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Raekwon McMillan – September 30, 2019 Download PDF version

Monday, September 30, 2019

LB Raekwon McMillan

(In terms of your use, how different is it now compared to when you started the season?) – “At the beginning of the season, they didn’t know what I could do because I was out with the injury. I just had to work my way back from the injury and get my body right and I’m out there playing now.”

(How comfortable do you feel now in the scheme?) – “Real comfortable. I can do anything they want me to do. Anything they ask me to do out there on the field, I feel like I can get it done.”

(Pro Football Focus has you as one of the highest-rated linebackers in the entire league. How do you feel you’re playing and what do you feel about that grade?) – “It really doesn’t matter. I don’t really pay attention to stuff like that. We’re 0-4. We’re looking into going into the second quarter of the season trying to get a win and get better.”

(How can this defense improve?) – “We’ve just got to play together as an entire defense. Everybody’s got to be on one core, and if we get on one core we’ll play fast.”

(Was it a matter of getting a season under your belt and coming off the injury just getting that year’s worth of recovery? How much did all that help you do you think?) – “It helped a lot. People were saying I was this, that or I wasn’t this. Everybody was telling me what I’m not, but I don’t care about that. It’s all about what I can go out there and do on the field and make it happen throughout the week and my product. What I put out there on film on Sundays is what it’s all about.”

(When did you really start to feel like 100 percent like yourself?) – “When I got back – like I said, we always talk about it’s in the past now, but probably about Week 5 or 6 last year. I feel like after the injury I was all the way back where I needed to be and I could play ball.”

(What do you feel you’re doing well to get involved in so many plays?) – “Just effort. Running to the ball. (It’s) nothing special – just playing linebacker. Big props to my guy Kiko (Alonso). He’s gone now, but he really taught me how to watch film, how to diagnose plays and really taught me a lot about playing linebacker in this league. I’m just taking it one step at a time.”

(Do you feel like that’s what the difference is? You’re diagnosing plays faster?) – “Yeah, I’m diagnosing plays faster. I just know what I’m looking at and I’m able to trigger and go make the play.”

(Are you still in touch with LB Kiko Alonso?) – “Yeah, that’s my guy. That’s my dude. I’m going to always keep in contact with Kiko. We played beside each other for two years, and we’ll do it for a lifetime.”

(What do you think about where the bye week lands, and is it a good time or…?) – “Ohio State vs. Michigan State. (laughter)”

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