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Adam Gase – December 21, 2018 Download PDF version

Friday, December 21, 2018

Head Coach Adam Gase

(Is S T.J. McDonald out this week?) – “He’s not out. He’ll be doubtful. He’s doing everything he can to give himself a shot.”

(CB Xavien Howard and LB Kiko Alonso?) – “’X’ (Xavien Howard) did reps in practice today, which was good to see, even on the turf. Hopefully we just keep trending upward. We’ll see how he feels tomorrow. We’ll take both of these all of the way to game day.”

(I’m guessing questionable for probably both of those guys?) – “Yes.”

(We saw a report out just now about RB Frank Gore that he’s not going to require surgery. Can you confirm that?) – “I didn’t have my Twitter feed going during practice, but my PR guy just told me. (laughter) That’s what he just said.”

(Have you had any discussions with RB Frank Gore?) – “I talked to him yesterday, just because he was in the building. I haven’t seen him face to face because he’s been at home. We’ll sit down after the season is over. We’re not in a rush right now.”

(Did any of those discussions lead to possibly RB Frank Gore coming back next year?) – “We have not gotten into any of that. I know there were times in the season that I could tell he’s not ready for that to be even close to being done. We’ll sit down and talk about everything and figure it out.”

(I think we know what has happened with S Minkah Fitzpatrick’s role this season, how valuable he’s been to you guys. His versatility on the back end, is that a reason why you drafted him ahead of a player like Chargers S Derwin James who might be better inside the box?) – “We drafted him because we felt like he was a guy that could play multiple positions. We felt like he was a guy that could get his hands on the ball. We thought his leadership ability was off the charts. When you get some of the comments made by (Alabama Head) Coach (Nick) Saban, who I respect a lot and worked for at a very young age and I learned a lot of the things that I know right now from him, I don’t think I’ve ever had anybody come more highly recommended. I feel like his play, for what he’s done this year, with all of the things we’ve asked him to do, has been impressive to me.”

(It’s kind of strange. It’s the second week in a row you face a team that replaced their offensive coordinator midseason. Have you guys noticed any changes to offensive approach?) – “They’re trying to do whatever they can to move the ball. Really, that’s what it comes down to. They’ve had some injuries. When they have them up front, and then they lost their (running) back for a long time, it was just hard for them to get in the rhythm they got in the year before. Last week, we had an idea of what they were going to do. We knew they were going to run play-action and run naked (bootlegs). They played well. This group, you have an idea of what they want to do. They want to run the ball, they want to play-action off of that, they don’t want to turn it over and they want to play good defense.”

(What have you seen from TE Mike Gesicki in recent weeks in terms of his continued development and progress?) – “I think really the thing is for him, when he gets his one-on-one matchups, we just need him to win. Unfortunately, a lot of the times when he’s won, we just haven’t been able to get him the ball. We’ve either got pressured to where Ryan (Tannehill) has had to really get his eyes off him and go somewhere else or we’ve gotten sacked. In the times that we do have everything going right up front, then those are the times that we’re not winning. I do think his routes are improving. What I see in practice, it’s going to translate to games eventually. It’s a young player. The tight end position is not easy. You look at all these guys across the league, all these young guys and their numbers are all about the same.”

(This last home game, how important is it for you guys to kind of finish it out on a good note?) – “Any time we play at home, we need to do everything we can to make sure we win those games. You have a little bit of an advantage. You’re not traveling. You’re used to the environment, the weather, the atmosphere. We just need to come out and we need to play good football.”

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