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Bobby McCain – October 9, 2019

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

S Bobby McCain

(The question is, how are you doing? Are you feeling good?) – “Yeah, (I am) feeling good. (I am) feeling healthy. I’m ready to get back out there and help get a win.”

(I guess for most guys, the bye week is always good. For you it came especially at a good time?) – “Yeah, it came really good. I just tried to have a little maintenance on some things, a couple things on the body just to make sure we’re all right. We’ve got 11 or 12 straight weeks, so it’s going to be tough. We’re healthy, feeling good. I’m feeling well. We can go into it.”

(What did you see from the sideline just being able to watch?) – “I saw some good things. I saw some bad things as well. Defensively, we’ve got to be better tacklers. Just as a team, we’ve got to bring more energy when guys make plays. That’s understandable when you’re 0-4 and everything; but still, you’ve got a job to do, so we’ve got to bring more energy and we’ll bring that.”

(You have to be a confident person to play in this league and to make it this far. Can confidence wane when the results aren’t coming?) – “They can but I’m a strong-minded person. You’ve just got to be patient, take it one play at a time, one day at a time and one game at a time, and prepare every week like it’s your last because you never know in this league. It could be, so just preparing. That’s where confidence comes from – preparing.”

(It’s funny you say that because your quarterback said he feels like he’s on a tryout every week, like it’s a 12-week tryout from here on in. Could that be a bad thing maybe for some guys to think that way where they’re kind of looking over their shoulders?) – “It just depends. At some point in the game, you’ve got to just stop listening to people and just play the game. When the ball is snapped, no one’s going to be out there helping you. It’s just going to be you doing your job, playing your role, so whatever it takes to get yourself going, whatever it takes to get this team going, just making sure you execute, that’s what we’ll do.”

(How dangerous is a team that comes in when their coach has been fired?) – “Yeah, they’re dangerous and they’ve got good players. It’s the NFL. How I see it, I could care less what a team’s record is. I know they’ve got good players because it’s the National Football League, and you wouldn’t be in the National Football League if you weren’t any good. My rookie year, my coach – Coach Philbin – was fired and we went on like a (two)-game win streak right after that. They’re going to be fired up. It’s going to be like they hit refresh and they’re going to feel like it’s brand new for them; but we’ve just got to come in, put the fire out and try to get a win.”

(I think they said Redskins QB Case Keenum is going to be the guy. Does it matter who the guy is back there? How do you get ready for a team when they have multiple quarterbacks?) – “They have three good quarterbacks – two guys that have been in the league for a minute and played roles pretty well – (Case) Keenum and (Colt) McCoy – and the rookie in (Dwayne) Haskins. We have a game plan for all three. Whoever they roll out there with them, that’s what we’ll do.”

(The offense and the defense have both been struggling here. How much would it help for either of those units to kind of get it going? A couple of takeaways, how much would that help the offense? A couple quick touchdowns give everybody a lift?) – “Yeah, that would be big. Defensively, we haven’t been taking the ball. We haven’t been turning the ball over like we should have. We’ll definitely put an emphasis on that this week. Offensively, scoring touchdowns – that’ll help. Defensively, getting stops – we’ve got to get off the field on third down. That’s what’s really hurting us because if you don’t get off the field on third down, it keeps the drives going. It keeps the possession longer. It keeps your big boys up front more tired, and you’re in the back and you’re just chasing everybody all over the place; so we’ve got to get off the field on third down. That’ll help and (getting) red zone stops – that’ll help, too.”

(So the idea that success can be contagious, right, if one unit can get it going?) – “One-hundred percent. You definitely can feed off each other. The offense can feed off defense, and the main thing that people don’t talk about is the kicking game. Special teams – you can feed off that tremendously. If you get a turnover or a touchdown on special teams, it’ll change the game completely.”

(You’re back this week. You’re feeling fully back?) – “Yep.”

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