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Marion Hobby – September 2, 2020

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Defensive Line Coach Marion Hobby

(I wanted to get your thoughts on the development of DE Jason Strowbridge is going and how you feel about the depth at defensive end beyond the top two.) – “I think Strowbridge has done a really good job. He’s had a really good camp. He’s a young player. He’s done better than the last time we talked. He keeps getting better and better every day. I think he’s got a role on this team. It’s a long season. I think we’re going to need him – maybe the first week, second week, we don’t know when his number is going to be called, but I think we’re definitely going to need him.”

(Your philosophy on rotating defensive tackles, obviously DT Christian Wilkins and DT Davon Godchaux come back with a ton of experience. You have a rookie in DT Raekwon Davis. Do you feel like you need to see your top guys for at least 65-70 percent of the snaps or is that too much at that position?) – “Well, with all of the double teams that those guys get and all of the pressure they get on the inside run game, you like to kind of keep them as fresh as possible and try to get a good rotation on each one of them. Just different packages that some people might play a little bit more than others, but it’s definitely a conscious effort to keep them fresh.”

(I wanted to ask, in this defense you obviously do a four-man front and you do a three-man front. What are the advantages to both that you feel like it gives you on the defense?) – “Well, it’s kind of like when the offense gives us a different formation, it’s the same thing with the defense. We’re giving them different looks so they can’t tell who always the fourth rusher is. Are we bringing five? Are we bringing four? Are we just rushing three? Are we maxing the box out? So we’re giving the offense a lot of different looks too to give them something to work on.”

(I wanted to ask about DT Raekwon Davis. Before the scrimmage, I remember vividly he had a pretty good team period. It might have been when he had his jersey ripped off. That specific day he was interrupting both the pass and the run game. What are your thoughts on him and how he’s progressing through camp? Obviously he has that massive build.) – “You’ve got massive correct. He’s a big man. He’s a big, athletic man and he does a great job. He’s very conscientious of his play. He wants to be coached. I think he’s growing and growing each time. Last week’s scrimmage was really the first game-day atmosphere for him in the stadium, and I thought he did a good job.”

(I wanted to ask you on DT Zach Sieler. We saw such a good performance from him in Week 16 last year. How has his camp been and do you see potential for more there?) – “Yes, there’s definitely potential for some more. I thought he’s had a good camp. I think there’s a lot left in his tank. He’s still a young player; but he shows up. He’s another one of those 6-6 guys that has a lot of wingspan in there. I think he does a great job.”

(When you guys looked at the film from last year and tried to figure out what went wrong in the run defense, what were one or two things that stood out and why do you have confidence that this year will be better than last?) – “Well, I think a lot of things go into that run game. If that team’s ahead, can they lean on you? The number of opportunities that they get at you is always tough. I think we’ve got to just focus on playing better. We got down to our fundamentals. We’re looking at every play we played last year in the run game and getting coaches all on the same page. We’ve just got to play better as a group, more or less, than anything. We’ve got to make sure that thing is kind of even when we do play and give them less opportunities.”

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