When you arrived here, you had a reputation as a speed rusher. You seem to be that, but also, more of a power player than you were when you first arrived. Is that fair?
•"I think the defensive scheme gives me a little bit more of an opportunity to do … the scheme is different. I think I said it last night to somebody — you have to learn how to play in this scheme. Because when I was in Chicago, I was a ‘backer, and we had four down lineman. And whenever I got a chance to rush, it was a blitz to get to the quarterback. Here, you can be a rusher, but it’s not a blitz, and you have to be able to understand whether it’s a run or a pass. And I’ve sort of tried to control … from running around the corner to running into the guy and setting him up for a later move. Knowing how to set the edge in this defense as an outside linebacker and knowing how to set the edge in this defense as an outside linebacker, you have to acquire that. When I first got here, I was just running around the corner every time. It could be a draw play. And in practice, I could make the play, but that’s practice. You get in the game, they’re going to throw you up the field, you’ll miss the tackle, and it will be a six or seven yard gain. It took me, probably, until this preseason to understand where I needed to be."
