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Jerome Baker – August 25, 2021 Download PDF version

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

LB Jerome Baker

(I wanted to ask you what it meant to you to partner up with North Miami PD for the Haiti earthquake relief.) – “It meant everything. Tomorrow is the last day to get donations in. They need supplies as far as paper towels, women products, toothpaste, toothbrushes. All the little things we take for granted; they need it. Tomorrow is the last day. And it meant so much for me to partner up and just be a part of that.”

(The defense had a really strong day today. It seemed like you guys were really communicating pre-snap. What’s the communication like pre-snap and for you as an inside linebacker, what are you looking at and trying to get to your players?) – “It’s a lot that goes into it. First it’s the call. Then it’s you see what the offense is giving you. Then you make your checks. You kind of just – you want to communicate as much as possible because you never know if you’re reminding somebody else what they got or you’re reminding somebody to look out for this. You’ve got to have anticipation. That’s how you make plays and just that communication – that’s the key to a great defense so we definitely put an emphasis on that.”

(What was it like getting some first-team reps again with LB Elandon Roberts? Having him back there.) – “It was amazing. ‘E’ (Elandon Roberts) always brings the energy so he definitely brought that and I’m just happy for him to be back and be back healthy. It’s definitely great to have him back.”

(What’s the same and what’s different when he’s in there next to you as opposed to LB Benardrick McKinney?) – “’B. Mac,’ this is his first year really in the system so it’s just communication of what to look for and things like that. ‘E. Rob’ – he’s been in the system for a long time so I guess you could say he’s more of a veteran in the system. That’s really pretty much the difference. They both are great players. They’re great to be next to, so that’s really the only difference they have with each other.”

(Where do you see the defense now? You’ve been a month working with these guys. It seems like there’s more depth between DL Adam Butler and LB Jaelan Phillips and guys like CB Nik Needham making plays. Do you like where the defense is overall?) – “Our defense is definitely in a great spot, but one thing about the NFL – you can’t just get complacent and just say you got it all. I love this team as far as we really come out every day and we truly try to get better and we try to get each other better. If that’s defense going against offense, if that’s special teams, if that’s scout guys; we all truly want to get better and we definitely push each other now.”

(LB Sam Eguavoen played 38 snaps and had four sacks the other night. What’d you think?) – “What’s funny is nobody is surprised at what Sam (Eguavoen) can do. He’s one of those players that he puts his head down and he works every day. He comes in and works, works, works and that was just a glimpse of what he really can do. We’re always happy for him. We’re always excited. So yeah, we just want him to continue doing that throughout the year.”

(He said he wanted to stop making plays because everybody was punching him after he made a play.) – “Yeah, we’re always excited for him. He does it in practice so much and just to see him do it on a game day situation; we’re always just happy for him. So I hope he just keeps getting them. We’re going to punch him all he wants. (laughter) So I’m definitely happy for him.”

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