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Minkah Fitzpatrick – November 7, 2018 Download PDF version

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

S Minkah Fitzpatrick

(How comfortable do you feel playing corner?) – “I feel comfortable. I get reps out there with the other DBs, so I’m comfortable out there.”

(What have you learned about the NFL with all of the different types of matchups and how you’re used? Can you figure it out when you see what type of team you’re going to play against?) – “It really depends on what we have available. Sometimes somebody might be hurt so I might fill in that role. Sometimes you may have a taller guy in the inside and we’ll flip-flop me and Bobby (McCain). It all depends matchup-wise.”

(You’ve been able to adapt so well at every position. Is that something that you’ve kind of over the years you’ve figured out quicker?) – “It comes with experience, like you said. I did a lot at Bama and I’m doing a lot here. It comes with a lot of repetitions in practice. The coaches are throwing a whole lot at me and it’s just them trusting me and being able to do (it).”

(Speaking about getting a lot thrown at you. QB Aaron Rodgers … Head Coach Adam Gase says it’s fun to watch him play when he’s not playing against you. How do you feel about that?) – “He’s the next guy. He’s a great quarterback. (They have a) great team and everything like that. (He’s) one of the best to do it right now. It’s going to be a challenge so we’ve just got to go out there and do our job.”

(What do you think is the biggest challenge when you go up against a guy like QB Aaron Rodgers – one of the top three quarterbacks in the league.) – “I’d say one is just his experience. He’s been in the league for however many years. He has a whole lot of experience. He’s a gun slinger. He trusts his arm because he has a great arm to make different types of throws with his arm. He does things you don’t really see on a week-to-week basis. We’ve got to prepare really well against him. He has a lot of great receivers on the outside that he can get the ball to. We just have to prepare really well.”

(Does QB Aaron Rodgers attempt things that most guys don’t?) – “Yeah. That’s kind of like what I was saying. He’s a risk taker because he has that arm that not a lot of people have. He can do things that not a lot of quarterbacks can do. Plus he couples that with experience. When you have both of those right there – the talent and the experience and wisdom back there – that makes you a great player right there.”

(Were there any repairs needed to be made with S Reshad Jones and the rest of the guys in the secondary?) – “What do you mean by repairs?”

(S Reshad Jones taking himself out of the game.) – “No. There’s no repairs. Everybody understood what the situation was and that’s it.”

(Can you emphasize as a competitor why S Reshad Jones may have been a little frustrated by the situation?) – “Yeah, I mean I think anybody would be upset if they came out of the game. But I (am not going to) say too much about it.”

(Did you have a chance to talk about it afterwards? Veteran to rookie?) – “No. Just keep moving. That’s it.”

(I know we talked last week about you thought you had the skills to play boundary corner and then it happened on Sunday. Were you surprised at all that either Defensive Backs Coach Tony Oden or Defensive Coordinator Matt Burke brought it up?) – “No, sir.”

(Not at all?) – “No.”

(Was it a challenge for you to do something that you did a little bit of at Alabama but not a ton?) – “Mentally it’s not too hard. Physically it’s a little different. I get enough reps at it and prepare well enough to make it what I do.”

(How pleased were you with the boundary snaps?) – “It was only a few snaps. I knew that was going to happen, but I just wanted to test them out there and get my feet wet a little bit. I’m pretty happy with what I did out there and did my job.”

(Were they happy enough to where you felt like the plan going forward is going to be you playing all three?) – “That’s up to the coaches to decide. I don’t know for sure.”

(How much did you rub in Saturday’s Alabama win over LSU with DT Davon Godchaux?) – “I didn’t say too much. I knew it was going to happen, so no need to rub it in. (laughter)”

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