Q. How do you feel you individually have come along over the last year?
JAYLINN HAWKINS: For one, I just try to win the day every day. Try to stack days I'm out there with the guys, either learning from my coaches, learning from my mistakes. Stuff like that, man. I just want constant growth. That's what I seek for every day. Even as this team, as a team, as a unit, we just looking for constant growth.
Q. (No microphone.)
JAYLINN HAWKINS: Good play, good sack, good execution from everybody across the board. Everybody was going through their disguises, the corner, the nickel, myself, everybody held their (indiscernible). Went through the gap and executed the play.
It felt good. But unfortunately we lost, so back to the drawing board. Got to learn from our mistakes and just keep going.
Q. All camp you've been really active in the secondary. Is that just part of your growth or was there something you wanted to see more this year, seeing better?
JAYLINN HAWKINS: Say that one more time. I can't hear you. I'm sorry.
Q. You've been very active in the secondary throughout camp. Is there something specific you saw different from last year to this or is it natural progression?
JAYLINN HAWKINS: It's just coming from winning the day, just trying to get better every day. That's what I feel like. Just, like I said to her, just learning from my coaches and from Coach Hope, learning the scheme, just growing within that.
I feel like coming out there every day, just working hard. We just trying to be consistent, that's it.
Q. You're saying winning the day. Was there something you saw during your off-season study that you thought might get you to where you...
JAYLINN HAWKINS: For myself?
Q. Yes.
JAYLINN HAWKINS: Just studying the playbook, new scheme. Got a new staff. Just really studying a lot, putting in the time, meeting with my teammates, learning from some of my teammates, us gelling together, giving each other hands and tips on certain things. We're all coming into a new scheme, so yeah.
Q. (No microphone.)
JAYLINN HAWKINS: I just feel like I went out there and executed. Did my thing. Of course, that was the outcome of my stats. Yeah...
Q. (No microphone.)
JAYLINN HAWKINS: I'm just focused on just getting better day by day. That's it, man.
Q. You obviously didn't have any sort of off-season program last year. How much of a benefit has that been in this growth, being able to get into the scheme over the spring leading into camp?
JAYLINN HAWKINS: Very beneficial compared to last year. Learning from a virtual program is a little different. Had to teach yourself a lot of the stuff. Couldn't be out there with the guys and really gel. Communication is big, especially being in the back end.
Having OTAs, having pre-season, training camp, where we're doing stuff more active, back to normal, everything helps a lot.
Q. You talked about how it was different coming in last year. Obviously with a whole new coaching staff coming in, you had to learn a new scheme. Did you feel like you have to prove yourself all over again?
JAYLINN HAWKINS: I feel like every day is a day you got to prove yourself, especially playing football. I feel like every day is a day you got out there show out. Our coach preaches that, take no days off. I feel like every day is a day you got to go out there and compete.
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