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George Godsey – November 3, 2020 Download PDF version

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Tight Ends Coach George Godsey

(TE Mike Gesicki is not getting quite as many targets as he did last season when he showed the league he was here and he arrived. Are teams defending him more closely? Is there anything that has changed from that point over this season?) – “I think they are more aware of him for sure. The last three games have gotten to the point where – in the San Francisco game, we had an early lead right away. Similar to the Jets game in the first half, and then similar last week. I think there is a lot of that that goes into it. It’s hard to really just point your finger at one thing. Certainly from our perspective, there are some routes we can be better at. We’ll just continue to do it. It’s a long season and we’ve still got a lot of games still to play.”

(Obviously TE Adam Shaheen was extended last week and I assume that’s a sign that he’s blended well in that room with TE Mike Gesicki and TE Durham Smythe. I just wanted to get your take on the relationship those three have kind of developed and how their bond contributes to the way they work together?) – “It’s excellent that you pointed that out because in that room there is a lot of communication that has to go on, especially when you’re in as a Y and then you have a wing and then another wing and all of those guys are tight ends, and we’re trying to communicate from inside out. So one of them has to get the call from the offensive line or the center and then it gets relayed out to the last man on the edge. We talk a lot in that room. There is also the dynamic of a new player coming into an organization where two of the guys had been here for a couple of years. So just the acceptance from Mike and Durham’s standpoint, and the obviously from Adam’s standpoint, opening up. I think the more we get to know each other, the better off we’ll be as  unit. They’ve worked at it. It’s not easy to do, especially by the time Adam had gotten here there was an offseason that had already taken place. It’s not really just plug and play always. Those guys have worked at it and I commend those guys.”

(Going back to the TE Adam Shaheen extension, what has stood out to you in the short time you’ve worked with him?) – “He’s done a good job of finishing plays for sure in the run game. He’s basically taken a new offense, learned it real quickly. Mentally, that’s nothing easy to do either. He’s done a good job when he’s gotten his opportunity to catch the ball. He’s obviously had a couple of touchdowns here, and we expect that trend to continue as far as improvement. The more versatile we can be at that role, not just on the line, maybe extended, maybe as a move tight end, then the more value he can provide to the offense. He’s accepted that, and he practices really hard too. Some of that stuff that has shown up in practice maybe hasn’t had a chance to show up in a game, but eventually at some point it will.”    

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