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Bradley Chubb – December 15, 2022 Download PDF version

Thursday, December 15, 2022

LB Bradley Chubb

(Now you’ve had several weeks in the system. How do you see yourself coming along?) – “I feel it coming along well. I’m just starting to get more comfortable each and every week, each and every day. It helps when I’ve got the talent around me as well and just trying to learn about these guys, learn how I rush, how I play and learn how they cover guys, how the inside linebackers shoot downhill and stuff like that. So I’m still learning, but I feel like I’ve got a better grasp for the guys around me as well and they’ve got a better grasp of me, too. I feel like it’s only up from here.”

(You joined the team that has played Bills QB Josh Allen several times. How much experience do you have against him and how much do you feed off of other guys’ experience?) – “I just played him one time and then as we watch film I’ve been asking like, ‘Gink’ (Andrew Van Ginkel), Mel (Ingram) and JP (Jaelan Phillips), like against the tackles what they saw, what do they remember. Just a lot of different types of stuff I get tips and stuff on because the last time I played them was 2020, so it’s been a while and a lot of the roster has changed and stuff like that. So just want to make sure I’m going out there and being the best me. I feel like it’s going to be a good week for our guys on their edge so we’ve got to make sure we lock in and do what we know we can do.”

(I know a lot of coaches say they measure pass rush effectiveness by pressures rather than sacks. Are you the same way or does it bother you if they don’t result in enough sacks to your liking?) – “I’m not going to lie to you, I like my sacks, man. (laughter) I like seeing the number grow each and every week, but at the end of the day, that’s not what it’s all about. It’s about helping this team win and if that’s with the pressure of getting my hand in somebody’s face so he can’t see the play downfield and my dawg ‘Snow Man’ (Jevon Holland) picks it off, then I’m just as good with that. So it really is for me personally, you like the numbers, but the team overall you just want to do whatever helps the team win.”

(And has there been any change in the attention you’re getting whether it’s chipping or multiple on you here compared to Denver?) – “I feel like it was about the same. I feel like this past Chargers game I got chipped a lot, but they were trying to help the young guy out. He just gave up a couple sacks the week before, so I understood that. But at the end of the day when you’ve got dawgs like we’ve got dawgs, it’s hard to focus on one person. So it’s been a pleasure and honor to rush with the guys I’m rushing with and just trying to go out there and like I said, just be the best me. And hopefully that leads to sacks, pressures, whatever it takes to win.”

(And a quality that stands out to you about LB Jaelan Phillips as a player. What stands out to you about what makes him special and potentially a really, really good NFL outside linebacker?) – “Relentless. Just relentless. He’s got all the physical traits. Everything physical you could think of, he has and the thing that separates him is how he runs to the ball 30 yards down the field and how he reacts just to the different adversity that goes throughout the game and he never wavers. Always the same player, always the same guy so that’s what’s going to make him great.”

(What’s it been like working with LB Melvin Ingram? I imagine in the AFC West when you were a young player, he must have been a guy you looked at within the division?) – “One hundred percent. Yeah, 100 percent. Just always looking at him when I was young, just looking at him, I saw what tackles he was going against and kind of mirrored my rush playing off what he did the week before or prior to that, so it’s dope to be around him. You get to pick his brain, see how he operates, see how he goes about stuff and he’s probably one of the funniest dudes in this locker room, too, so that always helps. Keeping it light, keeping it fun. So it’s been a great experience for sure.”

(And out there in Denver you probably played your share of snow games…) – “Only played one. I only played one, but I know what it’s going to take. I know what it feels like. I know the Buffalo cold is probably a little different than the Denver cold, but at the end of the day, you’ve just got to block out the noise and the benches are heated, the sidelines are heated; so that’s going to be our main thing. Just make sure we handle what we need to handle on the field so we can get to the bench that much faster and be able to warm up. (laughter)”

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