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I love punting the ball and going home to be honest. But again, I played football my whole life in positions and quarterbacks and defense and stuff, so I do like hitting people. But sometimes you like hitting a returner a little better than you like hitting the lead blocker, but I think he got the best of me a little bit. But I'm always going to stand up so it is what it is.
You'll enjoy this but you get back home now after a few weeks gone and you did lose to Houston (Texans), so the battle for first place next week?
Yeah, it is what it is. I mean, we know what it is, we know what games mean, and at this point every game matters. So, we just try to win our games and see what happens after Week 18.
How hard is it to do what DaVon (Hamilton) came in and did?
Oh my gosh, he's I mean the thing is, I don't even know if we worked it this year, a tiny bit back in camp. But last year, randomly throughout the year, we did a couple snaps and that's so hard. I mean you look at a guy who has gloves on and taped wrists, it's very hard to do. First of all, it's a hard job regardless, so then you put all that in there. For him just to get the ball in there, a backup snapper to get the ball in the vicinity of where you want it is all you can ask for. He killed it. Field goal snaps honestly is harder because you have a little less room for error and he killed it, he did great. D-Ham (DaVon Hamilton), he's a stud.
It's like a dream come true for him, he said.
Yeah, I don't know about that, but he killed it. He definitely did a great job, so that was fun.
Did the operation, I mean how different is it? Especially on the field goal try?
So, the field goal, there's not a ton different, operation wise. As long as he gets around where it should be, and he did every time. Obviously, Cam (Little), his sense of urgency might slow down a touch because he knows the snap might be a little slower than Ross's (Matiscik) and whatnot, so he might have slowed down a touch. But other than that, props to him too for just swinging, not worrying about where the snap is and again, D-Ham had great snaps the whole time, so that made it easy.
Is there a lot going through your mind though? I mean, kind of hoping a little bit, it gets back there? Plus, they started to come after you because they knew there was a new snapper?
Yeah, so punt—one, they're a rush team anyways. Bones (John Fassel) is a really great coordinator and he's always had a rush tendency and that's what he was doing whether Ross is in there or D-Ham. So, when you have D-Ham in there, you know they're going to attack the A-gaps and it's more of a 'catch and get it out' mentality. Which again, it is what it is, I don't care too much about average and stuff as long as we win the game. So, in that scenario, all I'm just trying to do is catch the ball and get it out. And again, D-Ham had all you can ask for.
I feel like you could have done a documentary in your game. You talk with the ref after, you get a call a little bit later, you get in a little bit of a melee. That was an eventful game.
It was eventful. But again, you play football long enough, football stuff happens. So, it is what it is. And the ref, I went to him, I don't know if you saw it at halftime or whatever, went and talked to him. It's more or less, I might have said some things that sounded rude, so I wanted to go clear the air. I don't like people having grudges against me. So kind of telling him the situation and also find out his take on what happened on that play in the end zone. Again, it is what it is, those guys have a hard job and in the moment, you get very, very upset about certain calls cause you know how much it can help your team, but then also, if you're involved in the play, you know exactly what the call should be. But those guys, they have a tough job. So, it is what it is. You can't hold that against them.
