Arizona Cardinals rookie cornerback spoke with reporters after the team lost to the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 5 and believes he and his defensive teammates can bounce back.
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00:05 >> What's your task now?
00:06 What's your challenge now,
00:07 considering the way things have evolved at this point in the season?
00:10 >> Yep, I feel like it's the same as usual.
00:12 Every day we have the attack today, making sure that we own the details and
00:16 the little things.
00:17 Making sure we're not beating ourselves, man.
00:19 Making sure every game we're not eliminating the explosive plays.
00:24 Making sure we try to win the turnover battle, man, and
00:27 just play together as a unit.
00:29 In all phases of the game.
00:31 >> JG asked about Jamar Chase last week.
00:33 He took a lot of the blame.
00:34 Said it was coaching that he didn't give the secondary the tools to
00:39 stop their best player.
00:40 What'd you make of that?
00:41 >> I mean, at the end of the day, I appreciate him for saying that, but
00:44 shoot, we're the ones on the field at the end of the day, so
00:47 we gotta make the plays.
00:49 Sometimes it might not be the best call for
00:52 certain situations that we may get in the game.
00:54 But at the end of the day, we're the ones that gotta execute.
00:57 So we're to blame too as well.
01:00 >> What kind of challenges do they have at receiver for
01:04 you guys as far as defending their receivers?
01:07 >> Yeah, as we know, LA Rams, they have a heavy pass game.
01:12 So the main thing for us is just making sure that we can test in those throws.
01:16 Not playing conservative, but we've been aggressive on those guys and
01:19 really winning at the point of attack.
01:21 And just playing our game and being confident as a back seven as well.
01:25 So that's the main thing.
01:27 >> What's made a guy like Kuka so effective so far this year?
01:30 >> I feel like he's a lucid rock runner.
01:33 Obviously, Matthew Stafford, trust him.
01:35 So the ball has been going to him a lot.
01:37 At the end of the day, like I said, we just gotta play our game.
01:40 No matter who we're guarding against, it could be Kuka, it could be Cooper Cubs,
01:43 Tutu Atwell, former teammate of mine.
01:46 It doesn't matter, we just gotta execute in all phases of the game.
01:50 >> How is it just to be able to go up against teams like that?
01:52 >> It's dope, man, cuz I play with bro, and I practice against them.
01:56 I've got them in practice, so it's amazing to see both of us evolving
02:00 at this next level.
02:01 So I'm appreciative of this moment.
02:05 >> What do you find out about NFL quarterbacks, right?
02:07 I mean, you go with Dak, to Ferdy, to Burrow, and now you get Matthew Stafford.
02:11 >> Yeah.
02:12 >> What would you tell a college guy right now?
02:14 What have you found out about NFL quarterbacks?
02:16 >> Yeah, definitely.
02:16 Some of the plays that you can make in college at corner,
02:20 it's harder to make those plays in the NFL.
02:23 Because they throw into these tight windows.
02:26 Sometimes in college, when they see a corner right there in the vicinity,
02:30 they might not throw the ball.
02:31 But at this level, they're gonna take a shot.
02:35 Their guy, they trust their guy.
02:37 He gotta make a play, I gotta make a play.
02:39 So that's the main thing, is just making sure at the point of attack,
02:43 even though they're still gonna throw the ball, I just gotta make a play.
02:47 Yep.
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