Yet you feel like you're getting better. You're feeling something. I've been getting better, getting some progress still right now at this point, not exactly where it needs to be reminded. We'll see how it goes. I'm curious, man. You know, once everybody's healthy, you and Michael and Kiko and Jordan
has been healthy. I mean, how having four guys like you at the side back of I mean how that kind of talent's going to show something the l Yeah, man, I think you know, getting everybody back, it will be really good for us. There's a lot of talent, a lot of guys who played a lot of ball, so it'll be really good. A lot of you know, different packages, different guys who can using ever together. So it's it's really a plus for our team for the depth that
we have a the linebacker position. In the past, you've never wanted to come off the field. Now there's a fourth person in that mix. How do you take that? Whatever it's best for us, you know, whatever we need. However the rotation goes, however Billy, you know, decides on who's in and who's out on that particular down. You know, it works, it'll work for us at what point, did you think Jordan Hicks was a guy who would be
in that rotation when everyone was healthy. Oh? Man, I always say, man, the first first few days I've seen him in Ota is always seen that you know, he could be a really good player, And I didn't know how the rotation was would work itself out at that point in time. But as you can see, he's he can step in. He could play some good ball for us. We're you're a little surprised, but you know coming back this week, your hand, he wasn't all the way back. Oh,
not not surprised. I mean I felt I felt pretty, I felt okay. During the bye week. It was good, good time to recover and everything. But you know sometimes injuris take that injury, it takes like two to three weeks. What do you see. You're one of the few guys that's been on the defense since we got here a couple of years ago. What does she As far as progression year to year through the first seven games this year, I think, uh, just progressive. We've gotten better with the
big plays. I think you know, the first couple of years, there's a lot of big plays, a lot of big passes, a lot of a lot of quarterbacks has some great days on us passing the ball. So I think considering we've gotten better over the years, just knocking that number down in the passing game, feel like we're playing much better there. And also, you know, our turnovers just through
the roof. You know, for us to put the emphasis on the turnovers and see it come to life, that's that's been a huge plus for us ko bring to the table. That's unique. I think Keiko is a guy who can you know, he does a good job in coverage, you know, running with tight ends or backs, whoever it may be. He does a good job in covering. And he's just he's the guy who can play sideline and sideline, make a lot of make plays all over the fieldcast all the big game to get you guys a couple
of years back, do you remember from that game? Uh man, that's again correlating to I don't think our our secondary as was as good as it is now. So you know, again that was a that was a bad game for us. One I'd like to forget. We went up in Minnesota. You know, he did a really good job that day. But you know, I think it's a different team you know different, we have a different team. He's with the different team, so I think it'll be a different, little
different outcome this time around. Just fall off like your hamstring saying, I know how much would you were talking about injury? Is this something that there was a setback within over these past few days. I mean it's just still progressing still, you know, still headed in the right direction. But you know, so why were you out there yesterday? Hit? Was it because of the nature of yesterday's practice? Yeah, it was a light practice. Interest this could be in
a league like top five touch defense. An't had that around here? You know, Johnson's all right, and I feel we have to make it for the top five defense. Sometimes you just look at it and you know, we make a lot of bonehead mistakes and kind of give up a touchdown here, they're not covering again our bad communication here. If we clean all those things up, I think we definitely have the making of a top five defense. But it has to be consistent, down in and down.
When you watch the the best defense in the league, they don't have those lapses like Sweet sometimes have. All right, thanks you, that's who come on road.