 Those guys ready, man. They ready to prove everybody wrong. Arthur was feisty whatever we're going to use with us. What was he like with y'all in here? I don't know. I feel feisty with you there. I don't know. I really don't know what to say about that one. Was he positive? Did you feel like he was positive or was he pissed? Arthur is Arthur man. He's the head coach. You think he was pissed, he was pissed. Are you the way you guys run the ball offensively? Is this what you expect the offensive like? Is this what you thought it would look like? We have to run the ball. That's one of our team goals. If we do it, just run the ball. Talk about it all the time. I've been talking about it since last year. We've got to run the ball, keep running the ball, no matter what happens. Coach got a lot of faith in us running back, so we just try to go out and just run the ball and prove it. We can do it. Is that something that you can feel like you can do every week? Honestly man, we keep working this hard. The sky's the limit. We just got to keep working. You can't let this one game to find us. We ain't get the W that we wanted. We just got to keep going. We should never win. Just keep working hard. How hard is it to shake a game off like this? I mean, just let it sit for 24 hours and after that we got to get ready for the rounds. It's football man. We've got 16 more games. You can't let this one game to find us. A guy like me, I don't stress man. I don't trip. It's football, something we do. Since I was young, I love it. You can't let one game just to find you. You just got to keep pushing. Does that come with being a bet? Do younger guys do all this more you think? Younger in your career? I really don't know. As a young guy, man, I was not serious at all. I was always funny. We lost and I was always smiling and stuff. That's just kind of guy. I'm just always positive and just happy. You can't hear your head down. It's a long season. You can't moat and pout. What's this going to do? We lost. You still moat and pout. We're not going to get the win. We already lost so we just got to focus on next week. I mean, you know it's one of those things when you're playing a tight game and I guess another great team. Things like this happen. Unfortunately we came with a loss but at the same time our pride wasn't beat. I know for sure this is a long season. Played enough football to understand that this game doesn't define us and that we got to get back to the drawing board, be better in the four quarter, finish in games against good opponents like these. Got to get kudos to the Saints but at the same time it does give a little bit of taste in your mind but hopefully it'll be motivational going into next week. How tough is it going to be to let go of this one? It'll be tough. One thing I learned about the league is that you got to have short memory. You got to let this time and let this opportunity as a team get better. Guys can allow this time also to go back to the fan room and see what we can improve on and things that allowed us to let them get back into the game. Other than that, I'm really proud of the guys and the things that they did today. We just got to finish strong. I'm sorry if you were asked this already but what do you feel like changed defensively in that fourth quarter for you guys? You know, I think the big place. James was, you know, for some reason started clicking for him. He was completing all of his passes and we allowed some big place for them to be able to kick a field going and get back into the game. So, you know, just like I said, we just got to be better in the fourth quarter by finishing these teams. Up front, were you guys doing the same things you had been doing? Just not getting there like you had been? No, I think mostly it was just for us to be more sound. I think we were a lot better as far as the run game but as far as the pass, you know, we wanted to improve a lot better. You know, especially going against, you know, good quarterbacks like James and, you know, any other good quarterbacks that's going to be for next week like, you know, Matthew Stafford. Will you take Salis in the fourth total sacks or is the pain still too much to overlook? I mean, you know, it's football, man. You know, when you love the game, you play the game, you put a lot of effort into the game. You know, things like this hurt but at the same time you got to have short memory and move on and get ready for next week. Whatever coach's came up, we would try to go out there our best and do what we could. Did you expect to get as much action as you did even without the pre-season? I just had to stay ready and it all comes my way. Drake, you might have been asked something about that. How was the knee? How are you feeling? Did you know coming in, you were going to be good to go? Yeah, I'm good. It's good. I played obviously a full game, so I'm sorry. What happened? I just fell on it and I heard it. Could you, if it was a regular season, could you have played sooner, practice sooner, like if it had been back then? To be honest, I don't think so. I know it's just the first game of your career, but how do you process this one the way it ended? A lot of things to learn from, you know. Me personally, us as a unit, us as a team. So just going back and watching film and trying to perfect my craft and perfect our craft as well, so that doesn't happen again. For you not being on the field over the course of the last two and a half, three weeks, what have you been doing that we don't see on the field when you're in the film room? What's kind of the last three weeks been like for you? Trying to be able to run. That's pretty much it. Rehab, PT, staying mentally focused and locked in to the playbook and the play plans. Drake obviously said this didn't go the way that you guys wanted it to, but pre-game, you're ready to go into your first NFL game. What was the mindset and what was it like just getting out there today? Do what got you here at this point, so I'm going to keep on doing what I've been doing and just build off of that. What did you guys feel like you showed early in the first three quarters offensively that gives you guys some promise having a child like? You know that we can drive the ball. We can drive the ball down. What do you remember most from your first game? That just happened. The whole thing. Every little part of it. Just being out there in front of the fans, the crowd, everything here in the stadium, you know. It was really, really cool. Being that I haven't played in pre-season, really just like one play. It was cool to be out there and just to feel that. Who would the nurse like? Were you nervous taking the field? Of course, that's natural. The nurse is a natural thing, but like I said before, I've been doing this for a little bit. That's how I got here, so I'm going to keep on doing it. What do you feel like you changed in the fourth quarter defensively for you guys? I don't think anything changed. Like I said, we've got to come together as a team on the sideline. We've got to put that out and get a credit to them. They threw the ball up in the air and made some good plays on it. Given the fact that you guys were really dominant in the first three-and-a-half quarters, what does that do for you guys heading into LA? We know what this team is capable of. Even if we would have kicked that field one-to-one by a couple of points, we knew that we had stuff to clean up. I believe it was your first career of Saturday today? Yeah, it was. What was that like for you? It was incredible. I've been waiting for it for two years. I just hope that I can build up and keep going. What was different pressure for you guys in the fourth quarter? Was it not being dialed up as much, not getting there? What was different? No, I mean, we just made different calls. We weren't pressured or something. We did pressure sometimes, but like I said, I mean, James Winston was getting the ball out, dropped back, throwing it up quick. I mean, it's 50-50 going on us. Like I said, getting credit, but I don't think anything changed for us. We're still getting after it. It's just 50-50 balls. You kind of just said it, but do you really feel like it was a matter of James just kind of clicking in the fourth quarter? Yeah, I mean, all day he was running for his life back there, so I mean, he was able to get the ball out, and when he got that clean pocket and threw it up, those guys came down with the ball, so like I said, I mean, credit to them, but we know we're in a good spot. This might be a little bit of an obscure question, but the fact that Coach P's changed from the box to the field, what's that difference like for you guys as players? I mean, for me last year, like obviously, I was kind of not playing as much. So I really can't see the difference, but I can tell when I talk to Debo, it just makes a huge difference. We can go inside right now and get things fixed. So I think it's great to have you down there, and I love it, I'm loving it so far. And when I was getting after secondary, just what do you think flipped in that final three drives? Just finished, man. That's a good football team. They finished at the end, and let's go play that we won't back as a defense, but that's a good football team they showed. What's one of those plays you won back? You know, man, I can't find a play, but they just finished strong, and we're going to learn from this tomorrow and move forward to L.A. Could you sense that James and Mike were getting into a little bit of a rhythm? No, you know, football is football. I'm the one guy with the ball, but like I said, we're going to learn from this tomorrow and move forward. On the bright side, you're getting after four times, four sacks in a single game. I know it's a bright spot you'll take home. Absolutely, man. You know, one of the tech all three phases. I think we did a good job with that, but we just got to finish. How hard would your speed to overcome and get back out there? I don't think it can be hard at all. You know, we did a lot of good things, put a lot of good things on film, don't learn from the bat, take it to it, so I was like, let's move on. When it comes to the final quarter and the explosive plays that they were kind of tracking on top of one another, how did that change kind of tells, you know, defensive rhythm from where it was in the first three quarters? You know, they just got case more, you know, communicating the calls and getting in line quickly. You know, things like that. Stuff that we're going to learn from. But that's a good football team, you know. They showed it. They won that game, and we just learned from it. It doesn't really feel like it was a matter of Jamies just kind of clicking in the fourth quarter. Less on you guys, more on just Jamies putting things together. It's just, like I said, Jamies is a good quarterback. Yeah. They got good receivers and they did what they needed to do at the end. And you guys were really dominant for three and a half quarters. What are you going to take from that, putting it to L.A.? Yeah, that's why I said we put a lot of good things on film. I'm really worried about, you know, how we're going to respond, but we do want to respond. You said that Toria is not going to go that they were just getting in line, getting plays out really quick. Did that affect your communication at all on your end? Was that one of the things that kind of contributed to their big play? Just all around. You know, just all around the pace. You know, it's just all around. It's just all around. You guys are going to have a lot to look at, but when you see a guy who's 200-plus passing yards into the fourth quarter, I mean, what's that going to be like to review that film? It'd be painful. It's at the end of the day, but like I said, we put a lot of good things on film, so we've got to take that move forward. Your head coach afterwards is like, man, you guys brought us off in May. You're writing us off now, and we still got 16 to go. Is that kind of like us against the whole mentality he has with you guys? We just come in here every day and we're working to get better. That's it, man. That's all I can tell you. I tell everyone from this game is just overall just to get better, you know what I'm saying? We play when we've got the time. Everyone gets a new opponent, and just learn from our mistakes and just bounce back. Is there anything you can point to in the fourth quarter that changed what they did differently that you guys did differently? We just got to play our ball. You know what I'm saying? Continue that streak that we had going and doing us. And that's it, man. Just finishing the game. What encouraged you from those first three quarters? You held them the 56 passing yards that are having trouble running it? We just play like us. That's it, man. And we just got to follow through and play four runs. Every quarter is a round, and we got to win those rounds. What was kind of a coach's message to you guys after this one? Shake back. That's all you can do. Learn from mistakes. Shake back. New week. New hot. Let's go. What do you think of the atmosphere with the flags? It's a packed house. Obviously, the Saints are always going to have a lot of fans here. It's going to be rowdy. What do you think of that? Real dope. Real special. Home is something special to us. We try to make this very territorial. It was really dope. I appreciate the fans always. Last question for you. Your take away from your game, how do you think you did? I know you got to go back to your film, but what are your immediate reactions? Automatic. You know what I'm saying? We lost. We're good or bad. You always got to improve. You know, we can't play a perfect game. So I'll go back and watch the tape. Just keep improving and keep moving forward. We got good stuff to build off of, but we got to get in there, watch the film, make good corrections, and get ready to go to LA. We'll start with the good stuff that in the past rushed. I mean, that's something that hasn't really been quite so consistent here. You guys get four sacks. What was the key to get in the quarterback? That was just one of our things. We knew we had to affect the quarterback. So we tried to come out, do what we do, and try to affect them. We could have kept the second laden game, but like I said, we got to get in, watch the film, see what we got to do, and just get ready to keep going. And it seemed like you guys were getting creative there. Coach Peeves decided to nickel back. Safety's making their way to James Winston. How much was that a factor in the game, those creative boots? Yeah, I think that's one thing that we do. Coach Peeves makes sure that we mix it up and get rushes coming from the inside, outside, off the edge. So we'll keep going. We can build from this. I don't think guys are here hanging their heads. I think everybody's going to get back to work tomorrow. Let's go. Flip side of things from the pass rush. You guys are so good for three quarters. What changed for the fourth quarter? I think they made adjustments. I mean, they're a good team too. They got professional players, good coaches. So they made their adjustments and did what they had to do. But I think at the end of the day we got to make those adjustments too and keep going. Was there any particular adjustment that stood out to you where they get all out quicker? James had 200 plus passing yards in the fourth quarter. I think they started chipping. They started making sure they got them protected and kept protection for them. They keep letting them hit the ground. So that's one thing they made their adjustment. So we got to keep going. As one of the veterans on this team, what's your message to the younger guys on defense? Again, it's one of 17. Exactly. Like you said, it's one of 17. It's early in the year. I don't think a lot of people counted us to win this game, counted us even being in this game. So I know we got the right guys in the locker room. Nobody's hanging their head. We're already going to work. So just let them know it's early. This is what the NFL is. They're going to come down to one-position games and we got to figure out how to win those one-position games. And that was kind of Arthur Smith's message. He said, you know, people are counting us out in the offseason. People are counting us out after this game. Is that kind of the message that he shared to you guys? Yeah, for sure. I mean, we know we got in this locker room. We know the guys. We got the right group of guys. Everybody's going to come in and work hard. And we're ready for the long haul. But last thing, I appreciate your time. So the biggest takeaway on this defense, what are you going to walk away thinking about from this game? Is it the past rush and the good things you showed or is it, you know, how things ended? Yeah, it's always never as good as it feels or never as bad as it looks. But I think the takeaway is just that we got to keep getting better. This is the first game. We got to make leaps and bounds in that second game. Let's keep getting better.