Thanks. That's usually they've always showed up. By the way, every week that you're preparing for was the fun own game those season already? Man, I mean went by fast. Um I would say, Um, didn't go the way we all planning to go. But UM, you know we need to end this season, UM with a win. You know, we need to come out and fight until the end and come out and you know, take that momentum into the off season you've had. Do you think that that
can carry into the off season. Absolutely, I man gives guys, you know, UM, positive attitudes and knowing that you know we're coming back, Um, you know, back into the off season, UM with a lot of energy. I know guys would be ready to go. UM. So I feel like, you know, you get that win, you know, the last win of the year, um, knowing that it's our last game of the year. Um. It takes that momentum to kind of carry over to the off season really stronger when NFC
Defensive Player of the momum. But looking back upon it, then then you kind of whatever you were playing a certain level with the numbers weren't coming. Do you look back upon it now and thought that jumping back to the four three was there was to be a little more adjustment than maybe you might have thought because you had played in the defense before. I mean, it's always adjustment.
I think. I think, you know, as I grow into you know, back into gym, you know, into the fourth three scheme, you know, beying planet, playing it out my whole career. But you know, not being into those years that you know we was in the three four you know, that takes away you know, from you know, a whole lot of the process of learning, you know, the attack
stile defense that gym's like. And um and I feel like, um, you know, I forgress you know, each game and embraced every opportunity that I go out and play on Sunday. Plus what was the significance of that loss to the Cowboys techn point league in the fourth quarter? A should kind of think of the season. There's a whole lassibility. I mean, hood up, I mean I think that game right there kind of you know, to find our season.
You know, that game, Um, you know took a lot from us because we had a ten point league going into the fourth quarter. I think, and you know, they came out and made some plays and and I think we kind of eased up on them towards the end of the game. We took it overtime. They made the play to winning game. But we know, um, as a team,
we know, you know what this game means us. You know they you know they want to come in, you know they're going to come in, you know, with a lot of a lot of energy, you know, a lot of confidence. And I think we want to stop that. You know, from the first play of the game, what is on offensive defense or attention from offensive lines this year? First the previous ones in the three four more double teams and I think so I think teams started I
mean scheming up, you know a lot of things. You know, when you get guys get them, get a little more attention than than other guys. But also I mean it gives opportunity for you know, um, you know other guys in the room to make plays. And I think those
guys have stepped up. You know, when you signed the contract, did you realize then that it would make it would put a lot of more attention on you and how you produced because of that, that that figure that you signed for, And did you think that also played a part? Did you want maybe teams played a little more attention
to you as well. Well, like you said earlier, I mean I started off hot and I think I had three sacks and four games, um, and then you know, at that point, you know, I really wasn't getting a whole lot of you know, slide. I was getting a lot of a lot of one of the the ones and you know, just creating a lot of disruption at the time. But you know, team started, you know it scheming up with a slide of protection really the whole defensive line.
You know, we started getting a lot a lot more attention because earlier in the year we were getting after the quarterback, you know, either hitting them or either sacking them. And you know, teams started doing the seven man protections and you know, ways to protect their team and it
just getting rid of the ball fast. What do you recall about facing Zeke Elliott the first time around and wasn't mean to you guys, especially as a run defense and your fast the season And guess I mean, I think we got to go out and you know, we gotta hit. Um. We know that if you're out of your gap, he's gonna find you. Um, you know, he he somehow he finds a way to you know, get north and south. You know, anytime somebody's out of the gap, UM, he's running hard and you know he's gonna make you
pay for you out of your gap. So the main thing is this week, man, is you know, tackling Um. Of course, very you need you know, we need all eleven guys to the football. But yeah, sorry about that yet, Elliott. You you've seen him on tape. You've seen how the Cowboys have done this season. Is he a legitimate MVP candidate even though he's I mean, I mean I think he kept being a running for but I don't you know, I mean, he's been playing at the really high level
this year. Um and UM. And it starts up front with those guys. You know, I think that's one of the best um offensive lines of football. UM. And you know I think we're um, we're gonna go out and it's gonna be a challenge up front for us. And I think it was a step up. Thank you're here man. Thanks