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Danny Crossman – September 19, 2024 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman

(Tell me what’s pleased you with your group through two games and a priority point of an area where maybe you’re not as pleased with as you liked to be?) – “I think for the opportunities that we’ve had, I think we’ve done a good job of executing in those situations. We haven’t had a lot of opportunities – punt wise, we haven’t punted a lot. Punt return, we haven’t gotten a lot of opportunities, but when we’ve had gotten opportunities, I liked the decision making. I like how guys are playing. I like how the specialists are executing. So as we all know, this thing changes in a hurry. There’s going to be times where you don’t have a lot of action and next thing you know, you have a lot of opportunity. Guys are working hard, having a good week of practice which is nice to get back into the swing of a normal week. Long way to go, it’s going to be a long season. We have a lot of things that we can continually work on. The more you are able to take looks around the league and what’s happening, and not only with the new kickoff and kickoff return rules but around the league in some of the situation stuff that’s come up, there’s a lot of things to learn from.”

(We’ve seen WR Tyreek Hill deep on a punt return. Will we see more of that this season, do you think?) – “It depends on a myriad of factors, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s out there again based on situations and games and what’s going on, and there may be certain games where you don’t see him at all. It’s an influx, fluid situation. We have several guys – as we’ve talked about time and time again, there’s guys that you feel good about being back there that are going to make good decisions, but more importantly are very explosive players with the ball in their hands.”

(Regarding LB Chop Robinson, I thought I saw him get close to a punt once. He’s probably a guy who doesn’t play many special teams because of the quality of his play from scrimmage. How has he done special teams wise?) – “He’s done good. He’s another prime example of a learning curve; we’re asking him to do some things that he hasn’t done in his past, which again that’s the nature of the beast in college football. When you get rookies that don’t play a lot in the kicking game, because of the limited numbers that we have, they need to. But he works hard, he’s a conscientious student and then obviously a very skilled player that we’re very happy to have.”

(RB Jeff Wilson Jr. has been in there. I don’t recall seeing him last season doing much special teams, is that right? That’s a good way of getting him snaps.) – “Correct, and it’s again, on the game day roster, with what’s available and who’s available and how you can use certain guys. It’s always influx thing. A year ago, Jeff (Wilson Jr.) was on IR a little bit and then he was healthy, and we had some other running backs that contributed in other ways. So again, that will be a constantly changing thing based on availability.”

(Does the ball travel farther on kicks and punts, or is that not really a thing in Seattle?) – “Not really a thing there. Hopefully the weather is not – the rain is always an issue. Getting them early in the year, the weather in terms of cold shouldn’t be an issue either.”

(K Jason Sanders has done all the kickoffs, right? P Jake Bailey hasn’t done it?) – “In the regular season, correct.”

(On the extra point and the field goal, I don’t know what the wing guys are called officially, but you’ve got DT Calais Campbell and DT Zach Sieler out there, guys with a lot of length. I think last year, Christian Wilkins was out there who doesn’t have a lot of length. Are they better suited? Change in philosophy?) – “That body type – even though you have the longer in what you have this year, and then with Christian (Wilkins), so athletic and being able to bend and lean and be able to create width to that formation, so there’s a couple ways of doing it. There’s two different body types when you look at Calais (Campbell) and Christian, but two guys that are very good at doing that.”

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