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Danny Crossman – November 3, 2020 Download PDF version

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman

(How would you describe WR Jakeem Grant’s level of confidence at this time?) – “I think number one, Jakeem (Grant), his confidence level is always high, but I think – and it goes along with everybody – when you have success, that’s the best way to gain even more confidence. So I think he’s strung together a couple of good games and hopefully we can continue stringing good games together and when he gets opportunities, make some plays.”

(I have sort of a two-prong question regarding S Kavon Frazier. First on the punt return, I noticed he gets knocked down and hustles back into the play and nails what looks like a key block for the big return. I was hoping you could talk us kind of through his effort on that play and just what he’s meant to your special teams unit in general this season.) – “Again, I think anytime you’re working at the point of attack, those blocks are always critical. So yeah, a big block; but we had a bunch of good blocks and a bunch of critical good technique blocks. You’re not necessarily – people are looking for knockouts and big hits, but really just doing a good job of being able to get in the way and then Kavon is like a lot of guys. They’re playing all four phases and giving great effort and really doing a good job during the week especially with the younger guys and when you take our veteran players, he and ‘Fej’ (Clayton Fejedelem) and Kamu (Grugier-Hill) and Mack (Hollins) – those older players are really doing a good job nurturing the younger players.”

(Getting back to WR Jakeem Grant. He now owns basically every return record you guys have and he’s only in his fifth season. One, are you surprised that teams are still punting to him and two, would you punt it to him if you were facing him?) – “Again, I think that’s a couple-pronged response to that question. It all depends on the situation in the game. You’re looking at a team with the Rams with that’s the way they’re built. When they’re punting into minus, they’re looking to flip the field with one of the better punters that’s ever played in the National Football League with good coverage guys. They’ve had a lot of success. So there’s a lot of ways to go after things. The second thing is, sometimes people think it’s easy just to hit the ball in a particular spot on the field and/or on the sidelines or out of bounds and also have it down the field. It’s not as easy to do, so it goes into a lot of different situations. But we’re obviously happy the way that Jakeem’s performing and hopefully we can continue to put him in good positions.”

(I’m curious from a coach perspective. I’m sure you love all the game-changing plays, but is there a particular play that’s your favorite? A punt return touchdown? A block? Like of all the big plays you can have, is there one that makes you the happiest?) – “You know what, as long as they’re for us, I like all of them and any of them. (laughter) So as long as they’re in the positive, I like them all. That’s the National Football League. There’s going to be good plays for you and there’s going to bad plays against – hopefully you have more of the former than the latter.”

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