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Emmanuel Ogbah – September 4, 2020 Download PDF version

Friday, September 4, 2020

DE Emmanuel Ogbah

(Obviously it’s great having you and DE Shaq Lawson not only for what you can do on the field this year, but you give good competition to the young offensive linemen to help them come along in training camp. What have you seen from T Austin Jackson as a young left tackle?) – “Austin is doing a tremendous job. I know him and Shaq (Lawson) have been going at it, and also I’ve been going at it with him too. He’s been doing a pretty good job at working and getting better every day. He’s got guys like me and Shaq helping him out and giving him some tips too, as well. He’s doing a good job for us.”

(The Patriots named QB Cam Newton as their starter. I wanted to ask what your experience is playing Cam and what do you think that will be like for the opener?) – “I’ve played Cam once in my career. It’s going to be a dogfight. He’s a former MVP. They’ve got a good quarterback and we’ve just got to be ready. It depends on what ‘Coach Boyer’ (Defensive Coordinator Josh Boyer) has in mind for us as far as game plan. We’re going to be ready to go.”

(Also to that extent, talking about New England, what has LB Kyle Van Noy brought to the room? He plays behind you but to the defense, what does he bring to the unit? It seems like when we watch practice, he’s pretty vocal in terms of telling guys where to be and such.) – “Yeah, he brings that leadership. He’s familiar with the system, so he kind of helps younger guys to bring guys together and tell us that we’ve got to keep working and keep getting better, and the division is open. We’re just doing our best to stay up there.”

(How is your transition to Miami and this new team kind of going for you so far?) – “It’s been going well. South Florida is like my second home because I come here every year to train. I’m just blessed to be here and grateful for the opportunity. I’m just ready to go out there and bring home a championship.”

(You mentioned you were talking about LB Kyle Van Noy earlier and you guys have a lot of loud guys it seems like on that defense, between DE Shaq Lawson and LB Jerome Baker at times, and DT Christian Wilkins. Who brings the most energy and noise on that defense?) – “There’s a bunch of guys. We’ve got ‘E-Rob’ (Elandon Roberts), we’ve got Kyle (Van Noy), Shaq (Lawson) is always loud and outspoken. We’ve just got a lot of guys that come together that just know how to work together and play together. It’s a good group of guys.”

(Just wanted your thoughts on how good this defense could be. Obviously there’s two high-end corners, a very solid front four, linebackers who are established starters. How good could this defense be? Should it be a top 10 or 12 defense in this league, do you think?) – “We can be as good as we want to be. Right now we’re taking it one step at a time, working together, getting better together and just doing our work and doing our job. If you make your play, I’ll make my play. Setting the edge, taking care of the deep ball – the deep part of the field. Just doing our part. Each of us individually just have to do our part and we can be as good as we want to be.”

(Going up against QB Tua Tagovailoa in practice, what are some things that he does as a quarterback, that are probably a little bit harder to defend?) – “You still have to watch out for he could scramble on you. He’s pretty fast, too. He’s pretty mobile, so you have to watch that. He has a nice deep ball too. He throws the ball really well so you’ve just got to do your best to stay contained and keep him in the pocket or he might get out.”

(What’s the difference between defending QB Tua Tagovailoa in practice versus defending QB Ryan Fitzpatrick in practice?) – “I mean ‘Fitz’ will run on you if you let him. I feel like I’m more nervous about Tua’s speed than ‘Fitz,’ but they both bring their game. They both have something unique that each has.”

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