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Jerome Baker – August 28, 2018 Download PDF version

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

LB Jerome Baker

(On the differences between playing linebacker in college and the NFL.) – “In the NFL, you have to know what you’re doing. There’s no more getting away with speed. Sometimes you have to actually know what you are doing.”

(But you could do that in college?) – “In college, yes. You can get away with it sometimes. But in the NFL, everybody is fast, so if you’re not there, your speed is not going to do anything.”

(What’s the challenge for you that you’ve found in this camp and now we’re going through preseason and just getting to where you want to be.) – “The challenge is coming in and learning the whole playbook – all of the checks, all of the different reads, all of the different formations they’re trying to do. The older guys, Kiko (Alonso) especially, pretty much after practice, we just sit down and go over everything. If I don’t understand something, he pretty much goes one-on-one with me and teaches me through it. It’s really just a credit to the older guys. So many of those guys just help me. If I have a question, I’m not afraid to ask questions (to them). I just give all of the credit to them.”

(Like questions on if they line up here, what do I do?) – “Yes. So if they line up this, what’s the read or the check? Are we doing this or are we doing that? Stuff like that. Little tips. If they run (a certain way), somebody has to come over. Just little things like that. It’s a constant process of just learning. I credit all of the vets for that.”

(Are you pleased with how you’ve done in pass coverage so far?) – “Yes. I did pretty good. I still have to stay square on some things but as far as overall, I think I’m moving in the right direction.”

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