NFL International Series 49ers vs Cardinals

Monday, 21 November 2022

Mexico City, Mexico

Estadio Azteca

San Francisco 49ers

Deebo Samuel

Brandon Aiyuk

Postgame Press Conference


San Francisco 49ers 38, Arizona Cardinals 10.

Q. How does the system philosophy impact your game?

DEEBO SAMUEL: Not yet. We still got a lot of work to do. We left a lot of yards and stuff out there. It just shows you what kind of team we have and to get a win like this and still have things to correct.

Q. You're both very physical wide receivers and you have a very good blocking game on the second level. Today your touchdown Brandon was blocking on you, and on the other side, you two on that side. Is there a concentration on each side that you have each other's back in each game?

DEEBO SAMUEL: That's what we focus on all week long and got around the edge, Brandon and I knew -- inaudible -- could seal it up.

Q. For the players, how important is it that this continues for the next years and Mexico, it's the second-most important market in the NFL after the USA, of course, but how important is it for the players to continue this tradition or these games here or another city in Mexico?

DEEBO SAMUEL: The atmosphere here is crazy. It felt like we was at home. Just seeing how dedicated y'all is to watching football is just fun.

Q. How do you feel about this atmosphere?

BRANDON AIYUK: It was great when the moment we got off the buses at the hotel, we had a crazy welcome into the hotel and that was cool to see and our way here, earlier tonight, on the way here, just seeing all the people all around and then we got to the stadium, the environment was crazy.

I'm excited to see what it looks like outside the stadium when we leave but we definitely enjoyed our time. Ready to leave but we definitely enjoyed our time.

Q. How did you operate today with the noise?

BRANDON AIYUK: I don't think we was operating (ph) off with the noise. It felt like at home with how many people was here cheering for us. We didn't have to deal too much with the noise from the offensive side -- but you can tell once we made a play how energetic the crowd is and we loved it here.

Q. How do you feel with Christian in the lineup because the offense is getting better with him in the field and how do you feel playing with him? And two, how do you feel -- how do you feel the celebrations from the people when you start your production together?

DEEBO SAMUEL: He's able to run routes and I think it adds another element to the power that we already have on offense, and it was just electric, after anybody scoring a touchdown, just looking up and it was crazy. One thing that stood out for me is in the fourth quarter, y'all dimmed the lights and all the lights and stuff came on. I thought that was kind of it.

Q. What do you think about Mexico, the culture, the food and the fans and how do you feel about the victory for this Monday night?

BRANDON AIYUK: Like I say, we got in last night so we didn't really get to be too much out there. I wish we could have but from the small part that we saw, even in the hotel we got a super warm welcome and we loved it. Other than that -- we've got to come back, as well. We've got to really live it. We got to play football here which was a crazy experience but I want to come back to my second time to live and enjoy it.

Q. We both hear about your skills, your physical play. I want to know what you think you give to the team besides the physical?

DEEBO SAMUEL: I mean not too much else you could get is the physical mindset. That's what any coach hope for -- and that's what we go out and do.

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