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Jesse Davis – August 26, 2021 Download PDF version

Thursday, August 26, 2021

G/T Jesse Davis

(As you finish camp, how are you feeling? I know you mentioned the knee swelling but nothing serious, are you feeling good physically?) – “Yeah, I feel pretty good. The knee is just a day-to-day thing, has been for a while and it’s nothing serious.”

(Are you happy that you’re entering the season appearing that you’re knowing where you are going to play at right tackle? You’re obviously so good about moving at a minute’s notice anywhere but is that a good feeling from a stability standpoint?) – “Yeah, going into it you never know where you’re going to end up. Right now it seems like I’ll be in one spot but we still don’t know.”

(Head Coach Brian Flores told us that you’ll probably sit this preseason game, just an opportunity for the younger guys to get in there and the other guys who are competing to get in there as well.) – “Yeah, you never know if you’re going to be in or out. Everybody is taking this game as like an actual game week, preparation-wise. It’s going to be fun if those young guys do get to play most of it to watch them, help them, help them grow as they go.”

(I noticed a lot of times after T Liam Eichenberg takes a rep he will come over and talk to you and try and get some coaching. I don’t need the full detail of those conversations but what have those interactions been like with him?) – “Right now, we are playing the same spot. He tells me what he sees and I tell him what I see, what we can improve on and what we can do better. He’s my eyes and I’m his. Just hand placement, footwork and that kind of stuff. What I see with alignments, linebackers. It’s been fun.”

(In that same vein, how helpful is it for you guys to go up against a defense that does so many games up front and all you have to communicate? What does that do for you guys?) – “It makes us a lot more sharp, that’s for sure. It’s tough. It’s obviously a good defense. They give us a lot of different looks and it makes us communicate more, rely on each other more in that aspect. Going into it, with that under our belt, hopefully it will show.”

(Today we saw a lot of T Greg Little and T Larnel Coleman at that right tackle spot. Your impressions of how they are coming along?) – “From my angle, I didn’t get to see a lot of the right. There’s a lot of stuff to improve on, obviously. It looks like Greg Little coming in here looks like he’s pretty good. Larnel has been improving, so it’s been good to see that.”

(Has fatherhood changed your perspective on football at all?) – “(laughter) I don’t know, I haven’t had time to think about it to be honest. Everything has been happening so fast. I definitely have been enjoying it more. I want to be around longer in the league just so he has those memories as well.”

(This happens all the time in sports where you have veteran players with young, high draft picks behind them. I guess it takes a special sort of selfless teammate like you – like DB Jason McCourty, we talked about this with S Jevon Holland yesterday – who is willing to share things you know. QB Ryan Fitzpatrick and QB Tua Tagovailoa last year. Is there ever something that goes through your mind that this guy is competition or just because of the guy you are, do you think, ‘I must tell them everything I know because I am that type of teammate.’) – “Yeah, I think with that in mind, I know that he’s here for a reason. I’m here for a reason too. I want to be able to contribute regardless of who it is. If he’s better than me, he’s better than me and I want to help him grow as well. “

(Where is this offensive line in terms of cohesion, development, where it needs to be to be better than last year?) – “It’s hard to tell with only playing limited reps with the guys. I think, right now, we are still growing obviously. I think we are headed in the right direction, that’s for sure.”

(Do you see yourself being stronger in either protection or run blocking?) – “Right now I think our run blocking has come alive a lot. I think with Rob Hunt and Solomon Kindley at guard and (Michael) Deiter at center, those guys can move some guys and set up some good blocks for our tackles. I want to say we are pretty balanced but right now I can’t tell.”

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