SANTA CLARA – NaVorro Bowman spoke in the media tent Wednesday afternoon. He discussed his fourth quarter interception against the Packers, and he described what Takeaway Thursdays are. Here’s a transcript.
Q: What was the key to your interception?
BOWMAN: It was just me being a football player. I think all of those things
came into effect and I was able to do what I did in the scheme of the defense.
Q: Have your hands improved?
BOWMAN: I don’t know. I’m a defensive player so not too many balls get thrown
my way, but whenever they do I try to catch them and we work at that every single day.
Q: Have you ever played offense?
BOWMAN: I played running back growing up in high school and decided defense was better.
Q: How much have you improved since last year?
BOWMAN: One of the things of being successful in this game, you have to know what everyone else around you is doing and I just try to ask question to figure out what it is Just learn everything so I can play the best I can.
Q: Patrick Willis the Godfather to your twins?
BOWMAN:Patrick is a great guy, on and off the field. As far as on the field, there are things we have to do to do our job. Off the field, he’s a great guy and gives me advice with things other than football and he’s a great friend, so why wouldn’t I want a great example like Patrick to be the godfather of my children.
ME: Are you a better player than Patrick?
BOWMAN: Am I a better player? I’m going to leave that to you guys. Me and Patrick put in a lot of work to go out there and play together. Pretty much what it comes down to is me and Patrick doing the job our coaches need us to do.
Q: How do you guys stress turnovers?
BOWMAN: They stress it extremely. We work on it every single day. We have this thing called Takeaway Thursday where we try to get as many turnovers as we can and see where we end up and go into the game with that type of mindset.
Q: Tell me more.
BOWMAN: It’s just being ball hawking. Trying to get the balls out. Those are the things that go into the game and if we practice it, it’ll show up in the game.
Q: How many TOs have you forced on your best Takeaway Thursday?
BOWMAN: We’ve came up with probably or 9 in a three-hour practice. Just everyone running to the ball. The coaches do a great job setting up the drills that get our mindset focused on that.
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I need a Takeaway Thursdays 49ers shirt.
Those gauntlet drills from OTA’s paid dividends with that int on Sunday.
Even a better. A shirt that says “On a Mission!”
What’s the line on a “All-Harbaugh Super Bowl”? Ravens and Niners looking more and more like each other each week.
Grant – This is your BEST article yet!! Good work! …. oh, wait it’s a transcript…hahahhahaahaa
“ME: Are you a better player than Patrick?
BOWMAN: Am I a better player? I’m going to leave that to you guys. Me and Patrick put in a lot of work to go out there and play together. Pretty much what it comes down to is me and Patrick doing the job our coaches need us to do.”
Grant, you don’t have to go there…
He smiled.
Grant
You ever seen the movie “Die Hard”? When that drug addict loser who hits on John’s wife is trying to make a deal with the terrorist?
Just before they shoot him, the bad guys are smiling at him.
Sometimes, smiles aren’t good. I’d stay far from asking such questions if I were you. Both of those guys could eat you for lunch.
It was not that kind of smile.
Why not ask that? It’s a fair question and has been a topic on local sports talk shows since the game. Keep it up Grant.
Why not ask that?
Because it’s a question that serves no useful purpose. No good can come from it.
So the only questions that should be asked are ones that produce a good result? Like I said, it has been a hot topic on local radio so ask it.
Probably made NB feel good about himself for a second, hence the smile.
@ Jack:
That’s not what I said. I said that it serves no useful purpose and that nothing good can come from asking it.
I know what you said Claude, and my point is that it has been a hot topic, so ask it, nothing bad will come of it either.
@ Claude no good can come from it? How about today during Takeaway Thursday each guy tries to prove who the better player is and both have a great practice. You play like you practice. So the good from this question could be that all season long both players get even better than they currently are just because they want to show the other up? Sounds like a win to me.
@ alexmsmith4mvp:
I seriously doubt either Willis or Bowman needs that kind of external motivation.
The question seeks to have Bowman drop the “it’s about the team” mentality and focus instead on himself.
@ Jack: Just because idiot fans/talk show hosts are engaged in that kind of speculation doesn’t mean that the media should try to drag a player into the debate.
We clearly don’t agree on this topic, so let’s find another one.
Let’s not make too much out of this. Its like asking who’s faster. No big deal. Street corner bragging rights. Then Navorro acted like the teammate and friend that he is, and like a veteran member of Harbaugh’s Happy Hellions and made sure his answer wasn’t devisive. No harm, no foul.
I didn’t like the question… the answer would either be bad or ok. A better question would have been “How do you compare yourself to Patrick?” or “Are there things on the field you do better than Patrick?” or “What skill sets do you feel you bring to 49ers MLB position?” Those questions would have produced a more analytical answers, vs. a question that would cause the player to tap dance around the answer bad or good… Then again that was a great question if you are trying to cause controversy
Grant — You should ask Harbaugh/Smith how much of the Walsh/Montana videos from the famous “vault” they’ve watched together. And maybe in what context, too.
I have a question, heard oneniner got kicked off for unsportsman like conduct.Will this affect his credit or future employment opportunities.Only serious responses please apply.