WEBVTT - Press Pass: Malcolm Jenkins

0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:09.920
<v Speaker 1>Take me through the one day you forced the Monday

0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:13.119
<v Speaker 1>ninety and how that feel about. They just run a

0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:15.640
<v Speaker 1>screenplay that you know everybody else in the league runs,

0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:18.599
<v Speaker 1>and UM, I found myself behind the ball care and

0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:20.680
<v Speaker 1>basically so I'm in a blind spot where he doesn't

0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:24.280
<v Speaker 1>see me. So that's an opportunity where you can punch

0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:26.680
<v Speaker 1>at the ball. And you know, when when a guy

0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:28.960
<v Speaker 1>sees you coming, usually they tightened up and they'll protect

0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:31.200
<v Speaker 1>the football. But if they don't feel you there, um,

0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:32.839
<v Speaker 1>usually that ball is a little loose and I just

0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:35.840
<v Speaker 1>punch at the you know, his elbow and the balls

0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:37.559
<v Speaker 1>in the ground. Then you got other guys that are

0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:39.680
<v Speaker 1>a rounding football because they're trying to make the tackle. Demiko,

0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:41.839
<v Speaker 1>there's a good job of jumping on it, protecting the

0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:48.240
<v Speaker 1>ball into the pile and coming up with it. Twas

0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:51.199
<v Speaker 1>a game coming into the season, how big of a

0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:54.160
<v Speaker 1>goal was that for you guys to focus on? That's

0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:56.960
<v Speaker 1>it's probably the number one thing we wanted to do

0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.680
<v Speaker 1>is take the ball away um at an alarming rate,

0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:02.480
<v Speaker 1>and three is really a high bar we talk about

0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:07.520
<v Speaker 1>per game, but um, obviously it's something that we feel

0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:11.440
<v Speaker 1>like we can accomplish and especially with as much emphasis

0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:13.400
<v Speaker 1>as we put on the throughout the weekend, during training

0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:16.960
<v Speaker 1>and training camp and offseason. We feel like, um, if

0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:19.000
<v Speaker 1>we can if we can accomplish that as a defense,

0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:21.600
<v Speaker 1>we give our team a really good chance of winning

0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:27.080
<v Speaker 1>the game under And you know, when you get to

0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:28.440
<v Speaker 1>the point that maybe both of them were able to

0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:30.280
<v Speaker 1>play with in that edge of the defense. I mean,

0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:32.840
<v Speaker 1>whenever you get players and their caliber backe, it just

0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:36.320
<v Speaker 1>makes you better. Um, you know so. But we also

0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:39.520
<v Speaker 1>had guys step in and play huge for us, Jordan

0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.679
<v Speaker 1>Hicks being the main one. Um Nizigel came in to

0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:46.600
<v Speaker 1>play well for us, and especially with Demiko Uh, I

0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:49.360
<v Speaker 1>don't know what his status is, but having a tweak

0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:51.920
<v Speaker 1>of his hamstring or whatever it is, to get those

0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.840
<v Speaker 1>guys kind of back into the mix is obviously good

0:01:54.840 --> 0:02:01.480
<v Speaker 1>for us. What do you see for from your perspective

0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.680
<v Speaker 1>or why that's I think we take it personal. I

0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:07.560
<v Speaker 1>know I do. As a you know, as a safety,

0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:10.799
<v Speaker 1>we are usually the ones in coverage against tight ends, um,

0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.960
<v Speaker 1>and you know you don't want that guy to have

0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:15.679
<v Speaker 1>a great end, and so we do a good job

0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:20.359
<v Speaker 1>of our technique and matching up well. We got linebackers

0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.600
<v Speaker 1>that cover well when we want to use them on

0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.880
<v Speaker 1>the matchup, and um, I just think we match up

0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:27.360
<v Speaker 1>well when we want to get a man and man

0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:30.400
<v Speaker 1>and play one on one. I think we do a

0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:32.960
<v Speaker 1>good job at it. And and usually when you talk

0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.560
<v Speaker 1>about tight ends, it's your safeties and your linebackers, and

0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:38.959
<v Speaker 1>we have athletic linebackers that really don't get mismatched at all,

0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.560
<v Speaker 1>and our safeties obviously do a good job covering as well.

0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.240
<v Speaker 1>What do you seem from along on the table? Is

0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:51.079
<v Speaker 1>he any different than a tenda? He's definitely different. He's

0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:52.600
<v Speaker 1>one of the better tight ends in this league, and

0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:56.320
<v Speaker 1>obviously he's getting a lot more targets. He's probably their

0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:00.280
<v Speaker 1>best receiver on their team, and he's uh when they

0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:02.520
<v Speaker 1>want to get some things going, he's who they go to.

0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:05.160
<v Speaker 1>And you saw a last game in Seattle or you know,

0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:08.680
<v Speaker 1>him and Cam Newton pretty much took that game over UM,

0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:10.680
<v Speaker 1>and so you know you look forward to those kind

0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.520
<v Speaker 1>of matchups. He's been one of the top tight ends

0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:16.880
<v Speaker 1>in this game for a long time. UM. He's savvy,

0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.720
<v Speaker 1>can run routes to catch as well, U and so's

0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:25.840
<v Speaker 1>He's definitely somebody we got to look out for. I

0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.760
<v Speaker 1>think we just we both want to be great, and um,

0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:30.480
<v Speaker 1>you know, he's a smart player, hes a veteran, he's

0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.960
<v Speaker 1>played football in this league. Um, you know, he looks

0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:36.200
<v Speaker 1>to me for some of because this is the first

0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.560
<v Speaker 1>year playing safety. So just some of the things that

0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.320
<v Speaker 1>I know and can teach him, he learns from me.

0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.320
<v Speaker 1>And then there's things that he just naturally does that

0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:45.640
<v Speaker 1>I try to pull from him. And then we're constantly

0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.040
<v Speaker 1>competing against each other to see who can pretty much

0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.360
<v Speaker 1>make the same play the most plays. And I think

0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.640
<v Speaker 1>that just makes us better and um, you know, it's

0:03:53.680 --> 0:04:06.360
<v Speaker 1>it's just fun playing next time. Uh well, I thought

0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:08.640
<v Speaker 1>Seattle did a really good job of defending him until

0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:10.360
<v Speaker 1>the last two drives of the game. You know, he

0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:14.200
<v Speaker 1>really didn't do much the whole game. Um, and then

0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.120
<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, the last two drives. If you

0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.560
<v Speaker 1>turn it on, he's a totally different quarterback. He made

0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:22.640
<v Speaker 1>probably about nine throws that were you know, really good

0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:27.520
<v Speaker 1>and show um the you know, the ability that he has.

0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.320
<v Speaker 1>And I think he's I mean, he's obviously a quarterback

0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:32.640
<v Speaker 1>that can run, but he's doing that less and less,

0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:34.880
<v Speaker 1>and he's he's got a big arm. But now he's

0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:36.800
<v Speaker 1>doing a good job of delivering the ball. The biggest thing,

0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:38.359
<v Speaker 1>he's taking care of the football. He's not turning the

0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.960
<v Speaker 1>ball over, so he's not putting his team in hard

0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:44.839
<v Speaker 1>harm's way by trying to um, you know, push to

0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:48.080
<v Speaker 1>get a play. He's just taking what's there. Um. And

0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:49.960
<v Speaker 1>then obviously when the game's on the line, he does

0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:53.480
<v Speaker 1>a good job of making plays on his own. Secondary

0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:56.680
<v Speaker 1>is it or how difficult is it to stop him

0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:59.680
<v Speaker 1>when he extend his plays and says, guy's actually trying

0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.480
<v Speaker 1>to get it. And if you if you you can

0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.320
<v Speaker 1>put my grandmother out there and have her run route,

0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.359
<v Speaker 1>if she got six seconds, she might catch it. You know.

0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:11.839
<v Speaker 1>It's like, uh, it's really hard to cover somebody for

0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:13.960
<v Speaker 1>that long. And so if he can extend to play,

0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:17.640
<v Speaker 1>that's where a big plays happening. And regardless of who's

0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.600
<v Speaker 1>a quarterback, but especially him. You know, if you give

0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.400
<v Speaker 1>him that long to to find an open guy and

0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:25.960
<v Speaker 1>then with the speed that they have on the outside, um,

0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:27.960
<v Speaker 1>that that'd be that'ld be dangerous for us. So we

0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:30.159
<v Speaker 1>definitely got to keep him in the pocket. We gotta

0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.360
<v Speaker 1>make him get rid of the ball. Um. And if

0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:40.320
<v Speaker 1>he does hold it, we gotta get him down. Uh.

0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:43.200
<v Speaker 1>As far as versatility, he's the only he's the only

0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:46.120
<v Speaker 1>safety I've been matched up with that's played corner. Oh,

0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.279
<v Speaker 1>he is a corner and now he's playing safety, and

0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:52.520
<v Speaker 1>so Um, he's probably the most versatile player I played

0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:56.440
<v Speaker 1>next to. Um obviously similar to my storyline being a

0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.360
<v Speaker 1>corner and moving the safety UM. And I think from

0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:02.880
<v Speaker 1>that standpoint, we both kind of see the position from

0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:06.280
<v Speaker 1>a similar viewpoints. But he's definitely probably the most verse

0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:11.159
<v Speaker 1>ago I played with. He thinks Jordan Hicks is Do

0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:14.320
<v Speaker 1>you see any similarities with him in Deniko. Yeah, we

0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:21.120
<v Speaker 1>call Demiko Mofossa and Jordan's December, you know, because and

0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.200
<v Speaker 1>this is actually pretty amazing for him to be a

0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.240
<v Speaker 1>rookie and to have the understanding of the defense, of

0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:29.880
<v Speaker 1>what everybody's doing. UM, to have the respect and command

0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.599
<v Speaker 1>of the huddle, UM, you know, is that's something that

0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.680
<v Speaker 1>usually takes a while to develop, especially with young guys,

0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.200
<v Speaker 1>but you know, he hasn't. And and when Demiko went

0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:41.800
<v Speaker 1>out the other night, UM, you know, I just told

0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:43.920
<v Speaker 1>Jordan it's your show, you know, run it. And and

0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:47.040
<v Speaker 1>he's very very comfortable with that role. And has been

0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:55.760
<v Speaker 1>doing a great job for us with his ability the gold.

0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:02.120
<v Speaker 1>He allows us to the matchups that we want. And um,

0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:04.960
<v Speaker 1>I think that's kind of the storyline of our entire secondaries,

0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.440
<v Speaker 1>that you've got guys that are all versatile, that can

0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:10.400
<v Speaker 1>play different positions, and so we can match we can

0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:12.640
<v Speaker 1>match up. You know who we want. We play the Saints.

0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.440
<v Speaker 1>We wanted to put me on spiller and that that

0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:18.000
<v Speaker 1>means that AJ has to play the nipple. Um. Last

0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.080
<v Speaker 1>week they wanted me in the slot, and so that

0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:22.280
<v Speaker 1>means that J's playing a dime. You know, we can

0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:24.480
<v Speaker 1>just move guys in around to give the matchups that

0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:26.320
<v Speaker 1>we wanted to put us in the best position. And

0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:30.480
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's it gives you an advantage as a

0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:33.320
<v Speaker 1>defense when you don't have to, you know, worry about

0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.320
<v Speaker 1>one guy only knowing one position and then you're stuck

0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:43.360
<v Speaker 1>with packages that you don't like nine times last years. Um,

0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.280
<v Speaker 1>you know, I know offensive line is different. What can

0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:50.040
<v Speaker 1>you take for that game? I mean it's you can

0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.680
<v Speaker 1>you can look at what worked, but like you said,

0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:55.280
<v Speaker 1>there's a different offensive line. Um, I'm sure they're not

0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.600
<v Speaker 1>going to come with the same exact game plan. Um,

0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:00.840
<v Speaker 1>but I think what you do look at it is

0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.960
<v Speaker 1>m that game got out of hand really early, and

0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.640
<v Speaker 1>so they really had to abandon all the run game

0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:10.280
<v Speaker 1>that we had to prepare for, and it became a

0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:15.200
<v Speaker 1>pass only game. And with our defense, if it becomes

0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.160
<v Speaker 1>a pass only game, you know, that's when we can

0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:19.480
<v Speaker 1>pin our ears back. And that's when I think some

0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:22.280
<v Speaker 1>of those, um those plays will come when they have

0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:23.880
<v Speaker 1>to stretch the field, he has to hold onto the

0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.600
<v Speaker 1>ball a little longer, and we allow our fund to

0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:29.720
<v Speaker 1>just pin their ears back. And so but first things first,

0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:31.920
<v Speaker 1>we gotta we gotta take care of this run. You know,

0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.679
<v Speaker 1>if our offense doesn't jump up big, then it'll be

0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.160
<v Speaker 1>you know, three yards in the cloud of desk type

0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.400
<v Speaker 1>of game. And then obviously they'll take their shots down

0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:41.840
<v Speaker 1>the field. But um I, we gotta get rid of

0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:43.880
<v Speaker 1>ready for this run game. So that film, you just

0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.840
<v Speaker 1>look at it, you know, that's the best case scenario.

0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:48.680
<v Speaker 1>You know, our offense puts up a bunch of points

0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:50.120
<v Speaker 1>early in the game and they just have to throw

0:08:50.120 --> 0:09:00.280
<v Speaker 1>out the playbook and pass all day.