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George Godsey – October 1, 2019 Download PDF version

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Tight Ends Coach George Godsey

(We’ve seen certainly some progress from your group. Who’s been the best of the three, as far as who’s graded out the best, who’s been the most consistent of the three?) – “They each have different roles, so I like the improvement that they’re all making honestly. Some, more in a blocking role, some helping in protection. That’s kind of been most of the phases that we’ve been involved in. There have been sometimes where we’ve been open on some routes that maybe we need to be in on protection and then there’s been some times where we’ve been the point of attack with the route where maybe we’re not open. It’s kind of a little bit of a mixed bag there.”

(Has one stood out above the other two?) –“No. I think how I answered it is really where I want that headed.”

(With TE Durham Smythe he’s obviously had the most snaps of your group over the last two weeks. Should we read from that, that he’s doing things that you like?) – “Well, Durham’s got a little bit of a blind of size where he can help us on normal downs and a little bit of some other things from a pass protection and a route standpoint that we like. The more he’s out there, the more he’s doing the right thing. He’s kind of heading in the right direction. He’s still a young player. Both he and Mike (Gesicki) and even Chandler (Cox) to a degree. They are all young players and they are growing every day. There is always something that comes up where I look at it through my eyes and I keep reminding myself they are in their second year and in Chandler’s case, his first year.”

(I want to hear your thoughts on TE Mike Gesicki and you mentioned guys getting open. How well do you think he’s been doing at getting open?) – “It’s something that I talk to him about every day, that in the role he’s at which is mainly as a pass receiving tight end, when you go in the game, most people know that that’s what you’re about to do. So every route that he runs, it has to be the top of his technique, the top of his route stem, everything has to be on point. As a younger players, he’s growing in that area. Like I said, sometimes he’s open and maybe the ball is directed somewhere else and other times when we’re at the point of attack, maybe it’s not. I still see a lot of improvement from him. I think I see a ton from last year. There are a lot of circumstances that go into the passing game. It all starts with protection and quarterback reads and getting open. Not only getting open, but getting at the right depth so the routes are being able to be read correctly form the quarterbacks. There is a lot that goes into it. When you’re a young player like Mike is, I’m expecting that to continue to grow and improve.”

(TE Mike Gesicki hasn’t caught a volume of balls, he hasn’t done everything in the red zone that folks picked him, coach hoped. What do you tell him about volume and about what that means or doesn’t mean, and the mindset he needs to have?) – “You earn that in practice. I’d argue that there is a lot of improvement that we need to make in the passing game. From Mike’s perspective, if the ball is thrown at him, we’ve got to go out and catch it. I look at targets and catches and then potential targets as far as how I’m grading them. A lot of times we’ve been used too in protection, which I think is a part of the passing game too. In order to get the pass off, you have to be able to protect it. Maybe not as a full-time protector but maybe as a help to the tackle, somebody interior. There are some things in route-running where you can go out in a one on one and see an improvement, and then there are other things where you have tight ends against pass rushers like (Joey) Bosa, and Demarcus Lawrence, and those guys are going to maybe shrink that time the quarterback has to throw the football. It is individual about getting open; but there is a lot that goes into it too when the pattern is really formulated during the week in the game plan.”

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