You know, what do you guys have to do? I know it's like a next man up mentality, but if you're down a couple of your, your key starters, uh, what do you guys have to do?

Man, just go out there, like you said, next man up.

You know, nobody gonna feel sorry for us, man.

We just gotta go out there and, you know, execute.

You know, don't try to, you know, go out of your way to, to make a, a super outstanding play.

We don't need, we don't need superhero efforts.

We just need everybody to, you know, play consistent football, be where you're supposed to be, uh, win one-on-one match-ups.

Uh, what, what can you tell us about the team meeting?

You know, what do you guys have to do? I know it's like a next man up mentality, but if you're down a couple of your, your key starters, uh, what do you guys have to do?

Man, just go out there, like you said, next man up.

You know, nobody gonna feel sorry for us, man.

We just gotta go out there and, you know, execute.

You know, don't try to, you know, go out of your way to, to make a, a super outstanding play.

We don't need, we don't need superhero efforts.

We just need everybody to, you know, play consistent football, be where you're supposed to be, uh, win one-on-one match-ups.

Uh, what, what can you tell us about the team meeting?

You know, what do you guys have to do? I know it's like a next man up mentality, but if you're down a couple of your, your key starters, uh, what do you guys have to do?

Man, just go out there, like you said, next man up.

You know, nobody gonna feel sorry for us, man.

We just gotta go out there and, you know, execute.

You know, don't try to, you know, go out of your way to, to make a, a super outstanding play.

We don't need, we don't need superhero efforts.

We just need everybody to, you know, play consistent football, be where you're supposed to be, uh, win one-on-one match-ups.

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Phil, near a very driven player, after the game he said with like, ass- whatever's the quote, "Um, does that give you an extra fuel this week?" So like, "I gotta, I gotta show them what I'm all about."

Yeah, no, it's, it's always about, you know, continuing to get better.

Um, always, you, you never want...

You never feel like you played your best.

You always go back and look at the tape and feel like there's something that you could've did better.

Um, and, and that's my mindset every week.

Um, you know, try to figure out how, how I can affect the game.

What's that like in here in this locker room?

Yeah, what is that like going up against a quarterback that I'm sure your entire life watching football he's been a part of the league and, and one of the best players the league's ever had?

Yeah, no, it, it, it's crazy because, um, you know, he definitely one of those h- um, Hall of Fame caliber quarterbacks, and I'm trying to get every quarterback, uh, on the list, but especially him.

Uh, I got him last year, uh, but it didn't count, so I, I was trying to get him this year and didn't end up working out.

But, you know, he had a hell of a c- hell of a career, hell of a quarterback, and, you know, they, they gonna be talking about him even when he done playing for a while.

Trevor Lawrence, uh, for Jacksonville, what, what can you tell us about him? I, I believe you faced him a couple of times when you were in Philadelphia, but what, what kind of challenges does Lawrence present?

Oh, he's just, man, just a, a, a super talented quarterback.

You know, he got size, he got arm to make any throw.

Um, so i- it's on us.

Yeah, what is that like going up against a quarterback that I'm sure your entire life watching football he's been a part of the league and, and one of the best players the league's ever had?

Yeah, no, it, it, it's crazy because, um, no, he definitely one of those h- um, Hall of Fame caliber quarterbacks, and I'm trying to get every quarterback, uh, on the list, but especially him.

Um, I got him last year, uh, but it didn't count, so I, I was trying to get him this year and didn't end up working out.

But, you know, he had a hell of a c- hell of a career, hell of a quarterback, and, you know, they, they're gonna be talking about him even when he done playing for a while.

Trevor Lawrence, uh, for Jacksonville, what, what can you tell us about him? I, I believe you faced him a couple of times when you were in Philadelphia, but what, what kind of challenges does Lawrence present?

Oh, he's just, man, just a, a, a super talented quarterback.

Uh, he got size, he got arm to make any throw.

Um, so i- it's on us.

Yeah, what is that like going up against a quarterback that I'm sure your entire life watching football he's been a part of the league and, and one of the best players the league's ever had?

Yeah, no, i- i- it's crazy because, um, no, he definitely one of those h- um, Hall of Fame caliber quarterbacks, and I'm trying to get every quarterback, uh, on the list, but especially him.

Um, I got him last year, uh, but it didn't count, so I, I was trying to get him this year and didn't end up working out.

But you know, he had a hell of a c- hell of a career, hell of a quarterback, and you know, they, they gonna be talking about him even when he done playing for a while.

Trevor Lawrence, uh, for Jacksonville, what, what can you tell us about him? I, I believe you faced him a couple of times when you were in Philadelphia, but what, what kind of challenges does Lawrence present?

No, it's, man, just a, a, a super talented quarterback.

Uh, he got size, he got arm to make any throw.

Um, so i- it's on us.

What movie?

I think it was 12 Years a Slave or Toy Story 4.

Well, I think when all the Toy Story characters, they was going to get burned up.

It was like, man, my childhood.

You know, when I was going through the trash chute and

Longer than Christian, though? He'll last longer?

Oh, he said forever? Nah, I ain't going to do that forever.

Nah.

It's

tough.

It's tough.

Even last night, you know, you kind of keep yourself up, you know, thinking about plays that you could have had or that you missed.

But it's all hunger.

It's all, you know, it's pushing me to go even harder in practice.

And, you know, hopefully it translates to the game with the amount of work that I'm putting in.

You kind of your lips and be kind of like,

Did you notice watching him just one week from this past week? Is he any more willing to hold the ball a little bit more, throw it a little bit more downfield than he was last year?

It looked like they took a couple of shots.

I think he took some shots the last game.

But he trying to do whatever whatever is open was ever gonna help them, you know, move to change, you know, deep pass, short pass, you know, he can do it all.

We just gotta be on the same page.

Try to take away some of those reads.

And like you said, affect the quarterback to help create turnovers.

What's it like

but do you look forward to coming back to camp because i feel like you know back in the day uh you know it used to be you guys like you used to dread you get the butterflies in your stomach like oh god camp like i hate having to go back to camp but is it was this a joyous day for you to come back to day one of training

camp today You know, it's always going to be a grind.

So guys, you know, they was asking me, some of the young guys asking me, do I still get nervous? I'm like, man, I get nervous for every practice, every game.

You know, it don't matter.

But once I get that first snap, by the way, you know, everything kind of goes away and I can settle in.

But, no, camp's going to be a grind.

But, you know, you're going to be tired, so go ahead and get that out your mind.

How are you guys looking to build on that defensively, and what are maybe some sort of, you know, areas you'd like to see the defense improve and maybe some new wrinkles that we can see with this defense?

Tell us about the sack and tell us about the Vrabel embrace.

It was a design play, obviously, for, you know, to try to... get us a one-on-one board.

And, you know, that's what we thrive on.

We pride ourselves on being able to win one-on-ones.

And, you know, I've just been working on that.

And, you know, it was a perfect time for me to, you know, come through with that move and, you know, help our team win the game.

The celebration, it was everything.

How long did it take, and what was the thing that made you realize, wow, we actually got a chance to make a Super Bowl run on this team?