 How are you doing? It's so good to see you. You know what, I just moved to LA during, and I wake up every morning and I say, how blessed am I? 88 degrees, go in it. Do you feel the same way? You play in a gorgeous SoFi stadium. You're healthy. Things, things are pretty good. No? Yeah, I definitely wake up. Feels great every morning, every night. You know, that's what you pay for the taxes out here. Now, you just beat the Broncos in overtime, so you're happy about that, I'm sure. 19 to 16. You had a huge sack in that game of Russell Wilson. How satisfying is that as a safety? It feels good. Anytime you can make a big play, especially playing the game, you know, on defense, trying to get the ball back to the offense, so we can make a pick, a sack, anything to change the game, you know, is always that good feeling. Erwin, what did you do to Russell Wilson that he looked the way he looked in the second 34th quarter? I feel like as a defense, we kind of locked him in and stopped letting people just get wide open because the plays that they hit on us early in the game, it was literally nobody running with the guys. So like, I feel like we locked in as a defense and really like everybody did their job. Now, you know, I'm a huge, I'm going to put this here. This makes more sense because you know, I'm making more sense. I got to get a vase on there. Now, you got to get a vase. You already know, and I, and I hype you guys up and you do the same in your locker room. Dustin Hopkins crazy game. He gets the game ball. The whole works. And literally no one was more excited than you. That's what I'm talking about. Dustin Hopkins. What? Florida State is that garner than gold. It's that, you know, everything, I just see how hard he works. And D-Hop, he's such a great teammate and such a great guy. So to be able to celebrate that moment with him, you know, and he wasn't even a hundred percent. There was still be able to go out there and kick and not complain. You know, I just wanted to just show my happiness for him, you know, as his brother. Now you don't just have pickers though. You have love for everyone. Asante Samuel Jr. ever, he was mic'd up in your game against the Texans and you were hype. You were so hype for him. He created quite a buzz in the three season cooks, gobbled up. They're going to lose yardage here. I'm going to make it talk with all day. I'm proud of that. I'm more proud of that than anything. It's your fourth year in the league now, which is sort of crazy outside of getting the guys going. What is your role on this Chargers team? Just being a heartbeat that the team know, know and want me to be, you know, and the team asked me to do a lot. They want me to be that leader. And, you know, I know everything that comes. So, you know, I just try to do my best day in and day out. Keep setting the standard. Keep sending example for the young guys and, you know, get as many wins as we can. Let's go back to week two, my friend, because this is, I'm just going to say it, the most iconic play in my opinion of this season. I don't know what's going to, I don't know what's going to do better. I don't know what's going to do better. It's this, it's this suplexing of Travis Kelsey. You basically body slam him. Take me through what this was like and how, how it felt. You know, I seen my home scrambling around and Kelsey, he was just doing what he always do, you know, make finding grass and, you know, get it open. And I knew that, you know, I was only so close to the end zone. And I was like, man, I got to come up and make this tackle. I didn't see nobody like close to him. So I'm like, it's just me and him and the goal line. So like, hey, I got to use everything I got in my power just to, you know, keep them out the end zone. And, you know, I connected with a good hit and. Where does the strength come from to do that though? Is it adrenaline? What is that? I feel like naturally I'm strong though. Naturally, naturally I'm strong, but I feel like I connected good and I was low enough. You know, the low man always wins. So you, I mean, you've had your battles with him and you're the only guy that I can think of that can sort of, you know, contain with, contain him a bit. What is the key to dealing with Travis Kelsey? I mean, I can't just give you one key on how to contain him because he just like, I mean, he got a lot. Like he wanted the greats of all time. Like he gonna go down in history as one of the greats. I mean, just so going against him is just a battle. You know, every time there's a battle, he constantly messing, mixing it up. He's not running around the same pace. And everyone knows when it comes to creating routes, like what he can do. You did this though, my friends. One of the greatest ghosts of all ghosts. It's crazy. Just, does he talk out there when you guys have your battles? Yeah, he talks to me. So like it's different when I, when I, when I'm be out there playing and stuff like, you know, usually guys talk trash, but they don't really like talk trash to me. It's always like, you know, good conversation and, you know, just a ball of all, I guess. What do you mean you're out there talking about Game of Thrones? What do you mean it's good conversation? They don't try to, they don't try to make me mad. I guess I like no one's just like out there just talking trash to me. It's just like good play or a man good. This is always like good compromises. It's not like, you know what I mean? Yeah. But after that, you know, he talked about on his podcast with his brother. He admitted that it was the craziest play. He got, got all of that. So there's love there, right? Yeah, for sure. It's all love. It's always love anytime. It's love every time. Okay. I have lots of love for your coach Brandon Staley. And he's getting it from all sides for being too aggressive. So I'm going to give you the floor here. Why is going for it the right move? Let him know. Because the guy, first of all, the guy we have that quarterback, we believe in him in the office. We have the weapons around him. We believe in him. And as a defense and as a team, we know that, hey, they don't get it. We got to have a back and go get a start. And you know, like it's preach practice it every day, every week. So like we know our mindset. Like we don't need to go out there and change how we are when we practice every day the way we are. So now are you saying that because it's true and you believe it? Are you saying that because that's what you do is the king of matter? No, no, for sure. No, it's true. I really believe that. Like we believe in Justin. And like I say, you know me, I'm going for it anyway. I want to be aggressive anyway too. I'm aggressive there. And as a defender, I'm like, if they don't get it, it gives me an opportunity sudden change to go make a place. So, you know, we got to go out there anyway, whether we pun it or not. We're going out there anyway as a defense. So yeah, I've never, I've never played Madden, but I hear you're quite good. I know you gave Jalen Ramsey all the smoke in college. And I know I read. I'm all right. Yeah. And you beat in Tyreek like crazy, like 50 to two to three in a charity game. You're obsessed with Madden. Would you rather get like a, a pass break up on the field against Tyreek or beat in Madden? A pass break on the field. Let's make it a play. It's so cool. Yeah, come on. I don't know how obsessed you are with that. I love the real game. Come on now. You have the Seahawks in Los Angeles this week. And you have been watching tape. I imagine on Gino Smith day in, day out. Yeah. Do you, what are you seeing? Let's start there. First of all, I got time to spend with Gino. My rookie year. He was with us to 18. We went 12 and 12 and four that year. He was our quarterback on the roster. Him and Cartel. So just going to get some everyday scout team practice, just seeing them. You know, my rookie year coming in the league, he gave me great looks every day like in practice. So, you know, just knowing the person who is traveling and playing with them. So like, I know everything he can do. Like I'm not surprised by any of it. If you look at his QBR, everything like, I've seen him every day in practice since I was a rookie. So, you know, I'm already accustomed to what he's used to. What? I mean, so you're not surprised that he's sort of emerged? No, no, for sure. Cause like he helped us get ready every week in practices as a defense in 18, in 18 when we was 12 and four that year. He was a good credit. So as a defense, I feel like he helped us. Him and Cartel Jones, they did a great job giving us looks all year. If you look at when he was in college and whenever his number has been called, he's always done his job. So I can, I can definitely see the success continue for him because he works hard. He puts the time in and like I said, I got to spend time with him. I think he's going to throw you that ball. And that pass is intercepted. Derwin James goes up and gets it. Speaking into his distance. I am. I'm a big manifestor. Let's go. I need that. I need all that. You're always smiling. And I know that it's, you know, for camera and sometimes it's, it's, I always think it's really remarkable with you and, and take on Barkley actually is another person that sort of presents this to me. You missed so much time. Yeah. You're in your fourth year. You missed an entire season. You have a smile on your face. So when you had to sit out in 2020, what did you learn about yourself as a man and as a player? That I really love ball, like, because a lot of people say they love ball and like, but when you're having success and then things are not going your way, you really get to see how much you really love it. So the days that I was battling adversity, getting better 1% every day, you know, it made me to who I am today. It made me a better person today. And I'm like, I say, I wouldn't rather have it. No other way. I'm always smiling. Just keep going and working hard. Last one for you. What should I ask this Chargers team? I have the helmet. I'm always supporting. Does it feel like a different team this year? Definitely feel like a different team. I know we don't, I know we might not have all our guys out there, but I feel like the way we've been able to win these games, these last three games, I feel like it's helping us, you know, that we're going to need in the season, you know, being able to win, you know, from coming back from 14-0, being able to win overtime and being able to win all these different ways is just shaping us up to the team that we want to be later in the season. And Justin Herbert, you've seen a bit of a difference in him. Not that he needs to change, but how has he grown from even just last year? I mean, if you look at what he's doing, I mean, he don't even have all his weapons out there and still be able to go out there to do it without your starting center and your starting level type and you're starting to receive what I mean. Come on now, that speaks for itself. Go win another Super Bowl there for Zofi, you know. Let's do it for Zofi Stadium. Ram's got one. Y'all got to get one. I like the healthy respect for Geno for the hand and reception. For sure.