Jaguars Transcripts (10-27-21)

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(On the Florida and Georgia college football game in Jacksonville this weekend) “I just think it’s  incredible. I’m glad I’m not coaching in it anymore, but the fan bases are—when you roll over that  bridge—Coach Charlie [Strong] used to [ask] me about, ‘What do you experience?’ It’s one of the most  incredible experiences in college sports.” 

(On his favorite Florida-Georgia memory as the head coach for the University of Florida) “It was in the  locker room after that game [2008]. That was, I think, two Top 5 teams and they had three first  rounders. Georgia had [Matthew] Stafford, A.J. [Green] and Knowshon [Moreno]. Great team. We had a  great team, too.” 

(On preparing to face the Seattle Seahawks without QB Russell Wilson] “Yeah, we have a coach on our  staff that coached with Geno [Smith] and I was a fan of watching him play in college. But [he’s] a streaky  quarterback that’s really talented. Obviously, the biggest concern—one of the concerns is No. 14 [DK  Metcalf] and the receiver, [Tyler] Lockett. Those two, when you watch them individually, they’re as good  as there is in the NFL. The minute you focus on those guys, obviously they have good running backs as  well. So, elite players cause a lot of tension and when you’re focused … Obviously, New Orleans did a  good job other than the one 84-yard [reception by Metcalf]. But I always worry about when you focus so  much on them, you’re just leaving other things open. So, that’s the focus, Geno and those two wideouts,  but you’ve got to be smart.” 

(On how to match up with Seahawks WR DK Metcalf) “Yeah, it’s not done, the plan. It’s still early. We  had a couple weeks to work on it, but we’re still—that’s not an easy one to figure out. It’s just sheer size  and speed. He’s just a freak of nature out there so we’ve just got to—we’re not done, that’s not an easy  one to figure out.” 

(On whether they watched Monday night’s game as a full staff) “Yeah, we were in the middle of game  planning and I had them put it on and sure enough, I left the game planning meeting just staring at that;  especially after the 84-yarder. But they are really talented, a bunch of great defensive players, too.” 

(On a lot of his coaching staff having been on the Seattle Seahawks coaching staff previously) “Yeah, I  made a comment and I’m not shy to say this, I’ve studied Coach [Pete] Carroll for many, many years.  Starting back at my Utah days when they [University of Southern California Football] were the top of the  college football world. I was with Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart at FOX and I would ask [questions]. I’ve  always studied great coaches and he’s a guy that competition was the number one piece of his  organization and that became ours, too. I mean, it’s always been. So, it’s not by accident that I’ve hired  guys that were a part of that organization.”

(On what he borrowed from Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll’s coaching style) “Yeah, I don’t want to  get too much into it, but yeah, I’ve just read about him, I’ve studied his stuff, I’ve talked to him several  times. He’s been great to me over the years. I’ve bent Reggie Bush’s or Matt Leinart’s ear about team  meetings and some of the things he does to lighten things up a little bit. So, it’s a lot of different things,  it’s not by accident he’s successful.” 

(On whether there’s value in having someone like CB Shaquill Griffin who has experience with Seahawks  WR DK Metcalf and WR Tyler Lockett) “Yeah, to a degree. Like I asked Bev [Coach Darrell Bevell], he said  the defense has changed. I said, ‘How much do you know this defense?’ He said, ‘It’s changed a lot.’  They are a little more complicated in the coverage system they use now. Obviously, [Coach Brian]  Schottenheimer was there for a little bit, but they are smart now, they adapt. And I did talk to Shaq  [Griffin] briefly, I’m going to hit him more today about DK [Metcalf] and [Tyler] Lockett—and he looked  at me and goes, ‘Yeah we’ll chat.’” 

(On whether he expects CB Tyson Campbell back this week) “I do.” 

(On how much of a challenge for CB Tyson Campbell to come back after three weeks) “Yeah, he was  indoctrinated to the NFL with Ja’Marr Chase and played well at times and also it’s part of … But he’s a  talented guy, too, Tyson is. And we get Myles [Jack] back, too, which is big.” 

(On expectation of OL A.J. Cann to be out for the rest of the season) “I think so.” 

(On what the previous Seahawks coaches have told him about the 12th Man fans in Seattle) “They said  it’s the loudest outdoor stadium we’ll play in. And I said LSU, Alabama, Penn State? And they said yes.  So, if they said yes to louder than 110,000, they said the thing is built [for crowd noise] and plus the fans  are outstanding. So, we are going to work hard at it.” 

(On whether he gives the players time to explore or team build before the game) “I trust these guys. So,  I’ll be honest, I’m not there yet. We’re still trying to figure out DK [Metcalf]. But we have a leadership  group and I let those guys help me with the schedule and it worked out well in London. We figured this  one out, but I haven’t gotten there yet.” 

(On the opportunity for OL Ben Bartch with OL A.J. Cann out) “Yeah, he has to play. They’re giant up  front, they are 300-plus pounds and the big nose guard, No. 99 [Al Woods] and they’re really good, big  guys inside. That is something that we’ve got to really watch for Shat [Tyler Shatley] and for [Ben]  Bartch.” 

(On the offensive line) “We are top five in the NFL in yards per carry. We’re keeping our quarterback  upright. I want to say we’re in the top five/top seven, as far as hits on our quarterback, which was key.  And I say that now as every week’s a challenge, but to think we went, and we were down three guys in  the game in London and we were very functional. Will Richardson came in and did a nice job.” 

(On QB Trevor Lawrence’s contribution to the low number of sacks allowed) “Some guys are natural at  it, and he is, and then the other thing is he’s over people. I’ve had a lot of shorter quarterbacks and a lot  of the times they bail out of the pocket early because they can’t see. This guy hangs in there pretty  good. So, there’s two things that happen on sacks, first the awareness, someone’s clean and he gets out  of it. The second one is he hangs in the pocket instead of creating sacks. Sometimes quarterbacks, 

especially when they can’t see, they bail and that’s when they run into a sack. He’s pretty good about  it.” 

(On what he learned from the trip to London that he will implement in the trip to Seattle) “[Vice  President of Football Communications] Amy [Palcic] and I talked about this, is that right now, an article  came out a couple days ago about the soft tissue injuries are way up. We have had really zero and that’s  a complement to our sports performance model here that our guys work our tails off on that. High ankle  sprains and shoulders and broken fingers, that’s the awful part of the game. A player, they put their  body in harm’s way. But soft tissues injuries are something that we did a study [on] last year and I think  we had 18 games lost already at this point. We have had zero and it’s because our players have really  bought in. [Director of Athletic Training Jeff Ferguson] Fergy, [Head Strength and Conditioning Coach  Anthony] Schlegel and that staff, what they do, it’s awesome to watch. Our players really appreciate it.” 

(On update on OL Brandon Linder) “He’s getting closer. He’s moving around. It’s high ankle now. He was  an MCL and high ankle. MCL’s clean and now it’s just the high ankle we have to work through.” 

(On the performance of the offensive line despite the changes in personnel) “Yeah, I think it’s one of our  most consistent pieces right now. I don’t think, I know. Whenever you have transition, I remember …  There’s been times we’ve had the same starting five an entire year. That’s usually a good thing, that  doesn’t happen very often. That’s the one area when you get dinged, it goes backwards fast. Like I said,  Will [Richardson], compared to what he was, I’ve had Hop [Offensive Line Coach George Warhop] say it,  our GM [Trent Baalke] say it, [he’s] one of the most improved, same with [Ben] Bartch. Those guys  weren’t really functional players, now they’re pretty good.” 

(On Seattle’s defensive strategy) “Thirty-three [Seahawks SS Jamal Adams], he is the guy that runs the  whole thing, him and 54 obviously, [Seahawks LB Bobby] Wagner. Thirty-three, you just have to know  where he [is]. He’s the guy that you have to [watch out for]. There is a red flag on him everywhere he is  because first of all, he’s that good of a player and second of all, he’s a very good blitzer, so you just have  to know where he’s at. A lot of times, that’s [important], it’s everyone’s key when you play a guy like  that.” 

(On the team’s history of struggling when playing on the West Coast) “I didn’t really dive into it. I let our  GM [Trent Baalke] and then our players talk to me because it’s new to me too. I’ll have an opinion after  doing it, like I have an opinion about London now. I’ve learned. For me to get mine … I know when I was  at Notre Dame, we’d go to USC and it was a tough trip, awful trip. That’s why you go out a day early and  let them get acclimated and go.” 

(On the game in London) “London? The fans were outstanding, the stadium was incredible, and we  kicked a field goal with one second left. I saw a bunch of guys celebrate because they haven’t celebrated  in a while and I loved seeing it.” 

(On what he will do differently on the next trip to London) “We’ll visit that in the offseason. I’ll meet  with our leadership group. So much of that is what the players felt. I know they complained about food  and all that before. They didn’t [complain this year], it was great.” 

(On potential moves before the November 2 trade deadline) “I know we meet on it every day. We  already met on it today, so the phone is buzzing. I don’t know all that yet, but I know if there’s a chance  to make us better, we listen.”

(On this weekend’s annual Florida Georgia game) “I talked to [Florida Head Coach] Dan [Mullen] already  and [I’m] just pulling for those Gators. [It’s] a tough one this week.”

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(On wanting to play in a Florida Georgia game while in college) “No, not really. I haven’t really thought  about it. We played in some good ones at Clemson, so I don’t ever look back and think about what  could’ve been. I have a lot of buddies that are big Georgia fans, so this game’s always super big for them  when I was growing up. I was never a Georgia fan. I was born in Tennessee then moved to Georgia when  I was younger, but then all my buddies were Georgia fans, so they would always watch the game and got  excited. They would go to the game all the time, but I never thought too much about it.” 

(On how he used the bye week) “I think it’s just knowing how to get back into it. Obviously, you never  totally remove yourself because it’s a long season. We have a lot of progress up to this point, a lot of  good progress, so we have to keep building on that. But like I said before, you have to have a break. So, I  think just knowing how to snap back in and when it’s time to go to work when we clocked in on  Monday, break’s over, like it’s time to go. All the guys have been great getting back ready to play this  weekend and we have a really good game plan so far. It’s really about taking whatever we install,  whatever we do every week and diving in and everyone knowing the ins and outs of every little thing  they have to do. I thought we did a really good job of that last week and I think you saw it carry over.  Just that is realizing it’s back to work, we have 11 straight [games], and there’s no time to waste. We  have to keep working and keep getting better. I think the guys have a good understanding of that and  being a young guy, I feel like I do too, so it’s all good.” 

(On needing the break to physically recover) “It was nice, like my sleep was all messed up. My timeclock  was because we were five hours ahead there, so it was super weird. I needed a few days to get back, so I  thought the bye week was at a really good time and get some guys back healthy. I thought it was good.  [We] came off with a lot of momentum and carried that into this week. It was good for us, but now our  eyes are forward, moving on to playing Seattle.” 

(On WR Jamal Agnew’s biggest strides at the receiver position) “He’s always been just a really good  player in my eyes just seeing how friendly he is running routes. He just understands zones and how to  get leverage and win his matchups. I think he’s always been really good at that, but I guess just seeing  how he’s really taken on this new role and can really do anything. We can put him wherever and it adds  a lot of flexibility to our offense and that’s something that’s always good and just seeing him get more  and more confident at receiver. I think before, obviously, he knew what he could do, and he helped us a  lot at receiver but didn’t play as much, but he was mostly a special teams guy. Now that he knows he’s  one of the main guys, he’s going to be getting the ball a lot and he’s been creating a lot of opportunities  for himself. I think you see that confidence growing more and more in himself and then really in all of us.  Like for me as a quarterback, when you start getting all those guys out there that are just playing  confident, you know if you put the ball near him, he’s going to make a play. That helps a lot when you  feel that as a quarterback. I think we’re getting there, so it’s great.”

(On asking former Seahawk and current Jaguars CB Shaquill Griffin about the Seahawks defense) “Well, I  haven’t yet. It’s good that I have [Passing Game Coordinator] Coach Schottenheimer, that’s our  quarterback coach. He was there for three years so he has a lot of really good insight and knows their  staff really well. He’s helped us a lot just watching film, little tidbits and nuggets of whatever that could  be useful carrying over into the game. He’s been great so far, but yeah, Shaq[uill Griffin] would be a  great guy to talk to too because he was in that defense for however many years. Schotty obviously has a  good feel for it, and he’s helped a lot.” 

(On the challenge of Seahawks S Jamal Adams) “It’s always a challenge when you’re playing a great  player no matter what position he is, but especially at safety because there’s so much freedom. You can  roam around, then kind of go wherever before the snap, and then they eventually have to get to their  spot, but it can mess with you a little bit as a quarterback. I think that’s just something that you know  he’s going to do, and you see it on film and you’re preparing for that. You always have tips on things and  they’re doing their best to take away all those and change them up every game. But we’re doing our  best to figure them out, so it goes both ways. You always have your tips and clues, and pre-snap reads have to be really good and just being aware of how he plays the game. He’s very physical, makes a lot of  plays in the box, but I’ve seen him make some really good plays down field as well. He had a play against  New Orleans playing cover two, broke up a pass on the sideline, so you see him playing the ball well too  at times. He’s a guy that can do a lot of different things, obviously likes to be in the box and play  physical, likes to get sacks and blow up plays. Just always knowing where he’s at is the main thing, but  you still have to go play the game. 

(On Seahawks S Jamal Adams waiting to pick his route to make it more difficult for a quarterback)  “Maybe a little bit, I don’t know if I could really answer that as a matter of fact like whether he does or  not. I think he has a really good feel for the game, and you see guys like him and [Cardinals S] Budda  Baker and safeties that really just they’re really unique in the way they play. Like I said, I think that’s the  biggest part of it is when the safety has all that freedom, and he can go wherever. He has all these little  nuances. You play against some guys where they’re really by the book. Cover two, boom they’re going  to get right to their spot. Cover three, they’re going to do it right by the book. Jamal Adams isn’t really  one of those guys, neither is Budda Baker, a guy we played earlier in the year. That makes it harder for  sure and they just have great instincts. Like I said, you always just have to know where he is.” 

(On his impressions of the Seahawks growing up during their Super Bowl runs) “I was pretty young then.  2014? I was 15, so [it was] like end of freshman year. Obviously, I remember watching that team. [They]  had a great defense. I was young, but I knew they had a ton of playmakers, [former Seahawks S] Kam  Chancellor, the Legion of Boom [nickname for the Seahawks secondary], all those guys. That’s  something I think everybody remembers and that was a really fun team to watch.” 

(On the Seahawk’s stadium, Lumen Field, being one of the loudest in the NFL) “I’ve heard the same  thing. It’s super loud. The fans are super into the game, they’re invested in their team. I’ve heard it’s a  great place to play. I’ve played in a lot of really loud stadiums, but we’re ready for whatever. I think  when you’re getting ready to play a road game, you’re always ready for the max level of noise, so you do  everything you can to prepare. Then if you get there and it’s not as loud as you think, that’s easy to  adjust that way. But if you didn’t prepare for a loud game and then you can’t communicate, it’s really  hard to, last minute, get all of that in order. We’re going to prepare like we’re not going to be able to  hear anything and then going from there. If we can, we’ll adjust as the game goes, but we’re definitely  preparing for a loud atmosphere.”

(On starting drives on the opponent’s side of the field against the Dolphins) “It was great. I thought we  played a really complimentary game. Defense had that huge turnover right after we turned it over. They  got the strip sack on me, and I think a couple plays later, maybe the next play, I don’t remember exactly,  Nevin [Lawson] got the pick. That’s playing complimentary ball and I think that’s a huge reason we won  the game. We played well and played together when we really needed to. You saw those little moments  in the game that ended up, you look at the final score, we won by three, changed the whole game for  sure.” 

(On what a win does for the team’s confidence) “For sure. It’s like I said, I think I said it the first time we  met when I came back, was we’ve always had the confidence of we know we’re a good team, we know  what we’re capable of. But eventually, you have to put that into action. You have to go win a game and  

it took us five games to do that. But now we know, if we prepare, if we play together, play a full four  quarters, we can beat whoever and that just made that a fact. Before that, it was like, well, we haven’t  won any games so far and we still had confidence. But at some point, you have to win, and we did that. I  think that just adds to our confidence at this point and [we] feel great about it. 

(On the difficulty of traveling to the West Coast) “I think you just have to really take advantage of all  your resources, make sure you’re getting all your sleep, really just preparing as best you can. Obviously,  the time change you get out there you can’t really control that. That’s going to be different, but I think  just making sure you’re getting your rest, trying to stay on schedule as much as you can. I think after  going to London, that’ll help because that was a five-hour difference, so this won’t be near as bad. I  think that will actually help us because that was just two weeks ago, so we’re not really worried about  that. But I think it is important obviously to hydrate, it’s a long flight, get your rest, make sure you’re in  bed getting your sleep because we’re there a night early so that’ll be good.” 

(On watching the Seahawks Monday Night game as a group) “I watched it at home with Marissa  [Lawrence, his wife]. I don’t know what everyone else did. I probably watched the last three quarters  and then when we came in, I watched it the next day too. The cut up is a little bit cleaner, easier to  watch than on TV, miss some things. I watched both of those, but I think most of the guys did [watch  together] for sure.” 

(On waiting to see an opponent play on Monday night) “It’s great, just adds a day to our prep and one  more time to get to see them play. Especially watching the game live or just all the way through is a  different feel than watching just a cut up. You get to see how they play in different situations, with  momentum, not with momentum, all those different things. You get to really watch a team, so I think  that was big. Then obviously when you get to watch the team you’re playing and you’re off, that’s huge.  At the end of the day, you still have to go play the game and prepare and they’re going to have all of our  games that we’ve played too. But yeah, it helps for sure.” 

(On watching games through the eyes of a quarterback versus watching it to enjoy it) “It depends. If it’s  a team we’re playing, I definitely try to look for things. I don’t do it every play but as much as I can act  like I was in there and use what we have in our system and match it up kind of with the formation or  protection or whatever it is and make my calls. I don’t do that every play, but when it is a team you’re  playing, you do that more. There’s sometimes where I do just switch it off and I’m like, ‘That was a  sweet throw or catch’ and just kind of watch it, but it’s hard to just sit there and watch it. You kind of  analyze everything, but I kind of go back and forth.”

(On if he watches the regular broadcast or the Monday Night Football’s ‘Manning Cast’ with Eli and  Peyton Manning) “I haven’t seen the Manning Cast. I’ve just seen the highlights. I’ve heard it’s great. I  need to watch it. I’ve seen the videos of it. It looks really cool, but I just watch the normal game.” 

(On his wife Marissa being a big football fan herself) “Not really. She kind of is just because she has to  be. It’s just such a big part of our life. She’s grown to love it and we’ll watch the game. Even though I’m  always playing, always at practice, if a game’s on, we both just watch the game. That’s just such a big  part of our life, but she doesn’t analyze it that much.” 

(On what his wife Marissa tells him to work on) “She always tells me I need to work on sliding. She  doesn’t like when I get hit, so that’s always a big point when I get home.”

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(On whether Seattle Seahawks Quarterback Geno Smith has been in the league long enough to be  considered elite) “Do I think he’s elite? Yeah, I think he’s elite. I would say that. I’ve played around the  guy for a long time. When you’re going almost double-digit years in the league, that means you’re doing  something right. And I understand the guy who he played behind. I can only imagine learning from  Russell [Wilson] for the last five years, you probably could learn a lot. So, I say he’s elite. You see what  he did once Russell went down, the plays he made, we can’t take that for granted. So, I don’t think I’m  going to go in saying he’s not elite. I’m going to treat every quarterback as such. And I think he’s still a  good quarterback, but like I said, I’m going to make it tough enough where he makes the mistakes.  Knowing Seattle, Seattle is a team that wants to do right longer, so that means we have to. So, I  understand that, being in that system. But yeah, I wouldn’t take anything from him and I don’t want the  guys to come in thinking this is a walk in the park.” 

(On whether there’s a secret sauce to playing against Seahawks WR DK Metcalf) “A secret sauce to  slowing DK [Metcalf] down? Man, just competing. I know DK as a person, he knows me as a person. It’s  going to be a hard-fought battle. That’s it, we’re just competing. And that’s the one thing, being in the  same system for a very long time. I’ve seen DK come in as a rookie to where he is now and everything  was, ‘We’re going to make it tough. We’re going to make it tough.’ It’s literally just battling, one play at a  time. The person who gets frustrated first or the person who gives in first, is the person who usually  loses. But knowing who he is, knowing who I am, it’s just going to be a hard-fought battle. Every corner,  everybody that goes out there, we’ve just got to compete, no matter who’s out there.” 

(On whether it would mean more to him to contain WR DK Metcalf one-on-one) “No. That’s not my  game. My main thing is I’m going to have fun with it. He knows me as a person, he knows I’m going to  be out there laughing, enjoying it. And I know how he is as a player. So, it’s going to be something  interesting to see. Right now, we don’t have the game plan, I don’t think I’m following anybody yet, so  I’m kind of looking forward to see how that goes. As of right now, it doesn’t matter who is on my side,  I’m going to make it tough.” 

(On whether he’s seen the video of WR DK Metcalf running down a player after an interception) “Oh I  was there.”

(On whether they react like fans when they see a player make a play like that) “Yeah, like I said, I was  there, so it was different for me. So, yeah, I was a huge fan when he did that. A huge fan. But like I said,  that’s the culture that was taught over there. Compete every single play, give us a blade of grass that we  can do some work. So, that type of effort, that’s the type of team they are. So, like I said, this team is  built off who does right longer throughout the whole game and my main thing is to have those guys  make the mistakes and have us play clean, firm, disciplined football to get this W. So, we know what to  expect, we know it’s going to be an effort game, special teams guys are going to be down there flying— our special teams is going to do the same, offense, defense. So, it’s going to be a competitive game. It’s  going to be tough each and every single play until the clock is zero.” 

(On what weapons the Seattle Seahawks possess) “They’ve got a lot of them. You can talk about Tyler  Lockett, I feel like he’s a very underrated player. He’s a guy who’s been doing everything he can to  consistently, every single year, to make sure he does his best for the organization. And I tip my hat off  because I know him personally. But like I said, he just does everything right. The tight end is a guy who I  had been facing twice a year over there, [Gerald Everett] very aggressive, a guy who loves to compete,  same way. So, he fits well in that system. So, like I said, they have so many guys and weapons. We talk  about Geno Smith and not having Russell [Wilson] understand it’s a man who’s been in the system for a  very long time. He knows how Lockett likes to run his routes, he knows how DK, what type of ball he  wants. He’s been around that system so much, so we can’t take that part lightly because they have the  same weapons who are Top 100 or All-Pro guys and these are the same people that they’re using. So,  it’s not a walk in the park. You put guys like that, you could throw any quarterback with them and  they’re going to try to make some plays, which is the best part about that. So, the main thing is we’ve  got to make it tough, got to make it tough and compete. This type of game is going to be a tough one  and people are going to be sore after this game, for sure.” 

(On the development of the Jaguars defense) “What are we doing now that’s better? Trusting each  other. I feel like that’s the part that was missing. I feel like we had so many plays—a couple busted plays  where we’re playing man-to-man and somebody might leave someone open, or we make a call that  everybody didn’t feel comfortable with, so we sit here trying to have a conversation on the field, trying  to make it right and then another busted play. So now, I feel like that trust is there. We had a talk going  right before we went to London, had a talk of going back to playing for us, playing for this team, the guys  in this locker room, understand I have your back and understand who you are and we’re willing to throw  up a big wall for you at any moment. Wake me up early in the morning, I’m ready for it. And that’s the  type of trust that we have to have and that’s the part that we’re starting to gain—which feels amazing.” 

(On helping out the offense this week since he came from Seattle) “Of course, but the thing is [you have  to] understand it is the same team and anyone in this room knows it is the same system. They are not  changing systems. Their main thing is that you [the opponent] has to come beat us [Seattle]. They have  been doing this for years so it is not like I am telling you something brand new. It is the same thing and  same scheme. The main thing is that they have guys that say ‘you have to come win, you have to come  beat us’ that is the competitive aspect that he [Pete Carroll] continues to teach. Anyone in this room can  peak their head into the offense [meetings] and tell them some note that you think is different but they  can do the same thing. The system has not changed and they still believe that ‘You have to come win  and we are going to make this hard.’ That is the best thing about them, that they are a competitive  organization and they live by that.”

(On the potential upside of WR Jamal Agnew) “He is amazing by the way and I think he already figured it  out. Now it is just giving him the ball and [getting him] more touches. You are starting to see him get  more into it and get more players revolved around him. He is a hell of an athlete and a hell of a player.  He is going to do some amazing things for this team for a very long time and I am just glad to be a part of  it and get a chance to see it. It is something that we have been seeing from the beginning of camp,  especially just on special teams [seeing the] way he works. Now to see him involved in the offense is  amazing. We need him and we need that. He is doing a hell of a job picking us up in a spot that we need  help at the most.” 

(On the transition from DB to WR for WR Jamal Agnew) “Going from offense to defense would probably  be tough, but like I said he is a heck of an athlete. That is why I said athlete first because the man can do  it all and it is amazing to see. There are not a lot of players like that and knowing me you put me at  corner and I am good and I am alright, I can do that. For him to go from defense to offense and have the  impact to help make us win, that is amazing.” 

(On what stood out about playing for Seattle) “The leadership and the veteran people that we had  around. You know I was grateful to be in a situation where I played with [Richard] Sherman [CB Richard  Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor. Very veteran guys and you talk about Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril.  These are guys you talk about eight plus years total [in the league]. That is crazy and I got a chance to  learn a lot from a person who has seen it all. I feel like that was the part that stuck out to me. Talking  about the coaches, you know Pete Carroll, he just allows you to be you and that is what I learned. You  know I went to a college where it was frowned upon to be exactly who I am as a person, so I had to  learn to maneuver around that. Pete Carroll [said] just be you. Whatever it is that you feel like it is, be  that person on the field and then being able to come here and do the same thing, that is the part that I  love most back in Seattle. You know being who I am and now I can do the same thing here, so it is  amazing. 

(On going back to Seattle) “I am rocking with this team and this organization. I got love for the 12 and  miss the 12’s but when I come in there, it is about Jacksonville and the city behind me.” 

(On telling Urban Meyer Seattle is the loudest stadium) “I did not try to tell him, I told him. It is the  loudest and the good thing is I am on defense on the opposite side, so I do not hear all that noise. They  [the fans] are quiet on offense so that will be a first. You know I am usually on defense and the opposing  offense is saying ‘I cannot hear the call’ and there is a lot of things going on, but now I am on the quiet  side so we will figure it out.