Justin Reid on facing Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills | New Orleans Saints

Justin Reid on facing Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills | New Orleans Saints

We’ll make we’ll make it quick. Uh you’re gonna see your old nemesis uh Josh Allen on uh on Sunday. So uh what what uh what what makes him stand out or why has he just been playing the ball that he’s been playing like just recently? Like what what does he do just so well? Yeah, Joe Brady’s done so good with him, man. He’s just a he’s just a tremendous athlete and Joe Brady has him just playing very quickly. He doesn’t have to think a lot. He’s getting the ball out and he’s making plays. Um they run a consistent scheme. We have a lot of familiarity with each other. Played them six times in the last three years. Um, so I know them pretty well. I’ve been trying to share my notes with all the guys from the past three years on everything that they do. Hopefully they find a couple of quick nuggets out of that that can uh give us a couple edges on some plays that we’re expecting to get. You uh you uh played against them a lot. Like is he the best quarterback you ever I mean you played with maybe one of the greatest. Just why is he special or where does he maybe rank against the guy? Yeah. I mean, what really makes him special is um can he make all the throws? Yes, absolutely. He can make every throw you want to. Um but when things don’t go right, he just finds a way of making something explosive happen. You know, whether it’s scrambling, whether it’s running, whatever it is, like he’ll just um those backyard type plays where a play breaks down, he just starts running around the pocket. You know, the kid is what, 6’4, 65, 250. So, he’s no easy um guy to bring down. And then his be his ability to be creative um on the fly is what separates um the great ones. So he’s been really good at that and um the emphasis here has been um one containing him in the pocket um making him play quarterback all game um and then just taking away his uh his number one threats. Yeah, I know you guys are off to this 013 start and and with this locker room, I know there may be a tendency for guys maybe to try to press and maybe do too much in terms of going, hey, like we got to turn this over. we you know so like let’s let’s you know whatever but maybe there is that tendency of like doing a little too much so is that kind of the message like is is it kind of hard to fight that tendency of trying to stay in the it’s a push and pull it’s a push and pull because you want you want guys to invest more invest more time film study whatever it is right but at the end of the day football is the greatest team sport ever you know what I mean and it’s it’s the best because you can only do your job if the man next to you does his job and he can only do his job if you do your job and And if everyone’s doing their job on an elite level, that’s when the defense is tight. That’s when the offense is tight. That’s when execution across the board is tight, right? So, you want guys to be um into it, right? You want them to put in the extra time, but at the end of the day, you have to always in professional athletics, you have to take care of your job first. You can’t go searching for plays where you get out of your gap or you get out of your responsibility and now you create a big hole, right? You take care of your job first and then upon taking care of your job, now you go do extra. Now you go run the ball down from behind. See if you can do something special, right? So, um it’s just about being that message of staying together, staying together as a team. It’s not about I, me, or any of any of the other singular um words. It’s about the team and uh executing as a team. How do you feel like y’all address the penalties this week? How do you feel like I mean, you know, it’s just one day. Yeah, I mean, that’s a that’s a that’s a killing question, but as far as it’s just, hey, you can’t have it. I mean, there’s certain things in these games it’s like when we’re playing at our best, we have a chance, but if we’re shooting ourselves in the foot, man, it’s like it’s not going to be anything good. So, um, we got to eliminate those and, um, there needs to be a level of accountability to that and like we just got to get it correct. There’s no way around um, it’s no way around it. What can a a win like this like huge underdog 0 and3 start against one of the premier teams in the league if you could get a win there? Does it become like what you’ve been doing is kind of a belief but maybe it becomes a reality if you Yeah, it becomes a turning point. It becomes a turning point. There’s there’s plenty of teams before us um that have had, you know, situations where whatever they’re going through in a season. And I’ve had experiences in my career where you’re going through things and some things maybe on a team isn’t quite right and then you have that one game where you get punched in the mouth and it becomes a, you know, a calling card, a catalyst, a turning stone, whatever you want to call it that ends up kickstarting the rest of the year, right? So, um, this is the perfect opportunity for it and the best thing that we want to do is put our best foot forward and go play as hard as we can and uh, play together and find a way to come with a win. We hear the word accountability, but we hear the word accountability a lot. What does that mean in the sense of a lot of mistakes cleaning them up like what what is accountability in that in this you know it takes shape it takes shape in in different versions right so um my role as a player is you know to gather guys like I try to inspire confidence right hey man we need you believe in you um but at the end of the day you got to get this right man it’s professional sports right and then you have the coach’s responsibility that is you know if they need to at some point make a personnel change to eliminate the mistake and say, “Hey, we just can’t we just can’t tolerate this anymore.” Then, you know, that’s their decision to make. Um, but my guy is for the guys who’s out there is to encourage them, have them ready to play, have them play confidently. Um, so I’m just going to do the best in my role to do that. Jason, I want to ask just real quick, you’re one of the only guys who’s made that trip to Orchard Park to play the Bills. What do you kind of tell your teammates about the environment they’re about to experience? Oh, it’s so fun. It is so fun. Yeah, the fans are nasty in a good way. Um, you know, they’re going to um the last time I played there, they’re throwing snowballs at us. Um, but it’s it’s such a fun environment to play in. You got people jumping through tables. Um, you know, you have some fans that are, you know, those fans, you have other fans that are just like great fans to be around, great fans, but it’s at the end of the day, it’s a great environment to play in. It’s a ton of fun and I think guys will enjoy it. Hey, can I just Sorry, just a Louisiana question. I know you grew up watching Drew Brees. He’s a nominee now for the uh NFL Hall of Fame. What do you remember just watching growing up? I mean, the guy’s first ballot. I mean, I couldn’t believe we stole him from the Chargers. I mean, that was unbelievable. The best mistake they ever made, you know. Um, but the guy is just unbelievable. Unbelievable leader, leader of men, first of all, because, you know, being a good quarterback is not enough in today’s league. You You have to be a leader of men. You have to be inspiring to your teammates that, hey, everyone in this building believes in me and I know that, you know, I inspire them to just, hey, give us one more shot. Give us one more chance. We’re going to do something with it. And he was that guy. So, um, I remember the Super Bowl in 2009, what that meant to the entire state. Um, and you know, just him just being just being, you know, the guy. I have kind of a couple of oddball questions, too. I apologize. Bear with me. You’re a big golfer. Are you watching the Rider Cup this week, or do you not even watch golf on TV? Yeah, I normally do watch golf, but I haven’t been paying attention to it lately. Yeah, I’ve been locked in on um either what I’m playing myself or playing football. And I have one more question here. The Olympics are coming up. Did you watch the Winter Olympics kind of from the southern states guy or do you just kind of say it’s hockey and I Yeah, I’m I’m more of a summer Olympics type of guy respectfully.

New Orleans Saints safety Justin Reid speaks with the media from the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 ahead of Week 4 vs. the Buffalo Bills.
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