Speaker 1: He is the conversation right now. Having gone through a
Speaker 1: lot of this yourself last year, do you see parallels?
Speaker 1: Do you have you reached out to Brandon? Would you
Speaker 1: read on the situation?
Speaker 2: It's brutal, especially when you're here and you have that
Speaker 2: extra pressure on you. I've talked to him a few
Speaker 2: times just as a friend, and but when it comes
Speaker 2: to what's actually going on behind closed doors, I have
Speaker 2: no knowledge or input. So it'll get worked out.
Speaker 1: I just confirmed that they are allowing Brandon to talk
Speaker 1: to other teams that are pretty close to possibly him
Speaker 1: being traded.
Speaker 3: Do you what.
Speaker 1: Kind of loss would that be if he's not on
Speaker 1: this team.
Speaker 2: I think it'd be huge. I trust John and Kyle,
Speaker 2: but he's a very tough player to replace.
Speaker 4: So yeah, do you never have any doubts last summer, Nick,
Speaker 4: whether you might get traded or I think we're not.
Speaker 3: Gonna get done?
Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, I mean, as it got closer and closer,
Speaker 2: it gets pretty dicey. But uh, I definitely didn't want
Speaker 2: to be traded. It's a good place to be, for sure.
Speaker 2: I'm very, very thankful and grateful to be paid in
Speaker 2: here because I don't think there's many other organizations that
Speaker 2: are as good as this one. So but yeah, there's
Speaker 2: a few moments.
Speaker 4: Ers I noticed fair. I think we're talking negotiators when
Speaker 4: it comes to this stuff.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like a good blank you won year.
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna comment too much on it, but they
Speaker 2: are tough, that's for sure.
Speaker 1: Just how valuable the reps against Trent are in this camp.
Speaker 1: Obviously he's not there. You weren't there last year, But
Speaker 1: what what do you lose by not having that?
Speaker 2: I definitely lose a good battle. I sleep better at night.
Speaker 2: But Jalen is very talented and getting a lot better
Speaker 2: Dave day and day, like every single day, I see
Speaker 2: him getting better. So for Jalen, it's great. And I'm sure.
Speaker 2: I'm sure Trent will be back, but uh, and I'll
Speaker 2: get plenty of reps against him, But Jalen's tough, so
Speaker 2: it's it's a battle with him too, And and I
Speaker 2: think for him, he's he's working his way into a
Speaker 2: position of being a starting caliber tackle for sure.
Speaker 4: The conversations you have with Trent kind of sharing tips
Speaker 4: and things like that, do you have similar conversations with
Speaker 4: with Jalen?
Speaker 2: A little bit, not as much. I'd say, but we're
Speaker 2: going at it every day. We have a good working
Speaker 2: relationship for sure. He's a great dude, and him and
Speaker 2: mckivitt's both very solid players and fun to work against. Hey, Nick,
Speaker 2: how is you tur gross matostit into the rotation with
Speaker 2: you guys up front? He's doing great.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 2: We've been on him every single day, me and Chris
Speaker 2: and the rest of the guys, and he's starting to
Speaker 2: really buy into the scheme and play it the way
Speaker 2: it's supposed to. And he's got a ton of talent,
Speaker 2: So I think this scheme will bring the best out
Speaker 2: of him for sure.
Speaker 1: Chris Casurrik yesterday about Leonard Floyd and when he's out
Speaker 1: there like in shorts and with a shirt cutoff, and
Speaker 1: you see how Finny looks, it's almost like a basketball player.
Speaker 1: How does he hold leverage?
Speaker 4: What's your your observation on how he survives and not
Speaker 4: only survives, but thrives with that kind of build its vent.
Speaker 2: Have you seen him up close? He's pretty built. He's
Speaker 2: about two forty five, shredded probably like five percent body fat,
Speaker 2: and he could run. So I think he'll be just
Speaker 2: fine in this scheme. And and he's proved that he
Speaker 2: could rush the passer. So it's good to have him.
Speaker 4: He's played I think over one hundred string games. I
Speaker 4: know everyone in the NFL is tough, and maybe you
Speaker 4: don't get a sense of guy's tough in his strength
Speaker 4: camp or whatever, But does he have that reputation or
Speaker 4: the things you've seen from where that has explained how
Speaker 4: he's able to stand the field.
Speaker 2: Well, for guy at his age to work as hard
Speaker 2: as he does and then come in with a mindset
Speaker 2: of trying to get better every day, it's impressive to see.
Speaker 2: He doesn't like missing days. I think he had an
Speaker 2: off day to day for the first time of camp,
Speaker 2: and and you kind of have to force it on
Speaker 2: him because he's that type of guy. But some guys
Speaker 2: are just more resilient and uh and there's a lot
Speaker 2: of luck that goes into playing the sports. So but
Speaker 2: it's good to have a guy who's reliable and and
Speaker 2: really talented.
Speaker 4: A couple of times in camp where he looked like
Speaker 4: he tweaks up or something, he kind of went off
Speaker 4: to the side and then looking in like five minutes later,
Speaker 4: he'd be back out there. I don't know if you
Speaker 4: were around him and that do you do you talk
Speaker 4: to him in those moments or kind of hear what
Speaker 4: his process is like.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there's uh, you're always dealing with something
Speaker 2: and uh, he's been in the league a long time,
Speaker 2: so it's not like he's out there feeling amazing. Every
Speaker 2: reputakes so nothing serious. So that's good and and he's
Speaker 2: very tough.
Speaker 3: Some of the coaches yesterday obviously they would Brandon coming
Speaker 3: and potentially, you know, mixing three four looks a little more.
Speaker 3: Obviously you've mostly stayed, you know, not dropping in the coverage.
Speaker 3: What would your perspective be and how comfortable would you
Speaker 3: be if you were asked to run some three or
Speaker 3: four looks.
Speaker 2: I'm liking our changeups that we're doing. I think in
Speaker 2: the NFL you have to evolve every year. And we've
Speaker 2: had a lot of success with what we do, and
Speaker 2: teams are starting to gain plant and and and have
Speaker 2: answers for us. So we have to evolve and we're
Speaker 2: doing that. And I think we have a lot of
Speaker 2: athletic defensive ends And I don't mind dropping. It's kind
Speaker 2: of fun. Not something I do often, but it's it
Speaker 2: keeps them honest and it could it could end up
Speaker 2: getting you more sex by them not knowing exactly what
Speaker 2: we're doing.
Speaker 3: Thanks like