OLB Abdul Carter on relationship with Micah Parsons

Outside linebacker Abdul Carter speaks to the media Wednesday from the Quest Diagnostics Training Center.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
What do you think changes for the defense?

Speaker 2 (00:02):
I will see obviously changes happened, but we'll see how
we respond.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Do you have you as Kafka been in your meetings?
Was he in the defense? Was he coaching up the
defense at all today? At practice? Yeah? Practice definitely was
more involved with the defense.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
I've seen him a couple of times in the huddle
making sure we get lined up right, things of that nature.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
What's his personality like just out there seeing it more
in that in that fashion?

Speaker 2 (00:22):
I guess yeah, it's like, really my first time really
like being around him this.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Much, seeing how he coaches.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Uh, I would just say this being like the first
practice he's that I would have to get.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
More experience with him, just really give you a feel
for sure.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
And obviously this this weekend, you gotta got a old
friend of Green Bay. What's that gonna be like?

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Face?

Speaker 3 (00:37):
I mean, you're not facing Micah, but what's gonna be
looking on the other side of him?

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah, we're gonna compete.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
That's one thing I know about Micah is just we're
gonna compete for sure.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
What is what is that relationship been like? Obviously when
did you meet him your first or second year of
stage first year. What was that like? Just meeting him
and I'm getting on him.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, he took me under his wing obviously number eleven traditions,
just being with him those learning from him.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
Just you know, that's my brother.

Speaker 3 (00:58):
Did he say anything to you about what that number
one representing when when you wanted to wear it or anything.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Or yeah, when I was there, of course he did. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
I mean what do you say to you about just
the tradition and what what you expect with it?

Speaker 1 (01:10):
I mean, I've we have already been through that tradition,
so you know.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
Sure, what's it gonna I mean you're probably gonna talk
him this week or now?

Speaker 1 (01:18):
Oh yeah, for sure? You know. Uh, for you personally,
just how do you feel like your rookie season is going.

Speaker 3 (01:24):
At this point?

Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah? Cup half full. I feel like it's a lot
more out there I can do.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
I can get a lot more ferocious and everything that
I do, I just gotta keep you in a better
weekend week out.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
Do you feel like you're you're close to, uh, a
point where you're able to maybe you know, break out
and get guessing those sacks here close to getting.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yeah, I've had four sacks already taken away by pendency,
So that hurt a little bit.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
But at the same time, I can't make excuses for myself.
It's got to keep working. You know, the sack's gonna come.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
I think Burns told us a couple of weeks ago
that he's been kind of talking to you, encouraging you
that sacks will come. What is what is you kind
of said? Do you kind of just keep you encourage
that your play is going to lead to with you guys,
what you want with those that perduction?

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Oh yeah, at this point, ain't really like much that
he can say to me now, But like I said,
keep putting on work in, keep being consistent.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Obviously hopefully no make some play. You think with this
coaching change that much will change with your defense now,
like I said, we'll see, we've got to respond.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
I'll just be going through a lot of controversy right now,
so I'll be focused on is getting ready for Green
Bay and just working on responding.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
I thought, I don't know if.

Speaker 4 (02:27):
This was asked of you, so I apologize if it was.
But when something like this happens, do you personally say,
what could I have done better to prevent this?

Speaker 2 (02:35):
You're talking about assistment with Dave's Yeah, oh, yeah, for sure.
I definitely just like, like, damn, obviously I came in here,
it's my first year of him being here. About what
drafted me is like, it's a shock. But at the
end of the day, we got to move on from it.
We got to focus on Green Bay.

Speaker 4 (02:49):
Is that easier said than done?

Speaker 1 (02:51):
Wait? For sure?

Speaker 4 (02:52):
So I mean, what do you talk what do you
do as a young guy? Do you talk to your
older guys? So you just kind of reflect? I mean,
what's your personal approach?

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Say, just stay together through controversy. Everybody's gonna try to
split up and the vibe we just gotta stay together.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
As a team.

Speaker 3 (03:05):
And have you seen that so far?

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Yeah? I feel like I have.

Speaker 3 (03:08):
Yeah, learn more about Mike just obviously, what have you
learned from him specifically as far as just your game
or mentorship or just something that stands out that he's
talking to you a little bit.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
I learned a lot and he wished to share, just
not just learned a lot.