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Danny Crossman – September 21, 2020 Download PDF version

Monday, September 21, 2020

Special Teams Coordinator Danny Crossman

(One of the positives from yesterday was P Matt Haack. He was a monster in the first half. What can you say about what he did, especially there in the first half with the 200-plus punting yards and three inside the 20?) – “Obviously very important going into our plan of trying to control field position to put them in a long field and get the ball out of No. 18’s (Andre Roberts) hands, who is a really, really dynamic football player. I thought Matt and the operation did a really nice job there throughout the game.”

(I wanted to ask you about the kickoff returns. I know the NFL went through a great deal of length to minimize the dangers of kickoff returns and we’re seeing a lot of balls kicked out of bounds. Is that just the rule change or what’s going on in the NFL now? It seems like kick returns are down.) – “I think you’re always going to see that, especially early in the year. I think between weather with the ball traveling and how it travels, and I think especially this year with teams starting to – still trying to get a feel on who they are and what they are without preseason games and working in some new players. I think as you see this season progress, you’ll see more and more returns in the game.”

(How would you assess the onside kick? What was the plan there and how was it executed?) – “Well we had a couple of different plans there. Obviously anytime you don’t get that ball, you’re going to be disappointed; but that’s a ball we like, it’s a ball that we feel like Jason (Sanders) hits well. We’ve just got to execute it better. I’ve got to coach it better and we’ve got to execute it better.”

(I wanted to ask specifically about WR Mack Hollins and just your assessment of him in that gunner spot. Last week he forced that fumble by shoving that Patriots defender into the returner and then this week he downed a couple of good balls and got down the field pretty quickly from what we saw.) – “Mack’s done a nice job. (He’s) playing well as are some other guys. There are still some things that we’ve got to clean up. We can always get better; but I’m really happy with how he’s performing right now. We’re just looking to keep building off of that, but he’s off to a good start in how he’s played these first two games.”

(Going back to the scrimmage, you guys ran K Jason Sanders out there for a 60-plus yarder and he had the leg on that. Then yesterday at 52 yards. It just seems like his deep kicks, you have a lot of confidence in them. How far do you think his range is able to stretch?) – “It’s always hard to guess. We send him for some long ones every week in practice. He likes to go long in pregame. We feel very confident about the long kicks. Like always, that’s going to be a big part about how the game is being played and what the situation is of when you’re going to run him out there. But we feel very confident every time we run Jason out on the field that we’re going to come away with points.”

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