Duke safety Michael Carter II discusses the team's first preseason scrimmage, including his picks for top performers.
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00:00But it was good to fly around and really hit each other,
00:05but also take care of each other at the same time.
00:09I think just defensively, probably just need
00:12to continue to get in better shape.
00:14I think we ran around though pretty good.
00:16Made plays on the ball.
00:18Offense had a great day, running the ball especially,
00:21I feel like.
00:22And then everybody looked really good, though.
00:24I think Deion and Jordan Waters, they
00:29look really good running the ball.
00:30They look strong.
00:31Definitely hard to bring down on the first contact, for sure.
00:34Just running through guys.
00:36Yeah, they look really good coming out
00:38of the first scrimmage.
00:40I think we look good conditioning-wise.
00:44We look like we were in shape.
00:45I think we just got to keep improving on that, especially
00:48with the way the scrimmage is set up, the minimum plays
00:51and things like that.
00:53Just got to be able to maintain that level of conditioning
00:55all the way through those plays till we get off the field,
00:58as well as throughout the whole game.
01:00And keep the intensity and feed off each other's energy.
01:02I think that was a really good part of the day,
01:05especially in the second half of the scrimmage.
01:07I feel good.
01:09I feel good just being around the guys,
01:12feeding off each other.
01:14It was just good to be out there in a game simulation.
01:19Just be live and all out, and just not
01:21have any really restraints as far as how we play out there.
01:25Yeah, for sure.
01:26I feel like everybody's energy is definitely up
01:29when we get to, even when we get to scrimmage
01:31each other on the game field, I think that the energy goes up.
01:35And a lot of guys want to prove to themselves and coaches
01:39that we can play ball.
01:41But yeah, I think the energy is always high
01:43when we get to play on the field.
01:45Just continue to get better at tackling,
01:48stopping the run, for sure.
01:51Back end, we look good defending the pass.
01:53But it's a good thing we got such great running
01:55backs to continue to tackle and just run against and things
02:00like that.
02:01So I think they'll help us get better.
02:02We help them get better.
02:03And we'll be pretty solid against the run.
02:05And I think that's where we really got to improve.
02:07But I think we're on our way there.