Latest / Press Pass / Press Pass | Foye Oluokun: "I'm trying to win games."
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Bush comes to shove and somebody got the ball in
- 0:02Speaker 1: their hands, you just try to get him down. I
- 0:05Speaker 1: know he's big, I know he's fast, explosive. You know.
- 0:08Speaker 1: It's kind of that mentality like soon as somebody gets
- 0:10Speaker 1: the ball in their hands, you gotta tackle him. So
- 0:12Speaker 1: I'm sure I've tackling people bigger than me before.
- 0:14Speaker 2: I have a tackling plan. What's a tackling planing? You
- 0:17Speaker 2: tail for the guy like that can take.
- 0:19Speaker 3: Off runner anymore.
- 0:20Speaker 1: Make sure we have eyes on him. We know that,
- 0:23Speaker 1: you know, so far from preseason, seems like he likes
- 0:26Speaker 1: to get out and run, you know, especially when he
- 0:27Speaker 1: plays break down. So make sure we have eyes on him.
- 0:29Speaker 1: And when he breaks the pocket, be able to keep
- 0:31Speaker 1: running our feet through contact as if he's a runner.
- 0:34Speaker 1: You know a lot of times people might give up
- 0:36Speaker 1: on a play early for the running quarterback, but you know,
- 0:39Speaker 1: stay on your feet when he pump fakes if he does,
- 0:41Speaker 1: you know, be able to break down his stiff arm
- 0:43Speaker 1: when he when he escapes the pocket. Really treat him
- 0:45Speaker 1: like a runner. When he's running outside the poet with
- 0:47Speaker 1: the ball in his hands.
- 0:48Speaker 2: On the stefense, everybody's back play colors back where is
- 0:52Speaker 2: the group better?
- 0:53Speaker 1: It just ex what to expect out of specific calls
- 0:58Speaker 1: that we have, being able to play off each other,
- 1:00Speaker 1: and already knowing where my boy is, you know, even
- 1:03Speaker 1: if I might be dropping this way, you know my
- 1:05Speaker 1: help might be to my left or something. Just knowing
- 1:08Speaker 1: where all the pieces fit on the field. I think
- 1:10Speaker 1: it's going to be huge. And then you know, hurry up.
- 1:12Speaker 1: Obviously being able to communicate with each each other on
- 1:15Speaker 1: the field, already knowing what to expect from each other
- 1:17Speaker 1: out there, just being able to play faster when we
- 1:19Speaker 1: see a look what's the I.
- 1:21Speaker 3: Guess chess match, Like when you're going against a rookie quarterback.
- 1:25Speaker 3: A lot of people talk about defenses being able to
- 1:27Speaker 3: kind of take advantage of that. Do you look at
- 1:29Speaker 3: it that way where you've got a guy who's still
- 1:31Speaker 3: learning I guess the NFL game.
- 1:33Speaker 1: I'm sure as the game goes on, or you know,
- 1:35Speaker 1: as a coach is scout him, we'll kind of try
- 1:37Speaker 1: to see what a flaw might be. A lot of
- 1:40Speaker 1: times you get a rookie guy he's confusion with looks
- 1:42Speaker 1: maybe bring some pressure from opposite where it looks like
- 1:44Speaker 1: it's coming. See if you can pick up on that
- 1:46Speaker 1: obviously as great talent running the ball as well, you know,
- 1:50Speaker 1: a strong arm as well. So we'll see how to
- 1:54Speaker 1: combat that is the game goes on or going into
- 1:56Speaker 1: the game, but we got to see, you know, kind
- 1:58Speaker 1: of through film study, kind of through experience as the
- 2:01Speaker 1: game goes you know what we can attack them with.
- 2:03Speaker 3: You let the league and tackles back to back years.
- 2:05Speaker 3: You're trying to repeat that.
- 2:06Speaker 1: I'm trying to win as many games as possible. You know,
- 2:08Speaker 1: if the ball leaks out or if I'm in my
- 2:10Speaker 1: gap and stuff, you know, I make those tackles and
- 2:12Speaker 1: I want to make more. Obviously, I want to not
- 2:15Speaker 1: miss tackles. I want to make plays in the ball.
- 2:17Speaker 1: I want to just win games, do whatever it takes
- 2:19Speaker 1: to to win games. And you know, if God lets
- 2:22Speaker 1: me be around the ball for tackles, that's how that goes.
- 2:25Speaker 1: But having a goal to lead the league in tackles,
- 2:28Speaker 1: it's really just effort, just getting to the ball as
- 2:31Speaker 1: much as possible when when when it's required, you guys
- 2:35Speaker 1: knew you were.
- 2:35Speaker 2: Obviously you'll put up against the Colts. So when they
- 2:37Speaker 2: were on TV in the preseason that you watch any
- 2:40Speaker 2: of those games when you just do.
- 2:42Speaker 1: You have more film stuff. I kind of don't watch
- 2:45Speaker 1: because announcers like to make things up and uh uh
- 2:48Speaker 1: fill in with for for for noise. You know, they
- 2:51Speaker 1: have to keep talking as the game goes on. Sometimes
- 2:53Speaker 1: they'll talk about stuff that does not really go on,
- 2:56Speaker 1: you know, but sometimes they give them credit they do
- 2:58Speaker 1: know what they're talking about. But a lot of times noise.
- 3:02Speaker 1: So I like to just watch, you know, my film study, Uh,
- 3:05Speaker 1: you know, the calls kind of formations really break down
- 3:08Speaker 1: NFL film. If I'm trying to watch football for enjoyment,
- 3:10Speaker 1: I'll probably watch a college game or something something I
- 3:13Speaker 1: can just you know, not tendencies don't really match college
- 3:15Speaker 1: to pro.
- 3:16Speaker 2: So watching his Florida film help in any way, or though.
- 3:22Speaker 1: I don't know, I mean, they they're breaking down some's
- 3:24Speaker 1: Florida film. I I usual, I watched them a couple
- 3:27Speaker 1: of games back back in the day. But uh, I've
- 3:29Speaker 1: watched a lot of his his preseason stuff. Uh, a
- 3:31Speaker 1: couple of games that he did play. And then obviously
- 3:34Speaker 1: that coordinator came from Philly, so watch a lot of
- 3:37Speaker 1: Philly film.
- 3:39Speaker 3: Did you watch any college games this week? Any good ones?
- 3:41Speaker 1: Yeah? Did not play this week. Now, I watched some
- 3:44Speaker 1: I watched you know, all the all the big all
- 3:46Speaker 1: the big ones kind of flip through the channels.
- 3:49Speaker 3: Uh.
- 3:50Speaker 1: I like to just you know, watch to watch. I
- 3:51Speaker 1: don't have anybody to pull forward for real, So I'm
- 3:54Speaker 1: miss a hater to everybody in the locker room. I
- 3:56Speaker 1: just go go there and make sure I I I
- 3:58Speaker 1: talk about how their team law was about to lose
- 4:01Speaker 1: or something, just kind of stir the pot in the
- 4:02Speaker 1: locker room.
- 4:04Speaker 3: I guess the last year, turnovers were a calling card,
- 4:07Speaker 3: and you guys have been saying, think turnovers, how do
- 4:09Speaker 3: you make sure I guess last year they were flowing
- 4:12Speaker 3: at one point, kind of dried up and then you
- 4:13Speaker 3: got it back going again. How do you make sure
- 4:15Speaker 3: that those flow to start the year?
- 4:17Speaker 1: Kind of what you said, just think about it, understand
- 4:20Speaker 1: the importance to it. We already went through practices during
- 4:22Speaker 1: OTA's during preseason. We're still always talking about it. Every
- 4:26Speaker 1: time we get a turnover practice, we showing it on
- 4:29Speaker 1: the board, we show it in the film room before
- 4:31Speaker 1: we even start off our defensive meeting, just putting that
- 4:34Speaker 1: importance on the ball. You know, when you take the
- 4:36Speaker 1: ball back you give a possession to the offense, and
- 4:38Speaker 1: you know they're electric, So give our offense more possessions.
- 4:42Speaker 1: We can win games.
- 4:43Speaker 2: Spent a lot of high expectations that have been put
- 4:45Speaker 2: on this team here in the preseason. I'm just curious,
- 4:48Speaker 2: as a player, do you like do you like seeing
- 4:51Speaker 2: that when people perceived the Jaguars to be, you know,
- 4:56Speaker 2: super Bowl contenders or really or do you look at
- 4:58Speaker 2: it as just noise and it does matter.
- 5:02Speaker 1: I was still stuck on they don't think we're top tier.
- 5:05Speaker 1: I didn't know they gave us super Bowl contenders. So
- 5:08Speaker 1: I'm already fueled to to prove, you know, what we
- 5:10Speaker 1: can be. Yeah, I mean they they said we're a
- 5:13Speaker 1: super Bowl contender.
- 5:15Speaker 2: Came up this money warning quarterback column today that you
- 5:17Speaker 2: guys should win the a f C. I appreciate that
- 5:20Speaker 2: the number one seed, but they the same thing. It's
- 5:24Speaker 2: not because they were talking about you.
- 5:30Speaker 3: Expectations are high. Yeah, we got to.
- 5:34Speaker 1: Go out and prove it every week. I mean, it
- 5:35Speaker 1: all starts with the first game going going forward after that,
- 5:38Speaker 1: we're trying to get on the roll earlier than last
- 5:40Speaker 1: year because we already know how it looks when it's
- 5:42Speaker 1: not looking right, so we're trying to do our thing
- 5:43Speaker 1: out there.
- 5:44Speaker 3: How difference is the confidence in the locker room field
- 5:46Speaker 3: this year than from maybe the start of last season?
- 5:48Speaker 3: Does it feel any different?
- 5:49Speaker 1: We're definitely closer as a team, i'd say already this year.
- 5:52Speaker 1: A lot of new faces from last year, you know
- 5:54Speaker 1: when I first came in, and then this year kind
- 5:56Speaker 1: of feels like we're already yelling together offense, talking to
- 5:58Speaker 1: defense and stuff like it's all cohesive in that locker
- 6:01Speaker 1: room right now. So just keep those positive vibes going.
- 6:03Speaker 1: And then energy is so important throughout the year. Bringing
- 6:06Speaker 1: in that positive energy, you know, good mindset and just
- 6:09Speaker 1: going out there and you know, lend the juices flow
- 6:12Speaker 1: for that, like you gotta come into every game ready.
- 6:14Speaker 2: To go one more. I'm sorry you've seen this offense
- 6:19Speaker 2: for the Jags first hand, trading again, how hard are
- 6:21Speaker 2: they to defend?
- 6:23Speaker 1: I like what they do. It's you know, I've seen
- 6:25Speaker 1: some articles saying like pick your poison out there. I'm
- 6:28Speaker 1: sure whatever matchup they want to exploit'll try to you know,
- 6:31Speaker 1: go to that and then even if that's taken, you know,
- 6:34Speaker 1: if it's one on ones out there, I like our
- 6:36Speaker 1: guys in a lot of one on one situations, So
- 6:38Speaker 1: I'm excited. I loved how we ran the ball during preseason.
- 6:41Speaker 1: I'm excited how we got play pass off of that.
- 6:43Speaker 1: And you know, everybody's fast, very fast, so uh, they're
- 6:48Speaker 1: gonna cause some problems out there. So I just want
- 6:51Speaker 1: to see us extend drives and then we give the
- 6:52Speaker 1: ball back to as much as possible and watch them work.
- 6:57Speaker 3: Yeah,