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Jerome Baker – December 22, 2019 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, December 22, 2019
Postgame – Cincinnati

LB Jerome Baker (transcribed by Devin Davis)

(Before we get to the overtime, if you can take us back to what happened in the fourth quarter, those last two drives that you guys gave up touchdowns; but were able to lock back in right before overtime and say, “Let’s go get this.”) – “We just didn’t execute. That comes with the game. You have your ups, you have your downs; but ultimately, we got it done and that’s all you can ask for: just get it done. It is hard to win in this league and we won today and that’s all that matters.”

(There was a lot of turnover at different positions all year. This week you guys experienced it in the linebacker room with LB Raekwon McMillan being out. What did you see from the group with guys that stepped up today and even yourself getting 12 tackles?) – “All the guys that got in, they owned it. No matter who it was, they knew their number was going to be called and they stepped up to the plate. Calvin (Munson), he came in and he was ready to work from Day 1. It comes with the profession and these guys, they’re professionals, so they definitely stepped up to it and we got the job done.

(It seemed like years ago, but at the beginning of the season people were talking about, ”This team might not win a game.” There was a lot of talk about this team. You’re clearly not the worst team in the NFL. What does it say about with this locker room that you’ve come together and won four games?) – “That goes really to ‘Coach Flo’ (Head Coach Brian Flores). From Day 1, no matter what changes, no matter what happened to our team, he always said, ‘We are going to go out there and try to win every game. We are going to prepare to win every game.’ He’s a class act and he really did that and all of us, we believed it. He looked us straight in the eye. It’s been some tough conversations, but he looked us in the eye and told us, ‘We’re going to get the job done. We’re going to get every chance we can to win,’ and he really showed us.”

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