And Etienne made sure to prop up his GM's assessment during the first half of the 19-10 game.
Midway through the first quarter, on a first-and-5 from his own 28-yard line, Etienne took a handoff from Jack Plummer. He followed his blockers off the right guard, picking up a decent chunk of yardage already on the short chain. Then, he saw open grass to his left, bounced, and took off.
"So one of the D-linemen grabbed me and his momentum throughout the tackle just, you know, took me back to the left, and I just kind of went with the momentum of the tackle and just was able to make a play off of it.
"It's really just reacting at that point, like you have your pre-snap reads, you know, your landmarks, and throughout the play, but once everything gets cloudy and it gets fuzzy, you're just reacting to the defenders at that point."