Rashean Mathis

Rashean Mathis
Rashean Jamil Mathisis a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played college football at Bethune-Cookman University, and was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He also played for the Detroit Lions...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth27 August 1980
CityJacksonville, FL
jump safety
I told (safety) Deon Grant, I was like, 'Listen, I'm gonna' jump it; I know the route,'
jump safety
I told (safety) Deon Grant, I was like, 'Listen, I'm gonna' jump it; I know the route,'
jump ran route running runs stay wheel
I told Deon Grant, 'Listen, I'm going to jump it. I know the route,' ... And I told my linebacker, 'If the running back runs a wheel route, just stay with him because I'm going to jump the route.' They ran the same route and I was right.
knew ran route
They ran the same route from the same formation before, so I knew what I was getting.
earlier
It was a play I got earlier in the game,
check game home love
If you check our record, we love the big stage. We're going to show up. They know that. They know that we're going to show up on their home turf. That what we live for. This team, we get up when the game is big.
brings competition confident fun somebody
It's fun having somebody that talks, as long as it's respectful. It just brings the competition to a whole other level. He's very confident in himself, and he should be.
figured football whatever
It wasn't something that was on my mind. I always figured that I need to come out and play football and whatever was going to happen, was going to happen.
football happened help instincts stopped
It was just football instincts and help from my other teammates. I told them I was going to do something and they had my back if I was wrong. We didn't blink, we stopped them and then a big play happened for us.
fun somebody
It's fun having somebody that talks, as long as it's respectful,
bad elevates game
It's not always a bad thing. It elevates my game and it elevates his game.
earlier ran route
They ran the same route and I was right. Same formation, same route. I got the same thing earlier in the game.
difference great means
This was huge. There's a big difference between 3-2 and 2-3. It means a great deal.
crowd ended road
We ended up silencing the crowd and that's what you want to do in a big road game.