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Jerome Baker – October 20, 2022 Download PDF version

Thursday, October 20, 2022

LB Jerome Baker

(Just from an overall perspective, having QB Tua Tagovailoa back, what does that mean to the team?) – “I mean, the guy’s a leader on our team. He’s a captain. He’s also our starting quarterback. We believe in him 100 percent. We’re excited for our offense to get back to what we’ve been doing. I’m sure he’s healthy and ready to go, and it’s going to be a good one.”

(Are you excited to face your former head coach, Brian Flores, as well?) – “Yeah, I mean of course. That’s always going to be a good one. It’s definitely fun. It’s a Sunday night game. I love games like that – prime time games. It’s going to be a good one on Sunday.”

(I know guys are kind of different. S Brandon Jones said it will be good to see him. And DT Christian Wilkins said he’s just worried about the game. Will you share some words with him pregame or anything like that?) – “Yeah. I mean, I’m definitely going to say what’s up to him. Minus all the coaching and all that, he was just a great guy, a great person to me and a great person to my family. I’m definitely excited to see him and see how he’s doing and see how the family is doing. But at the end of the day, it is a business. We’re going to get on that field and compete against each other. But it’s all love.”

(As it relates to Brian Flores, what is something that you are appreciative of, respectful of, as far as some way he helped you?) – “One thing I’ll say about ‘Coach Flo’ was he always honest. That was the one thing that never changed. He didn’t care if he hurt your feelings. He didn’t care if it got under your skin a little bit. You knew the guy just wanted to be honest and he was going to tell you the truth and he wanted the best out of you. I always respect that just as a man. He never lied. He never spared my feelings. He was honest and he just proved to me and showed me that he really cared and wanted the best for me. I always respected that.”

(These prime time games, is it tough to wait all day to get going?) – “I’m sure for other people it is. For me, it’s not at all. I get to sleep in a little late. I love that. You get to eat a few meals before the game. I love that. You get to take a nap. I love that. Like, for me, it’s just the best. (laughter) And then that excitement of you’re pretty much the only game on. Everybody’s going to be watching you. That’s when you really got to show out. So for me, I love night games, I love prime time games and Sunday’s will be a fun one.”

(Is it exciting that QB Tua Tagovailoa is back and you’re trying to break a losing streak and you guys are trying to get back on track?) – “Yeah, of course it’ll be exciting. It’s kind of like the perfect story – playing our former coach, Tua is coming back, coming off a three-game losing streak, it’s a prime time game. This is what football is. This is where you really see who really cares about football and it’s time for the Dolphins to bounce back and get a win under our belt.”

(If it’s QB Kenny Pickett, as a rookie quarterback, do you sort of relish the mind games of maybe going against someone a little less experienced?) – “Do I relish it? I mean, rookies are rookies. It is what it is. They are kind of learning as they go. At the end of the game, hopefully he took a lot of lessons from us and hopefully a loss from us. But at the end of the day, he’s a great quarterback. He’s going to be good in this league. Hopefully he just doesn’t get a win this Sunday.”

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