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Austin Clark – October 27, 2020 Download PDF version

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Outside Linebackers Coach Austin Clark

(Just a quick thing for you. As you’ve watched practice over the last three months, when you’ve seen QB Tua Tagovailoa, you’ve thought what in terms of how he looks? Is he impressive, etc.?) – “Yeah, I think he’s a heck of a player and I’m fired up to see him Sunday.”

(I’ve asked a lot of guys throughout the course of the season about their pass-rushing game and they’ve referenced your name a lot as far as someone who has helped them come along. So I’m curious, when you’re teaching different guys, how much does your approach change with different players? Are there basic principles you start with and kind of evolve based off their skillset? Is it uniform to each guy? How do you approach the teaching aspect of pass rushing with different players?) – “I definitely would say you obviously have some core principles like anything else in terms of your get-off, your stance, your alignment; all those basic things that get you going; but then, yeah, I think it’s kind of like you have your tool box. Everybody’s got different tools and you never know one, which one you need to use in certain situations, and then there’s going to be some guys that just don’t have those tools or they’re better at something else. I think if you take Emmanuel Ogbah versus, say, a (Andrew) Van Ginkel; they’ve got two different kinds of tools and then you throw a (Kyle) Van Noy in there who’s a savvy guy that’s played so much ball that he’s gone against a bunch of different guys different times. So I think you’ve got your core principles, but then it is specific and I think the guys have done a great job so far this year.”

(You just mentioned DE Emmanuel Ogbah. I wanted to ask about him and just really what he’s brought specifically these past three or four games. It seems like he’s really kind of taken off in the edge role. We all remember specifically this past game where he had that I think it was like 28-yard sack, but just what his presence brings there on the edge.) – “I think it brings some versatility and he’s really bought into the concept of setting the edge and playing the run and then getting after the passer and rushing the quarterback. I think that’s the thing that’s most impressive about him and then I think he’s finally getting into a groove for himself throughout the game. The guy studies a lot of tape. He loves football and he’s done a heck of a job so far.”

(I just wanted to ask you, how do you think DE Shaq Lawson has played?) – “I think Shaq (Lawson) – with missing the one game, I think that was tough on him. I thought (against) Seattle, he really brought us some great stuff. He’s getting better each week and excited about him this week.”

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