Speaker 1: You know, you were expected to finish plays and you
Speaker 1: understand that even if you were just closed. Did you
Speaker 1: feel tonight was an example of you being able to
Speaker 1: finish the players?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it was good. We started hot and
Speaker 2: I think we played well as a defense. It's kind
Speaker 2: of in the story this year though, letting them back
Speaker 2: in the game. So that's a big focus that we
Speaker 2: need to correct because playing good teams here, you got
Speaker 2: to put them away.
Speaker 3: What do you think of that?
Speaker 1: The alignment with sam O at defensive tackle, it seemed
Speaker 1: like really playing the run well inside.
Speaker 2: Oh well that's a pass thing. He doesn't play inside
Speaker 2: on the run, but he's doing a great job. It's
Speaker 2: it's definitely different inside. So for him to adapt, he
Speaker 2: really didn't get reps at that throughout camp, so for
Speaker 2: him to be able to produce inside, it's it's a
Speaker 2: testament to his ability to adapt and help us. Might
Speaker 2: say that, you know the second half, you can do
Speaker 2: whatever team you want to be.
Speaker 3: Do you feel like this is a super Bowl level
Speaker 3: team or do you still have things you have to
Speaker 3: do to get there?
Speaker 2: Of course we need to improve, but I mean, like you,
Speaker 2: like you were talking about the rookies, showing up and
Speaker 2: and doing their part and adding to an already really
Speaker 2: good lineup of guys is huge. But yeah, we're gonna
Speaker 2: keep getting better, and I think getting this win is
Speaker 2: obviously huge, and resting up, maybe getting a couple guys
Speaker 2: back and hit hit the ground run.
Speaker 1: I think in twenty two, after by seven to two
Speaker 1: last year, after which are you able to pull on
Speaker 1: that kind of history knowing that another good run.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've kind of with my message has been talking
Speaker 2: about the past. But I think it's a new team,
Speaker 2: a lot of new guys, So I think it's time
Speaker 2: to kind of just focus on the now.
Speaker 4: Some discussion you had a hat on it was not
Speaker 4: but how you're currently quaring, Uh, why did you take
Speaker 4: that opportunity to make pay would appear to be a
Speaker 4: political statement.
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna talk too much about it, but I
Speaker 2: think it's an important time.
Speaker 3: Obviously, you guys have a bye week and you get
Speaker 3: to rest and recover. But before we kind of look
Speaker 3: ahead to the bye week, in this game, at halftime,
Speaker 3: you guys went in the locker room kind of down.
Speaker 3: What was going through your mind at that point when
Speaker 3: it came to the fact that it's Cowboys to lose
Speaker 3: this game again. How do we get out of this hole?
Speaker 3: How do we dominate?
Speaker 2: What was I think Fred had a great message. I
Speaker 2: don't want to give it away, but he had a
Speaker 2: great message for us in the in the locker room,
Speaker 2: and and we we felt like the superior team and
Speaker 2: we just needed to kind of execute a little better.
Speaker 2: There was a couple of things that we were we
Speaker 2: were messing up on, so just about executing longer and
Speaker 2: we should beat teams that were better than.
Speaker 4: There a little energy from George Kittle and what you
Speaker 4: could do when he's doing the third quarter.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I heard you talk, Fred talk about it. He's
Speaker 2: he's a warrior. There's a lot of guys in this
Speaker 2: league who wouldn't play through the things he plays through
Speaker 2: every year. And for him to play like the best
Speaker 2: tight end in the league on National tight Ends Day
Speaker 2: while he's battling things just shows how much of a
Speaker 2: beast he is.
Speaker 1: Does his leadership help the young on the team as well,
Speaker 1: It's huge.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a lot of new guys in the tight
Speaker 2: end room and then yeah, just having that leadership on offense,
Speaker 2: it is huge.
Speaker 1: What was asked after the game, if he's excited for
Speaker 1: the bye week, and he's like, not really is it's
Speaker 1: needed At the same time as it feels like kind
Speaker 1: of a little bit of a momentum stopper after you
Speaker 1: guys maybe get going there.
Speaker 4: In the second half.
Speaker 2: No, I don't think it's a momentum stopper, but I'm
Speaker 2: not surprised Demo feels that way. It is tough to
Speaker 2: kind of watch people play on Sunday, but this league
Speaker 2: is is brutal, so any any rest he could get
Speaker 2: as big.
Speaker 4: But in the sixth season, I mean, have you I
Speaker 4: realized you you want to talk too much about it,
Speaker 4: But have you been tempted in the past to kind
Speaker 4: of You're no.
Speaker 2: I mean it's definitely a little easier nowadays, but but no,
Speaker 2: I don't feel too too inclined to do that because
Speaker 2: just a different climate speak.
Speaker 4: What can you say about his ascension.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's unbelievable. He came in as a rookie
Speaker 2: and he's a bit of an airhead, but he is
Speaker 2: just gotten so much better and he's he's one of
Speaker 2: my favorite players that I've ever played with, Just such
Speaker 2: a dog and you need guys like that in the
Speaker 2: back end. Who aren't afraid to come in and play
Speaker 2: the run. And and then he makes huge plays. He
Speaker 2: could cover anybody, and he's he's very unselfish. They ask
Speaker 2: him to do a lot of different things. He could
Speaker 2: be a lockdown outside corner in this league, and they
Speaker 2: ask him to play inside and he never waivers. Yeah,
Speaker 2: and I think he's gotten a little smarter about about
Speaker 2: that stuff. We can't be giving people fifteen yards. So
Speaker 2: I love him. Thanks,