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Shaq Lawson – November 11, 2020 Download PDF version

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

DE Shaq Lawson

(I’ll start with a softball. What was your last 40-yard dash time? You were looking pretty quick there in Arizona on Sunday?) – “My last 40 time was like a 4.68 when I ran it at the Combine. Something like that. Yeah, that’s what I had on my mind. That’s all I was thinking about. I can’t get caught. This is my first opportunity, I can’t get caught.”

(Did you see WR D.K Metcalf in the rearview mirror when you were running it down?) – “I was thinking about that; but then I was like, ‘alright man, they don’t got nobody like D.K. that fast.’ And then how far I was in front of a lot of people, they had at least 15 more yards. The only thing I saw was two offensive linemen and then the next think I know, I saw my boy Brandon (Jones) come with a big block. I said, ‘oh yeah, I needed that.’”

(I want somebody to explain to me how come DE Emmanuel Ogbah always gets the free rush and you’re always blocked? How come he always gets the free rush in zero blitz?) – “I don’t know man, that’s a good question. That’s a good question. I don’t know man. It just puts a lot of stress on the offensive line and it’s been mostly him. Hopefully I can get some of those. It just puts a lot of stress on the offensive line when you do it, so they don’t know which way to go. Usually they mess up. They mess up every time.”

(I thought for sure that one of those two big offensive linemen would get you. How would you describe S Brandon Jones’ block? It seems like he came out of nowhere.) – “Brandon Jones’ block was big. I didn’t really notice it until I went back and saw the video. That was a big block. At first, like you said, I saw the two offensive linemen. I saw one backing up and I’m like, ‘man, I’ve got to out run him. I can’t let no offensive lineman get me.’ Then the next thing I know I see B-Jones (Brandon Jones) come out there and finish the block and he made my job easier.”

(There is so much national attention on this team, especially on the defense. With such a young team, what do say to each other, or what does Head Coach Brian Flores say to you to just keep you guys focused, tune out the noise, we still have a lot to prove?) –“We’re going to get people saying we’re great and things like that, but we try to block that out. That’s what we’re doing, we’re blocking that out and taking it one game at a time. It’s a one-game season every week. We’re just putting our most into preparation for that one game. We don’t look at the outsiders, what they say about the team or how good we are on defense or anything. We just come in there week in and week out and take it one day at a time, and try to make each other better.”

(The defense is providing touchdowns, how big is that for you guys as a unit from a confidence standpoint? I was wondering if you could take us outside and go to your neighbor’s house and knock on the door, what would happen if you knocked on your neighbors’ door right now?) – “Wait. It depends on the left of right on the neighbor. (laughter) It depends on what side you want me to go. Do you want me to walk out outside?”

(Pick the right side. Or is there someone on the left side you got to go to?) – “Dang man, how you all know that? (laughter) How do you all know me and Tua (Tagovailoa) – that’s crazy. As a defense, we just preach about getting the ball. It’s all about getting the ball back, helping our offense. If you take the ball away and give it back to our offense, we have a better opportunity of scoring. That’s our goal. We do drills every day to get the ball out and things like that. That’s been very successful for us right now.”

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