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Saints RT Ryan Ramczyk discusses staying focused during 8-game win streak

The NFL's November stretch is often seen as a war of attrition, with injuries striking every team and clouding their postseason fortunes with doubt.

The New Orleans Saints are riding pro football’s longest winning streak – eight games – having not lost since Week 1. It’s easy to buy your own hype and lose sight of what’s coming down the road before you, which Saints right tackle Ryan Ramczyk discussed in his Monday conference call with local reporters:

“That really comes down to how you attack each week. We preach to take it week by week. That has just been ingrained in especially my head. You have to take each week like it’s the biggest week and it really is. The next game is the biggest game. That is kind of what we are preached. That is really the motto that guys have embraced in this locker room and each week is the most important week. So this week is our biggest match-up and our biggest game.”

The NFL’s November stretch is often seen as a war of attrition, with injuries striking every team and clouding their postseason fortunes with doubt. That’s something else Ramczyk acknowledged in the wake of left tackle Terron Armstead’s shoulder injury:

“I think we have had Josh (LeRibeus) come in, Cam (Tom) come in, (and) Jermon (Bushrod) come in and those guys are all really good offensive linemen. We are fortunate to be able to have them behind our starting guys. When someone goes down, it happens, it is football. It’s imperative that someone else is able to step up and play well in that position. I think we’ve had a number of guys who have been able to step up and really play at a high level still.”

Ramczyk continues to look like the intelligent team player the Saints thought him to be when they drafted him in the first round last year. You can vote for him to play in the 2019 Pro Bowl by following this link.

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