1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Your feel for the game for guy carriage? Do you 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:09,079 Speaker 1: do you feel that yourself? Would you say sorry, you 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: were talking about one of the keys to your game. 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 2: You know you're in schools. Oh no, I love Wink. 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 2: Wink always has great things to say about me. 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: What do you say about yourself? How do you feel 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: your man? 8 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 2: Things are just working? Uh, we're playing great team ball 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 2: and I'm doing my job. Are you seeing things more 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: this year or do you sense you know, what's happening 11 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 2: more in the field. I mean, I study ball, you know, 12 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 2: and the more you study, the more you start to learn, 13 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 2: the fast you start to learn, the fastest start to 14 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 2: adjust and understand. So yeah, things have been moving a 15 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 2: little bit faster as far as my processing and things 16 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: like that. So yeah, it's been pretty good. 17 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: When it comes to seeing things before they happen. 18 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 2: That was said. 19 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 3: But that's it's a unique attribute. 20 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: I mean, does that come up just watching No, I 21 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: mean it's watching tape. You you know, every there's only 22 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 2: so many directtions the team can go right, So you 23 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 2: think about when you watch the tape, and you know, 24 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 2: it's kind of like watching a movie and then going 25 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 2: to act it out, you know, and kind of applying 26 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 2: that to my game and just being able to recognize 27 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 2: things when you know you line up. 28 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: I'm just having a guy like Dexter next to you 29 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: effects what you can do. 30 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 2: Dexter is are all pro. He's a legend almost like he's, 31 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 2: you know, one of the best interiorty linemen to ever 32 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 2: play the game. So, uh, he makes everything easier. 33 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 1: When you're just watching from above. You had a very 34 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: You've seen a very active game winning night. Do you 35 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: feel that yourself as it's going on, that you're in 36 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: a flow that's beyond just a normal game. 37 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 2: I mean it hurts, you know when your body hurts 38 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: out the game, you know you had an impact. So yeah, 39 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 2: it felt good and I was happy to, you know, 40 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: help the team get a win. 41 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: There's an old. 42 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 3: Football saying, but when it comes to defensive back, so 43 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 3: they have a nose too the water, you're just hap. 44 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: To find him. 45 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 2: Do you feel that for the defensive line you kind 46 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 2: of have an eye those quarterbacks it seems like, I mean, 47 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: the sac number of piling up and are pretty Yeah. 48 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: I would say, you know, when you play, you you 49 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 2: try to be as active as possible as you know. 50 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 2: That was kind of my mission last game was just 51 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: you know, we're coming off a buyer. You just play fast, 52 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: play physical, and let everything else just happen. And that's 53 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: what I did. 54 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 3: You made a point in the training camp that you 55 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 3: were working on your conditioning, and you knew that when 56 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 3: November and December rolling around last year, you know, you 57 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 3: talked about how maybe your body wasn't ready for what 58 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 3: you're able to do. Do you feel like all the 59 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 3: things that you did in the summer to get yourself 60 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 3: ready is. 61 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I feel like things. Things are paying off, 62 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: just in a sense of you know, how I feel 63 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 2: health wise and weight size, things like that. Strength. You know, 64 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: at the end of the season, things are feeling pretty good. 65 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 2: So yeah, I'm excited to you know, to finish this 66 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 2: back half. But this was the purpose, right, this is 67 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 2: what you exactly exactly, this is what I thought it 68 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 2: was gonna be. I knew we're gonna be in a 69 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 2: fight late in the season. So we're here and we 70 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 2: just got to keep climbing. 71 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: What do you say from the Saints, They're. 72 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 2: Very, very meticulous. They're very i would say different than 73 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: the teams we played. They like to run the ball. Obviously, 74 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: they got a lot of guys who can run it. 75 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 2: They got a lot of guys and a lot of 76 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 2: shifts and motions and things like that that we're gonna 77 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 2: have to focus on. But as always, we got to 78 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 2: stop the run, make them throw the ball, and uh 79 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 2: you know that let the back and cover down and 80 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 2: that's affect the quarterback. So it's like. 81 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: Night and day packers and what they doing with the packers. 82 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: Do No, Actually, I wouldn't say it's nine day. It's 83 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 2: kind of similar, you know, and them trying to hit 84 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 2: the perimeter and them trying to do things like that 85 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 2: and get the run game going. So I wouldn't say 86 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: it's too different. I would just say they have a 87 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 2: run first, run second mentality rather than you know, Green 88 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 2: Bay only had to run first, throw second kind of mentality. 89 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: A lot of people found your sweet yesterday interesting about 90 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: you know, what shooters should not motivate a person? What 91 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: inspired you to. 92 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think when you talk about motivation, most things 93 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,839 Speaker 2: that people write on social media aren't really motivation. Most 94 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 2: of these stories and things like that aren't motivation that 95 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: they're just stories to create. And for me coming into 96 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 2: the league, there was a lot of like underdog type 97 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 2: narrative being pushed, and it's like, you know, everybody has 98 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 2: great seasons last year, other guys had great seasons. This year, 99 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 2: I'm having a great season, you know, and it's going 100 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 2: to continue to change as the seasons go. I think 101 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 2: the main point I was just trying to make is 102 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 2: just create new stories. You know, we're fight We're a 103 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 2: team that's fighting back. But I've been playing good football, 104 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 2: and I think that's that's the only story it is 105 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 2: to it. I'm not playing goodball because people wrote negative 106 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: things about me. I'm not playing goodball because I'm trying 107 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 2: to prove everybody wrong. This is what I do for 108 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 2: a living, and you know, I'm happy to do it. 109 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 2: I'm proud to do it, and I think that's why 110 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 2: I'm I'm playing well because you know, I take pride 111 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: to what I do and I put the work in 112 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 2: two more time towards the end of last year, the 113 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 2: off season this year where things really did start to 114 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 2: slow down for you, or an aha moment on the 115 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 2: NFL level where you felt that turn to start playing. 116 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: Some really good ball. 117 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 2: No, I feel like I've been playing good ball, consistent 118 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 2: good ball for the past two years. In the NFL. 119 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 2: I feel like things have been going well when he 120 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 2: talks to my coaches and you know, GM whoever else 121 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: in the building. I've done great things to contribute to 122 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 2: the team. So now just continue and you know, grow 123 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 2: in that impact and do things like that. I mean, 124 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 2: it's a blessing and I'm happy things are clicking even 125 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 2: more and I'm getting the numbers in the stats and 126 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 2: hopefully we start to continue to get the wins. But yeah, 127 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 2: I think I've been playing goodball. I think people just 128 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 2: you know, want to write stories, and for me, I'm 129 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 2: okay with being the headline. I just want to be 130 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: new ones or fresh ones or something that you know, 131 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 2: tells a real story of goal setting and reaching those goals. 132 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,239 Speaker 2: Because everything that I'm doing now had I had these goals. 133 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 2: It's not new, it's not you know, I never thought 134 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 2: I was going to do anything different. You know, I 135 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 2: just keep working until time pays off. 136 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 3: Not too long. 137 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: Last one, you told us the difference between last year 138 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 1: and this year was you knew what to expect, the 139 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: length of. 140 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 2: The season and everything else. You seem to be to 141 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 2: have gotten stronger as the season goes on. Do you 142 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 2: feel that way? Definitely? I put on a few pounds, 143 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 2: you know, towards the end of the season, which last 144 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 2: year was kind of the opposite where I lost a 145 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: few pounds at the end of the season. So that 146 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 2: feels great. My condition feels I played, you know, more well. 147 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 2: I played the same amount of games leading up to now, 148 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 2: but I missed four games last year, so I definitely 149 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 2: feel stronger. I feel good. You know, we're in week 150 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 2: fourteen of the season or fifteen of the season, and 151 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 2: it feels great ks a young career in. 152 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 3: The sense that you feel like you're in a playoff 153 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 3: race now. 154 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 2: And yeah, I'm starving. I'm starving. I'll tell you that.