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Ja’Wuan James – October 20, 2016 Download PDF version

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Tackle Ja’Wuan James

(Where are you from a fundamental technique standpoint?) – “A work in progress. (I) come in with (Offensive Line) Coach (Chris) Foerster trying to work every day, doing what he’s teaching and transitioning to that style of technique.”

(What’s the difference?) – “His is a lot more … I don’t know if you all know, but it’s going at different angles and stuff instead of getting back vertical. So, you have to be good with your hands, because you close the distance – so fast going at that angle. You just have to do a better job of getting reps of it. We’ve been doing it at practice a lot. These walkthroughs, I’ve been doing a lot. So, (I have) just (been) working with him.”

(Ja’Wuan, is the Chris Foerster technique dramatically different from the John Benton technique?) – “I wouldn’t say dramatically different, but it’s just different, and you have to be able to do it. We want to do it their way. (Head) Coach (Adam) Gase says it all the time, that he wants it done his way.”

(Has the transition been maybe more challenging than you thought it would be?) – “Yes, it has had its ups and downs. During camp, I feel like I caught my rhythm for a little bit and then I lost some towards the beginning of the season. Now I feel like I’m getting back in the groove of it. So, I have to just maintain it and keep working and grinding every day.”

(What do you need to do to clean up? Is it just a technique aspect?) – “That’s exactly what it is, because the effort is there. Like he keeps saying, everything else is there. I’m not messing up mentally, but it’s the technique.”

(Now how do you guys replicate the running performance that you had last week?) – “Consistency. Whatever they call this week, we have to go out there and grind. We were really physical this past week, so we have to bring that same physicality to the Bills.”

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