A'Mauri Washington Talks 59-13 Win Over Montana State

Oregon defensive lineman A’Mauri Washington got his first college start in the Ducks’ 59-13 win over the Montana State Bobcats on Saturday.

Washington tied for the team lead with 5 tackles and tied added a career-high 1.0 tackles for loss. He met with reporters in Eugene following the win to give his thoughts on the game.

On stopping the MSU run

Washington: “I feel like it’s really the goal every time we step on the field is to stop the run. It’s going to always be the standard. Get these guys to stop running the ball, we can make ’em one dimensional.”

On how much of last year’s Idaho game Oregon saw this week

Washington: “I honestly don’t know. I was just out there playing to be real with you. I don’t know what Idaho did last year according to this game, but we just went out there and tried to execute.”

On the potential of this Oregon defensive line

Washington: “I feel like it’s just week 1. I feel like we still got more room for growth. I definitely feel like every time we hit the field there’s never a time to stop growing. Week 2, it should look different. It should look better than week 1. And we just keep growing, keep growing. I feel like we got the dudes in our room to really separate.”

On how it felt to go against another team after facing teammates in practice

Washington: “I like going against other teams. I feel like we see the same people everyday. It starts to get, I don’t know mundane. But I feel like we gotta go out there and execute, but I still like going against other teams because I get to work different moves that they haven’t seen me do. Our offensive line, they’ve seen me do different things. They know what’s coming. It’s real hard to just keep mixing it up every day.”

On how he gets back out on the field for snaps at fullback

Washignton: “It’s something I gotta talk to Coach (Will) Stein about. I think I can go back out there and make something happen.”

On what he’s seen from Jordon Davison

Washington: “I feel like seeing him, since spring ball—it’s just the way he bounces off contact. I think it’s really incredible for him to come in at the grade that he’s in. I think he’s going to be elite if he just keeps training, keeps getting all the technique that he can. I feel like he’s gonna be elite.”

On how happy Tony Tuioti will be with defensive line performance

Washington: “I think he’s gonna be real happy, but I don’t feel like he’ll want to hang his hat on it. It’s part of the standard, continuing to stop the run as a defensive lineman. Because you keep let them keep running all over you, they’re never gonna stop. It’s just one of those things, you stop the run, onto the next.”

On a player he likes to watch as a pass rusher, model his game after

Washington: “I kind of like Jalen Carter. I used to watch a lot of his film, especially when he went up to the Eagles. I watched a couple of his college game reps. I feel like Jalen Carter was one of the guys I used to watch.”

On if being the Big Ten champions adds a chip on the team’s shoulder

Washington: “We could have went undefeated, whatever it is we’re gonna go out there and try to handle what we gotta have done. At the end of the day it’s still gonna be us vs. us and we gotta go out there and execute.”

On challenge of facing a mobile QB like Justin Lamson as an interior defensive lineman

Washington: “I feel like we got some guys that can scramble on our team, so I feel like it’s something that I can see in practice a lot of times. And they can give us a good look at it, so it prepares for the game more. So when it comes to gameday, it’s not a huge question mark of what to do.”