in one day at a time at this point with all your experience in the league how how has that helped you I guess adjust to the scheme and just kind of know what you're doing out there um I played in a similar scheme in Atlanta so I I wouldn't say the the scheme is completely new it's really just learning the terminology and you know the way that they want to play things here so I mean there's always that adjustment period but I'm starting to get better and better every day and just pick up little small things daily what what what are you um Gathering next to playing next to Fred practicing next to Fred Warner um I just take everything in that I can you know I'm just a silent Watcher I don't really talk a lot I just kind of sit back and watch you know fed probably the best in the game right now so I just try to take in all the information I can from him how familiar were you with Fred Warner's game before you came here I've always watched Fred you know like I said he's probably the best in the game so I've always been a fan of him even before I came and we you know even when we compete against each other we always chop it up after the game so I was always familiar with Fred before I got here Devon Dre why why is this scheme a good fit for you um it's a scheme that I've played in before so like I said I'm familiar with it but there's just a lot of great players here so there ain't going to be much attention on me and I can just play free what your things you were looking for in your next team and what about this place attracted you um I'm in the later part of my career so I just wanted to go somewhere where you know they were winners and you didn't have to go through the process of wondering if you were going to make the playoffs or not um and you know the the res resume here speaks for itself five straight years basically either in the NFC championship game or the Super Bowl so the resume kind of speaks for herself in terms of what Kyle and uh John and everybody else has been able to accomplish over the the past five or six years what are your early impressions of Nick senson as a defensive coordinator uh Nick played the game so he's very relatable he understands and I mean that just goes a long way especially being a player and then Brandon Staley's role what have you seen from him uh I funny story about that I've known him since I was in high school he actually recruited me to uh go to Junior College so I've always had a great relationship with him just it's pretty cool to kind of everything comes full circle is it nice to get back together with him and yeah his his football IQ has always been super high that's one of the first things I've noticed about him so I think he's a huge addition for our defense uh especially for a lot of the younger guys I think they can learned a lot from him as well as myself and everybody else since you've known him for so long how how has he changed from that time to now he hasn't changed it all just I guess age really I know you mentioned you had a good relationship with him since high school have you kept constant communication with him I wouldn't say constant communication you know always watched from afar and you know like when I played against him when he's been coaching all the teams you know we always talk but I wouldn't say like we kept consistent communication but you know it's one of those things once you know somebody and you see them again it's just like you've never left you you've obviously been going it against Kyle Shanahan offenses in practice uh since you got the the league have you seen those offenses um sort of proliferate across the league since in that span since then I mean um I wouldn't necessarily say proliferate the thing about Kyle is he's his mind is insane you know I feel like he's probably the best best in the game in terms of like being able to get Guys open and that's something I've always respected about him ever since uh I've known him as a rookie in Atlanta like it's his his mind is insane and just being able to see him from a like I've only knew him as a OC so actually get to see him as a head coach like he's taught me so many things in such the short time that I've been here on how to how they're trying to attack us as a defense and it just helps me know how to play certain things a couple more if any all right thank you thank thank you