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Danny Crossman – October 13, 2022 Download PDF version

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman

(The missed field goal – nobody expects a 54-yarder to hit, but what happened on that?) – “It was just a little inside out. Again, we expect – any time we send Jason (Sanders) out on the field, we expect points. We wouldn’t send him out there if we weren’t expecting points. So again, just another little inside out, missed by a hair. But you only get points if they’re through the uprights, and when we take the field, we expect points.”

(I know in Week 2, you had the kick return touchdown against the Ravens that you allowed. Obviously, you haven’t allowed a touchdown since then, but some returners are getting pretty long returns. What has kind of stuck out in those plays, maybe a call or is there maybe somebody out of place?) – “I think it’s a little bit like we talked about before – we’re shooting ourselves in the foot with a little bit of some technique issues. Some – we talked about couple weeks ago, it’s like fitting a run and everybody needs to be in the proper gap and the proper fit. If you get off against good football players, like you’re going to see in the National Football League, you’re going to get leaky and you’re going to give up some yardage. So we’ve got to clean up those technique issues. Again, I’ve always told you guys, it all starts with me. We’ve got to be right and we’ve got to be where we’re supposed to be.”

(Can you assess how S Clayton Fejedelem did in his first game back?) – “It was like a first game – there was some real good stuff and there’s some stuff that we got to get cleaned up. But it was good to have him back.”

(How much of a boost can a player like S Clayton Fejedelem lend to special teams? Just having that veteran presence there.) – “Well like anything, I think when you have a guy that has experience and has had success and has been a productive player, when you get that guy back, I think it builds everybody’s confidence, first and foremost, and it’s a great example for the younger guys.”

(How has TE Tanner Conner come along in special teams?) – “He’s growing. When you look at his background and where he is now, a lot of things for him the first time is literally the first time. (laughter) But we’re very happy with Tanner (Conner) and how he’s progressing and very happy to have him on our club.”

(Something that I thought that I saw – the kickoff return when TE Durham Smythe went out, WR River Cracraft came in. That seems like it’s usually a heavier player or tight end. Is it his blocking? Why was that?) – “There’s a lot of different things that go into why certain guys are at certain spots. That was a situation we had multiple guys at that certain time with some injury stuff. So you’re allowed to have 11. We hope to only have 11, but we’d like to get 11 out there. So we have a lot of guys that we ask a lot of in terms of what they learn and having to be able to play multiple spots in a backup role, but that’s the National Football League.”

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