How do you intend to make sure that you continue that and you get better during the season?

Uh, just be attention to every little detail that going on.

So even on walkthroughs, even doing like with some of the young guys, even doing their scout routes and all that stuff, just making sure they attention to their own detail, they working on their own craft, and they trying to get better 'cause you just never know your, your moment, your opportunity.

Eric, how do you, uh, assess the Dolphins offense? Obviously, A.J.'s a, a great player, a big name, but do you think there's any, you know, underrated players on that side of the ball?

Oh, of course.

They got, um, Malik, a hell of a, uh, sorry, a heck of a wide receiver and all that stuff to where I know for a fact he's gonna embrace his role even more just by opportunity that he got now with Waddle and all them gone.

So just can't wait.

And then even the little two young guys that they got that, um, that's supposed to be starting and all that stuff, they got really good weapons and all that stuff.

Um, speaking of all the young guys that y'all have to be great, how have you been able to help them out through their own journeys as they begin in the league? Does that give you any confidence or maybe an extra boost knowing that you can be more confident as you're growing in your leadership?

Oh, for sure.

To where like, it's just the growing pains.

Like I always say to where like I'm gonna try to help you out any way possible, because I done been through a lot.

First round pick to not even being planned my last year in Green Bay to working my way back and through everything I done did.

So first from that, I done seen both tails of it, so I'm just trying to help you out to where any little thing that can go, uh, so I'm, I'm just trying to let you know like this is, this how the game go and this is what you gonna do, and this is what you don't wanna do and all that stuff.

So just, just dropping little gems on them and all that stuff, and just keeping them up, up and pretty much up to date with everything.

al-al-always-Or like you go about things in specific with the walkthroughs, or that's something that the coaching staff is, uh, really pushing you guys

Does that give you any confidence or give you an extra boost knowing that you feel more confident as you're growing in your leadership?

Oh, for sure.

It's just a growing pains.

Like I always say, I'm going to try to help you out any way possible because I've been through a lot.

First round pick to not even been playing my last year in Green Bay to working my way back into everything I did.

So trust me, man.

I done seen both tales of it.

That mentality, is that something that you always thought of the way that you go about things in specific with the walkthroughs, or is that something that the coaching staff is really pushing on you

Does that give you any confidence or give you an extra boost knowing that you feel more confident as you're growing in your leadership?

Oh, for sure.

It's just a growing pains.

Like I always say, I'm going to try to help you out any way possible because I've been through a lot.

First round pick to not even been playing my last year in Green Bay to working my way back into everything I did.

So trust me, man.

I done seen both tales of it.

That mentality, is that something that you always thought of the way that you go about things in specific with the walkthroughs, or is that something that the coaching staff is really pushing on you

So some of those things you talked about, what made it special for you to do that?

Man, it's the family.

It's the people in the, it's the people in the organization.

Like, I can easily point to Ashley.

It's like people like that to where like it's, it's like a big family here to where it's hard, it's, it's hard not to leave here to where like you feel loved, you feel welcome.

You feel from the energy from everybody in the building.

It's just pretty much contagious to where something to where you wanna build with, you wanna grow with.

Sorry I didn't ask this before, but what have you seen from the really young secondary group, and how have they kinda stood out so far?

How do you wanna grow your role this year?

Man, I just wanna be a leader.

I wanna show everybody that I can actually lead and I can actually be something other than just what I am to where I wanna be able to be everything, just be that for you, just know on the end, pretty much on and off the field that you got a brother.

I don't want you to feel like that you alone or pretty much anything.

I want us to be connected in the DB room.

Like, one thing that, uh, Clinton always say, we, we pretty much connected.

That's one thing that I'ma drive in my DB room to where it's any little thing going on, man, we all brotherhood.

What does Quay Walker bring to the defense, and how does he help you do your job?

What does Jeremy Chen bring to the defense, sir?

You know, Jeremy Chen is a very playful person, man.

Y'all, y'all, y'all, y'all.

He's very playful, man.

See, look at that.

You see? He loves to joke around.

He loves to say little stuff, but Chen is a great guy,

You

Is that something they've asked you to do is being more or is that just naturally you and I just haven't seen it?

It's just naturally me that you just haven't seen.

It's just a lot of little things that goes on behind closed doors that people just don't see, that people just don't know.

And it's just like, especially with DP, man, he's a rookie at the end of the day, man.

I know how it is to be a rookie.

And especially, I want to say his third start, maybe, or whatever.

So it's a whole bunch of lot going on.

But as a professional who's been on a good team before, is that really just being a pro football player? Is it even more than a defensive back? You just got to have a short memory and come back Monday and ready to go.

Cowboys have a receiver you have a little bit of familiarity with, and George Pickens, can you just talk about what his game's like and how do you prepare for it, or how do you prepare Caillou for it if he has to go up against

him? Man, that's my dog, George.

I used to come in as a freshman, was there two years with George and all that stuff, man, so I just try to tell him, man.

Rule number one, man, that man pretty much, he catches pretty much everything.

So rule number one, man, you got to hit the ball first.

Because pretty much I always believe if he lay a hand on that ball or anything, it's probably going to be his because he got strong hands, aggressive hands, and his catch rate is unbelievable.

So he make any catch look easy and all that stuff.

now?

And just overall, when you think about what's ahead, what are the team leaders saying to you guys to kind of rally the team up to get a better second half of the season going?

Man, everybody's just focusing on their details.

Everybody just need to do their own, like they want 111.

Everybody worry about their own self and not worry about somebody else doing their part at all.

Just trust the next person to do theirs.

You come out here every day, we just go work.

Put your head down, stop all that complaining, stop all that other stuff, and just work.

What stands out to you about Travis Hunter as a wide receiver?

What is it about getting the ball? Something that I know Pete Carroll and Patrick Bama talked a lot about, but just hasn't happened that

often.

Yeah, just get the ball.

A lot of us, we're looking for a hit.

A lot of them would be looking for knockout shots instead of the ball and all that stuff.

So it's just coming into fruition.

So like today, Thursday, there's no turnover Thursday or turnover Thursday.

Last one for me, what do you think about Cam Ward and his progression so far as a rookie quarterback?