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Boye Mafe: "There Are A Lot Of Things I Like About This Defense" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Defense so far, can't start. There's a lot of things
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  Speaker 1: I like about this defense honestly. You know, it gives
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  Speaker 1: this opportunity to use guys in different ways. A lot
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  Speaker 1: of different people have different roles, and we can use
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  Speaker 1: guys to their best of their ability and put them
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  Speaker 1: in different positions. Do you specifically, how do things you
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  Speaker 1: compare and contrast to what you had in the defense
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  Speaker 1: the last two years so far? I know it's hurribly
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  Speaker 1: but I definitely feel as if right now my roles
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  Speaker 1: are you know, there's different opportunities. You know, you're putting
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  Speaker 1: me in different positions. I'm seeing that I'm moving around
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  Speaker 1: on the field. So that's one thing I do like,
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  Speaker 1: and I like we can do that with anybody in
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  Speaker 1: the field. And I like how we how we're doing
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  Speaker 1: the defense and how we're learning it and the standpoint
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  Speaker 1: of we're learning the whole defense. How do you assess
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  Speaker 1: the season? Yeah, last year, I mean it's interesting. You know,
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  Speaker 1: It's one thing to say is you know, it's a
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  Speaker 1: good year or whatever, But to me, I kind of
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  Speaker 1: took it as you know, it's a stepping stone. There's
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  Speaker 1: a lot to learn from last year. There's a lot
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  Speaker 1: to improve on from last year, and the job's not finished.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we still got work to do. There's still
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  Speaker 1: things that I got to work out at my game
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  Speaker 1: and arning the game and becoming a better player. So
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  Speaker 1: for me, it's just taking the next step. For you
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  Speaker 1: when the best who went down, certain intention you got fens. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's definitely played a role into that. You know,
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  Speaker 1: that's a big part of our defense. He's one of
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  Speaker 1: those guys that helps a lot in that defensive standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: So you know, you have to figure out. But at
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  Speaker 1: the same time, we've always had that next man up mentality,
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  Speaker 1: So uh, it's never one of those situations where we
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  Speaker 1: look at as it as if you know, it's hindering,
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  Speaker 1: but more of a thing of like, now it's time
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  Speaker 1: for the next man to step up and understanding that
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  Speaker 1: we all have roles and we all have to play
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  Speaker 1: those roles. Him having him back out of here for
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  Speaker 1: everything with the officer, just what's that done for you
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  Speaker 1: guys having to channel back. I mean it's great. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's one of those he's a key player in our
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  Speaker 1: defense and he's you know, communication and play style and
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  Speaker 1: just everything about him and Honously it's one of those
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  Speaker 1: things that you have. You missing your brother. We were
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  Speaker 1: playing last year, so now you have that chance to
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  Speaker 1: play back with him and together like another year with him.
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  Speaker 1: What if anything carries over from the scene last year
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  Speaker 1: in period, Uh, I mean there's you know football at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the day, it's it's just you have
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  Speaker 1: a job to defend them, stop them from scoring touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: You know you're doing the same things as that standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: But every scheme is different. Every team and every defense
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  Speaker 1: has their own implications and things that they do in
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  Speaker 1: their scheme that is different. So you just got to
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  Speaker 1: learn it up and understand that you have to be
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  Speaker 1: ready for whatever they throw you. A union different spot
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  Speaker 1: on the field, is it? What'scipings difference to you? You
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  Speaker 1: get the same type of jobs. Oh yeah, I miss
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  Speaker 1: still an outside linebacker. At the end of the day.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I still got to rush the passer. I
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  Speaker 1: still got to do my job, play the run, set
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  Speaker 1: the edge. So at the standpoint of what am I doing,
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  Speaker 1: I'm still doing the same thing. So we just have
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to learn new things and learn more and
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  Speaker 1: have a different role and bigger role in the defense.
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  Speaker 1: You've got a new defensive coordinator ad and Jerdey who's
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  Speaker 1: very hands on with the defensive lineups to coach the
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  Speaker 1: aligned in Dallas. What has that been like so far,
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  Speaker 1: getting to know him, getting to work with him on
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  Speaker 1: the practice do. I mean, it's honestly great. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we we go really in depth through everything, so I
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  Speaker 1: feel the attention to detail and everything we're doing and
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  Speaker 1: how we're focusing on ball and how we're focusing how
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  Speaker 1: to you know, basically make yourself have the best op
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  Speaker 1: portunity PRESNAP and focusing on those things and putting yourself
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  Speaker 1: in the best position. It's been great to be able
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  Speaker 1: to have that mindset and what he's teaching us and
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  Speaker 1: what we're learning from him. I've definitely enjoyed that. A
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  Speaker 1: lot of guys up front are several guys we've talked
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  Speaker 1: to when you've talked about this kind of being moved
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  Speaker 1: around more maybe than the kind of bet of the past.
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  Speaker 1: Is there is there a talent stat at all? Or
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  Speaker 1: does it taste of learning and things like that to
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  Speaker 1: kind of learn it? Ifing that or it definitely does.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's you know, you're learning more positions you're
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  Speaker 1: not you know, strictly playing on the outside, you have
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  Speaker 1: wherever you want to be. You could be off the ball,
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  Speaker 1: on the ball, over the center, wherever you want to
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  Speaker 1: put up somebody. So having that opportunity to learn and
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  Speaker 1: just having that chance to learn it heightens your football
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  Speaker 1: IQ and heightens everything you're learning. So honestly, I think
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  Speaker 1: it's great, and I think it's something that we want.
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  Speaker 1: You know, as a team, we're learning it and once
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  Speaker 1: we get it dialed in and once we get everything cooking,
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what it will look like. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you're learning about Mike McDonald and his coaching staff. I'm
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  Speaker 1: learning a lot. You know, he's a guy, he's still
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  Speaker 1: I can tell he watches ball, and I can tell
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  Speaker 1: how much he really he's dialed in on his details.
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  Speaker 1: He's a very detail oriented person. And so for us,
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  Speaker 1: it's one of those things that you have to match
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  Speaker 1: that energy and make sure you know what he wants
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  Speaker 1: and what his vision is for the team, what he
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  Speaker 1: wants it to look, and just doing our best ability
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  Speaker 1: to applicate that. Well, you guys are gonna have some
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  Speaker 1: joint practices or the Titaness is so probably camp how
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  Speaker 1: how different, But as an experience, do you expect that
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  Speaker 1: to be having a different human parting cans? Yeah, that's interesting.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I for my career, I've never had a
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  Speaker 1: joint practice, so this is gonna be my first time
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  Speaker 1: doing a joint practice. I'm excited, you know, something new opportunity. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see how it plays out. And you know how honestly,
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  Speaker 1: what it'll feel like to go to travel to Tennessee
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  Speaker 1: practice with them for a couple of days. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: it can't really change much for me, but more so
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  Speaker 1: of just your mindset of going to practice like you
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  Speaker 1: always do that you gotta get out there and get better.
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  Speaker 1: Going back to nineteen seven, what what kind of culture
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  Speaker 1: have you seen Sally that he set kind of culture's
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  Speaker 1: setting somethings like, Uh, I mean the culture is still undefined.
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  Speaker 1: We're you know, we're we're we're who we are. And
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  Speaker 1: that's the standpoint is he's teaching us how he wants
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  Speaker 1: us to run it, and at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 1: it's up to the players to form that identity, to
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  Speaker 1: form that culture. And we're forming that. We're figuring out
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  Speaker 1: what we wanted to look like, what type of team
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  Speaker 1: we wanna be. And I feel as if once, you know,
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  Speaker 1: once everything is rolling well, we'll be able to show
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  Speaker 1: show case who we are. I'mportant for the players to
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  Speaker 1: have a coach that's willing to do that, to have
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  Speaker 1: im versions that less the players in those generation. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's very important because at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 1: you know, when it comes to Sundays, who's between the
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  Speaker 1: white lines and whose identity is it showing. Yes, you
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  Speaker 1: have the coaches idea and the philosophies, but at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the day, it's who's between those white lines.
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  Speaker 1: They're there's talking about expanding the NFL regular season to
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  Speaker 1: any team games. What did you think about that? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I got a job that's above me. I'll make those decisions.
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  Speaker 1: That's for someone else to decide. What's the close thing
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  Speaker 1: to get the sust to what's that coming up next year?
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  Speaker 1: Starting it to uh? I mean, I think a really
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  Speaker 1: good thing I was did. I took my family we
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  Speaker 1: went to Belize. I gotta see a different part of
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  Speaker 1: the world and exploring something new and to see a
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  Speaker 1: different culture, to see a different you know, country. It
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  Speaker 1: was amazing and be able to share that with my
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  Speaker 1: family with something I was really enjoyed, which struct you
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  Speaker 1: about believe uh is that Caribbean lifestyle that laid back
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  Speaker 1: and how they their way of life is a little
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  Speaker 1: bit different than how we do it here else. Thanks seguading,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, appreciate you, Thanks, thanks for giving, taking, thinking
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  Speaker 1: that you forwards good