What about the players? Do you got caught up in that at all?

Whether we won or we lost, we got to come out and play the next week.

So we got to just come out and play.

I know our fans wanted to win.

We wanted to win.

But it didn't work out like that today.

And start by getting better, bro, on the practice field and having a better game come Sunday.

And if you haven't seen that before, how tough is it to kind of adjust as the game is going

So how different are you from four years ago? How much better can you be from four years ago when you set the market the first time?

First of all, thank you for the team for believing me, all my teammates, all my coaches and all the fans that support me every day.

Thank you for them.

And like you say, just being able to be durable, man.

I feel like I'm playing my best football right now.

And I can't wait for the fans to see how hard I've been working and how hard this team been working.

And I can't wait for them to, you know, go show the world why they did pay me again, you know.

What has jumped out at you, Derwin, about the change at defensive coordinator and maybe some of the young players that are exciting you as

How do you read that as a defensive mastermind that you are?

I just take it as, man, his time is coming.

And I feel like success don't happen overnight, man.

I feel like daily deposit, like Coach said, he keep building.

His guys get out there, be healthy for him.

He get his all-pro tackles back.

We got Mike McDaniels.

What is it about maybe the tweaks that honing in the one for the deposits? Like, why does it feel that way? Can you can you get me there?

Uh, what is he like and what has your defense been like? Any changes?

Um, man, uh, first of all, shout out Coach Minter, great coach.

Uh, but Coach O'Leary, man, he's- he's got his own swag, man.

He's one of a kind.

I feel like, uh, he brings a lot of energy.

Uh, he's a coach.

You don't see too many coaches put the cleats on every day, and, uh, he's out there, uh, giving us any look we need.

What is this like for you watching Justin Herbert navigate a relationship with Madison Beer?

When you finally get it done, what is the first, uh, you know, feeling? Obviously relief and, and joy, but what is kind of your thoughts as, uh, you ink this new historic deal?

Uh, first of all, uh, thank you, man, to just the whole organization, the Chargers, you know, just for believing in me.

The Spanos family, uh, Joe Ortiz.

Man, it's first, it's really first class, man.

Sec- like, love here, man.

Ever since the day they drafted me in 2018, uh, I haven't not felt love the day one, um, since I've been here, man.

Um, so nothing but respect to that.

How much do you appreciate Coach Harbaugh being your coach, obviously, and also him coming in and not having any, like, uh, ego maybe about, like, who's his guys, who's not his guys? If that makes sense, Derwin.

Um, just kind of take us through losing Jesse and, and having that, that new voice back.

Oh, I got a lot of confidence in him.

On my first year when Coach Harbaugh and Coach Jesse came, Chris O'Leary was with us.

And, uh, I remember that year was number one scoring defense.

And, um, I feel like, uh, Coach Minter, all those guys did a great job, and we had a great staff.

We got other coaches, Coach Clint, uh, Coach Elston, a lot of guys that go hand-in-hand with this system.

And I, I feel like it's gonna be a great year for us, man.

What, what is it that you love about football? Why do you like it so much?

You know what I mean?

Yes.

And, uh, simple, honest, and when you straightforward, you know- you know what you're gonna get with Coach Harbaugh, and, um, if you don't love football, you're not gonna like him.

Uh, you gonna feel like you don't, you don't really get along with him.

But if you love football, you're gonna be all in, and, uh, you gonna see where he coming from.

And it's gonna come from a place that you have never seen before, and, uh, that- that's what makes him unique.

That's what makes him special.

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What's the, what's the mindset going into every week with this mental defense? And then tell me a little bit about your running mates.

Man, I, I, I just say I'll start with Deion Henley, man, in that middle, man, with the green dot.

My brother, man.

He, he's special, man.

Uh, had a flu game last night, man.

I don't even know how he played.

But man, he gives us everything he got every week, every week, day in and day out.

... what was that like, uh, in Brazil?

What kind of work are you guys doing to get on the same page and how long does it take?

That's what's cool about the NFL.

It was so many moving parts last year.

We had guys that came in from Eddie Jackson, Marcus May.

The secondary was constantly changing the whole year.

But we always just try to make it about communication.

If the guy next to me know where I'm going to be and I know where he's going to be, it's going to give us the best chance to have success.

What kind of advice did he give you? And how did he change the trajectory of your career?