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Evan Boehm – September 2, 2019 Download PDF version

Monday, September 2, 2019

C/G Evan Boehm

(So what has the whirlwind been like?) – “It’s been a whirlwind. It’s kind of like the winds out there with this hurricane coming in, I guess. It is just a lot of fun. It’s a lot of fun. I left Indy on good terms, but I am down here with a team that needs help and wants help and hopefully I can be that guy that steps in and helps out and help this offensive line in any type of way that they need me to help out in. There is a good group of guys in the o-line room, starting with Danny (Kilgore) being the elder and the leader of the group. He has done a great job so far of just helping all of the new guys out with the calls and plays and stuff like that. It’s still a whirlwind and we’re still learning on the run a little bit, but everything is going smoothly so far. We just have to get in there and keep our noses to the playbook for this week and learn as fast as we can for this game on Sunday.”

(Did you know any players on the team?) – “I went to college with Charles Harris. We are both from the Kansas City area, so I know Charles pretty well. Rob (Nkemdiche) and I were in Arizona together our first two years. I was in camp with Josh (Rosen) last year. So, I know three or four of them.”

(So, there’s a lot of shaking hands and nice to meet yous?) – “Yeah. And then I was with Ryan Kelly (in Indianapolis) and ‘K.D.’ (Kenyan Drake) and Ryan played together (at Alabama), so there are connections all over the place.”

(How comfortable is it possible for you to be in six days?) – “It is what you do with those six days. That’s how comfortable you can get. Hopefully we can get the wordage and verbiage down. What helps me a little bit is that I was with ‘Guge’ (Offensive Line Coach Dave DeGuglielmo) last year, so I know some of his calls that he makes. I know what he wants out of pass sets and footwork and stuff like that. I’ve still got to perfect that and master that kind of stuff. I’m good there now, but it’s just diving into the playbook and learning the rules of certain plays, if we’re going to the Mike, if we’re not going into the Mike, if we’re doing this, if we’re doing that. I’m just in the books right now, just going and studying as much as I can. Like I said earlier, we are on to Baltimore right now. So, having that game plan and getting to see ‘okay, these are the set of runs that we are running against Baltimore,’ just really helps me out to say, ‘okay, we don’t need to know that one right now.’ I can just focus on getting these (plays) but I will come back to this one in the future when I have time. Danny (Kilgore) and the other guys at practice today, they were in our ears the whole time helping us out saying okay and I’m like ‘Yo, that’s a new thing. What is that?’ And he was just like, ‘you’ve got this, this is the play it is.’ It went pretty smoothly I feel like, so we’ve just got to keep on getting better and building on top of days like today.”

(What do you think of Offensive Line Coach Dave DeGuglielmo?) – “I love ‘Guge’ (Dave DeGuglielmo). He believed in me last year. When Ryan (Kelly) went down for a three-game stint – he went down and threw me in at center after been there for two or three weeks and I don’t feel like we missed a beat. I started four games for ‘Guge’ last year – three in a row and then the last regular season football game on Sunday night against the Titans. So, having ‘Guge’ – I mean, he is a smart, very smart football coach. He knows what he wants and if he doesn’t get what he wants, he will let you know about it. He will get into you a little bit; but you know what? it’s that offensive line mentality you have to have. You have got to be perfect on every play. You can’t just have one of the five guys missing a block or doing something here or there or the play is normally not going to be right. I think ‘Guge’ is a great coach, and I love being in the same room as him because I get to learn more than just football when I am in there. It is going to be a good time.”

(Where did you spend most of your time today?) – “Meetings and with position coaches.”

(What position did you work with mostly?) – “Center and Guard.”

(Did you ever get to line up against DE Charles Harris in practice during your days at Mizzou?) – “No, I was always inside and Charles was always outside but we always had those battles when they came in on a little stunt or something like that, so we saw each other every once in a while. It was always fun, but Charles is a great player. We are back together – we said that last night when I saw him – we’re back and it’s like nothing ever happened. So, it’s going to be fun to watch him do his thing out there again.”

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