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Danny Crossman – December 22, 2020 Download PDF version

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman

(I wanted to ask you about the fake with the reporting or lack thereof – declaring eligible by LB Kamu Grugier-Hill. What’s the procedure for that and why is there some confusion sometimes with players that they thought they did but they actually didn’t?) – “Again, there shouldn’t be. The league has made an emphasis about the middle of last year. They’ve really expanded that process where they want everybody reporting whether you’re eligible or ineligible, so they’ve really widened the scope of what their expectations are, but it’s simply a matter of – again, it’s part of your assignment, the ‘takes no talent’ bucket that we’ve talked about here for a couple years, and just understanding how that has to happen.”

(Following up on that question – is it a matter of a player speaking, “I’m eligible” to one of the officials? Is it a hand signal and what specifically happened on that play?) – “It’s a combination. It’s the referee and it’s solely the referee. That’s changed. It used to be the umpire; now it’s the referee. And it’s letting him know verbally that based on your position and what you’re doing, whether you’re an eligible or ineligible player based on your jersey number.”

(K Jason Sanders as we all know is having this incredible season. Now though he’s got a miss in each of the past two games. Do you tell him anything to maybe get his confidence back on track or do you leave him alone?) – “His confidence hasn’t wavered. And for me, if he’s hitting good balls – and the ball he missed on Sunday was a good ball. It faded a little bit left at the end – but as long as his operation is clean and he’s hitting good balls, we stay the course.”

(I’d also like to ask you about the two-point conversion play. It’s one I’ve never seen before. I don’t know if anyone on this call has seen a hook-and-lateral on a two-point conversion. Can you tell us how that idea came about and what you saw in the execution?) – “Again, that’s the offense executing a good play; but any time you get can people to have to change what they’re doing in terms of where the action is going and where the final result is going, you sometimes give yourself an opportunity to have a successful play.”

(I wanted to ask you how you personally have handled 2020? We’re getting close to the end of the year now and it’s been just a year that none of us have ever seen before. How do you think you’ve handled it? What’s something that you can be proud of in the past year and what’s something that “man, if I had to do over again, I would?”) – “Oh geez, we don’t have enough time on this call. I think the thing I’m proud of is the fact that we’re here. That we’ve played 14 games, we’re getting ready for our 15th game. It’s really been a difficult season, offseason, season for everybody. You play the hand you’re dealt, but this has not been a fun hand to play. A lot of the things that you truly enjoy and make this job so special in my opinion – the camaraderie with the staff and the players and a lot of those things – it’s hard (not) to miss those things.”

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