1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: Player of the week's talking to news. Yeah, we'll recognized 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: the stick road. Just begin with Stephen Duskowski, who just 3 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: came out that he's going in or he just what 4 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: does he meant to this franchise to you as you watching, Yeah, 5 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: I mean all time great, you know I think, Um, 6 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: I think because it's slate, you know, always being like 7 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: the special team's captain. Um, I think maybe sometimes the 8 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: outside world doesn't know how much he means our special 9 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: teams unit and to you know us as a team. 10 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: You know, I think for me, just the the stability 11 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: of that position. You know, we never waiver with there's 12 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: a kick on the line, Um, kickoffs, you know, playing 13 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: against tough returners. Sometimes the best thing to stop a 14 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: tough returner Steve kicking the ball out of the end zone. So, UM, 15 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: he's meant a lot to this team obviously for the 16 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: whole time I've been here. UM. And obviously you see 17 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: a lot of that in the record books and all 18 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: of that, where he has a lot of records for 19 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: this franchise. UM. But I always speak on how much 20 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: he means to the locker room. UM, always keeping it 21 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: like he's the best at every little like thing. And 22 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: tournament we do in the locker room. UM, so he'll 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: definitely be missed throughout the year of just having his 24 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: presence in there, your build for menial prison situations and 25 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: you're talking to you guys in the Super Bowl, you 26 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: were talking about pet on board. It's him and time 27 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: they've seen, they've pretty much seen every visit prison situation 28 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: has been on your mind when he's out there. Oh, 29 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: definitely when Steve, like, like I said, I've been a 30 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: part of a lot of game winning you know, drives 31 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: for the offense. I remember Baltimore in my rookie year 32 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: of going back and forth with them, and it comes 33 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: down to Steve at the end of the game kicks 34 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: a game winner. In twenty and fifteen, we're playing the Giants, 35 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: tough game, Steve goes out there kicks a game winner. 36 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: Uh and Oakland when he kicked that that long field 37 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: goal was in Mexico City. With that long field like 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: you saw the whole team run on the field. And 39 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: I think that's because like we know, that's what he's 40 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: capable of, and that's what he does and so many 41 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: you know, so often for us as a team. Um 42 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: that you know, they always say you don't know how 43 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: much you need a kicker until you come in those 44 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: situations and you don't have a guy that you you 45 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: know is going to come and deliver. And I think, 46 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: you know, at times for players, we get spoiled sometimes 47 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: when you have a guy like that that's kicked for 48 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: so long, um and it's been so good from because 49 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: it's unlike any position the way outside the quarterback on 50 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: the field we are, they're by themselves, will stay time 51 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: of their backs. So how you go from pretty I 52 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: know the guy in that position is saying, okay, we 53 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: still have the feed that we had and Steve. It's 54 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: hard to because but it's like all other places, it builds, 55 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: you know, I think, Um, I don't care how good 56 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: a player is that comes in here, like you don't 57 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: build that true trust until you get out there and 58 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: you start repping um. And even though they're not out 59 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: there running and doing reps with us in practice, we 60 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: always see you know, Steve kicking and we do our 61 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: periods where we're doing field gold and battering, so uh, 62 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: that trust starts to build and you get to know 63 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: each other, you know. I think a lot of trust 64 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: is done even off the field when you get to 65 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: know guys and you see their story, you understand what 66 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: they're about and what playing on the team means to them. 67 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: I think a lot goes into that that you don't 68 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: always see, you know, from the outside looking in on 69 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,519 Speaker 1: the on game day or the beginning of practice in 70 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: different times like that. But I think that builds a 71 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: true camaraderie and trust between guys out there. Kevin, you 72 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: go about four picks already this year. Is there a 73 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: reason why you're finding the ball more regular league or 74 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: is it just kind of finding you? The balls finding me? 75 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: You know? I think for you know, I think a 76 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: lot of Like I was talking to Malcolm Jenkins last 77 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: night and uh, he texted me, He's like, man, he 78 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: got four interceptions. I was like, yeah, man, for a 79 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: lot of years the ball didn't find me a lot, 80 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: you know, and you could be in good position, you 81 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: could play good football, but the ball doesn't find you. 82 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: And then sometimes you know, you go out there and 83 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: you know, Steph tips one to me, I got to overthrow. 84 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: I got another overthrow and then one where the quarterback 85 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: never saw me. So I wouldn't say they're like the 86 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: hardest players you're ever making. You know in your career, 87 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: but sometimes, you know, you keep putting yourself in a 88 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: right position of all of fying you. Sometimes it doesn't, 89 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: but you just got to keep trying to play good football. 90 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: And you know, I think it me have an interception 91 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: shows how good this unit is. I'm able to play 92 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: a lot of things just on being free and knowledge 93 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: because our corners are so good. You know, I don't 94 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: have to worry about anything. I had complete faith in 95 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: what they're doing, and I think a lot of us 96 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: being on the same page allows us to do some 97 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: things out there as a group that you can't always 98 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: do unless you have a lot of guys that are 99 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: studying film together and smart enough to go out there 100 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: and try to do some things. Nice combination right now 101 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: between your physical ability and your experience and understanding for 102 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: that sort of thing is who is that a nice 103 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,799 Speaker 1: crossroads to be at that combination for you? I feel 104 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: like that. I doubt a lot of people, I think 105 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: thirty two year olds or at a nice combination, But 106 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: I feel pretty good. So I like how you put that. 107 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: If you don't mind, just keep telling the coaches and 108 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: stuff that could you comment on. Terry McLaren is a 109 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: vertical threat that you'll be facing this weekend. Yeah. I mean, 110 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: he caught a deep one against Philly over the top. 111 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: What is I think, three touchdowns already, So he's definitely 112 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: got We gotta be aware of m all throughout the 113 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: field because even when they get into the red area, 114 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: he's one of the top targets down there. He caught 115 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: a post against Chicago where he just was able to 116 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: bang it in then and Keenam snuck it in between 117 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: the corner and the safety. So, um, he's a guy 118 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: you gotta be very aware of, even though a rookie. Um, 119 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: you know, a guy that they're targeting, you know, not 120 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: just you know on post routes and nins. But he 121 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: they found him out some over routes, you know, just 122 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: running from strong to the weak side of the defense. 123 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: So just understanding where he is, and I think because 124 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: of his speed, also runs some shorter routes with him 125 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: because obviously, you know, two three games into the season, 126 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: people start to know are where seventeen is. This guy 127 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: can really run. Um, so I'm sure we'll see him 128 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: do some different things because like I said, it's only 129 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: been three games. He didn't play last week. Um, but 130 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: I think they're probably still figuring out all the things 131 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: he can do. But obviously you can see he's a 132 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: he's a pretty dynamic player. UM, now we're gonna have 133 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: to have a height and awareness of what you talking 134 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: in the play with Conners and I say, you're walking 135 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: by his locker room as a person or as a player. 136 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: As a Uh, it's awesome to see. I think for me. 137 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: You know, kV came in here and you know, it's 138 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: always tough you come to a team kinda in the 139 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: middle of the year, and then when he first got here, 140 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: then Jamie gets traded and now it's like Colvin always 141 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 1: here to replace. So we always joke on him about 142 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: when he first got here. But to just see his 143 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: growth as a player, UM, to be able to play 144 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: outside linebacker, defensive end, inside linebacker. You know, he plays 145 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: so many different roles for his defensively, UM, we're not 146 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: really surprised when he goes out there and has a 147 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: game like that, very similar to the game he had 148 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: last time we were in Buffalo last year of just 149 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: being all over the field making play. So, UM, I 150 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: think it's great for him. You know, we we count 151 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: on his leadership, We count on his communication on the field. UM. 152 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: And when we're able to have him high tower Jamie, 153 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: you know, Bentley, e, Rob, like all those guys, UM 154 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: have been the main communicators out there for us at 155 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: some point in time, defensively. UM. So when we have 156 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: a combination of all him out there on the field, UM, 157 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: it helps a lot, from you know, defensive line all 158 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: the way back to the safety. So, UM, not surprised 159 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: by the honor, but I think he's been playing great 160 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: football for a while for us, So I think it's 161 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: awesome for him to get the recognition because, um, he 162 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: really cares about that kind of stuff as a Person's 163 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: a very weird dude. I'm sure you guys know it, 164 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: But once you get to know him, uh, he's a 165 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: pretty cool guy. And you know, his wife's cool, so 166 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: she helps him out a little bit appreciate about