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Calais Campbell – October 31, 2024 Download PDF version

Thursday, October 31, 2024

DT Calais Campbell

(With LB Chop Robinson, how important is it for young players to learn that you got to diversify your moves and you’ve got to add more to your arsenal just because people like T Terron Armstead are real professionals in terms of what they do and how they study?) – “You just tell young guys you want to have a fastball and a counter, and then you start building after you go through that. The biggest thing though is go with what works, don’t try to be too creative. I try to tell guys don’t have too many moves too early. As you get older, you start building your moves as you go along. You have to have a counter; you can’t just have one move. You have a fastball and a counter, maybe a changeup. A changeup really is power for a young guy like that, because people don’t expect him to have power. You get all the speed stuff going, your swipe or whatever it is that you do, then you have your counter off of that and then you come through and put power on them, usually. Once you beat them enough with speed, they kind of sit down and you can power them. Chop (Robinson) has a pretty good power rush, too. He had a good one last game against Dion Dawkins that was close to a sack, and he has to definitely bring that again this week. But he’s getting close, man. He’s a guy that has a lot of shots on goal, and eventually those will start turning into sacks and game-changing plays, but the first one is the hardest one because you want it so bad.”

(What are some of the key things to keep in mind when defending QB Josh Allen?) – “From a defensive line standpoint is you don’t want him scrambling to beat you. He can throw the ball very well, but he’s incredible with his legs. He’s bold with his legs. The biggest thing is you’ve got to keep him from scrambling to beat you. You have to have a plan, rush together, make sure we’re on the same page, but we’ve still got to rush him, because if you let him sit back there for five or six seconds, he’s going to tear our secondary apart. We have to have a unison rush; we’re all rush four as one.”

(Defensive Coordinator Anthony Weaver said today that he’ll give you a chance to get the ball out the way QB Josh Allen holds it. What do you see on that, and how important do you think it will be to create some more turnovers moving forward?) – “He’s turned the ball over a lot in his career, but he also made a lot of big-time plays. It’s kind of like you just take a little bit of bad with all the good that comes in with it. It’s something that we have to keep in cognizant. We have to make sure we’re focusing, when we’re tackling him, tackle the ball. He’s such a big guy, a tough tackle it’s almost easier to tackle the ball. But at the same time, guys going for the ball will miss a lot of tackles, too. It’s a balance. I think the biggest thing is rushing together and trying to have a lot of bodies at the ball, meet at the ball.”

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