think we
Speaker 2: obviously have to play our best game going into this
Speaker 2: going into this game to have a chance to win
Speaker 2: it all. And you know, we've been trying to share
Speaker 2: things up and making sure we're prepared as hard as
Speaker 2: we can.
Speaker 3: Well, right along those lines, John Lynch and Steve Books
Speaker 3: said that some of the effort was handled internally, and
Speaker 3: Kyle just said that you guys have players that are
Speaker 3: okay being told what to do with that in mind,
Speaker 3: have you seen a shift and is that what makes
Speaker 3: this team get better and better? That people aren't afraid
Speaker 3: to be criticized.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love our mindset right now. I think guys
Speaker 2: are going about the work the exact right way this week.
Speaker 2: You know that has been handled in house, and you know,
Speaker 2: I think we'll be ready to go and fully prepare
Speaker 2: for Sunday.
Speaker 4: Their love bred Zach Schwartz here with the Big Twelve.
Speaker 4: Obviously didn't play in the Big Twelve. But how excited
Speaker 4: are you to see BYU step up into that conference
Speaker 4: and watch them continue to compete? And would you be
Speaker 4: willing to say that you are a member of the
Speaker 4: Big Twelve at this point?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm I do claim them now obviously being a
Speaker 2: BYU cougar and super excited and and always cheering for
Speaker 2: them going into the Big Twelve and being able to
Speaker 2: compete with the best. I think that was the plan
Speaker 2: all along, was wanting to compete at the highest level,
Speaker 2: and so I'm always rooting for him pite freshmen.
Speaker 5: You're right, would you to get an announcement about a
Speaker 5: game in Madrid coming up? Is that something you'd like
Speaker 5: to be part of as a player? And what do
Speaker 5: you make if they continued international expansion of the NFL.
Speaker 5: Leagles were recently announced as is designated team for the
Speaker 5: game in Zapala.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that'd be awesome. You know, anytime we
Speaker 2: get to play international. I think playing last year in
Speaker 2: Mexico was a super awesome experience. To be a part
Speaker 2: of playing in Madrid would be awesome. And just any
Speaker 2: time we can continue to expand the fan base outside
Speaker 2: of the US, it's it's always a great deal.
Speaker 6: Hi, Fred afterox, thank you. What's Mike shanahan leadership style
Speaker 6: like and how does motivate you guys? Mainly that the
Speaker 6: ones who played for yous ago against the Chiefs in
Speaker 6: the Super Bowl.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Coach Kyle, he's uh, he's a great head coach, obviously,
Speaker 2: the best that I've been around, the only NFL head
Speaker 2: coach I've been around. But he's been awesome. And the
Speaker 2: way that he coaches is just super honest, and you know,
Speaker 2: just knows how to completely paint the picture through the tape.
Speaker 2: You know, it's not just just saying words that he
Speaker 2: shows you exactly what it's supposed to look like, what
Speaker 2: it's not supposed to look like. And he's just such
Speaker 2: a brilliant mind to be able to teach football offensively, defensively,
Speaker 2: and special teams to allow us to be well prepared
Speaker 2: for each and every game.
Speaker 7: SI, but how congratulations, Thank you? I wanted to ask,
Speaker 7: You've been around a lot. You've been there, done that
Speaker 7: in a game like this where there's so many different
Speaker 7: variables this week, the Super Bowl halftime show being longer,
Speaker 7: I mean, how can you, having been there, done that yourself,
Speaker 7: impact the rest of the locker room who might not
Speaker 7: have been there and done that before.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean I was blessed the first time around,
Speaker 2: back in twenty nineteen, twenty twenty Super Bowl to be
Speaker 2: around around a lot of really gray veterans, a lot
Speaker 2: of really great leaders, you know, Richard Sherman, Joe Staley,
Speaker 2: you know, guys that have been there and done it
Speaker 2: and kind of you know, hearing from them how the
Speaker 2: game was and lead the week leading up to it,
Speaker 2: you know, had me fully repaired as just a young
Speaker 2: second year player. You know, I feel like I was
Speaker 2: fully prepared for the moment in this time around, being
Speaker 2: able to be that veteran now having gone through it
Speaker 2: and knowing that like what it's going to take, you know,
Speaker 2: because I've been on the other side of it where
Speaker 2: we were sad at the end of it. You know,
Speaker 2: now I want to be on the on the right
Speaker 2: side of things. So just kind of just reiterating the
Speaker 2: guys to stay focused. Obviously, all this stuff is cool
Speaker 2: and all, but you know, we still got to play
Speaker 2: football at the end of the day on Sunday.
Speaker 8: And obviously you have your own defensive rules that dictate coverages.
Speaker 8: But when you're dropping back into coverage in the middle
Speaker 8: of the field and it's Patrick Mahomes, how much does
Speaker 8: he change the calculus in terms of like when, how
Speaker 8: how deep you drop, how tight you squeezes windows with
Speaker 8: what everything he can do with the ball.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, he's just a really special player. I
Speaker 2: think the things that he does, you know, playing and
Speaker 2: play out, he obviously can do a lot of different
Speaker 2: things in terms of extending the play. He has a
Speaker 2: great connection with his players, you know, specifically Travis and
Speaker 2: knowing exactly where he's going to be finding open space,
Speaker 2: and so you know, you might be more used to
Speaker 2: having your eyes on the quarterback and being able to
Speaker 2: read him, but you know you're gonna you're gonna have
Speaker 2: a where you have to have awareness for where the
Speaker 2: receivers are on the field at all times, and you
Speaker 2: know he's obviously gonna break the pocket and do those
Speaker 2: sort of things, being able to plaster guys laiding it down.
Speaker 2: It's like playing two down, two different plays in one.
Speaker 2: You know, that's what makes it so hard with him.
Speaker 9: Good afternoon, Danilo in Mexico. You've played long enough in
Speaker 9: the NFL two sense and feel when a momentum shift
Speaker 9: is coming. It happened a couple of times for you
Speaker 9: guys positively on the playoffs. How does coach Shanahan deal
Speaker 9: with it when it's coming your way, when it's happening
Speaker 9: in your way? And how does he deal with it
Speaker 9: when he sends it going the other way? When you
Speaker 9: feel the other team get a momentum chief get a break,
Speaker 9: how does he handle that? How do you handle it
Speaker 9: on the side land with the more unexperienced players.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think momentum is real. It's a real thing.
Speaker 2: I don't think it's all on one person at all.
Speaker 2: You know, coach coach Shanahan, you know he has a
Speaker 2: job to do out there, just as every single other
Speaker 2: person out there has to do. You know, I think
Speaker 2: for me, just continuing to keep the guys head keep
Speaker 2: their head straight on during the game, regardless of what's
Speaker 2: going on, you got to worry about the next play.
Speaker 2: You can't think about what's happened in the past in
Speaker 2: the game. The only thing that you can affect is
Speaker 2: whatever that next play going forward. You know, we have
Speaker 2: a next play, best play mentality regardless of where we're
Speaker 2: at in the game, and I think when we do that,
Speaker 2: we have the best results possible.
Speaker 10: Well, Hi, Fred, American Football Community Belgium. You haven't missed
Speaker 10: a game in your career that they say that the
Speaker 10: best ability is availability. How does that contribute to your
Speaker 10: success as a player and a leader of the defense.
Speaker 2: You know, I wish that was I wish that was
Speaker 2: fully true. I had missed one game back in twenty one,
Speaker 2: you know that was that was hard for me. I
Speaker 2: tried to come back that week. I had a strained hamstring.
Speaker 2: But that is my one blemish, you know, I think
Speaker 2: it's been awesome. I've been blessed, you know, by the
Speaker 2: man upstairs to be able to stay available, to stay healthy,
Speaker 2: as well as you know, learning how to take care
Speaker 2: of my body. You know, from from early on in
Speaker 2: my career being around great veterans and learning about what
Speaker 2: it's going to take to be a good player in
Speaker 2: this league. You know, obviously, you can have all the
Speaker 2: talent in the world, you can work your tail off,
Speaker 2: but if you're not available on the field and you're hurt,
Speaker 2: you're constantly in the training room, You'll never be able
Speaker 2: to continue to get better by getting those reps day
Speaker 2: in and day out. So I take a lot of
Speaker 2: pride in that.
Speaker 11: Hey, Fred, from the outside looking in, you and George
Speaker 11: are too of the emotional team leaders for this you know,
Speaker 11: organization One, what type of leader is George and the
Speaker 11: locker room? And two where did you develop the leadership
Speaker 11: skills to lead the defense in and out of battle
Speaker 11: each and every week.
Speaker 2: Yeah, George is an outstanding leader just because of who
Speaker 2: he is. It's not necessarily you know, with each guy
Speaker 2: who I guess is considered a leader on the team,
Speaker 2: it's not about what you're saying. It's about how you
Speaker 2: who you are and how you show up every single day.
Speaker 2: The consistency that George has shown throughout his career with
Speaker 2: the level of play that he's played, with the level
Speaker 2: of competitive uh, the competitive nature that he brings every
Speaker 2: single day. You know, obviously he has a love for
Speaker 2: the game, a love for life. You know, you see
Speaker 2: that every single day and how he how he you know,
Speaker 2: just operates. But you know, I'm really happy that he's
Speaker 2: on our team because he does. He does bring up
Speaker 2: the level play for everybody. I think that's what a
Speaker 2: good leader does. You know. For me, I've learned from
Speaker 2: a lot of great leaders, just like I mentioned before, Uh,
Speaker 2: the guys that I've been around, and I just try
Speaker 2: to do exactly what I just said is be consistent
Speaker 2: day in and day out. You know, I want I
Speaker 2: want my my work to speak for hisself, not not
Speaker 2: just my words. I want to I want people to
Speaker 2: to lead by example.
Speaker 9: Hive red from NFL and what's the key or the
Speaker 9: secret to stop extremely creative play colors under read?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess that's that's what we're trying to figure
Speaker 2: out right now, all the way up to Sunday. You know,
Speaker 2: we're trying to figure out that that the answer to
Speaker 2: that question. And you know, I could speak to Coach Reid.
Speaker 2: You know A Feller b Yu Cougar. Uh he's been
Speaker 2: he's been obviously really great in this league for a
Speaker 2: long time. Uh. Such a you know creates such uh
Speaker 2: unique plays you know, with his players that he has
Speaker 2: on his team, and so there's gonna be times in
Speaker 2: the game where we see looks that we haven't seen
Speaker 2: before and we just got to play throughout the down.
Speaker 2: But yeah, we're we're still working all the way up
Speaker 2: to Sunday to figure that out.
Speaker 11: Hid What are some characteristics that Rock Party has that
Speaker 11: you think the whole team benefits from.
Speaker 2: I mean, there's there's too many to choose for a Honestly,
Speaker 2: I think the thing that stands out the most about Brock,
Speaker 2: you know, for for us as his teammates, is you know,
Speaker 2: just the pure humility, uh that he that he plays with,
Speaker 2: that he comes to work with every single day. You know,
Speaker 2: he doesn't let the outside noise affect him any at all,
Speaker 2: Like it affects me more than it affects him, like
Speaker 2: seeing things that people say about him. But like he's
Speaker 2: just made of the right stuff. You know, he's focused
Speaker 2: on the things that are going to allow him to
Speaker 2: continue to get better in this league. To say that
Speaker 2: what he's doing right now, you know, in his second
Speaker 2: year as the last pick of the draft last year
Speaker 2: is I mean, you can't say enough about it. It's
Speaker 2: amazing I'm so happy for him, so happy he's on
Speaker 2: our team and he's the reason why we have a
Speaker 2: chance to win a Super Bowl.
Speaker 12: Love, Hey, Fred yep So, talk about the value of
Speaker 12: having coach Holland, what he's taught you, how he's helped
Speaker 12: elevate your game over the years, and how having you
Speaker 12: know you and Drake Drake green Law, how that kind
Speaker 12: of maybe helps you open up what you can do
Speaker 12: on defense.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm I'm so grateful for Johnny Holland as my
Speaker 2: linebacker coach. You know, I can't say enough about what
Speaker 2: he's meant to me and what he's meant to our group,
Speaker 2: you know, our linebacker group. What he goes through day
Speaker 2: in and day out, you never know that anything was wrong. Obviously,
Speaker 2: he has his battle with cancer right now, and you
Speaker 2: would never know it because of the positivity and the
Speaker 2: energy that he brings day in and day out. And
Speaker 2: he's been such a pivotal piece in my development as
Speaker 2: a player from the moment I got here because he
Speaker 2: just showed a lot of confidence in me, from from
Speaker 2: being a young pupp and to being where I'm at now.
Speaker 2: His thing is about instilling confidence in his players because
Speaker 2: he sees what you know, confidence can do for you know,
Speaker 2: bringing a good player and making them great. So he's
Speaker 2: helped me to, you know, achieve the things that I've
Speaker 2: achieved up to this point. And I think you mentioned
Speaker 2: something about Drake Greenlaw and you know Dre again, I
Speaker 2: can't I can't speak enough about how important Dre is.
Speaker 2: Like I'm not the player I am without having Drake
Speaker 2: green Law next to me. You know, he doesn't get
Speaker 2: the respect or you know, any of the admiration that
Speaker 2: he deserves. But he doesn't care. All he cares about
Speaker 2: is playing football, going out there and hitting people, you know,
Speaker 2: and towing the line. But you know, I love that
Speaker 2: about him and I love having that out there on
Speaker 2: the field with me. He makes he makes our defense
Speaker 2: way better than if had he not when he's not
Speaker 2: out there, you know what I'm saying. So really grateful
Speaker 2: to have him out there.