1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Devin, when you your defense is playing as well as 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: it is in the conditions are like this, do you 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: like your chances heading into a game like this? Yeah? 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: I mean, but you just, I think for us as 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: a team, the whole week in practices, we're going through 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: things and you know, I just you can hear Bills 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: saying us like, hey, we're on it, like we're on it. 8 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: And I think that comes from just executing our game 9 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: playing and practice, um sitting in a meeting room going 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: over these plays, understanding what they like to do, you know. 11 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: So I think everyone felt good going into the game. 12 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:36,239 Speaker 1: And anytime we playing any type of weather game, we 13 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: don't budge because when we come in here on a 14 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: Wednesday and Thursday or Friday and Bill stands up here 15 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: and he says, whatever the weather is, get your stuff 16 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: and put it on because we're in it. So we've 17 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: practiced in all of this. We've had rain, rain days, 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: have really cold days. So when we get dressed and 19 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: we get ready to go out there, our mentality doesn't change. 20 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: We're out there to play football and try to dominate. 21 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: And I think everyone has that mentality as a group, 22 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: So you know, I think it enables us to go 23 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: out to our execute and try to play at a 24 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: high level. David, you give up a couple up of 25 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: big plays because there were touchdowns. So how do you guys, 26 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: how do you guys m regroup right out giving that 27 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: up those big plays and manage zero touchdowns to give 28 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: them to the upplements. I think as a defense, you 29 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: gotta you gotta defend every yard on that field. So, UM, 30 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: we always know as a group, just get a guy down, 31 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: you know, if it's a you know, like Cobb's big 32 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: play and you see me hustling Jay Jones, hustling j 33 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: j C. Just knowing if we get them down and 34 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: give ourselves a chance to play some red area defense. Um, 35 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: you know, we can hold them to three points. And 36 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: I think that's what it came down today. UM, I 37 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: think they gotten read are three or four times and 38 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: just making them kick field goals. UM gave us a 39 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: chance to win, you know, And the last couple of 40 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: games we played has come down to one touchdown, you know, 41 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: one touchdowns kind of separated and have been a bunch 42 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: of field goals. And UM, as a defense, we know, 43 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: if we just keep holding teams out of the end zone, 44 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: we have faith our offensive go out there and get 45 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: us a touchdown or give us a big drive, all 46 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: to really be the difference in winning the game. And 47 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: that's what it came down in the night dev There's 48 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: no doubt that Dallas is extremely challenged offensively across the board. 49 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: But when you get a guy like step On Gilmour 50 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: that can just lock down Amari Cooper, how much of 51 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: an advantage is it give the rest of the defense 52 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: to be able to do other things and have other 53 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: options to keep Dallas in check. Yeah, I mean, I 54 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: think we put a lot on them, you know, to 55 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: go out there and play, and but I think ultimately 56 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: it still comes down to just team defense. You know, 57 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: everybody understanding what they have to do, and you know, 58 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: guys stepping up. You know, I thought j C stepped 59 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: up today without jamac out there playing rarely every snapping 60 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,119 Speaker 1: and Jay Jones being able to play different roles. So 61 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: you know, I think we put a lot on our 62 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: corners in general to go out there and compete against 63 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: some of the better receivers in this league. And you know, 64 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: it's no secret it starts with Steph you know, he 65 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: goes out there, competes his butt off you know, every 66 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 1: time someone makes a catch on him is gonna be 67 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: highly contested. They're gonna have to make a great play, 68 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: and you know, we count on them to do that. 69 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: And I think a lot of it goes into his 70 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: film study, understanding the defense, understanding when he has help, 71 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: when he doesn't have help, and then all of us 72 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: executing us eleven guys on the field. I think it's 73 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: each guy a chance to go out there and play 74 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: good individually. Devin, Obviously, you guys are good in every 75 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: area of the field, but you mentioned just hoping to 76 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: get to play some red area defense. Beyond that just 77 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: being more confined space. Is there something that gives you 78 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: extra competence down there playing against him or anybody else, 79 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: just knowing exactly what we have to do. I would 80 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,519 Speaker 1: say a lot of confidence comes from practice, competing against 81 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: our offense, competing against the look team when we go 82 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: out there. You know, early in the season we didn't 83 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: get a lot of red area opportunities, but my whole 84 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: time here, you know, we've put a lot of focus 85 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: on third down in red area. So when we get 86 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: in the red area, we've talked about it a lot, 87 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: you know, and guys understand what the team wants to do, 88 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: and we know we got to really play our best 89 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: football usually for three downs if we can get them all, 90 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: get him on the fourth down situation and make him 91 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: have to make a decision, need to go for it 92 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: or kick the field goal for us? Once again, an 93 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: area that's to win. So Bill always talks about those 94 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: four point plays, and you know we did a good 95 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: job of executing on those plays. Devin, you're asked about 96 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: Stefan Gilmour, who's clearly established himself as one of, if 97 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: not the best cornerback in the league. Jonathan Jones is 98 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: a guy that you said plays multiple roads for this defense. 99 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 1: Today looked like he might have gotten picked off on 100 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: the catching long gain by Cob But other than that, 101 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: his performance today, how how good a player has he becoming? 102 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: When you watch guys around the league, even though you're 103 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: studying the offense, in your mind your estimation, where does 104 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: Jonathan Jones stand among the eleague cornerbacks in the league. Yeah, 105 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: he's so versatile. You know, he plays inside and like 106 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: I said, today he stepped up and play some outside corner. 107 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: But he started it off. You know, we get our 108 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: first third down, we talked about getting out there and 109 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 1: starting fast. He breaks up the Plasta Cob, you know, 110 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: another big third down. They throw it in a flat, 111 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: try to pick him. He tacks them for either no 112 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: gain on one yard. And I think his consistency really 113 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: helps us as a defense. You know, when you watch 114 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: him in our defense, he's played safety, he's played inside corner, 115 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: outside corner, he's bulitz, he's covered, he's playing in a 116 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: deep half, in deep middle. Um. He's played obviously a 117 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: lot of man to man And when you got guys 118 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: that can do that, it helps you out so much 119 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: on defense. Like you talked about step being able to 120 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: do what he does covering guys, Jay Jones being able 121 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: to be you know, really a plugging fit guy along 122 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: with Chung and you know, all those different guys allows 123 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: us to play so many different fronts, different defenses, different 124 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: personnel groups because we got guys I can just move 125 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: in and out of different roles. So um, Jay Jones, 126 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: I've loved it because he come he came in here 127 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: undrafted free agent and he's really worked his butt off. 128 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: You know, one of our better special teams players and 129 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: doesn't play as much amuster teams because we need him 130 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: to play a lot of defense, and um, I think 131 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: he's been an example for all the guys that come 132 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: in here no matter how you get here at hard 133 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: working and getting better at your craft allows you to 134 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: have a big role for this team that Devin. With 135 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: the offense struggling, you guys realize that it was your 136 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: game to win. Defensively in this game, especially late. You 137 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: stopped them a few times right before the half and 138 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: then towards the end of the game. So this was 139 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: kind of like defenses game to win. Yeah, we always 140 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: talk about situations, and I thought that's what today came 141 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 1: down to. You know, obviously our offense wants to score 142 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: a lot of points and they've done that for a while. 143 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: But I think the thing I said it last week. 144 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: You know, everyone keeps talking about our offense struggling and 145 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: all of that. To me, we're going out there and 146 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: we're complimenting each other. You know, we get we get 147 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: a fourth down stop and you know the game is 148 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: not necessarily over. But then our offense goes out there 149 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: in a four minute situation gets a first down. You know, 150 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: then we get the air ball situation where Tom throws 151 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,559 Speaker 1: it up. Maybe it looks like it should have hit zero, 152 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: you know, and that would have been the game. But 153 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: I think that's what it comes down to when you 154 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: talk about winning football games. You know, when you look 155 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: at it, I think everyone wants to see, you know, 156 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: thirty points on the board and you know we hold 157 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: a team to nine. But you know, when you talk 158 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: about winning football games, it's those situations, you know, understanding 159 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: how to take advantage of those. You know, defense goes 160 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: and gets to stop offense doesn't go out there and 161 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 1: just you know, run three plays and didn't have to 162 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: either go off for it on fourth down, a kick 163 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: a field, you know what I mean. They took all 164 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: of that out of the window, out of the scenario 165 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: by just getting the first down, and um, that's winning football. 166 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: I think we just got to continue to do those things. 167 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: Devin Jerry Jones called this game as a measuring stick 168 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: for his group. Does that kind of label ever even 169 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: really get discussed in the Patriots locker room? Or is 170 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: it just purely the next game on the schedule that's 171 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: the next game. But I mean it's no secret we 172 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: get every team's best shot. You know, we know that. 173 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: It's not the first time we've heard that when we've 174 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: played somebody, they've talked about it being a measuring stick 175 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: or a big game for him. You know, I think 176 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: we realize, especially this time of year, every game is 177 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: a big game. Man. There's no secret we came out 178 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: here today. They're one of the best teams in NFC, 179 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: top offense in the league. So it was a big 180 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: game for us and we knew that. But it doesn't 181 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: change how we prepare and how we have to execute 182 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: to win. So you know, I was excited about how 183 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: we came out here and started fast and gave ourselves 184 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: a chance to win. We just gotta continue to do 185 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: that and it would be a tough one on the 186 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: road next week against Houston. You said a lot about 187 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: Pat Chung through the years. How important was he today 188 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: basically playing linebacker and uh again sticking his nose in 189 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: there against Ezekiel Elliott and they came, Man, I'm gonna 190 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: give him a big hug because if he wasn't here, 191 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: I would have had to fill that linebacker role, and um, 192 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: that's more Pat's thing than my thing. So uh, you know, 193 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: for years, you know, Pat's been that guy that you know, 194 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: whether it's linebacker or strong safety, whether he had to 195 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: play deep in a deep path or deep middle. Um, 196 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: you can't really teach or find many guys that can 197 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: do what Pat does. And UM, luckily this year we 198 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: found t Brooks who's filled in and been able to 199 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: do those roles. UM. But you know, it's no secret 200 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: having Pat back in our defense. UM, you know gives 201 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: us a lot of different options and it makes us 202 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: a lot better defense. You know, he's been a big, 203 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: big role for us for the last couple of years. 204 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: And UM, you know, he's my running mate. We've been 205 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: playing together for most of our careers minus one year, 206 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: you know, ten years being out there and playing together. 207 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: So I love having them back. You know, we have 208 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: so much nonverbal communication and really things that we should 209 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: mess up, but because we've been playing so long, we 210 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: kind of know what the other guys gonna do. And 211 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: having them back out there, I think it was a 212 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: big reason why we're able to get the win today. 213 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: I appreciate it.