What makes what makes sense so hard to get down and how much of a challenge is that aspect of this game. It's just so big and strong. I mean I think he says, um, that's the fact of getting him down, you know. I mean he's you know, he's he's mobile. I mean when I say that, I mean he don't really stramble to run. He's trampling to throw the ball. And that's when the guys in front really don't have to put a stop watch on their on
their rush. We just gotta keep keep going until we get there, and we just gotta really just gang tackle him. So Raham was kind of saying, almost you gotta like tackle him like a bear almost, like can have that mentality when you're facing different quarterbacks if you kind of go through as you're rushing, or even in your game planning, be a better technique to tackle a quarterback like this where you kind of have to be even more aggressive
or is it the same approach every week now? I think a guy like bad Man, he's you can't like, you know, grab at his leg because you can see on tape when people at these lives, he's still making those throws and we just gotta tackle him, just gotta start up top on him and you know, take his arms away from that where he either tuck the ball, we could um uh sack strips pass game has been D'Angelo Williams. It's kind of really filled in for Levion
pretty well. What have you seen from from the running attack. I mean, he's a real patient runner. We've been talking about it all week. He finds guys you know that's out of their gap, and we got to be patient and u you know, real really mentally locked in on what we have to do as far as um the way we um. You know, we scame him up and the guys in front got to stay in the gap, like the way you lunch played so far. And I think we played good. I think we could be a
whole lot better. And they start with myself, Um, I think, you know, I can do a whole lot of things better. Um. Just as a group, I think that we all need to you know, the second weekend, this is a third weekend that everything is really starting to come together. You know, the rush plans on third down, on the way we um the way were rotating and out of the game, guys getting used to it. Whole some SAPs going up the drive, getting off on third down is controlling the
plot because that's had a good thing. Or it would rather be out there a little more to kind of get into a rhythm a little bit more. No, I mean, I think I played um the last two games. Uh, you know, over thirty some snaps each game, and that's that's a pretty good number for me to keep me fresh, um for all sixteen games and fresh for four quarters. I think the US playing a limited amount of snaps it's a good thing because, I mean, the offense is
controlling the clock. How you feel now, how you felt for the two games last years. There's a physical how much difference? I think it's it's a big difference. But being that it is only the second game of the season, you really know, you know, sixty sixty five some snaps I was playing we were playing last year. I really don't catch up until you maybe week nine or ten. That's when you really start to feel it. I mean, with that in mind, having to play this early, after
this game, you're not like it as much. I mean, it would be nice, nicer to have it like maybe week seven, eight, And it's always good to have it you know later in the season, really right at the halfway points, really what you wanted to do, really want when you want the bye week. But I think you know, having it early. You know, we got some guys nicked up,
some key guys nicked up, um offense and defense. So um that week, we get that week right there, early week to get them hitled up and ready to row. Looks like you guys are getting stronger later in games into two games. Uh, you guys haven't given up a touchdown on the second half yet, I would say, yet, you haven't given up one. Uh what is that? Is that scheme wise or is that just physically out manning people? Why do you think you guys are playing better later?
I mean at some point and in every game, I think that, uh that at first, we always you know, I always talk about you know, you know, turnovers and you know, putting the offensive position to score. But also I think you know us not of not allowing you know, touchdowns. Yet in the second half it's you know, it's a really good thing. It's a really good thing for their defense, which means that you know, either we can turnovers a getting you know, three and outs, like you guys are
more relaxed. It looks like you're having more fun in the locker room. It's it's just a lot more relaxed. Is that just the perception? Is it really truly that way? I mean, I don't know if it has to do with the fact that a lot of your guys up front have been together for quite a while now. Well, I think it's just a thing that dougs always say and be yourself. And I think you know a lot of guys in the locker room, such as you know me, and you know Benny and Brandon, a lot of guys.
You know, when we're in the locker room, we're loose because that's that's kind of our that's our home away from home. That's our that's our place where we you know, come together, have fun, joke around. But in the meeting room it's a totally different thing. You guys have been together so long the d line, I mean, really since most of you guys. I mean it's Betty gout here with thirteen, so really the whole bunch, she's been together
at least four years. How much of a how much of a benefit is that, both on the field and off the field, I mean it's real big because I mean collectively we've been together for for a while and that we know the communication thing. You know, everybody's understand what everybody's good at, and everybody you know what the
dudes that we can do and can't do. So yeah, I think it all it's a compliment that we've been together that long and just basically understanding the game together and just going out and just the competition every day in practice. Were close knit kind of in the locker room out of the building as a group because you're really your number four, I mean, Brandon spend yours since twenty and ten, any since what twenty and twelve? I mean, well, outside of the locker room, of course, we have a
group takes group takes, and we all communicate there. You know. Some guys have families, UM. Some guys you know got um you know, um, just really just home guys. But we make it that one time out of a week where we all get together outside of the building, you know, to go bund and hang out with each other. Doug
and his um, you know. Jordan said someone felt interesting at the first game about how because he played in Philadelphia he understands pressure of Philadelphia and you've noticed that from him, and how does that help you relate to him as first Well, I mean he's I think coach coach coach UM coach Dougman doing a real great job of keeping the team focused, you know on what's important and that's um, you know, that's that's the winning part and the physicality of of you know, and the mental
part about being in Philadelphia knowing no um, you know, you know what the city like and that's the city like us to win and you know us knowing the important parts of it as you know, sticking together as a team and not important fingers pro bowlers in the interior that line Fluch the Castro and uh Poundcy. I think of the challenges that line for you guys. I mean, I think it's it's it's good because you know last week and they had also had two um two you know,
all pro guys. When y'are sitting and caw long. UM, I think that that Poundcy and and Um David the Castro, I think that, you know, two of the better guards and centers in the league. And I think it's it's gonna be another challenge for us this week to get pressure um on the quarterback and also um you know be fields in the ring game here. Guys, great, thank you. Question whe