THEY SAID IT

“I was looking up at all the

buildings. You visualize things like that. You’ve got to have a vision. Seeing all the

people up on the balconies, seeing what they did for the

Aces and knowing people would show up the same way

for us was dope.”

— Tight end and Aces superfan Darren Waller on being

motivated by the WNBA team’s championship parade

“I was telling him, ‘You’re lucky I like you because I ran 30 yards just to get a block.’

But, honestly, I feel like it’s the little things that people

don’t notice, but it’s still a staple of who we want to be

as a team.”

— Running back Josh Jacobs on a big block he secured for

Adams in Week 1

“He’s extremely good looking

(pregnant pause followed by laughter). No, but he runs hard, and whenever you have

somebody like that behind you, it gives you a little extra

motivation.”

— Fullback Jakob Johnson on

playing with Jacobs

“Virgin Records called my

business manager. They thought it was real. I was like,

‘That’s not me singing.’ ” — Quarterback Derek Carr on a commercial from 2017 in which he acted as a pop singer

in a music video