Oh, my gosh, I mean, the defense, collectively, we all gotta get takeaways. Every level, we’ve got to bat the ball down, we’ve got to strip the ball, we’ve got to tackle, be violent, we’ve got to go intercept the ball from the linebacker corps to the defensive back corps. We just continue to show them ways, you show them, you reinforce it with what we did this year, how we continue to get better, show NFL clips, you can do different drills to put them in that position. And you try to make sure it’s more realistic than just a drill.
And then when they get the opportunity in the game, really, a lot of times it’s about tips and overthrows, it’s about effort and hustle. There’s been plenty of times where that ball’s just floating in the air. If we just hustle a little harder, or we get that opportunity, we got to make — we got to capitalize on it.
So like I keep saying, it’s just the emphasis. It’s football, it’s defense. It’s not rocket science. Play your (expletive) off, play hard, be physical. Find the ball, go make a play.
Sorry, I got a little worked up!
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