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Steve Marshall – December 15, 2020 Download PDF version

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Offensive Line Coach Steve Marshall

(I’ve got kind of a general collective question regarding the three rookies along the offensive line – T Austin Jackson, G Solomon Kindley and G/T Robert Hunt. Fourteen weeks into the season, you’ve talked a lot throughout the course of the year about how it’s a learning process, how these guys have to come along, I just wanted to get your general takeaway for how they’ve collectively grown as a whole this season?) – “Collectively if you’re asking, all three of them together, I think they’ve done a heck of a job. They’ve worked each and every day obviously. Some of them have had nicks and bruises along the way and each day they’ve worked hard to get better and they’ve had their moments – very good moments and then some moments that obviously they can chalk up to learning experiences – but those three guys have big futures in the NFL if they’ll continue to work and learn to be, learn how to study as an NFL lineman and become and learn the game. They certainly have great futures in front of them.”

(I wanted to ask you, we talked a lot about the run game identity. Obviously the running game continues to struggle. What’s it going to take for the offensive line to get more second-level blocks?) – “Again, it’s all execution. It’s everybody getting moving and going and when you say ‘second-level blocks,’ what do you mean? To like the linebackers? Each play we have has certain rules and what we’re trying to get accomplished on each play, so whether it’s blocking to a linebacker or blocking a three-technique or a shade, every rule has and again, running the football is just like pass pro; it’s an 11-man operation in every way we do it and we’re continuing every day to try to figure out how to keep the process moving so we can score one more point than the other team.”

(I wanted to ask you about G/T Jesse Davis. It’s well-known that his versatility is a big asset for you guys, but do you think that right guard might be his best position? Has your thinking changed on that considering how well he’s played the last couple of weeks?) – “No, I don’t think so. I think Jesse like I said, I feel very comfortable. Jesse obviously has started games this year at left tackle when Austin (Jackson) went down and right tackle and right guard. Jesse works extremely hard and he’s a true pro. He processes game plans Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Does a great job helping the young guys and I don’t look at it whether he can play; I think he can function at all three or four if you put him at left guard. We haven’t done that this year, but Jesse has had some time at left guard. I remember when I had him with the Jets, that’s where I thought he had a chance. So I don’t know if I can say that right guard is his best position, but he certainly has played and really had a very nice game this past weekend against Kansas City and look forward to figuring out a way to beat the Patriots here come about five, six days from now.”

(I want to go back to the three rookies again and ask you, these guys came in the league together. I’m wondering from your experience in all the years you’ve coached and all the rookies and players you’ve coached on the offensive line, is there something to be said as far as a benefit for the three of those guys to be able to go through this rookie season and all the highs and lows together? Like does that essential camaraderie kind of help them at the end of the day?) – “I’d say it certainly doesn’t hurt. Yeah, I think they’ve got – each one of them – I don’t coach them all the same. They have different ways of learning and how to learn, but I’d say there’s obviously a bond that is created when you come in at the same time, you’re exposed to the same things that other rookies are. There’s some merit to what you ask and I think there’s down the road, I think if they look back – I think if they all become very successful, they stay healthy and they keep working hard, then I think there certainly is some merit to that.”

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