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Adam Gase – October 12, 2018 Download PDF version

Friday, October 12, 2018

Head Coach Adam Gase

(Is T Laremy Tunsil still in the protocol?) – “He is not. He is not in it. He’s out of it.”

(So that would mean Sunday, presumably…) – “It looks promising.”

(What was T Laremy Tunsil able to do today?) – “Everything.”

(So T Laremy Tunsil seems completely himself to you?) – “Yeah.”

(I know there had been some optimism from you at the start of the week about DE Cameron Wake. Has their been a setback at all?) – “No. We’re just going through the process that the trainers have him going through. We’re going to be smart with him. We’re not going to rush him back by any means. It’s probably going to be more of us holding him back than him rushing back. We’ll just keep taking it day to day and we’ll know when he’s ready to go.”

(Anything on WR DeVante Parker? Does he look promising or more promising than yesterday, perhaps?) – “I know he’s better than last week. He was able to take a lot of reps and get through the practices. It’s just all about how does he feel the next day? One day he’ll be good and one day he’ll be a little more sore and we’ll have to back off a little bit. We’ll see how he feels tomorrow after today.”

(Is health the only factor with whether or not WR DeVante Parker plays this week?) – “Yes.”

(So if WR DeVante Parker is healthy, he’s in?) – “Yeah. I would think so. We’re kind of out of bodies a little bit.”

(With what TE A.J. Derby was able to give you early this season, are you excited about him coming back as far as what he could add?) – “Yeah, if we get to that point. We got some practice in this week. We’ll just kind of see how this all shakes out. We’re going to meet this afternoon and really kind of sort through everything and see where the finalized health of everybody is. We’ll figure out who is up, who is down and who is healthy enough to go. We just have a lot of guys that have some issues to where some guys might have to go even though they’re banged up pretty good. And a couple of guys may have to sit just because it’s too much.”

(There have been some rumblings with WR DeVante Parker, trades and whatever. Have you talked to him about that?) – “Yeah, I mean a long time ago. I think it was like in training camp somebody said something to me. I don’t really pay attention to all of that stuff. But if it gets back to (me), if something gets to me, then I’m assuming that he probably heard something about it. I know I haven’t called anybody.”

(Playing Bears LB Khalil Mack last year, can you draw anything for this year’s…) – “Do you go and repeat questions? Didn’t we do this yesterday? (laughter) You didn’t but somebody else did. (laughter) No, I mean … Playing those guys later in the season, he was pretty banged up. You can see that he’s in great shape. Probably him not being in training camp was really good for him just because he was probably getting after it pretty hard early in his career and you can see he looks explosive, fast and all of those things that you saw when he was in his first couple of years. He looks like he’s taken it to another level. He looks really good right now.”

(It’s bizarre to see you guys out there without DE Cameron Wake on the field. Can you give us some indication of how bad this was and how serious this was or how far away he’s been from playing?) – “I mean, he’s not far. It’s just we’re trying to be smart.”

(It seems like it’d have to be something serious to keep DE Cameron Wake out.) – “Yeah. It’s just one of those things where we’re being very cautious. We do not want to lose him longer than what we already have right now. We’re just trying to make sure that everything is right and that he’s ready to go and we’ve got him for the rest of the year. That’s really the best answer I can give you because he’s an older player that if you rush him back and you have any kind of setback and lose him longer, now that’s going to be a bigger issue.”

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