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Jerome Baker – August 22, 2018 Download PDF version

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

LB Jerome Baker

(As far as the defense, how is it coming to you so far? The learning curve, how have you handled that?) – “I pretty much lean on the older guys – Raekwon (McMillan), ‘Steph’ (Stephone Anthony), ‘T.G’ (Terrance Garvin) and all of those guys, Kiko (Alonso). I lean on them as much as I can, and they all give me the same answer: just focus on this play, on this play, on this play and after practice, you know everything. That’s pretty much my approach every day. I look at it as one rep, get better, get better, get better and at the end of the day, I look over it. I try not to think ahead; I try not to think of the past too much. I pretty much (just try to) get better every day, every rep. I know it’s kind of cliché, but that’s honestly what I do: just focus on this play and don’t worry about nothing else.”

(Not to put light on the RB Christian McCaffrey run, but how hard was that one to forget about?) – “We’re professional athletes. It happened. You just have to go out there and do the next play. The moment you start thinking about what happened, something else is going to happen. That’s the way we looked at it. It happened, (move on to the) next play. You can’t do anything about it.”

(Overall, are you pretty happy with your progression through camp?) – “Yes, definitely. I’m definitely happy, but I know I have a long way to go. Looking at Kiko (Alonso) and looking at Raekwon (McMillan) and where they are at as far as knowledge, it’s incredible. I’m definitely striving to get to that level, to get better. I’m definitely happy, but I know I’ve got a long way to go.”

(Rookie talent, have you showed off your rookie talent yet? Minkah (Fitzpatrick) was saying that he did a Rubik’s cube. A lot of guys have been singing.) – “Yes, you had to sing. I sang … what was my song? I sang a song, I know that. It was real simple. I was the second person to do it. They were telling me to get it out the way as soon as you can, so I got it out the way as soon as I could. (laughter) That was it.”

(You don’t remember any bars to the song?) – “When it’s cold outside… (laughter)”

(What was the reaction of your teammates?) – “My singing is horrible. (laughter) They can tell you what they were … It was over quick. I got it over with. (laughter)”

(Who did the Rubik’s cube?) – “That was Buddy (Howell). He did the Rubik’s cube.”

(So you sang ‘My Girl?’) – “Yes, ‘My Girl’ by The Temptations.”

(Was there something special about ‘My Girl’ that made you choose it?) – “It’s funny because the day before I was listening to it. I don’t know why I was listening to it, but I was listening to it. I was like that’s the most simplest song, you can’t mess that one up. So I sang that one, got it over with and was hoping they would never choose me again to do anything else. (laughter) It’s all good.”

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