Bobby McCain – July 28, 2018
Saturday, June 28, 2018
CB Bobby McCain
(Obviously, you’re going to play a lot regardless, but do you want to be in competition when you open with two corners to be that other guy?) – “Definitely. I’m just coming out and working every day. There’s competition everywhere – corner, inside, outside, safety. You have to come out and give your best game every day, and when your number is called, you have to be ready, because your number will be called to go inside, outside, wherever they want to put you – safety – and you have to be ready.”
(How many positions do you want to play this year?) – “As many as I can. I like to know the defense. I like to study the defense. I love football. I like to know where everybody is lining up, what’s my weakness, where’s my help, where isn’t it. Knowing nickel, corner, safety, knowing it all, it helps you.”
(Who has been the most impressive member of the defensive backfield?) – “So far, Torry McTyer has been really strong. He has come out really strong and had a few really good days. He showed his offseason workouts have really paid off for him.”
(It seems like you have a good mixture of youth and veterans in the secondary. What’s that like in the meeting room?) – “It’s good. It’s good because we know how to talk to each other. We’ve got a little chemistry. We’ve been with each other for two or three years. It’s not like if I’m saying something to them, it’s like I’m yelling at them. I’m telling them as a brother – as a family member – ‘Let’s pick our stuff up. Let’s do what we have to do. Let’s tighten up,’ and everybody listens and vice versa. They’ll tell me, ‘Let’s get it together and let’s get it done.’”
(I noticed you explaining to some of the other guys in the secondary, especially at your positon, about the little things, about alignment, about leverage. Can you talk a little bit about that in your mind, because you have the experience?) – “It’s (their) first camp. We’ve got like three or four rookies and it’s their first camp. It’s just knowing the ins and outs. It starts off with alignment, assignment and technique. (I’m just) coming out there and getting aligned right and just being that veteran guy that can help because like I said, when I came in, guys helped me. So I’m doing anything I can to help the young guys make the team.”
(And explaining where they can and can’t go from that alignment?) – “Yes, exactly. Exactly. Explaining your weaknesses, your strengths, knowing where you want to go, where you don’t want to go, what can help you, what can’t. It’s all big. For you to come in as a rookie, you may not know. Now you know (and) you can put it in your back pocket.”
(Any tips for them to beat the heat out here?) – “It’s going to be there. That sun, he’s undefeated. (laughter) Hopefully we get a little cloud coverage the next couple days. Maybe not. At the end of the day, you’ve got to come out and work, because when another team comes in here on Sunday at 1 o’clock, it’s going to be tough on them.”
(What’s the biggest difference going against WR Danny Amendola compared to WR Albert Wilson in terms of same kind of body type, but are they different?) – “Yes. Albert, he played inside at Kansas City, so he can do both and so can Danny. Danny can do them both. Danny is a proven vet and Albert is proven. At the end of the day, Albert is a little faster than Danny, but Danny has got that quick-twitch movement. He’s that possession receiver that you know third-and-4, third-and-5, he’s going to make a play. And Albert, he can take the top off. He can be a possession guy. He has had a really good spring and a good camp so far. They’re both going to be really, really good for us.”
(When it comes to beating the heat, is pouring the water on the head help or wearing the towel for a little when you take the helmet off?) – “For me, it’s the towel. You wipe the sweat off. Wipe the sweat off your face, wipe the sweat off your arms. Hopefully that’ll last you for about 30 seconds and then it’s back on you.”
(I know it’s only been three days, but watching yourself on tape, what have you learned about yourself the last couple days?) – “I’m just trying to stay consistent, trying to play my technique and trying to get into that game mode, because you know it’s coming around the corner. It’s not more or less mental, now it’s more physical and mental. Mentally you have to be prepared, because you never know what they’re going to throw at you. That’s why I love practice, because (with Head) Coach (Adam) Gase, you never know what play is coming. It’s nothing you can just put a beat on. At the end of the day, it’s competition.”
(With the preseason games so close, it comes fast. It’s crazy there’s a scrimmage one week from today. Have you been told which positions to be prepared to be expected to play when a game comes?) – “Yes, be ready to do it all. I have to be ready to do it all at the end of the day. That’s what we’re preparing for now here in camp – getting the outside reps, getting inside reps. Regardless of where they put me, I’m going to get the job done.”
