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00:00 Guys only to me like Fable, D'Lo, J.J.
00:03 These guys bought into the process and
00:04 now they're actually part of that.
00:05 It's a real deal.
00:06 >> Was that a complete game for the defense today?
00:09 >> I think we were close.
00:09 I don't think it was complete yet.
00:11 The fact that they got six points on the board is still far too many.
00:13 I feel like we could have stopped it.
00:14 We would have played here, played there, but it was definitely close.
00:17 >> Jared, do you feel like this defense answered the call after, of course,
00:20 all the adversity that you guys have been through these last couple of weeks?
00:22 >> I mean, we knew what we had to do, especially with a new quarterback in
00:25 the system.
00:25 Brock's a great quarterback, Tate's both great quarterbacks.
00:28 We knew the system is different.
00:30 You gotta play them, you gotta play J-Tron.
00:32 So we knew it was gonna take a little bit of time for
00:33 you to figure out how both of them would use both of their assets.
00:36 So we had to go in there, we had to stop,
00:37 to put ourselves in the best position possible.
00:38 >> Do you know just from watching film whether or
00:40 not you guys are gonna dominate an offensive line?
00:42 Or does it take when you get on the field and see them and
00:45 realize that it's gonna be a long day for them?
00:47 >> You can put us up against any offensive line.
00:48 I feel like we're gonna dominate just cuz of the pieces we have.
00:50 We have too many good D-linemen, we have too much depth.
00:52 You can take the first ends out, put the second ends in.
00:55 But take the first D-tackles out, second D-tackles, third D-tackles.
00:58 Our defensive room is just too deep.
01:00 DBs, linebackers, I just know we're gonna be able to stop anything that comes our way.
01:04 >> Jerick, when you said last week, just wait till we put it all together,
01:08 I feel sorry for who's playing us.
01:09 Did you sense that this type of performance was coming for
01:14 the defense when you said that?
01:15 >> You can see it in the look in everybody's eyes all week.
01:17 Ever since J-Tron had his incident, we knew what it was gonna be.
01:20 We knew once we got on the field, put ourselves in this position,
01:22 get on this field, we're just gonna be lights out.
01:24 I'm glad we put ourselves in that position, we got the better.
01:27 >> You guys, all you guys came back to win championships, right?
01:30 I mean, that's what, so I mean, were you guys just not gonna be denied?
01:35 >> No, nothing can stop us.
01:35 I mean, I know everybody in the media was like, no, they're not gonna win.
01:38 They're losing J-Tron, which is a huge part of our team.
01:41 That's the heart and soul of our team.
01:42 I know everybody was like, no, this and that, but that doesn't matter.
01:45 What's like, this is Florida State at the end of the day.
01:47 Nobody's gonna get in our way.
01:48 >> Do you hate that that narrative exists, that you guys are different without J-Tron?
01:52 I mean, now you are doing great, but obviously you're still-
01:54 >> I love it, I love it, I love it.
01:56 I think we fight better as a team when our backs against the wall.
01:58 Don't have us in the front, don't have us at the top, put us in the back.
02:02 Doubt us, please, we work better that way.
02:04 >> Jerry? >> You guys got pressure,
02:06 of course, everyone knows the sacks between you and
02:08 Brayden and the other one, everyone else, like you said, that's on his team.
02:12 But you guys also had pass breakups, left and right today, pass inflections,
02:17 different just the pressure, just like quarterback hits and other things.
02:22 Can you speak to that as well, and what that impact has on the offense and
02:26 the rest of the team as well?
02:27 >> I got full faith in our second, our DBs, our safeties.
02:30 I know they're gonna be able to handle whatever comes their way.
02:33 We know it's so much easier of a game when the quarterbacks rattle, he's scared.
02:36 He's nervous in the pocket, he doesn't know if he has to step up, step down.
02:39 If you step up, I'm going high.
02:40 Fisk is right there, if you step up and you step back, Fisk gonna wrap around.
02:43 I'm gonna take the underline.
02:44 You just have so many different plans.
02:45 So we know if we get you off your mark, we get you in your head,
02:47 we get you messed up.
02:49 Especially when we knock down your balls, now you gotta throw it a little bit
02:51 higher, it just changes everything.
02:52 >> Can you speak to that last drive where it seemed like you guys just pinned
02:55 your ears back and when the guy Jake Plummer, can you speak to that as well?
02:59 >> He's a great quarterback, that's a good offensive line, but
03:01 we knew we were better, we knew what we had to do.
03:03 We knew that once the offensive score, we put ourselves in that great position.
03:07 We knew they had to hurry up, go fast, they had to pass the ball.
03:10 I all gave long and they weren't able to stop us, so we knew what was going on.
03:13 >> How cool is Tatum's plays in the end zone, how big were those?
03:16 >> About time he caught a pick.
03:17 I mean, he's dropping stuff all the time.
03:19 I mean, it's real, you see him work so hard.
03:22 I see the effort he puts in in the summer when he's jumping the fence,
03:24 because the fence is locked.
03:25 We're both out there working, I see him even in the weight room,
03:28 where just extra film study, he's calling out plays that we don't even know.
03:32 They're about to run, but he's calling them back.
03:33 So seeing that actually go full circle, him reaping his rewards,
03:37 it's just amazing.
03:38 >> What was the locker room like?
03:39 >> That was something else.
03:43 Even when we first beat LSU last year, when we had a big win this year against
03:48 Duke or Miami or Clemson, that locker room was a whole different feel.
03:52 >> Jared, you said earlier in the season,
03:54 Brayden Fisk is one of the only players that can match your energy.
03:57 You feel like it just came onto fruition tonight,
04:00 because both of y'all were everywhere.
04:01 >> We had this conversation, me and Fisk watch film together every day.
04:04 We had this conversation earlier this week, we just look at each other,
04:06 we said, it's on us.
04:07 He said, yeah, and we just watched, we watched the film,
04:10 we knew what had to be done.
04:11 >> How excited are you to see Darryl get back out there with you guys?
04:14 >> I told him, he keeps getting mad because I keep telling him he's like a new car
04:17 that you're not allowed to drive yet.
04:18 But now you finally get your hands behind the wheel.
04:20 I told him I can't wait to play with him.
04:22 >> What do you think he brings to the defense?
04:23 >> He's a monster.
04:24 I just, my God, I feel sorry for anybody, cuz you don't see his film and stuff.
04:28 He hasn't had any from this year, but
04:30 what he's about to do to somebody is about to be bad.
04:32 >> Kind of a two.