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T.J. McDonald – September 12, 2018

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Safety T.J. McDonald

(Do you know if you’ve ever sacked or smashed or blown up a USC quarterback in the NFL?) – “Caron Palmer. I hit Carson Palmer a few times. I played in the NFC West when he was with the Cardinals. That’s about it.”

(Did you say anything to former Cardinals QB Carson Palmer before or after?) – “Obviously I have a ton of respect, so it was nothing too crazy. I did train in Arizona for a few weeks in the offseason a few years back, so I gave him a hard time for it..”

(When you watch a Monday night game like that, do you watch it as a fan or are you like ‘we can do this to them, we can do that to them?’) – “I think that in a case like this, when you know you’ve got them coming next week, you’re not really watching as a fan. You’re trying to pick up signals, you’re trying to do whatever you can, see their tendencies and things like that. When you’re watching the TV copy, you always kind of see certain things as a fan; but also in circumstances like where we have to play them next week, we’re going in and looking for things.”

(Did Jets QB Sam Darnold seem like a rookie?) – “He didn’t. He didn’t get flustered. They said it on TV a lot, but he was poised and that’s a tribute to his hard work and his confidence level, so hats off to him.”

(Along those lines, QB Sam Darnold’s resiliency – he throws a pick six his first pass and it didn’t seem to bother him at all. He just came back and put it behind him right away. How impressive is that?) – “It was impressive. Coming into this league, it’s a competitive league, and in a market like New York, to be able to go out and do that, that’s impressive. You definitely have to tip your hat to that.”

(Did you follow QB Sam Darnold a lot at USC?) – “I watched all of the games. Saturday is a big college football day for us in this locker room. I was watching the Rose Bowl runs and watching him in the Pac-12 championship games and all of that, so I definitely kept up with him.”

(As impressive as he was, do you think DE Cameron Wake and DE Robert Quinn are licking their chops a little?) – “They’re licking their chops every week. They can’t wait to go. I know they’re excited for this one just like the other ones.”

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