Terrence Austin Talks About the Leadup into Final Pre-Season Game
by Kevin Ewoldt on Sep 1, 2010 10:42 AM EDT
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PrintI had the chance to talk to the 7th round draft pick, Terrence Austin, briefly last night. He wasn't sure what unit he'd be playing with versus Arizona or what Special Teams packages he'd see since they keep switching it up. He's maintained his current weight in the 170s, which is where the staff wants him. After the jump I get more into the fun stuff with rookie hazing and trash-talking.
How are you feeling about the final pre-season game and cut?
Terrence: I'm feeling good about it. I just want to go out there and continue to play like I've been playing. Play a mistake free game. Make big time catches like 3rd down catches and show that I can be trusted and depended on when I get the call.
I gotta ask. At UCLA you had nearly 200 total KR and PRs...yet never took one to the house. What's up with that?
Terrence: Aww man. I had several big returns for TDs, but my average doesn't reflect that. A bunch of them were called back. I took a 92 yard PR to the house against Oregon State. That got called back. 100 something KR return against Fresno State my Junior year, that got called back...70-something yarder against Washington State...that got called back. I didn't have the best of luck returning.
Did you smack your teammates when you got back to the sidelines?
Terrence: [laughing]. Yea, we got into it every Sunday at film session.
What's a normal day like now?
Terrence: Meetings at 8am...go over film, practice a 1pm. Done at 3pm at the latest. I might take a nap when I get back...relax. Get my mind on something other than football.
What do you know now that wish you knew at the start of camp.
Terrence: I don't have any regrets. I think I came in well-prepared. My expectations were...I expected everything that happened. I don't regret nothing now.
Desean Jackson (a close friend and former High School teammate) set you up well.
Terrence: He told me how everything was going to go [in camp].
What's the key to getting good separation and being labeled 'a good route runner'?
Terrence: It's a lot of different things. What I did learn when I first got here, something I already knew but I didn't really appreciate that much, football is literally a game of leverage and angles. When you're running your route, you can be a good route runner. It's all about playing fast. You can't high step anything. You have to really be pushing. These [defenders] are so fast and a lot smarter...they know every trick in the book so you really have to be on your game.
Who's the bigger trash talker...DeAngelo Hall or LaRon Landry?
Terrence: Wow [laughing]. Both of those guys are real confident. It's fun to see them out there on the field. I have to say I've seen Hall talk the most the last couple weeks. He can back it up because he had a couple interceptions.
Do they get into guys girlfriends and what not?
Terrence: I don't know. I haven't heard anything crazy and no one's said anything to me. I've heard it gets that crazy though.
What kind of hazing did you get?
Terrence: I had to carry helmets. Some of my stuff in my locker came up missing and I had to go searching for it like an Easter egg hunt.
Did you have to do a skit like the rookie OL did?
Terrence: Me and [Perry] Riley did a slideshow of most of the guys on the team and we made a match with some look-a-likes. Coaches too.
(I asked for details but he had trouble recalling any of them when asked)
Terrence: Oh yea. The Safeties Coach...Steve Jackson. We made him look like David Allen Grier.
Steve Jackson image via wai.redskins.com
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haha @ Jackson & Grier - excellent
Terrence: I don’t have any regrets. I think I came in well-prepared. My expectations were…I expected everything that happened. I don’t regret nothing now.
Awesome to hear. The kind of guy you want on your team.
"By far the worst performers on the team are in the front office." – Sally Jenkins
I need to get a hold of this powerpoint file.
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by Kevin Ewoldt on Sep 1, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I wonder why they want him to stay that small
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
To clarify...
He said they gave him a weight not to go over and that’s it. What that # is I should have gotten…I can follow up that question in an email when I ask for the slideshow.
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by Kevin Ewoldt on Sep 1, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
LaRon Landry has no business talking trash to anyone, let alone another football player.
But awesome interview Kevin E, thanks for sharing with us.
The Once and Future King
Why not.
LaRon is a starting Safety in this league.
I do agree with you on the interview. Very good.
by Ratek on Sep 1, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just hasn’t played well enough to warrant it. At least in my view anyway. (And excuses don’t count as to why he hasn’t played well enough). When you play good, you can talk trash. When you don’t regardless of the factors, reasons, you can’t talk trash.
The Once and Future King
True. But let’s see if he can do it during the regular season/when it counts. I will at least.
The Once and Future King
Personally, I believe that you have the right to talk trash
to anyone who’s smaller than you or whose ass you can kick.
by CarverM on Sep 1, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Talking trash is good
Shouldn’t matter how well you’ve played or what kind of rep you have as a player. Trash talk is for getting in people’s head and giving them one more thing to distract them from their route or their coverage or whatever. I wouldn’t even care if Rex talked smack. Then again, he’d probably get killed if he did.
Only caveat is that if you run your mouth and get burnt or lit up, you better be ready to catch hell, but don’t ever back off!
what you've just said... is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Just as long as
you don’t whiff when you go to take the other guy out. Just sayin’ :)
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Terrence just got back to me...
Coaches said they want him no more than 178…he’s at 172 now.
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I expect because they want his agility and quickness up.
Makes for a tough slot receiver to cover. And he’s been making all the catches while in there.
I'm just terrified of him getting bulldozed
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
D Jackson isn't much bigger
and he’s doing just fine
Don't ever let failure get you down. Remember, a very successful major league hitter failes 70% of the time.
I'm cool with it
just because it’s another indication that they have a plan and a concept for how they are going to use people and what parameters they want to impose on players to be optimal in that scheme of things as I run on and on and on with this sentence and boy am I tired cuz it’s been a long day…./snore/
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