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Austin Jackson – October 28, 2024 Download PDF version

Monday, October 28, 2024

OL Austin Jackson

(Tell me about the mood of the locker room last night and today. Are you guys still pretty optimistic about things?) – “Yeah, definitely still optimistic. There are 10 games left in the season, but I think that 24-hour rule where we’re not happy with the outcome of the game, for sure, but that’s definitely fuel for us going forward. We still have 10 games left to put everything in our hands in terms of how we play football, control what we can control.”

(Obviously when the goal isn’t met, there’s got to be a level of frustration. What’s that level like for you and the rest of the team as well?) – “The level is high right now. We’re already kind of in a time where we want to win more games than we have so we’re definitely frustrated and turning that frustration into something more productive, turning that frustration to more production. So just understanding that our margin of error is really slim for winning. That will feed into how we practice, how we play, how we look at the game going forward. And like I said earlier, we still have 10 games left, so – I mean that’s exciting to have 10 games left still and get an opportunity to get back some mistakes in previous games that we made.”

(Why do you think the margin for winning is slim? Is it because of injuries on the team? What makes it slim in particular at this point?) – “I feel like around the league in general, if the game’s not a blowout – like there’s usually just a couple more plays or situations that you would want to get back. Blowout win, there’s probably a lot to clean up but being in the NFL, most games are closer and whatever team has the least amount of mistakes usually comes out with the win.”

(Why are you optimistic for the last 10 weeks of the season?) – “Because I believe in this team, I believe in the work ethic and the talent that we have here. Talent means nothing without hard work and through this situation where we haven’t won the games that we wanted to, I’ve seen guys pick up their work ethic, I’ve seen guys not complain, not point the finger, stuff like that. It just kind of tells me we got a bunch of people ready to win and do the right things to win.”

(Offensively, the last three weeks, I mean it’s certainly it hasn’t been perfect, but you seem to be finding a little bit more of a rhythm than you had earlier in the season, would you agree?) – “Definitely. I had a coach once that said, ‘if you’re not getting better in this league, you’re getting worse,’ and that’s kind of a daily thing in terms of you have to get better every single day. So I definitely want to get better every time I step on that field and whatever I do, so probably.”

(To kind of piggyback off of that, obviously you guys threw the ball more than you ran the ball, but it felt more balanced offensively. Did it feel that way over the last three or four weeks and how did it feel to have a more balanced attack?) – “It was good, it was good. Just wish we could have executed more towards our last drive, but we did have a good balanced attack.”

(How have you guys felt run blocking the last three weeks? I mean this is a passing team and the offensive linemen are kind of known for their pass blocking skills. Do you guys like that physicality? Tell me about that.” – “Yeah, we’re definitely an offense that – you said we’re a passing team. We are a passing team, but we’re also a running team, too. We have our own system of blocking that we take very seriously, and we train that very hard with a lot of intent and I think we want to be as balanced as possible, run and pass the ball effectively because that’s what a productive offense does.”

(On RB De’Von Achane’s 47-yard run you were basically escorting him down the field, you got down there pretty fast. How did the group react when you were watching that film?) – “Yeah, it was good. I could have been a little faster, but it was good.”

(There was probably some shellshock – some guys feeling down after the game yesterday. Any player stand up and give any sort of speech that lifted the spirits or did anything yesterday after the game?) – “No. We spoke, said what was needed to be said but not a lot needs to be said to be honest. I think as a team we’re ready to speak more with our actions on the football field and with our work ethic. Yeah, not a lot to be said, it just hurt. Everyone in that locker room was hurting after that loss.”

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