Dan, good morning. Thanks for getting up with us.

Good morning.

Dan, since the Philly game, we really felt like, hey, the defense is going to be a side of the ball that we can really count on.

And it's been struggle after struggle.

What's been the toughest challenge for this defense really since you guys face the Giants?

Yeah, well, I think the big thing has been just the explosives.

You know, we've given up a lot of explosive, particularly passes.

You know, that's where we got hit a little bit.

I started against the Giants because I'm with you.

We've played very dominant against Philadelphia.

And then, you know, that Giants game, we got hit on some stuff.

And it's become a little bit of a common theme, you know.

And there again, that's the reason being there's a number of things that play into it,

and it's always going to be rushing coverage at the same time.

I think we can help those guys a little bit on the perimeter, but certainly we've got to play more consistent.

With Aleem McNeil, is it that he's not fully back from the ACL why do you think we haven't

seen more impact from Aleem lately uh you know there's you know I know I know Mac feels like

he can play better um he holds himself to high standards and uh and and we know there's more

in there you know and sometimes there's a lot of things that go into it.

But, you know, sometimes you process things a little too much instead of cutting it loose.

You know, you're thinking about the look, what is the formation, all these things.

But, you know, I know he believes he can play better, and we all do.

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