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Devin Lloyd On Learnings From Rookie Year | 1on1 Interview · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Jaguars linebacker Devin Lloyd is with us actual training camp practice.
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  Speaker 2: For you, that's the step of the right direction, right.
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  Speaker 2: How does it feel to be out here? Just a blessing.
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  Speaker 2: Not having this opportunity last year. It definitely makes me
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  Speaker 2: even that much more grateful. I just remember after the
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  Speaker 2: conditioning tests I crossed the line on the last one.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, hallelujah, let's go.
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  Speaker 2: But really just grateful to be out here and to
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  Speaker 2: get better and have my health and strength.
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  Speaker 1: So we all know your rookie season from training camp
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  Speaker 1: through the regular season, the way things went. How did
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  Speaker 1: you grow from last year? Maybe physically, certainly mentally.
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  Speaker 2: As well, yes, yes, really just understanding what it takes
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  Speaker 2: to play at the NFL level. I think the college
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  Speaker 2: level and the NFL level are obviously too completely different, beast,
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  Speaker 2: So you have to learn the NFL game because the
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  Speaker 2: NFL game is different than the college game, I mean
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  Speaker 2: just the timing of things this game. And you have
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  Speaker 2: to learn a lot you know on your own too
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  Speaker 2: as well. You know, I mean not say that isn't
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  Speaker 2: my fair share of you know, research on you know,
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  Speaker 2: how to how to be where I want to be,
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  Speaker 2: But you know, there's a lot coming at you from
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  Speaker 2: all different angles rookie year, and there's so much you
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  Speaker 2: got to take in. I think now the biggest thing
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  Speaker 2: was not having to worry about so much coming at
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  Speaker 2: me and just really getting the most at every day.
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  Speaker 1: Like I read somewhere that you listening to a lot
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  Speaker 1: of the noise outside too last year. What did you
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  Speaker 1: take from that? Maybe not to listen to it anymore.
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  Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, I mean you always see it, you know,
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  Speaker 2: But the thing is you have to be mature enough
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  Speaker 2: to handle it. And that's the thing, and I think
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  Speaker 2: that's also a huge area of growth for me, is
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  Speaker 2: you know, just being mature and understanding that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: everybody is going to have their own opinion, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: you got to listen to the ones that have your
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  Speaker 2: best interests and the ones that are saying, you know,
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  Speaker 2: stuff out of out of love. Really, there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people who say stuff out of you know, motion,
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  Speaker 2: and you know they might not know what they're talking about,
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  Speaker 2: but you really have to listen to the people who
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  Speaker 2: have your your best interests, and even then you can
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  Speaker 2: sometimes still not listen to it. So it really just depends.
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  Speaker 2: But main thing is just you know, being mature enough
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  Speaker 2: to handle whatever you see.
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  Speaker 1: How are you different physically now after an NFL season
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  Speaker 1: under your belt, Where did you feel like you needed
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  Speaker 1: to grow the most?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I would say last year particularly really my whole body.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I went through a lot of just injuries,
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  Speaker 2: you know, stingers, stuff on my knees. I mean, like
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  Speaker 2: I couldn't even bend my knees without pain. There was
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  Speaker 2: just a lot that I was going through physically and
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  Speaker 2: it hindered my performance. And I think now it's being proactive,
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  Speaker 2: being on top of that before it happens, you know,
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  Speaker 2: being precautionary, like just all the precautionary measures you have
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  Speaker 2: to take. And I think it really you know, it
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  Speaker 2: gave me a little PTSD and I'm really on top
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  Speaker 2: of it, like I'm going to make sure that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and some things are inevitable, you know, like I've had
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  Speaker 2: stingers every year in my career, but I'm gonna do
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  Speaker 2: everything in my power to make sure that that doesn't
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  Speaker 2: happen this year. And you know, with the knees just
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  Speaker 2: being more flexible, I think Pilate's was a huge step
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  Speaker 2: forward for me.
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  Speaker 1: Devin, how different will this defense feel overall this year.
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  Speaker 1: We all know the rankings, overall stats and all that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: There were a lot of takeaways. That's what this defense
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  Speaker 1: did well last year. Where can this defense take steps
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  Speaker 1: in the right direction?
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  Speaker 2: I think you year two in this system, everyone's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be flying around. Everybody's gonna know what they're doing. You're
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  Speaker 2: not gonna see anywhere near as much and of errors
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  Speaker 2: from all across the board. And Jake said it top
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  Speaker 2: five defense. You know, that's what we're gonna be this year,
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  Speaker 2: and that's where we're all working to be this year.
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  Speaker 2: And it's never given, it's always earned. And every day
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  Speaker 2: we come out here, we come out here with the
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  Speaker 2: mindset that we want to be the best from top
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  Speaker 2: to bottom. You know, our coaches have that mindset defensive line, linebacker, safeties, deep,
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  Speaker 2: every dB. So we are all working together to be
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  Speaker 2: the best we can be. And I think we have
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  Speaker 2: come together so much as a unit off the field
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  Speaker 2: where we're really because that's so important, and I think
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  Speaker 2: everyone from all levels really enjoys being around each other
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  Speaker 2: and loves each other.
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  Speaker 1: You ready to get these pads on tomorrow? Of course?
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  Speaker 2: Of course, you know, I think as linebackers obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we got to sit to the tempo, you know, especially defensively,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I mean that's what we do. We run,
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  Speaker 2: we hit,