Dowell Loggains – November 1, 2018
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Thursday, November 1, 2018
Offensive Coordinator Dowell Loggains
(Want to talk about WR Jakeem Grant?) – “Absolutely.”
(When you came in and you watched some of the film on him from last year, did you have some ideas on what you could do with him as an offensive player?) – “The one thing that you could tell right away is the same thing you guys see is he’s an explosive playmaker and you just have to get your hands on him, because he doesn’t have a lot of experience with different routes and they did a good job using his speed and some of those things. But the one thing I give the kid a lot of credit for is he’s starting to become a more consistent route runner as well and the tree is getting bigger. He’s become a better practice player. I think most of that has probably happened because his confidence is growing as a player as well. Those guys in the receiver room, (Wide Receivers Coach) Ben Johnson and (Assistant Head Coach/Offense) Shawn Jefferson, have done a really good job helping him develop and helping him develop confidence that way. You can feel it at practice the energy he brings. He’s excited to be there and he knows that he can still get a lot better.”
(When RB Kenyan Drake is at his best on rushing plays, what are some of the things that he is doing and he is keeping in mind?) – “Kenyan has a unique skillset because he’s got size and speed. So when Kenyan is decisive and he hits it downhill and he can use that speed and size, that’s when he’s at his best. One of the areas that we keep working that he needs to keep improving on it is in the open field and sometimes trusting his speed, because he can outrun angles and those things. He runs through arm tackles. He’s a guy that when the ball is in his hand, he can score for you. He’s got a lot of room to grow as well as a player, but he’s doing a nice job. He’s a good receiver. Obviously, we move him around and trust him and we need to continue to expand that role as well.”
(When you’re talking about expanding roles, there’s been a lot of talk from Head Coach Adam Gase about moving WR DeVante Parker around. Can you explain what that would do for the offense and how do you keep DeVante consistent considering he just produced a career game?) – “I give DeVante a lot of credit because he showed up and did his job when we needed him to. He had a good week. We didn’t get to practice and he had to walkthrough and coming off an injury, but he just dialed in mentally. The more we get him back on the field and doing those things and getting up to speed just keep moving him around. He’s playing X and playing Z and playing on the right and playing on the left. The one thing he has – we talked about it a couple weeks ago – is he has size. He has length. Obviously, we’re not the tallest receiver group and he gives us something different that way. We’re going to keep expanding his role, especially as he gets back going a little bit. He’s had a good week until this point and we’re excited about having him back.”
(When you notice that WR DeVante Parker has a good week, because Head Coach Adam Gase said that, what is the difference? What do you see?) – “Adam obviously has more experience with DeVante than I do, but he’s a really good kid. He’s a quiet kid. So you see through his play like when he practices fast or when his confidence goes up. You start to feel it a little bit. It’s cool to see and it’s exciting to see. It’s a week to week deal and we have to keep getting better. Obviously, hopefully, he can put that game and having a lot of success last week and continue to build off that.”
(There’s a lot of talk about QB Ryan Tannehill in terms of whether or not he has reached his ceiling. What more can Tannehill give you or show that he hasn’t so far?) – “Considering we’re playing the Jets this week with Brock (Osweiler), I’d really prefer to keep all those questions to Brock. I think Ryan did a really good job in his five starts. He’s 3-2. Knowing he played in the first three … We’re judged on wins and losses at quarterback and he got three wins. Obviously no one played well enough or coached well enough against New England and Cincinnati, he had two and a half good quarters. He played two and a half really good quarters and then we didn’t finish. He needs to play better in those last quarter and a half. Just because the week and Brock is the starter this week, I’d really prefer to stick to Brock.”
(How have you guys evolved as an offense to figure out RB Kenyan Drake’s best role? Has that changed from what you all thought it would be?) – “It changes week to week based on the game plan, based on the matchups. Kenyan is a guy that can do a lot of things. Hopefully you go into a game and you have 250 calls on your call sheet. A lot of times you don’t get to all of them, but in the course of a game, when the matchups are advantageous, he’s a guy that obviously has matchup plays and he’s a guy you game plan around. We’re going to keep using him in different ways and different spots. He needs to keep improving. He adds a lot of flexibility to the offense because he can sit in the I, in the dot, and run the ball and he can also line up wide and beat linebackers and safeties one-on-one.”
