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Jarvis Landry – December 8, 2017 Download PDF version

Friday, December 8, 2017

WR Jarvis Landry

(You have the Patriots again. Just talk about that and what did you learn from the first meeting?) – “They are a good team. They’re a great team. You can’t have turnovers and you can’t play behind the chains against these guys. They’ll make you pay for it. Also, we had opportunities there to take that game from them. For us, we’re trying to put another game together, one at a time.”

(Do you always feel like you have to play a perfect game against them because they are so talented?) – “As close to it as possible. No game is going to be perfect. Things are going to happen but I think the biggest thing for us is to control the ball and not turn it over. Try to end every possession with a kick, I think that’s the biggest thing for us, especially against a team like them.”

(I don’t know if you’re aware but they had Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick mic’d up for the game when you played at Gillette Stadium and he kept talking about ‘You’ve got to know where Jarvis Landry is, you’ve got to know where Landry is.’ Did you notice more attention from them that game than you get in normal games?) – “At times. I think a lot of the things they do are more situational. Obviously in most cases, it’s designated to a player. For the most part, it was all situational. I still made plays. I still had opportunities. I don’t expect nothing less these days. That’s just a normal thing. I’m still open.”

(How much of a point of pride is that to you to know that opposing teams are coming in and you’ve got to be aware of where you are?) – “For me, it’s a possibility for other guys to get open as well. It’s a possibility to take one guy away from their rush, to take one guy out of coverage – one extra guy. That means a lot of singles (coverage) around the board. It takes one guy making a play and we have the guys that are capable of scoring every time they touch the ball. It’s huge.”

(Associate Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator said today that in 25 years of coaching, you’re the most competitive player that he’s been around. Where do you get that aspect of the game from because everybody is competitive? Where do you get that hyper-competitiveness from?) – “Just growing up. I was always just taught to win. Always compete to win. Never settle for second or less. I think it’s just always been will. I’ve always believed and approached it with pure confidence and with the understanding and knowing that I won’t quit until they do or he does. That’s got me through everything.”

(What works with you and QB Jay Cutler? Why has that been a successful relationship on the field so much?) – “I think it’s just like with all quarterbacks, it’s just trust. When the trust level is built, regardless of the situation, regardless of the defender or the play, some kind of way you find a way to connect and I think it’s been that way with Jay. Jay does a great job in the pocket moving around and extending plays and he gives all of us an opportunity to make plays down the field or in open field. It all correlates in some kind of way.”

(Was there a point during the year where you felt like you really could kind of predict QB Jay Cutler a little bit? Like you understood his tendencies and where he’d be looking in different situations?) – “A lot of times it depends on the play called. It depends on what (Head Coach) Adam’s (Gase) calling and the coverage we’re getting. A lot of times pre-snap, you know where the ball is going to go, where the ball’s going to end up and from there, it’s just Jay being on top of my body language, anticipating me and knowing that he’s throwing the ball right out of my break and catching it, and from that point on, it’s on me.”

(WR Kenny Stills was named the representative for the teams Walter Payton award. You work with him every day. What makes him a special guy?) – “Just his heart. Him being here and taking as much criticism as he does for standing up for what he believes in and still having the opportunity and the heart to go out into society and give back the way that he does, regardless of gender, regardless of color. He still loves everybody the same and that’s probably what is more the reason why he is nominated and deserves to be recognized for his actions and his works in the community.”

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