WATCH: NC State WR Noah Rogers Talks with the Media Before Louisiana Tech (with transcript)

NC State Redshirt Freshman Wide Receiver Noah Rogers met with the media on Tuesday afternoon, leading up to the Wolfpack’s game against Louisiana Tech this Saturday. You can watch the video ABOVE, or read the transcript BELOW.

What is it like to flush a game? What’s kind of like the process, Sunday night, Monday, when you just know like, okay, life goes on and you have to flush it?

I just kind of come back and get my thoughts together, and just cut on the film and grade myself out, see what I did better, see what I could do better, and tell myself I don’t have no mistakes again. And one thing I like about that is you learn from your losses.

So, ain’t nothing better than getting better, so.

Do you have some good leaders on this team that can kind of pick you guys up and then lead you in the right direction after what happened?

Yeah, definitely, it is a lot of leaders. And I’m thankful for the guys that we do have on our team, because if there’s ever a day that I’m down, they’re always there to pick me up.

So the leadership here is great, and they know the standard. And after our game as a team, we talked, and that’s what we need. We need that leadership to keep everybody bought in, and not in different ways for maybe frustration or whatever.

But our leadership is not gonna only stay here, but it’s gonna become stronger as time goes on. And things get tougher later down the road.

I’m not asking what was said in that meeting, but how did that meeting go, what was it like?

It’s just brothers, just brothers.

Brothers just chatting, just making sure every position group is meeting their goals. And all we’re doing is just challenging ourselves to keep going hard and keep pushing the guys that’s either maybe behind you or in front of you to keep going hard and make each other better. And the sky’s the only limit, so we’re gonna keep going till the wheels fall off, so.

Have you seen Grayson kind of take that leadership role? 

Yeah, man, he’s a great leader. Every time the coach is asked a question, he’s right on it, answers spot on. And just because he may not have the best performance, he’s still a great leader, we don’t take anything from him.

And I’m glad to have him as my quarterback. He’s a great guy, great leader, and he’s pushing me to be the best receiver that I can.

An offense where a bunch of players are still learning to mesh together.

At the end of the day, it’s all about, it’s not about who you got, it’s about how you play and how you play together.

If I’m not getting the ball, I just wanna make sure I’m doing everything on my end, so my teammate can get the ball. It’s not being selfish, that’s a big thing. We take pride in that here.

The ball’s not coming your way. Are you gonna block? Are you gonna execute the play? So it’s just small things like that that lead to big errors.

Negativity surrounding the program right now.

I mean, it ain’t no pressure. It’s still the beginning of the season, and as long as we keep working and keep finding our weaknesses to strengthen it, everything is gonna be all right. One important thing that we got from last game, as long as we keep believing in each other and playing hard, everything will fall in place.

We are capable of knowing what we can do, and last game was just a fluke. I believe we’re much better than that, and we’re gonna keep this thing rolling.

So with that said, how do you expect this team to come out against Louisiana Tech this week? What do you expect on how the offense will play this week?

I mean, I’m expecting to play some great Wolfpack football.

That’s really as simple as that. I mean, we just gotta come out strong and get to it early.

After two games, what are some things that you feel like you’re working on through two games at NC State?

From two games, I feel a lot more comfortable from not playing college football, but from those two games, I learned that I just gotta keep trusting myself and keep listening to what my coach is teaching me. It’s all there, and it’s all gonna fall in place. And later down the road, things are gonna start getting scary for a lot of guys.

Do you feel like there’s still kind of a need to find a way to get the ball deep down the field for you guys and some of these passing teams as well?

I mean, not necessarily deep. I believe that we can get it short, intermediate, deep, on the run, different ways, so as long as we just keep finding ways to get our playmakers the ball and make it plays, and everything’s gonna be all right for us.