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Bobby McCain – August 29, 2020 Download PDF version

Saturday, August 29, 2020

S Bobby McCain

(It looked like it was a good day for I guess you guys in the DB group, a couple picks, a couple hands on the ball. I know you talked about that before, getting hands on the ball. What does the game-type action show about your progress in that area?) – “Just trying to just, like you said, just get our hands on the football and get the ball to the offense. That’s our job as defenders. We work on turnovers each and every day at practice, so making sure we get a chance, an opportunity every time stripping the ball, go pick the ball at the highest point. That’s really what we want to focus our game on is just being ball hawks.”

(I noticed yesterday when you spoke to the team, presumably about the social justice situation and issues, is there anything you can share that you wanted your teammates to know and hear and how did all those meetings with the team go yesterday?) – “They went really well. As a team, we spoke and we called it all up and we wanted to get everybody – we know it’s heavy on everybody he is hearts and it’s something you don’t want to dismiss. We spoke as a team. We called it all up as a team. It wasn’t just me speaking. It was everybody speaking. It was an open floor, open dialogue for anyone that wanted to speak, and we know it’s heavy on people’s hearts right now and really we just wanted to speak as a team face-to-face and not so much on Zoom or not so much — we wanted to make sure we were all aware of the situation that’s going at hand.”

(I wanted to ask you about two rookies – what has RB Malcolm Perry in the slot receiver, how tough is he to cover for defensive backs? And S Brandon Jones, we’ve seen him more this week. What’s he shown you?) – “Yeah, Malcolm Perry is a good football player. Coming from Navy, he played quarterback. He’s a jack of all trades. He can play a lot of positions for us, as far as quarterback, slot receiver, outside, you can put him anywhere. He’s just a football player. He makes plays. He’s a tough kid. He’s working on making tough catches.  As you saw today, he had a big catch today. Brandon Jones, he’s a guy that he’s going to be good for us. He’s a guy with high energy. He’s got a motor, runs around, makes plays on the football and that’s what we need on the back end. We are all coming together as a team and understand that we all have our roles to play. Those two guys are going to help us.”

(During a couple practices in the last few weeks or so, I’ve seen you congratulate WR Isaiah Ford after he got a catch on you or talking to Fitz and seeing maybe what he saw from the other side of the field from your perspective there. You’ve taken it upon yourself to talk to teammates and be a leader in this way. What gives you pride in doing those things and having this role?) – “Just being myself, man. Just being myself. Anybody can be a leader. Anybody can step up at any time and I’m simply making people aware of the things we need as a team, and that’s what I try to do. Like you said me speaking with ‘Fitz,’ (Ryan Fitzpatrick), I’m just trying to see what he’s seeing on his side from me or anyone else on the defense and like we are all brothers. Helping my brother up after he catches the ball, that’s nothing to hate on. We’re out there competing. We’re all getting better.”

(Want to ask you about playing safety and deep off the football where you can see everything unfold in front of you. This is kind of the first game type of situation you’ve had here in year number two. Did you notice any sense of growth for you having that whole year of playing safety under your belt and applying it on the field?) – “Yeah, each and every day you try to get better at practice, and being in a game setting today is definitely — it was definitely exciting. We’ve got to watch the film and just make corrections and each and every day try to get better. This is my second year playing safety, so each and every year — each and every day, each and every practice, I’m trying new things. That’s what practice is for, trying new things and seeing what you can be good at and what’s not good for you.”

(We heard a little about the ‘Burbs’ and the Hood competition and the points system you have going on. Defensive Backs Coach Gerald Alexander said you were leading a little in the early competition. What has it been like for you guys to have that kind of flowing? It seems like sort of a college deal, but create some competition throughout the room?) – “It’s just something fun to do in the room, man; and being that we were all competing, it’s just a way for us to find a way for us to get our hands on the football. If that’s what it takes for us to get our hands on the football, that’s what it takes. Regardless what it is, if it’s points system or game day, it’s about getting the football and getting the ball and getting the ball off people.”

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