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Charles Harris – August 14, 2017 Download PDF version

Monday, August 14, 2017

DE Charles Harris

(A few days removed from the first preseason action. What did you think when you came back?) – “After watching the film and everything, I think we all did good as a d-line. (There are) a lot of things we’ve got to work on. A lot of things, especially as a young group. The younger guys who just got here, most of us rookies have got a lot of stuff that we’ve got to work on; but it was great seeing the vets in action, seeing the vets going against other guys. They learned off their mistakes and off of the things they did well, so it was great.”

(It’s one thing to see yourself on film in practice but what did you take away from the preseason game when you watched yourself on film?) – “The No. 1 thing is just to go. I think I was really hesitant. I was kind of hesitant and didn’t want to mess up, whatever. But Coach ‘T’ (Defensive Line Coach Terrell Williams) and Coach ‘Dre’ (Assistant Defensive Line Coach Andre Carter) just told me I just need to go. My best attribute is my speed, so get off the ball and then reacting, playing instinctively and not thinking about things too much.”

(Did you have trouble remembering everything when you get out there under the lights?) – “No, not at all. No, it wasn’t (that I wasn’t) remembering the plays or anything like that. It was just really being in formations. We did a lot of game planning and stuff like that. We treated like it was a real game so a lot of us younger guys, we looked at a lot of formations and just trying to dissect them while we were playing and stuff like that. So it’s going to take time. It’s going to take time for us to be able to go into a game like we did in college, studying beforehand, getting to apply it. I think the first game is under our belt and we’re looking to get better each and every game.”

(Speaking of college, is DE William Hayes kind of like a wise, old professor for you while you’re out there?) – “Yes, he’s definitely the monk on our team. (laughter) He knows a lot of things off the field. That’s the biggest thing. He has a lot of information about, just about life off the field so it’s always great to have somebody like that in your locker room.”

(Football wise, what’s DE William Hayes been for you?) – “Football wise he is the same thing. He’s got a lot of experience. He’s a pass rusher. He’s also a run stopper. He’s everything in one when it comes to finding defensive ends, so it’s always great for us to be able to learn from a pass rush and from a run stopper perspective.”

(What’s one good life lesson that DE William Hayes has given you?) – “The first thing that he really taught me about was investing – a couple of things about investing, so that for sure.”

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