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Jaytlin Askew – May 14, 2021 Download PDF version

Friday, May 14, 2021

CB Jaytlin Askew

(We know about your special teams prowess at Georgia Tech. Is that something that when you talk to either Head Coach Brian Flores, General Manager Chris Grier or Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman, they mentioned to you was important here that they were looking for people who could excel on special teams? And which one of those people had you talked to, if any, before you signed?) – “Special teams is a big importance here in Miami. The biggest thing is that everybody competes and everybody continues to work hard, that way we can have the best people out there when it’s time to have special teams on the field.”

(How was your first NFL team meeting and what was the message from Head Coach Brian Flores?) – “It was a great meeting. Just learning, getting in my playbook, meeting all of the guys, getting used to the environment – it’s an great environment here – and just enjoying the process of being down here.”

(As a special teams player, the Dolphins last year had two special teams plays that really didn’t go their way, and probably could’ve changed their season if they did go their way. How hard is it to stay in-tune with the details of special teams and knowing that it means a lot more, even though it does seem kind of routine in the kind of plays that you do, just running down the field and thumping and all of that. How do you keep focus with that, knowing that they could be big plays in the end?) – “I just take it one day at a time, just continue to stack days, continue to learn, be in my playbook, learn from the great coaches here, and take everything one day at a time and enjoy the process while I’m competing every day.”

(We saw a great draft call between Head Coach Brian Flores and Jevon Holland, your teammate, where he talked about being a safeties coach by trade and how he’s going to be on him. Now you’ve got Coach Flores, and Defensive Coordinator Josh Boyer who both got their real bread and butter in the defensive backfield in the secondary. I’m wondering have you heard any of that from ‘Coach Flo’ or Coach Boyer in terms of them riding you a little bit harder?) – “They coach me the best they can. My job is to come out, be prepared and continue to give 100 percent effort every day at practice.” 

(What’s your favorite thing about playing gunner? It’s such a unique position. You’re basically running down trying to cause disruption. What’s your favorite part about the hustle at that gunner position?) – “My favorite part about it is being able to compete against the best people, continuing to hone my craft and get better every day, become an important part of the team and be able to help everybody out on the team as well.”

(It doesn’t take anybody obvious to kind of know that you’re the third Jalen that we’ve kind of encountered so far here. What’s it like kind of – have you been on a team with so many people as the same name as you before? What’s it kind of like when they say Jalen and everybody kind of looks up with the three of you?) – “My name actually has a T in it. It’s Jaytlin. But I’m cool with people calling me Jalen. I’m sure after a while they will differentiate it, call me by my last name or something. I’m used to a lot of Jalens on the team. It’s a pretty common name.”

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