WEBVTT - Deommodore Lenoir Talks Learning from Defensive Coordinator Steve Wilks | Press Pass

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<v Speaker 1>I'm good out. Did this camp compare from like a

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<v Speaker 1>team competitive standpoint offense versus defense? Compared to your other

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<v Speaker 1>camps before?

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like, you know, with the young dB room

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<v Speaker 2>that we have, I feel like everybody took a step

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, got better. So this camp, this camp

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<v Speaker 2>was more challenging, you know, with just everybody competing, everybody

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get better, you know, get right for the season,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know iron, iron sharpens iron. So I just

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<v Speaker 2>felt like everybody was just getting better.

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<v Speaker 3>What's the toughest spot for you? Would you rather play

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<v Speaker 3>in the slot? Would you rather play outside? There's different positions?

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<v Speaker 3>How are they different?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh? Well, I'm I'm I'm more of what the team needs.

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<v Speaker 2>So wherever the team needs me, that's where I play.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you prefer one or the over the other?

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<v Speaker 2>I actually like both, like being interchangeable, playing both, just

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<v Speaker 2>showing the versatility. But if which just want me at nickel,

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<v Speaker 2>then I'll play nickel. But if they want me on

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<v Speaker 2>the outside, and if they want me to do both,

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<v Speaker 2>then I'll do both.

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<v Speaker 3>The challenges of if you do if you are doing both,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, going inside in the nickel A how how

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<v Speaker 3>difficult is it to kind of change your technique and

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<v Speaker 3>things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh. I really wouldn't say difficult. I would just say, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>just paying attention. You gotta be more detailed, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you gotta know it down the distance, what techniques you

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<v Speaker 2>want to play, you know, with if we're in zone

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<v Speaker 2>coverage or if we're in man coverage, running with motions

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 3>Nickel all throughout those I forget which weeks they were,

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<v Speaker 3>but he seemed to recall a three game game stretch

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<v Speaker 3>for early last season.

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<v Speaker 4>Where you were nickel. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was weeks one through four or one

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<v Speaker 2>through five. I played nickel and then when uh e

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<v Speaker 2>man Emana Mosley had got hurt, that's when I switched

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<v Speaker 2>to outside.

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<v Speaker 4>Did you played at all at college? No? I didn't.

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<v Speaker 4>We Uh I played one game. We played a cal.

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<v Speaker 2>And then, like, I mean, they had their number one

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<v Speaker 2>receivers in the slot, so I was kind of playing

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<v Speaker 2>slot that game.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, we were charging every pass in camp for the quarterbacks.

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<v Speaker 5>But in terms of the cornerbacks, you guys weren't getting

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<v Speaker 5>many interceptions, but you were getting your hands on some balls.

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<v Speaker 5>So how how'd you guys deal with that and trying

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<v Speaker 5>to get.

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<v Speaker 4>More take just trying to be better one percent every day.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, attacking the ball, it was a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>plays that we should have made or should have held

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<v Speaker 2>on to the ball, but you know, we're just saving

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<v Speaker 2>it for the season.

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<v Speaker 1>How much you we learned from Steve welksh.

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<v Speaker 2>I learned a lot just with being who I am

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<v Speaker 2>and being a sponge, just going in every day trying

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<v Speaker 2>to trying to get better, just paying attention to his

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<v Speaker 2>techniques and just everything he say. He's like, he's like

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<v Speaker 2>the sores for for like, you know, he got all

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<v Speaker 2>the answers. One thing in particular that you really honed

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<v Speaker 2>in on that he's taught you really just planning reading

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<v Speaker 2>the chest, you know, the chess play, whether it's back

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<v Speaker 2>shoulder shoulder steel square is going down the field. Just

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<v Speaker 2>just just in that aspect with playing level three skills, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Was taking it to a different level this summer. It

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<v Speaker 3>appears you you defended him last year and this year.

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<v Speaker 3>What would you say the difference is what's he Where's

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<v Speaker 3>he better this year than a year ago?

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<v Speaker 4>I would say is his route? His route running.

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<v Speaker 2>He's way better in route running, you know, his catching

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<v Speaker 2>and his ability to leap.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you see from running a belt.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, he's a he's a dog, you know, a player

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<v Speaker 2>that's willing, that's that's willing to take the coaching and

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<v Speaker 2>just get better and he's not gonna stop until you

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<v Speaker 2>get better. So that that's what kind of I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>from the preseason with him. You know, I just seen

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<v Speaker 2>a player that just want to get better in this division.

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<v Speaker 1>Cooper Cup and Tyler Lockett line up on the inside

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<v Speaker 1>in the slought a lot so that this lock corner

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<v Speaker 1>probably has that responsibility. Did you do much coverage of

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<v Speaker 1>either of those two guys?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, last year when we played the Rams, I think

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<v Speaker 2>the first the first week I was matched up against

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<v Speaker 2>him in the slot, and then the second time we

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<v Speaker 2>played them, I was a majority outside.

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<v Speaker 4>All Right, thank you, thank you.