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Jordan Howard – September 10, 2020

Thursday, September 10, 2020

RB Jordan Howard

(You’re obviously going to play a lot, whether you or RB Matt Breida starts Sunday; but is it at all meaningful to you that you’re atop the depth chart given to us this week?) – “No, that doesn’t really mean anything because we’re all going to have our roles. We’re all going to have our plays where we get in so it doesn’t really matter, as long as we all get to play. The spot on the depth chart doesn’t really matter because we’re all going to playing. It doesn’t really matter too much.”

(I wanted to ask you, how much do you think it’s important for you to dispel this theory that you can’t be a pass-catching back?) – “I feel like it’s important because I feel like defenses try to focus in on that. When you get this label placed on you, it’s kind of hard to shake it. I just try to do the best I can and try to take advantage of any opportunities I have in the passing game. Once you get a label, it’s kind of hard to shake it once people get a formal opinion on you and stuff like that – whether it’s fair or not. I just try to take advantage of all of the opportunities I get in the passing game.”

(How realistic do you think it is for this team to be involved in the playoff conversation come November and December?) – “I’m not really sure. We’re really just taking one game at a time. It’s a new team. We’ve got a lot of new players and stuff like that; so we’re really just taking it one game at a time. It’s a one game season each and every week. We’ll just let it go from there.”

(Head Coach Brian Flores talked a little bit this morning about in-game adjustments. I’m curious from your perspective, how do you process the flow of the game? Maybe it’s guys are jumping gaps or whatever it might be. How do you process the flow of the game and then communicate those adjustments to your coaching staff?) – “Yeah, the first few plays and stuff – the first few series – you see what they’re showing and stuff like that; so you tell your coach what you’re seeing out there and then we’ll take adjustments, maybe at halftime. Sometimes when you come out of halftime, they’ll bring you something new because they make adjustments as well. Just constant communication with your coach and telling him what you’re seeing and stuff like that, so he can relay it to who he needs to relay it to, so we can make the proper adjustments and the proper fits.”

(How much are you looking forward to watching a football game tonight? It feels like it’s been a really long time and how much will you have your eyes on that game to see how it all shakes out?) – “I’m looking very forward to it. I just love watching football – not even as a player, just as a fan. I’m not really going to be scouting the teams. I’m just going to be watching as a fan. I’m excited. It seems like it took a while to get here at first. It seemed like we didn’t know if we were going to get here; but now we’re here and everybody is excited.”

(You’re a back and backs don’t have much shelf life in terms of what people expect from backs in the NFL. Do you feel like that’s a slight on the position and if so, if you had to do it all over again as a young player, would you want to be a back considering how much they sort of disrespect the position now?) – “Yeah, I do. I feel like I’ve always wanted to be a running back no matter what. I know the pay isn’t always great for the running back; but I just love the position. I love everything that comes with it. I don’t really feel like the shelf life of running backs is that short anymore. A lot of teams do a committee and stuff like that. They spread it around so running backs are able to last a little bit longer, and the advancements in medical treatment that you can get, that just prolongs your career. I really feel like running backs don’t have a short career life anymore.”

(I know this is so hard to determine without preseason games, but do you have any sense of what T Austin Jackson and G Solomon Kindley are going to be like as run-blockers?) – “I feel like they’re going to be ready. Once they get adjusted to just playing a game – it’s going to be their first NFL game. They’re just going to go back to their technique, rely on their technique, rely on everything they’re doing at practice, and it’s just going to be like a regular football game for them. They’ll make adjustments when they need to; but they’ll definitely get comfortable. I’m not sure if they’re nervous or anything. Probably everybody has nerves and stuff like that for their first game, but I feel like once they settle in, it’s going to be like a regular game for them.”

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