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Danny Crossman – December 21, 2021 Download PDF version

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman

(I want to ask about the fake punt attempt to S Clayton Fejedelem last game. Was everyone just not on the same page? What happened there?) – “Yeah. The old adage, failure to communicate. As much as we harp about communication, we had miscommunication there on exactly the process of what we were trying to get done in that situation and you end up with a bad play.”

(I wanted to ask you about P Michael Palardy. It looks like he’s kind of coming on here of late on the average on his punts. I wanted to see if there was any difference in his approach or his routine in the last couple of weeks to get that average up?) – “I think like we’ve talked about on several occasions, in this particular game, especially based on the field position and where we were punting from, we had several games this year where we were punting from the 50-yard line or plus-50. This happened to be a game where a lot of our punts were backed up, so more of an opportunity to flip the field and more of an opportunity to get the ball down the field in terms of looking at gross (average).”

(What ultimately was the reason for opting for WR Tommylee Lewis as your returner on Sunday instead of your other available options such as WR Albert Wilson, WR Preston Williams, WR Isaiah Ford, CB Noah Igbinoghene?) – “I’m chuckling because as you guys know, it was an odd week. There were so many things going on and that was something that we just felt in that situation, with all of the possibilities of maybes and maybe nots, and the roles were constantly changing for a lot of possible actives, inactives, how we were going to use them offensively, defensively. We felt that was the decision to go for in that game.”

(What did WR Tommylee Lewis show in such a short time with the team? He had only been signed the Monday before. What did you guys see from him there?) – “I think like we’ve talked about several times, you go back and it’s not just what the guy has done here. You go back and look at his track record, and what he’s done both in college and if they have experience in the National Football League, you go back and look at those tapes. Then most importantly, when we do get them in the building, where he’s at in terms of confidence No. 1 and ball security, and making decisions and catching the football. We felt good about it and we went with it.”

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