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Kyle Van Noy – September 30, 2020 Download PDF version

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

LB Kyle Van Noy

(As we’ve seen with our own eyes and as you’ve told us, you can do everything. You’re not a one-dimensional linebacker. What do you think you do best? We’ve obviously seen you have great success as a pass rusher in particular this year. I think you have the most pressures of any linebacker.) – “I just pride myself in being a disruptive player. Whatever you want me to do, I got you, and that varies week to week. Different teams do different things and we want to attack those situations, and I feel like all 11 of us are playing together to allow those plays to happen, and hopefully we can continue to keep progressing and keep doing that.”

(You’re going to see one of the league’s most athletic quarterbacks this Sunday in QB Russell Wilson and he’s got a penchant for evading the rush as well as anybody. How does that change your target point as a pass rusher or kind of alter the way you work to get upfield, so as to not over-run him?) – “I think you have to be conscious of that; but at the same time, you’ve got to do your job and do it to the best of your ability without overthinking. You want to get pressure on him. You want to be able to do what you need to do to get back there; and I think if we do it as a team – the coverage doing their part, the rush doing their part and marrying it together – I think we’ll be all right. It’s not easy though. (laughter) It’s easier said than done.”

(If the Seahawks get to the 1-yard line what do you think they’re going to do? Run or pass?) – “(laughter) You can answer that one.”

(That’s why I asked you.) – “I’m not sure.”

(I was looking at my notes. When Patriots RB Brandon Bolden came south a couple years ago – you probably know Brandon – they asked him what he brings with him from a mindset and I wrote it down. He said “pay attention to details in order to correct small mistakes more quickly,” and he said, “turn the other cheek when it’s hard to avoid penalties that hurt the team.” The penalties element really stuck with me. What are some of the things from your previous stops that are sort of being echoed here in the area of penalties?) – “I don’t know if anything’s being echoed. It’s more so just taking on Coach Flores’ philosophy and being a fundamentally sound team that doesn’t make mistakes, and mistakes are penalties. We want to limit those as best as possible. We’ve done a pretty good job of it this year and we want to do business how business is being done. If they’re calling it tight, then we’ve got to adjust our game. If they’re calling it loose, then we can be more aggressive. So you just want to be able to do business as that’s being done.”

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