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Jerome Baker – November 15, 2023 Download PDF version

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

LB Jerome Baker

(The team that has fired their coach and won two straight and sort of playing with a little desperation. What do you see out of the Raiders in the last couple of weeks?) – “Man, they’re hungry. They are hungry. They’re just getting back to the simple things of who they want to be. The Raiders play good defense, run the ball, be physical. It’s going to be a good test for us. I’m excited.”

(What did you think the first time you saw QB Tua Tagovailoa’s cornrows?) – “You know what’s crazy? He was saying it for a while. I didn’t believe him, but when I saw it, I was like, ‘Alright. You committed to the long hair.’ But it was definitely cool to see that.”

(What was the process? Was it like team meeting he was called up and showed it?) – “No, he’s just been saying these past few weeks, ‘I’m going to grow out my hair. I’m going to grow out my hair.’ One day, he just came in with a durag – if you come in with a durag, you kind of already know you’ve got some braids under there. It was definitely cool to see that.”

(Tell us about this t-shirt – Baker the hit maker.) – “Shoutout Molly. She always gives me shirts for me, my family, my friends, every game. I pretty much see her every game. She just kind of became a good friend of mine, her and her family. So shoutout Molly.”

(How did the name come about?) – “She came up with it. You always hear little sayings and whatever, but she just – pretty much every week, she comes with a new stack of shirts for me and I give it out to my family.”

(The Raiders look like they’re having a lot of fun, I don’t know if you’ve watched any of their games. They’re smiling, they seem like a whole new team. How dangerous is taking on a team like that when they’re kind of discovering a new identity?) – “I always say I’d always bet on the opposite end where they were at – a team that everybody counts out and kind of forgets about, those are the toughest teams. They’re going out there playing with all heart, just trying to prove a point that you can’t forget about anybody in the league. They’re getting back to the old Raiders – run the ball, be physical, play good defense and that’s a dangerous team.”

(Why do you think you guys have been so successful at Hard Rock Stadium? I think 16-2 over the last 18 games. That’s an incredible record at home. Can you pinpoint what it is?) – “I think it’s just a credit to our fans. These past few years, our fans really have been getting into it. On top of that, you’re coming down to play in South Florida, it’s hard. Pretty much anywhere in the country, it’s not the same. So you come down here and play in this hot weather, sometimes it can be cold where you’re at and it’s 80 degrees or 90 degrees down here. I think just a mixture of things. We want to protect our home, the weather is always on our side and our fans. It’s a little mixture.”

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