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Raekwon Davis – December 3, 2020 Download PDF version

Thursday, December 3, 2020

DT Raekwon Davis

(There was a stat this morning about your total tackles in November. It’s one of the most of all linemen. What have the past few weeks been like for you in terms of your production and it seems like you’re being a difference-maker when you’re out there on the field?) – “Just a better preparation. I’m just trying to focus on helping the defense and trying to do what I can do.”

(I mean this question in the nicest way possible. How did you get so big? Like what did you eat? Who did you eat? Is there anybody that was like really tall in your family growing up? How did the size come about?) – “It came from my dad’s side of the family. My dad’s side of the family – well his brother, his dad and his uncles and stuff, they were real big. So I got my height from my dad’s side of the family.”

(I’ve been to a lot of places, but I’ve never been to Meridian, Mississippi. That is your hometown right?) – “Yeah, it is.”

(Can you tell me about it? I don’t know what kind of stuff people in Meridian do. I heard that people do noodling, which is where you catch fish with your hands. Tell me about some of the things you guys did growing up in Mississippi?) – “It’s a small town. A lot of poverty, I could tell you that. I don’t know about the fishing part or whatever you just said. (laughter) But it’s a nice small town with good people.”

(There is a national website that rates how you played the last three weeks really, really high. Have the grades from Defensive Line Coach Marion Hobby been really high, and are you happy with the way you played these last three weeks?) – “I don’t really focus on the outside and online grading and all of that. I let my coaches just come back with feedback and just tell me what I basically need to get good at, what I need to do better and how I need to do it. No, I don’t really pay attention to grades. Not right now. No way.”

(Someone mentioned Defensive Line Coach Marion Hobby. What is something that he has said to you or pointed out or stressed, that you have actually connected with and found to be quite helpful?) – “At the beginning of the season, I was struggling with the pass rushing and reading games and reading the fundamental part. Actually right now, I’m starting to make plays off of it. Now I’ve just got to go out there and make more plays, basically.”

(You just mentioned that at the beginning of the year you were kind of struggling. What was your mindset at that point? Did you have any doubts? Did that start to come into mind? Or did you know that it was going to come around for you?) – “No. I just knew I just – just keep working. I’ve got time. I’ve still got more time, but it’s something that’s naturally going to come. At the beginning of the season, I feel like I was just trying to chase it and make it happen on my own, without just naturally just playing.”

(With your gifts from a physical standpoint, some would say you have the potential to be more than just a starting NFL defensive tackle. Does the idea of eventually being a Pro Bowl type talent and player drive you at all?) – “Hell yeah. That’s a goal. That’s something I want to accomplish.”

(Who is the biggest person in your family or is that you?) – “That’s me.”

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