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Chop Robinson – December 24, 2024 Download PDF version

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

LB Chop Robinson

(Even beyond all the good work you’re doing in the pass rush, obviously your deflection which prevented a touchdown was a huge play in the game Sunday. Is that something that you’ve always been good at? I know LB Emmanuel Ogbah has been at that over his career. Have you gotten tips from anyone on the team? Has it been emphasized to you by coaches or is that something you’ve always been cognizant of and good at?) – “Having guys like Calais (Campbell) and ‘E’ (Emmanuel Ogbah) and Zach (Sieler) on the d-line with those long arms and everything, every time somebody throws the ball in the air, we’re putting our hands up and most of the time, they get it down. Especially in the red zone or on the goal line, I knew we had to put our hands up because the ball was coming out quick. So I just did a move and then put my hand up and I tipped the ball and I didn’t realize it until I got on the sideline.”

(You need 3.0 sacks in the final two games to surpass LB Jaelan Phillips’ record for rookie sacks. Have you warned him that you are coming for his record?) – “No, I didn’t even know about the record. I don’t really focus on that. For me, it’s just taking it one day at a time, one game at a time.”

(I looked up a cool statistic. It says that you’re tied with Micah Parsons for pass rush win rate. Do you feel like you are meeting your expectations in terms of pass rush win rate?) – “Again, like I said, I don’t really pay attention to it. I just go out there and do my job, do what I can do to help the team out for a win.”

(No. 11 [LB Tyrel Dodson], No. 53 [LB Cam Goode] and No. 56 [LB Quinton Bell] all did the ‘Chop’ [celebration] with you, they were on the sideline, and some guys who I couldn’t identify, they were in sweatshirts. What was that like to have those guys participating, even though they were on the sideline?) – “I mean, it felt good. I made the play right by the sideline, so instead of going to the end zone or anything like that, I was like we might as well just do it all together, so I ran towards the sideline a little bit, and then we all hit it, and it felt good.”

(Going back to a previous question about getting your hands on a football, it seems like both times when we asked Defensive Coordinator Anthony Weaver or your teammates or different defensive coaches where Chop has come along the most, they talk about your hand usage. I’m curious if you could describe the progression of the way you use your hands as a rusher from the start of your rookie year to now and maybe if there’s a coach that has kind of helped you come along in that way, too.) – “Yeah, I mean just coming in here – especially what I was doing in college, beating guys with speed and then coming in here my rookie season and guys setting me different. I’m getting different pass sets, guys are grabbing me more, punching different, so I just had to learn from that from the first game when I started coming in. And then once I picked up on it, I was able to basically learn from it and use it against them, instead of just trying to use what I had to use. I had to use what they had against them, basically. And I would say Coach (Ryan) Crow. Just watching film with him all the time, all the vets in my room and just working after practice and just trusting the process.”

(I’m going something on cool moments that you’ve had in your rookie season, and correct me if I’m wrong, I think you told me that Tristan Wirfs in training camp, like you had a cool moment with him or it was cool going against him. And I think you said Aaron Rodgers might have said something to you. Can you tell me about those moments and have there been other moments, other guys who have said stuff to you or acknowledged you?) – “I mean those are two guys that are good at their position. You’ve got a guy who’s been in the league for a very long time and a quarterback that I’ve been watching since I was a kid, so just talking to those guys that I’ve been watching since I was a kid is a blessing, and I would say my next coolest moment was the Chop celebration that I hit on the sideline last game.”

(When things like that happen, on the drive home do you go, “Man, it’s great to be in the NFL?” Do those things stick with you? I guess they have to, right? It’s hard to just kind of dismiss stuff like that.) – “I mean yeah, they stick with me. I just thank God that I’m blessed to be in this position.”

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