Eric Kendricks on coming to Dallas, playing for Mike Zimmer again
New Cowboys linebacker Eric Kendricks joined the GBag Nation for his weekly show to discuss why he ended up signing with the Cowboys, what it's like playing for his former head coach Mike Zimmer again, his interests outside of football, and more!
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00:00Joining us now here on your home of the Cowboys, 105.3 The Fan is our weekly guest here for
00:22the Cowboys season, linebacker Eric Kendricks in the GBAC Nation.
00:26Good afternoon, sir.
00:28How you doing?
00:29I'm doing good.
00:30How are you?
00:31Doing wonderful.
00:32Looking forward to this, you know, weekly conversation we're going to have through
00:35the season.
00:36Thanks so much for agreeing to it.
00:37I think this is the best mic that I've ever used, so I'm hearing myself loud and clear
00:41and I get used to this.
00:43You sound fantastic.
00:44Sounding good.
00:45How was practice?
00:46How was the meetings and everything?
00:47What's new?
00:48Practice was good.
00:49You know, I was a little sticky out today.
00:50Got some sweat in.
00:52Just went over the film, went over some two-minute stuff, and yeah, feeling good, feeling confident.
00:57So one of the big questions that you're equipped to answer probably better than anybody is
01:01what's it going to be like for a team transitioning into the Mike Zimmer defense?
01:06Are we ready to hit the ground running?
01:08Yeah, I mean, we got to be ready to hit the ground running.
01:10I feel like we got a lot of good work with our offense and, you know, various other offenses
01:14during camp, and now it's go time.
01:17So obviously, you know, we got a little bit more pressure on the line, but at the same
01:22time, you know, we know the looks we should be getting, essentially.
01:26You know, we're always going to get some unscouted licks in this first game, but, you know, looking
01:30to bring some pressure, looking to strap some people up, you know, cause some turnovers,
01:34cause some havoc, and get it going, get it rolling.
01:36How different is this version of the Zimmer scheme and defense compared to what it was
01:41when you were playing with him in Minnesota?
01:42It's definitely different.
01:43You know, there's different players on this team.
01:47One of the things I like is always, you know, we've always utilized the players that we
01:50do have.
01:51You know, the nucleus of the defense is definitely the same.
01:55You know, some of the coverage concepts and things like that are the same, but, you know,
01:59we have a lot more different, we have a lot more, you know, variety in our looks, especially,
02:04you know, with Micah and D-Law and those kind of guys up front.
02:09I'm looking forward to it because, you know, this is what we've been working on, you know,
02:14for the last month or so, so it's about time that season comes.