Chargers safety Derwin James will share a football field with Dalvin Cook for the first time Sunday since they both played at Florida State.
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00:00 >> What makes him the best man back then, in front of your eyes?
00:02 >> I mean, he's a home run hitter, any down.
00:05 I know what type of worker he is, he work hard every day.
00:07 And he a dog, he bring it every play, so we gotta come out and be ready.
00:12 >> Are you guys pretty close friends?
00:13 >> Yeah, we're good friends.
00:14 I mean, we spent two years together in college, spent a lot of time together,
00:18 playing Madden, playing NCAA.
00:20 So we got, we're real good friends.
00:22 >> Did you see him being this kind of player in the pros?
00:25 >> Yeah, I've been seeing, I've seen it every day.
00:27 Sorry, I've seen it every day in practice.
00:28 I mean, every run, every run here getting practice,
00:31 we have to wait for him to come back.
00:32 Cuz he run into the end zone every time, so I know what type of mindset he got.
00:36 >> You, the other day got called for a legal hit.
00:42 Did you think that was a proper call, or
00:44 what did they tell you in terms of what you did wrong?
00:46 >> I just tried to, I was just playing fast.
00:49 I just tried to turn my shoulder at the last minute.
00:51 I haven't got a letter yet, so I don't know if I'm gonna get a fine here soon, but
00:56 I feel like it was a clean hit.
00:57 >> It looked like it was your shoulder, kind of shoulder.
01:00 >> Yeah, I tried to turn.
01:01 >> So did they say anything about it leading with your head or anything, or
01:04 the ref on the field?
01:05 I mean, did they? >> I didn't really pay no mind.
01:07 I was just trying to move on to the next play.
01:08 I wasn't really trying to argue with the ref or
01:11 trying to see why he made the call.
01:12 He made the call for me.
01:14 >> But you and Dow being close friends, he got hurt this rookie year,
01:17 you got hurt this year.
01:18 Did you guys ever talk to each other?
01:20 You're gonna bounce back on that?
01:21 >> All the time, all the time.
01:22 We'll DM each other, or we'll text each other from time to time.
01:25 Just, man, keep working hard, man.
01:27 Happy to see you back out there.
01:28 When I first started recovering and rehabbing,
01:31 he was one of the first ones that reached out to me, like,
01:33 happy to see you finally back out there.
01:35 >> And he had a pretty big injury for him to come back and play as well.
01:37 How happy are you to see him to do that?
01:39 >> Happy, I'm excited, man, cuz like I said, that's like my brother.
01:41 He was never on the same team, so I'm just happy to see him.
01:43 Like I said to me, he's the best running back in this league.
01:45 >> How do you feel so far?
01:46 I think you've played pretty much the entire,
01:48 the last two games you've played pretty much every snap.
01:50 Do you feel good?
01:51 Do you feel like yourself?
01:51 >> Yeah, I'm starting to feel like myself more and more reps.
01:54 And like I said, I keep getting better, so I'm starting to feel like me.
01:57 >> There's a pretty good chance someday you guys are gonna go head to head,
02:01 literally.
02:01 Is it, will it be fun?
02:04 Is it gonna be, I mean, in terms of- >> I mean, we're on different teams, so
02:07 like me, I'm a guy, man, when we're between the white line, it's time to play.
02:10 So that's always been on my mind, so.
02:12 But after the game, we're good friends.
02:15 >> You guys have a chance here to kinda spoil their season a little bit when
02:19 you're not playing for a playoff.
02:21 Do NFL players think about that stuff, or is that-
02:23 >> No, man, you just go into every game,
02:25 you want it to win, man.
02:26 You wanna go in and win every game.
02:27 I know it's me as being a competitor in this league, I wanna win every game.
02:30 No matter what the circumstances, no matter what you're playing for,
02:33 I just, if I'm going out there to line up and play, I wanna win.
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