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Jakeem Grant – August 13, 2018

Monday, August 13, 2018

WR Jakeem Grant

(What did you guys notice after looking at the game tape from that first preseason game, and what changes can you make moving into that second one?) – “I would just say, we’ve got to eliminate penalties, pre-snap penalties. As you look at it, we were only killing ourselves. We were making big plays downfield. We were doing a lot of things right. All I’ll say is to get back to the basics and the fundamentals and get those things corrected, and the next thing you know, who can stop us?”

(Last year that seemed to be an issue as well. Is it the case in the locker room where you guys get on one another about that issue?) – “No. We just have to zone in and stay focused and eliminate those pre-snap penalties. I feel like that’s all it is, is just focus. We’ve just got to have that, a little bit more focus, especially when we get going and we’re getting a little tired. That’s usually when those happen, but I feel like as time passes we will get that all cleaned up.”

(In your third year, what makes you more ready for more of a feature role in the offense?) – “I would say confidence and also just knowing everything, every position on the field and knowing exactly what everybody is doing, from the running back to the receivers to the tight ends, and just knowing exactly what everybody is doing. If I know exactly what everybody is doing, I know my role and I know exactly where I’ve got to be at that right time. All it takes is repetition and having that confidence that you can go out there and make a big play or go out there and spring one of your guys open. I feel like my rookie year, I didn’t know it that much and I feel like I was kind of shaky. The confidence level wasn’t always there and now this year, the confidence is through the roof and I’m just ready to go out there and make plays.”

(Have you thought of growing out the hair a little bit to be a little bit taller?) – “What I do is wear probably like six pairs of socks. So people think like, ‘Man, Jakeem, you’ve got on high heels?’ Nah, man, I’m growing an inch every day. My goal when the season starts, I should be 5-foot-8.”

(With the confidence high, how good a player can you be in this league?) – “Man, there’s no telling with the confidence really high. I’m going to continue to come out here and practice and grind and grind with the confidence level extremely high, and I’m just going to continue to just go off of that. Whatever I do in practice can turn over to the game. You never know. Continue to play with that confidence and just continue to go out there and work hard every single day.”

(What did last year show you about what you’re capable of doing?) – “I would say the Patriots game, it was just showing that I was having confidence and knowing that I can make those big plays and I can help this team out in the passing game. That just sprung my confidence and made me bring down … stop trying to rush and make a play, and stop trying to do all this. Whenever you try to rush and do something, you end up messing up. So my biggest thing was let the big play come to you.”

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