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- 0:00Speaker 1: First off, man, what was the focus this week for
- 0:02Speaker 1: you guys to go out there and stop the run?
- 0:04Speaker 2: You know, it was the same as every other week, bro.
- 0:06Speaker 2: We got to put it together, and that's what we
- 0:08Speaker 2: did today.
- 0:10Speaker 3: Devon, what did you see when the ball came out?
- 0:12Speaker 3: Did you actually see the ball come out of Drake's hand? Absolutely. Yeah,
- 0:16Speaker 3: I was a little surprised. Were you surprised it came
- 0:19Speaker 3: out that easy?
- 0:20Speaker 4: Absolutely.
- 0:21Speaker 3: And obviously, next off, get on the ball. Oh, yeah, absolutely.
- 0:26Speaker 5: Can you talk about how the interior defensive linemen, how
- 0:28Speaker 5: they played today?
- 0:29Speaker 2: We played pretty stopped today. We could have gone through
- 0:32Speaker 2: the quarterback a little bit more, but we're playing hard today.
- 0:38Speaker 3: You guys are able to produce three turnovers.
- 0:41Speaker 6: How big was that trying to stop the one, especially
- 0:42Speaker 6: the one right before the half where they were in
- 0:44Speaker 6: the red zone on the two-yard line?
- 0:46Speaker 2: That's absolutely what we talk about each week, winning the
- 0:48Speaker 2: turnover margin, and that's what we went out and did.
- 0:52Speaker 2: Talk about the second half.
- 0:52Speaker 3: You guys, you know, last week had an opportunity to
- 0:55Speaker 3: close the door.
- 0:56Speaker 1: Talk about the mentality going into the second half this year.
- 0:58Speaker 2: You know, it was our primary focus after last week
- 1:00Speaker 2: trying to learn our lesson about that. We wanted to
- 1:03Speaker 2: finish the game, and we went out there and dominated
- 1:06Speaker 2: the second quarter. Well, second half, I mean.
- 1:08Speaker 4: You loaded up the stat sheet today, got yourself a sack,
- 1:10Speaker 4: a forced fumble, a fumble recovery. Is it rewarding seeing
- 1:12Speaker 4: your hard work come into fruition?
- 1:14Speaker 2: I mean, you know, I just give all the glory
- 1:15Speaker 2: to God, man.
- 1:16Speaker 4: I mean.
- 1:17Speaker 2: Honestly, I'm not doing this by myself, and that's all
- 1:19Speaker 2: I can really say.
- 1:21Speaker 3: You guys don't allow a touchdown. It's been a while
- 1:24Speaker 3: since you guys have been able to do that. How
- 1:25Speaker 3: good does that feel on the defensive side?
- 1:27Speaker 2: I mean, this just proves that we're doing our job.
- 1:29Speaker 2: Everybody's being where they're supposed to be, and we're playing hard.
- 1:32Speaker 5: Devon, you had a great year last year, but how
- 1:34Speaker 5: well are you playing right now? And I guess how
- 1:36Speaker 5: nice is it to contribute to some splash plays where
- 1:38Speaker 5: people notice you a bit?
- 1:40Speaker 2: It's always great, but like I said, bro, I'm just
- 1:43Speaker 2: trying to give glory to God and You know, he's
- 1:45Speaker 2: putting me in these positions, and I'm just taking advantage
- 1:47Speaker 2: of it.
- 1:49Speaker 5: You guys have been so resilient after losses with this regime.
- 1:55Speaker 3: Why is that kind of one of your things?
- 1:57Speaker 2: It's really a cultural thing around here. I mean, yeah,
- 2:00Speaker 2: you might lose some games here and there, but we
- 2:01Speaker 2: always want to bounce back. We always play physical. We
- 2:04Speaker 2: always want to dominate our opponent. After a loss like that, especially,
- 2:08Speaker 2: it was the main emphasis this week.
- 2:10Speaker 5: I know you had one week at a time, but
- 2:12Speaker 5: how critical was this one? How pivotal to get 2-1
- 2:15Speaker 5: with a long road ahead?
- 2:17Speaker 2: It's always critical. We try to win every single game
- 2:20Speaker 2: we go out here and play. This was no different.
- 2:24Speaker 4: New England backed up inside their own five-yard line. Of course,
- 2:27Speaker 4: you want to bring that pressure. You looked like a
- 2:28Speaker 4: man on a mission getting into the backfield. Can you
- 2:30Speaker 4: take us through that sack that you.
- 2:31Speaker 2: Got on that play? You know, I was just trying
- 2:32Speaker 2: to go and kind of opened up for me right
- 2:34Speaker 2: in the middle, and I tried to take advantage of it.
- 2:36Speaker 4: Were you surprised at how open of a lane you
- 2:38Speaker 4: had for yourself on that play?
- 2:40Speaker 2: Not really. I kind of thought it was going to happen,
- 2:42Speaker 2: but then it happened.
- 2:42Speaker 3: I was like, okay, cool.
- 2:45Speaker 5: You made a lot of big plays, man.
- 2:48Speaker 3: How nice of a grab was that?
- 2:50Speaker 7: It was definitely a cool play to make. But most importantly,
- 2:54Speaker 7: how we responded was the best part. So we want
- 2:57Speaker 7: to keep that rolling and how we started, and we
- 2:59Speaker 7: just want to finish games.
- 3:01Speaker 3: How did you make that game?
- 3:02Speaker 7: Can you take us through that play?
- 3:03Speaker 3: There was a lot going on there.
- 3:04Speaker 5: I think you got interfered with, and then that thing
- 3:05Speaker 5: was basically almost.
- 3:06Speaker 3: On the ground.
- 3:07Speaker 7: Yeah, that was crazy. Most importantly, I mean, just that play,
- 3:11Speaker 7: I wasn't even thinking I was about to get it,
- 3:12Speaker 7: but run every route to win. Trevor trusted me to
- 3:16Speaker 7: cross-face and make the play, and we made the play.
- 3:18Speaker 5: Big difference between this week and last week, guys making
- 3:21Speaker 5: plays like that in the big situations.
- 3:23Speaker 4: For sure.
- 3:23Speaker 7: That's what it's all about. Like I said, we attacked
- 3:25Speaker 7: this week, focusing on just the response and focusing just
- 3:31Speaker 7: on practice.
- 3:31Speaker 3: And Liam said we were ready. We were ready. Marco,
- 3:35Speaker 3: a lot of talk this week about spreading the ball around.
- 3:38Speaker 1: How do you feel like you guys did that on
- 3:39Speaker 1: offense today compared to last week?
- 3:41Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a lot of shell coverage, a lot
- 3:43Speaker 3: of one-high.
- 3:43Speaker 7: I mean, they mixed it up, played a lot of zeroes,
- 3:46Speaker 7: a lot of just spot-drop zones. So running the ball
- 3:49Speaker 7: was good for us today, and we did a good–
- 3:51Speaker 7: it was a great running day and a lot of
- 3:53Speaker 7: guys making crazy catches. So that's all we can ask
- 3:56Speaker 7: for for our offense, come out here and just put
- 3:58Speaker 7: points up and go ahead and get this win.
- 4:00Speaker 5: How helpful is it as an offense just to have
- 4:02Speaker 5: so many different guys that you can go to on
- 4:04Speaker 5: any given day?
- 4:05Speaker 7: Yeah, it makes it tough on defensive coordinators. I mean,
- 4:07Speaker 7: you don't know who's about to get the ball here.
- 4:09Speaker 7: And whoever gets the ball, they're going to make the play.
- 4:11Speaker 7: So it's been cool to see, and run game's been good,
- 4:14Speaker 7: pass game's been good. We just want to keep that rolling.
- 4:17Speaker 3: We've been talking about Travis ever since he got drafted.
- 4:20Speaker 5: How cool, I guess, to see him make a play
- 4:22Speaker 5: and a big-time play in that spot?
- 4:24Speaker 7: I mean, you know, he was excited, and the celebration
- 4:27Speaker 7: was cool, and just seeing just the excitement he brings.
- 4:29Speaker 7: You know, he brings that energy each and every day.
- 4:32Speaker 7: So when he makes a play, he's earned it.
- 4:34Speaker 3: About this place, man. You guys have been rolling at home.
- 4:37Speaker 3: I mean, more.
- 4:38Speaker 6: Than 34 plus points, I think, in like five or
- 4:39Speaker 6: six straight.
- 4:40Speaker 7: Yeah, we love it here, man. So, just coming here,
- 4:43Speaker 7: being able to represent, I mean, we put a lot
- 4:45Speaker 7: of work in. Heat is here, so let's keep it rolling.
- 4:50Speaker 8: Parker, when did you start feeling like you guys were
- 4:52Speaker 8: at a very comfortable place in this game?
- 4:55Speaker 3: Was there a moment? Was there a point there?
- 4:58Speaker 7: Man, it starts with the preparation, how we started this week, man.
- 5:02Speaker 7: That's when... We felt like the response was happening, and
- 5:05Speaker 7: we came out here and executed well, and we just
- 5:08Speaker 7: want to keep that rolling, keep that momentum going.
- 5:10Speaker 4: Prior to your diving catch, you had an almost equally
- 5:12Speaker 4: impressive catch on that jump ball. Of course, it gets
- 5:14Speaker 4: called back for the penalty, but when you went back
- 5:16Speaker 4: to the huddle, were you saying to yourself, I'm going
- 5:17Speaker 4: to get this one back, or was that just the
- 5:19Speaker 4: heat of the moment type of thing?
- 5:20Speaker 3: Man, just be ready for each moment.
- 5:22Speaker 7: That's how I attack each play. So, you know, ran
- 5:25Speaker 7: a corner route, made the play, saw a flag on
- 5:27Speaker 7: the ground, said, okay, back. Just go to the next play.
- 5:30Speaker 7: We came out there, treffed through another pass, got to
- 5:32Speaker 7: make that play now.
- 5:34Speaker 3: Parker, how about just that drive? I mean, they had
- 5:36Speaker 3: missed a field goal.
- 5:37Speaker 5: Game's still very much in the balance.
- 5:39Speaker 1: I think it was 8.42 off the clock.
- 5:41Speaker 5: And even though you got backed up a couple of times,
- 5:43Speaker 5: I mean, is that what good teams do? That kind
- 5:46Speaker 5: of drive?
- 5:47Speaker 7: I mean, it's just about next play mentality. And like
- 5:51Speaker 7: I said, we knew we were coming in playing a
- 5:53Speaker 7: great team. So we weren't going to let up.
- 5:57Speaker 3: Last week we.
- 5:57Speaker 7: Talked about how we may have lost that momentum coming
- 6:00Speaker 7: out of halftime. We wanted to make sure that we
- 6:02Speaker 7: just responded. I felt like we did a great job today,
- 6:05Speaker 7: and we just want to keep that going.
- 6:06Speaker 4: Josh Cameron's role in this offense continues to grow with
- 6:09Speaker 4: each week. Being a fellow sixth-round receiver at the position,
- 6:13Speaker 4: how proud are you of him and his performances and
- 6:15Speaker 4: his role growing in this offense?
- 6:16Speaker 7: Yeah, I told the guys, man, prepare each week. You're
- 6:20Speaker 7: going to be that guy. That's all they've done, him
- 6:23Speaker 7: and CJ. Josh has been doing a great job each week.
- 6:27Speaker 7: And he's earned all the opportunities he's getting and all
- 6:30Speaker 7: the plays he's making. We know he can make them.
- 6:32Speaker 7: He makes them each and every day at practice. So
- 6:35Speaker 7: that's what happens in game day, too.
- 6:36Speaker 1: Turning into a contested catch specialist, Parker, how are you
- 6:40Speaker 1: able to come down in traffic with all those balls, man?
- 6:45Speaker 7: All I can say is just practice how you play.
- 6:48Speaker 7: So I attack each day like it's a game. And
- 6:51Speaker 7: when I get those opportunities, I got to make them.
- 6:54Speaker 7: Seeing the football on the air, no matter if it's contested,
- 6:58Speaker 7: pass interference, we've got to make the play. That was
- 7:00Speaker 7: a big-time play, and I want to keep doing that.
- 7:03Speaker 2: Appreciate it.
- 7:03Speaker 6: It felt great. Obviously, that's the first one of the
- 7:06Speaker 6: season for me. Big shout-out to Jarion. I want to
- 7:12Speaker 6: give him a shout-out. He got that interception, got us
- 7:14Speaker 6: down to, I think it was a.
- 7:15Speaker 3: 4 or 5.
- 7:17Speaker 2: Made it easy on us.
- 7:20Speaker 6: I just knew when Trevor called the play that, Before
- 7:22Speaker 6: he even called it, he said, hey, we've got to
- 7:24Speaker 6: punch it in here. So I knew it was a run,
- 7:26Speaker 6: but a big shout out to the guys up front.
- 7:28Speaker 6: They did their job all day and did it at
- 7:30Speaker 6: a high level, and I got much appreciation for them guys.
- 7:33Speaker 8: How important was it to own this week after what
- 7:36Speaker 8: happened in the second half last?
- 7:38Speaker 6: I mean, I think it was very important. We thought
- 7:40Speaker 6: last week we didn't have our best prep, and we
- 7:44Speaker 6: just started with us first day back at practice on Wednesday.
- 7:49Speaker 3: It's just attack it. Attack every day.
- 7:52Speaker 6: Attack it the same. We couldn't wait for Friday to
- 7:56Speaker 6: have a good practice or to just expect that we
- 8:00Speaker 6: were going to come out here and win the game.
- 8:04Speaker 6: Had a great week of prep and obviously got back
- 8:06Speaker 6: on track.
- 8:07Speaker 8: That's what Parker was saying as well about when did
- 8:10Speaker 8: it all start for you and he said right there
- 8:12Speaker 8: that first day of practice.
- 8:13Speaker 3: Yeah, the first day.
- 8:15Speaker 6: We knew it right after that game that we kind
- 8:17Speaker 6: of not only beat ourselves but We didn't have the
- 8:21Speaker 6: best week. It was a huge emphasis this week, and
- 8:24Speaker 6: it'll roll over to next week. Same mindset.
- 8:27Speaker 4: You have a real knack for picking up those gritty yards.
- 8:29Speaker 4: When you're lowering your shoulder pads and you're getting dirty
- 8:32Speaker 4: in the trenches, is that something that you're looking forward
- 8:34Speaker 4: to each opportunity?
- 8:35Speaker 3: Of course.
- 8:36Speaker 6: I mean, it's kind of the thing I do, you know. And, again,
- 8:42Speaker 6: it was one of those coaching points of, you know,
- 8:44Speaker 6: last two weeks I've been running super high. It's like,
- 8:48Speaker 6: you know, you can do big things if you get
- 8:49Speaker 6: your pads down and You know, it came to the
- 8:52Speaker 6: sideline after the first, I think it was the first,
- 8:54Speaker 6: second drive for me. And, you know, some gritty yards,
- 8:58Speaker 6: as you would say. But, you know, it was all good. But, again,
- 9:02Speaker 6: shout out to.
- 9:02Speaker 2: The whole line, man.
- 9:03Speaker 4: Considering your prior familiarity with Liam from your time in college,
- 9:06Speaker 4: is it easier for you and all to have that
- 9:08Speaker 4: give and take? Like, when he gives you criticism, is
- 9:10Speaker 4: it easy to receive it from him considering your previous
- 9:13Speaker 4: time with one another?
- 9:14Speaker 6: Yeah, I think, you know, I know how he coaches,
- 9:17Speaker 6: and he knows how I need to be coached. That
- 9:20Speaker 6: was like a big part of the connection we had
- 9:22Speaker 6: at Kentucky. And when I got here, I just, you know,
- 9:26Speaker 6: I wasn't locked in as much as I wanted to be.
- 9:31Speaker 6: That's because I had an injury during OTAs. But, you know,
- 9:36Speaker 6: when I came back, there was like, hey, you got
- 9:38Speaker 6: to read this out. It's not the same as we
- 9:40Speaker 6: used to run it. But, you know, big shout out
- 9:42Speaker 6: to Liam. You know, he trusted me to get me here.
- 9:44Speaker 6: And hopefully we keep that connection going.
- 9:48Speaker 3: Just isolated backside by myself. Nine times out of ten, that's.
- 9:50Speaker 9: Where the ball is going.
- 9:51Speaker 3: So I just felt like I had to win.
- 9:53Speaker 8: It seemed like you guys were just having a lot
- 9:56Speaker 8: of fun out there today. Travis got his first interception.
- 10:00Speaker 8: You with the interception. Got set up for another touchdown.
- 10:03Speaker 3: What was that like?
- 10:04Speaker 8: I mean, was it kind of an emphasis to say, hey,
- 10:06Speaker 8: let's get back to what we know best and have
- 10:08Speaker 8: fun doing so?
- 10:09Speaker 3: Yeah, I just think DNA showed up. Like the things
- 10:12Speaker 3: that we practiced. And we truly, like, love each other.
- 10:14Speaker 3: Like we're really close. Like, you know what I'm saying?
- 10:17Speaker 3: It's like a true brotherhood.
- 10:19Speaker 5: For us.
- 10:21Speaker 9: Our practices be hard, and I think we're hard on
- 10:22Speaker 9: each other, and I think that just kind of brings
- 10:24Speaker 9: the best out of each other. We're really hard on
- 10:26Speaker 9: each other every room, especially the corner room. We're really
- 10:30Speaker 9: hard on each other, so I just think in a
- 10:31Speaker 9: game like this, our DNA showed up.
- 10:33Speaker 8: You expect to win every week, but 35-6 today, were
- 10:37Speaker 8: you surprised by what the outcome turned.
- 10:39Speaker 3: Out to be? No, not at all. These are the
- 10:41Speaker 3: things we practice.
- 10:43Speaker 9: If we play how we start the game, the entire game,
- 10:46Speaker 9: I don't really think nobody will be able to beat us.
- 10:48Speaker 5: Jerry, what's about the makeup of this team, this locker
- 10:51Speaker 5: room that allows you guys to punch back? I mean,
- 10:53Speaker 5: last week wasn't good by your standard, and this is
- 10:56Speaker 5: the response. But we've seen it now over the last
- 10:58Speaker 5: couple years.
- 10:59Speaker 3: I just think it's real love, like true love for
- 11:02Speaker 3: each other.
- 11:03Speaker 9: And I think Liam does a great job of harping
- 11:05Speaker 9: on us being together, playing together. And a week like
- 11:09Speaker 9: last week, you know what I'm saying, what we went through,
- 11:11Speaker 9: Our DNA didn't show up. It wasn't even a physical thing.
- 11:14Speaker 3: They didn't physically just whoop us.
- 11:16Speaker 9: It was a lot of MAs, mental things that we
- 11:18Speaker 9: went through. Everybody had something to say about it, but
- 11:21Speaker 9: we just stuck together.
- 11:23Speaker 3: Had a great week of practice in the resort. Drake's
- 11:25Speaker 3: been struggling a bit.
- 11:26Speaker 5: Can you sense that out there when things start snowballing?
- 11:29Speaker 5: Were you guys a little bit sharks?
- 11:35Speaker 3: Personally, I feel like when we own, everybody's struggling.
- 11:37Speaker 9: I don't I can't personally speak on his situation or
- 11:41Speaker 9: whatever he's got going on, but if we do what
- 11:43Speaker 9: we're supposed to do, it's supposed to look like that.
- 11:45Speaker 1: Three turnovers this week from the CB room. You talked
- 11:47Speaker 1: about that. What went into the preparation for you guys
- 11:49Speaker 1: this week?
- 11:50Speaker 3: Stop thinking. It's like get back to doing what we're doing.
- 11:54Speaker 9: I think everybody out there was just trying to force
- 11:55Speaker 9: a play and go make a play that we weren't
- 11:57Speaker 9: focusing on our technique and what we're supposed to be doing.
- 11:59Speaker 3: So I just think this week it was just let
- 12:01Speaker 3: it play free. Just do what you do. Just be you,
- 12:04Speaker 3: and if you mess up, just mess up fast. Got
- 12:06Speaker 3: to get in the box all the time with Travis.
- 12:09Speaker 3: What does that play do for him to make.
- 12:11Speaker 9: A play like that?
- 12:11Speaker 3: I think that was big.
- 12:12Speaker 9: Obviously, he ain't played football in, I think, a year
- 12:14Speaker 9: and some change. I think he needed that for himself.
- 12:17Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying?
- 12:17Speaker 9: Obviously, he's a very confident guy. I'm not saying it
- 12:20Speaker 9: like that. But I just think, you know what I'm saying, internally,
- 12:23Speaker 9: as a corner, you make that first play, get that
- 12:24Speaker 9: first pick. It's like, okay, I'm back. I'm back to
- 12:27Speaker 9: doing what I do. And obviously, you see the talent.
- 12:28Speaker 9: He's a one-of-a-kind talent. It's good that we have three
- 12:31Speaker 9: corners that can play at a high level. So I
- 12:33Speaker 9: think we're all bought into that and You know what
- 12:36Speaker 9: I'm saying? We're excited when each other make a play.
- 12:37Speaker 3: Should you have scored?
- 12:38Speaker 9: I definitely should have scored. Well, if Trayvon blocked, maybe
- 12:41Speaker 9: I could get his...