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Jaelan Phillips – October 26, 2022 Download PDF version

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

LB Jaelan Phillips

(ESPN has you fifth among run-stop win rate among all edge defenders. How much do you feel you’ve grown in the area of edge-setting and run stopping?) – “Yeah, that definitely makes me happy because that’s really the main thing in the offseason that I was talking about and really trying to work on, and so I think I can continue to work on it. But I’m definitely proud of myself and happy that I’ve made some strides in the run game.”

(What was different about the defense this past week? Obviously you guys got those splash plays that we haven’t seen.) – “I don’t think there’s necessarily anything different. I just think it’s we capitalized on momentum. Obviously we came out there and did what we had to do, but the offense scored points. I think like I said, just capitalizing on the momentum and just playing hard, playing for each other.”

(I thought about something that Defensive Coordinator Josh Boyer said a lot last year, which is that a TFL of minus-one has a similar value to the team as a sack for minus-one.) – “Yeah, because at the end of the day, it’s just getting negative plays. Anything where you can stunt their progress, that’s really just trying to make plays.”

(So my question is, does a tackle for loss – they’re probably similar in frequency to a sack, right?) – “Maybe a little more. Maybe a little more, I think.”

(Are they as exciting for you?) – “I mean, you saw I was juiced up after that, so yeah, I would say so. (laughter)”

(So DE Emmanuel Ogbah didn’t play last week. I don’t know if that impacted your total snaps. I know Head Coach Mike McDaniel referenced that you played a lot of snaps in particular in the fourth quarter. Hopefully Emmanuel comes back, but whenever one of the team’s edge rushers is unavailable, is that something that you’ve thought about? “Hey, I might have to give even a little more today?”) – “Well, I think the great thing is we have a lot of depth, and so even though Ogbah is down, we have guys who can come in and basically take that spot right away. So having ‘Gink’ (Andrew Van Ginkel) having more of a third-down, more of a pass-rushing opportunity, Melvin (Ingram), myself. I think that’s kind of the great thing about our defense, is pretty much everybody has the next-man-up mentality and everybody is ready to play whenever their number is called.”

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