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Eric Rowe – August 12, 2021 Download PDF version

Thursday, August 12, 2021

S Eric Rowe

(Very chippy practice and we’re going to blame you for it because you got the first – not really the first; the offensive and defensive line, the tight ends – what led to all this chippy nature?) – “It’s just the sport. Just out there competing hard and sometimes things just get chippy; but then just like ‘Coach’ (Brian Flores) said, ‘You’ve just got to put in the back; you just go to the next play.’ Can’t let it affect you the rest of the game.”

(The play – you see him make the catch on the fly and then you’re just playing football – what happened?) – “No, I just saw him catch the ball and I just gave him a little shoulder tap and he fell and pushed me in the back; and then after that, it just – swarm. I wasn’t even mad about it. I was just laughing.”

(How do you feel the defense performed overall in the two practices with Bears?) – “Defensive-wise from yesterday to today, we made progress. Especially in the back end, our communication. Yesterday we missed a couple checks. That’s why we have these practices against someone than our own color. It’s good for us to see what we need to work on. So from yesterday to today, I even saw progress even within myself.”

(When S Jevon Holland is back there do you even feel like he’s a rookie? Do you even sense any of that when he’s there?) – “Honestly, I’m locked in on my job, (laughter) but he’s still growing. He’s growing pretty fast, too, within the defense. He’s getting the checks out. I keep telling him he’s got to be louder with the calls. He’s working on that. Nothing with his physical ability – he already has that. It’s just all mental now.”

(What’s the biggest thing you’ve learned about S Jevon Holland since the time you first met him?) – “He’s a smart kid. He picked up the defense like that. I think he’s played in it in college. I’m not sure, but he’s picked it up fast. He’s already had the physical ability. I’ve seen the range. He’s already made a few picks even yesterday and then even in training camp in Miami, so the biggest thing with him – yeah, he’s progressing fast.”

(S Jevon Holland said that when he was on the field yesterday he was looking around. He’s like, “Man, that’s Andy Dalton. That’s this guy.” There’s still some of that, you know what I mean? Is raising his voice a little more, getting more comfortable?) – “He hasn’t told me that, but when I was a rookie, I was like that, too. I think I went against Calvin Johnson. In my head, I was like, ‘Oh my God, there’s Calvin Johnson right here on me.’ I figured he’d probably do the same thing.”

(Did you shut him down? Calvin Johnson?) – “No. (laughter) No. Can’t even lie about it. No, did not do that.”

(There’s probably rookie receivers saying, “Oh my God. That’s Eric Rowe right there.”) – “I don’t know about that. (laughter)”

(What’s this process like for you guys in terms of tightening up what you need to do to get back to where you guys were last year?) – “It’s still a long way to go. No one’s in obviously midseason form. That takes time. Things I know that we’ve got to do just to tighten up is just our communication and really just getting lined up, because we’ve seen it when we play our assignments and we execute that we’re stopping the run, we’re stopping the pass; but right now it’s just little things that I’m sure every team has that work through training camp with just some alignment issues or we missed a check on a call or we blow a coverage. Once we just get those things tightened up, we can back to where we were.”

(Do you feel like you guys are where you need to be at this point as a defensive backfield at least?) – “Yeah, defensive backfield – we’re making progress. From Day 1 until now, it’s exponential. So that type of growth, it’s good to see where we’re at because if we were still making the same mistakes from the first couple days of training camp, I’d be pretty worried.”

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