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Cedrick Wilson Jr. – December 12, 2023 Download PDF version

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

WR Cedrick Wilson Jr.

(You saw WR Tyreek Hill go down last night. What was your reaction knowing you’d be taking on a larger role?) – “My immediate reaction is making sure my brother is ok and making sure he’s healthy and it’s not nothing serious. When you see guys get tackled like that, it usually ends up being very bad, so that was my first reaction. The second was just go in there and do my job, which is to go out there and catch the ball that is thrown to me and block my assignment.”

(This offense has been focused a lot on WR Tyreek Hill, but how do things change when he’s not in there, when he’s not on the field? How did that change for you guys in the game?) – “I just felt like we weren’t moving the ball. Whether it was run or pass, we just weren’t getting it done. There wasn’t much else to it.”

(Talk to me about the mentality of this team. You guys were good last year during the five-game losing streak. You seemed to bounce back very well this year. You haven’t had any back-to-back loses. What’s the locker room like today and what was it like last night, in your opinion?) – “I just feel like disappointment. A lot of anger just of what we left out there. Obviously we came out struggling a little bit and then we kind of got it together with the lead that we built up, and then we just didn’t finish it. The frustration of incompletion was what we had, and you could feel it throughout the guys. I wouldn’t say any guy strayed away from the overall goal but just frustration of incompletion.”

(I know missing personnel is part of the game. But the offensive line, you have all of that shuffling. You’re missing LB Jaelan Phillips, who won’t be back. S Jevon Holland and LB Jerome Baker are out. Is a legitimate explanation – not an excuse, but a legitimate explanation for what happened last night?) – “The explanation was not scoring enough points to win the game. That’s the overall explanation. When guys get hurt, the next guy has to come in and perform. I feel like the guys did that to the best of their abilities. I would say the only part that was difficult is the guys that were in obviously don’t get many reps in the game, so you got to get comfortable when you’re out there. That’s probably the only overall difference. Obviously the guys that you are naming are top guys in the league, and if you don’t have them in the game, there is going to be some different factors. But the guys that were in the game go out there, practice and try just as hard as those guys do. We just didn’t get the overall goal done.”

(When we saw QB Tua Tagovailoa kind of reload a lot, double clutch and then go through his second or third read, it would suggest that maybe sometimes they were doing a pretty good job not allowing separation. Is that what you saw today? Is separation something that could be improved upon, and if so, what did the Titans do to make that scenario?) – “I haven’t fully went over what Tua saw and what he didn’t see. That would have to be a question for him. I’m not going to answer for him. But knowing him, if he clutched, it couldn’t have been there because usually he hits people when they are open. You would have to ask him that question. They did their defensive scheme and they played it to the best of their ability. Just like we go out to practice, they go out to practice and they executed what they wanted to do.”

(Head Coach Mike McDaniel last night noted red zone inefficiencies. Missed opportunities in the red zone was the number one reason for the loss, along with several others. What wasn’t going well in the red zone, and in the same thought, could you speak to your fade on third-and-goal at the 2? Can you take us through that play too?) – “The red zone, we have to come out with points, where it’s field goals – most of the time we need touchdowns. That’s how you separate in the game. That’s definitely a failed opportunity. I feel like for us, our goal is always a touchdown. Three points or obviously zero are always a failure. You said third-and-2, that’s just a missed opportunity. Next time hopefully we get it done.”

(A lot of times we hear that teams when they are defending you guys, they try to make QB Tua Tagovailoa throw outside the numbers and take away the middle of the field. Was that part of Tennessee’s strategy last night? Is that what you saw?) – “Yeah. I definitely saw them have an alert player from inside the numbers just roaming around and trying to guess which in breakers we were running. But we definitely had some plays out there we wish we could have back. We just have to get the job done next time.”    

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