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Ja'Marr Chase on Returning to Practice, Bengals' New-Look Defense and more
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00:00How great does it feel to be back in the building and back with your boys out there?
00:03It feels good.
00:05Great energy, great competition going on.
00:07I love the camaraderie.
00:08You showed us once that you don't even have to be part of training camp
00:11and you can still kill it.
00:12You don't have to be here now.
00:13Why are you here right now?
00:15I mean, I'm coming in to show my face to the guys, be a leader also,
00:19but I still want to get my own working at the same time.
00:21I do a good job of communicating with Zach and telling him what I'm going to do
00:25and when I'm going to come in.
00:26He lets me do it.
00:28Is it important for everyone?
00:30New contract or not to be bought in right now?
00:32I think if you're on this team, you should be bought in 100%.
00:35What did you make of the Dexter Lawrence trip?
00:38It was pretty – I did not see it coming, if I'm being honest.
00:41I did not know that was about to happen.
00:43Big move by it, so great job.
00:45What about the offseason in general, Jamar?
00:48There is a lot of talk about improving the defense.
00:51Your management goes out and does that.
00:54Does that increase the expectations for you?
01:00I think it increases expectations, but, you know, it's always expectations for us every year.
01:05You know what I'm saying?
01:05At the end of the day, we then got to the Super Bowl in 21 and never went back.
01:09So our expectations have always been high since 2021.
01:12But now that we have improved our defense a little more, you know,
01:15the expectations have gone up for the defense to show us what they can do.
01:18Do the moves indicate to you an urgency, a newfound urgency throughout the organization?
01:23The moves showing us that, you know, they – the moves they did is showing us like they want to
01:30be with us too.
01:32You know what I'm saying?
01:32They want to push us and help us be at the next level where we know we could be at
01:36that we know we needed.
01:37Why did you expect them to go out and get Dex?
01:40You said why I didn't?
01:41Yeah, why did you find –
01:42I don't think nobody expected that, right?
01:44I know last year you said, listen, we know what we need.
01:47Do you feel like they did enough across the board to kind of do a training?
01:50Yeah, yeah, yeah, 100%, yeah.
01:53What do you think Miles Garrett, were it longer being in the division?
01:56Good for us.
01:57I don't really care, but good for us, you know?
02:00Yeah.
02:00What was your reaction when you saw that come down?
02:03Yay, and then back to practice.
02:06I mean, I really don't care at the end of the day, but, you know,
02:08it's just making it a little more of a chance, you know?
02:12It always had a chance, but, you know, higher chance now.
02:16When you went on the field, you saw everybody out there,
02:19and you guys worked against each other.
02:22Did you think we're bigger, faster, taller?
02:24Did you have any thoughts?
02:26Are you talking about with the new guys that came in?
02:27Well, just with everybody together, back for the first time.
02:29Honestly, just being back for the first time was just amazing with energy, man,
02:33just the energy in the building and the facility.
02:35I think everybody came and was happy to see me.
02:36I was happy to see everybody.
02:37So just good energy all around the whole day that day.
02:40What are the most important things that you need to work on from now
02:44until the beginning of training camp and even the season?
02:50I mean, a little bit of everything, you know what I'm saying?
02:53There's not one particular thing that I'm focused on improving.
02:56I'm trying to be better at everything,
02:57and there's some of the things that I'm not good at,
02:58I'm still improving on my own.
03:00You're an exceptional receiver, maybe the best in the game.
03:03How does somebody like that go about improving their game?
03:07You got to be big on film now, like just big on film, small details now,
03:13attention to detail with the defense.
03:14So small things like that now is going to be my biggest thing now.
03:17Were you surprised to be an all-pro guy?
03:18I think we've talked to you since then.
03:19Were you surprised to be an all-pro guy?
03:21You said, I think I should be?
03:22No, were you surprised?
03:23That didn't come down because I don't think you were expecting it.
03:25What was the lapse like when you became an all-pro guy?
03:32Honestly, I wouldn't say I didn't expect it.
03:34I always expect it from myself.
03:36I'm just at a point to where I'm not really worried about that no more.
03:41I want something better than that.
03:44I think we all know it's better than that.
03:46Do you look around this room, Jamar, and think,
03:47okay, we have what it takes here in this room to win a championship?
03:51Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:51I feel like we always did.
03:53You got to be disciplined, got to have one-two.
03:54At the end of the day, everybody got to have one-two energy.
03:56And energy, that's the biggest thing that's going to bring us so far.
04:00What's the biggest change you've seen in the offense since you've been here?
04:03What's the biggest thing that's for us to maybe get from you compared to last year?
04:07Can't get out of the way yet.
04:09Joe and some of the coaches talked about being more explosive.
04:13What do you think?
04:14Was it just the fact that after 21 and 22,
04:17the defense has just changed the way you were playing or the way they were playing?
04:22They probably just adjusted.
04:23That's football, though.
04:24You know what I'm saying?
04:25Yeah, it's about adjusting.
04:26If you can adjust the right way, then you're going to have advantage.
04:30So, you know, some teams that adjust it, and then we adjust it off them.
04:32So it's all about adjusting at the moment.
04:34How do you be more explosive?
04:36How does this offense be more explosive?
04:37I mean, you've got to adjust, like I said.
04:39It's all about adjusting.
04:40Like, defenses already know what we're capable of.
04:42They know what we do.
04:43So we've got to go in the game.
04:44It's about adjusting at the moment.
04:45That's how you fix the situations.
04:47What's been the best part of the offseason for you?
04:50Um, waking up at 12 o'clock and working out.
04:53Ain't got to be here at 8, 9 o'clock and, you know, work out.
04:56So that's the best part.
04:57What do you think about Beckham, Lauren?
04:59Do you know what that's called back from Chinese?
05:01I didn't know if it was real or not, if I'm going to be honest.
05:02I don't.
05:03Is it real?
05:04Yeah, it's real.
05:04Oh, yeah, okay.
05:05See, I don't pay attention.
05:07But, honestly, I think that's, it's honestly legendary, man.
05:11That's a legendary moment for him.
05:12I'm super happy for him, man.
05:14Glad he got an opportunity to get back in the lead.
05:15And hopefully, you know, he might retire there when, though, you know what I'm saying?
05:18And hanging his jersey up 13 or 2, however he wants to do it.
05:21But that's a legendary opportunity.
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