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Josh Rosen – August 29, 2020 Download PDF version

Saturday, August 29, 2020

QB Josh Rosen

(Obviously we saw the team gather before the scrimmage in prayer for QB Ryan Fitzpatrick. How difficult was that? I know you and Ryan have shared a lot of moments together. How difficult was it to see Ryan going through what he’s going through right now?) – “It’s a brutal situation. And I just tried to support him like any way I could these last couple days, weeks and months; but I mean, Ryan’s mom raised a hell of a kid – really strong, awesome, independent kind dude. And I’ve been fortunate enough to be around him these last couple months, almost a year now, probably. And yeah, it’s a tough situation, but kind of puts everything into perspective and reminds you that we all are still human and human things happen.”

(The touchdown pass you had to WR Ricardo Louis and just kind of have you walk us through that. It looked from our vantage point like you had some tight coverage there and were able to find that tight window. Can you tell us when you saw in that play?) – “It wasn’t wide open it. It was more of kind of an opportunity ball. He was running a corner route, and corner kind of fell off into it a little bit underthrown and Ricardo (Louis) made a hell of a play. They were a little bit scrambling there, so I just kind of snapped it quick. I didn’t get a crystal clear view of the coverage, but I knew where I wanted to throw it and who I wanted to throw it and Ricardo made a hell of a play.”

(You had what I guess in my view what looked like the throw of the day to RB Malcolm Perry down that right sideline – what looked like a go route. Can you tell me what you saw and trying to get it to him on the money with tight coverage?) – “So that’s not really a part of our read, but the first two guys I was going to kind of got trapped inside on some out-breaking routes and in my vision through them, I kind of see the go behind it and kind of just notice that Malcolm had a step on it and just thought I would chuck it. There was only one safety in the field. I didn’t think he was going to track it down, but it really wasn’t kind of a plan. It was more of a reaction because my first couple guys got stuck inside.”

(At the same time, only really red zone attack of the day – the score of the day – was you and WR Ricardo Louis. Can you break down what happened on that play? Was that your first read? Looked like you looked a couple times around?) – “No, I knew I wanted to go there. As I said earlier, the defense was kind of scrambling a little bit. They weren’t really necessarily lined up. We had a motion and a lot of guys that were crossing, so we knew there was going to be some communication issues. The deepest developing route was the one I was planning on throwing to, so I just kind of slid over to it, tried to let everyone get confused and then put it up in the back pylon for Ricardo (Louis) to make a play.”

(At the end of the day the scoreboard read Rosen 10 and Tua 6. What does that mean to you, if anything and what was your reaction when Head Coach Brian Flores asked you to get on the field with about three minutes left pulling Tua?) – “I don’t really think there’s much to look into. We manufactured some situations throughout the game for the sake of practice. So like we had some two-minute drills that weren’t necessarily two-minute. We had a fumble on my drive that we didn’t rule a fumble just for the sake of we wanted to keep it going. There were a couple of first downs. We just moved it along, so I wouldn’t really look anything into that. But it was definitely a sloppy day, I would say on offense overall. I carried a good amount of the burden with that. I was a little slow calling plays. I think I could have –  I think I was just a little bit sort of slow overall, and I think I tried to get everyone on the same page moving a little quicker in the second half and near the end of it, I think we put a really good drive together. But I think we have a lot of things to learn and – or a lot to learn from now – and I think there’s some good film to watch and get better.”

(I know last time we talked to you, you had mentioned that you weren’t really worried about the quarterback job. Obviously things have become a little more complicated with QB Ryan Fitzpatrick’s absence. What do you think it would mean if for whatever reason you were the guy that got the point if ‘Fitz’ has to be gone for a bit?) – “It would be awesome. I would be ecstatic. It’s 2020. Anything can happen. Quarterbacks can get sick. When coaches, coordinators go down – who knows. So I’m going to stay ready. I hope I can one day play here, and I’m ready to seize my opportunity; but I’m not really focusing on all that much right now. I’m just trying to not throw picks in a scrimmage. (laughter)”

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