Wake Forest safety Malik Mustapha discusses potentially playing next to Pittsburgh Steelers' safety Minkah Fitzpatrick.
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00:00 Yeah, so just being like maybe one of the smaller vehicles for safety.
00:04 I try to separate myself from the other safeties that are in my league or
00:09 what I'm gonna be in the next few months.
00:12 Just being able to try to be like a high motor explosive guy and
00:17 just try to utilize my speed every way I can when I'm on the field.
00:20 Just hopefully that just transition into the run game and
00:25 when I'm fitting and just not have to express my range when I'm single high.
00:29 Just being able to kind of utilize my speed in order to kind of leak into that
00:33 versatility that I'm able to bring as well.
00:35 It's just something that I kind of always like to hone in on and
00:38 just try to be the most complete safety I can.
00:41 On the one on ones, it was something that he was pointing out things like God
00:46 can't be on the one on ones, those are all technical things that he said that can be
00:50 fixed due to his coaching.
00:52 He was just expressing that, and none of that is by lack of ability.
00:55 It's just being able to be coachable in those positions to make those plays.
00:58 So yeah, definitely his presence is known when he gets there.
01:01 So yeah, it was awesome seeing him.
01:03 >> Awesome.
01:04 >> All right, one last- >> Appreciate it, man.
01:06 >> You got a good spot.
01:06 >> One last question for you.
01:07 What would it mean to play with Minka Fitzpatrick, and
01:11 how do you think your skill set would complement a player like him?
01:14 >> Yeah, so Minka is definitely one of the most high value safeties in this league.
01:18 And the way he flies around on tape with his range and
01:21 his ability to fill in the alley as well is something that I try to hone in on as
01:26 I go my game, and I feel like we'll be able to complement each other well simply
01:30 just because he knows how to be that ally on the defense.
01:34 But just being able to be with him, being on the same page, communicating with him
01:38 is something that will help us build each other's game and things like that.
01:40 So it'll be definitely a great experience being able to do that with him.