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Marcus Maye – October 7, 2024 Download PDF version

Monday, October 7, 2024

S Marcus Maye

(The victory, what did it do for this team? How big of a relief was it? How much enjoyment do you get out of it?) – “It’s a big relief. I mean it’s hard to win in this league, so as they come, you got to take them for what they are. But we know that we didn’t play the game we know we can play, the style of ball we know we can play. So obviously, there’s a few things to correct but the way things have been, getting a win was our biggest thing.”

(You’ve obviously been a team first guy here, knowing that before this year, every game you played in you started. How weird of a feeling was it to be on the bench for most of the first few games? Was it difficult to handle?) – “Yeah, but you know you just got to be ready at all times, no matter what. You’ve got to find some kind of way to impact the team, so special teams, whenever your number is called in certain packages and things like that, you just have to be prepared at all times. That’s what I was doing those first couple of weeks. So you know no matter who’s in there, no matter when or time of the game, you just got to be ready.”

(I know you guys didn’t play a lot of three safety looks previously, but can you tell me about Defensive Coordinator Anthony Weaver calling the game and the variety and the things that he does? What does that do for the defense? What does that do to the other offense?) – “No, he does a great job of keeping the offense guessing, switching things up on our end. So that’s the great thing that we have in our room and on our side of the ball – the versatility of you can move guys around, things like that, hit them from different areas and things so with the blitzes and coverages and things like that. He’s been doing a great job of mixing things up.”

(I don’t know what special teams you were on the field for, but a very sloppy performance yesterday, tell me about – I guess, were guys pissed off at each other? Were guys trying to be supportive? Tell me about that.) – “Guys were definitely supportive. We just got to find a way to get on the same page. They did a great job on their end of scheming us up and things like that, but like I said, it’s just a collective effort, all three phases. We just got to continue to get better, continue to sharpen up the details so we can play the ball that we know we can play.”

(A chance that S Jevón Holland misses some time with the hand. If so, what does that mean for you?) – “I’m not sure exactly what’s going on with Jevón (Holland) yet. I know it’s his hand, I don’t know how long and things like that. But like I said earlier, with the guys that we have in our room, who’s ever out there, they got to be ready to go at all times.”

(The final play, it seems like there was a difference in mentality from Tennessee – that you guys were kind of in a prevent before halftime and then this time the zero blitz. Which do you prefer? Why do you think Defensive Coordinator Anthony Weaver switched it up?) – “You learn from certain things. Each game is different; each scenario is different. We had the hot hand, we felt like our defensive line was getting there, so we decided to bring the pressure and play coverage on the back end. The guys did a great job of getting home and the guys did a great job of covering.”

(And what did you see on that play? Foot in, foot out?) – “I saw a toe and then I’d seen the heel hit. So once I saw the heel hit, I was hoping that we’d get that call that we got, but the football gods were on our side and it definitely played out in our favor.”

(Did you know about that rule? I didn’t now about toe-heel.) – “Yeah, toe-heel, but obviously when it’s just the toe that’s all it is going forward. So yeah, I was like, ‘Thank God his heel came down out of bounds.’”

(I know you’ve play both free and strong safety throughout your career. If S Jevón Holland misses some time, are you comfortable moving over?) – “Yeah, at this point I’ve done both so I’ve pretty much – if it’s free safety, I’m pretty comfortable back there. If it’s in the box, once I get adjusted and see things, I feel pretty good being there too.”

(Do you have a preference to which one?) – “No, as long as I’m just out there on the grass.”

(How much – obviously, you’re a defensive back, you never want to have a broken hand. But how much of a hinderance is it whether it’s ball skills or tackling? Is it just pain tolerance?) – “Yeah, just those little nagging injuries. Obviously, we got to use our hands in this game, so when you have hand injuries and little things like that, you just got to find different ways to protect it and use different techniques and things like that to make sure you’re playing the right game out there and stuff like that.”

(Little nagging injuries?) – “Yeah, it’s because you got to use your hands on every play. So it’s tape up, cast up and you got to figure it out.”

(So you had a thumb injury, S Jordan Poyer had a thumb injury, now S Jevón Holland’s got a hand injury.) – “Yeah, so it’s been rough, but we’ve been getting through it and figuring it out.”

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