Grant Delpit Media Availability November 9, 2023
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00:00 >> Is there a little extra juice for this game at all just based on the fact that,
00:05 is there anything to the fact that you guys are going in with the number one
00:10 defense, they have the defense that is number one against scoring,
00:15 sacks and everything else, does that add something to this?
00:19 >> I'm not familiar with all the statistics of it all.
00:25 I know we got in this building and I believe that we the best defense in the league.
00:30 So we gotta go out there and show it at the end of the day.
00:33 We can't just say it and not back it up.
00:35 >> Yeah.
00:37 >> I don't think it's gonna be a competition between, it might look like it's
00:41 an outside world, but we try to take care of the offense at the end of the day.
00:43 >> So the more juice and the fact that the way the defense played in the first.
00:49 >> I come out there with juice every week, Tony, you know that?
00:52 >> [LAUGH]
00:53 >> I try to fly around make plays man and
00:57 I know our guys will be fired up just based off of where we could be and
01:01 stuff that we put on tape so far that's not us man, we gotta keep improving every
01:05 week, it's gonna be, we riding off a good win last week and
01:10 we're gonna keep that same energy.
01:12 >> So how do you get that consistency, Grant?
01:15 Because there's been times you guys feel great and
01:18 there's times when you probably would admit it wasn't, that's what you're exactly.
01:22 >> No, it's a tough league man, the teams are good as well, but
01:25 we just have to, can't take any weeks off, we can't take any plays off.
01:29 So as you can see, three or four plays, it could be a difference in the game.
01:32 So we're very familiar with this team, we have a good game plan and
01:39 we know that what they did to us last time when they came here.
01:42 So we have a great practice and
01:47 going this game with a killer mentality.
01:51 >> Grant, there was a game in Baltimore where you guys intercepted Lamar four
01:55 times, and all four of them were intended for Mark Andrews that day.
02:00 >> Okay, yeah, I forgot about that.
02:01 >> And then there's last time, two touch-ups,
02:04 he's always a part of this game, isn't he?
02:07 >> Mark Andrews?
02:08 Yeah, he is, he's a good tight end man, you can't take it away from him.
02:14 He's very comfortable in their offense, he finds some open spaces in his own
02:17 coverage, so you always gotta be aware of where 89 is at,
02:20 it's one of his favorite targets.
02:21 >> He's kinda like Kelsey in that you know it's coming to him, but
02:24 he makes his catches.
02:26 I mean, not against you, but just overall.
02:28 >> Yeah.
02:30 >> A lot of times he's the only playmaker out there for this team.
02:33 >> Nah, they got a lot of playmakers, but we got a game plan.
02:39 >> Okay, Grant, you mentioned the last game,
02:43 they come into this one offensively much healthier team than the last.
02:48 So what has to change for you guys on your side of the ball to slow them up,
02:54 considering they got a full roster and how successful they were in that first matchup?
02:58 >> Yeah, well, they're gonna look at our game,
03:00 see the plays that they had success with.
03:02 And of course, they're gonna have some more in their arsenal.
03:04 But we have to correct that, first of all, we already did after we played them.
03:09 But we gotta know what they're gonna come with, man.
03:12 And they're on the high street right now.
03:15 They got a good win that they just have against a good opponent.
03:19 So we just gotta correct our mistakes, man, and move forward.
03:24 That's pretty much it.
03:26 You good.
03:27 >> You've talked in the past about just your connection with Odell,
03:30 through Allison and everything, and the relationship there.
03:32 What's it gonna mean from a personal standpoint to you to be able to stay
03:36 some time on the stadium?
03:38 >> No, my first time?
03:41 Yeah.
03:42 I don't know, man.
03:42 Like I said, he's a good dude.
03:45 He gets a bad rep sometimes, but man, he's my dude.
03:48 He's a great person.
03:49 In the locker room, he's a great teammate.
03:52 So I got nothing but respect for that dude.
03:54 But instead of telling these white lies, man, it's game on.
03:59 So we'll talk at the end, but I'm not really worried about that.
04:02 >> Grant, obviously, you guys know more defensively, you all play well.
04:07 How much more of your defense is skill versus attitude?
04:11 Or are those not two separate things?
04:13 >> Yes, that's two peas in a pod, man.
04:16 So you gotta have both to be an elite defense.
04:21 We have the right coach for it.
04:22 Schwartz, he preaches that, playing with attitude and knowing your assignment.
04:26 So in order to be a great defenseman, you gotta have that chemistry.
04:30 You gotta have the attitude and swag.
04:32 So I think we have both, man.
04:33 We gotta keep it rolling throughout the season.
04:35 >> Is attitude the biggest difference this year, or is it something different?
04:38 >> I don't know, it's a lot of little differences that make a big difference.
04:42 So I can't pinpoint each one of them, but
04:46 I do feel like we had an attitude that nobody's better than us.
04:49 So that always helps.
04:50 >> Grant, you seem like when you got that talking family.
04:53 >> [LAUGH] >> I saw you weren't here.
04:55 >> Yeah, no.
04:55 >> What was going on?
04:56 >> Nah, man, y'all know me, man.
04:57 I'm not gonna stand over no dude and talk, come on, man.
05:01 It was just funny how we all saw the play.
05:04 I don't really need to speak too much about it.
05:08 But I wasn't standing over him on a respectful game like that.
05:12 >> Do you guys relish the role of sort of nobody giving you a chance to win a game?
05:18 I mean, it's all about the Baltimore Ravens and how tough they are and
05:22 how tough they are at home.
05:23 Do you guys kind of like that when it seems like it's the world against you in
05:27 a way?
05:28 >> It don't seem like that to me.
05:29 >> I feel like we all in this building know what we got.
05:31 Of course, they won last game.
05:37 But now we got a chance to go in their place and do the same thing that they did
05:41 to us and might meet them again in the long run.
05:44 So that's what's on our mind.
05:46 >> Greg, you got a lot of footballers playing, I understand that.
05:49 Considering they already have seven wins,
05:51 game and a half separation in their standings.
05:54 Just how big is this game for
05:57 your prospects to try and come back and win this division?
06:00 >> It's a division game.
06:02 It's a big game in that aspect, but we play big games all the time, man.
06:07 So I think every week in this league, as long as you stack more wins,
06:10 that's what we focused on.
06:11 So we go on it each week that it's the most important game of the season,
06:17 to be honest.
06:17 So might have a little more riding on it, but it's our same mentality.
06:21 >> Can you believe how tough this division is this year with everyone having
06:24 at least five wins?
06:26 >> I mean, I feel like it's been like that.
06:28 We have a very elite division, I feel like.
06:33 Some elite defense and specifically, so we gotta come in and show up.
06:39 Appreciate y'all.