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Ndamukong Suh – August 16, 2016 Download PDF version

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 

Defensive Tackle Ndamukong Suh

(On what has encouraged him about the defense) – “I guess I really don’t look at it like that. I look at it from a standpoint of we’re out here each and every day making positive moves in the direction of getting better each and every day from our fundamentals. If I were to say something specific that I particularly like about – that’s positive about our defense – is the defensive line is moving forward in a direction with their footwork (and) things of that nature – things that we work on – that are going to be the foundation of our success. We’re going to game plan people, obviously, as everybody does, but it’s going to be our fundamentals that are going to drive us through the 16 games that we’re going to play.”

(On what DE Cam Wake and DE Mario Williams do well) – “They’re definitely physically gifted. At the same time, I like the way they play run, including ‘J.J.’ (Jason Jones). Obviously, being with ‘J.J.’ in Detroit, he’s a physical rusher. At the same time, at the point of attack, they’re not shying away from the blocker. They’re running through the blocker, and it obviously makes it a lot easier for me inside playing two gaps – one that I’m actually physically in and another one that’s usually between myself and the other tackle.”

(On whether he and DE Jason Jones are drawing on their play in 2014 with Detroit) – “I think there are things that we can learn from there. I think there are things from every single year – even last year and years past – that even coaches look at themselves. (There are) positives, negatives (and) things like that, that’ll repeat. So, without questions there are things that that we can dig from that year and implement into our year. Every year is going to be particularly different and then (we) kind of go from there.”

(On what can be learned from previous seasons) – “The fundamentals, the way we attack the run, the way our mentality (is) of certain things – things like that.

(On whether he keeps in touch with his 2014 Detroit teammates) – “Yes, no question. I got a lot of good friends that I had and created in 2014 as (in) previous years before. I look forward to going to Seattle and playing against (Seattle Seahawks DE) Cliff (Avril) and his group. You always keep friendly interactions with guys like that – (they are) good people.”

(On what he wants to see from the defense and defensive line in Friday’s preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys) – “For me, it’s consistency. That’s going to be our biggest thing – being consistent. Execution is a big part of that – being consistent and coming downhill, understanding what we have to do in our assignments and go from there.”

(On the defense competing against the offense during practice) – “Me personally, how I look at it is it’s a great offense to go against, a great one to compete against. I did it last year. Obviously, (Head Coach Adam) Gase was in Chicago, so I’ve seen it before. You just go out there and compete. We’re not going to … Not all offenses are going to be the same, but this is going to be – I’m sure – an offense that we’ll see a lot of similarities with other teams, as well.”

(On the defense’s adjustment to Defensive Coordinator Vance Joseph) – “I think our adjustment has been fairly smooth. We put a lot of work in, in OTAs and minicamp. That was Vance’s goal: to push us hard in those particular instances in that period of time. Obviously coming into camp, re-visit those pieces and build on our fundamentals. Obviously, we got pads on (and) we get a lot more work done. We can work on fine tuning certain things, but overall I think it has been a good transition.”

(On the best thing Defensive Coordinator Vance Joseph has done to help bring the defense along) – “I think he’s a jack of all trades. He’s very versatile. He has helped a lot of guys. I’ve had great conversations with him about football, outside of football. I think at the end of the day, he’s an overall good defensive coordinator and a good person at the same time.”

(On how S Isa Abdul-Quddus will complement S Reshad Jones) – “I think Isa will complement Reshad very well. They’re both great tacklers. I think Isa is a head hunter and finds the ball and makes plays. I enjoyed playing with him in 2014 up in Detroit. Knowing what he can do and being able to come here and bring that success he has had up there the last couple years, I look forward to playing (with him) and having him behind me and coming downhill and obviously knowing he’s going to be out there batting balls down and making interceptions.”

 

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