G/C Weston Richburg
August 5, 2015
Q: You don’t know the old school NFL with the two a days. As a young player who’s trying to develop, do you wish the practices were more physical?
A: You know what, I think at some points you do. It would be extremely challenging from what I heard from some of the older guys who talked about how it was back before this CBA. I do think from a physical standpoint, I think it would be pretty beneficial to have those two-a-days, but we’ve got to play with the hand we’re dealt. That makes it more important for us to go out in our single practices and get as much work in and as much progress in as we can.
Q: What’s your anticipation for Cincinnati like?
A: I think it will be real physical, especially against their front seven. They’re good players and it’ll be good for us to see somebody other than guys we’ve been practicing against for a couple weeks. It’ll be nice to actually change it up a little bit.
Q: Do you anticipate the whole intensity and chippiness to go up?
A: I’m sure the intensity will be ramped up quite a bit. That’s all I’ve seen. We’ve never experienced it, but we’ve seen fights and stuff from other teams. It’ll be physical, I’m sure, which we’re excited about.
Q: Do you think you’ll be an instigator or a peacemaker?
A: I’m going to play some football and that’s my goal. Play football and get everything going with the offensive line.
Q: Will it be nice to go up against someone new?
A: It’s always nice to go up against someone new. It’ll be a good challenge to see somebody new like that.
Q: Has there been any talk about fights? The last time the Giants did a joint practice…
A: I heard it was with the Jets, so that might be a different story. I’m sure we’ll address it somewhere in the near future, but nothing has been said as of yet.
Q: Have you had an opportunity to get to the next level and to block Beason?
A: Yeah, a lot of our outside zone stuff, I’m able to get up to the second level and block some athletes at the linebacker position.
Q: Just curious what you’re seeing in Beason?
A: He’s a very smart player. We’re making a lot of checks and he’s kind of able to pick up sometimes what we’re doing. Sometimes we’re able to trick him, but he’s a great player. Very smart, very strong, very quick. You’d be surprised at his quickness. He’s a very quick player—instinctive player and it’s fun to play against someone that good.
Q: Does it help you?
A: Oh yeah. Anytime you’re playing against the best, that’s what you want. You want to play against the best players possible and Beason is one of them. That’s good for me, it’s good for all of us.
Q: It’s not like a rookie or anything?
A: No, it’s definitely not a rookie. He’s established himself as one of the best in the game.
Q: It’s not like a rookie or anything?
So someone asked Richburg if Beason wasn't like a rookie or anything? What does it mean and what answer would satisfactorily answer that question? Usually a query results in satisfaction of or rejection of said criteria...wtf was this person looking to confirm or deny that Jon Beason isn't a rookie????
Translation : "I just learned what next and second level blocks are, how can I work that into in an inane question about practices I myself am paid to observe?..hmmmm