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Press Pass: Jordan Hicks

Nov 03, 20166 min
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Linebacker Jordan Hicks spoke to the media about making sure the defense stops the run game this Sunday against the New York Giants and force Giants quarterback Eli Manning into some tough situations.

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Let's get it. I see the same thing I asked. Let's just how there's a team work to finish a game. What do you have it kind of in your grasp? Um, I think it's part of the mature, the maturation of this this team, um, you know. But but for us, we expect to finish those games. And just as Fletch said, you know, it comes down to the little details at the end and sticking together because you can't do it alone.

You know. It's it's a in order to finish those games, we're gotta we've got to be on point in each phase, um, you know, and it takes all of us. So I think it's falling back on our on the basics, falling back on the techniques, and you know what gets us into that situation, um, and then just sticking together. You know,

it's confidence. You gotta confidence has to go through the roof at that point and know that you're going to finish the game, um, instead of just you know, playing out to lose yours, which is teams Thomas lovel you lost you last for a couple of divisional lasses now as well doing in a divisional commas officers. Right now, we've We've got our confidences high. Um, We've seen how good we can be UM against some of the best

teams in the NFL. You know, so we believe that, you know, no matter what game will no matter what game we we enter into, no matter our opponent, we're obviously gonna have a chance to win. UM. And that's you know for us, UM as big as anything. You know, we're confident in the fact that we can get the job done no matter who we're going against. And UM, you know, I don't I don't think that's wavered at all.

It's spend your impressions to the Giants offense from what you've seen on film, UM, well, they do a good job. Eli does a good job getting the ball out. UM. You know, he's pretty opposite of what we've seen UM as of late in the fact that you know, if he sees blitz, if he sees pressure, UM or you know, anything open, now he's getting to that person. UM. So obviously you know, for them, the offense runs through them and their playmakers on the wide out and ultimately for us,

you know they can run the ball. They're gonna run the ball. So as I say every single week, stop the run then we can get after after you lie. Jim has blitzed a lot more the last two weeks than you guys have blitzed previously. Um, it's been effective. Have you enjoyed the Yeah, I mean we've been putting the quarterback in a tough position, you know, and it, um, you know, you've got to be able to handle the

pressure and make quick decisions. And that's what you know, we've been trying to trying to force them to do, trying to force the hand that way. So obviously it's it's worked the past couple of weeks, Um, but you know, game plans changed, you know, weekend and week out. So whenever he calls, you know, blitz up, it's good for us. Your last three in the rome of the lost real the road. How much of a kind of emphasis has that been this week to kind of the same effort

up there as you have a delay. Yeah, I mean you hear it. You hear the fact that we got to win on the road, especially because it's a visional game and it's like, you know, it's a game we have to win, um, you know, with our backs up against the ropes, um, you know, and with that being the situation. You hear it, but your mentality has to ultimately stay the same. The moment your mentality waivers at all is the moment you're gonna get exposed. So you

try to keep it consistent throughout the week. But you know, our backs are up against the rope and we've got to we've got to respond. So a good a group of receivers as you've seen this season from the unread Yeah, absolutely absolutely. Um, you know they've got playmakers that you know obviously they like to get the ball out quick, but guys that can stretch the field as well. So, um,

you know, we'll be all right, We'll be ready. Dale is a guy who you can get in his head as a defender, and he's got this reputation now around the league, had some incidents earlier this season. You see, not focus on him. We're focused on ourselves, focus on what we need to do to contain. Um. You know their offense and you know it's not about Odell, it's about us as far as Eli and it's released. You

mentioned how quick it is, how difficult. Does that make it foolier or subways doesn't make it easier because you know the goals getting out quickly. I mean, doesn't necessarily make it easier or harder. It just changed the game plan, changes the way you attack their offense. Um. You know, I think it's not a it's not a gauge of how easy or how how difficult it is. You know,

it's just just changes it up. When Tom Coughlin was a coach there, when the running game would struggle, they still they still ran the ball, you know, to keep some credibility to their play action. They're not doing that quite as much with Macado. I think they're only averaging about twenty one carries a game so far. They've kind of they go to the past quickly. How is that a little bit more helpful to you guys at linebacker as far as their play action game, Yeah, I mean

it is. But at the same at the same time, Um, like I said earlier, you know, if they have success earlier running the ball, they're gonna keep doing it. Um, So emphasis has to be on containing that early and forcing their hand. Um. You know, if they if you know they've they've got you know, you watched watched their runs. They've been they've had a few that spit out, you know, and and uh so you know, in order for us to stop it, we're gonna have to be pretty silent, so cool. Thanks guys,

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