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Davon Godchaux – September 12, 2019 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 12, 2019

DT Davon Godchaux

(Do you prepare differently when you face a team like this specifically QB Tom Brady, or is it just the same?) – “(It’s the) same thing we do, same thing we did last week. Come out (and) practice hard. We had a good Wednesday practice, had a good practice today on Thursday. (It was) pass-rush day, third-down day. We’re getting ready for Tom and the New England Patriots.”

(Is the key to make QB Tom Brady uncomfortable?) – “I can’t tell you that. Like I said, we just come out and do the game plan that the coaches tell us to do each and every day and try to execute it.”

(Is there anything Head Coach Brian Flores brought to the table this week as far as game planning because he was in New England for such a long time that maybe you didn’t realize the Patriots did, or something different that maybe you hadn’t seen before that just kind of clicked?) – “Everybody knows the Patriots are a well-coached team. They are coached by Bill Belichick. There’s a reason why they are in the Super Bowl each and every year. They make you make mistakes and they execute off of it. At the end of the day, we’ve got to make less mistakes and execute our plays. The biggest thing on my mind that we need to do this week is start fast, and focus on defense, offense, special teams. We need to start fast.”

(You guys had to make a change on the defensive line. Is it safe to say that with DE Jonathan Ledbetter going on IR, that it makes it easier that you’re signing a guy that you spent training camp with, and have familiarity with in DE Tank Carradine?) – “It’s the next-guy-up mentality. I’m sorry about what happened to Ledbetter, but this is the nature of the business in the NFL. One day you’re here and the next day you’re down, whether it’s an injury or you got released. At the end of the day, Jon will be okay. At the end of the day, it’s the next-guy-up mentality, just like me my rookie year. Something happened and then, ‘Hey, I’m up.’ At the end of the day, I think every guy has to prepare everyday like they are a starter – whether they are on the practice squad, the second team or the third team.”

(What did you learn about DE Tank Carradine during your time with him?) – “He’s a veteran guy. He’s got some veteran skills coming off. We’re going to need that coming into a hostile divisional game against the New England Patriots. (They are) a team who always comes down here and plays hard. We know we’re going to get their best and they know they’re going to get our best. At the end of the day, we have to prepare well.”

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