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Sunday Media Transcript: Cornerback Janoris Jenkins

Eric from BBI : Admin : 7/29/2018 2:57 pm
Cornerback Janoris Jenkins

July 29, 2018

Q: What have been your emotions the last month or so, and how did you get yourself ready for this training camp?

A: My main focus has always been football. Things that happened I can’t control because I wasn’t there, and just coming back, dealing with my team, and just being excited to be here.

Q: Have you been able to talk to your brother?

A: No comment. I haven’t talked to him, to be honest, but I will, just see where his head’s at, and as far as that, I’ll [leave it there].

Q: What have your spirits been like through this whole thing?

A: It’s shocking, but I still gotta come and play football, and right now, my main focus is to come out here and get better every day for my teammates and just stay focused.

Q: It is something you still have to deal with, or you’re able to sort of put it aside for now?

A: Put it aside. I understand I’ve got to focus on my job, and being here is more important, and just training hard, just going hard is more important.

Q: You were doing an album, right, with Trypps [Roosevelt Rene]? Are you still honoring that plan?

A: Yeah, I’m going to do it. But right now I’m just focused on football, like I said. That will come out later once everything is over with, and move forward.

Q: You said you want to focus on football, is that easy to do? How difficult is that?

A: I mean, it’s difficult, but at the end of the day, you’ve got to be a pro. Things [are] going to happen in life, some things you can’t control, and it’s just one of those situations.

Q: How is your football going so far?

A: Pretty good so far. I’m back, I’m working good, I’m at top-speed, I’m just continuing to make plays and just do what I’ve got to do.

Q: Does it feel very new to you, with the new coaches and system?

A: Not really, you know, just different terms for different schemes. But it’s basically the same thing and once you put it all together, football is football.

Q: I know you got banged up last year and it really lingered up until the season-ender. Do you feel as healthy as you’ve been in a while?

A: Oh yeah, I’m one hundred percent. I can say that today. No issues, no ankle soreness, none of that. I’m one hundred percent.

Q: Is that boosting the way you’ve been able to play early on?

A: Of course. I came back the whole offseason just preparing, working on getting my ankle stronger and in and out of cuts, and so far I’ve been doing good.

Q: First day of practice, you had an interception. Does that make you kind of feel like ‘I’m ready’?

A: It [doesn’t] make me feel like I’m ready. It’s just made me feel like I’m taking some steps to being ready, and like I said, continue to work, getting better, and just being there for my team.

Q: Does Odell [Beckham] being back make you guys better as cornerbacks in practice?

A: It makes everybody better, the whole team. He’s a dynamic player, he’s a great player, he’s going to come out to work every day.

Q: What’s it like having [Odell] on the field? What’s he like? You go one-on-one against each other.

A: It just feels good, because you know you’re competing. You can compete and practice against a top receiver, and just me and him going at it every day. He’s gonna win, I’m gonna win, he might win the whole day, I might win. It’s back and forth, but it only is getting us better. When he catches a ball on me, he’s going to critique me. if I knock it down, I’m gonna go over there and critique him, and we just keep moving forward.

Q: Do you chirp at each other at all?

A: If we chirp, it’ll be something fun, but other than that, we just leave that off the field.

Q: What do you think of [Defensive Coordinator James] Bettcher?

A: Oh, I love him. Great D coordinator, understands the game, understands his players, how they play, and I’m looking forward to it.

Q: What do you think of the depth behind you, the young guys, obviously coming in between you and Eli [Apple], but then everybody else just jockeying for a position?

A: That’s where we’ve got to step our role up and do things the right way so that they can follow, and when it’s their time to step in, they’ll be ready.

Q: What’s your advice to Eli [Apple]? He obviously had a rocky year last year.

A: Just stay focused and just ball, man. You can’t listen to the outside rim because they don’t know what’s going on behind the lines, they only see. So you just keep working, and just continue to strive.

Q: Do you notice anything different with him?

A: Yeah, just preparation, the way he approaches practice, some of the things he used to do last year before practice he eliminated. I just see a focused Eli Apple.

Q: What kind of stuff did he eliminate?
A: The little dancing, stuff like that, but other than that, he’s good.

Q: For a veteran like you, when everything starts happening and you get beat on a play, is that when you get to really know if Eli Apple is matured?

A: Correct, because you’ve got to understand that you’re gonna get beat sometimes, but after that, it’s how you respond and I think Eli will do a very good job. So, I’m ready to see it.

Q: He said yesterday that when he watches you every time you make a play, he feels like he has to make a play. Do you kind of feel the same way, too?
A: Of course. We’re out there competing, holding each other to a high standard, and making sure that we are doing what we gotta do outside to make sure that we can control the game our way, and just continue to get better.

Q: How would you describe Bettcher’s defense and how it fits you in particular?

A: It’s aggressive. He lets you play a little bit, he’s not going to have you being a robot. All you’ve gotta do is listen to the call and just trust the call that he called, and you’ll be OK.

Q: What do you mean by not letting you be a robot? You can freelance a little bit at times?

A: No, not freelance. Just getting out there, if it’s cover 2, just lining up showing cover 2. That’s what I mean by robot.
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