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Friday Media Transcript: DE Jason Pierre-Paul

Eric from BBI : Admin : 9/8/2017 4:54 pm
DE Jason Pierre-Paul

September 8, 2017

Q: Does the Dallas offensive line look different this year, as opposed to years past?

A: Not really, I didn’t [see] that [from watching film]. I’m going to have more of a feel for it in the game when I get there. So, it’s always a feel for the game and what the guy is doing in front of me and how everything is going.

Q: Why do Giants-Cowboys games always seem to come down to the final minute?

A: I don’t know. I really can’t answer that. I know both teams are going to give it their all. We are and I know they are. It’s a division rival game, this counts as two games for us. And we’re just going to go out there and try to give them our best shot that we can. We’re going to play some good defense, I know that they’re going to play some good offense. So, we’re just going to give them the best shot that we’ve got.

Q: Are you excited by what you were able to do in the preseason?

A: I’m still getting warmed up. I feel like I’m still getting warmed up, still [have] a couple of things I need to tighten up. But as the season goes on, that’s what you still work on. Preseason is preseason, training camp, OTAs, all that [was] getting you ready for football. I think everybody feels the same way about it. But I’m just getting warmed up and we’ll see what I can do in the regular season.

Q: Will you be warmed up by Sunday night?

A: We’ll see. All bullets are flying then. I’m 110%. I do play full speed – I try to play full speed every play. I try to give 110%, but as far as that, these games count. So, I’ll be out there.

Q: Do you like playing against Dallas?

A: I don’t care who I’m playing, to tell you the truth.

Q: Did you have to change the way you approached the game because of the core injury?

A: Not necessarily. Me personally, I look at an injury [as] something to just get over. To be honest, after my hand surgery and my hand accident, I feel like there’s no injury I can really overcome. So, I look at an injury as a positive thing, but also a negative thing. Due to my injury on the Fourth of July, I look at every injury like, ‘Okay, get over it.’ If I can come back from that I can come back from everything. So, I proved it. I’m out there playing well right now, I’m just trying to get better, that’s it.

Q: How much of an advantage is it that you now know more about Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott than you did last year when he was a rookie?

A: He was a rookie. Every year, you feel like you have the total details on somebody, but that’s not the case, that’s not necessarily true because every year a guy changes and there are changes in their fundamentals. Like me, my first step. You just try to get better, you never try to stay the same. You try to throw everybody off of your game. He did pretty well last year and I’m pretty sure he’s going to do pretty well Sunday night, but it’s our job to get him off the spot and play that run. And also watch out for 21 [running back Ezekiel Elliott]. So, we’ll see.

Q: What is the key to stopping Elliott?

A: I don’t know the key. Our job is to go out there and defend the yards behind us, defend the field behind us and that’s what we are going to do as a team.

Q: Do you think that you can win Defensive Player of the Year this season?

A: Honestly man, when I look at Defensive Player of the Year, it all is on the speak of my play. But, I have no choice but to go for it, you know? I’m the type of dude that, I’m greedy, but at the same time, you’ve got to make sure you’re doing your job right. But at the same time, everybody has goals they want to achieve. If I get that, I get that, but I’m going to play to my full capable ability and go 110%. I feel like if I play like I’ve been playing in the preseason and up it up when it’s time to really up it up, then anything can happen.

Q: Being one of the only players left from the 2011 Super Bowl team, do you feel a similar sense this year that you did that one?

A: Honestly, like I said, we’ve got great players here. We’ve got great talent. You look around and there’s talent everywhere in the room, on that defensive side of the ball, and the offensive side of the ball. But, it’s going to take a team to do it. You can’t just look at everybody individually. The team is good. It’s not a Super Bowl team yet, but I feel like if we don’t make those mistakes and we close the games out that we need to do – take it one game at a time, we’ll get where we need to go. We were in the playoffs last year, our job is to make it to the playoffs and get to the championship. So, that’s our job, that’s what we strive for and every team out there is striving for that. But we want to be the ones to get it, though [laughs]. So, that’s basically it. Hopefully, this Sunday night we go out there and do what we’ve got to do to come out with a victory.
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