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Zach Sieler – November 13, 2024 Download PDF version

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

DT Zach Sieler

(You’ve done very, very well this season which isn’t a surprise to us, but how would you say you’ve done this season?) – “Honestly, I think it’s been a good year, but there’s a lot to correct still. Obviously, there’s a lot – I missed a couple plays early on I really want to get back and really focus on making those plays this second half of the year, this second push.”

(Head Coach Mike McDaniel described DT Calais Campbell as the Tom Brady of defensive linemen –) – “That’s very fair.”

(Fair in what sense?) – “What he brings to the table is so much more than just on the field. On the field he does so well, obviously. You’ve seen him this year at 38 years old doing what he’s doing, hasn’t skipped a beat. But off the field, the leadership, the mentorship, bringing guys along, taking the extra time to stay with the young guys and coach them up or help them – he’s staying after practice helping them with different techniques. It’s very rare you have a guy like that, and it’s been a very big blessing for me to play with him, I’ve learned from him.”

(He said he’s found some sort of fountain of youth, is there anything you ask, “Hey, how are you doing this at this age that when I’m that age I can apply to my game too?”) – “I hope I’m playing at 38, we’ll see. It’s incredible to see a guy like that, and yeah, I’ve picked his brain on, ‘Hey, what do you do off the field? What do you do in the offseason? What do you do during each week to help keep you in shape and keep your body going?’ A lot of it’s God and a lot of it’s his determination and staying disciplined.”

(I’ve got to tell you, just watching him walk hurts me. You saw him walk, that lean that he has.) – “Once he warms up, he’s rolling, that’s all it takes. I know what you’re talking about.”

(So you’re playing the Raiders this week, I think they have a defensive lineman you know pretty well.) – “Who’s that? (Adam) Butler? ‘Jenk’ (John Jenkins)? (Christian) Wilkins? Robbie (Rob Leonard), the coach?”

(How much have you kept in touch with Christian Wilkins? Or is there no contact?) – “We keep in touch pretty often, but I do think we both kind of unwrittenly, we’re not talking this week. If he’s up or not, obviously whatever.”

(Is that the only way he stays quiet?) – “I don’t think you’ll ever going to get him quiet.”

(As far as being a captain is concerned, how often do you guys meet with just the captains and QB Tua Tagovailoa protecting himself, has that come up at all in the captains’ meetings?) – “We don’t tell Tua (Tagovailoa) what not to do. He’s done an amazing job this year, and I think he’s doing the best he can. He’s making plays, he’s doing what he can for the team. It’s been great to watch him play. We do meet weekly and we do talk about things, but that is not one of them.”

(DeShon Elliott called the 2023 version of this team soft on a podcast recently, just wanted to get your response to that.) – “I haven’t seen that yet.”

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