DeMarcus Lawrence: "We Are Who We Say We Are"

SPEAKER_1 (0:04)

DeMarcus, you said earlier this week that the red zone and the C-gap is something that you wanted to change, and then you make the tap for loss there at the end.

DeMarcus Lawrence (0:16)

Well, it is what it is, man. At the end of the day, it's our job to go out there and make those stops. We was able to do it this week. Now we got to go back, see the film, see what we did better this week, but also what we can do better in the near future.

SPEAKER_3 (0:32)

Nick had the 4,000 pass breakup, obviously. He was on McBride a lot, third down type situations. Just what kind of luxury is that with a guy like Nick where you can say, hey, go take away one of their best players?

DeMarcus Lawrence (0:43)

Yeah, it's special, man, you know, and Nick is one of our best players, you know, so for him to have that responsibility and, you know, to take it on week after week, man, it's much respect.

SPEAKER_3 (0:54)

I guess just big picture wise, what does one like this do for you guys coming off, not just tough loss, but a lot of guys heard, Mike mentioned this was sort of a big test for you guys with so many people filling in.

DeMarcus Lawrence (1:04)

Yeah, man, it shows that we're not letting the BS sink in, you know, all the talking heads, you know, all the words around, you know, our football team.

You know, we're holding together, you know, playing one down at a time and, you know, trying to put good football out there. So at the end of the day, you know, keeping our eyes forward, focus on, you know, what we have in our building and all the other stuff. Yeah, we don't care.

SPEAKER_4 (1:28)

To get out the board with the sack today.

DeMarcus Lawrence (1:31)

Say it again.

SPEAKER_4 (1:31)

To get out the board with the sack today, what did that feel like to you?

DeMarcus Lawrence (1:34)

Yeah, it felt good, man. You know, just to be out there and playing the game that I love.

At the end of the day, like, y'all have to understand, like, this is it for me. This is going to be my last season playing. So, you know, whenever I get an opportunity to go out there and play with my brothers, like, I'm trying to put my best foot forward. And luckily, I got a sack today.

SPEAKER_3 (1:53)

They had a long drive to start the game, and then they didn't score again the rest of the evening or afternoon. But what, did it change for you guys? You just kind of locked down. What got better for you after that?

DeMarcus Lawrence (2:01)

Yeah, man, you know, coaches come out with their first 15, you know, they was able to, you know, drive the ball down the field. But, you know, once we honed together, you know, got back down there in the red zone, we figured it out. So at the end of the day, you know, it's going to football, man, it's unexpected, bro, like, so when you get an opportunity to, you know, come together as a defense in that moment, the first drive, you know, we was able to figure it out, and that was the game.

SPEAKER_1 (2:29)

You guys had a fumble that was called back because it was, you know, for progress, and I would not even ask me this question. And then the interception for Josh Jobe was called back for DPI.

How challenging is that for you guys when you think you're getting off the field to have to come back and re-line up?

DeMarcus Lawrence (2:48)

I don't have no answer for you, no answer for you, man.

You know, especially, you know, when we're playing our hearts out, you know, we're trying to make big plays, and when you make those big plays, it's not a big play. So it's like, at the end of the day, man, like, you know, that's how our season mid-rolling, you know, since we started this year, you know, those little plays like that, you know, we just got to go back in there and look and see what we can do better, you know, so we can make sure we come over with a turnover.

SPEAKER_3 (3:16)

What does it taste like by your defense and the way you responded to those? I mean, you took it to the stops and, you know, the holladay getting you down.

DeMarcus Lawrence (3:22)

Yeah, it tells, you know, I mean, we know who we are, but, you know, for y'all and, you know, the spectators, like, it shows y'all that, you know, we are who we say we are, you know, we some violent.