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Ndamukong Suh – December 20, 2017 Download PDF version

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

DT Ndamukong Suh

(You weren’t named to the Pro Bowl roster initially. Your thoughts on that? Do you think you deserve a spot?) – “It’s unfortunate, but I mean things happen. We’ll continue to play as hard as we can and make up for it in these next two games.”

(You said before that you were really looking forward to go to the Pro Bowl this year. Did it hurt you?) – “I don’t think so. I can always go to Orlando if I want to. (laughter)”

(True. I don’t think you can just show up and play in the game though. Are you still hoping to be picked for the Pro Bowl? Would you go if they still had you?) – “The initial votes weren’t in my hands. The next wave of things aren’t in my hands. If things allow me to go, great; if not, then that’s what it is.”

(Do you think this team gets overlooked a little bit maybe because of the record at times?) – “I don’t know. We haven’t played to our best abilities. Until we do that and really put it in the forefront of people’s minds that we’re an elite team, then they’re going to have their right to have their own opinion. At the end of the day, we have our opportunities to make our own noise and we failed to do that in a lot of cases.”

(What did you think of S Reshad Jones getting picked for the Pro Bowl after missing a lot of last year with the injury?) – “I think it shows to his ability as a safety and him as a dominant player. He came in and has been healthy for us and has done exactly what we expected and played at a high-caliber level. He deserves the Pro Bowl.”

(Did you think DE Cameron Wake or anybody else on your team deserved to go? WR Jarvis Landry?) – “I think there are a lot of guys on this team that could definitely be deserving but like I said, I don’t control the voting. I don’t control all of those things. It’s not my decision.”

(Do you think the fact that you get constantly double- and triple-teamed gets overlooked sometimes when people judge such things as the Pro Bowl?) – “I think that’s your guys’ job to bring that to light if you want to. For me, it’s part of my job. It’s something that I expect and something that I take as a badge of honor; but at the same time, I still plan to go out there and make plays. I think most of the time I do that.”

(Individual honors aside, for a veteran such as yourself, how much does the pursuit of the postseason, how much is that the flame that keeps you going at this point in your career?) – “That’s pretty much it. I think I’ve been very fortunate in my career, especially early, to get a lot of individual accolades and even as early as last year. My thing is all about winning. I think the judgment of me coming down here and me being successful as a particular athlete is how well guys around me play and how well my defense plays. I don’t have much of anything to do with the offense; but I can push those guys in practice. I can help (Mike) Pouncey. I can do those different things to help them get better and them be successful. At the end of the day, it’s all about winning and that’s what the ultimate goal is: to go and win a championship and play in the postseason.”

(So to have the team be at this point with two weeks to go and a longshot to say the least…) – “We’ve got a shot. That’s all that matters. We’ve got to go out there and finish and take care of business. We’ve got a great Kansas City team that we’re going to go and play against. (They have) guys that I’ve seen and played against before and guys that I haven’t played against before. That’s where we’ve got to take care of business.”

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