November 13, 2025 • 11 mins
LB Bobby Wagner and Frankie Luvu speak to the media in Madrid, Spain.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
For both you guys having to change of defensive coordinator.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
What does that do for you guys?
Speaker 1 (00:06):
What did you think of that move?
Speaker 3 (00:10):
I think whenever you have a move like that, I
think that kind of means the players are not executing
that a level that they need to be, and so
we just got to do better, and we got to
perform better. We got to execute better. It doesn't matter,
you know, the play calls. Uh, you know, we as
players have to take onus of you know, us being
(00:32):
out there on the field, the coaches are out there
on the field, and so we have to execute better
regardless of who's calling the defense. Yeah, just piggingback, you know,
for Bobby saying, I feel like, you know, we got
to bring the players life whatever cause it going out
there and executing it at the end of the day,
(00:53):
you know, just everybody doing their jobs.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Wake up call.
Speaker 5 (01:02):
It's kind of like a phrase it's been throwing around,
like maybe this will be a wake up call to
the locker room.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
I kind of get the vibe that you guys don't
necessarily need a wake up call. Do you agree with
that use of that term?
Speaker 5 (01:10):
If there's a different term you would use to kind
of describe the vibe in the locker room following the change.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Who said that? Who said a wake up call? It's
just a general term kind of throwing around whatever.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
There's a coaching change, maybe it's a wake up call
for the locker room.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
I think when you're in this position, everybody's trying to
do something to create a spark, and they're trying to
do something to get the season going in the right direction.
And so, you know, we just need to perform better
and we need to win. Winning solves a lot of
this stuff, and we haven't done that in a minute.
So regardless of what we want to call it doesn't
(01:47):
matter what name we apply to it. We gotta win. Yeah,
I mean just just finding a way, or you can
say that wake up call whatever O the same may be.
But I feel like just finding the way, you know,
all on all three phases and uh, you know, just
coming out and playing fast, you know, and I feel
that would be good.
Speaker 6 (02:13):
I have one for Bobby and the one for you.
Franking for Bobby.
Speaker 7 (02:16):
Yeah, I'm gonna do two and one. You haven't had
the latest season like this, I don't think in your career.
Maybe the Rams, But what's it been like for you
kind of dealing with the adversity and just sort of
the frustrations.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Yeah, I would say we had something similar with the Rams.
We had a lot of guys injured, a lot of
key guys injured, a lot of unfortunate situations that happened
that year. So it's always learning, you know, at the
end of the day, I think adversity, challenges, obstacles, there's
always beauty at the end of the story if you
(02:56):
let it that way. Maybe the record doesn't display it,
but there's always things that you can use moving forward
in the game of football and in the game of life.
And so, you know, regardless of it, I welcome the challenge.
I think it's something that we just have to figure
out and excited to try to figure out what these guys.
Speaker 6 (03:16):
Well, Frankie, you know you've been used on the line
more and more involved than the pass rush. What do
you think is the kid just kind of jump starting
that and you know, disrupting that you've been used on
the line more and pass rushing more on just the
team's overall pass rush. What did you feel like it
is a key to sort of jump starting that really
getting it going.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, you know, having me on the edge, you know,
and uh, it's the opportunity to have you know, you know,
Jorda on the field as well, and all of us
linebackers on the field, you know what I mean. So
speed is the main thing on the field, and then
on a line of scrimmage, I feel like you're just
working with each other, you know, on certain downs, I'm
(03:54):
on all downs and then on third down, you know,
I'm working with vaugh and I'm working with Pressing and
all these guys. So I feel like it's just a
group collected thing where we just got to communicate and
you know, and work when playing and getting to the quarterback.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
So I mean, I feel good.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
I mean, you know, online of scrimmage, you know I'm
attacking and uh, you know that's the kind of mindset
you know when I'm down there.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
And yeah, over.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
Here, guys, International game, Global game. I'm not sure you've
seen it yet, Franky, but Bernad bays on the outside,
there is a huge poster of you representing the bird
in gold.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Have you seen it yet? I think I've seen it pastified. Okay,
So just you're trying to act like he ain't said right.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
I texted the group chat, you know what I mean,
all the boys back in the hourands hey, we may
take a picture right in front of it.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
I took a pic.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
You know.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
It was it was details, It was all there.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
You know, come here and say, I don't know I
was to finish this question anyways, go ahead.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Oh it's good to be humble.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
So just the thoughts on you know, this is the
first ever here and you guys are part of it,
and just all of that. I know you got a
job to do, but the fact that you are part
of this historic game.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Yeah, man, Uh, it is a historic game. This is
my actually first game you know outside of the country.
I'm super excited for it. At the end of the day,
you know, we're here for a job and we're here
to win. So you know, I was happy when I've
seen the picture, you know, But at the end of
the day, man, you know, we're trying to find that
win and uh, and collectively as a group, man, we
(05:34):
just you know, players one. I feel like when these
moments like this, you just gotta lean in each other
and find a way and you know, playing sound football
all together and you know, eventually we turned that corner
and you know, we'll see the outcomes of that.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
Oh, I don't have a poster. H I'm good and
I think all these games are fun.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Sometimes there's tough travels, but you know, being a part
of this game and trying to uh be a part
of the expansion of this game and turning this game
into like a global game. And you know, whenever you're
you know, part of the first to go to a
different place, it's special because people remember it. We don't
(06:24):
know what it's going to look like ten years from now.
It could be every year, you know, multiple teams and
things of that nature, and so you could say that
we were part of the first to kind of change that.
I think that's special for ourselves, for the league, for
the people that's coming after us, kids that get to
see the game and be inspired by what they see,
(06:46):
and turn us into more of a global game than
it alreadyars.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Hello here my question needs for what what would you
say to the Spanish people? Do they need fans of
your sports to combine them towards Sunday game?
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Sorry I didn't I didn't saying what would you say
to Spanish?
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Oh, that's gonna see us and it's gonna be it's
gonna be fun.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
It's gonna be a lot of contact, more than the
actual football they play out here. I'm a big soccer guy,
my guy, and they call football out here football, you
know what I mean, but football Americana or that.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
But it's gonna be fun. It's gonna be a lot
of energy.
Speaker 6 (07:30):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
They can expect a lot of violence, you know me
as far as from from the football ex bit of it.
And uh, it's gonna be a fun environment. And I
can't I can't wait to to to have them see that.
And uh, it's gonna be a great atmosphere out there, so.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
We see.
Speaker 8 (07:58):
Hey, guys, just to pick your back up of that question,
we're talking about the expansion of the NFL going to
different countries. First time here, you've watched a little bit
of football. Your impressions of this facility, Real Madrid one
of the biggest clubs in the world. What do you
think about the club and what do you think about
just simply being here. I've asked the guys food recommendations.
(08:20):
Are you also going on TikTok to find the food
spots to visit?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I mean they got every day on that cool h man,
So I grew up in the household.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Man.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
We grew up playing soccer all my brothers. Oh Man,
When growing up we used to watch Jonaldinio, Cristiano Ronaldo
and Real Madrid, you got Manchester, you know, you know,
all these big soccer clubs where you can say that,
and it was always something from the island looking when
I was younger and now being here present, Man, this
(08:52):
is crazy to uh to even see you know, the
the to be in the stadium, to be in their
locker rooms and able to work out, uh, in the facilities,
and this is a special thing. But that's just where
I'm coming from. And uh, you know it's gonna be
It's gonna be exciting weekend. And I'll be looking forward
to that.
Speaker 9 (09:11):
For Bobby specifically as someone intimately familiar with Dan Quinn
as a coach and also has to play color from
your dis in Seattle. In what ways do you think
in the new one sets he's going to affect the
defense going forward as now the new play caller of
the team.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
I think he's gonna bring his fire, his passion, his energy.
I think that's always something as a head coach, whether
you're a office of mine or defensive mind. You know,
you still have that in you and you can always
activate that at any time. And so, you know, I
expect him to uh call a game like I think
(09:48):
he'll call the game. I think Coach Wit is still gonna,
you know, be a part of the game plan and
be a part of how everything and so I think
those twols gonna work together, and and you know, we'll
see how it works out.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
But I think it'll be fun and we're excited about it.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
We're talking about the expansion of the game globally and
a big part of that for the NFL is flag football.
I mean, Frank, you just talked about the violence of
the sports that you guys play. What do you make
about flag football being kind of the thing that's expanding
more globally, gonna be in the Olympics in a couple
of years.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
I think it's gonna be fun. I think it's good.
I didn't play football until I was in high school,
and my parents just my mom specifically just wasn't into
tackling and didn't want me to play the game, but
she wasn't opposed to me playing flag football. So that
was my first introduction. Introduction in football was flat, and
(10:49):
you know, I got to go out there have fun,
which the game is is really fun, and so I
think it it introduces the game to a bigger audience,
not just.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Men, but women.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
And I think that's what you know, you're trying to
do as you try to expand a gaming, you try
to get into multiple, multiple lanes, not just one, and
making it more inclusive.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
And I think that's a start there.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
And then as you graduate and as you get older,
you know, most people go into tackle football, and we
don't know what that's going to look like as it
becomes more inclusive. But I think it's exciting for the
eyes that it gets to bring to the game, you know,
all the kids that are trying to figure it out.
I think that's a great start to try to figure
(11:37):
the game out. It worked out for me, and I
feel like it worked out for everybody else perfect though
maybe thank you that's yes.
For both you guys having to change of defensive coordinator.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
What does that do for you guys?
Speaker 1 (00:06):
What did you think of that move?
Speaker 3 (00:10):
I think whenever you have a move like that, I
think that kind of means the players are not executing
that a level that they need to be, and so
we just got to do better, and we got to
perform better. We got to execute better. It doesn't matter,
you know, the play calls. Uh, you know, we as
players have to take onus of you know, us being
(00:32):
out there on the field, the coaches are out there
on the field, and so we have to execute better
regardless of who's calling the defense. Yeah, just piggingback, you know,
for Bobby saying, I feel like, you know, we got
to bring the players life whatever cause it going out
there and executing it at the end of the day,
(00:53):
you know, just everybody doing their jobs.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Wake up call.
Speaker 5 (01:02):
It's kind of like a phrase it's been throwing around,
like maybe this will be a wake up call to
the locker room.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
I kind of get the vibe that you guys don't
necessarily need a wake up call. Do you agree with
that use of that term?
Speaker 5 (01:10):
If there's a different term you would use to kind
of describe the vibe in the locker room following the change.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Who said that? Who said a wake up call? It's
just a general term kind of throwing around whatever.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
There's a coaching change, maybe it's a wake up call
for the locker room.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
I think when you're in this position, everybody's trying to
do something to create a spark, and they're trying to
do something to get the season going in the right direction.
And so, you know, we just need to perform better
and we need to win. Winning solves a lot of
this stuff, and we haven't done that in a minute.
So regardless of what we want to call it doesn't
(01:47):
matter what name we apply to it. We gotta win. Yeah,
I mean just just finding a way, or you can
say that wake up call whatever O the same may be.
But I feel like just finding the way, you know,
all on all three phases and uh, you know, just
coming out and playing fast, you know, and I feel
that would be good.
Speaker 6 (02:13):
I have one for Bobby and the one for you.
Franking for Bobby.
Speaker 7 (02:16):
Yeah, I'm gonna do two and one. You haven't had
the latest season like this, I don't think in your career.
Maybe the Rams, But what's it been like for you
kind of dealing with the adversity and just sort of
the frustrations.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Yeah, I would say we had something similar with the Rams.
We had a lot of guys injured, a lot of
key guys injured, a lot of unfortunate situations that happened
that year. So it's always learning, you know, at the
end of the day, I think adversity, challenges, obstacles, there's
always beauty at the end of the story if you
(02:56):
let it that way. Maybe the record doesn't display it,
but there's always things that you can use moving forward
in the game of football and in the game of life.
And so, you know, regardless of it, I welcome the challenge.
I think it's something that we just have to figure
out and excited to try to figure out what these guys.
Speaker 6 (03:16):
Well, Frankie, you know you've been used on the line
more and more involved than the pass rush. What do
you think is the kid just kind of jump starting
that and you know, disrupting that you've been used on
the line more and pass rushing more on just the
team's overall pass rush. What did you feel like it
is a key to sort of jump starting that really
getting it going.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, you know, having me on the edge, you know,
and uh, it's the opportunity to have you know, you know,
Jorda on the field as well, and all of us
linebackers on the field, you know what I mean. So
speed is the main thing on the field, and then
on a line of scrimmage, I feel like you're just
working with each other, you know, on certain downs, I'm
(03:54):
on all downs and then on third down, you know,
I'm working with vaugh and I'm working with Pressing and
all these guys. So I feel like it's just a
group collected thing where we just got to communicate and
you know, and work when playing and getting to the quarterback.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
So I mean, I feel good.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
I mean, you know, online of scrimmage, you know I'm
attacking and uh, you know that's the kind of mindset
you know when I'm down there.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
And yeah, over.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
Here, guys, International game, Global game. I'm not sure you've
seen it yet, Franky, but Bernad bays on the outside,
there is a huge poster of you representing the bird
in gold.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Have you seen it yet? I think I've seen it pastified. Okay,
So just you're trying to act like he ain't said right.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
I texted the group chat, you know what I mean,
all the boys back in the hourands hey, we may
take a picture right in front of it.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
I took a pic.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
You know.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
It was it was details, It was all there.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
You know, come here and say, I don't know I
was to finish this question anyways, go ahead.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Oh it's good to be humble.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
So just the thoughts on you know, this is the
first ever here and you guys are part of it,
and just all of that. I know you got a
job to do, but the fact that you are part
of this historic game.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Yeah, man, Uh, it is a historic game. This is
my actually first game you know outside of the country.
I'm super excited for it. At the end of the day,
you know, we're here for a job and we're here
to win. So you know, I was happy when I've
seen the picture, you know, But at the end of
the day, man, you know, we're trying to find that
win and uh, and collectively as a group, man, we
(05:34):
just you know, players one. I feel like when these
moments like this, you just gotta lean in each other
and find a way and you know, playing sound football
all together and you know, eventually we turned that corner
and you know, we'll see the outcomes of that.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
Oh, I don't have a poster. H I'm good and
I think all these games are fun.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Sometimes there's tough travels, but you know, being a part
of this game and trying to uh be a part
of the expansion of this game and turning this game
into like a global game. And you know, whenever you're
you know, part of the first to go to a
different place, it's special because people remember it. We don't
(06:24):
know what it's going to look like ten years from now.
It could be every year, you know, multiple teams and
things of that nature, and so you could say that
we were part of the first to kind of change that.
I think that's special for ourselves, for the league, for
the people that's coming after us, kids that get to
see the game and be inspired by what they see,
(06:46):
and turn us into more of a global game than
it alreadyars.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Hello here my question needs for what what would you
say to the Spanish people? Do they need fans of
your sports to combine them towards Sunday game?
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Sorry I didn't I didn't saying what would you say
to Spanish?
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Oh, that's gonna see us and it's gonna be it's
gonna be fun.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
It's gonna be a lot of contact, more than the
actual football they play out here. I'm a big soccer guy,
my guy, and they call football out here football, you
know what I mean, but football Americana or that.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
But it's gonna be fun. It's gonna be a lot
of energy.
Speaker 6 (07:30):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
They can expect a lot of violence, you know me
as far as from from the football ex bit of it.
And uh, it's gonna be a fun environment. And I
can't I can't wait to to to have them see that.
And uh, it's gonna be a great atmosphere out there, so.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
We see.
Speaker 8 (07:58):
Hey, guys, just to pick your back up of that question,
we're talking about the expansion of the NFL going to
different countries. First time here, you've watched a little bit
of football. Your impressions of this facility, Real Madrid one
of the biggest clubs in the world. What do you
think about the club and what do you think about
just simply being here. I've asked the guys food recommendations.
(08:20):
Are you also going on TikTok to find the food
spots to visit?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I mean they got every day on that cool h man,
So I grew up in the household.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Man.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
We grew up playing soccer all my brothers. Oh Man,
When growing up we used to watch Jonaldinio, Cristiano Ronaldo
and Real Madrid, you got Manchester, you know, you know,
all these big soccer clubs where you can say that,
and it was always something from the island looking when
I was younger and now being here present, Man, this
(08:52):
is crazy to uh to even see you know, the
the to be in the stadium, to be in their
locker rooms and able to work out, uh, in the facilities,
and this is a special thing. But that's just where
I'm coming from. And uh, you know it's gonna be
It's gonna be exciting weekend. And I'll be looking forward
to that.
Speaker 9 (09:11):
For Bobby specifically as someone intimately familiar with Dan Quinn
as a coach and also has to play color from
your dis in Seattle. In what ways do you think
in the new one sets he's going to affect the
defense going forward as now the new play caller of
the team.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
I think he's gonna bring his fire, his passion, his energy.
I think that's always something as a head coach, whether
you're a office of mine or defensive mind. You know,
you still have that in you and you can always
activate that at any time. And so, you know, I
expect him to uh call a game like I think
(09:48):
he'll call the game. I think Coach Wit is still gonna,
you know, be a part of the game plan and
be a part of how everything and so I think
those twols gonna work together, and and you know, we'll
see how it works out.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
But I think it'll be fun and we're excited about it.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
We're talking about the expansion of the game globally and
a big part of that for the NFL is flag football.
I mean, Frank, you just talked about the violence of
the sports that you guys play. What do you make
about flag football being kind of the thing that's expanding
more globally, gonna be in the Olympics in a couple
of years.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
I think it's gonna be fun. I think it's good.
I didn't play football until I was in high school,
and my parents just my mom specifically just wasn't into
tackling and didn't want me to play the game, but
she wasn't opposed to me playing flag football. So that
was my first introduction. Introduction in football was flat, and
(10:49):
you know, I got to go out there have fun,
which the game is is really fun, and so I
think it it introduces the game to a bigger audience,
not just.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Men, but women.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
And I think that's what you know, you're trying to
do as you try to expand a gaming, you try
to get into multiple, multiple lanes, not just one, and
making it more inclusive.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
And I think that's a start there.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
And then as you graduate and as you get older,
you know, most people go into tackle football, and we
don't know what that's going to look like as it
becomes more inclusive. But I think it's exciting for the
eyes that it gets to bring to the game, you know,
all the kids that are trying to figure it out.
I think that's a great start to try to figure
(11:37):
the game out. It worked out for me, and I
feel like it worked out for everybody else perfect though
maybe thank you that's yes.
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