Eric Kendricks: Teach What We Do Know | Dallas Cowboys 2024

when he's at his best what type of guy is he on the field I mean it's just like even when we're not talking about the field you know I just feel like the presence he has leadership you know work ethic um they in tangible is for real and uh it carries over um I've seen him just you know completely put the team on his back at times and uh and will his way to you know extra yardage um I mean I can't tell you how many times I've seen that uh and you know uh he's one of my favorite players to watch looks like guys like Maris Ando really roast the occasion with their opportunities in Camp and I know demo didn't play much preseason with the injuries but where did you see their greatest amount of progress and having some confidence that they can be contributors um that's a good question no I feel like um just the patience you got to have patience with yourself you know that linebacker it's hard there's a lot of moving Parts there's a lot of new things you know you have to change the fronts you know you have to make adjustments on the fly so you know you want to be fast you want to be quick at linebacker but sometimes you know having the patience taking that step back you know being able to read things and then react it goes a long way and you know I just feel like that you know nothing it's not too big for them you know they know that but you know as we get into these first couple games you know it's going to be about finding their Rhythm you know Finding their pace and then playing their style of ball something you had to learn too obviously it take a while absolutely you know I look back at you know some some of my early film you know I know it's early on because it looks like I'm going a million miles per hour you know I'm going left and right and this and that but um you know my steps aren NE NE correct you know it looks like I'm moving along really fast but um where I'm getting to is not you know the right place so now you know now I'm I'm I'm 10 years in you know I know where I'm supposed to be on the field I have much better grasp of where I'm supposed to be at so my movements are much more efficient and that's and that's what it's all about it's gaining efficiency at linebacker you know going when you need to go you know you have when you have to go you have to go and that's when you show it on film but you know having that patience to go with it is is the key what does lyol bring lyol is just you know great leader um you know very Stout um just just a beast man strongest player I've ever played with period um he's a he's a he's just he's he's a he's a freak that's the only way I can describe it you know you see you know LeBron James you know all these you know freak athletes that we know and love you know he's he's he's a freak period I've seen him do some crazy things with his strength his physical strength what's the value of of you know being able to be reunited with him and when you guys are on the same field at the same time you know going forward just knowing his tendencies from a linebacker to a defensive tackle knowing that he tends to do this or that how does it help you yeah you know um you know we play off each other you know we're all one you know I think that it's just like you know just we're going to have things that we you know we we're we're vets in the game but we're going to have to learn from these young guys as well in the same breath so you know just checking our ego and and and and being able to you know start from scratch as well but also you know teach what we do know and and and be those leaders be those mentors when we can what is that adjustment period like now because you've got new faces that are coming in here on that D line right now especially the dtack yeah you know um you know I hate to say we're used to this and you know in football but you know this is the business of the business side of things and you know these guys are vets that you know that came in they know how to handle themselves they know how to act like pros you know they're in their playbooks they're you know they're taking walkthrough seriously and things like that you know things that you don't have to really harp on our coach and uh we're going to get it right so what was your opinion on the In-N-Out prize also said with his what are yours I like in Al PR to be honest with you you know I see him cut him I see him cut him right there I don't see him coming out of a frozen bag or anything like that so fresh you know fresh never Frozen um I do like to get mine a little you little crispy sometimes you know maybe a little cheese on top but you know hey teach his own you know I know people a lot of people who hate on them I'm not going to do that but um they're good have they tried to switch you into the water Burger being out here it's not going to happen you know I'm I'm not going they're a cowboy sponsor Cowboy anyway yeah Waterburg is great you know I'm an In-N-Out guy you know it is what it is um but at the same time you know yeah you know I'm trying to eat on the field first how about that is that work is that work nice good yeah