{"id":318,"date":"2005-12-22T07:10:27","date_gmt":"2005-12-22T12:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2005-12-22T07:10:27","modified_gmt":"2005-12-22T12:10:27","slug":"new-england-patriots-lb-willie-mcginest-transcript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2005\/12\/22\/new-england-patriots-lb-willie-mcginest-transcript\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Patriots LB Willie McGinest Transcript"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of New York Jets<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the Patriots improving and making it to the playoffs\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong>
\nWell, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not really worried about playoffs and the SuperBowl and that type of stuff, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just trying to play better as a team. What we were doing the first half of the season is kind of uncharacteristic of us, and you got to credit the coaching staff and the guys for getting back on track for what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been doing in the past. I think preparation has been a lot better for what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re trying to do, get guys back on the same page and get back to the way we play football.<\/p>\n

On specific areas where the Patriots defense has improved\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong>
\nI just think we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re playing better together. First it starts with the run, being able to stop the run. Then, when your offense and your team is playing together a whole lot better, special teams and offense putting up points, and you stop the team, it kind of allows you to make the game one dimensional. You can get more aggressive. I just think guys are playing better. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like we had a bunch of new guys who came in, it would be a different thing. I think we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve just been preparing harder and we realize the mistakes we were making. On both sides of the ball and special teams are kind of complimenting each other.<\/p>\n

On defending Brooks Bollinger for the first time\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong>
\nHe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good QB. He can get the ball to where he needs to get it to. He can also beat you with his feet and that will probably be a big emphasis for him. Trying to slow him down and keep him in the pocket, instead of getting outside of the pocket; he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dangerous and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something that we definitely have to do against him. He can run, throw the ball on the run, and sometimes it can be kind of hard to defend guys like that. You have guys come out of coverage to try and stop the QB and he just throws the ball down field. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty accurate when he has time. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty versatile.<\/p>\n

On not having the dominant record they have had in the past and their reputation\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong>
\nWell we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really care about what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happened the past couple years. I think we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just concentrating on what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on now. I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an advantage against everybody else. They can think what they want to think, they can worry about that and if they have that perception of us, great. They line up against us, we got them thinking like that, then they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see a different team. What we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re trying to do is play one game a week. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not worried about the future or the past or what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just trying to improve steadily, all on the same accord each week. Teams try and underestimate us because they hear it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not the same team or whatever. Well, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re right, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a new year, different people doing different things. Theyr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122e still living in the past it gives us that edge<\/p>\n

On winning an away game and preparing for post-season play\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong>
\nWe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been on the road before. We didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have all of our games at home last year or the year before or none of the times we went to the SuperBowl. If you watched us or paid attention we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been on the road. We had to go to PIT, we had to play in a hostile environment.<\/p>\n

On playing in the SuperBowl at home\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong>
\nYeah, just one time out of the three. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been on the road, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s part of game. Got to play well wherever you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re at. Home field advantage is only an advantage if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re winning and doing things right. If you take the crowd out of the game, or you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not playing well, none of that stuff matters.<\/p>\n

On certain things that have to be done to be successful\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong>
\nWe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got to take one play at a time. Can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be caught up in fans and everything else going on. You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make a lot of mistakes. You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go into a game with a hostile environment making a lot of mistakes. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got to play your best ball on every inch, every yard, every stop. Every big play counts. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got to understand that if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do something right, if you play 55 minutes of good football, and the last five minutes not play good, you could go home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of New York Jets On the Patriots improving and making it to the playoffs\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Well, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not really worried about playoffs and the SuperBowl and that type of stuff, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just trying to play better as a team. What we were doing the first half of the season is kind of uncharacteristic of us, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-jet-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-58","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}