00:00You're spirited out there today.
00:01Yeah.
00:02You like it like that?
00:03Is that a good way to break into camp?
00:05No, for sure.
00:06For sure.
00:08Can you share what was going on?
00:10What was the pieces?
00:12Just computing.
00:13Nothing else to it.
00:14There's really nothing else to it.
00:17You talked about in the spring a little bit, but could you just reiterate why it's so important
00:20for you to be out there and participating?
00:22A lot of guys in your spot may not.
00:25Yeah, I mean, like I said, from my situation, I am right now.
00:29I'm just locked into my path right now, honestly.
00:33We got the win this year, and so me being out there is real important to the team.
00:37I know that.
00:38What is the most important part for you at this point of training camp?
00:43Is it just refreshing what you guys went over in the offseason?
00:46Is it making sure you start fast?
00:48What is it for you?
00:49All that.
00:50Everything you said, making sure the whole defense is clicking as one,
00:57making sure, just everything.
00:59Literally everything that is the requirement of having a good defense,
01:02this is all important.
01:04All the little things.
01:05What about taking that next leadership role in this secondary on the defense?
01:10How important is that for you?
01:12I mean, it's huge.
01:14It's huge.
01:15I mean, yeah.
01:16It's huge.
01:16That's why I'm out there.
01:17I guess the reason I ask that is maybe take a look back 12 months ago
01:21where you were at this point starting training camp and where you are now.
01:24There's a lot of people in here that have said you've had, you know,
01:27and your coaches, Al Golden, said it the other day.
01:30Yeah.
01:30What a jump you've made in terms of your play and your leadership.
01:34Yeah, for sure.
01:35I mean, you know, just keep on going, honestly.
01:39Just keep on going.
01:41And right now, like I say, it's bigger than just, you know, me and everything like that.
01:46Like, right now, trying to make sure everything is together,
01:48clicking as one, the whole defense.
01:50Like I said, I know me being out there is important,
01:52and so that's why I'm out there.
01:54You'd be wearing a captain's seat, being goalier.
01:57Yeah, I mean, I'd definitely be huge.
01:58I mean, that's one of the biggest compliments you can get as an athlete.
02:04So, for sure.
02:04Joe Burrow kind of smiled wryly when he was asked whether or not he was picking on you
02:14intentionally early in practice.
02:16You like to be picked on, maybe not the right word, but you get the drift, targeted.
02:21Yeah, I mean, like I said, it's all right because it's fun.
02:25Like, like I said, I mean, the project should be harder in effort.
02:29I should make it harder for him, and he's going to make it harder for me.
02:31Like, it should be harder than any game.
02:36What was your reaction when you saw Denzel's new contract?
02:39Oh, that was big.
02:41Like I said, Denzel's a top corner, though.
02:42So, that's not surprising at all.
02:45That's not surprising at all.
02:46He definitely deserved that.
02:48I'm sure you don't have any details,
02:49but to see a teammate like Shmarvik come out in the field like that,
02:53how tough is that, especially on day one?
02:54I had no idea, actually.
02:57Like, literally five seconds back just found out, so I didn't even know that.
03:00So, yeah, I'm checking in right now.
03:03Why as soon as we finish, I might walk in.
03:04Denzel, obviously, we all kind of saw a little scaffold up, right?
03:07Tomorrow, can you talk about what happened?
03:09We're just competing.
03:10That's all it is.
03:10We're just competing.
03:11I always feel like the energy has got to be like that.
03:14It's got to be like that on both sides of the field.
03:16Sure, I hope it's a fight every day.
03:17I hope it's a fight every day.
03:19Like I said, to get the energy going,
03:21like I said, we're just competing, and that's it.
03:23Well, it felt a little trickier than normal there, day one.
03:25Y'all usually ain't getting after that golf that early.
03:27Why this time?
03:28I think so, we're just competing.
03:29It's a different mindset this year, all around.
03:33What mindset do you look at all?
03:35That right there.
03:36I mean, do you like when there's a little bit of fire on the defense?
03:39No, for sure.
03:39Like I said, practice is supposed to be harder and more intense than a game,
03:42so that's what we're trying to do for now.
03:44For you, what's the biggest obstacle in making sure intensity day one
03:47is still going strong, that level up day 20?
03:51Like I said, just keeping it up, putting it on everybody's mind,
03:53like, hey, this is how it is.
03:54It's how it's got to be on both sides of the ball now.
03:56Both sides of the ball, keep the intensity, keep the competing going.
03:59Did you come out today wanting to kind of set that tone and say,
04:02hey, listen, we know how last year it was.
04:04We want to come out and say, this is a little bit different.
04:06Is that what you want to do?
04:07We just want to come out and just have a different mentality,
04:10and then that's what came out.
04:12Was there anything said, you know, afterwards with you and Jamar,
04:15specifically, you know, after you guys wrapped up that whole scuffle?
04:18Yeah, we love each other.
04:19We love each other.
04:20We're just competing.
04:21That's it.
04:22Did you see Jamar day bound?
04:24I did not see that.
04:25How disappointing is it to suffer?
04:26First time hearing that.
04:27My first time hearing that.
04:28That's very sad.
04:30It didn't know that happened.
04:31He got cut off.
04:31Prayers to him.
04:32He got cut off.
04:33Definitely prayers for him, for sure.
04:35How disappointing is it to have an injury like that on day one?
04:37Yeah, definitely.
04:38It's very disappointing.
04:40Any day, day one, day 25, no matter.
04:42So just keeping prayers for him.
04:44Kind of along the same line of question, though,
04:45how do you kind of tow that line of making sure the other intents
04:47but it doesn't cross over to where maybe putting each other at risk?
04:50How do you kind of find that in real time?
04:52Like I said, we have brotherhood, so we love each other, whatever.
04:55So they're just competing out there.
04:56That's it.
04:57Do you think it's helping to have a win?
04:581,000%, yes.
05:00Why is that?
05:01Like I said, just getting the mentality.
05:03That's it.
05:03There's a lot of talk about DJing, kind of the kind of years you could have.
05:06What kind of growth have you seen out of him over the years?
05:10Probably one of the biggest growths I've ever seen out of a player.
05:13I'm just happy to see how far he can take it.
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