Jaguars linebacker Foyesade Oluokun talks about loss to Cleveland Browns

Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Foyesade Oluokun spoke in the Miller Electric Center locker room on Tuesday, and as always, we were there for it all.

To see Oluokun’s comments, see above.

Jaguars coach Doug Pederson also spoke Monday. Below is a partial transcript.

Q: Any news on injuries?

Pederson: “Evan (TE Evan Engram), obviously, before the pregame warmup, he’s running around and loosening up for the game, and he obviously felt something in his hamstring. So, that was pretty significant to keep him out of yesterday’s football game. We’ll see where he’s at this week. Optimistic, but we’ll just have to see. Hamstrings can be funny. So, it’s kind of a week-to-week thing right now with him. All the other guys, Tank (RB Tank Bigsby), he actually got hit in the shoulder on the kickoff return. He had a little shoulder injury there, took him out, got some X-rays on him. He was fine, came back, loosened up a little bit and was kind of available in the second half of yesterday’s football game.” Gabe (WR Gabe Davis) just landed on his shoulder on the sideline at the end of the game. He’s fine. Anton (OL Anton Harrison) is fine. Cisco (S Andre Cisco) is fine. He’s fine.

Q: What can he do to restart the attack?

Pederson: “Yeah, that’s something we have to look at over the next few days. I think it starts in practice. I think we can do some things differently in practice and how we attack each period of practice, that’s one thing. Obviously, the game plan is the game plan. You can simplify it as much as you want, but that doesn’t change the fact that you have to start fast, right? I mean, that goes without saying. It just takes an awareness. Just a sense of urgency from everybody, the whole football team really, as we head into these games. But I think we can maybe mix some things up and be a little more detail-oriented and focused on practice as we go through each week.”

Q: Is he surprised by the level of WR Christian Kirk’s contribution to the offense?

Pederson: “As you know, the ball goes where it goes. There were opportunities, but the ball went somewhere else in the progression. So we’re going to continue to find ways to get the ball to Christian and he’ll be a big part of the offense.”

Q: On the decision to make DT Maason Smith inactive and what needs to happen for that to change in the future?

Pederson: “You have 53 players every week and I get to pick all 48. Obviously, I talk to the defensive staff and it’s based on the week before. So, it’s not necessarily what Maason did. I think guys like Big O (DT Esezi Otomewo) and Jeremiah (DT Jeremiah Ledbetter) have had good weeks of preparation and practice as well. It’s just an opportunity for Maason to learn and put himself in a position this week to try to be elevated. So, it’s nothing he hasn’t done. I just think it’s a given that Jeremiah and Big O have had opportunities to be elevated this week.”

Q: How do you think the team’s cohesion will help them in the face of adversity throughout the season?

Pederson: “I think that’s it. The fact that they’re… look, we’ve had a lot of guys here today and they’ve come and talked to the coaches and wanted to sit down and watch video. They’re on board. I mean, they get it. I mean, they get it they’ve got to play better. We’ve got to coach better. It’s a group effort. It’s not about one person, one position group or one side of the ball. I think there’s obviously enough mistakes to fix enough things that we can improve. But the fact that the guys are united and focused and focused like that is a good sign.”

Q: On the secondary’s performance against Cleveland?

Pederson: “I can tell you the secondary defense has been a positive. I know we had some issues in Week 1 in Miami and things of that nature. But I thought Buster (CB Montaric Brown) played a great football game yesterday. You saw (CB) De’Antre Prince come in and throw a pass to (Browns WR) Amari Cooper, I mean, their best receiver. They continue to gain confidence the longer they’re on the field. We still have some communication issues to work out and some leverage issues. But that’s been a positive for us.”

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