Carolina Panthers 20, New York Giants 17
Q. A'Shawn, what des it say, making the plays at the ed, Josey getting that interception, the force fumble?
A'SHAWN ROBINSON: I would say we're starting to come together. We're starting to make more plays on defense. We are starting to trust each other, and gel and building that camaraderie and truly understanding one another, and how each other plays and just truly building it. Being a brotherhood from offense to special teams to defense. I feel like this whole team is a brotherhood, from the coaching staff, like it's really tight.
It's showing, being a young team, we are really come together, and I think this is a good step for us to take in the right direction to trend in the right way to be better.
Q. Was it a little bit of a shock toward that end --
A'SHAWN ROBINSON: To this defense, yes, those guys have been here and been a staple of this team, and being those defensive leaders for us, it's been tough.
But as us being so young and working together and trusting one another, and just truly just talking it out and watching film together and being on the same page, I feel like that's helped us grow as a team. Maybe we haven't won those other games but I've seen us take the right steps ask trend the right way offensively, defensively, and special teams-wise.
Q. Would you walk us through the force fumble? What did you see on that play, and what were you trying to do?
A'SHAWN ROBINSON: The two minutes before, we were talking. My teammates were saying, I was having a great game. So, coming from that team from last year, I had a little extra more fire, and nothing would be better to end the game.
So I was telling that I would want to end the game if I get the chance if I go back out there, and I had the chance to.
Once I saw the opportunity, I saw them carrying the ball loosely the whole game. We've been going after it, and I just had an opportunity just to go after the ball.
I knew if we get the ball back, we have the chance to re-steal the game. That's the game. That's all I was looking for. I saw the play. Guard set me inside. I knew that I had to power him. Pressed him long on the inside. Sat there. Waited for the back to jump hot -- jump hot, shed it, boom, wrap up, strip the ball out.
Q. When you have a game like today and next week you've got the bye, is that poor timing?
A'SHAWN ROBINSON: It gives us more time to prepare, and they will get a chance to come out.
We haven't had a bye, and it's Week 11. Us getting a chance to recoup and get the guys back that got hurt today. We're all banged up and getting everybody back in the system and communicating and making sure we're taking care of our bodies and keeping on the right path and having extra film time, extra film study to watch the Chiefs a week where we are sitting down at dinner watching that this week coming up and next week, you know what I'm saying.
And it's kind of great to have that be able to side and once we come back together, we come back as a team and talk these things out and see what we are seeing and watch that film together and go out and practice and break it down. It's not going to be perfect but we have a whole week to prepare. So I think it would be good to get this time and also be able to study more.
Q. You talk about more action, more fire. Was there a difference with the crowd? Did it do something for you or the team?
A'SHAWN ROBINSON: For me, it give me more juice. Growing up watching soccer, being a big soccer fan, being able to go out here and play on the pitch; and not being able to have the opportunity for nine years and to have my first chance now to go out there, it was so -- rushing, a thrill, excitement, everything I wanted.
Just it was a high that I was riding since we got on the plane. I felt the team kept riding that and we were feeling it, and we had a great week of preparation and we stayed the course and stayed on everything we needed to do.
Q. A lot of the players have been around Munich a bit. Is it nice to have that freedom to enjoy yourself and having a calm focus within the group rather than being so intense? It's quite a lot of travel over here. Was that an element?
A'SHAWN ROBINSON: It's great having it, them treating us like pros and not kids and trusting us to do things the right way and give us freedom. And that's doing things the right way for each other and knowing that it would hurt us if we did something wrong.
So having that trust with Coach and amongst us and each other, and it's great, and to have those times to relax and go see things and not keep your mind in such hyperfocus and all that stuff, and be able to relax. And when it's time to get back and hyperfocus, you can lock back in and get right into it.
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