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Danny Crossman – December 14, 2023 Download PDF version

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman

(When you have a guy who’s got four blocks in the last three years, is it just – obviously you have to identify him, but is it just making sure that he’s that focus player?) – “Our concepts and our techniques aren’t going to change, but you highlight guys that have special traits and are able to overcome a lot of the techniques that they’ve seen and still be able to get penetration. So he’s a guy who we were aware of, and we just didn’t do a good enough job. I didn’t get the guys in the right mindset and it cost us.”

(How good of a game did DB Elijah Campbell have? I saw the muffed punt recovery, but I think he also had a tackle on a punt right?) – “Yes, he had a tackle on a punt and had an assist on a kickoff. He played very well. He probably played one of his better games. He’s been a good player for us for a couple years and really was in a zone on Monday night. Really both he and Justin Bethel at the gunner and some of the other spots they played, they both played very well.”

(You guys had WR Tyreek Hill back deep even after he had sustained the ankle injury. What was the thinking there?) – “Well it was a package we were in based on some things that they could have done in that situation, and with the way our group is dispersed from a personnel standpoint, that’s his spot on that particular grouping.”

(So it would have taken a lot for him to return that is what you’re saying?) – “Correct.”

(The LS Blake Ferguson penalty, I talked to him about it, what did you think? He said that they’d hit him in the head a couple of times previously, he told the ref.) – “The only person – I’m old school. The only person that should speak to the referee during the game is the head football coach.”

(Really? So a player, you don’t…?) – “Nope.”

(The rain this week, does that – I know you always talk about wind as being, but does rain, if it’s wet ground, wet ball, does that make a difference punting or kicking or for LS Blake Ferguson snapping?) – “It does. It adds an element to it, whether it’s good or bad. Here in South Florida, we have a tendency to get those occasional rain showers, so working with wet balls is something that we are able to do fairly regularly. If not, we can simulate that. The biggest thing, and you mentioned it, is the wind. The wind is supposed to also be a possible factor, and that’s always a bigger issue than rain, snow, whatever the precipitation may be.”

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