Marcus Jones, Milton Williams, and Rhamondre Stevenson | Player Media Availability 10/29

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Christian mentioned you guys play best when you play with Swag. How does Carlton contribute to that and the unit as a whole back there?

Marcus Jones (0:07)

Yeah, I would say we made a lot of plays together. You know, starting off with last year and everything, and then going into this year. So, you know, like I said, whenever we have all the guys that's been on the same page for a long time, you know, it helps out for sure.

SPEAKER_1 (0:18)

And how do you make sure just you guys don't read too much into the record with Miami being 1-5 going into this game?

Marcus Jones (0:24)

Yeah, controlling what we can control. I always talk about controlling the controllables. As we could tell, Miami, like, they're a great team, you know, they have a little bit more grit than they've had before.

They definitely tell you it's a new regime and they have guys that stepping up and making plays. So we know what we're good at. We know what they're good at. They're running the ball very good right now. Stopping the run is very important.

SPEAKER_1 (0:45)

I just talked about it being a different, really nice play down there.

SPEAKER_3 (0:48)

What do you think?

Marcus Jones (0:51)

Yeah, first off, I mean, we all know the committee, you know, that's something that they have.

That's the main thing I would say. You know, they have home field advantage as well. You know, it's not one of those stadiums where everyone's like, oh my gosh, y'all loud and everything. But, you know, whenever you're there, they understand the elements and you know what they're getting.

SPEAKER_3 (1:07)

Marcus, we talked to you about the course of the summer, the season, the takeaways, and you put it together to go with the price of the season. You said you talked to us about the press, the push, the web series, the comes and goes.

Rhamondre Stevenson (1:17)

What's your philosophy?

Marcus Jones (1:19)

Yeah, I would say we always talk about, you know, turnover marketing is very important. We always talk about trying to get takeaways, and again, you got to do it within the schemes. There are going to be times whenever you can, and sometimes it's going to be difficult, but we always talk about punching at the ball, make sure we do those things, stabbing the pocket.

It's the most important thing in football.

SPEAKER_3 (1:37)

Do you think that you will have a place for you to tackle in one of those games, to get energy from it?

Marcus Jones (1:47)

I think it's one of those situations of knowing. Let's just say if you're the last person there, getting the person down is the most important thing.

Whenever you are having another teammate right next to you, now you can go after the ball. So just picking and choosing when to go after the ball, but at the end of the day, get the player down.

SPEAKER_3 (2:03)

It feels like we're seeing more of the punch stuff this year than in years past. Is that something that you see as a player?

Marcus Jones (2:11)

I would say we've seen it for a long time. I think people are not catching on to it, but I would say we always talk about having turnovers and getting the ball.

SPEAKER_1 (2:21)

You've gone to the gym yesterday, and we've spent another second play.

Marcus Jones (2:24)

Can we see that result? For sure. First off, he can make any play he wants to, especially when it comes down to getting outside the pocket.

He's a guy that whenever he does get out of the pocket, he can run away from people as well. So making sure that we have the right depth and everything, not running past the quarterback whenever we're blitzing and getting the edge is very important.

SPEAKER_5 (2:46)

Again, they're one and only division.

Rhamondre Stevenson (2:48)

You guys are two and only division.

SPEAKER_5 (2:49)

So it kind of looks like an important one for you guys, right?

Milton Williams (2:51)

100%, 100%. I don't care what their overall record is. Y'all hear me say that every week. I don't care who we play, what their record is. We got to put our best foot forward.

You know, everything else takes care of itself.

SPEAKER_5 (3:02)

What do you see from the quarterback?

Milton Williams (3:04)

Just a playmaker. You know, he's doing what they're asking him to do. As far as, you know, down here running an attack. But he holds them to the ball a little bit. You know, they're trying to make plays, you know, shots and things like that. Mary up off the run game.