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Julian Love: "The Defense's Potential Is Extremely High" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Do it.
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  Speaker 2: Opening week every year.
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  Speaker 1: It is a fund one.
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  Speaker 2: But given the change and kind of how things are
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  Speaker 2: shaped up, is it more fun this week or you're
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to it more than past years?
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  Speaker 1: Uh no, I think it's the same amount of excitement.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you're in camp for so long, it feels
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  Speaker 1: like and you're kind of grinding away into finally getting
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  Speaker 1: into action to finally game plan. It's exciting, so similar excitement.
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  Speaker 1: Does this your feeling different for you?
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  Speaker 3: You came in last year, you're kind of that third safety,
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  Speaker 3: you might not know week to week what your roles.
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  Speaker 1: Want to be. Now you're coming off a propowl season,
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  Speaker 1: you're one of the obvious starters. Like, does that feel
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  Speaker 1: any different people? Uh No, I would say it feels
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  Speaker 1: pretty similar, you know, going to last year. You remember
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  Speaker 1: I started that game week one, and I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: I just have a similar confidence. Uh just kind of
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  Speaker 1: playing my game, my style, being me, just trying to
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  Speaker 1: as be perfect as I can and practice and just
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  Speaker 1: you know, continue to be me. And so I think
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  Speaker 1: that translates no matter what kind of is going on
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  Speaker 1: externally with my role on the team. And so I
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  Speaker 1: think as from a leadership perspective, though I think it's
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  Speaker 1: a little heightened. I got to be I think more
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  Speaker 1: aware of you know, the feeling of my room. dB
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  Speaker 1: is talking to my corners, my nickels, other safeties, just
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  Speaker 1: making sure we're all in the same record and we
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  Speaker 1: can go out there and win a game. The potential
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  Speaker 1: of this defense is having experienced it a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of the preseason and training to that year, I think
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  Speaker 1: it's extremely high. That's the good thing. You know, that's
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  Speaker 1: usually the harder part of developing a team is you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of having that high end potential but potentially will
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  Speaker 1: be anything unless you execute and you get it done.
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  Speaker 1: And I think, you know, we had the same similar
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  Speaker 1: guys in the room last year, and I don't think
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  Speaker 1: we achieved much of what we could have, and so
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  Speaker 1: that potential, you know, it's great that we can do it,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, it takes weekend and week out being
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  Speaker 1: locked in just being sound, especially in the secondary, stopping
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  Speaker 1: the run all year, and so I think the Skuy's limit,
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  Speaker 1: but we have to work to get there.
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  Speaker 2: The p along will it take to see that and
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  Speaker 2: to see everything like actually play out the way this
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  Speaker 2: defense should look.
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  Speaker 1: I think it should be an ongoing thing. The best
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  Speaker 1: team's best defenses each year, you know, they build on
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  Speaker 1: each week. Say they see a look or something and
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  Speaker 1: something doesn't happen that goes their way, it doesn't go
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  Speaker 1: their way one week, they improve on it, they they
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  Speaker 1: correct it, and they move forward. And so that's what
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  Speaker 1: we have to be. We'd be fluid and we have
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  Speaker 1: to be adaptable on defense everybody. And I think that's
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  Speaker 1: how we can get to you know, that top potential.
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  Speaker 1: Like I talked about, what was the process like for
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  Speaker 1: you and learning this defense compared to other defenses that
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  Speaker 1: you've learned. Uh, it was a good process because I
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  Speaker 1: think we had we have a lot of good coaches
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  Speaker 1: and there are a lot of sharp minds. I think
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  Speaker 1: everyone was pretty much bought in, you know, new staff
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  Speaker 1: of course, and we're just asking a lot of questions.
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  Speaker 1: And so for me, a lot of questions, Uh is
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  Speaker 1: kind of the standard. I try to have to live
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  Speaker 1: in the great I try to keep it black and white.
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  Speaker 1: And so it's been a good process. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: it's been too different for me learning it. Just making
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  Speaker 1: sure I can understand, you know, where Mike's coming from,
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  Speaker 1: where a d where case Scott, all my coaches kind
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  Speaker 1: of their perspective on things. That's it pretty much. Do
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  Speaker 1: you have a favorite moment or interaction with Mike McDonald
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  Speaker 1: in the time he's been here so far? Oh, favorite
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  Speaker 1: moment or interaction? Uh, okay, yeah, he's It was literally yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't out there's a bunch, but yesterday I forget
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  Speaker 1: who told me, but we were in like the D
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  Speaker 1: line was in a drill and somebody said, basically, I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna excuse my language, I'm going to hit your ass,
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  Speaker 1: and Mike apparently chirped up, we'll hit the rest of
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  Speaker 1: them too, And as is such a corny joke I
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  Speaker 1: think perfectly embodies kind of his charisma. I've never heard
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  Speaker 1: that before, weirdly playing football for a while. Uh and so, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that was just a chuckled at that one.
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  Speaker 2: Going into this game, what's something about the offense it,
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  Speaker 2: you know, stands out to you as a guy in
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  Speaker 2: the secondary, especially with a brand new quarterback who's really
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  Speaker 2: gotten a lot of praise and a lot of hype
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  Speaker 2: with his preseason play as a rookie. Just what's something
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  Speaker 2: about this Broncos offense that you're paying attention to?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think just the weapons. Corlyn Suton's been doing
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  Speaker 1: it for a long time at a high level. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they bring in Reynolds, they have Mems who's just a
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  Speaker 1: speed and I think he's probably the number one rated
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  Speaker 1: returner I want to say last year. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: something to hold me to that, but he's just I
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  Speaker 1: mean speed, and they just have a lot of weapons. Outside.
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  Speaker 1: They have two running backs, three running backs really that
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  Speaker 1: run hard. Then Bo next, I think he has been
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  Speaker 1: proving himself all college his whole college career. Can run obviously,
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  Speaker 1: makes quick decisions, has a good arm, and so we
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  Speaker 1: have to be on ourself. I think that's like the
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  Speaker 1: general theme of a week one in the in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Like you know, especially with new bodies, you know, Bo
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  Speaker 1: not getting a ton of reps obviously up until now NFL.
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  Speaker 1: It's just you got to play within yourself, play within
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  Speaker 1: your tools, your scheme, and then try to play it
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  Speaker 1: out as it goes. And then obviously as you go
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  Speaker 1: into the season you can watch the previous games and
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  Speaker 1: so that's what this game is. They have weapons. We
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  Speaker 1: have to honor that and play within our scheme to
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  Speaker 1: defend them.
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  Speaker 3: Julian, we've heard a lot about my squirkiness, but also
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  Speaker 3: we've heard about his ability to communicate and also his
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  Speaker 3: wanting to teach and kind of give knowledge to the
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  Speaker 3: players defense wise, Can you talk about that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think. I mean he's so sharp and he's comfortable,
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  Speaker 1: and I think he's vulnerable enough to express, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and to really detail out his thoughts. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as clear cut and easy as in my scene for him,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes he takes the time to kind of dissect it
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  Speaker 1: and break down certain schemes, certain things that he's feeling
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  Speaker 1: or thinking. And I mean he's just so aware in
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  Speaker 1: terms of his play calling and how he's going to
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  Speaker 1: dial up a game. Well he's thinking in certain situations.
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  Speaker 1: I think when you have coaches and coordinators who do that,
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  Speaker 1: it helps you. It helps you play fast because you
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  Speaker 1: understand what you have to defend and for the offense,
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  Speaker 1: you know, vice versa. So when he calls a play
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  Speaker 1: in the game Sunday, we can know what he's thinking
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  Speaker 1: and why he's calling it, so we can be just quicker.
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  Speaker 1: It's from what you saw last year, How good do
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  Speaker 1: you think Devin Weatherspooth can be in year two? I
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  Speaker 1: think Spoon, I mean he's one of the best football
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think he's the embody of football. He
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  Speaker 1: plays violent, he plays aggressive, he's accountable, he's always looking
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  Speaker 1: for growth. He can understand when he messes up. He's
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  Speaker 1: not passing blame ever, and he holds each other to
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  Speaker 1: a standard. I'm sure you guys have heard that. He's
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  Speaker 1: very outward about, you know, holding our room accountable. And
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  Speaker 1: so I think this guy's love my frame. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he's just such a talented player. I'm a big fan
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  Speaker 1: of his. And yeah, we expect him to take a jump.
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  Speaker 1: We expect all of us to take a jump because
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  Speaker 1: we need to.
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  Speaker 2: Is that pretty rare for a guy that young, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: just entering his second year.
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  Speaker 1: You got to be that guy. It is rare. He
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  Speaker 1: had the confidence and the kind of the charisma as
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  Speaker 1: a rookie. Uh and I seen it all camp. I
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  Speaker 1: think he was down all camp last year. Then when
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  Speaker 1: he as soon as he got back, just our defense
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  Speaker 1: had a new spark to it. And so this year,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I know he's really been dialed into his
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  Speaker 1: detail to get you know, that next next step up.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, Spoon's a He's a beast. Are you
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  Speaker 1: curious to see how your offense looks. Having gone against it. Also, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I would say so, uh, you know, you see it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they can really dial it up. We know
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  Speaker 1: the weapons we have. But I'm excited just to go
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  Speaker 1: on this sieland and watch them go to work. Gino
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  Speaker 1: has been having a great year, I thought, a great camp,
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  Speaker 1: and our receivers, I mean, they's just ballers. We see them,
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  Speaker 1: you know, obviously every day K nine. I mean just
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  Speaker 1: just a slept on running back. I feel like still
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  Speaker 1: in the league, and so I'm excited. I'm gonna be,
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  Speaker 1: you know, standing up and watching them go to work,
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  Speaker 1: work more than I should probably all right, thank you, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate you.