DEFENSIVE END TRAVON WALKER
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025
(On how to ‘prevent from panicking’ after two consecutive losses) “I wouldn’t even say
prevent ourselves from panicking. It’s just everybody in this building knows what we have to
go into this BYE Week to work on, to fix, and the things that kept us from winning those
games the last two weeks. We just have to stay positive, stay together, and potentially build
on what we’ve been building ever since we started in OTAs.”
(On what the defense must do coming out of the BYE Week to be successful) “Personally
like I say, just continuously stick together and buy into the plan as far as what the coaches
give us throughout the game, throughout the week. And just go out there and execute, do
our job. Everybody has to look deep down inside and just continuously improve ourselves
individually and then come together collectively as a defense to execute the play calls.”
(On how the wrist and club are treating him) “Hey, it is treating me lovely. I’m still living and
breathing. That’s all I can ask for.”
(On if the BYE Week comes at a bad time) “I wouldn’t say it’s a bad time, but obviously no
one wants to go into a BYE Week coming off two losses like we had. But I think it can be
used in a positive way, just for the simple fact that guys get healthy, things of that nature
and obviously we want to just roll throughout this BYE Week. Probably get away for a little
bit, refresh the minds and come back with a healthier mindset focused on leading into
these last 10 weeks of the regular season.”
(On how much the club is limiting him) “It’s a club, so like you say, I can’t really grab. That’s
the only thing that’s really limiting me from doing. But other than that, I’m not complaining.
As long as I can go out there, I got one hand, so I feel like that one hand does me enough,
but I know I could be a lot better with both of my hands. I will say that.”
(On the importance of the pass rush generating pressure) “It’s very important, obviously.
We haven’t been doing up to our standard and that’s something that we want to
continuously improve on. So that’s just something that we got to hone in on, and like I said
earlier, as long as we execute the play calls, know what we’re doing, be in the right spots at
the right time, then I feel like on the back half of the regular season that’ll take care of
itself.”
(On how much harder things are when not generating takeaways) “It is very hard because
obviously we want to put the offense in a good position to go down and score, a good field
position. But obviously the main thing is if you don’t get takeaways and don’t win the
takeaway margin then nine times out of 10, you’re going to struggle with coming out with
the win.”
(On self-inflicted mistakes) “I wouldn’t say it’s frustrating, obviously, because the way I look
at it’s still early in the season. Like I say, we’re going into a BYE Week now, so it’s time for us
to just take a little step back and as we go into this BYE Week and observe all the things that
we potentially made those same mistakes on and just try our best not to make those same
mistakes over again.”
(On Head Coach Liam Coen message of staying the course) “Yeah, it’s not always about
how you start, but it’s about how you finish. Like we got 10 weeks left of the regular season
and we’re going to go out there and make the best of all 10 of these games.”
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ROBERT HAINSEY
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025
(On what is holding the offense back from being consistent) “The things that show up
obviously are the penalties, just those operational errors. Operation, penalties, missed
assignments, those are all things that are super controllable as a group and as individuals.
Penalties, mental errors, they’re going to show up. It’s just the nature of the game but when
you compound those with having to play really good teams and really good players where
you’re battling technique wise all the time, everyone’s going to get beat at some point.
That’s just how this game works. Everyone’s good and you’re competing and you’re battling,
but when you add all those up it becomes way too many and the negatives just decrease
your chances of continuing drives and scoring on drives by astronomical numbers every
time you get one. So, every time you have a negative play, you’re really fighting an uphill
battle, even if it just is one. It might not seem—it’s only one play, but it almost kills that drive
statistically.”
(On how to prevent themselves from ‘panicking’ over the errors compounding) “Yeah, I
mean, it’s not panicking, that’s definitely not the feeling because if you look at where we’re
at, 4-3 going into the BYE week, 10 games left and haven’t even sniffed our best football, we
have so much to look forward to and so much improvement to make. And us making that
improvement and as individuals, as an offensive group, as a defensive group, and as a team
as a whole, is what’s going to dictate how the rest of the season goes. But you’re not trying
to reinvent the wheel. You’re not trying to do anything crazy. It’s just where can you find
those advantages on a daily basis in practice, in the meetings, in the film, that is going to
elevate your play as an individual, which in turn elevates the play as a group.”
(On if guys on the offensive line are losing their matchup or communication needs to be
improved) “I think it’s just technique. It’s getting on the same level, playing together. I mean,
it’s first of all unacceptable and it’s something that we need to address and improve upon.
So as a group it’s up to us in our room to make sure that we are doing everything we can to
prevent those things from happening. We know we’re going to get games, we know they’re
going to line up in their giant fronts and their heavy and give us twists and games, especially
on third down. So, when you’re in that situation a lot, they get the opportunity to tee off. So,
making the run game go early on from an offensive line perspective, doing everything we
can executing there so we can stay out of those third and longs, those obvious pass
situations where, you know that stuff’s coming because it’s not the easiest thing to pass
off, but being extremely prepared for when they do come up because at some point in the
game it’s going to happen.”
(On how Head Coach Liam Coen comes across as honest but not negative) “Yeah, I think
his honesty is not overly negative because there is negative that shows up, but there’s a hell
of a lot of positive too. So, when you’re being honest and honestly evaluating and he looks
at it, he can look at us and honestly say, ‘Hey, we need to clean this stuff up. But we’ve done
some really good things and when we’re playing at our best, we’re a very hard team to beat.’
That’s the honest truth. How we clean them up, that’s like I was saying, that’s us individuals
improving to elevate the level of the team.”
(On if the BYE week is coming at a good or bad time) “I think in general, the BYE week when
it comes is one of those things that’s out of your control, so you’ve got to roll with it. I’ve had
later BYE weeks, I’ve had super early BYE weeks and it almost never feels like it’s a good
time because there’s always something you want to be working on. But nonetheless,
regardless of where you’re at, where we’re at coming off those last two games that for sure
we want to improve upon, how can we make this the most productive week possible as
players and coaches? Take our time, reflect, figure out what we’re going to really want to do
when we get back in here next week and be ready to hit it hard because we’ve got a long
stretch coming up of good games that our improvement is going to make a huge difference
in.”
(On if he sees similarities between Jacksonville this season and Tampa Bay last season in
terms of the ‘growing pains’ of a new offense) “Maybe a little bit. I’d have to maybe think
about it more, but it’s always—every season you could play with the same group for five
seasons in a row and you’d have growing pains, quote on quote, every year, and they’re
always going to be slightly different. Since you’re always trying to—we’re all going back to
the same basics that are fundamentally sound, situational masters, attacking and tough.
Those are the things we’ve got to be. When it comes to the scheme and how things are
rolling, throughout the rest of the season, throughout the playoffs, the postseason, you’re
always constantly improving and constantly trying to improve. So, I think it’s very
individualized as what things are going to come up for every team in the league because
there’s not a single team who’s not trying to fix something today.”
(On if the team’s identity is still physical toughness) “I think if you really watch the film and
you watch how we play, we play hard, we play tough, we play physically tough. And what
you’re seeing is, what I’m thinking that you’re seeing is, the last two games, how much
obvious pass we’ve been in and how many times we’ve thrown the ball. It’s kind of—you still
have to play physical in the pass game, but from the outside looking in, when you think
physicality, you think moving the line of scrimmage, running the ball. And when you don’t
get the run game going and you cannot lean on it, it’s hard to get the pass game going and
vice versa. So that was something we were excellent at early in the year that we’ve not
regressed, we just haven’t continued that standard, I think. And so, getting back to that is
important because that is our identity. When you’re playing like that, it’s felt on the sideline,
it’s felt on the field, the other team feels it, and you can tell that they feel it and that’s how
you wear your opponents down.”
(On how important early downs are to setting the tone) “Yeah, I mean very. You really want
to be able to establish the—get those first downs, establish the run, and make everyone
feel confident in getting back to it. Going three and out to start twice is not great because
then all of a sudden, you’re down 14 points, a bunch of time is off the clock and it’s like, all
right, now we’ve got to establish run, but we’re already in a place where you have to play
catch up. So, starting fast, finishing strong, I mean, there’s no point in the game where it’s
like, all right, we can chill here. That doesn’t exist. But that’s again, something, our first few
weeks we came off, we’d start with the ball, go down, score and getting everyone—you get
in that rhythm, it just gives you a lot of confidence going out, going out to the next drives.”
