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Christian Wilkins – October 18, 2020 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, October 18, 2020
Postgame – N.Y. Jets

DT Christian Wilkins

(You guys are .500 for the first time since you’ve been here, since Head Coach Brian Flores has been here, second place in the AFC East heading into the bye. What do these accomplishments kind of mean for you guys going forward and what can you guys do in the second half?) – “Yeah, well, we’re not satisfied with that. We’re always hungry. We’re always going to keep working and doing our thing, bringing it every day. Just try to work to improve, but it’s a good way to at least go into the bye week, getting two consecutive wins, sprinting to the bye week. That’s always very important – just a little bit of momentum moving forward. Hopefully we can keep going throughout the rest of the season.”

(We knew you were a man of many talents, but seeing you jump over S Brandon Jones there, just how much fun were you having out there, and then obviously the shutout, just how good –) – “I got hops, baby. I got hops. (laughter) No, sometimes I just get a little excited out there. I have a lot of fun when I play on the field, playing with my buddies, my teammates, my brethren. So it’s always a good time, and that was kind of just spur-of-the-moment, and it just happened.”

(Kind of a two-pronged question here. First the sack, and it looked like you got a pick stunt there from LB Sam Eguavoen. Just wanted to get your take on that play, but also the rush scheme and how you’ve been able to so much pressure on quarterbacks the last two weeks?) – “We’ve been doing a lot of different things. We’ve just been staying a little multiple in our stuff and just guys work hard. Guys really want the quarterback, so we’re working hard to get after him. And on that play, Sam (Eguavoen) just did a good job setting me up. He did a counter move inside and just hit the center and I was able to come free. So I had to make sure I found Sam because I wouldn’t have made that played without him. That’s the great thing about football; it’s the ultimate team sport, and definitely, I know for a fact I wouldn’t have made that play without Sam.”

(I saw right at the final whistle you went up to QB Tua Tagovailoa and kind of gave him a bear hug, lifted him off the ground. Tell me about that moment.) – “I was just excited for Tua – his first NFL competition, first few snaps and everything. And he’s a guy who I’ve built a little bit of relationship with and he works hard every day, so it’s good to see him get out there, make a few plays, do his thing a little bit. It was just a glimpse of what’s going to be to come hopefully. I was definitely just happy to see that for him.”

(I see the tie, so I’ve got to ask, do you have the Nike Air Monarchs, the dad shoes, to go with it? And how big – how excited were you guys when DE Emmanuel Ogbah got that sack that was worth 28 yards to kind of secure the shutout there?) – “You know, well, no not the dad shoes to go with it. I might keep that ready for next time. We were excited we made the play. We were a little mad it was (Emmanuel) Ogbah because normally we don’t like him like that. We just kind of deal with him on the team. (laughter) You know, no, that was definitely a big play. We were real hype about that. Ogbah has been working his butt off all year, making plays for us on defense, so it was good to see when he can make plays like that, and we were all dead tired, too, at that point, so it was nice to get a little bit of a rest on that one.”

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