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Bobby McCain – September 17, 2020 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 17, 2020

S Bobby McCain

(I have a non-football question for you. Given your connections to Alabama, do you have any personal connections to the hurricane?) – “Yeah. Just with my family being down there, all prayers up. I’m hoping and making sure, praying, that everybody is okay. That’s a tough thing to go through but we’ll go through it. My people at home, they’re safe and they’re doing well.”

(On Sunday, S Brandon Jones caught some of us by surprise when he lined up with you back there. What did you think of his performance and what does he bring? A lot of people always talk about his physicality.) – “He’s a good football player. Fast. He’s got a lot of speed. He tackles well. He’s young. He’s a rookie, so he’s learning each and every day, each and every week. We’re all trying to get better and trying to learn. Him playing the way that he is and just making sure that he stays fast and tackles well, he’ll be good for us.”

(Ever since you’ve been in the league, it seems like it’s the Bills, not the Jets, that have really gotten the passion stirring in your locker room. Obviously you had an incident last year up in Buffalo. What is it about the Bills that gets you guys angry at times? It seems like there’s just some bad blood there.) – “It’s a division rival game. They don’t like us, we don’t like them. They’ve got good football players over there. We know that. We have good football players here. They know that. It’s going to be a fight – not a physical fight but a fight in the game, each and every quarter, each and every play, each and every series, because like I said, it’s a divisional rivalry and they count for two.”

(The experience of playing without fans last week, was it weird? Did you even notice it during the game? Will having 13,000 there on Sunday be any factor at all do you think?) – “It definitely will make a difference having those fans there, whether it’s 13,000 or 10,000 or 8,000. No matter who it is, just having those fans there and having the Miami faithful there will be lovely. It was weird at the beginning of the game, starting the game off when you come out and there’s nobody there and you just hear each other; but as the game goes on, you’ve got a job to do and it doesn’t really matter if the fans are there or not. You’ve got to win the football game.”

(When it comes to your exact position, how much more comfortable do you feel this year compared to last, with several reps under your belt?) – “I’m just getting better each and every week. I wouldn’t necessarily call it comfortable. I’m just getting better. I try to get better each and every week and put good stuff on tape. This is my second year playing safety. Like I said, I’m getting better each and every week, each and every day, and I feel a little better back there.”

(Going back to QB Josh Allen’s rookie season, he had like 100 yards rushing in that game and you had a sack on him. I was curious, when it comes to tackling a big quarterback like that, does your approach change? How does it work for you getting a guy that big to the ground?) – “You’ve got to tackle the body, tackle the legs and make sure you get him on the ground because he is a big body. He’s a good runner. He’s a good athlete. I think he’s about 240, 250 (pounds), so he’s a big athlete. He can get out of the pocket and make plays with his feet, make plays with his arm, so you’ve got to make sure you tackle the body and don’t fall off.”

(Is facing QB Josh Allen pretty much the same as facing QB Cam Newton?) – “No.”

(Because?) – “Josh Allen, he’s – Cam Newton is a good quarterback. He’s been a good quarterback in this league. He’s made some plays with his feet, he’s made some plays with his arm; but Josh Allen’s arm is really strong. We know he can throw the ball down the field, probably 100 yards if he tried. And he’s a good athlete with his feet. He can run. He’s faster than people think he is. With those weapons they have over there, just putting it together, you’ve got to make sure you stop the pass and you’ve got to make sure you stop the quarterback, as well. And the run. Stop the run.”

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