Washington Commanders cornerback Emmanuel Forbes Jr. addressed the media after practice on Aug. 2. Here is a full transcript of the press conference.
On changes from last year and how the added weight can help him: **"Oh, it's making me more explosive, more fast. And honestly, just maturing is going to help my game this year. I matured a lot over the offseason. Found out a lot about myself, and just looking forward to it."
On how the defense is coming along:
"Oh, yeah it's all about second days. We're getting where we want to be. We're not where we want to be right now, but we getting there and that's going to take time and a lot of practice.
On what he did to gain weight:
"Honestly, just eating more healthily and lifting a lot of weights and that's it."
On what Head Coach Dan Quinn and Defensive Coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. are doing to emphasize "Ball is life":
"We always doing ball drills, and it means we always just going over plays, going over the playbook. Just to put ourself in position to make a play on the ball."
On if the coaches give immediate feedback on potential takeaways:
"Oh, yeah. They always go through the film and let us know what plays we should have made or what plays we can make. And they feel like if we can put our hand on the ball, we can pick it."
On how it feels having a clean slate with a new coaching staff:
"I have to prove that I'm worthy to play for these coaches, they didn't draft me. Like you said, everybody in the locker room feels like they have something to prove and feel like we have a lot of talent, so we just got to put it to use."
On if he sees anything new defensively that Quinn brought with him:
"I would say, we're getting a lot of pressure on our quarterbacks. So, offensive, [defensive] line, they go at it every day, and that helps out the secondary a lot. And we're playing fast in the secondary and just looking to make plays on the ball."
On what S Michael Davis and CB Noah Igbinoghene have taught him:
"They're older guys, so they've played a lot of football and we honestly just feed off each other. Just try to talk to each other about things that we've seen and just feed off each other."
On what he's learned from Assistant Defensive Backs Coach William Gay:
**"Yeah, he's always bringing the energy. He's going to always keep it real with the DB's and just let us know what we need to work on and what we're doing well, so he's a big part of our defensive room."
