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Brian Flores – October 30, 2020 Download PDF version

Friday, October 30, 2020

Head Coach Brian Flores

(WR DeVante Parker has been dealing with a groin injury. How has he come out this week and do you think the injury since the Jets game will have some possibly lingering effects for Sunday?) – “Look, you never really know until we get to the game. We’re running game speed. In practice he was full today, so we expect him to play.”

(We spoke to RB Myles Gaskin and really every player this week about QB Tua Tagovailoa. Does having him in there add an extra layer for Gaskin? We’ve talked about RPO and all of that, but would you expect him to continue to come out and show out as he’s done all season?) – “Look, we need execution; we need good play from everybody – Myles (Gaskin), (Matt) Breida, the tight ends, the receivers, the offense line, the defensive line, linebackers, secondary, coaching. This is going to take a total team effort, to include the quarterback. This is a good team. They’ve got good players offensively, defensively and in the kicking game. Johnny Hekker is probably the best punter – definitely I would say – in the league. He might be one of the all-time punters. This is a tough challenge. We’ll need everybody.”

(The day before you became the Dolphins head coach, you were part of a Super Bowl win over a Los Angeles Rams team, whose offense anyway, looks a lot like the one you’ll play on Sunday. My question is I’m wondering if you’ve thought about that game at all in the last couple of weeks, and if there’s anything from that game you can take to Sunday?) – “I mean look, this is a good team. It’s a good offense, it’s a good defense, it’s a good special teams. They’re well coached. They score a lot of points. They run the football. Anytime there’s some history, you take a look at it; but things are so different. They’ve got different players. We’ve got different players. There’s a lot – I wish I could just cut and paste that game plan, but that’s just not how it goes. They don’t have the same players. Different team, different time. (Jared) Goff has a season-and-a-half under his belt just from an experience standpoint. So does Sean (McVay), so does the offensive line. There’s so many layers to that. It’s a good team, so we’re going to have to play well really in all three phases. I think guys are practicing hard. They’re trying to prepare. There’s a lot to prepare for. I understand the question and the familiarity as far as having played against this group before; but again, every game is just a little bit different. Every season is a little bit different. None have ever been the same. No game has ever been the same. Really, I don’t take much from it.”

(I just wanted to check back in on LB Kyle Van Noy, S Bobby McCain and TE Adam Shaheen, and if you expect them to be available to play or questionable.) – “You guys will see the injury report. Van Noy was full. We expect him to go. Same thing with Bobby. Shaheen was limited, so he’ll be questionable.”

(Forgot to ask about the guy who was working on the side in CB Jamal Perry. I’ll try to couple Jamal Perry with CB Noah Igbinoghene. I know they don’t play the same position, but how is Perry looking and how has Igbinoghene practiced? Is he still focused almost exclusively on outside corner?) – “Yeah, Noah has practiced well. He really has. I think he’s prepared well. He’s practiced well. Jamal Perry is going to be out for the game. You guys will see that on the injury report, if it’s not out already. But yeah, Noah has practiced well and he’s prepared himself to play, as he does every week, as he should every week, as everyone should every week. As we all know in this league, guys get injured, things happen. So everyone, we try to stress on a weekly basis that everyone’s got to be ready to go. That’s Noah, that’s all of our backup or second-team type players. We try to stress that there are no backups and that everybody could be in there for an extended period of time. They all have to prepare.”

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