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Jerome Baker – September 6, 2018 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 6, 2018

LB Jerome Baker

(You prepare yourself physically, but mentally do you prepare yourself also?) – “The game is mostly mental, so that’s how I prepare myself. The physical part is going to come. That’s natural, but the mental side of the game is what I’m really focusing on.”

(Has practice been different this week? I know in your third preseason game, you’re sort of preparing yourself for a game; but this week it’s for real. Is it different for you and what do you think is different out there?) – “Yes, in some ways it’s different. Right now, I’m just focusing on a routine and tuning up all of the things I have to read and my different checks. I’m pretty much just getting ready for the game. Now you know this is the real deal.”

(Do you seek advice from veterans who have been there and done this before?) – “Yes, every day. I sit next to Kiko (Alonso) in the room and every day I’m tapping him, ‘What does this mean? Why did you see this? Why did you do that?’ I try to learn from the vets more than anything.”

(How does LB Raekwon McMillan kind of help you out in that process?) – “He’s helped me on the field and off. From things I may not be seeing on the field, he’ll come in after practice and we’ll watch film. He’s not the only vet that’s helped me. Kiko (Alonso) is probably the main one because I sit next to him, so I’m always asking him questions. Overall, the vets definitely help me.”

(Head Coach Adam Gase was saying that he was thinking about putting a receiver to kind of replicate Titans RB Derrick Henry’s speed and size. How do you stop a guy like Derrick Henry, that’s so dynamic like that?) – “Those are special players. You can’t really stop guys like that. You can contain them, but you can’t really stop them. We just want to go out there and do our job and everything is going to work out. That’s all we have to do.”

(How much do you expect to play this weekend?) – “As much as I can. If it’s one rep or 10 reps, I’m going to give it all I’ve got. That’s all I can really control.”

(We mentioned LB Raekwon McMillan and you mentioned this during the preseason that having him out there at the same time with you, there was sort of a comfort level. Do you feel the same now going into a real game, because this is a guy who has known you since college?) – “Yes. It’s definitely comfortable, but there’s guys that I really lean on a lot. Kiko (Alonso) is one of them. It’s definitely very comfortable to know Raekwon is out there but I pretty much learn from all of the guys around me.”

(What’s been the number one thing you’ve learned from LB Kiko Alonso so far?) – “There’s so many things I’ve learned from Kiko, it’s crazy. We got to even … I started asking him to teach me Spanish a little bit. I stopped. (laughter)”

(Why, what happened?) – “He knows the slang of Spanish, not the proper way. (laughter) Kiko teaches me so many things, I can’t really pinpoint one thing. Every day I pretty much learn something new, so it’s a lot of credit to him.”

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