Cam Taylor-Britt on Being Benched, Eyeing Redemption in Bengals-Ravens Showdown
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00:00You played a little bit erratic, that's how the way the room called your play.
00:03Honestly, I anticipated some things, yes, I was filming things, but
00:06they schemed some things up for us as far as double moves and stuff,
00:09knowing where we'd be in.
00:10And yes, once it gets deep into the season, it's about players and not plays.
00:14So they went in with that.
00:16Do you feel like there was a need to maybe back up?
00:18There's all that talk about you being in the headlines and all that stuff.
00:21Do you feel like that made an impact on how maybe you were pressing and
00:24this and that?
00:25Not at all, no sir.
00:27Do you think there's a fine line between being patient and being aggressive?
00:32I mean, I guess that's why they're firing the double moves at you, right?
00:35Yeah, most definitely.
00:36You can see on one of the deep balls that I believe me and
00:39Deontay Johnson, I believe, dropped.
00:40I was really aggressive on the press man.
00:42And yeah, I just had to switch it up during the game because there's different
00:46receivers you can do that with and there's some that you can't do that with.
00:48Very shifty ones, more motor technique and running around for them.
00:53Big receivers, you can put hands on them, kind of slow them down,
00:55take the speed off them.
00:56So yeah, you gotta switch it up on different receivers.
00:59Are you looking forward to being tested this week, Cam?
01:01Yes, I'm ready to play football.
01:03How do you think they'll come after you?
01:05Every which way.
01:06You think they'll come after you on double moves?
01:07Yeah, double moves, deep balls, running at me.
01:11And I just have to do what I have to do and play my part.
01:13Okay, I was gonna say, I mean, what's your approach to that?
01:16What's your mindset when you know that they're gonna come at you with that stuff?
01:20Play my role on this defense, honestly, man, to the best of my ability.
01:24Play within the defense, don't do too much.
01:26Lock down my side of the field.
01:28When they're running my side, set the edge.
01:29And just play within the defense, like I said.
01:32Are you looking at what happened on Sunday as a positive,
01:35in the sense of it might be a reminder of just how much each play matters.
01:41And the minute you take your foot off the gas pedal,
01:44your spot could be in jeopardy?
01:45Most definitely, man.
01:47I think you hit it right on the head.
01:49He asked me before, have you ever been taken off the field for anything?
01:52And it hasn't happened.
01:54One eye opener for me, honestly.
01:56No, one thing I did say is when I touched the field, I did not wanna come off.
01:59And I put myself in that situation, and I'm my biggest critic.
02:02So I just had to come back here, and I'm going to work.
02:04You feel like you're playing to show that you're still capable of being
02:07a starter here, like- Yeah, we're gonna make that happen, yeah.
02:10But you feel like that's what you have to prove now is that- Yeah, every day.
02:13I mean, you're the number one corner.
02:15Did it surprise you that they would pull the number one corner?
02:18No, not if you're messing the game up.
02:20At the end of the day, it's a team game.
02:22It's not about one person.
02:24And if that one person is doing their job to the best of their ability,
02:27we have, like I said before in OTAs, we have people that can come in and
02:31make sure things are just the same.
02:32So not even in Little League or anything, you got pulled?
02:36No, not really.
02:37You said you're expecting them to come after you a little bit.
02:39Is that a good thing?
02:40Because that means more opportunities, more of a chance to move past last week?
02:44Yeah, most definitely, man.
02:46It's always a great opportunity when you have targets, and
02:48you get to make tackles and everything like that.
02:51Physical corner, I'm not afraid to come up and hit.
02:54I'll just be ready for anything.
02:55And just like I said, play within his defense.
02:58Don't do too much, put your eyes where your eyes need to be, just ball.
03:01What stands out about their weaponry in general?
03:04I mean, they have little fast guys, they have big tight ends, it's a unique group.
03:08Yeah, it is a unique group, man.
03:09Very, when I say they have a lot on offense to deal with as far as,
03:14like you said, tight ends, wide receivers.
03:16With the shifting is of Xavier in the backfield,
03:19you have the two top guys in the league.
03:21I've been rushing the past couple of years, so that is kind of tough to deal with.
03:25But Lou has a great plan, man, and we're planning to stop it.
03:28Gino saw them, obviously, more than anybody being on the team last year.
03:32Has he sort of given you any heads up of how they sort of run things around?
03:36Yeah, man, Gino gave us a little hint or two, man, yeah, he got us.
03:41Is there any hard feelings with Lou, kind of how we had to go about it?
03:44Not at all, not at all, man, there's always been tough love,
03:47I believe you guys know since the day I got here.
03:49He'll yell at me and we'll get it straight right then and there,
03:51and that was one of those situations.
03:53Yeah, we're in year three, but at the end of the day, you know, things happen,
03:56and I had to step up and, you know, take that role on, you know,
03:59to sit, rotate with the guys, and, you know, we won the game.
04:02How does it make you feel about Lou, that he's willing to go out and do that,
04:04and he's willing to kind of do what he's got to do, and he'll show you all a good time?
04:06I want to win, I want to win just as bad as me,
04:09and like I said, if I was the problem, you know, he took me out.
04:12Cam, the ups and downs can be crazy, right, man?
04:14Like one week you have the greatest interception
04:17that people have ever seen, a couple weeks later,
04:18you get pulled, how do you go about mentally balancing those ups and downs?
04:23Like you said, it's up and down always, you know,
04:25people are on your side and then they're not,
04:27so I really don't take anything into consideration, honestly, with that.
04:31Just trying to come in here, you know, and it's week by week, you know, game by game.
04:35You have every opportunity to showcase that, you know, the next game,
04:38so that's how I really go about it.
04:41I don't put too much effort into that.