Georgia Tech's T.K. Chimedza at Media Days

Georgia Tech Defensive tackle T.K. Chimedza spoke about how he and the defense are improving in 2022

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00:00So with practice starting yesterday, just kind of what's the mood with the team and

00:04the defense going forward into this year?

00:07And then just kind of what have you been personally working on this offseason to

00:11get better?

00:11It's the same thing for the defense, just effort, making plays,

00:15get takeaways, basically what I've been working on myself personally,

00:18like finishing plays, I left a lot of plays on the field last year.

00:21So I feel like that kind of hurt the team, so

00:23me making more plays on the field is only gonna help the team.

00:27So Coach Collins has been said to be a little bit more hands-on with the defense

00:31this year, how has he been with that with the defensive line?

00:34Do you notice a lot more now?

00:36Yeah, definitely, definitely, you know how sometimes as a head coach you gotta be in

00:41all the drills and type stuff, so sometimes he'll come up to the defensive line drills.

00:44It's definitely his presence, it definitely shows us that he kind of cares

00:48about the D line, he's in more unit meetings now, so his presence definitely.

00:54Have y'all done a lot of schematic changes from last year?

00:57Are y'all doing a lot of things differently, or

00:58are you just trying to get better at the things that didn't go well last year?

01:01Yeah, basically just fine-tuning the things that didn't work last year.

01:04Didn't win not too many big changes to the defense,

01:07not just really getting small quirks and screws, things that didn't work last year.

01:11Okay.