 I should have knew better and sometimes I like she's sleeping still so I try to get her to dress real quick and she wakes up and she's like come on you've been but before you start yeah can I say something I just want to give a shout out and just give my condolences to you know the people in New Orleans you know we're about to talk about football and that's great and everything that's part of my life but at the same time people are dealing with devastation right now people are dealing with losses and you know my heart breaks for those families and you know I'm prayers are with those people not it not only in New Orleans you know there's fires out in California and stuff like that so you know there's devastation all across this world and you know I'm blessed to do what I do and you know I get to go out here and run around with my teammates laugh and joke and have fun and worry about being late to a meeting and getting fine rather than you know whether my house gonna burn down or it's gonna flood and I can't take care of this stuff so I just want to know let those families know that we're thinking about them I did yeah you know we still got I mean my my wife my wife's dad lives out in California still got family that's still in in California we got close friends that live in Louisiana and stuff some left some anchored down so you know we've been updating and catching up with them how you guys doing and stuff like that so they're they're doing well but they're still they're still things that are happening yeah man this these last two days you know are never easy and even for myself is like I think it's like when I prepare myself and get ready for a routine with a game I feel like I've been fighting so long in my career is like I don't like these days either whether I think I'm comfortable or and I'm gonna be here or not but um so you know I just encourage those guys to be ready you never know what's gonna happen it's a long season you got you got injuries now you got COVID protocols you never know what's gonna happen so stay ready trust the process and it's all about timing man just whenever your time is called and your opportunity presents itself you got to be ready to go right you know for me I just I go out there I prepare every day like I'm gonna play in a game whether it's preseason or not if they choose to sit me in the preseason then I'm thinking how can I be the best coach in the sideline for the younger guys how can I help them how can I relate and reflect on how I felt in the moment you know you know I was telling them on a sideline all these adjustments are is finding everything that we're doing on the sideline with the iPads and that's wonderful technology but if you can't go out there and play relax and just be confident yourself then you know the adjustments really aren't gonna do you any good and I learned that being younger you know my first game was against the Patriots my first guy in the NFL and I was told I wasn't gonna play until about the second quarter maybe the second half on defense and you know my thing was I got a ball on special teams so I went out there and I was full tilt on special teams it was like the second series they're like oh you're up on defense I'm like oh you know I might have I might have went too hard too too soon so it was more than anxiety for the young guys I see it all the time it's like guys are in shape but that anxiety builds up and you know I try to tell people like as far as the yelling on the sideline with the coaches adjustments of fans and all that stuff now we've got fans and it's just if you internalize that energy you know it builds that anxiety rather than if you can block out the noise and just listen to yourself listen to the call listen to your teammates and things are happening in the present moment I think you have a better shot The other day, the special team coordinator who was saying it, he used you as an example of somebody who walled out on special teams and earned that spot on defense over time but the first thing needed to happen first, right? Right. He used you as an example of that. Is that something that you preach to some of these younger guys who may be trying to fight for their spot or is that a lead by example thing? Yeah, I think I'm blessed in a way to where my journey was unique right and I think my journey was not for I call it my journey but I don't really think the story is for me I think it's for the other guys the guys we're talking about for them to say hey it worked for him he believed he kept his faith in everything he just had faith every day so you know I just encourage the guys just to keep pushing forward it's not easy it's not easy business by any means at all I think naturally it creates a system of accountability you know and you know they get put in the same position sometimes just the way our scheme is very diverse as far as what players are taught to do or your coach to do and ask to do of them you know we have corners over and we're playing all different types of concepts and they have to know what cover 3 is, curl flat, you know seam flat they need to know what the flat is and how to get to a half drop so I think it holds people accountable and you know you don't do one thing on your end and then you can do that. You know on your end and then you get put in a position where you might have you know let the guy hanging it's not a good feeling so you sometimes it's just live and learn you know yeah I mean he's he's talented he's athletic he's versatile he can play deep he can play in the box he's very explosive and I was here last year but you know the thing I see from him is that the game is slowing down for him and that's the most important part is like when the game slows down for you before the whistle really you know all the adjustments you get that out of the way and it's like I know my responsibility what is the story telling us on the other side of the other side of the ball right are they cut splits are they 3 by 1 you know with the tight end backside or whatever is the back at home are they in the gun whatever it may be it's like you start reading all that stuff knowing I know what I'm doing and I can trust a guy we go back to the accountability I know my guy's gonna get his job done so I can sit in this position a little longer knowing that this play is coming you know well you picked me on a bad day obviously it's pouring down raining but it's funny you realize the I guess the amount of rest you think training camp so it's like it's hard days and don't get wrong it is hard days but you realize the amount of rest you get in individuals it's it cuts down you're like why am I I'm already up you know what I mean so it's like you get more reps you get more plays you know it's it's different it's a weird feeling you know you see guys like jerseys jerseys the lockers are all flipped around and stuff your locker mates not there somebody else is there and it's a different feeling it's not a good feeling but I'm excited to be a part of this organization and go out there and play against the eagles with my teammates yeah I think I think you continue to clean up the mistakes from the from training camp you continue to build that foundation the fundamentals and stuff like that and then you start you start the prep for week one you know it just treat this week as an extra preseason week you know as far as preparation just cleaning up the wrinkles maybe adjustments on defense side depending on what you might have seen personnel hey you might have different personnel let's let's try something different you know so stuff like that thanks guys