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Steve Marshall – October 20, 2020 Download PDF version

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Offensive Line Coach Steve Marshall

(Could you assess how G/T Robert Hunt’s first two games please at right tackle and moving forward, do you see him as a tackle in his NFL career even though he obviously has some guard ability as well?) – “Rob (Hunt) has really done well his first two games. Like I said, as we talked earlier with Austin (Jackson) and Solomon (Kindley), every game is a new challenge, a new adventure and there’s a lot of stuff that he’s got to go through. He’s learned a lot in two ball games. I’m pleased where he’s at. The guy’s a worker. He’s learning to be a pro and take every play. Guys coming from college, they play 80 plays; but every play is a highly, highly competitive play and I’m really proud of where he is and hopefully he can continue to grow as he keeps moving. And to answer your question, he’s a tackle or guard. He can play either one.”

(I want to ask and I keep asking and I know this is a process for you guys; have you established a run game identity and how do you get there?) – “You need to ask (Offensive Coordinator) Chan (Gailey) that. He’s kind of the coordinator. My whole focus is getting those offensive linemen, getting those guys – especially in this scenario with we’re two months into the season and getting those guys ready. All that establishing a run and pass and all that stuff, that’s the coordinator’s and the head coach’s deal. I’m really focused on, ‘hey, Rob Hunt, did you step with the right foot?’ or A.J. (Austin Jackson) or Ereck Flowers or whoever it may be getting those things done. So that’s kind of my whole focus this year is doing that part.”

(That’s a pretty good prelude to my question because we did have Offensive Coordinator Chan Gailey on earlier and he talked about C Ted Karras being kind of the guy that drives the show up front in pass pro communication. I’m curious to get your take on how that communication and those conversations and I guess meetings, go every week with you and Ted Karras and the offensive staff to help get the pass protection shored up for the game that week?) – “Ted’s been schooled well in his previous employment and Ted has a great understanding of what defenses are trying to do and where the safeties are located and where the pressure points are and things like that, and every week, Ted is a consummate pro. He does run the ship up there, so to speak, as Chan (Gailey) mentioned and him and ‘Fitz’ (Ryan Fitzpatrick) get together and we have our meetings. Here’s what we think is going to happen, but ‘Fitz’ – he’s seen it all – there’s nothing ‘Fitz’ hasn’t seen and Ted’s getting to that point in his career where he can help me and help us staff-wise help, ‘okay, I see this guy doing this’ or ‘this thing happened and I see this safety rocking’ or ‘I hear this call.’ So yeah, Ted has been a great asset to all those guys up front and he does drive the ship not only in the pass game, but in the run game as far as helping where that is. So yeah, Ted deserves a lot of credit. He’s a worker and he’s a true pro. That’s what a pro center does, and he certainly fits that mold.”

(I know it’s probably still early, but I couldn’t help but notice with Rob Hunt playing real well that you’re going to have Austin Jackson coming back at some point later on in the year. Have you thought about what that means for your rotation?) – “Yeah, I want to get Austin back and get working with him again. But again, that’s the trainers. They are going to come to me at some point and say that Austin is free to go full speed, 100 percent. We’ll make that decision, we’ll decide when we get to that point. I’m going to coach the guys I’ve got in front of me. Austin right now is getting rehab and trying to get back as fast as he can. When that happens, we’ll make that call.”

(We were talking about the left tackle spot and we haven’t noticed G/T Jesse Davis a whole lot these last two games, which is actually good news when you’re talking about an O-lineman how would you assess his transition from right to left tackle?) – “Yes. Jesse, he’s worked a little over there prior to a couple of weeks ago when Austin went down. I’ll tell you, the first game (against the 49ers), I thought he was a little shaky in sets. He did a nice job; but I thought this week he was much more comfortable. I thought he did some really good things in the game. I thought he played well. The Jets are a really good front rush team, they can rush the passer. They are good up front. I thought Jesse really had a good day. Fundamentally with his sets and things like that, he got a lot more comfortable than he was the week before. I see that moving forward as we start preparing for the Rams and down the road. I say the same thing about Jesse that I say about Ted (Karras) and Ereck (Flowers) – the veteran guys we have, I’m real fortunate. They are consummate pros. They are team-first guys and I love the heck out of Jesse and have for a long time. He’s a very valuable member of our football team.”

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