Cade Klubnik hopes to 'continue to play free' as Clemson heads to Miami
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On what was not right about the last game: “I wasn’t really just letting it rip. I wasn’t seeing a few things like you pointed out last week. On the goal line, I might have had it, and it just kind of escaped a little bit prematurely sometimes. I don’t think it was something that anybody else did or anything like that. You play a lot of football, and sometimes, games are gonna happen like that. So, I just have to get ready for this next week, and it was a great time for a bye week. Just ready to go after it.”
On the areas you want to make the most progress in: “I think just to continue to play free, which I think I have gotten better at throughout the season. Just letting it rip, not second-guessing anything, and just letting it fly is one of the best things that I have gotten better at this season. As an offense just to start coming out strong, especially in the second half. Winning those middle eight at the finish of the second quarter and the start of the third. I think we have done a great job of finishing before the half, but really just coming out with a lot of energy and going to score. You know, the first drive of the game and the first drive of the second half is going to be big.”
On how the offense can be different with Antonio Williams: “I think there is a lot of talk about the questions of our receiving rooms starting the year, and I don’t really hear those a lot anymore. That’s really good to hear because you got Beaux Collins, Troy Stellato, Brannon Spector, Jake Briningstool, Sage Ennis, Josh Sapp, Antonio Williams, Tyler Brown, Hamp Greene, and Adam Randall that have all made big-time plays, and we are only six games into the year. It is really good for an offense to have that many players making attributions when we need them the most. I’m never going to play a perfect game, but a receiver can make me right. A receiver might not play a perfect game, but I'm going to do the best I can to give them the best opportunities to play. That’s what I have been most proud of out of anything, and I think that I have had a ton of confidence coming into the season in our receivers. That’s just been able to show out, so what we will be able to do with Antonio, and he is one of the best receivers in the country without a doubt. It’s special what he can do and excited to have him back.”
On his position going into the game: “I feel confident going into every game, I feel so confident in our guys. Like I said, I’m excited to get down there and get to work this week and have another full week to play another football game. It’s been two weeks since we’ve played, and you miss it. So, I’m excited to get back out there. Not that we took a week off, but took a week off of actually playing a game. I’m just excited to get back out there.”