Jaguars 32, Patriots 16
Q. Jahlani, how would you characterize what's going on with the defense right now?
JAHLANI TAVAI: We're not doing good. That's all that needs to be said about it. We got to improve. We're going to figure it out.
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JAHLANI TAVAI: Just got to do our jobs. That's it. Got to do our jobs and make the tackle.
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JAHLANI TAVAI: He said it well. We got to look in the mirror and we got to understand what he's saying. If we're okay with being soft, then some people will fall off and the rest of us will want to prove that wrong, we'll step up and make sure that doesn't happen.
Q. Do you feel like it's a lack of concentration?
JAHLANI TAVAI: It's a lack of doing your job. We got to do our jobs. That's it.
Q. What do you think is preventing that?
JAHLANI TAVAI: I don't know. It's 11 guys on the field. It takes one person in the defense to mess up a whole play. We have to be consistent. You can't do your job one play, take off another.
All 11 guys on the field who are out there at the time, we just got to do our jobs.
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JAHLANI TAVAI: I didn't hear you.
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JAHLANI TAVAI: Again, do our jobs. We're out there to make sure that we put the defense in a good position. If you look at it, it's all defensive players. We got to take that personal. God forbid, we can't let that happen again.
I haven't looked at the film, haven't looked at what happened. I just know that can't happen. What yard line did he punt it on? On the four.
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JAHLANI TAVAI: That got to be dead. We got to fix it.
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JAHLANI TAVAI: We had guys there. The message right now is to do our job. We're not doing it. It's showing on the scoreboard.
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JAHLANI TAVAI: Got to stay optimistic. I don't have a weak mindset. I think that's the best way to say it. I don't have a weak mindset. I'm going to make sure that I do my part. I'm not saying I was perfect out there. I made some bad plays. I got to look in the mirror, too.
Yeah, got to stay optimistic.
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JAHLANI TAVAI: Man, we have great guys out there. I trust those guys. Like I said, we have to be consistent on doing our jobs. There's plays where we shine and then there's plays where, like I said, takes one person to mess up. It don't matter who it is. It could be a safety on a misfit or it could be a linebacker not hitting his guy.
All 11 guys have to do their jobs so we can be successful.
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