Browns DB Denzel Ward talks with the media on January 4, 2024.
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00:00 It just put me in a great position
00:01 of all year to make plays.
00:02 But it's just a great touch on my problem.
00:04 I'm doing as much as I can to help my team win.
00:07 And that's just been a main goal for me.
00:09 So I'm definitely appreciative of all the votes
00:12 and everyone that selected me into the Pro Bowl.
00:15 But we still got big plans ahead of us.
00:18 [inaudible]
00:26 Yeah, a lot of guys well-deserved
00:28 making it to the Pro Bowl.
00:30 It was a real cool first Pro Bowl selection.
00:32 We had a lot of guys.
00:33 I still feel that we could have had a lot more guys
00:36 making it to the Pro Bowl this year.
00:38 But, yes, it's just a tough thing to get in.
00:40 But definitely shout out to the guys on here
00:42 that did make it around the league.
00:45 [inaudible]
00:55 So how much do you like the pressure on the defense?
00:58 Yeah, I mean, I like it.
01:00 And I think we like it.
01:01 At the beginning of the year, Coach Forrest,
01:03 he told us he's going to demand a lot out of us this season.
01:06 And it was going to have to be one of our best seasons so far.
01:09 And I feel we've been up to the challenge.
01:12 And we've taken that on.
01:13 And we've been doing what we're supposed
01:15 to do to execute that and go out there and help this team out.
01:18 So I like the pressure.
01:20 It's been good.
01:21 I've been appreciative of this team
01:23 that he's brought in and all he's done for this organization.
01:27 [inaudible]
01:46 Yeah, I think it's very helpful.
01:47 We definitely got to take advantage of the opportunity
01:50 as guys being able to rest and still working our craft out here
01:55 and practicing everything and also guys getting an opportunity
01:57 to play more out there on game day.
02:00 So I think it's a great opportunity for a lot of guys
02:02 this week and for this team.
02:05 [inaudible]
02:18 Oh, yeah, I feel I'm back now.
02:19 Yeah, I was definitely when I first got back,
02:22 it was still kind of bothering me a little bit.
02:24 And I was kind of hesitant on some tackles.
02:26 And I know I needed to be better for the team.
02:28 But I definitely feel I'm back to where I need to be
02:30 to help make tackles for the team
02:32 and do what I need to do out there.
02:35 [inaudible]
02:42 Yeah, that's still the goal is to win the week
02:44 and win the game and go 1-0 this week.
02:47 We got an opportunity to get in four wins in a season.
02:50 And that'd be great for this organization, for the city.
02:53 And so that's the goal.
02:55 So we're focused on that on this week
02:57 and what we could do to get the win.
02:59 [inaudible]
03:16 Yeah, man, it was a special moment
03:18 just to bring the playoffs to the city of Cleveland.
03:22 Like you said, a place that I grew up in.
03:24 Just looking forward to make a splash in the playoffs.
03:27 So, you know, not looking to just get there.
03:29 We didn't get this far just to get this far.
03:31 So we're looking to make something happen in there
03:33 and looking forward to the opportunity.
03:35 [inaudible]
03:43 What impact has he had on you as a player?
03:46 And obviously, it's clear what the impact on the team
03:50 has been here, but, you know, how much--
03:53 Yeah, man, huge impact.
03:55 More than I could probably even speak of in this moment.
03:58 I'm very appreciative of Coach Schwartz
04:00 and just who he is as a person coming into this organization
04:05 and the demands that he placed on us and his coaching style
04:08 and just how he's helped develop my game this year.
04:13 I do feel that he's one of the key reasons
04:15 that helped take my game to the next level this year.
04:18 And just--I don't know.
04:21 I can't say enough great things about Coach Schwartz.
04:24 I'd say he's a great coach, and he's done a lot of great things
04:28 that helped us get this far as we are making it to the playoffs.
04:32 [inaudible]
04:35 Mm-hmm.
04:38 -Nussel? -Yeah.
04:39 Yeah, man, Greg's a great player.
04:41 I feel that's also a guy that I feel could have possibly
04:43 made the Pro Bowl.
04:45 Yeah, he's been playing great for us, making plays.
04:47 He's such a versatile player, able to play in the nickel,
04:50 play outside a corner, and do various things for us,
04:53 all that we ask.
04:54 So he's a great player.
04:55 He's been good for us this year, and one of those guys
04:57 that definitely produced well for us this season.
05:01 [inaudible]
05:12 Yeah, it means a lot.
05:13 I feel it means a lot for the city, and that's what I want to do.
05:16 I'm appreciative to be able to represent the city of Cleveland
05:19 and the Pro Bowl, and making it to the playoffs,
05:21 I feel like it would be big for the city.
05:23 The fact that we're in the playoffs, but also the opportunity
05:25 to be able to push along further in that.
05:28 So I think it would be big.
05:29 It's all for the city, all for the fans, all for this organization.
05:32 So we're just looking to continue to get more wins
05:35 and make it push in the playoffs.
05:37 [inaudible]
05:43 Yeah, in a sense, it's a great opportunity,
05:45 and I'm just taking it all in right now,
05:47 and just appreciative of the opportunity.
05:49 And I'm just trying to go out there and do what I can
05:51 to help this team win.
05:54 Thank you, guys.