1
00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,680
Speaker 1: How this is a new team, but it's not a

2
00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,600
Speaker 1: new defense. How helpful is that for you? I was

3
00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,040
Speaker 1: been really helpful, especially in the transition come from the

4
00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,119
Speaker 1: west coast of East. You know, it can be really tough,

5
00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:15,400
Speaker 1: especially trading teams, um, not really knowing anyone. But having

6
00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,320
Speaker 1: coached Betty and having this defense, it takes a lot

7
00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,639
Speaker 1: of pressure off myself to having to learn people and

8
00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,480
Speaker 1: learn a defense. So I think it's been really helpful

9
00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,840
Speaker 1: for myself and I think be beneficial for the defense.

10
00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,360
Speaker 1: You know, me being a guy that they can lean

11
00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,200
Speaker 1: on when they have questions about the defense or any

12
00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,240
Speaker 1: of the scheme. Uh. You know, I'm comfortable with answering

13
00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,000
Speaker 1: all those questions. You really don't, no, No, I mean,

14
00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:36,760
Speaker 1: I know a couple of guys got tomorrow who I

15
00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,879
Speaker 1: play within uh Arizona, and I'm meeting the guys here

16
00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,599
Speaker 1: in the locker room. A couple of guys trained back

17
00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,760
Speaker 1: in Arizona training same facility. So but for the majority,

18
00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:52,319
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know much of it. Defense. It's

19
00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,600
Speaker 1: a fun defense. We're attacking, you know, heavy pressure team,

20
00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,959
Speaker 1: and you know, we keep teams getting make a lot

21
00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,760
Speaker 1: of checks and we keep a lot of teams on

22
00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,800
Speaker 1: our toes, on their toes. We discuys a lot of

23
00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,640
Speaker 1: things now and it gains guys energize. You never know

24
00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,480
Speaker 1: who's coming, who's dropping. I think that adds to it

25
00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,400
Speaker 1: to the success that we've had the past compeers in Arizona,

26
00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:13,600
Speaker 1: and we look to bring that here. It's just the

27
00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,720
Speaker 1: same defense you played in Arizona. Or is it tailor

28
00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,559
Speaker 1: to what players you have here? I know it's pretty

29
00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,520
Speaker 1: much the same defense most Yes, how much were you

30
00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:27,240
Speaker 1: asked to cover last year in your room? Uh? It

31
00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,959
Speaker 1: would It would depend on game to game game plan. Uh,

32
00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,000
Speaker 1: we felt like it was a game where we needed

33
00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,120
Speaker 1: more coverage. Guys, we will do that. But for the

34
00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,399
Speaker 1: most part, you know, it's just a piece of the title.

35
00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,759
Speaker 1: I mean, just like says attacking defense, so he wants

36
00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,920
Speaker 1: us attacking us outside linebackers. So it's a piece of

37
00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:43,679
Speaker 1: the It's part of the job title, but it's not

38
00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:50,120
Speaker 1: necessarily the main part. Correct. Yes, yes, Vernon reach out

39
00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:51,560
Speaker 1: to you it all during the offseason or is he

40
00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,960
Speaker 1: picked your brain? It all here about what the job entitled.

41
00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,480
Speaker 1: We've talked, you know. Once we got into uh into

42
00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,160
Speaker 1: phase one, a couple of weeks ago, and we've been

43
00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,200
Speaker 1: on the field. You know, I've been talking with him

44
00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,960
Speaker 1: if he had questions or things like. But he's a

45
00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,280
Speaker 1: fast learner. He's been picking things up, you know, kind

46
00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,560
Speaker 1: of trying to learn a little bit everything from both positions.

47
00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,840
Speaker 1: So but you know, I'm here to lean on for

48
00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:15,800
Speaker 1: other guys like Sacks and then and Collins. Do you

49
00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,160
Speaker 1: see the personality here sitting and what James Betcher wants

50
00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:20,920
Speaker 1: to do is there's still some work to do them

51
00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,720
Speaker 1: might be through the draft to add piece. Oh no,

52
00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,720
Speaker 1: I think what we have here, you know, we're great

53
00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,640
Speaker 1: with this defense. Uh. You know, We've got guys like

54
00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,960
Speaker 1: Snacks and like say Land, and those guys are phenomenal

55
00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,200
Speaker 1: players and you know they can fit this game. Like

56
00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,120
Speaker 1: I said, we're attacking and those two guys you know,

57
00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,320
Speaker 1: have the ability to do that. So I think they'll

58
00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,800
Speaker 1: be really successful in this scheme. James, the lists like

59
00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,760
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, like you're you've never seen

60
00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,880
Speaker 1: a player improved as much as you from the time

61
00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,040
Speaker 1: he came in. Now, what what is that taken? And

62
00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,519
Speaker 1: do you still have it with you know away to flying,

63
00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,680
Speaker 1: Like how does that work for? Yeah? For sure. I mean,

64
00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,040
Speaker 1: you always can get better. Uh, the moment you stop

65
00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,640
Speaker 1: getting better, that's winter's over for you. So but for me,

66
00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,880
Speaker 1: it's just been a lot of focus and and I

67
00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,520
Speaker 1: realized that the more you can learn something as far

68
00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,160
Speaker 1: as the defense goes, the faster you can play and

69
00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,440
Speaker 1: worry about technique. A lot of guys get slowed down

70
00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,960
Speaker 1: when they can't learn to playbook and the hands their place.

71
00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,120
Speaker 1: So for me coming in, it was like, all right,

72
00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:13,919
Speaker 1: let's get this playbook down so like it's back in

73
00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,799
Speaker 1: my hand so that I can focus on my techniques

74
00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,080
Speaker 1: and to do different things. So I think that's probably

75
00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,799
Speaker 1: the biggest piece for my improvement. You know, I've seen

76
00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,760
Speaker 1: a lot of that linebacker the number in the nineties.

77
00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,840
Speaker 1: Uh well, I was handing handing the dirt in college

78
00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,000
Speaker 1: and uh my first year in Arizona had my handed

79
00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,600
Speaker 1: in dirt. And you know, once I had to my

80
00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,040
Speaker 1: my rookie year, it was like, why changing now? Just

81
00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,320
Speaker 1: because I'm standing up pretty much a glorified defensive in anyway.

82
00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:41,880
Speaker 1: So it's a few drops in there