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Xavien Howard – September 22, 2022 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 22, 2022

CB Xavien Howard

(Are you ready to go for Sunday?) – “Yeah, I feel good.”

(Talk about this matchup on Sunday. You’re facing a quarterback who can run and throw. The first two games, that’s what the Bills have done.) – “Yeah, that’s definitely what they’ve done. They’ve put a lot of great things on film. I feel like they are pretty good over there. They are doing a lot of great things over there. We’ve just got to be prepared for it.”

(How is the defense feeling after – obviously you don’t want to give up 35 points in the first three quarters of last game but the way you guys locked Baltimore down, what’s the mindset going into this week?) – “Personally, I feel like the defense (didn’t) play to our expectations. Even when it was crunch time, we ended up getting it done. I feel like as a whole, the whole defense, I feel like we can do a little better. I feel like we’re going to have to play better and we’re going to have to make more plays on that side of the ball this game.”

(You’ve often shadowed the best receivers on other teams. You shadowed WR DeVante Parker. What is that like? You’re going one-on-one against the number one receiver. Tell me about it.) – “I’m used to it. I like the matchup. I want to go against the best, if I consider myself the best. I like the one-on-one matchups, and that’s what I’m here to do.”

(Is there much talk?) – “No. I don’t feel like nobody talks when we play against each other, because I don’t say anything to anybody.”

(Cornerbacks/Pass Game Specialist Sam Madison said that he got on you for dropping that pick-six. What happened there?) – “I don’t know. You’re not going to see that again. I’m definitely going to make up for that. Especially an easy interception like that, you’ve got to take advantage of that. It would’ve been a momentum changer if I was able to make that play and scored a touchdown.”

(Is that something you were eyeing? It seemed early on that were trying to get those quick hitting passes. Is that something that was in the back of your mind to jump one of those?) – “Yeah. The defense we were in, it was forcing them to make the short throws like that. I saw it and went and my hands, I don’t know what happened to them. (laughter) I’ve got to make up for that.”

(You mentioned covering the number one receiver and embracing that challenge. WR Stefon Diggs, what makes him so difficult to guard, and their receivers in general?) – “I’d say his route-running, hands, especially the quarterback holding the ball so long extending plays and making it a hard job. Like I said, I embrace the matchups and I’m ready for it.”

(It’s a divisional game. The cliché is it counts for two.) – “It’s the next game too. Each game gets bigger if you continue to win. Each game gets bigger. I’d say we’re ready for the matchup.”

(With you being one of the veterans, and you guys haven’t been able to get over the hump. How much of that is a factor into this game with both of you guys being 2-0?) – “I feel like the best people win. I really don’t look into it like that. It’s the next game and the next game is important. I feel like we just have to worry about that. Even though it’s an divisional rivalry, we got to be ready for it. Especially when you play in the division, everybody is going to bring their best. We got to be ready to that.”

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