Latest / Press Pass / Press Pass | Riley Patterson: "...you dream of stuff like this as a kicker"
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Raleigh, Congratulations, Hey s it. Uh. I think we talked
- 0:05Speaker 1: a little bit about the way you've kicked since the
- 0:07Speaker 1: Kansas City game, and uh, I'm wondering, you know, was
- 0:12Speaker 1: it just a positive stuff going through your mind? Is
- 0:14Speaker 1: your we got to the point where you know you're
- 0:16Speaker 1: gonna go out there and try it. And did did
- 0:18Speaker 1: Logan say anything reassuring to you in any way or
- 0:21Speaker 1: maybe any other teammates before you kicked it? Uh? Log Well,
- 0:25Speaker 1: after I had you know, got him away from the ref.
- 0:27Speaker 1: Uh uh he said, uh oh, just another Wednesday practice
- 0:32Speaker 1: which I had no idea say. Told me that afterwards.
- 0:34Speaker 1: I couldn't hear the thing he was saying. I was
- 0:36Speaker 1: kind of locked in at that point. But yeah, I
- 0:39Speaker 1: had no I had I had no doubt, all the
- 0:42Speaker 1: faith in the world, everybody on the line, Ross Logan,
- 0:45Speaker 1: perfect snap, perfect hold, and it was It was really
- 0:48Speaker 1: pretty flawless. It was awesome. Riley. At what point, I mean,
- 0:52Speaker 1: you're down and a half or just before half, At
- 0:55Speaker 1: what point did you feel like, oh, I got a
- 0:57Speaker 1: shot too, this might come down to me to kick
- 1:00Speaker 1: the field goal to win this thing. Uh? Yeah. When
- 1:02Speaker 1: we got about ten points down, I was like, Okay, well,
- 1:06Speaker 1: we have an opportunity to maybe tie us up of
- 1:08Speaker 1: the field goal going into the um over time, I
- 1:12Speaker 1: would end up getting that two point conversion out of nowhere,
- 1:14Speaker 1: and then I'm like, oh wow, we could you know,
- 1:16Speaker 1: win this on a field goal. But at the same time,
- 1:18Speaker 1: like we're professionals, I tried to think too far ahead.
- 1:21Speaker 1: I'm just trying to kind of stand zone and keep
- 1:24Speaker 1: my you know, heart beat down and stay locked in
- 1:27Speaker 1: as much as I can. Congratulations Riley, Um, you remember
- 1:33Speaker 1: the last time you had to kick something like that
- 1:35Speaker 1: in that moment where you know moving on was important,
- 1:40Speaker 1: not just another game, but this is playoffs, anything as
- 1:43Speaker 1: important as this, That's what I'm asking really, Um. The
- 1:46Speaker 1: Cowboys game was definitely a big game, and I think
- 1:48Speaker 1: we really needed that game. So putting that one into overtime, Um,
- 1:52Speaker 1: that field goal is really big. And but to win
- 1:55Speaker 1: it back in college against Houston my senior year, I'll
- 1:59Speaker 1: ask him at home, that was that was a big
- 2:01Speaker 1: moment and that was kind of a rival, so that
- 2:03Speaker 1: was that was huge. That was a lot of fun. Uh,
- 2:05Speaker 1: this is this is pretty sweet, though, playoff game at home, Like,
- 2:09Speaker 1: it doesn't get much better than that, yeah, you dream
- 2:11Speaker 1: of stuff like this is a kicker, all right, thank you,
- 2:15Speaker 1: I appreciate you, guys.