00:00Really been playing hard, focusing on the little things, and I think we've been playing well so far.
00:03The way the defensive front is performing, is this what you envisioned with the number of bodies and the waves
00:09you can use coming at offenses?
00:111000%. Whenever you have a bunch of guys who can play at a high level like us, it makes things
00:15really great.
00:15I mean, we have a lot of young guys who will be starting on a lot of other teams, so
00:18it's probably one of the most competitive defensive line rooms in the league.
00:21And, you know, our goal is just to be 1-0 each week, you know.
00:23Two good starts, but at the end of the day, it's just a start.
00:25We've got to keep working and we're focused on what we've got to do to get better.
00:27Not just the fourth down stop, but then for them to refuse to go for it on fourth and inches
00:33later because of that,
00:35is that the ultimate feather in your guys' cap if it's a run defense?
00:38For sure. We've got a guy like Dexter in the middle. It makes the offense think twice.
00:41It really makes it think twice. So I'm so proud of the way the guys played today.
00:45You know, enjoy it for the plane ride home 24 hours, but then it's on to Pittsburgh.
00:49Is that kind of his effect? Is that the Dexter Lawrence effect a little bit?
00:52The teams are just like, you know what, let's just try the 58-yarder.
00:56For sure. I mean, the things that he brings to this team don't always show up in the stats.
00:59I mean, he's just such a game changer as far as preparation,
01:03the things the offices have to do to plan around it, and it makes all of our jobs easier.
01:07Zach said, and we get it, it's only September, but he wanted his team to make a statement
01:11early in the season coming down here and get a win.
01:13Do you think you guys made a statement in the way you performed?
01:15I think so. I think one week doesn't define you good or bad.
01:19That's something Coach Able would always say.
01:20So it was a really great week for us defensively.
01:22There's still a lot of room to improve, things we've got to get better at.
01:25And, you know, at the end of the day, what people think outside of this building
01:28really doesn't matter.
01:28It's just about how we view ourselves and how we prepare week in and week out.
01:32Do you think the fourth and one shifted the game, man?
01:34Do you think that?
01:34I do. I do.
01:36I mean, especially in their territory, when you get a fourth and one, stuff like that,
01:38that's crushing for offense, for a team, you know?
01:42And, you know, I always believe that on fourth and one,
01:45if you can't get it, you don't deserve it.
01:46So I really think that was a big play for us as a team.
01:50What was your view of it?
01:51I was on the sideline second win, so I actually didn't see it.
01:53I heard it.
01:54Yeah, you heard it.
01:55Yeah, I heard it, though.
01:56Demetrius said that's disrespectful when a team goes for it on fourth and short.
02:00For sure.
02:00You take it that way?
02:01For sure.
02:02As a defense, we take everything disrespectful.
02:04And I think that's just the way that most defense in the NFL play.
02:06You know what I mean?
02:07We have high pride for what we do.
02:10We have a high amount of respect about what we have to do week in and week out.
02:13And I think most competitors take everything personal.
02:16You've obviously known of Dex for a long time.
02:17What's it been like playing these last couple weeks?
02:19What's that experience been?
02:21It's been a blast.
02:22Two weeks are not a big sample size, but it's been so much fun.
02:26What makes – are you putting the words, like,
02:28why he makes such a big difference for this defense?
02:30When he's out there playing his way, why is that so important for this whole unit?
02:34On run, you've got to double him.
02:36On pass, you've got to chip him.
02:38You've always got to know where he's at.
02:40He just commands so much preparation.
02:42It frees up a lot of other guys.
02:44It frees up so many guys.
02:45You said you heard the play.
02:47What did it sound like?
02:47It was loud.
02:48It was loud in our sideline erupted, so it was fun.
02:51Oh my god.
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