Jones IV said, "Man comes to work every day, doesn't really say too much, but you can look into his eyes and see, 'Man, I'm here with you. I'm ready to fight.' Jobe's our little quiet dog."
A fellow teammate, while not sharing quite the same story, but one similar to making the most of their opportunities is Coby Bryant, who says it's "extremely exciting" to watch Jobe.
"I mean just the confidence that he's brought in the building from Week 1 and just to go out there and see him make the plays that he made. He's a hard worker. Comes in, listens, and he competes too."
Being around players like Devon Witherspoon, Riq Woolen and Bryant have made Jobe better.
"They've been here way before me and I feed off all those guys," he said." They're a high standard. They play with a chip on their shoulder and that made me play with the chip on my shoulder as well. They just go out there and play... They just play with their heart. So that's why I feed off them."
That mindset also creates healthy competition between teammates.
"I know from me and Mike's conversation, that's what you want from a team," Durde said. "If competition is the be all and end all and people that are playing good play, I think that's coming from where I've come from and coaching the D-line. I think that's how you create the best group of people when competition is at its highest and people are trying to get on the field and they want to maximize when they're on the field and make plays when they're on the field and do their job at the highest place. What you see is that it's not just people get reps, they start maximizing their reps and then you get really good play."
Jobe knows that even with that mindset the players on the defense are going to have his back regardless.
"We all have a high standard of our playing style, and those guys got my six all the way. Just believing each other, one another and just playing with each other. Just playing for one another."