{"id":53097,"date":"2024-04-27T14:49:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=53097"},"modified":"2024-04-27T14:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:56:49","slug":"transcript-patriots-wr-javon-baker-conference-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2024\/04\/27\/transcript-patriots-wr-javon-baker-conference-call\/","title":{"rendered":"TRANSCRIPT: Patriots WR Javon Baker Conference Call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s what new draft pick Javon Baker said after being selected by the New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> on Saturday.<\/em><\/p>\n

On his initial reactions on Instagram about it taking so long for him to be picked, and his mentality after waiting two days to be drafted:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It’s just … it’s just this mentality to just kill whoever’s on the other side of me. That’s really my mentality. That’s it.”<\/p>\n

On what he can tell Patriots fans about his game:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Just come to the home stadium and bring ya’ll popcorn. That’s all I can tell you y’all. Bring your popcorn. I make people in wheelchairs stand up. Bring your popcorn.”<\/p>\n

On his first impressions of Drake Maye:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Honestly, people don’t know this, but when Drake Maye was committed to Bama at first, we always used to practice and throw it around. So me and Drake Maye got a connection going on. So Drake Maye is probably, really, I think, in my opinion, the best quarterback in this draft. So when we connect, again, it’s going to be a good connection.”<\/p>\n

On what he remembers from those throwing sessions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Competitive and trying to get the ball, like, whatever spots I asked him to put it at, he’ll put it there. So he’ll be just competitive. A competitive quarterback, and that’s what I like in a quarterback. And somebody that can push me, and I’ll push him.”<\/p>\n

On what he thinks of when he thinks of the Patriots:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Honestly, just being a part of that organization, I know it’s a winning mentality organization. Just like how it was at ‘Bama. Just winning. Everybody liked winning. It wouldn’t be a better opportunity and a better place to go to than this place. So I just can’t wait.”<\/p>\n

On if he reached out to Drake Maye after he was drafted:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I didn’t reach out to him when he got drafted, but as soon as I got drafted, he reached out to me. He just told me, congrats, and let’s get to work. J. P, Ja’Lynn Polk, who’s working out this whole offseason, this whole process, so we got a connection going on, too. Just them, us three, alone is just going to bring back the winning mentality that everybody likes in Boston.”<\/p>\n

On his connection and if he feels that the Patriots were a good place to land as Ja’Lynn Polk is someone else he knows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Like I said earlier, it’s a perfect opportunity. I just can’t wait to put on that uniform.”<\/p>\n

On if he has a chip on his shoulder based off his background and transferring to UCF:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Honestly, it’s going to always be a chip on my shoulder, no matter what. I’m self-driven, so I know how it feels to be behind somebody. I know how it feels to be at bottom of the depth chart. So, I’m always having a chip on my shoulder, regardless.”<\/p>\n

On what he’s hoping to prove with the Patriots:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Prove them everything. Prove them what I can do. Prove them I could do everything. As a receiver, I would do anything to win. Just prove them that,. Honestly, I’m a team player, and I want to prove to the team that I’m one of them guys. So, that’s what I want to do.”<\/p>\n

On how he’s said with Steve Smith that when the ball is in his hands, he can change the game:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“My mentality. I’m a receiver. I don’t know nothing but receiving the ball. I don’t care if the ball is thrown out of bounds in the sideline, I’m going to receive the ball. So at the end of the day, that right there, my mentality is just different from any other receiver. I can get down and dirty, I can do anything. So that right there, my mentality alone can just do everything as a receiver. Just my mentality, honestly.”<\/p>\n

On where played in college and if he feels like he can be a guy who can line up on the backside and win one-on-one in coverage:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Yes, sir. I could be anything. Honestly, whatever Coach Mayo want me to be, I could be. It’s just that right there. I could be X, Y, Z, or H, it doesn’t matter to me.”<\/p>\n

On what allowed him to thrive in those match-ups:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Honestly, my mentality. My mentality when I line up against that corner.\u00a0 I know it’s game over.”<\/p>\n

On his relationship with Cam Newton and what he told him about New England:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Yeah, my relationship with Cam Newton is like a big brother relationship. Before the draft, we were just talking and he was just telling me just to keep I got my head down and keep working. I talked to him about Boston. I was just telling him because when I was there on a visit, I was talking to a lot of people about Cam and it was just a lot of good things saying about Cam. I was just telling him, relaying a message and stuff like that. We were just laughing about it, but that’s really it.”<\/p>\n

Full Video via the Patriots:<\/strong><\/p>\n