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Xavien Howard – November 11, 2021 (Postgame)

Thursday, November 11, 2021
Postgame – Baltimore

CB Xavien Howard

Q: Jevon said that it’s turnt in there right now.

XAVIEN HOWARD: We’re lit. (laughter)

Q: A couple of weeks ago after the Bills game you said that you guys were getting back to a lot of things that you were doing last year that made you successful on defense. Do you feel like that trend has continued after tonight?

XAVIEN HOWARD: Right, right. That played a big role. The defense has done a hell of a job on defense, so you know, we just got to keep the team doing that.

Q: Can you take us through your touchdown?

XAVIEN HOWARD: It was a great call and I was inside leverage. I knew he was going to try to run a slant, and he ran the slant, and I ended up breaking on the ball. The ball came out and I scored a touchdown.

Q: How do you feel about where the team is right now – two consecutive wins, a little time to rest in comparison to how you and the team were feeling just a couple of weeks ago?

XAVIEN HOWARD: I did a breakdown and told the guys remember this feeling. You know, winning is fun, so we just got to keep that going and just try to control the things we can control. Go back in the lab. Look over the stuff that we did wrong or messed up on and just try to get better each week.

Q: You said you broke the guys down in the locker room. As you move on – I know Eric Rowe said last week that the win against the Texans kind of validates all the work that you guys were putting in throughout the week. Does a win like this against what many people believe is maybe the best team in the AFC… does that also kind of give you the validation that you guys can compete with anybody and you can really turn this season around?

XAVIEN HOWARD: I’ve been feeling like that even when we were losing. I was feeling like we could compete with some teams. During this week Coach Flo had mentioned, “Don’t be surprised.” You know, a lot of people were shook that we ended up pulling this W off, and I feel like, like I said, we just got to remember this feeling and just keep playing.

Q: The defense was very reminiscent from last year and then you have Jevon Holland, rookie, and Jaelan Phillips, rookie. How good can this defense be?

XAVIEN HOWARD: I feel like the sky is the limit. We have a lot of ball left. Just got to see what we can do.

Q: What’s your opinion on Jevon Holland and what he might be able to do?

XAVIEN HOWARD: He can do everything back there. When the ball in the air, it’s either his ball or my ball. That’s how we play on the back end, me and him. He does a lot of great things back there.

Q: A lot of defensive back blitzes tonight. What does that do for you or how has your job changed, your role or any given role changed when safeties and corners are blitzing?

XAVIEN HOWARD: You’re on an island. They pay us to be on the island. You know, you got to deal with it. Any result come on with that, it’s on us.

Q: I think you told us once that you were like a little RG3 out there. Do you channel that when all of a sudden the defense turns off, and you have the ball in your hand?

 

XAVIEN HOWARD: For sure. I try to get to the end zone. I think it’s probably my second touchdown. You know, we needed a big play and I just trust the people that was in front of me and just follow the blocks, and try to get to the end zone.

 

The Ravens have had a lot of success against the Dolphins in the last three meetings. I know that this is a different team and a different season, but if you can just think back in general to some of the things that happened in those games that did not happen tonight, what was different?

 

XAVIEN HOWARD: I think I played in two games before this one when we played the Ravens. I think it was at home. They blew us out. It was a Thursday night, right? Probably 40-0. Then they came back 59-10. We did our thing tonight, and that’s what it’s all about. The last meeting we had with they know them, they were successful in the two games before this game, so, you know, we did our job.

 

I see the Pro Bowl hat. Do you feel like you are having a Pro Bowl season?

 

XAVIEN HOWARD: No, it’s just a 1964 Pro Bowl hat. You know, just vintage. That’s really it.

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