Derrick Moore making the most of opportunities for the Lions

So with DJ Wanam out for today's game, they're going to have to definitely have a little more help rushing the pressure, getting pressure on the quarterback up front. One of the guys that might fall on is Derek Moore. He is a rookie who has been getting more opportunities and making the most of them. I feel like that's my mindset. Just prepare like him. And then just when Sunday comes to go in, go in the field and just let it all out. And then just also, you know, with me being, you know, my first start. And I felt as a rookie, you know, I just want to go out there and just show the world, you know, who Derek Moore is and what I can do. Calculated killer is something else that Dan Campbell called you today. Do you feel like you prepare like that and that you have that mentality on the field? I would say yes. You know, I feel like in the building, you know, I'm not too much of a talkative guy. Hi. Stay quiet to myself. I always got my head down. But, you know, when we're on the field, I just try to just go, no matter if I'm right or wrong, just try to go 100%, and that's it. What makes you most happy? What gets you that little spark in your eye and the smile on your face? Oh. I really just play football, you know, just being able to come out here and just have fun and have the joy with my teammates, and just seeing, you know, the guys that I've been grinding hard with in camp. OTAs and do our workouts and every weekend practice is watching them make plays and you know they do the same for me when I go out and make a play you know they be the first one there to celebrate me so just going out there and have fun with my brothers. Whether it's your hand on the ground or on a dip and rip I mean you've impacted a lot of throws it may not be the sack numbers but how much satisfaction do you take in that when you see an incompletion behind you after you know you got in a guy's face? I take a lot of pride in that, you know, even just being on the field, you know, whether I'm not making a play or not, you know, I just try to go 100%, you know, best as I can, you know, with the amount of snaps that I'm getting, you know, whether it be in five, ten snaps, you know, I'm just trying to go as hard as I can and just make my presence just be felt out there, you know. Well, that's it really. It's a nice piece, Hammer, and in this league, it's about opportunity, and he's going to get more opportunities today. He absolutely is, and he's had maybe about 114 snaps total over six games. He's had some hurries. He's had some pressures. He's still waiting to get home on that first sack, Dan, and I get the sense that may come today. Anthony Lucas, Eric O'Neal, two other guys, young, edge rushers that may get an opportunity with DJ Wanham not being in there. And look, it's when you get your number called and you get sent out there for reps. These coaches are looking for you to deliver, and what they do in this game could dictate the kind of trust they have going forward. And it's tremendous the way that Shep and Dan Campbell have both made a very conscientious effort to rotate guys in, to give them small bits of work here and there, and then as they prove themselves, they get more opportunity. So anybody, anytime really can fit in. I know we all feel like it's a cliche next man up, but when you have a group that's so Well-versed in everything you're doing on defense. That next man up doesn't have a drop-off like it does for most teams. Yeah, it's a good point. I talked to Coach on the radio side, and he said one of the things is we've got experienced guys that we have behind us. Yeah, they know how to next man up.