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David Long Jr. – November 13, 2023 Download PDF version

Monday, November 13, 2023

LB David Long Jr.

(How did you spend your time during the bye?) – “Relaxed, man. I didn’t have to wake up too early a couple day. I went to go see my little sister at West Virginia. She goes to my college. So I could see a couple of players, talk to a couple players, see my strength coach Mike Joseph. It was a cool little weekend.”

(How did your sister end up at West Virginia?) – “I don’t know. They have a big journalism program there, so that’s what she’s doing, and photographing for the team and stuff. She liked it when she came and visited me when I was there, so she took a liking to Morgantown. Not many do, but the ones that do, they love it.”

(Did you spend Sunday watching or catching up on games or anything like that? Just kind of getting a look at all the teams in the league?) – “I do when I have time. Not many days on Sundays. We play mostly on Sundays. Yesterday, I was traveling most of the day so I didn’t catch too many games yesterday.”

(I wanted to get your opinion on the defense. Now that guys our coming back, S Jevon Holland was there last game, LB Jaelan Phillips is healthy, CB Jalen Ramsey is out there, do you feel you guys are about to turn a corner into a different realm of a defense? A better, like an upper echelon in the league type deal?) – “I think throughout the season when I was getting these questions about the scheme or the problems we had early, there were so many observations or opinions, and all I said was once we get rolling, everybody gets used to the defense and used to each other, especially the front seven, you will see a difference. I think you’re seeing that. I think you’ll continue to see that because we’re more familiar with each other and the scheme. I think everything is hitting at the right time, I would say.”

(So for you, you just had to get more familiar with what people were doing up front?) – “I just think the repetition. The more repetition guys have, not even with just the people up front but with the game, in a new scheme or whatever it may be, the better and the quicker your decisions will be. I think that’s what you’re seeing, not only from me, but from the whole defense.”

(How much pride do you guys take that you’re close to being a top 10 unit right now?) – “We take a lot of pride. We have so many dawgs at each position. We have a high standard for ourselves. I think the best thing about us is we can hold each other accountable because we want to be that. I think it starts there – wanting to be that and putting everything into your work and your daily decisions to keep that standard.”

(I have a question about the Tush Push or the Brotherly Shove. I was asking Head Coach Mike McDaniel why this team doesn’t run it. I’ll have to listen to his answer again but I think he said you have to play to your strengths and do what is comfortable with your team. But just overall, what makes that play so tough to stop?) – “You could say personnel because a lot of teams across the league do it, but don’t have as much success (as the Eagles). That Eagles o-line is a little more heavy then other teams. But they’ve also perfected it, I guess. I’m not in their practices, I don’t know what they put into it, but it seems to be working.”

(I wanted to ask about your personality on the field. Your teammates have said you’re not there when you’re playing, like they can’t even talk to you. What is your mindset when you are actually in the game?) – “It’s so hard to put a name on it because I’m a different person. Even my aunts, they say I’m such a cool guy then they see me on the field and it’s so different. I just think it’s the mentality. I don’t really like people on the field, especially if they aren’t wearing our colors. Whether it’s the kicker, the long snapper or whoever it may be, I just know that stays in my game and pours out into how I play. That’s a battlefield out there. You have to have that mindset, especially if you want to play at the top level. That’s where I want to be, so I think you see that in my play a lot.”

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