Nick Emmanwori

Like, everything about him is just business.

All right, so now you've been here now for, what is it, seven games in the offseason.

What's been different about being part of a Mike McDonald defense than maybe you expected?

No, definitely.

Just, you know, it's a little different.

So I'm glad that he, you know, plays on offense and I play on offense as well.

All right.

So you and I talked about, you know, getting the tight ends more involved and that's something you've wanted.

Second best defense in football.

The way they're able to use those safeties in Witherspoon and Nick Emery, like how they're able to use those guys, those veterans on that defensive line and how they stop the run.

I think there's 12 guys that play on the defensive line.

I think it's 12

These are our founding principles, and we're going to need to use the methods, to use Mike's language, to get to those principles.

That's the conclusion I draw, not a report, want to be clear again, but just the conclusion after listening to Mike for two weeks, watching what we watched and the way it changed, listening to first Chris Collinsworth, I guess he's not a former coach, sorry, he's a former player, but then Mike Tomlin, a former coach.

I feel very strongly that it sure seems likely that's what went down.

I think that's all fair, and we'll certainly be part of the conversation with DJ, who's back from Hawaii in 21 minutes when he joins us.

there any other human beings like Nicky Manwari?

No, I was talking to a buddy of another team that's in first place is on the personnel side, high up executive.

And we were talking about the roster and all their good young players and all the things that they have.

And then I said, you know, it's funny.

K-I-R-O-F-M-H-D-1 and H-D-2 Tacoma, Seattle.

Let's go back to the podium and hear from Nick Emmanwori.

I think it showed everything I can do, you know, lining up at defensive end, covering in the slide, you know, running, tackling, being aggressive.

That's, you know, thanks to the coaches letting me be me, building a good game plan that fits the whole defense and lets everybody play free.

But, um, you know, I wanna see, I think, a little bit more just versatility in his game, right? I, I need to see it a little bit more, I think, around the line of scrimmage.

I think if that happens, you're gonna start hearing, like, Nick Emmanwori comps, um-

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... with just the frame and the size that he has, so.

We know how Mike McDonald likes to use three safeties.

We also saw a lot more of Nick Emmanwori running around, just kind of being everywhere on the field.

I'm excited to see how that continues to develop.

But let me put this into context for you, because this is, this is why they're 3-2 despite about as bad as the turnovers can get.

Ernest Jones had an incredible impact in this game.

And Nick Emmanwori, I mean, what a godsend.

This guy was making plays all over the field.

They were lining him, him up everywhere, Mitchell.