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Zach Sieler – November 8, 2021 Download PDF version

Monday, November 8, 2021

DT Zach Sieler

(Obviously you have a little bit of familiarity with Baltimore having spent some time with them. I guess as you kind of start to do the quick turnaround, what sticks out from that offense with Offensive Coordinator Greg Roman, QB Lamar Jackson, and where do you think they’ve grown the most over the past couple of years?) – “They’re a powerful offense. Coach (Harbaugh) is going to have them running the ball, getting the ball. They’re going to be a hardworking team. They’re not going to be soft. They’re going to really try to take the game in their hands.”

(I know there’s obviously turnover from year to year, but guys like DT Brandon Williams or maybe LB Pernell McPhee, do you have any relationships with those guys still?) – “Yeah there’s a few guys there I still enjoy talking to and seeing them. My first two years were there. It was a great organization and some great guys there.”

(As somebody who has been a part of the Ravens organization, they have what somebody here interviewed as the Ravens DNA in terms of the physical brand of football. How do you get that DNA?) – “They definitely try to make their guys have that when they bring them in and they’re going to try to instill it in them every day, every practice and it’s something they look for. I think it’s something we know going into this week and we know we got to out-physical them.”

(So it’s like a toughness DNA? Like they have to be tough?) – “Mentally tough, physically tough, it’s everything. It’s just as a person.”

(You were talking a lot about your Baltimore days. Obviously you played a lot against them at practice. What do you see form QB Lamar Jackson up close that makes him different?) – “He’s a great quarterback, he’s got some really good quick-twitch as everyone has seen probably by now. We’ve got to control him and help the defense have a great game.”

(I’m a little intrigued about this whole thing about their DNA and their philosophy. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a football coach say I don’t want my team to be physical. Nobody ever says that. So if everybody wants to be physical, how come the Ravens are able to do it no matter who’s lining up for them? What are they doing that other teams aren’t?) – “I don’t know. I don’t know. It’s what they do. We have a very physical team here. I think we do the best to instill that on our players here as well and that’s what we look for here as well.”

(I know it’s been more than about two years but this is going to be the first time you face the Ravens. Any extra, any special motivation for you facing the team that gave up on you back then?) – “I’m thankful for all my time there. I’m thankful for the opportunity they gave me. Learned a lot while I was there but I’m more thankful for Miami and what I’ve been able to do here and what they’ve done for me in teaching me, coaching me and grooming me into the player I am today.”

(Last year, you guys had a lot of success for most of the year defensively. It seems like these last couple of weeks you’ve got back to whatever you guys were doing as far as the blitzes as far as the front. What has changed over the last few weeks for you guys defensively?) – “I think we’re doing a lot of the same things. I think things are finally starting to click. We’re starting to play better as a team. We’re starting to complement each other and that’s what we’ve gotten these last couple of weeks.”

(You guys just defended QB Tyrod Taylor. He’s got some mobility but maybe not the same as QB Lamar Jackson. How many of your keys or your gameplan tendencies can you roll over to defending a guy like Lamar?) – “I think when you have a quarterback like that, there’s a lot of similarities yes. We’re going to have to take this week for what it is, adjust what we need to adjust and go from there.”

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