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Xavien Howard – October 12, 2020 Download PDF version

Monday, October 12, 2020

CB Xavien Howard

(Nobody has more interceptions since December of 2017 than you. You really look like you’re back to that very, very high level pre-injury a couple years ago. Do you feel like you’re back? How good do you feel you’re playing at the moment?) – “I feel great about just being back. With my play, I’m just focused on getting better each week, week in and week out, and really just focused on whatever I’m weak at my position – what I lacked at last year.”

(I think this is the first game that you and CB Byron Jones both played more than 50 percent of the snaps. Did you guys feel, I guess, the play off each other this game? And how does it feel?) – “It feels great having Byron (Jones) back. He helps out a lot on the defense. Just me and him on the corners outside, we’re just competing and really just trying to be the best out there right now.”

(Just a couple of hours before the game started yesterday, it was announced that you guys were going to play the Jets instead of the Broncos. Does that change how you prepare for the week?) – “No, no. It doesn’t matter who we play. The next game is always an important game, so we’ve just got to focus on the Jets now. It doesn’t matter what team’s next. We’ve just got focus on the game plan.”

(I know back in 2018, you made a lot of your name for being the interception leader in the league. Now you’ve got three so far this year. Is that something you’re gunning for again this year?) – “It’s always just be around the ball and find the ball, so whatever happens at the end of the year on how many picks I get, I’m just focused on as a whole, as a team, and really just winning games.”

(We finally saw yesterday, I think, the secondary as they envisioned it obviously with CB Byron Jones back, with you, S Bobby McCain and S Eric Rowe at safety. We saw CB Nik Needham play well at slot. What do you like about this group you have right now with two safeties with good ball skills – and you and Byron together?) – “I feel great about the group that they put on the back end. All of us, we just want to get better and just grind it out.”

(I know you don’t want to get too far ahead of yourselves, but I’m wondering what the flight was like coming back from California and if the vibe in the locker room right now is maybe as high as it’s been all season?) – “I was asleep the whole flight back, so I don’t know how it was. (laughter)”

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