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Mack Hollins – December 26, 2020 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Saturday, December 26, 2020
Postgame – Las Vegas

WR Mack Hollins

(What were you thinking when you dropped that pass on the goal line, and how well do you think you overcame that with your two big plays at the end? I’m talking about your catch, as well as your block on RB Myles Gaskin’s TD.) – “I think as a player you always have to forget about the last play, good or bad. We’ve got players on this team and coaches on this team that put faith in us. Remembering old stuff is never going to do you any good whether you made a great play or a drop like I had. Over my career I’ve learned how to just put those type of things in the past and move on to the next thing.”

(I’m sure you’re going to get a bunch of question about the catch, but I wanted to ask you on RB Myles Gaskin’s touchdown, you and TE Mike Gesicki had two really big blocks that let him go down the field. How important that was in the moment, and could you just explain your whole thought process in such a quick play happening?) – “Coach (Flores) will talk about it all the time in practice, is ‘hey, that might be the touchdown block.’ You might be the guy on the backside where you never think the ball is going to cut back to you, and you might be the guy who ends up springing something for a touchdown, and it just so happened that me and Mike (Gesicki) both got the opportunity to do that. Where if either one of us miss those blocks, it’s a nice play – 15 yards or whatever it may be, but it’s not going to the endzone. Those little things are what really help, especially this time of year.”

(Where does this game rank in level of excitement of games you’ve played in as it comes down to the final seconds, and how does it feel to have the play that people are going to remember forever?) – “This is pretty good. I had one in college really similar to this against Florida State where we ended up catching two balls and then kicking a field goal to win. And then when I was in Philly, we won the Super Bowl and we were on the other side of it where Tom (Brady) was throwing a last-second, last-ditch effort throw and it’s incomplete and you’re on the field. This is something… To think back a year ago to where we were at this point winning three or four games, whatever we were at; and now really having a chance to make the playoffs, it’s kind of cool to look back and see the bigger picture. This is pretty high up there with the excitement and fun, and just being with the guys that are on this team that really make it special.”

(Obviously just the excitement of it, what were those 20 seconds like when you guys were down? What was that feeling like coming onto the field before QB Ryan Fitzpatrick made that throw?) – “For me, I live for that. I wouldn’t say I’d choose it, but I really – I don’t know if there are any camera angles, but I’m smiling ear-to-ear when we start that huddle right before that play because that’s why I play the game. I don’t play the game to get easy wins and get stuff that doesn’t get my blood going. For lack of better term, I live for that (expletive). Plain and simple.”

(I don’t think anyone has actually asked you about the mechanics of the catch. Were you surprised that, I don’t know, was it a coverage bust? They were playing a soft Cover 2 I guess. What happened?) – “I’m not sure from their end what happened. I’m sure ‘Fitz’ (Ryan Fitzpatrick) did something – usually when safeties or corners go somewhere they are not supposed to be, they’re following quarterback eyes. I didn’t get to see back there, all I saw was the picture so far – ‘Fitz,’ his face facing the opposite endzone while he’s throwing the ball. So that’s the only picture that I’ve seen, so I’m not sure how he even got the ball off. If I had to guess, I’d say one of the safeties was following quarterback eyes and ended up losing me on the backside.”

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