Jevon Holland – September 18, 2023
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S Jevon Holland
(What did the defense show last night? You guys did this without LB Jaelan Phillips, you guys get the turnovers, you guys get the sacks. It seemed to be the kind of performance you want, but what did the defense show?) – “Just resilience. In the season, you take tough plays, tough situations, Jaelan going down, guys get hurt and the next guy’s got to step up whether it’s somebody that’s been playing or somebody that’s coming off the practice squad. Regardless, they got to step up and take advantage of their opportunities. That’s just what we preach here is next man mentality. You got to be ready when your number is called.”
(Can you take us through that last play?) – “That was a heads up play by Mike (Gesicki). That was super smart. Through my eyes, I was playing my coverage, I saw ‘Beth’ (Justin Bethel) on the tackle and he’s holding Mike, and I see Mike try to reach for it, so I’m running. I’m thinking he is going to try to reach for it the whole time and I’ll knock the ball out. Then he tosses it back, ‘boom’ a lineman catches it, and I’m like, ‘alright, let me try to take his legs out.’ I hit him the first time, and I’m like ‘damn, this dude is heavy.’ (laughter) Then I just keep trying to tackle him, and then I see ‘Gink’ (Andrew Van Ginkel) there, Eli (Apple) comes and hits him. Then when I fell, I was on the guy’s back and I saw it’s like real close. I’m like, ‘there is no way he got it.’ And then they go to replay, and it’s a turnover on downs. It felt good.”
(Obviously every gameplan is different. How much was changed from Week 1 to Week 2 overall in terms of strategic from Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio compared to executing better as a group?) – “I think we really hit the details. Instead of trying to change everything, we just set back into what we were doing before and really emphasized detail. When you miss details, that’s when chaos happens. We try to just revert back to the basics and really emphasize that if we just play our technique and we rely on that when things get tough, then we’ll be fine.”
(You have a 2-0 start now. DT Christian Wilkins said that being able to be one of the top defenses and just strong on that front, how do you keep that momentum going now that you made that big drastic change from Week 1 to now Week 2, with two wins, opening up at home?) – “It wasn’t that much of a drastic change, honestly. Like I said, we were just really focused on the details. I think keeping that and progressing forward with that mindset, I feel like whatever we change, whatever we decide to implement that week, as long as we’re really tuned in on the fine techniques and how we’re supposed to execute, I think that’s the biggest opportunity for us to continue to have this momentum. It’s going to change week by week. Each team is different and it’s hard to win in the league. If we just kind of focus one day at a time on how we can improve on that day, and continue to stack those days, it will fall in our favor.”
(I know you haven’t gotten into film study yet, but a pretty dramatic contrast in style from QB Mac Jones to QB Russell Wilson. Two totally different players. what’s the challenge for this week?) – “Russell Wilson is a household name. He’s one of the best. My mom loves the Seahawks, and I grew up watching the Seahawks, and now he’s on the Broncos and I get to play him. For me, it’s cool I get to study a quarterback of that caliber. The same as studying Aaron Rodgers like I did, and Tom Brady like I did. I’m excited for the game. Each team has different challenges and I know the Broncos have a hell of a team. I’m excited to play them. I got friends on that team. I’m looking forward to it.”
(Last week on my desk I saw a sticker that was put there advertising your cookies.) – “Yes, sir. So I got cookies coming out this week for the home opener with Blueprint cookies. Fifteen percent of the proceeds are going to the Broward County Animal Care and Adoption Center. We got a whole bunch of different names. QuickDraw Coco, it’s more like a Samoa cookie. Disappearing Delight, which is like my mom’s brownie recipe that I changed into a cookie. Snickerdoodle Snowman which is gluten free and vegan. It’s a snickerdoodle cookie with buttermilk whipped cream on the top. And then Brown Sugar Cinnamon Oatmeal. I love brown sugar cinnamon oatmeal for the morning, so I just made it into a cookie. (laughter).”
(Is it the one in Ft. Lauderdale?) – “It’s Ft. Lauderdale and Plantation.”
(Are you a baker?) – “I am a baker. My own personal baker. I make tiramisu and peach cobbler, but I also cook too. I learned from ‘Beth’ (Justin Bethel). He’s a hell of a baker. He makes all types of different treats and stuff.”
(How did all of that come about, the partnership?) – “My best friend that I grew up with in Pleasanton, his mom, who is like my second mom, is best friends with the people that started Blueprint Cookies. He works there now. That’s why he moved to Florida. He was asking me if I wanted to do a deal. Of course, why wouldn’t I want to make my own cookies? When they told me I could donate to somebody, or some type of organization, I chose the animals because animals don’t have opposable thumbs, and they need help.”
(Do you have a name for your cookie brand? Is it like Jevon’s Sweets? Do you have a sweet tooth?) – “Nah, it’s a Jevon Holland Blueprint Cookies collab. But all of the cookies have a specific name like the QuickDraw Coco. Like my account is Quick Draw Jev. Go ahead and follow that. (laughter) And then the Disappearing Delight, my mom calls them disappearing brownies. That’s where that name came from. Snickerdoodle Snowman, my nickname is snowman. And then the Brown Sugar Cinnamon Oatmeal.”
(Are you going to let your teammates try them out first?) – “Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. They are going to be sold on game day too, so you guys go ahead and cop that. Limited addition though. Limited addition, so get them while you can.”
Alec Ingold – September 18, 2023
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FB Alec Ingold
(Before we get into the game I actually want to address the $14,000 fine, which I assume you’re going to be appealing?) – “Yes.”
(What were you supposed to do on that play?) – “I’m not sure. I think when you have a clicker and you’re not on the field, you can see a lot and you can kind of chase ghosts. I can’t imagine that play not happening hundreds of times every single Sunday. So I’m going to appeal it. I’m pretty upset about that, but (it is the) cost of doing business. It’s that edge of setting the tone but doing your job and protecting the team. That’s a tough one to swallow. So I wasn’t too happy about that one, but we’ll go through the process and it’s not the first time stuff like that has happened. We’ll just kind of – I’ve got a great agent that will walk me through that whole process and we’ll just go from there.”
(When Head Coach Mike McDaniel puts you in motion the way he does and you kind of get full impact at full speed, is that the purest essence of fullback, I guess? Because they use you in motion a lot. Sometimes the guy has no chance.) – “I absolutely love it. I love the diversification of the motions, how it can set up so many different things. All of us are in motion pretty much all the time, so I love being a part of that. I love being able to set up Tyreek (Hill) for his stuff and vice versa. Durham (Smythe), moving in motion. You have everybody moving and I think it helps open up windows for Raheem (Mostert) in the backfield or whether we’re throwing the ball. So I really love it. I think it’s a great wrinkle in our offense. I think playing with anticipation and manipulating a defense, you use all 40 seconds of that play clock. I think that’s what we’re really going for. I think it’s a big part of our offense and I love the fact that we can do that and execute while you’re moving full speed, side to side and then stretch a team vertically as well.”
(Real quick follow up. Do you even consider yourself a fullback? Because traditionally fullbacks don’t do that.) – “I’ve loved the roles of this offense and how it’s progressed from when I showed up to what it is now. Last week I got to play a little tight end, a little fullback, a little running back, you’re split out wide. So being able to do all of that, the more you can do, I feel like it helps everybody on the team and I think that’s really what my role is. So I embrace that. I love it. It’s challenging mentally but I love that challenge, like the cerebral challenge to approach a week and have a game plan and have all these things going in. To be able to see it all come together and then put it out and execute on Sunday, that’s the game within the game and that’s what I fall in love with. That’s what kind of keeps everything moving.”
(When they install a play where your role is to go dig out a 350-pound three-technique, your reaction to that is…?) – “I love it. Yeah, like let’s do it. The more you can do. And I think those looks, people are going to study that. They’re going to have to practice against that and the more things that we can do and the more angles that we can create for our runners, I think that’s where you see creases hit and that’s where you see a guy like Raheem (Mostert) running 21.5 miles an hour. That’s the power of a run game like that.”
(Was that the official speed? 21.5?) – “I’m normally a numbers guy. I don’t know what it was. He was moving. We have a contest in the running back room every week who can be the fastest guy and I think all of them were over 21 this last game so it was pretty impressive.”
(It was 21.62.) – “There it is. (laughter)”
(That’s tough for you.) – “Oh, the average of the running back room gets brought down dramatically from my top-end speed in a game. (laughter)”
(What do you think Head Coach Mike McDaniel’s top-end speed was… did you see the way he ran off the field at halftime?) – “Yeah, I think he probably touched, I would say 17.8. But I think he would’ve hit those 18s if he didn’t look back. If he just put the head down, maybe it’s 18.4. I think he got up there. (laughter)”
(Why was the run game so effective last night? Was it play calling? Was it as simple as a hat on a hat? What happened?) – “I think it’s one-eleventh. Everybody doing their role. Everyone has to be aligned and to not get impatient with that. To know that’s the type of game that you have to go in and play. A primetime game, everyone can get real emotional. Tempers can run high and if you aren’t locked in on your keys, if you aren’t assignment-sound, if you aren’t accountable to your teammates, I think that’s where the running game can kind of slip up. And I think that we showed that if you put four quarters of assignment-sound football, I think that’s what we can do as an offense and it’s just another way to win ballgames down the stretch and I think that’s where you kind of progress throughout the season. You need those games. You need to come back after that and improve and see where we could’ve stuck onto defenders a little more. Where was the hidden yardage? Yards after contact? Where can we grow in all of those aspects and that’s kind of the entire challenge throughout a full season.”
(You have a 2-0 start. How do you guys keep that momentum going? What are you guys telling each other in the locker room as now home opener against a team who’s desperate for their first win?) – “I think when you look at the tape, we had a lot of mistakes that maybe weren’t – it didn’t end up impacting the end result but it does have to impact the process of which you are continuously trying to grow and chase those edges and continue to prep and be accountable. So we’ve got to find ways to improve. We’re going to look at that tape and you’re not going to accept – ‘Coach E’ (Eric Studesville) says this all the time – you can’t accept in victory what you wouldn’t in defeat. So he’s big on that. Top-down, I think coaches, players, everybody, support staff; you’ve got to look at this like, ‘man, we’ve got to expect to improve week-in and week-out and the results will be what the results will be.’ The scoreboard will be what the scoreboard is, but if we’re getting better, then we’ve got a chance.”
(Is this 2-0 the same as last year’s 2-0? This one – no T Terron Armstead, no CB Jalen Ramsey, two tough road games, a division win. Is it the same as last year? Is it different for any reason?) – “I think the biggest change would be just the process in which we approach every single week. I think you’ve got a lot of guys who have enough confidence to be self-critical with your assignments so that you aren’t letting things slip like we just said. So to be able to be that accountable for your teammates, I think that’s where everyone kind of wears that ownership on their sleeve and you go to work on a Wednesday ready to roll, throw those pads on and get to work and continue to improve.”
(What about the statement that you may have made on offense? Winning Week 1 with 466 by QB Tua Tagovailoa, winning the way you did last night in a totally different way. What kind of statement do you think that makes?) – “I think that just kind of is a sneak peek in what the rest of the season is going to be. We’re going to have to win a lot of games a lot of different ways – good weather, bad weather, road games, home games, whatever that is. We have to have the guys in the room to have a chance at the end of the game to have the talent, the closers across the field – offense, defense, special teams – to make those plays in the key moments to win games. So if we know that we’re going to be in the games that we want to be in, we’re going to have to win a lot of different ways and I think that’s where the confidence really has to be put in that preparation, that process.”
Robert Hunt – September 18, 2023
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OL Robert Hunt
(RB Raheem Mostert’s touchdown run last night, you got a couple bodies in that play. You want to break that down for us?) – “Yeah, so we were running a combo. It was actually a pretty good look. It was a look that we probably had seen during the week. We executed it a couple of times during the week, and it came into the game and we executed it pretty well.”
(If I would’ve told you as offensive linemen that you would’ve given up one sack to begin the season in the first two games without T Terron Armstead, and RB Raheem Mostert leads the league with three rushing touchdowns, doing all that without Armstead, what would your response have been?) – “That’s the standard. That’s what I expect. That’s what we’ve been working for since April. And it’s only two games in, but we see it, people see it. This is something that we’ve been working on and it is starting to pay dividends and starting to look the right way.”
(It’s a lot of the same personnel as last year. Are you guys just playing better? What’s the difference?) – “We’re just flying around, man. It’s the second year in the system, and I think a lot of guys are confident. And that’s what it’s about in this league. You have to have some confidence. Like I said, it’s a standard in our room. We practice fast. We play fast. And that’s how we do it. We just run. That’s our motto. We’re just trying to run off the ball and do what we do. I think we’ve been doing a really good job with that. It’s not perfect by any means, but it’s starting to go the right way.”
(You guys say, ‘Hey it’s only two wins,’ but these are two impressive road wins. And now you open at home against a team who’s probably desperate to get that first win. How do you keep this momentum going and finally being able to be in front of your home fans?) – “Do what we do. We’ll come check out the film and then we’re going to break it down and do what we do. We are going to keep our head down and keep working. I don’t think anybody is satisfied with two wins because we all have bigger goals of what we want to do. Yeah, it’ll be fun. It’ll be fun Sunday to come home in front of our fans. It feels like we haven’t played here in a while, so we’re excited to come put on a show for our fans.”
(You had 30 running plays and 30 pass attempts last night, which is probably music to your ears. How much of that was the game plan? How much of that was responding to what New England was doing and concentrating on WR Tyreek Hill and WR Jaylen Waddle?) – “Gotta be honest with you. So personally, for me, I didn’t realize what it was. I just get a play and I try to execute it. So whatever is called, that’s pretty much what I do. If it’s a run, I get excited. If it’s a pass, let’s go. I get excited to buckle up to protect Tua (Tagovailoa). So for me personally, I don’t know how much it was on game plan. We want to run the ball, of course. And it worked out well.”
(You’ve played for a handful of offensive line coaches here. What does OL Coach Butch Barry emphasize maybe more than the others? Or do a little bit differently than the others?) – “Butch his own his own character, his own guy. Butch knows what he wants. He has a standard, just like we have a standard, and we set the standard and he keeps us on the standard. I mean we set the standard and he doesn’t let us go backwards from the standard. So he does a really good job of that. He does a good job at what he does. Butch is a good coach.”
(What’s your reaction when FB Alex Ingold comes across the formation in motion and digs out a 315-pound defensive tackle?) – “I love it man. I love that. We just watched a little bit of it. When I’m playing, I’m usually trying to – I think I hit pretty hard and play the game pretty hard, but watching him, he’s got a little something. He’s got it. Whatever it is. Guys know. If you look at a game, you look at certain guys and guys have a certain little way they play. He’s got that way of playing. So I respect that and I like watching it on film.”
(On FB Alex Ingold’s fine last week.) – “That’s nuts, right? Come on man. We’re playing football out here. And he’s going against bigger guys. How the hell did he get a fine? It’s crazy.”
(When you see RB Raheem Mostert at age 31 now, putting up the numbers that he is, what does that say?) – “That he is going about his business the right way. He’s doing it, man. He’s fast as hell. He’s strong. He plays the game the right way and last night when I saw him in the open field, that’s a beautiful sight to me. So keep doing what I’m doing and what we’re doing, the o-line is doing, and hopefully we can keep opening holes for him and let him do what he do. He runs the ball pretty hard and he’s fast, so I enjoy blocking for him.”
(How good is it to know you can beat a team running the ball or passing the ball?) – “I think that was always the goal, to try to run the football and be effective with it. That’s always been a goal and that’s never going to change, so if we got a beat a team by running the football, beautiful. I mean you don’t have to protect all that stuff. Those boys are getting paid all that money nowadays to rush the passer, so if you can run the football, it helps a lot.”
(How much have you and OL Isaiah Wynn talked about the transition to guard? You obviously have experience at tackle and guard. His was a pretty long gap between guard at Georgia to now.) – “Yeah, we talked about a little bit. I’m actually impressed with some of the things he does at guard coming from tackle. You can kind of see that it is like a tackle thing, but it’s impressive man. Isaiah is a really good player. I like what he does. We walk through stuff and we talk about certain parts of his game, we talk about certain parts of my game and if we can just keep working, hopefully we can keep that thing rolling on the inside.”
(What does a tackle thing?) – “A tackle thing? For him, I’d just say the way he sets at guard looks like a tackle and it’s pretty efficient. He knows he’s good with his feet. He gets on them and he has awareness for them. I think him transforming or going into guard kind of helps him in a situation to move into space. Now the big boys, that’s always for me personally, too. I had to learn the big boys are a little tougher than the smaller ones outside. But he’s picking up on that really quick, so he’s going to be good at it.”
(Do you have to be heavier to anchor at guard?) – “I don’t think heavier. Those guys are heavy in the middle. Big (Davon) Godchaux? That’s a big boy. You have to be prepared man. Like me playing tackle, speaking for myself, playing tackle my rookie year, those guys, I think I’m a fairly strong guy. So I used to sit out there and not know what I’m doing, and I just wait for him to go, like to come down the middle and just sit on it. If I do that at guard, they’ll take me to the quarterback. So it’s a different ballgame in there. But also you got to be fast. You got to move a little bit out here, so it’s the best of both worlds man.”
Christian Wilkins – September 18, 2023
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DT Christian Wilkins
(The run defense was very good last night. From Week 1 to Week 2, how much was it a strategic schematic adjustment from Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio and Defensive Line Coach Austin Clark compared to you guys just playing better?) – “I think it was a little bit of both. Zach (Sieler) kind of hit us – the d-line – with some real (expletive) before the game. I’m not going to say what he said but the message was received. We just kind of had that on our minds and we knew we had to play better. Week 1 wasn’t us as far as the run defense and our standard and what it has been around here. So it was good to definitely improve against a really good running team. Everybody knows the Patriots like to run the ball. Regardless of what’s going on, they’re a physical team. So we were able to do some solid things there which was good and it was just good to see the defense improve overall.”
(Is DT Zach Sieler a guy that talks often?) – “No, not too much. He keeps about his business but when he does talk, you listen. And like I said, message received.”
(How did it feel to go up there and get a win in that building? I know you are from the area.) – “Yeah, very nice for multiple reasons. Obviously like you said, that’s a home game for me every time I get to go up there and play in front of the home crowd. I have friends and family, people from high school and whatever. You just see a lot of people in the crowd that you know and that know you, so that’s always cool. Obviously it’s just big getting a division win on the road at night on Sunday Night Football. It makes it more fun and a little more special.”
(Two impressive wins on the road. Now to finally be back home, what does it mean to be back in front of the fan base and guys in their routine?) – “Definitely. I’m excited for that, to come back home, be in front of the fans, put on a show and do what we do at Hard Rock Stadium. That will be exciting. I’m encouraging and hoping that our fans come out and support and get loud and get crazy and make this place tough for opponents to want to come play in. Obviously there’s heat and other elements and things like that, but we want this place to raucous every time we come home and play. I think we work our butts off and we deserve that, so I definitely want to challenge the fans from that standpoint. It just makes it a lot more fun.”
(I’ve asked you several times about re-tracing screens and going down the field. You do it in conditioning and training camp. Last night, LB Bradley Chubb had a re-trace where he had a forced fumble. I just wanted to hear your perspective on that.) – “That was big. That is definitely something we emphasize and talk about a lot just getting off the stack, because oftentimes it’s the guys you don’t see. That was a perfect example of getting off the stack. Stack monsters hunting. He was just trying to make a play downfield and that was great to see. I had a perfect view on it. I was like Bradley, please get there. I didn’t know who it was. I saw a white color flash and was like, please get there. He was able to make a great play on the ball and (it was) clinic tape of a hammer down on the ball from the blindside.”
(Does this 2-0 feel like last year’s or is this one different for any reason?) – “I don’t know exactly how to answer that but it is just nice to be 2-0, especially getting two tough road wins. That’s obviously very important. Two in the conference and one in the division is huge. We definitely just want to keep building off of what we’ve done and get ready for a good Week 3 coming up.”
(From a stylistic standpoint, I couldn’t think of three different quarterbacks to start the season with now with Russell Wilson coming this weekend. What kind of challenge does he pose?) – “His resume speaks for itself and the things he’s been able to do in this league. He presents a lot of challenges, just being able to obviously be great in the pocket, run when he needs to, a great leader and things like that. I’ve gotten to play him once in my career and he was able to do some pretty impressive things throwing the ball, running, launching it down the field and different things like that. I’m excited for the challenge that he brings and looking forward to it always.”
(Did you see how their game ended yesterday?) – “I did not. I heard something was crazy. I was watching Get Up a little bit this morning but I turned it off before they got to that game.”
(It was a Hail Mary on the last play. They got it and then missed the two-point conversion on a blown defensive pass interference so they’re probably pissed off.) – “Oh, wow. Nah, I did not see that. But I’m sure they’ll definitely be motivated coming on the road and wanting to get their first win, so we’ll have to be ready.”
(QB Tua Tagovailoa calls Head Coach Mike McDaniel ‘beast.’ I was wondering if anybody else has any nicknames for him or do you call him anything besides…) – “I mean I wouldn’t go that far. (laughter) No, I don’t know what other guys have for him. I didn’t know Tua really called him ‘beast’ or anything like that, but that’s pretty funny. That’s cool. That’s part of Tua’s humor. Throwing kind of against the grain there. (laughter)”
(What did you make of the performance off the edge last night with all of the pressures, tackles for loss and sacks for the guys outside?) – “It was good definitely just for guys to be able to be active, make those plays and get that kind of pressure. It’s important because when you get that edge pressure, it makes it even that much more important for the middle guys to get that push and things like that. Just working together. I feel like we did a pretty good job of that last night. The interior guys were rushing and we were able to get some good pressures up the middle and off the edge. When we’re working like that, that’s important just to build that confidence and build that camaraderie as a defense and as rushers.”
(On wanting sacks and fumbles) – “Yeah, you definitely want to be known as an intimidating front. We’ve got the guys to do it. But it all comes down to a weekly focus and a weekly preparation, locking in on the game plan and really trusting one another. Fortunately for us, like I’ve said before, we’ve got a lot of guys who have played around each other for awhile. So it’s kind of knowing each other’s styles and just giving a guy a look and knowing what that means. That kind of helps so I just hope we can continue to build off that.”
(Have you seen that kind of pass rush from LB Andrew Van Ginkel before?) – “’Gink’ is my guy. Me and ‘Gink’ came in together as rookies back in the day. Me and ‘Gink’ have always been cool. I was happy to see him have a night like that and do some good things because we know what ‘Gink’ can do. We all mean it when we say he’s got like a horseshoe up his butt or something. (laughter) He always finds a way to be around the ball. And we joke too and say that ‘Gink’ is really one of the best football players on the team, just his ability to be versatile, smart and super reliable. That was good that he got a little shine and had a night like that last night.”
(Is that intelligence?) – “He’s always in the right spots at the right time and just knows ball. He’s really good at ball. ‘Gink’ (Andrew Van Ginkel) is just such a well-rounded athlete. Any sport he picks up, he’s really good at. Like I said, I was just happy to see ‘Gink’ have a night like that and happy to see him do his thing a little bit.”
(Can he dunk?) – “Yeah. He’s an athlete, I’m telling you. He’s the most unassuming athlete in the world there is. Don’t let the blonde hair and the nice guy demeanor fool you. ‘Gink’ (Andrew Van Ginkel) has some dawg in him.”
Braxton Berrios – September 17, 2023 (Postgame)
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Postgame – New England
WR Braxton Berrios (Transcribed by New England)
(On the reaction of the offense to what the Patriots defense showed)
“We have to learn some things on the fly. You know things when the picture changes, pre-snap and post-snap, and we have to stick to our rules, and really just execute. It’s going to be different, so we have to figure it out as we go as well.”
(On the offensive adjustments)
“You have to play the game and see what is given to you and play that. I think this offense did an incredible job of doing that. We put together some really, really good drives, long ones, and again it was a chess match.”
Kendall Lamm – September 17, 2023 (Postgame)
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Postgame – New England
T Kendall Lamm (Transcribed by New England)
(On the game)
“The biggest thing from our perspective is, I wish more people could actually be at practice and see what we were really truly working towards in our standard. From our perspective, when set a foundation and set a standard and that is what you want to uphold. When you’re going into a game regardless of the opponent, regardless if it’s Sunday night, Thursday night, Monday night, or whatever time of day, we try and uphold the standard. Butch [Barry] is very big on that and always preaching that to us and you can see our room starting to see and play that way.”
(On what is more important for the offensive line pass protection or run blocking)
“Not at all, as long as you see a “W” in the column, that’s all that matters. From our perspective of we just want to do, I mean every game is going to be completely different. You don’t really necessarily know what kind of type of defense you’re going to play that night, or you don’t know what they are going to run. The Patriots always have a phenomenal run defense, and they have always been a top-5 or top-10 defense in the league. So to go out and get a W against a type of defense like that, you tip your hat to them, because they are very good. We did what we were supposed to do.”
(On getting a win against a divisional opponent on the road)
“This is year nine for me and to come in here, especially in a division game at night in front of national TV, you’ve got everybody watching, and you go up against a phenomenal organization like this, and you come in here and get a W – it’s hard to get a win any day in the NFL but especially coming into an opponent’s, house and do it, it’s phenomenal. You tip your hat to those guys but you also tip hat to our group, we played really good.”
Raekwon Davis – September 17, 2023 (Postgame)
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Postgame – New England
DT Raekwon Davis (Transcribed by New England)
(On the play of the defense)
“We were just doing our job. We knew going into the game that if we could control them up front, we could have them on our terms. We had great preparation. We just focused on our work, and took care of our work.”
(On being 2-0)
“We feel great. We just have to have the same mind set going into each and every game and it’s going to be wonderful when we look up. We are different. We are staying focused, studying our playbook and keep running day by day. We try this one game at a time. Stay focused, great preparation and study our playbook.”
David Long Jr. – September 17, 2023 (Postgame)
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Postgame – New England
LB David Long Jr. (Transcribed by New England)
(On the play of the defense)
“We have dogs all across the board. Once we start gelling together, and playing as one, it’s going to be scary out there. I think you got a glimpse of it [tonight]. We can clean it up at the end. We can’t give them cheap stuff at the end. We are going to continue to build and become a great defense. We have energy and we feed off each other. One guy makes a play and it’s contagious. Our attitude is ‘let’s get a goose egg.’ We were feeling it. We played good football as a team. We are continuing to get a feel for each other. We’re feeling good, but it’s still early and we have some things to clean up. But we made some plays and you can see us making them.”
(On his sack)
“It really opened up for me. The play call was perfect. We tried to disguise it a little bit before the play. I came in free.”
