Will Anderson Jr. on Being Elite, Davis Mills on Leading the Texans: Full Postgame Interview

Will Anderson Jr. on Being Elite, Davis Mills on Leading the Texans: Full Postgame Interview

MILLS AND WILL ANDERSON JR. MY OH, MY, WHAT A PERFORMANCE. WILL I WANT TO START WITH YOU GIVE YOUR CROWD A SECOND YEAR. THEY ARE FIRED UP. THEY WERE JUST CHANTING MONEY MILLS BEFORE WE CAME ON AIR HERE. >> A GREAT NICKNAME. >> THAT THE BILLS MAFIA TONIGHT IT WAS THE BILLS MAFIA ROOTING FOR YOU BUT WILL FOR YOU A GROUP EFFORT. MY GOODNESS EIGHT SACKS. JOSH ALLEN HAS NEVER BEEN SACKED THAT MANY TIMES IN A GAME. TWO AND A HALF FROM YOU TONIGHT. THIS IS NOW YOUR SIXTH STRAIGHT GAME WITH A SACKS SACK. DESCRIBE WHAT IT WAS LIKE OUT THERE FOR YOU.>> YEAH FIRST I JUST WANT TO GIVE ALL GLORY TO GOD MAN I THINK HE’S JUST DOING KINGDOM WORK USING MY PLATFORM TO HONOR HIM MAN AND PLAY FOR HIM. AND WE HAD A SHORT WEEK, BUT WE KNEW WHAT TYPE OF CHALLENGE WE HAD AHEAD, ESPECIALLY AS A D LINEMAN. WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR STANDARD AND THE EXPECTATION THAT WE COME INTO THE GAME. AND EVERYBODY HUNTED TONIGHT AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT BEING RELENTLESS LIKE EMPTY THE TANK. WE GOT A LONG BREAK. EVERYBODY GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT AND JUST GO FOR IT. HEY, TONIGHT AS THE GREAT ADRIEN BRONER USED TO SAY YOU AS A CAM MAN BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN GET IT. IT WAS RIGHT SIDE, LEFT SIDE. SPENCER BROWN DION DAWKINS. WHAT WENT INTO YOUR MIND TODAY? BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE YOU JUST WENT CHAOTIC. YOU WENT BALLISTIC. I DON’T KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE SOME OF THOSE DAYS. ONE DAY YOU JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS AND YOUR BODY JUST TAKE OVER YOUR INSTINCTS JUST TAKE OVER AND YOU JUST PLAY OUT YOUR MIND. AND I JUST THINK THAT’S WHAT TYPE OF DAY IT WAS, MAN. JUST THE PREPARATION ALL WEEK. COACH BEING ON US MAN PREPARING US AND JUST GOING OUT HERE AND PLAYING FREE AND PLAYING FAST. >> THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE. THIS IS YOUR THIRD WIN IN A ROW AS A STARTER COMING IN. I KNOW IT’S NOT EASY BEING THE BACK-UP, GETTING THROWN IN THE FIRE AND DOING WHAT YOU’VE DONE. IT’S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO WATCH YOUR MENTALITY WITH A DEFENSE LIKE THIS GOING INTO THESE FOOTBALL GAMES. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? >> I THINK THE. >> BIG THING IS SPREADING THE BALL AROUND AND KIND OF BEING THE FACILITATOR FOR THE OFFICE AND OFFENSE AND LETTING YOUR PLAYMAKERS MAKE PLAYS WHEN YOU GOT A DEFENSE LIKE THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL, I MEAN, THE BIGGEST THING PROTECTING THE FOOTBALL AND KEEPING DRIVES ALIVE BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO KEEP GIVING YOU CHANCES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TAKEAWAYS, THE STOP, THE TURNOVER ON DOWNS LIKE WHEN YOU GOT A DEFENSE LIKE THAT. I MEAN YOU’RE IN EVERY GAME. SO YOU JUST GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR OPPORTUNITIES AND PLAY CLEAN GAME. >> WILL I GOT TO ASK YOU MAN, I CAN REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK IN THERE WATCHING YOU WIN ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. YOU KNOW AS A DEFENSIVE PLAYER AND YOU KNOW YOUR SPEECH AND WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BROTHERHOOD AND FOOTBALL AND WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU TO WATCH YOU NOW YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, YOU’VE PROGRESSED THIS YEAR. WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS SEPARATED YOU? BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT IN THE PRE-GAME. TO ME, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE ENTERED THAT CONVERSATION OF THE VERY TOP RUSHERS IN THIS GAME RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS THAT PART OF YOUR GAME THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’VE GROWN THE MOST? YEAH, I THINK FOR ME IT WAS JUST MY RUSH. LIKE HOW MUCH BETTER. >> HOW MUCH EXECUTE CAN I EXECUTE AT THE TOP OF MY RUSH. AND I WAS KIND OF SLOW ME DOWN A LITTLE BIT, MAN. EVEN WITH MY BALL KIND OF GETTING STUCK ON THE EDGE A LITTLE BIT AND NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN THE CORNER. AND THIS OFFSEASON ME AND DEMECO HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION. ME AND MY D-LINE COACH HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION. LIKE I REMEMBER I CAME UP ALL FIRED UP IN OTAS AND HE WAS LIKE, CALM DOWN. IT’S ONE THING I WANT YOU TO GET BETTER AND IT’S USUALLY HANDS ON TOP OF THE RUSH AND I LOVE FOOTBALL. I THINK FOOTBALL THE GREATEST THING ABOUT FOOTBALL IS WHEN YOU’RE PRESENTED WITH A CHALLENGE, HOW CAN YOU OVERCOME THAT CHALLENGE? AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE IT COME TO LIFE, IF YOU OVERCOMING THAT CHALLENGE, THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE GAME SO GREAT. SO TO SEE THAT COME TO LIFE, IT JUST MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. I LOVE THAT. >> THIS IS FOR BOTH OF YOU GUYS HERE. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY THE TEAM IS AN EXPRESSION OR AN EXTENSION OF THEIR HEAD FOOTBALL COACH DEMECO RYANS. WHAT HAS HE TOLD YOU GUYS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? WHAT DID HE TELL YOU GUYS BEFORE THIS GAME? HOW IS HIS INFLUENCE AND HIS PERSONAL TOUCH? BEEN IN THE LOCKER ROOM FOR YOU GUYS? >> I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT DEMECO DOES IS BRINGS A A HARD WORKING MENTALITY TO THE TEAM, NEVER LOSING CONFIDENCE. PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT THERE AND BE THE AGGRESSORS AND BRING I MEAN BRING IT EVERYTHING THEY GOT TO EVERY GAME. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THE DEFENSE IS FIRING. I MEAN, THEY’RE NOT LETTING THE OPPOSING OFFENSES GET TAKEN TAKE ANYTHING. AND I MEAN IT GOES THE SAME ON OFFENSE. WE’RE OUT THERE PLAYING AGGRESSIVE, GOING OUT AND TRYING TO WIN THE GAMES AND TAKE IT OVER.>> CAN YOU GUYS STARTED ZERO AND THREE OK. IT’S NOT A HOLE THAT YOU WANT TO DIG. AND NOW YOU COME OUT HERE AND YOU’VE WON SIX OF YOUR LAST EIGHT GAMES. TAKE US INSIDE THAT LOCKER ROOM WILL. AND SORT OF WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT TURNAROUND.>> YEAH MOST DEFINITELY EVERY SEASON IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT SEASON. EVERY SEASON IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO START OFF WINNING EVERY GAME. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO START OFF BEING FIVE ZERO EVERY SEASON. AND I THINK IT’S JUST THE RESILIENCY OF THIS TEAM, MAN. LIKE WE KNOW WE GOT A SQUAD. WE KNOW WE GOT GOOD COACHING AND WE KNOW WE BUILT A GREAT CULTURE HERE. AND WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS WE FALL BACK ON THAT CULTURE. AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING REALLY.>> WHAT WOULD YOU HOW WOULD YOU JUST SWARM.>> THAT’S IT. LIKE WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS SWARM. AND I THINK EVERYBODY PICKED UP ON THAT. AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE IN A POSITION THAT WE’RE IN NOW. SPEAKING OF SWARMING AND SPEAKING OF GREAT DEFENSES, I PLAYED ON A CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSE, BUT THE ONE THING THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN A CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSE GETS HIS BACK AGAINST THE WALL, SOMEBODY’S GOING TO MAKE A PLAY. AND TODAY IT WAS CALEN BULLOCK HE MADE PLAY AFTER PLAY. TWO PICKS FORCED FUMBLE TALK ABOUT HIM AND HOW THAT YOUNG SECONDARY IS REALLY STARTING TO COME INTO ITS OWN MAN TO SEE CAITLIN’S GROWTH FROM WHEN HE FIRST GOT HERE TO NOW IT’S BEEN BEAUTIFUL, MAN. HE’S A HARD WORKER. HE LOVES BALL. WE CALL HIM BALL HAWK AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT’S WHY WE CALL HIM BALL HAWK RIGHT THERE. HE’S TALL, INSTINCTIVE MAN. HE GOES UP AND GET IT MAN. HE’S BEEN GREAT FOR US SINCE HE GOT HERE MAN. I CAN’T WAIT TO KEEP SEEING THE GREAT THINGS HE DO FOR THIS DEFENSE. DAVIS LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WE’VE WATCHED THIS OFFENSE A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, REALLY. >> AS YOU’VE GONE THIS YEAR A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND YOUR WAY, YOU KNOW, AS AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IN AND OUT OF THE LINE-UP. YOU KNOW, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NICK HALEY AND REALLY THE MINDSET OF THE IDENTITY YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO BUILD ON THAT SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL. >> YEAH I THINK NICK’S DONE A GREAT JOB COMING IN. FIRST TIME OC I MEAN HE THE BIGGEST THING YOU CAN KIND OF TAKE AWAY FROM HIM IS I DON’T THINK HE HAS AN EGO AT ALL. HE WANTS TO COME IN AND LEARN WHAT HIS PLAYERS STRENGTHS ARE AND I MEAN IT’S TAKING A COUPLE WEEKS TO KIND OF GET EVERYTHING GOING. BUT HE CONTINUES TO GET BETTER AS A PLAY CALLER AND AS A SCHEMER AND GOING INTO GAMES WITH THOSE GAME PLANS, YOU JUST FEEL CONFIDENT AS A PLAYER THAT YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU’RE PUTTING A SPOT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WELL, I THINK. >> IS ARE YOU ALWAYS THIS CALM LIKE YOU’RE SO LIKE. >> USUALLY, YES. >> CHILLS. >> YEAH. YOU’RE I KNOW THERE WAS A JOKE LIKE YOUR WIFE WAS LIKE, HEY, FIGHT WITH ME A LITTLE BIT. RIGHT? YOU’RE JUST YOU’RE CALM AND STEADY AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES FOR YOU OUT THERE. IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE AT THE MOMENTS EVER TOO BIG FOR, YOU. >> NO. YEAH. I THINK I’VE BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE I’VE BEEN A KID. I’M JUST OUT THERE DOING MY JOB, LETTING EVERYTHING HANDLE ITSELF, NOT WORRYING ABOUT THINGS I CAN’T CONTROL. >> ARE YOU LAUGHING? >> OF COURSE, OF COURSE. >> YEAH. >> IT’S GOING TO BE SOME CELEBRATION. >> LIKE I’VE NEVER SEEN HIM, LIKE, RILED UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. LIKE HE’S ALWAYS EVEN KEELED. AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT MAKES HIM GREAT. AND HE HAS SO MUCH CONFIDENCE. AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT ALLOWS HIM TO GO OUT THERE AND BALL. >> BEFORE I LET YOU GUYS GO AND ENJOY THIS VICTORY, WILL I GOT TO ASK YOU HAVE FIVE OLDER SISTERS, FIVE. YOU HAVE YOU’VE SAID THAT THEY’LL GIVE YOU A HARD TIME AFTER THE GAME IF YOU DIDN’T PERFORM WELL. YOU PERFORM GREAT TODAY. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SAY?>> I DON’T KNOW, THEY GOING TO FIND SOMETHING. IT’S GOING TO BE A ROLLOUT. YOU LOOK SLOW ON THE ROLLOUT. THEY’RE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING TO SAY SO BUT THEY KEEP ME ON MY TOES. >> WELL WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE BY YOU, YOUR DEFENSE AND THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. DAVIS THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WE WILL SEE YOU OFF TO INDY. YOU GUYS ENJOY THE MINI BYE. AND THEN

In one of the most dominant defensive performances of the NFL season, Will Anderson Jr. and the Texans recorded EIGHT sacks on Josh Allen — and Will joins Davis Mills to tell the entire story.
They discuss:
• Will’s growth into a top pass rusher
• Adjustments made during a short week
• Why the Texans defense “swarmed” all night
• Davis continuing to deliver under pressure
This is Houston’s new identity — relentless, disciplined, and confident.
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