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Isaiah Ford – December 29, 2021 Download PDF version

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

WR Isaiah Ford

(How has this expanded role in recent games gone for you? Obviously somewhat due to whether it be injury or some COVID, but just handling the expanded role and your role here?) – “My approach is the same. I think I’ve kind of said that over. That’s the way you have to be. Prepare as if you are going to play. Prepare as if you are the starter even if you’re not getting all the reps because realistically, you’re only one play away. When that opportunity comes, you want to be able to make the most of it and preparation helps you build that confidence in being ready, so I think that’s all I’ve tried to do.”

(You guys all play multiple positions in that receiver room and there’s all kinds of stacks and bunches and motions. It just seems like a lot. I was curious what the coaching point or if there is a common theme among all the receivers to be able to compartmentalize all those roles and play the versatility you guys have in that room. Is there a common theme or is there a coaching point you guys go back to for all that?) – “I think the biggest thing is just learning conceptionally. I think a lot of times, or at times, younger guys will sit there and say, ‘Hey, well I’m an X,’ or, ‘I’m a Z,’ or, ‘I play in the slot,’ and they stick to that position. I think in our room, we can all move around. We have Devante (Parker) in the slot and we can put Jaylen (Waddle) out wide. I think him being able to pick that up and everybody else in the room being able to do that as well helps us to be able to help each other to where if somebody didn’t hear the call correctly, we can help Tua (Tagovailoa) get lined up. We can mix and match and so it’s hard to just know where someone is so a team can game plan for that person if they’re move all around, so it helps us be a better offense.”

(A couple of things, we’ve seen a lot of motion in this offense, we’ve seen Co-Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends George Godsey have some real creative play calls the last month. What has stood out to you about George Godsey as a play caller?) – “Just giving the defenses a bunch of different things to look at and then building plays off of plays. I think that in this league, everyone has pretty much seen everything so being able to come up with different ways to run similar plays, similar concepts and even simplifying them enough to where we can go out there and execute them has been the biggest thing. We’ve just made enough plays to win these games, bottom line.”

(I was going to ask you about WR Jaylen Waddle. Obviously, what a great rookie season. What surprised you about him? We all knew about the speed obviously but has anything surprised you about him?) – “Not really. We had a similar receiver coach, or we had the same receiver coach from college my last year and then his coach his past two years (at Alabama). I pretty much heard the same things that he was hearing. Jaylen is extremely talented. The sky is the limit for him and you can just see his confidence growing more and more with each catch, each rep he’s getting. He’s an awesome player.”

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