 I mean every year I mean it's always you know it's always something but I feel like it's just everything right if it's my man cover skills cover skills blitzing just doing just more and obviously just making sure that everybody's on the same page I think that was a big thing for us last year in the secondary with the communication just making sure that I'm being a guy that's in the locker room and just in the meeting rooms making sure that we're always on the same page and so far in training it's been pretty good but we got to keep it Mike is talked a lot about the just the juice the energy that Jack rabbit brings to the secondary just what have you kind of seen from him out here and just kind of what does he bring here to the secondary yeah I mean he's a true vet I mean he's been doing it for a long time a guy that brings a lot of swag to the DB room it's funny guy too somebody who I've been really hanging around with a lot of these past couple days in training camp and I think he'd be a great addition to our room you know he's a scrappy guy kind of reminiscent of Malcolm Butler a little bit uh like I said I think he'd be a great addition you've talked before about how one of the ways that gets fixed is everybody knowing not just their role but what everyone else is doing on a given play is developing that understanding something you can help with as a leader as these young guys come in and try to get to that point yeah for sure I mean I think you know one thing about defense is now once you kind of master what you what you need to do first because I think that's the main thing of all 11 do what they're supposed to do then we'll be good but if you can master what you need to do first and it takes time definitely it's not something that you can just do overnight once you master what you can do then you can start to learn other positions to kind of learn the whole defense as a whole but like I said man honestly I think the communication been pretty good the past couple days but obviously uh you know next week when we get the pass back on you know kind of training is really gonna start then so but like I said I'm excited where we are right now but like I said she's got to keep improving yeah I mean it wasn't about it being surprising I mean we obviously have some moving parts last year we had a new nickel and stuff like that but I mean I think what a lot of the young guys that we have now like full 10 Chris Jackson those guys another year into the system I think it's kind of easy for those guys now we are now they were a lot further than was last year and like I said that's what that's what's giving me hope that um I think the communication gonna be a lot better this year because like I said just in the first couple days I think guys are always been in the right spots and uh and the rest you know after that just come just competing just being really competitive trying to get some big plays turning some turnovers said there's been a couple times lately he's asked you not to talk during practice how unnatural does that feel how hard is that for you yeah I mean I'm always trying to be the loudest person on the field but I understand you know his point behind that because you know some younger guys who you know need to take you know probably a bigger step in their roles on the defense he want those guys be able to communicate without me talking so that also gives me confidence just in the guys know what they're supposed to do when I'm not talking I can kind of actually know okay this guy knows what you're doing this guy knows what you're talking about or we come to the sideline or in the locker room and the guys have questions about different things I could talk to him hey this is what we need to be seeing this is what we're supposed to be seeing so um like I said man I understand what he's trying to do but you know we get in the game day man I'm trying to be the loudest guy on the field talking to communicate I mean this I'm honestly it's not like a everyday deal you know we was doing that a little bit last year but I've been really impressed with just some money just you know him it's only been a couple days in training camp but he's made some big plays already our communication been greater in the back end and he's another guy I mean obviously a couple of vets has him has some rest days some region days I would say I want to say rest but he's been making plays and I kind of told him out there you know go out to lead them boys and like I said he's been pretty impressive so far that's what it's all about trying to make each other better I mean obviously AJ you know he's a dog Julio's a dog but I've been impressed with some of the young guys even Racy, Fitzpatrick, Batson, I mean I can go down the list even Cody Hollister they've all made some plays but like I said man it's all about competition as of right now we're just us against them but at the end of the day it's all about trying to build a foundation trying to get each other better it helps a lot I mean especially talking about a guy like you know Mike Evans Chris Godwin's who are bigger receivers going against guys like AJ and Julio should help the corners out a whole lot that's gonna be super exciting getting down there you know to practice with Teva we haven't we wasn't able to do that last year but it's gonna be pretty exciting to go down there and tell me practicing against those guys but as of right now we're still just building our foundation just right now but like I said I've been really impressed with just the energy and the tempo and just the excitement of training camp I think guys especially guys on the defense we've been really practicing and playing with a chip on our shoulders because we obviously know that last year wasn't good enough and I think that's just been a message you know just throughout just everybody having a chip on their shoulder and trying to you know put put last year behind and you know build a whole new team this year yeah I mean I mean just like I said just the past couple days he's been out there making plays scoring touchdowns but honestly that's something we expect from him I mean even when he was a rookie there's first couple you know first couple years in the league man he was making plays already so you know the things that he's doing now is not really surprising because like I said we know the time that he has I know the chip that he has on his shoulders because he wants to be one of the best in the league so I think you know you'll continue to see him just elevate and keep elevating his game you guys been able to get under his feet light-hearted guy seems to smile but obviously competitive what gets under his skin when you guys compete against AJ what kind of gets under his skin is talking to him get a response from him or what kind of lights his fire no I mean I mean honestly I think talking talking trash to him gets a little more amped up he just wanted old guys it just loves compete I like talking trash to him just because I want to see him you know continue to make plays and ball out but I mean it's not too many things to get us under his skin I mean honestly maybe you know a drop pass thought that what you don't really see but like I said he just a guy that wants to win every single rep and that's a guy that you want to be you know you're number one receiver the guy who can go out there make plays every time you know quarterback throws in the ball you get pretty much every quarterback in the league at this point when when these lists come out with league executives voting in them and they don't have Ryan Tannehill in the top 10 kind of what do you think of that and again having played against almost all the quarterbacks how good is Ryan Tannehill I mean he's a great quarterback to me I don't really be knowing who's doing all the grading and who's you know voting different people stuff like that I know Ryan doesn't care the only thing we care about is winning you know winning games and trying to win a Super Bowl you know at the end of the day they're gonna make their different you know lists and votes and stuff like that but if I go talk to him about it right now in the locker he probably has no clue and probably does not care the only thing important to us it matters to us is winning ball games it was a competitor right you know you see the top five safety list you may not be on there even though you feel you are one does that kind of put a chip on your shoulder because it seems like you're always floating under the radar for sure yeah man I the thing about it is for me and it's been like that the past few years I know what kind of player I am I know the kind of plays that I can make I know what I can do for this team in the type of role that I am in so at the end of the day you know God's gonna have their favorites here and there but the end of the day I know what I can do and at the end they actually speak louder than words so I'm gonna go out there improve it every single day improve it this year and you know let's see where I'm at on the list next year yeah one thing I would say about variable man he's a true players coach there's never been one incident or instance since I've been here and since very was been here that if anybody had any issues with family or anything that's going on with themselves personally that he's not willing to help those guys out and I like I said I think he's been great with that he has a family of his own he's been you know he played 14 years in league so he understands you know the stresses or the stressors that can be going on throughout the entire year so I mean he's been great like I haven't seen any issues with that and like I said I just think that he's more of an understand he's just a real players coach because like I said he's been through it so he's been very helpful with that yeah it's been a slight notice I mean it's been a slight you know slight difference but honestly I think even last year I think Shane was you know obviously nobody on the defense play well enough like we could just put that out there so I don't want to make it seem like oh Shane was the fault or no nobody played up to their standard and started with myself so that's how I always look at everything I always look at myself first but I think Shane's been obviously more comfortable second year in this game second second year you know being at the helm being you know pretty much calling the plays and obviously you know going into a whole new offseason there's a lot of different things that we look at try to evaluate with ourselves in the defense and it's still early in training camp but you know as far as what I've seen the type of stuff that I feel like we're gonna be able to do this year I'm pretty excited about you know the direction that we're headed I mean first year is is he's a top flight tight end in my opinion like I said I've went against Delaney my first couple years and then John knew as well I will definitely put first girl right up there you know honestly I think that you know that in the dynamics of our offense right now when you got Julio and AJ and you got Derek you know that's the main focal points you know I think working that middle of the field I think Ferker's gonna have a day or you know have a year not making any predictions or anything he's gonna do but I am excited about what he's gonna be able to do this year because I mean I was I worked out with him a few times at Lipscomb so I know the type of work that he's been putting in I know he's super excited to have the opportunity he's having this year but like you said with John the part facing the weapons on offense between the lines is there ever a conversation that goes on after the play maybe between you and AJ or Julio hey should have done this differently or this would have been harder for me to get around things like that absolutely I mean it's like you know sometimes like a lot of times it goes on a locker room but like you said sometimes we are in the practice field a guy may ask you hey that disguise you were showing what coverage was that you know different stuff like that because at the end they were all trying to get each other better and that's what it's all about it's not about trying to you know win ball games in training camp it's about getting better so I've had from AJ to the young guys I've had young DVs I've even had defense alignment we just had different discussions about how you know we can make you know display better or you know what can I show him or what can he show me that would make my job a little bit harder or make his job a little bit harder so he can make plays rock and make a play no no problem now thank you