 It took a while to get here, but how rewarding is that decision now? Unbelievable. Always say whenever I got drafted, I wanted to make sure I could, one, stay around on team and be a leader. And then whenever I got opportunity, if I'm not in the Super Bowl, I didn't want to go nowhere. I wanted to stay with whatever team I'm with and make sure I lead that team to be a Super Bowl contender. And being a leader, that's what you got to do. And I'll take pride in that. And as you've seen with me, not wanting to go to Pro Bow has been an alternance. It's just a mindset that I always had growing up is just, you know, when you stick with a team, it's loyalty. You know, you got to be with that squad. You got to ride with them. No matter how tough it is, you got to fight it out until I'm done. Either I'm going to retire or not being able to go to a Super Bowl at all with the Titans or I was going to be able to go to one. My mindset is just take care of this FC Championship and hope my dreams come true. Is there extra pride as a team drill in these games? Not only who you're playing, but going into these tough environments and beating them in their... Hold my time, the beginning of that question. Is there extra pride as a team just in the difficulty of the run so far? I wouldn't say necessarily pride. We don't worry about how good the team is. We're going up for this week. It's another NFL opponent. We believe we're just as good as those teams. So it's just another opponent in front of us. We're going to prep for them just like we would prep for anybody in the division. Like we would prep for anybody that was going to play outside the division. It's just another team that's in the field that we ought to get ready for. I wouldn't say it was necessarily pride or whatever, but you take pride when people don't think you're ready, don't think you're able to go out there and compete against the guys. Yeah, we're all competitors. We all like the competition in the game. So you get a little bit extra juice after you win no games, but going into it, we prep it the same way. What's the challenge facing him after Brady, after Jackson and now another NBA? Man, it's incredible. You get these quarterbacks that you match up against for a defensive guy. That's what we left for, defensive games. And it's going to come down to us to make sure we contain him and his abilities and the things that he can do out there with the passes, the different ways he can throw the ball, the way he can move in the pocket. The guy doesn't look to scramble too much, but when he do, it's beautiful. And so we got to make sure we contain him the same way we did with Jackson, the same way we try to do with Watson. We're playing against him. We play against a couple of mobile quarterbacks. So we understand how that works. Biggest thing is just going to make sure we get him down on the ground when we do get around him. What's the biggest difference, I guess? Biggest difference? It's the same game plan. Don't let the guys run downfield. Biggest difference is, I could say, his home's going to hit bigger players. He got more weapons to work with. He got more guys he can get that ball to. And the way he can, his arm, his mobility with that arm, the way he can let that ball sling out. Guy, he's right on him. He can throw it right around you. So everything is possible with that guy. Shoot, I don't enjoy anything about it. I hate the role, but the biggest thing is just going up in the air and just knowing that it's just all us. It's just who the team is. It's family. We pre-stayed from day one going into here. It's all about us. And when you go on the road, we know, you know, going to be a few fans out there riding with us. But at the end of the day, is everybody in that locker room. You're not the biggest guy. You're not the fastest guy. But we're seeing you dominate inside and outside. What is it that makes you so versatile as a defensive player? It's a mindset and it's just my heart, man. I believe at the end of the day, whoever I line up against, nobody can match up against my ability. Been born that way. My mom taught me that way. So ever since I was a young kid, I always believed that whoever I'm going against, it was the young kids running blocks. I was a little bit heavier growing up, but I want to race them. I want to try to beat the fast guys. So just with the DBs, I'll try to keep up with those guys, try to make sure whatever they're doing, I can do the same thing I'm doing. It is what it is. Like just the mindset, just going out there, just knowing that it's a competition and I can't lose. Is that something that the coaching staff came to you to do? Or is that something that, you know, just kind of develop organically? No, just develop organically. It's just something that, you know, I've always, when I was in college and high school, they kind of limit you. They try to tell you, you're going to be this type of person. You're going to be this type of person. And always say, when I got to this level, Keith Malar, he always said, man, you can be a pass rusher. You can do certain things in this league. I can see your ability. And when he told me that, I just ran with it. I'm like, okay, I got to build on my craft. And I got, as you see over the year, I changed my diet. I changed this just so I can do things a little bit better. And it actually been working. And I think from here on out, you know, they pin me an end, I'll do good. Pin me a tackle, I'll do good. So wherever they want to line me up, I can do it. How much have you seen Vrable and his staff kind of evolve over the two years they've been here? I'm unbelievable. The things that I love about it is that, you know, they all get out there and they try to coach. All of them get involved. They all detailed. Vrable making sure that not just the players is informed, he's making sure his coaches is informed. To have a guy like that leading us into this role victory has been unbelievable. The mindset he approached with every week is damn near unspoken of a guy. He don't care about the win. He don't care about none of that that happened. He's excited for that moment, but he's on to the next. His mindset is always on to the next. We can cherish the moments for a bit, but let's get back to the grind. Don't care about the excuses that you have. You saw or you whatever. Get back in this building. Let's get back to it. How much have things changed over those two years? Has it been gradual stuff that's noticeable? I want to say that. I think everything, when he came in, man, he preached it from day one. And everybody brought right in to what he was preaching. And you've seen it from day one. His effects has definitely took ranks in this building, and everybody's been following the line. You guys feel free to help hold him accountable. And is that something that you've seen? And have you done said something to him to call him out on something? I want to say nobody really called that man out. I think a couple of guys lead that guy to be. But he always preached that. That's the biggest thing he's always preached. Hold everybody accountable. And if we do, but I ain't going to say the guy is perfect. But he down there understands football better than anybody in this building, outside this building. The guy he's telling to do. So it's not really too much. You can question that, man. When the team was sitting at two and four, did you see this day coming? And maybe what led you to believe you'd be in this position at this point? Honestly, would I see this day coming, not necessarily. But when you got guys in this building that constantly can, OK, stay focused. Buy into what's going on. Keep it going. There was times at the beginning where I did check out, like, I don't know how this is going to go. Injury, dealing with injuries. Neck injury, knee injury. Going home, dealing with things like that. Just beginning of this, I can honestly say I didn't. But guys in this locker room, they believe. They trusted in me. Been a leader. Cut me going, cut me focused on what the bigger picture was. And I understood they can take care of the work, carry the load, and allow me to get back into the rhythm that they used to say to me, do and glad I'd be able to come on to this time and be able to perform the way I have been playing. The last couple of weeks, they've ever helped us team. What's changed a couple of times in the past? Seven opportunities left. We just locked back in. More of a focus mentality. We all say, you know what we've been doing at the beginning of the year. Our offense playing hell of a ball. Don't allow ourselves to go into this playoff where our offense on fire and we're not playing a defensive style football we've been doing. And it's just guys locking back in. Has it been working alongside Jeffrey Simmons in every tournament? Man, it's unbelievable playing besides Jeffrey and also DeKwan. What for those boys is beast? Just to have those guys in the same room, the mindset they approach the game where we all communicate, we all understand where we're going to those games, how we want to perform, and just to have those dudes out there is definitely taking the load off me and making the game a lot more easier. Jarrell, a lot of people will think defense flying around hitting people and all that, but especially Saturday night, you guys are incredibly disciplined in how you defended them. How important is that discipline to the game plan and I guess just doing your job as part of 11? It's unbelievable. Everybody understand that this game is never won by just one person, especially on the defensive side of the ball so it takes all 11. And going into these games is going to be detailed. If you're not detailed on the defensive side of the ball, you give up big plays, you give up a play, and that's all it takes for you to lose a game. So it's definitely key for us to make sure we stay on that type of mindset, continue the weeks that we've been having and stay communication sound. You guys have a last one? Four, I think, yeah, four nine and seven teams in a road case, but even before the playoffs began, did you get any sense that maybe the community, the fans were more and getting more into this team or excited about this team than any of the ones in the past? I would say last year was a pretty hard time when people was really on the team, on the team a lot this year. Kind of was up and down, but we ready for everybody to jump on, ready for the fans to bring it and the city to get rocking. So we ready. Tighten up, baby.