Transcripts

Search Transcripts
Austin Jackson – September 28, 2020 Download PDF version

Monday, September 28, 2020

T Austin Jackson

(I’m going to throw it back here a little bit to the USC days. How did Coach Drevno help you develop during your time there and prepare you for your first NFL camp? You’ve done pretty well from what we’ve seen these first few weeks.) – “Yeah, Coach Drevno helped me a lot. Coming from Michigan and also coming from coaching in the league previously before that, he had a lot of fundamentals down of what it takes to be an NFL offensive lineman. Luckily he was able to pass some of that knowledge on to me. He definitely helped me a lot while I was at USC.”

(There was one rep that I really liked where you kind of slapped a guy down to the ground. Do you remember the one I was talking about? I don’t know what it was called – a chop or a slap. But what did that feel like to do and what’s the technique involved in that action?) – “It’s a secret. Nah, I’m just kidding. (laughter) It’s just like a technique that offensive linemen use because oftentimes, defensive linemen can get kind of leaning all of their weight on you; so it’s just kind of a leverage battle. If you see they’re out of leverage, it’s easy to swipe them down.”

(I wanted to do another callback; I’m curious, whose pregame ice cream is better – the Miami Dolphins or the USC Trojans?) – “I’ve gotta go with the USC Trojan. I’ve got to. The ice cream bar was undefeated. I’m just calling it how it is.”

(What are some guys like G/T Jesse Davis and G Ereck Flowers, how are these leaders kind of helping you as you go game-by-game, kind of just stacking on your performances from the first three games? How have they helped you with advice or little tidbits here and there?) – “They help me with a lot of advice, whether it’s situationally – situations during the game or what we need to get done or what to look out for, just because they’ve been playing in the league for such a good amount of time and they just have a lot of knowledge on them. It just kind of falls off and they help me in a lot of areas.”

(Earlier today we spoke to a guy named DT Zach Sieler – one of the defensive linemen – and we had a long conversation about how he owns this ranch in Central Florida where people hunt alligators, turkeys, hogs, and he’s trying to find some teammates to go with him to catch alligators and things like this. What’s your level of interest?) – “(laughter) It’s not my cup of tea but I’ll go look at some alligators. I don’t know about hunting them. Yeah, not my cup of tea. (laughter)”

(What’s it like when you see QB Ryan Fitzpatrick out there diving head first and scrambling and giving it his all? We asked a few teammates this question but what does it mean to see your quarterback do that?) – “First and foremost, that’s your quarterback. I’m always running down after him just to make sure he doesn’t get any other hits. It just goes to show the type of guy he is. He’s a leader, he’s strong, he loves the game and he loves to play ball. He’s not scared of anything. It’s kind of fun to play with a guy like that. It’s real fun. Real important too.”

(What’s the biggest area of growth you think you’ve made from your time at USC to where you are right now?) – “The biggest growth I’ve seen, I probably would say just being consistent. In college football, you’ve got school, you’ve got class but making it your job and your everyday thing, I think there’s just a lot more things that I was able to become more consistent with and become better at more often. I think that was a big thing for me coming into the league was to be able to do the right thing over and over again like hundreds of times. I think that’s probably my biggest jump.”

(I just wanted to follow up on that. I looked at your film at USC and there was some consistency issues but I wanted to ask you how much did the bone marrow transplant that you gave to your sister, do you feel like that impacted your performance last season?) – “It definitely took away from most of my offseason. Yeah, a procedure like that takes away from your personal game. I wouldn’t blame my performance on that though; but if you take a month of training (away) from anything you’re supposed to do, there’s going to be stuff you missed.”

Search Transcripts

Weekly Archives