"For me as far as my progression from year one to year two, it's really been about my knowledge of the defense we run and the ins and outs of why we do things. That's been my biggest growth. Coming into this year, I really understand a lot more of the defense."
On how the defense looked in preseason opener: "As a defense, we were spotty. There were times when we were playing really well and executing really well, and at times we just kind of fell off and weren't executing as we should. We were just kind of spotty.