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Jevón Holland – October 16, 2024 Download PDF version

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

S Jevón Holland 

(It must be hard to play with a broken bone in a hand. Do you think you’re going to be able to with some sort of protection on it this Sunday?) – “Definitely going to be day-to-day. So yeah, just keep it at day-to-day.”

(How did you feel today?) – “Felt good. It’s just my hand so the rest of my limbs feel good. (laughter)”

(Is it hard to play with a cast on or something like a cast, some sort of protective covering in your position, is it difficult to play safety position – you specifically – to play with a protective thing on your hand? Is it difficult?) – “Presumably. Yeah, I’ve never really done it before so it’s my first time. But yeah, I’m going to assume it’s going to be a little difficult. If I have to club it, I’m not really sure yet, but yeah, I’m going to assume it’s going to be a little hard to catch the ball and whatnot because it’s kind of in the way.”

(If you put some kind of cast or club on it, do you plan on using it to try to draw the ball loose like you did that Week 1 game?) – “I mean, probably, and it probably won’t that hurt bad since it’s casted and everything. So yeah, I’ll probably end up doing that.”

(What is the feeling when you’re running around, do you feel it or is just like when you make contact?) – “Honestly this is my first broken bone for real, so it kind of just feels like a bad jam almost. That’s as best as I can explain it.”

(Do you and Head Coach Mike McDaniel and the trainers want to go through the week before deciding your status for Sunday?) – “Yeah, yeah and the doctors.”

(What do you think about facing Colts QB Anthony Richardson?) – “It’s going to be fun. He’s got a strong arm. He can make plays with his feet. They’ve got a good offense and I’m looking forward to it.”

(When you face a quarterback with that kind of athleticism, what kind of challenges does it present to the secondary?) – “Just extending the plays, that’s really kind of the difficult part. A lot of the time like in zones or whatnot, if we’re in a big zone and they spread the field, it opens up the middle for him to run so that makes it difficult. Obviously, we’ve got to come off coverage and make the tackle. If he can extend plays and keep his eyes downfield, we’ve got to cover for longer, so just that and even in the front, they’ve got to keep their run lanes and that’s hard for them because a lot of the time, there are gaps where they can go make plays on the quarterback but because he’s so athletic it’s easy for him to evade and get into open lanes.”

(Do you feel like the bye week is kind of like a reset?) – “I would hope so. I hope everybody decided to reset this week. You’ve got like four days off, kick it, chill, come back with a fresh mindset. Everybody’s like, body’s fresh, so I would hope they use it as a reset.”

(Besides the athleticism, did you get a chance to see that throw he made, I think it was in Week 1?) – “Yeah, it was a bomb. It was to (Alec) Pierce, I think? Cannon.”

(When a quarterback can do that, how does it impact how deep you have to play as a safety? Is it something you have to just be constantly mindful of throughout the play?) – “Yeah, I think it’s just continuing to play through the whistle because a lot of the times deep balls like that, you kind of just kick it. Like it gets to point where you’re already back there covering him and the receiver keeps running and you’re kind of like, ‘all right, the quarterback is not going to throw it, he’s too far.’ But with a quarterback like that with a cannon like that, you’ve got to just keep on going back.”

(What would are a couple of things that have led some of the success the defense have had on third down?) – “On third down, I think it’s just trusting our keys and fundamentals honestly. For defense if you just play the call, do your job as a one-eleventh of the defense, then you’re going to eventually come out successful especially because our coaches are putting us in position to be successful. So if you don’t try to do too much and force plays and you just work your technique, you’ll be all right.”

(Besides dealing with your hand was there anything specific that you did during the bye week to kind of help you reset mentally?) – “No, I was kicking it. There was a tornado and (expletive) and hurricane so I was just really trying to kick it. Oregon whooped on Ohio State so Jerome Baker, that’s my guy, but y’all took an L. I knew it was going to happen, but anyway, we’ve got Purdue next on Friday so y’all tap in. But other than that, nothing else.”

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