00:00There was no conversation.
00:01I mean, it was just, hey, you do this, and that's what I'm going to do.
00:05You've had that mindset for a long time.
00:06Where does that come from, that mindset of I'll do whatever it's going to be?
00:10I mean, word goes around.
00:14I mean, I don't know what my career is going to look like,
00:17so I don't want to have a bad rap for my name, simple as that.
00:22Do you feel like there's value in the versatility that you've shown,
00:26like you said, your career, what your career is going to be?
00:29Do you think the versatility you've shown here provides value?
00:32Yeah, for sure.
00:35I mean, I'm not ignorant to see that, and I know that.
00:40So that's the upside of it,
00:42and I feel like it's just things that I just have to sacrifice.
00:46Is your hope that this will be short-term?
00:49Is that your hope,
00:50or do you just not really going to hope anything at this point?
00:54I just take it day by day.
00:56Yeah.
00:57And then at that same point, like, you've handled it with so much grace,
01:00but you are human,
01:01and there's a element of, like, this is, you know, a contract year for you.
01:05Is it – are you – I guess are you choosing to look at it as this,
01:09even though it's not necessarily the situation you want to play outside?
01:12It could be a positive because it continues to show that you can do multiple things for whatever team you
01:18play on next year.
01:20Yeah, I mean, yeah, I mean, I feel like people know what I can do,
01:24and I've shown that, and I just want to, you know, continue to grow in that.
01:28So, there's a lot of things that I feel like I still need to work on.
01:31If it's – that's what's going to be for, you know, for the rest of my career,
01:34I don't know what the future holds.
01:36But, so, yeah, I feel like it's just another opportunity for me to grow and, you know,
01:42not just, you know, limit my mindset to where I'm only playing one position, you know, so.
01:50So, I did interview with DJ a couple weeks ago.
01:52He said nobody in the league can do what you do.
01:55He said nobody can play so many positions at a high level.
01:59Do you agree?
02:00What do you think?
02:01Oh, yeah, I mean, I believe so.
02:04You know, and, you know, that holds weight too, you know, whenever teammates recognize that.
02:09So, I appreciate that from, you know, from him.
02:11But, so, yeah, that's, you know, that is what it is.
02:14So, just here to contribute, do the best I can.
02:16You also said you don't get enough respect for it.
02:20I'm not looking for respect at this point.
02:22I'm just here doing my thing and being the best teammates I can.
02:26Where's the line for you between that versatility being, like, a superpower
02:31versus being something that almost limits you in a way?
02:36Does that make sense?
02:37Yeah, I mean, at this point, I don't think it will limit me.
02:42You know, I feel like there's guys around the league as well that benefit from that.
02:46And so, I feel like it's just, you know, something that I should just relish.
02:51You know, I mean, I relish the opportunities.
02:54And the coach is thinking of me in this aspect.
02:57So, what's the biggest difference, Dex, going from outside to inside or maybe it's a silly question,
03:05going from outside to a safety position?
03:08Say that again?
03:09I can't really see.
03:09What's the biggest difference for you when you go from outside to inside at nickel versus moving from safety?
03:19Uh, I mean, it's just, I mean, you're blitzing more.
03:22You're just more in the box, you know, more space.
03:27Really just more of a spacing thing.
03:29You know, corner, you're really outside.
03:31You know what type of routes you're going to get.
03:33Inside, you have more, you have to have more awareness.
03:36So, that's in my opinion.
03:39But safety, yeah, I haven't played safety in years.
03:42So, I can't even really talk about that.
03:45But, yeah, corner safety or corner and nickel, I feel like it's just, they're different.
03:49They're definitely different in my eyes.
03:51What don't you like about it?
03:53Huh?
03:53What don't you like about it?
03:55What don't you like about it?
03:56Oh, yeah, I have no idea.
03:57Oh, yeah.
03:59All right.
04:00I want my tears.
04:01Okay, yeah.
04:02I don't know.
04:03I'm season one.
04:03I'm still like six.
04:04You just prefer the outside.
04:07I'm not saying that.
04:09Yeah.
04:10Okay.
04:13I mean, you can play both.
04:14It seems like you're doing well.
04:16That's funny.
04:17I got it.
04:17Yeah.
04:19That's good, isn't it?
04:20Yeah.
04:21Yeah.
04:22But when you, but when you hear the words,
04:25what you're doing first of all,
04:26is that a, is that a, is that a curse or is it a blessing?
04:32A blessing.
04:36A great blessing.
04:40Turns out this week you're probably going to wind up spending much of the day
04:44matched against their top weapon to this point.
04:47So can you talk about him and also how that kind of times out this week?
04:53Oh yeah.
04:54I'm, I'm excited for the moment.
04:56You know, every time I go out, there's me versus me.
04:59And, you know, I'm excited for, for the matchup.
05:02I'm excited for, you know, whenever I'm in there, you know, guarding whoever,
05:05you know, I'm going to be ready for it.
05:06And, you know, I'm, I'm going to be ready, regardless of wherever I'll be at, you know,
05:12inside, outside.
05:14So that's something I know I'll be prepared for.
05:16There's, there's not going to be a day where I'm not going to be out there and I'm just,
05:20you know, being a liability to myself and to my teammates.
05:23So I feel like I'm always be prepared.
05:25So I'm excited for the matchup and excited for, you know, going against this new, new
05:30opponent.
05:31Even though it's just when you've been in the NFL, there's never one that's been the same
05:35as the last.
05:36You get the, you ever feel that way?
05:38The opponent?
05:39No, no.
05:40For all the years that you've played in the NFL.
05:42Oh, yeah.
05:43There's never been a year like from one to the next that's the same.
05:47Right.
05:48I mean, I'm an open book at this point.
05:50Like, you know, I feel like it's just a lot, you know, what, hey, that's, I mean.
05:55That's your value.
05:58I mean, I wouldn't say that's my value, but I feel like at the same time, like, I don't
06:04know.
06:05I mean, at this point, I feel like I'm being redundant.
06:07It's just, you know, whatever they ask, but, you know, I don't, I don't know what each year's
06:12going to look like.
06:12So that's just what it is.
06:15And I'm going to just accept it.
06:16The team brought back Mitch Tinsley this week.
06:18I don't know how much interaction you've had with him, whether it's like going against
06:21him at practice or off the field or whatever.
06:24How much have you had with him?
06:25I just said, what's up?
06:27You know, congratulated him.
06:28I was joking with the guys on the sideline.
06:30I'm like, yeah, he's probably studying on the way here, like on the plane.
06:33Because, I mean, it's been a couple weeks.
06:35I don't know if he still knows the playbook or not, but it was just good to see him out
06:38there, you know, running around.
06:39And so I feel like he'll be good this week, especially, you know, with everything that's just
06:44been going on with, you know, the lineups and all that.
06:47What is it that stands out to you about him as a guy or as a player?
06:52I mean, he's just very focused and locked into his craft.
06:56I mean, right when he got here, we knew exactly what he was getting.
06:58I mean, he displayed it at a high level, you know, in that preseason and then, you know,
07:03the first couple games of the year.
07:04So it's ironic, you know, because of Jags and, you know, just the performance that he
07:09had last year.
07:10So it's just good seeing him back in the locker room, just, you know, what he brings.
07:14And I feel like it'll be great for him.
07:16Do you remember that touchdown catch he had?
07:17Oh, yeah, one-handed.
07:18I remember it.
07:19I'm like, man, did he really just catch that, too?
07:21I'm like, yeah, he's a great player.
07:24So I'm excited to see him back in the locker room.
07:26I'm excited to see him back in the locker room.
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