Patriots LB Jahlani Tavai joins! Was there added motivation to respond after the Mayo, "playing soft" comments?
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00:00Good morning Jelani
00:02Good morning, how you doing?
00:06I'm great. Are you guys anybody have there was there a team Halloween party last night?
00:12No early night for us
00:16Needed to get some rest. Did you hand did you hand candy out?
00:22No, I live in an apartment so
00:24No
00:26No trick-or-treating for us no trick-or-treaters. All right. Well a lot of talk leading into
00:32Last week including with you on this show a week ago
00:36about Gerard Mayo saying that this team had been playing soft and
00:43You guys go out win that football game how much of a maybe it wasn't but how much of a
00:49motivating factor for you guys was
00:52Responding to that
00:54Um, I mean, I think we're just ready to win, you know, I don't think I don't think any of us were taking that to
01:03Pain at the heart. I think a lot of us just you know, we're either trying to prove wrong
01:09We're just trying to win the game. So I think the biggest thing for us was just having
01:14You know
01:16The message was just to win just so we can either you know, prove him wrong or shut everybody else out
01:24Yeah, I wasn't really on the back of my mind during the game
01:27Jelani as a leader of this team
01:29How proud were you of how not only the offense responded?
01:33But the defense as well to when Drake went out and Jacoby went in and the support you guys all showed him and the confidence
01:39You instilled in him
01:42Yeah, I mean regardless on who goes in on the offensive side we as defense always will have their back, you know
01:49And you know something that I was preached before
01:52and I told
01:53I'm sure not just myself when you call me went in but
01:57it was one of the first things I did was tell them like hey, whatever you do just do your thing and
02:01We're gonna make sure they get the ball back in your hands as many times as we can
02:05so
02:07Whoever whoever that is this week
02:10It's gonna be the same thing. We're gonna make sure that we do our jobs on the defense so we can
02:15Get the ball back to the offense as many times as we can
02:18Jelani, you know winning changes the vibe down there and obviously you guys were able to get a win which changed the vibe
02:26What do you think has been you know, obviously different as far as now your vibe down there especially after the win
02:32What do you feel like you guys need to continue to do so you can keep that same vibe and you can keep down
02:38Those winnings piling up
02:41We just got to keep doing our jobs and being and like I said being consistent
02:47That's the stuff that I bought you from the boat when we don't do that. So
02:51we're relaying that to everybody and
02:55we
02:57We know that when we are consistent and doing our jobs
03:00You know, it turns out like that
03:03The bond gotcha said he was surprised with how slow Aaron Rodgers was
03:14I mean, I I can't say the same cuz he he dodged me on the first play when I try to sack him
03:22He's quick enough just to get out of reach so
03:25Joe Jelani when you say is he it does he say anything? Is he is he a he seems like he'd be a trash-talker
03:34Yeah, uh
03:37No, not really no, does he smell funny he's got a wedding Jelani. Does he smell funny has a very strange
03:47Hello, I don't know I think I think grown men sweaty is a
03:53Nasty smell enough. So I think I think everybody's camouflaged it
03:59Jelani you talked about consistency and
04:03When you play consistent you guys do well when you don't there's issues
04:08What do you think the problem with the consistency is? Is it the lack of focus?
04:12Is it the lack of guys maybe not being prepared? Where do you think that?
04:18Inconsistency comes from in your opinion
04:21I
04:21Think I don't know during the week so far this week. We've been doing a really good job
04:26So I think it's just the lack of doing a job. I think I think I
04:31Don't think anything else because I feel like we're prepared
04:36but
04:37yeah, when it comes to game time, we got a you know, but our money where our mouths are and
04:44Yeah, so like I'm doing our job I
04:47Read that the Titans had nine players miss yesterday's practice
04:51I know it's next man up mentality
04:53But is it more difficult for a defense to prepare for for this team?
04:57When you guys have so many when there's so many guys with question marks over them
05:03No, because we're preparing as if all their starters are playing
05:07I'm sure we don't know which quarterbacks gonna play but we're like, like I said, we're preparing for
05:12For their best team as players to be out there and that includes
05:18whether or not both or both quarterbacks play so
05:23Yeah, we're we don't
05:27Yeah
05:28Jelani, I know you guys ignore the noise and try and you know, just focus on your job
05:32But last week it was really a crescendo of critique for your head coach
05:39Following the team soft comments in London and it appeared that you guys played for him on
05:45Sunday in a game where you lose Drake all of that
05:47Was there any part of you guys trying to show up on defense so that your head coach maybe got off the hot seat a bit
05:56Probably
05:57But it's another week. So we're getting ready for Tennessee and it's just another week to have you know
06:04Another great week of preparation and and to go out there and showcase what why you know male
06:11Chose us to be here. So I'm no worry about it. And I know that mail doesn't listen to the noise as well. So
06:19we're just gonna make sure that we're prepared as if
06:24you know, this is a
06:26Really big game which it is. This is the next one. But yeah, we're not really too worried about the noise
06:32You're on to Tennessee as you said
06:35Yeah, we're on the Tennessee, you know, this is a new week
06:38We got some good weather right now, and we're gonna make sure we take advantage of it
06:42Sounds like something the mermaid whisperer would have said
06:49Enjoy Nashville. Yes, don't enjoy it too much. I appreciate it
06:55I would go for a 7 p.m. Curfew. Maybe I try lowering that a little bit and
07:00Enjoy it. Yeah, and we will we'll talk to you next week. Jelani
07:05All right, you guys have a good one. Okay, man. All right. That is Jelani to die on a Patriots Friday here at WB