Landon Collins didn’t realize it, but he was happy when he found out.
“I might have to talk a little smack,” he said with a big smile.
Leon Hall recognized it, but was more shocked than proud.
“It’s the first time I’ve ever been called that,” he said.
What the two defensive backs were talking about was being tied for the team lead in sacks. It’s early, sure, and their total of one each from Sunday’s game against the Saints is pretty paltry. But in a locker room that invested heavily on the defensive front in the offseason, and for a franchise that for several decades has thrived and failed by the act of bringing opposing quarterbacks to the ground, they got to spend at least the last few days strutting.