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00:00 Intro

00:56 How are you?

01:03 What's your new job title?

01:24 How did you fall in love with football?

02:53 What was the college football recruiting process like in the '90s?

04:54 How did making the national semifinals in your freshman year at Hofstra impact your outlook on the rest of your college career?

06:56 Had you always been planning on becoming a coach?

08:43 What was the transition like from playing to coaching?

11:02 Where was your favorite place to be in your first decade of coaching?

13:15 How did it feel to finally get a job with Syracuse, your first Division I position?

15:39 How do you handle times when your unit is playing well, but the team still isn't winning?

18:00 When you became a defensive coordinator at Princeton, what were the top priorities when designing and implementing your defense?

21:22 Has your belief that stopping the run should be the top priority changed as football has become more pass-happy?

23:16 How did you end up getting the call to coach for the Bills?

25:55 What's the jump like from coaching college football to NFL football?

28:02 Were you concerned to join a team that was just beginning a rebuild?

29:55 What was it like to be on the sideline when Taron Johnson, your protege, got a pick-six to help send the Bills to the AFC Championship Game?

31:59 How are you feeling about getting to coach the duo of Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde next year?

33:14 Where do you want and expect to see improvements out of the Bills' defense next year?

34:52 What's your experience been like running camps for the younger defensive backs getting their start?

38:21 Where's the best place to get wings in Buffalo?

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