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Jesse Davis – October 7, 2020 Download PDF version

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

G/T Jesse Davis

(I know Head Coach Brian Flores said today that you can play left tackle, but today were you still at right even with T Austin Jackson not present?) – “Yeah, so far we all kind of mix it up. I got a little left; I got a little right. I’m still unsure what’s going to happen. It’s more so a question for the head guy.”

(The team announced yesterday that QB Ryan Fitzpatrick is going to be the starter for Sunday. Head Coach Brian Flores explained today that he gives the team the best chance to win. He doesn’t think QB Tua Tagovailoa is quite ready to be the starter yet. What have you seen in the last month or month in a half? And what are your thoughts on the team sticking with Fitzpatrick?) – “Tua is a superstar athlete. Everybody has seen all of his highlights and all of that stuff. That’s what he brings to the table. Obviously we haven’t seen him in games and we haven’t really repped with him that much because Ryan (Fitzpatrick) has been getting all of the reps; but I’m just there to do my job, and they are there to do there’s, and the coaches are going to put us in the best position to win. If he feels like that’s Ryan, than that’s who we are protecting for.”

(I wanted to ask you about your teammate G Ereck Flowers at the left guard position. I’ve heard a lot of stuff about how quiet of a leader he is. We had both Offensive Coordinator Chan Gailey and Offensive Line Coach Steve Marshall talk about that. I just wanted to get our take on how a player can be a leader, but be a quiet leader?) – “Yeah. Ereck kind of stays in his lane and goes to work every day. He leads by example. He’s always on time, he’s always there to help if somebody asks him for help. Some guys are different. I’m the same way. I don’t really sit there and try to ‘rah, rah’ everybody around me. If something needs to be said, then we’ll say it; but Ereck’s done a good job.”

(I wanted to ask you about RB Matt Breida. He made a couple exciting plays in the last game. What do you think about what he did and what he’s capable of?) – “Matt Breida, he’s a flashy guy. We’ve been trying to get him incorporated in the run game. When he’s out in open space, he can make guys miss. Hopefully we can get him going again and try to get him going. Sometimes when I’m out there, I don’t know who’s in or who’s out. I’m just trying to do my job.”

(I know you’re experienced enough to play just about every position on the line. What would the transition be like going to left?) – “It’s just trusting myself, trusting my techniques, making sure my hand placement is good, just like my footwork and all of that, that everybody goes through at the o-line position. It just takes me a couple of days to get it back and then hopefully I’ll be ready to go if I go out there.”

(My question is when you have that difference of moving switching sides, does it make sense for the line to switch one spot versus a couple of spots because of that?) – “Yeah I mean once you do something so many times one way, when you do it the other way, it doesn’t feel natural or smooth; but it doesn’t mean you can’t do it or do it at a high level. It’s just reps – however many reps you can get to get it down, and trust in yourself doing it.”

(Even though DE Nick Bosa is out, I was looking at film of No. 91 Arik Armstead. He looks pretty good. He looks like he lines up over the right tackle a bunch. What have you noticed about his strengths?) – “He’s a long guy. He’s got long movements, long arms. He looks like a strong player. It’s something that I’ve seen before, but I’ve never gone against the guy. Their whole front looks pretty solid. I know they’ve got Dion Jordan there. I think he was here in 2016 when I was here, if I remember right. It’s just how well we can do a job versus them in the run game, and try to open up the passing lane as well. It should be a fun challenge.”

(On the topic of challenges, Kris Kocurek, the former defensive line coach here, is now in San Francisco. I remember him playing a one-gap, hair on fire, get up the field type of scheme. How do you combat that? What are the challenges that presents for an offensive lineman?) – “Yeah, Coach Kocurek is a fiery guy. I remember him hooting and hollering and everything. Great guy, great coach. That’s what we’re going to expect. We’re going to expect this d-line to have a lot energy, a lot of passion for the game. It’s up to us, really, to make sure we do our job right, keep ‘Fitz’ (Ryan Fitzpatrick) clean and keep our running backs moving forward, and (if we do that), I think we have a good chance of beating these guys.”

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