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Shaq Lawson – December 6, 2020 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, December 6, 2020
Postgame – Cincinnati

DE Shaq Lawson

(Obviously, we know you’re a fiery guy. It seemed like this game was really chippy from really the start. What was your view of the game and particularly that fourth quarter sequence that got pretty out of hand?) – “It’s football, you know, and people. It’s competitive. It’s competitive. So people just talk between the lines. It wasn’t nothing bigger than what it was.  And I’m one of those guys that likes to talk throughout the game. But it wasn’t nothing bigger than that. We’re two teams competing to win a game. That’s all that was.”

(After that sequence, what did it mean for you to respond with that big sack and really for the defense to play well in all that followed?) – “We just knew we had to play better in the second half than we did the first half. I know we left some plays out there the first half and I guess that little incident got the whole team hyped and ready to go. I guess it was momentum, but that’s what that was, man. Hell, I finally made a play. (laughter) it felt like. So other than that, it was just great.”

(You mentioned that play getting you guys all hyped up. With four games left, do you think that’s a play and that’s a moment that can bring you guys a little bit closer together for the rest of the season?) – “Nah, nah. You know what I’m saying? People remember what you do in December, right? That’s what we – December is the most important football. It is. It takes care of all the other months. So that’s what’s been going through my mind, plus my teammates’ minds too; this is December football. We’ve got to play our best ball. There’s no room for errors and things like that. That’s our mindset, and that’s what we’ve got to approach throughout the rest of the season.”

(I know CB Nik Needham got one later in the game, but for “X” CB Xavien Howard to continue that takeaway streak, it seems like obviously he’s found the ball a lot this season?) – “Best cornerback in the league, you know what I’m saying? Hands down. He gets one every week. I have never witnessed nothing like that. I mean, I’ve played with good cornerbacks, don’t get me wrong. I played a great cornerback last year, but to see a guy get a pick almost every week, it’s incredible, man. It’s incredible, man, and I’m glad I’m witnessing being with the best corner in the league.”

(You talked about the second half kind of going better than the first half for you guys. It seems like this defense feeds off this energy and off one another. What is it about when one guy makes a play and then somebody else steps up and makes the next play and just continue that avalanche of plays?) – “It’s excitement. When you see a guy make a play, especially your teammate, and you know throughout the week he worked hard to make plays for Sunday; you just feed off of that. And you want to go make the next play, and then we just feed off each other, man. People are feeding off Kyle (Van Noy), (Emmanuel) Ogbah, Christian (Wilkins). Christian is the reason why – get us going. Like his energy and juice. I know I be part of that too, but Christian, it’s been different since we’ve been having him back than before he was missing. You know, the energy level is a lot different having that guy.”

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