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Adam Gase – September 21, 2018 Download PDF version

Friday, September 21, 2018

Head Coach Adam Gase

(Any update on S Reshad Jones? Are you more optimistic today?) – “The fact that he was just doing a little more each day gives us a good chance. I think it’s just going to be up to game time and we’ll see how he feels.”

(Is WR DeVante Parker cleared or are you still going to rest him?) – “I don’t know what (we are) going to list him on the injury report; but yes, he seems to be in good shape.”

(With a guy like WR DeVante Parker, how much do you have to balance the game plan versus keeping his confidence and getting him out there and making him feel a part of the team?) – “I think it will naturally take care of itself with how our offense is kind of run where if we’re on the ball, we’re kind of staying right and left and it just kind of works out. There’s certain things in there for him and certain things for those other guys. It’s really going to be the flow of the game, how’s it going and what situations we’re in. I think it will work out. We seem to find a way to get all of these guys going.”

(How has your offense done as far as getting the ball in the hands of playmakers in the areas you want to and the timing that you want to get the ball to them?) – “Some of it is you kind of have it scripted out specifically for certain guys. Some of it is just kind of the luck of what the coverage is. That’s why we like guys to be flexible, being able to play multiple spots and be able to do a lot of different types of routes. It helps spread the ball out instead of worrying about trying to get a couple of guys the ball. I like when all of those guys are getting touches.”

(Have you gotten them the ball where you want to generally?) – “I think so, for the most part. There’s probably some times where you wish you had … Some guys are really good at certain things and when you get the coverage you want, you’re hoping that guy gets the ball. It doesn’t always work out, but most of the time it does.”

(Are you ahead of the curve in that? I know it’s only two games.) – “I don’t know. That’s hard to speak on. I’ll let you know in 2019. (laughter)”

(How difficult is that when you have two backs who want the ball, you have tight ends who want to get involved, you have five receivers who want the ball? How difficult is that to sort of navigate?) – “It’s a good problem to have. I love that these guys compete every day. They’re trying to constantly be right as far as what they’re doing because that increases trust level with the quarterback, play calling and all of those types of things – coaches. Those guys are really working hard to make sure that they’re doing exactly what they need to do. If we have certain personnel groupings with certain guys, they want that group to get on the field, so they’re working hard to make sure that they’re executing properly in practice for us to gain confidence so that that looks good and let’s make sure we call that. It’s been very good for us because it’s that constant competition.”

(I know with defensive line snaps you mentioned Defensive Line Coach Kris Kocurek will handle that a lot on his own, obviously talking with Defensive Coordinator Matt Burke. With receivers, do you and Wide Receivers Coach Ben Johnson jointly decide now that it looks like you’re going to have five quality receivers, how to distribute snaps before the game on Friday or Saturday?) – “We kind of talk through it through the week. The starting point, it’s hard to spread it out from there; but I think they’ve done a good job as far as making sure that guys are going hard the entire game. Especially down here, the oven gets turned up pretty high and guys get tired. You just need that constant rotation going on. We’re trying to get them into a rhythm. You don’t want to go one play here and then they sit out six plays. You’d like to get them in a rhythm. We’ll talk about it through the week. We’ll kind of watch how things are going, who’s doing what well and then we’re able to kind of move from there.”

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