 How things going I guess so far you know for you and how excited are you made to put pasts on and Everything going great, you know, we we back You know, it's always great to be back especially around your teammates and you know around new guys You know, we got a whole new kind of new team and you know Just trying to build a chemistry and bid off foundation, you know, you know person for me, you know They're going great, you know, give my get knocking the rust off a little bit You know, you know, you had time off now you back and we're just back here, you know Technique fundamental everything like that, you know, there's a small detail stuff like that So I'm just happy to be back I think it's just that that mindset that we have that we have right now, you know trying to be better than we were last year You know it start with I think the energy that we bring to the field, you know Everybody knowing their assignment, you know applying the technique fundamental Fundamental to what they're doing, you know to the job and you know, it's just a swagger that we've been having especially last You know two weeks. I mean come like last week coming to this week, you know I just feel like the energy been real high, you know, the expectation is how this year So I think the guys just you know buying into what the leaders saying, you know leading off with Kevin Bari, you know, he just one of them guys that he won't he gonna bring the energy at a time We hit the field, you know, whatever it may be. So I think we're just that there's just that thing right there Just bringing the energy knowing what you're doing, you know, just playing to them to practice I mean, I think it like I said, it's just something that you know when you like coach talk about, you know Land the foundation, you know, I think that's what we want to be built on You know knowing what to do but also bringing the energy to the field because that you know When one guy having a lot of energy that's carry over to your teammates and you know God saying one guy with a lot of juice, you know, it just gonna translate and translate to everyone else So I think that's the that just kind of what we've been in our defense on, you know, that's swagger and the energy So I think it was, you know, a lot of guys a lot of guys making plays when guys making plays You got the teammate celebrate you. I mean what more can you ask for it? You know, you hear your teammates Holland and roof for you for you So I think we wanted them to the right direction. So To Caleb Farley at all about staying patient and and kind of what the challenges for him, you know Not trying to do too much now that he's back. I mean, it's always one of things Well, you know when a guy came in with the same situation you was in, you know When he first got drafted here, you know, I talked to him, you know, I can't I mean I don't know his timeline with his rehab But just talking about my spinners and that's all I can really do, you know Tell him, you know, what I've been through kind of the situation I was in when he was in, you know Give him some kind of pointers of, you know, how he control what he control And they're just working his tail off and rehab and getting back to what he could do on the field fast He could, you know In his ways, you know, I should say but I think Kind of telling him what to do at practice and how much to do the thing That's up to the trainers into coach right now. So How's that grow between the three of you? You know, it's always great to have like guys like young guys that, you know I'm young going to my third season Tart going to his second season then we got Nico Of course, I want the older guy in the room. It's always great to learn from Nico You know, I'm still learning but it's also also great to learn and teach, you know Younger guys like Tart, you know, and it's always great to see him taking the next step You know condition or whatever it may be, you know technique fundamental and it's just great to have him You know on the same D line, you know him and Nico now and all the guys in the room You know, we just trying to build that, you know that mindset up front that, you know We want to stop the run but also, you know, we want to know cause heaven in the backfield with quarterback in sex Whatever it may be. So I think it's just always great to, you know, every day coming out here with these guys trying to get better You say I mean everything like I said just start with you know, because I mean what we did In the OTA's, you know condition, you know, that's what we focus on trying to run to the ball run into the ball You know his technique, you know, you could tell he's he have that driving that he wanted to be good He won't be you know, the best he could be You seen more of Shane Bowen in practices so far than maybe last year Now that he's kind of moving around the field a little bit and I guess if so Do you think that's gonna help the defense in general? Of course, you know Shane a great guy. He a great coach and I think him bringing the energy as well Because that's what we're talking about with our defense as well, you know, you know He changed telling us on the plays and giving us Kind of like a teacher. He getting the instructions And you know, it's our job to apply it on the field. You know, of course, like he said every day They're gonna coach You know, excuse my language, they're gonna coach the hell out of us and that's what he do That's what he does. Um, and that's every coach we have and you know, just to end just Shane bring You know, like I said, what more can the defense act for as a out of a coordinator? So consider a success in practice when you can't hit anybody You can't sack a quarterback. You can't hit a running back And very rarely wear pads. It's a small detail As you hear very saying, you know technique and fundamental Fundamentals and that's a front as a defense alignment, you know, your hands inside You stepping you're not getting reach or whatever it may be Especially not being able to touch the quarterback and just being a pro You know, you work your move on play action paths to show them that you're trying to get into the pocket But you're also trying to stay out of the way of the quarterback throwing Whatever it is when he going through his throwing motion. So I think it just, you know, just Like I said, that plan has deepened his line showing him that what he coaching in the me room by transitioning You know, getting your hands inside Technique fundamental I'm excited. We play football. Football is a game that played with pads And what more can you ask for going to tomorrow? I think a lot of guys juiced up I think the defense got a lot of energy right now We got we just got to keep that especially with pads rolling in so I think like I said, it's it's when one guy, you know Everyone's feet off each other and you know, I'm not just saying one guy I can't really just say who bringing the most energy right now because You know, everyone bringing it because they everyone's feeding off each other And I think that just kind of what we want to be based off of not one guy Being that main guy we're defense 11 on the field. We all got to work together So we all got to work together to bring the juice as well You're starting to get more mentioned as one of the top Detac with interior guys in the game for you personally What would it take for you to get your game to the next level? You know, I kind of don't really focus on that My thing is how can I be the best? Jennifer Sims I could be to help my team, you know, um, of course I want to be, you know Kind of one of them guys that you know You can mention the best in the game or whatever it may be But I want to be the guy on my team that guys look at be like, okay Jennifer we need we need to play up front. Can you go help us make? Can you go make the play up front? And that's been my mindset since high school and so, you know Just trying to be that guy that you know that my team could depend on You know a lot of them guys that you know that In the talk like guys, you know, just to mention like Aaron Dono, you know His teammate I'm sure that they need to play that they that they could depend on him to go make that play And I just won't there that trust in my teammates from my teammate that you know, whatever it may be In practice in a game that they could depend on me to go make that play It was a quick fun one. You were there, you know, your college beat Vanderbilt for The championship, but what was that experience like? It wasn't it was um, I don't think it was a better better feeling being able to watch it in person and feel that energy coming from our fans our To Mississippi State baseball team, you know, they had um, unbelievable job And I still wear my um color wear a serious championship shirt, you know, I'm proud of them guys You know, we needed that for Mississippi State and um, you know, congrats to them Like I said, um, I think it was back in OTA is whatever it may be, you know, I my goal is to be Disruptive, you know, my I think I kind of I'm kind of finding my role on this team and um, I'm playing You know, I'm I'm playing defense alignment on this team. I think as a defense lineman, you know, especially in this league You have to be disruptive and um What more like, you know You need as from a defense line my team, especially every day I wake up, you know How can I be better than I was yesterday and that's like tomorrow, you know With pass coming on it's kind of start, you know tomorrow, you know I could really just, you know, try to be more disruptive Now and then I think it just translate into the season Being disrupted, you know, just not in the run, but also, you know, trying to transition to pass On play action paths because, you know, we play a lot of teams that actually do that So, you know, how can I focus on stuff like that in indy and our individual drill to translate into, um Practice, I mean to the team reps and practice into game day. So do you think you've done a good enough job of that? So far being disruptive in your career. Do you want to see more out here? I always expect more out of myself. My standards is very high for myself. Um, I'm a guy who Hold myself to a high standard. I know my teammates hold me to a high standard and these coaches. So Of course, I want more out of myself. So Jeff, how much motivation is the whole defense taking from what happened last year and kind of have a point to prove that You're better than how the defense played a year ago Um, I wouldn't even say it's a point to prove. I think it's something that You know, we've taken the pun ourselves, you know I remember the other day of practice, you know, some we we talked about the defense, you know We remember when especially when first talked about third down, we remember how bad we were last year, you know Last year don't matter no more. It's how can we be better this year? You know, it's very second down to be better on third down as I always start now You know, it started kind of in OTAs and it started, you know, last Tuesday when we reported the camp, you know As a defense, how can we communicate better? How can we, you know, especially on third down? How can we rush better step like that? We all got to help each other, you know The rush has got to help the coverage guy and the cover guy got to help the rush or so