DeMarcus Lawrence on Cowboys Defense: 'Ball-Hawks and Head-Hunters!'

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00:00 >> Yeah, I feel like a young guy can stand out by just making sure he's up to

00:05 date on his play calls.

00:06 He's working on his fundamentals and he's working on his craft each and

00:10 every day.

00:11 >> Frank McCarthy talked about kind of marrying this idea of having the younger

00:15 guys and the older guys mesh together and have a really good working relationship.

00:19 What has it been like for you being the leader in this room and

00:22 really this team to see these younger guys stepping up?

00:24 And does it rejuvenate you in a way?

00:26 >> Yeah, most definitely.

00:27 I feel like we got a lot of speed on our defense, especially the D line.

00:31 And having the younger guys coming, tag along, asking questions all the time.

00:37 It makes me feel like I'm young again.

00:40 I started asking more questions, so I feel like it's pretty good for us.

00:44 >> As an edge rusher, obviously when the play is going on,

00:46 you don't know what's going on behind you.

00:48 But based on the talent and

00:49 the personnel that's back there coming into this 2023 camp,

00:52 what level of confidence does it give you to know that, hey,

00:55 you can go play free and just be D-line because the guys behind you have so

00:58 much talent?

00:59 >> Right, yeah, man, we got a strong cast, man.

01:03 Our unit is tremendous in their jobs.

01:06 And definitely the confidence is gonna be there when you got ball hops and

01:12 head hunters like we do on our defense, so most definitely.

01:17 >> Last year you talked about how your mentality changed going into the 22

01:21 season, have you had any changes in terms of the way you're approaching 23?

01:27 >> I feel like I wanna be more dominant, I feel like I can play a bigger role in

01:32 taking my dominance to the next level, especially being more familiar with

01:37 the defense and understanding what my back row responsibilities are.