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Byron Jones – November 8, 2020 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, November 8, 2020
Postgame – Arizona

CB Byron Jones

(At what point did you know that this team could be something special, could produce wins playing team football?) – “Truthfully for me, it happens during the season. We’re still somewhat early, but it happens during the season. It’s how guys respond to adversity during the season. It’s how guys respond to success during the season, and I’m not going to sit here and say, ‘oh, I knew we had something special during camp’ because we’re not going against anybody. And truthfully, we’ve still got eight more games against a bunch of really good opponents, so the challenge for us is yes, we’ve won a couple of games in a row. It feels nice, but how we got here was through hard work and we’ve got to continue to do that.”

(Can you take me through your day? Obviously there was some good, there was some bad. What happened on the touchdowns?) – “It was – I’m not going to go into coverage, but that dude was fast. I should’ve got on my horse and just ran faster, I guess, but credit to their offense. We threw a lot at them and they handled some, and we got some; but it was give and take throughout the entire game and thank God to the offense for picking me up and thank God for the rest of the defense for picking me up. But that’s something I got to clean up and I’ll get that taken care of.”

(I wanted to ask about the big stop you had on Cardinals QB Kyler Murray on third down. For the plays that didn’t go your way, you were able to make a big-time stop there. What’d that mean to you?) – “Yeah, it was fun. I’m not really known for a big hitter, so it’s nice to stick somebody a little bit; but that’s a testament to our defense. We’re a defense that bends; we don’t break. Usually we don’t like to have a team sport – 30-something points in a game – but it’s good that we found a way to win in that circumstance.”

(There was a memorable play. I think it was in the third quarter where it looked like you had a chance at an interception and then the other guy came down with it, but it wasn’t clear if it was a touchdown. Can you tell me what you recall about that play and what you thought of the result?) – “I thought I had it. It was all mine; I saw the ball in the air, I felt good about it. The issue is, I attacked the ball like a receiver; I should have attacked it like a DB with two hands facing this way (gestures) instead of like that. So that’s something I’ve got to clean up on. It’s a little embarrassing, but as I said, the defense picked me up and the offense picked me up. So it’s something I’ll clean up on, but it’s good to get a tough win like that.”

(Congrats on the win. I wanted to go back to a previous question about the big hit you had there on Cardinals QB Kyler Murray. It seems from afar like you guys kind of get energized by the big play before because then you come up the next play and someone makes a bigger play after that. It seems like it’s been a theme all season long. Can you speak to the way this team kind of gets energy from the play before and then they create the big plays afterwards? Do you feel that as well?) – “That’s something that we talk about in the locker room, is bring your own juice, because they had a good crowd here today, but it’s only about 4,000 people, 10,000 people; I’m not sure what the number is, but it’s not a full stadium. So the challenge for us on defense and really the entire team is to bring your juice. When we make good plays, obviously we’re going to celebrate and we’re going to high five and slap hands, but that’s the beauty of football. The beauty of football is really bringing your own juice and then having that energy like you’re 7 or you’re 10 years old back in the day in the backyard. So yeah, we’ll just keep it rolling and keep having some fun.”

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