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Josh Grizzard – November 17, 2020

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Wide Receivers Coach Josh Grizzard

(I wanted to ask, you guys seem to be really thin at receiver and running back. Those seem to be the clear weaknesses on the offense, but you’ve still been able to pull out these victories in recent weeks. How would you say your position group has performed last weekend and will moving forward?) – “I think that’s the fun part of the job and I think it’s fun for them, too, because from week to week, you don’t know who’s going to step up, who’s getting targeted. It gives guys an opportunity to go out and prove what they’ve done in practice. They can carry it over to the game. So I think that’s the fun part of it, is trying to put guys in a position to go make plays and when they do that on Sundays, it’s always great to see.”

(Question for you about WR DeVante Parker. Is he – the explosion you saw last year, are you seeing it this year? I know he dealt with I think it was a groin during training camp – is he completely over that and is he getting the separation that you were used to seeing last year?) – “Of course dealing with that back in camp, I’ll let DeVante (Parker) discuss how well he feels. In terms of separation, it was not really different than last year and he had I think it was around 1,200 yards. He’s always one of the bigger targets, bigger frames, so he’s not always going to get as big separation as other guys; but at the end of the day, if he’s high-pointing balls and beating DBs off the ground – I think like we’ve seen at times this year – that’s really all that matters. That’s just part of his game and we like him on those kinds of things and you just don’t necessarily see it all the time with the million yards of distance.”

(From your perspective, what’s worked so well for WR Jakeem Grant the past couple weeks? He’s got eight catches in two games and even in talking to him, he feels good both offensively and obviously what he’s been doing on special teams.) – “You took the words out of my mouth on the special teams side of it, too. The success he’s having there and then coming along and stepping up and making the most of his opportunities (on offense) is really the same vein we touched on a couple minutes ago. He puts the work in, he keeps his head down and he works. And I know that what shows up on the stat sheet is catches and touchdowns and things of that nature, but this guy blocks in the run game. We can use him in various ways on that. He’s incredibly tough and he’s just been zoom focused and it’s good to see that pay off on Sundays.”

(It looks like you guys have been creative with RB/WR Malcolm Perry. I’m curious what you’ve seen from his skillset in the slot and how it’s evolved maybe from when you first got him.) – “Yeah, Malcolm’s done good job. He’s quick. He’s dynamic. We’re trying to get him the ball in space. You saw it Sunday – he can make guys miss, so it’s us trying to get him in those spots where we can catch it and get some YAC (yards after catch). It really just comes down as a testament to – I know we’ve talked about it on here before, but this guy has put his head down,e he dosn’t say much and he just keeps improving day to day and week to week.”

(It’s tough obviously for any player to come off a long layoff plus a physical injury as WR Antonio Callaway has done. Where is he in his return from both? Do you still see much rust?) – “Really, it’s the same thing with like I talked about on DeVante (Parker). I don’t want to discuss how he feels or how he doesn’t feel. He’s done a good job coming in here and learning the playbook and trying to get on the same page, and I can see the progression with him from day to day and he’s trending in the right direction; but in terms of his level of health, I’ll pass that off to ‘Tone’ (Antonio Callaway).”

(Earlier you mentioned about WR Jakeem Grant’s work in the blocking game and I had a question for you about WR Mack Hollins and also the receivers blocking in general. I saw some plays where he kind of comes across the formation and digs out the backside defender. I thought that was kind of cool to see. Is that like a mindset this room has as far as blocking in the running game and how do they approach that as far as producing in the running game?) – “If you don’t block in that room, you’re not playing; and they’re going to hold themselves to that standard. We see it on practice tape. We see it in the game. So if you’re not going to go in there and take care of a safety or a physical corner, you’re not going to get on the field. And so what Mack has done by doing that, what Jakeem has done by doing that, is ultimately helping us move the ball down the field and that’s all they care about. We know that all that stuff sets up play-action passes, which they want to get the ball on that, so it’s all tied in there together. But it’s a mentality and it’s those guys holding themselves accountable day in and day out.”

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