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Ja’Wuan James – November 28, 2016 Download PDF version

Monday, November 28, 2016

Tackle Ja’Wuan James

(Talk about Head Coach Adam Gase and just how he’s a cool coach. He’s not afraid to show emotion like a teenager. He gives you guys high fives, slaps you on your tail from time to time. How much do you guys love that and enjoy that and embrace it as a team?) – “I love it because he’s relatable. He relates with us. We’re a young team. Everybody has seen that as an issue, I feel like, in the past. But he’s came and he’s embraced it and he has really, like I said, related with us. He holds us to a high expectation too.”

(And does that make you want to run for a brick wall for him? Explain that.) – “Oh, for sure. You’d do anything for him because you see he has your back. He has your back with you guys, the media. He has our back with our position coaches. Everything. So you want to play for a guy like that.”

(Has this team developed a belief that no matter the circumstances, you guys will find a way to…?) – “Yes. I do believe that. I feel like you can see it in the players’ eyes. When the team scores and we’re seeing the defense walk off and we’re about to go out, you can see it then like, ‘Oh, we know you all are going to score.’ And we’re like, ‘We got your back.’ (It’s the) same thing with us. We get a three-and-out, we see the punt team come on (and it’s) the same thing. ‘Oh, we’re going to get the ball back.’ So I feel like that’s what’s helped through this little run we’re having right now. We have to continue to have each other’s back.”

(When did you first notice it?) – “I first noticed it really the Titans game. We didn’t come out with that W, but I feel like that week is when stuff really started growing.”

(When did you become convinced that the team you were at 1-4 is becoming the team that you are now? Is there a time between now and then when…?) – Like I said, right during the Titans game and then that week of practice. That week of practice, practice changed and it’s been the same ever since. Guys are competing and then we’re going hard every day and I feel like (we’re) just going out there showing (it).”

(What do you think about when you think of the Baltimore Ravens and their style?) – “Physical defense. I think of defense first. Being a kid, seeing Ray Lewis all the time. (Terrell) Suggs, all those guys. Great defense. We haven’t looked at a lot of film yet but we’re about to.”

(And you’ve played against them once or twice?) – “One time. Last year, I was out. One time. My rookie year.”

(What do you remember about that game?) – “I remember it was a physical game. It was a game that was going to the fourth quarter. So I know we’re going to have to come out here and be prepared to play four quarters.”

(Is the ‘p’ word allowed now in the locker room?) – “I don’t even know what you’re talking about.”

(Playoffs.) – “Oh. No, we haven’t… (laughter) We haven’t really talked about it. We like to just talk about being 1-0 this week because this week is our next game.”

(Do you even know where you are in the standings? The Wild Card race or..?) – “No, sir.”

(Don’t pay any attention to it…?) – “No.”

(Because?) – “I feel like what’s been working has been working. We’ve just been focused on the next opponent and I feel like we have to keep that approach.”

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