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Christian Wilkins – September 13, 2020 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, September 13, 2020

DT Christian Wilkins (Postgame)

(It looks like you had some impact plays today. What are some of the things that you had been focusing on in practice that translated to today’s game?) – “Honestly, I’ve just been working hard all year – all offseason, all training camp and everything to try to be in the best shape and be in the best position to help this team win. But ultimately, I don’t care about the big plays if it doesn’t result in wins. It’s cool to make big plays but I’d rather win at the end of the day. It’s all good and fun; but I’d trade in stats and plays for a win in the win column.”

(When it comes to QB Cam Newton, what made him difficult to contain? And obviously his rush game played a big factor in the outcome.) – “Yeah, Cam is a good player. The o-line is really good. Just everything – the OC, (Bill) Belichick, everybody. Give respect to the Patriots – hats off to the Patriots for what they were able to do offensively against us. But really, we were in – I felt like we hurt ourselves and we’ve just got to be better. We’ve just got – it’s the 24-hour rule in the NFL. We’ve just got to watch the tape, sulk on this one and then just get better starting tomorrow. That’s the plan. That’s what we do.”

(Their last touchdown drive, they got helped out by a big play and a penalty; but even still, you guys had a chance at third-and-6 I think and couldn’t get off the field. What happened there on third and fourth downs and how pivotal was that in the game?) – “Really, we just have to be better. We’ve just got to – it’s a long season and we will get better. I’m very confident in that. We’ve got the right guys. We’ve got all we need on the defensive side. We’ve just got to move on from this. I don’t really know – I’ll need to watch tape to really see what happened and what exactly it is that we need to improve on; but we’ve just got to get better moving forward.”

(What’s the mood in the locker room like among you guys, especially after a game like this?) – “Obviously you want to win the first game. The first of the game of the year, (you want to) start off on the right foot against a divisional opponent and everything. But I feel like all of us kind of have the same mood – just get better next week. We just have to flush this one as soon as we can. Like I said, the 24-hour rule, move on, see what we can do better and get focused on the next one.”

(I couldn’t help but notice the shirt that you’re wearing. I believe it’s new – correct me if, I’m wrong. Secondly, I wanted to ask you what do you think your message was before the game and whether you think your message was heard.) – “I think our message was definitely heard. We spent a lot of time as a team trying to figure out what it is we wanted – portray what message we wanted to portray, and I feel like it was heard, for sure. As far as my shirt, I just honor my grandfather every day. Every day I’m alive, I’m his legacy so I try to honor him as much as I can.”

(Obviously you talked about next week and you have to turn the page. You’ve got QB Josh Allen and the Bills coming up – another running quarterback. What can you learn I guess from playing QB Cam Newton and kind of putting that to playing QB Josh Allen and the Bills next week?) – “Like I said, we’ll have to watch the tape to really see where we could have been better and how we can really improve. I’m confident that we will get better. We’ll just turn the page, flush this one as soon as we can and get ready for the next one.”

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