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Austin Jackson – September 19, 2021 (Postgame)

Sunday, September 19, 2021
Postgame – Buffalo

T Austin Jackson (transcribed by ASAP Sports)

Q: This was your first game to be back after dealing with your situation. How did you feel physically being back out there?

AUSTIN JACKSON: Physically I feel fine. Felt fine, felt good, felt ready to go.

Q: Was there any catch up period for you when you returned to the team to get your lungs back at all? Or did you just have to get back into shape?

AUSTIN JACKSON: Yeah, you know, I did some extra conditioning. Practice is conditioning in itself, so getting back to that was what I needed to get back on the field.

Q: It seems like the Bills sent a lot of pressure especially on your side. Were you ready for that?

AUSTIN JACKSON: Yeah, I’m always ready for pressure, especially playing offensive line. The thing about the NFL is there’s a lot of disguises, a lot of hidden things. But, you know, I got to look at the film to see what they did. They definitely did some different stuff than they put on tape.

Q: How do you feel the line performed tonight?

AUSTIN JACKSON: You know, you never want to see your quarterback hurt or on the ground. Those are two terrible things that we all kick ourselves over. I think there’s definitely a lot of things we can get better at, things that we will get better about. Let me say that, too. We’re not hoping, going out there and praying. It’s hard work that we put in. We’ll do it.”

Q: You mentioned you never want to see your quarterback hurt, what was the emotions for you when you saw QB Tua Tagovailoa trying to get to the sideline and not be able to make it?

AUSTIN JACKSON: Tough. Sucks. Hurts. But in the moment, next play, next play. Whoever’s next up, do a better job of protecting them, or do everything you can in your power as 11 people. I think as a team we all struggled, clearly. Especially you hate to see stuff like that.”

Q: Did you expect seven and eight men fronts and blitzes like that?

AUSTIN JACKSON: Did we expect seven and eight man fronts? Yes, we did. There’s a lot of variation with the seven and eight man fronts, but yeah.”

Q: Is communication, is that something that is the center and quarterback’s responsibility to let know where the pressure is coming from?

AUSTIN JACKSON: Starts with the whole offense. Receivers, tight ends, offensive linemen, quarterbacks. In terms of what the O-line has to do protection-wise, we try to move with each other and communicate. Kind of like all five talking. Center is not just barking orders out to us because he can’t see everything that we all see out on the field.

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