Q. Did things change a lot?
ADOREE' JACKSON: For me I was trying to learn how to understand multiple positions and not just my own but to know where had I help is defensively, whether it's zone or somebody may be driving man -- just understand what the weakness is and trying to make sure that I'm on top of that and then working from there.
Q. What is sort of your mindset now that you're sort of the definitive No. 1 cornerback in this defense, a guy who perhaps will be asked to cover the top receiver?
ADOREE' JACKSON: Just lead by example and like you said, understand that's the position I'm in and taking full responsibility and accepting the role that's given to me. So I think that's my mindset. Obviously if you get in the role, you have to believe that you can do it and do it at the highest ability, in that aspect, just taking it a day at a time in practice or classroom or in the meeting room, whatever it may be, just trying to get those rep, mental and physical go out there and be prepared and do it at a high level.
Q. You said the possibility of James Bradberry being released would be devastating. Is it?
ADOREE' JACKSON: It hurt. That's guy that I that I came in, we bounced ideas off each other, different techniques how he play.
But at the end of the day I gained a brother in the process of knowing him. At the end of the day it's like your brother went off to college. He's my brother, he goes somewhere else but at the same time still being in touch with him and happy for him at the end of the day. As soon as he signed, I was happy for him -- since we play him twice a year.
Q. What about landing in Philadelphia?
ADOREE' JACKSON: That sucks, you know what I'm saying. It's like going to your rival, like me and Darnay, USC and UCLA. But at the end of the day still family and still wish him well regardless of everything that's going on.
Q. You've been in the league for a while. How much do players pay attention to the business side? You knew something like this was going to happen but how much do guys talk about it in the locker room?
ADOREE' JACKSON: I believe you pay attention more if you're in it and go through it. I can attest when I was a rookie, the OG -- I just got here I'm 20 years out and now that I'm 26, I've seen it, been through it, dealt with it.
And if anybody ask questions, at the end of the day, I'm happy with JB. I texted him and told him it's just an opportunity for us as individuals to do what we have to do or step up and go play and do something for ourselves. Because the situation going to hit us all, whether we want to or not but at the end of the day go out there and do what you can and compete and make it hard for them to not make those changes but at the end of the day you never know what happens. It's above us.
Q. The role that you were given, you're here now, but A-Rob gets bumped up, too. How is he doing? How is he handling that? He missed a lot of action last year and this isn't really the position where he was drafted to play.
ADOREE' JACKSON: What's crazy is, you know, I got here, I watched his film and I see him -- thought he was at balance 'Bama prior, that's why he pretty good because he was really an Alabama DB. A-Rob is very talented and you know, it's all about working, and I think your aspect come from wherever you come from or get drafted to eventually one day play and be ready.
I felt like A-Rob stayed the course when he was banged up and came in and played and played highly well and put that on his resumé now, something like this happens, gets an opportunity to come and play. Felt like he did what he needed to do, continue to work hard, continue to stay himself and stay focused throughout the whole process.
Q. Can you be a shutdown No. 1 corner in a defense that asks you to play a lot of man coverage, so what is your confidence level that you can be that guy?
ADOREE' JACKSON: It's me believing in myself and the confidence that I have is put in the work. Confidence come from mentally and physically being prepared so at the end of the day, no matter what the situation is, no matter what the task is, you go out there and you're confident in your prep and mentally being prepared what you're doing, the sky is the limit -- (inaudible) -- you could be physically prepared but if you're not mentally prepared for the task it's not going to be done -- (indiscernible) -- you can believe it but if you didn't put the work get the reps in.
Q. How do you think you can get better?
ADOREE' JACKSON: I think all aspects of my game, get better, improve, assignment, assignment and technique no matter whatever did I good, I can get better and whatever I did not as well try to focus more on that and improve on that.
I think it's crazy, talking to Steve Smith today, he was talking about whatever you do, try to make a play a day and the play that you think that you did well, you look on film and it might not be as good as you think. And the play that you didn't think was good, ended up being the good play. The ones that you don't know, you don't take -- indiscernible -- come in and take everything personal and treating that first rep like it's the last rep, having had a mentality. Improving the aspect that every play is my last play and going out and giving it my all.
Q. Was that Pick-Six a play you thought you did well?
ADOREE' JACKSON: For sure. What's crazy is before we actually talked something similar about that in the meeting room about the quarterback -- indiscernible -- quick moves what may happen. What's crazy is before that play we actually was talking about that in the film room and we come out here talking to Steve Smith about that. That's an attest to Steve and coach winning and coach role model about trying to take the next step to the next level.
Q. I thought zone concepts were a mix in this season?
ADOREE' JACKSON: I feel like everything -- at the end of the day. Whoever comes down deep and I'm playing whatever it is, zone, I've pretty much got them unless we're in third down. Third and three, third and five we're in the zone, not just going to -- indiscernible -- but at the end of the day, you don't match it because third and short. That's what your tasked; that's what it is about being a football player and understanding what's going on.
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