00:00What did you read on the pick, Brian?
00:03Just more just playing to my strength and my leverage on that situation.
00:08Playing on my rules.
00:09I mean, he was in quarters.
00:10He kind of just tried to throw a little dart, a little seam ball.
00:14I was able to break on it in time.
00:16Play before, you were really talking about DJ and the ball down the sideline.
00:20Is that just who you are to a tee in-game?
00:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:24I could tell.
00:24I mean, today's one of my harder days.
00:26I mean, I could tell.
00:27And then, obviously, we're cornering, man.
00:28I mean, we don't really – I know offense is not like – they can sub in and out.
00:31You know, our defense, we don't really sub in and out.
00:33Sub in on the corners like that.
00:34So, when they run a deep ball, they have to run back to the huddle.
00:37Whereas, like, the receivers might go back, you know, and take a breather of water.
00:41So, understand that.
00:42Me, being a post player and being a post safety, I have to be sideline the sideline.
00:47So, I'm probably the closest person as far as, like,
00:49that understands that strength and that heart rate up as a corner would.
00:54So, I'm more – I told him to kind of point.
00:56I was talking to him, like, come on, you good?
00:57Come on, we can work through it.
00:59Oh, I'm talking to myself.
01:00I'm like, I'm tired, too.
01:01You know what I'm saying?
01:01So, stuff like that, I feel like, you know, it kind of adds to it.
01:04I mean, we've been a great foundation so far.
01:06But maybe those moments like that where – if you look at it, too,
01:10like, that was a play right before the pick.
01:12So, for me, it was a contribution, too.
01:14Like, all right, I'm tired of stepping for my best.
01:16You know what I'm saying?
01:17To lead with words and then lead with action on the next play,
01:20what does that say to my defense?
01:22It's a relentlessness.
01:24You know, I know we're kind of greedy to some extent.
01:29You know what I'm saying?
01:29We're also being stingy.
01:31Those are some words that I threw out a few previous interviews.
01:35But it's kind of what it is.
01:36You know, at the end of the day, you know, we are a stingy defense.
01:38We're trying to take the ball back as many times as we can.
01:42I know it's stunning a little bit.
01:44But for the most part, it's more just being aggressive,
01:49touching the detail, flying around, playing as one.
01:52And ultimately, I mean, just being my brother's keeper.
01:54You know what I'm saying?
01:55I know we all are tired, but can someone make a play.
01:57You know what I'm saying?
01:58Any given moment, it could happen.
02:00You know, I could be tired and have a great break at the post,
02:04and then, you know, that's the only way to sack.
02:05So, things like that, man, it boosts the whole morality of a defense
02:09and just adds momentum.
02:10I know it's only been one week, but can you say, Brian, with confidence?
02:13Okay, I see this defense making a lot of plays
02:15and showing growth already.
02:17Oh, yeah.
02:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:18I didn't say too much, but for sure.
02:19What are you noticing so far?
02:22Just the way you respond to adversity, you know.
02:26For a lot of guys, a lot of people, you know,
02:29you get faced with certain aspects in life,
02:31and then you have to make a decision.
02:33Am I going to rise to the occasion or am I going to fall,
02:35you know what I'm saying, victim to it?
02:36So, I feel like we have had times where we had, you know,
02:39a wake-up moment and we respond well every time.
02:43And if you can keep doing that in terms of season
02:46and not be getting, you know, post-season and things like that, man,
02:49it just adds strength to the team and, you know, strength to us individuals,
02:55you know, understanding we can go out there and perform at a high level
02:57despite how we feel.
02:59You were talking about a combo interview.
03:00You were talking about a combo interview.
03:02Was there someone you felt had an assist on that pick six that you wanted to –
03:06how come you wanted to do a combo?
03:08A combo.
03:08You said you wanted to do a combo interview.
03:10Oh, there's so many cameras, you know.
03:11I tried to put the spotlight off.
03:12Yeah, like eight cameras over here.
03:14I'm like – I know I'm kind of in the limelight,
03:16but I'm not really a camera guy.
03:18You know what I'm saying?
03:18What do you see from 49 now?
03:20What do you see from 49 in the middle?
03:22He's got the helmet.
03:23It's a second helmet.
03:24Uh-huh.
03:25Man, just – I think the first thing I would say is just is willing to learn.
03:30I mean, I say that because, like, as a leader,
03:33sometimes you can get to a place where you can be complacent
03:35and you feel like, okay, I know it all.
03:37But for him, only being in year two, he's just very, like, hey, let me learn.
03:43You know what I'm saying?
03:43Teach me things.
03:44And he's willing to teach me as well.
03:47So that's one.
03:48And then also being a man and being an anchor for the defense in the middle.
03:52You know what I'm saying?
03:52The linebackers is – especially in the field, it's a tough vision to play
03:55because you've got to worry about, you know, the coverage, the rush, the front,
03:58things like that.
03:59But for him to handle it and, you know, the guy next to him to handle it,
04:03it's just, man, it's a remarkable seed.
04:04And I think because of the fact that they are a year or two, as a veteran,
04:09it's very exciting to see.
04:10I can spend my next, what, two, three years with him.
04:16So, well, at least – yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:18So I can see him grow much more than today.
04:21But his standard or his foundation, he set himself, man, it's a blessing to be a part of it.
04:27How important is it, Brian, on your interception to see the pressure up front?
04:33So that's one thing I'll go and talk about.
04:35Yeah, yeah.
04:35What led to that interception was getting Joe off the spot and getting him to throw across.
04:41Yeah, I mean, everything works together.
04:42You know what I'm saying?
04:43And when you really go – you draw your eyes back and look at a – whether it be offense
04:46or defense,
04:47for that matter, everybody has a part and everybody is part of the engine.
04:51You know what I'm saying?
04:51So when we all kind of play on the same court, that's when things like that happen.
04:56But I say that because I'm not bad.
04:58I say that because ultimately, like, you know, let's say, for instance, beginning play,
05:02I might have – and this is anything.
05:04DB could get beat, whatever, but then you have a good rush up front
05:07and then not a person gets in position to get a pick.
05:09But, you know, we all are playing it together.
05:11So for the front to get pressure on the quarterback, for us to give me a chance,
05:14especially me to give me a chance to take more chances on the ball, you know what I'm saying?
05:17No, like, he's not going to have time like that.
05:19So once you make a decision, like, okay, he's throwing the ball,
05:21whether he's ready to throw it or not, you know what I'm saying?
05:23So either going to be an interception or a sack.
05:26But having trust in my front line to be able to do that.
05:28Al also – go ahead.
05:30Al also joked that – dropped the pick.
05:35I did, yeah, yeah.
05:35They were trying to make good on that.
05:37Yeah, they were joining me.
05:38I mean, I had a few players I wish I could take back from the practice.
05:40But, I mean, it was nice to end them with a pick.
05:41But, yeah, they were joining me for a little bit, you know, butterfingers, all that stuff.
05:44I'm like, well, I didn't even – I barely seen the ball in the first part.
05:47So, okay, I was trying to tell them, like, yo, all that means is that it's going to come back
05:49around
05:50because it's my first time actually getting close to the ball.
05:53So it didn't count.
05:54And so, you know, obviously now I guess you could say, like, the floodgates is open.
05:57Not just for me, but for the whole defense, you know what I'm saying?
06:00I think this will – I think we're trying to very much focus on getting the ball back,
06:05especially for Joe Burrell and the offense.
06:07And that was going to make a play today.
06:08So –
06:09You talk about different plays that may happen throughout practice.
06:11What does it mean for the defense to be able to end the day like that?
06:15Often, I don't know about – I mean, just not about today.
06:18I think even go back to yesterday and how we were talking yesterday and how we stacked it.
06:22You know, greatness – people think that greatness is a sometimes thing.
06:25It's all the time, every day then.
06:27And the question – I had a conversation with some guys yesterday.
06:33It's about a kind of simple topic, but more like the question is more like,
06:36hey, are you willing?
06:37You know, are you willing to sacrifice?
06:39Are you willing to go through the tough moments to see the other side?
06:43And so then are you willing to put your best foot forward every day?
06:46Are you willing to – you know what, I'm a little hurt this morning.
06:49I mean, I should do some extra recovery tonight so that tomorrow I can be ready to go.
06:52So am I willing to stack the day I had yesterday – well, stack it today,
06:57you know what I'm saying?
06:57But you have to have the courage to do so, you know what I'm saying?
07:00And the – the relentlessness.
07:04At the end of the day, you're going to feel pains, you're going to feel aches and bruises,
07:06but you've got to ask yourself, at the end of the day, like, am I willing, you know?
07:10That group session you're talking about, is that some teammates here in the group?
07:13Yeah, yeah, yeah, teammates here.
07:14Was it a team meeting or –
07:16No, it was just a couple guys, you know.
07:18The conversation was pretty good.
07:20I don't know personal business out there.
07:21Yeah, yeah, totally.
07:22Yeah, yeah, but it was just more just like, you know, we just – as men,
07:25we would just challenge each other as men, you know what I'm saying?
07:27And I feel like for me, I was able to learn some things about them.
07:30I was able to share my story, too.
07:31It's about, like, you know, good stuff, like, you know, God and marriage and, you know,
07:35things like that.
07:36And we got down to a question, like, are you willing?
07:39You know, like, for instance, like, you know, are you willing to follow God?
07:42Are you willing to go through the storms and tribulations for him?
07:45But you translate that into everything for football.
07:48Are you willing to go through the tough days to learn it, you know what I'm saying?
07:50Like, for me.
07:53You can't catch the ball on the last time.
07:54We got the ball.
07:55Hey, hey, hey.
07:56We haven't – we haven't – we haven't catch the ball yet?
07:58On you?
07:59When you catch the ball at all?
08:00Any deep ball?
08:01Yeah.
08:01Any deep ball?
08:02Yeah.
08:03Okay.
08:04You can catch one on all camp.
08:05What the fuck are you talking about?
08:07That's what you guys –
08:08What the fuck are you talking about?
08:08What the fuck are you talking about?
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