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roster moves

For Immediate Release

November 8, 2017



REDSKINS MAKE ROSTER MOVES



LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins announced today that they have made the following roster moves:


The Redskins signed the following player to their practice squad:

DL Tavaris Barnes


The Redskins released the following player from their practice squad:

OL Givens Price

 

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wednesday presser

November 8, 2017


Head Coach Jay Gruden


On injuries:

“Did not participate: Trent Williams, knee; Arthur Jones, shoulder; Matt Ioannidis, hand. Limited: Spencer Long; Ty Nsekhe; [Brian] Quick, concussion; Niles Paul, concussion; [Jamison] Crowder, hamstring; [Vernon] Davis, both hands… Shawn Lauvao, stinger; [Morgan] Moses, ankles; [Montae] Nicholson, shoulder; [Jordan] Reed, hamstring; [Brandon] Scherff, knee. Full were Fabian Moreau, ankle and [Bashaud] Breeland, shoulder.”



On if it feels like the wave of injuries is “bottoming out”:

“I don’t want to jinx myself, but yes, it feels that way. Just seeing guys with their helmets – at least they’re wearing helmets out at practice today, which is good. Slowly but surely, certain guys are getting back into the flow. Now it’s a matter of getting them back up to speed and making sure we get them mentally right as well as physically, but it is looking a little bit better.”



On how surprised he was with the way S DeAngelo Hall played Sunday:

“I wouldn’t say I was surprised. I was glad to see it. I think he’s put in the work and that’s the good thing about DeAngelo. A lot of veterans could have taken time off in OTAs and not come in and when he wasn’t able to participate in training camp, maybe sat out some, but he was participating in all of them. He was like a coach out there. So from a mental standpoint, he was getting all the work in which is very important, so when he was asked to play, he was ready and it showed on game day. He was making plays and was in the right spot and really did a good job, so I’m happy we kept him and got him up.”



On if he was surprised that Hall wanted to come back after all of the injuries in recent years:

“No, I think just talking to him I think he wanted to come back. That’s all we needed to hear and we wanted to get him ready and try to get him healthy and get him back as soon as we could and give him an opportunity. He’s earned that right to have a chance if he wanted to keep playing and we’re glad he did.”



On if he has a better feel for DL Arthur Jones’ injury timeline:

“Arthur? No. I think we’ll get a better idea probably today. I think the doctors are coming over.”



On DL Matt Ioannidis’ timeline:

“Matt? No, I don’t have… Really, I think it’s going to be a matter of he has a cast on right now and then it’ll be up to the doctors when he can actually use his hand in a way that defensive linemen use it, in an effective way, without the pain and all that stuff. So it could be another week, it could be this week, I don’t know. We’ll see.”


On LB Zach Brown’s speed:

“I just think his athleticism makes up for anything he might do wrong with his eyes. Certain linebackers, if they’re wrong with their eyes and they get out of position, they’re out of the play. Zach Brown, he can be looking over here and the ball’s over here and he still has time to react. He’s very fast and his speed just shows on tape every time we play. Certain plays, tracking down Russell Wilson from behind and chasing down the tight end when he’s 30 yards in front of him, I mean, it shows up and I think the more comfortable he gets with the system and all that stuff, the better he’s going to continue to get. We’re tickled to have him and he’s making a major impact on our team. Speed kills.”



On if C Chase Roullier’s play impacts the timeline for C Spencer Long’s return:

“It could. We’ll see how Spencer is and we’ll just have to wait. Spencer did a little bit more today and Chase has done great in his absence, so it’s a great dilemma to have. We’ll have to wait and see. First things first, let’s get Spencer healthy and then we’ll worry about everything else later.”



On if he would consider Long moving to guard if another guard isn’t able to play:

“The good thing is they’ve all been schooled at center/guard. All those guys, Chase and Spencer. It looks like Lauvao had a decent day today. He’s on the upswing and Brandon’s on the upswing, so hopefully we’ll get a couple of those guys back. We’ll wait and see.”



On how unique Seattle’s plan for RB Chris Thompson was:

“Yeah, I think he had some opportunities to make some plays. We missed him on a couple of throws and then he was open on a couple others that we weren’t able to find him – pressure was a little bit great. I think being in a lot of those second-and-longs and third-and-longs really hurt our entire offense, not just Chris. But they do have Wright and obviously Wagner are very fast and they did a nice job of one of them had him and the other was spying in the middle a lot of times. So they were able to play outside leverage with the free linebacker waiting on him for in-breaking routes so it was important for other guys to get open down the field. We just didn’t have time to hit a lot of guys unfortunately. They have a very good scheme over there, did a good job but Chris will get more touches hopefully this week.”



On if he has thought about putting a WR like Josh Doctson on the field to defend a Hail Mary:

“Yeah, I’ve thought about it. It might happen in weeks to come, but D-Hall’s got great ball skills. Josh Norman has second-to-none ball skills and Breeland obviously has great ball skills, so we didn’t feel the need and they’re both taller-type guys also. You know, if we had 5-foot-10 corners we might do that, but those guys are all pretty good size and obviously Zach Brown was back there, he just got pushed in the back. He would have made that play too.”



On if he expects WR Jamison Crowder and TE Jordan Reed to return Sunday:

“Both of them, they are dealing with hamstring issues and they both did just a little bit in individual today and that’s just something where we’ll have to wait and see.”



On if he expects G Arie Kouandjio to start at guard even if Lauvao returns:

“Arie did good, but Lauvao is our starting guard if he does come back. When he feels healthy and he’s got his strength back in his left arm, he’ll be our starter.”


On DL Anthony Lanier II:

“He’s still a young, developing player. He’s got great size, plays with great energy. He’s still learning the position. I think Coach [Jim] Tomsula’s doing a great job with him. We were slowly bringing him along but with the injuries to Matt [Ioannidis] and to Jonathan Allen, we’ve had to thrust him in the lineup, play him some reps. He’s doing a good job. Like I said, he’s just young and he’s learning, but he’s long, he’s got great length, and he’s got a good motor.”



On determining playing time between S DeAngelo Hall and S Montae Nicholson:

“I think a lot will have to do with when he’s healthy. We’re going to have a lot of those issues moving forward. When some of these guys get healthy, what do we do with them? We’ll worry about that. The good thing about our safety play is we will utilize three safeties – we usually do anyway – four sometimes, with [Deshazor] Everett. Those guys will all get a chance to play. Same thing with linebackers, outside backers, they’re all playing. Just a matter of who starts, we’ll decide that.”



On CB Bashaud Breeland’s absence in the first quarter against Seattle:

“He’s banged up. He had a hurt knee, hurt thigh, hurt groin. He had a little bit of a trifecta there going on with his body. He went through warmups. We thought [Quinton] Dunbar was healthy, and we started with Dunbar. Breeland, we put in there a little bit to get him in the flow, see how he’s feeling. He wasn’t quite 100 percent so we started Dunbar.”



On free agent Keenan Reynolds and if he could potentially return kicks:

“Yeah, we worked him out today. He’s getting a physical and if everything passes, there’s a chance we bring him in on the practice squad. But, yeah, to take a look at a returner in the future possibly.”



On WR Josh Doctson:

“He is a confident, young player. He is just waiting for an opportunity to break out. He is doing a lot of good things. We just are very excited to have him. He works hard. He’s quiet. He does exactly what you ask him to do. He is just waiting for more opportunities to come and if they come, great, and if not and everybody else is scoring, we are happy about that also. But he is not a selfish guy. He is just a quiet guy and just goes about his business just waiting to perform at a real high level. As a starting receiver in the NFL, I think he is pretty high. I think from a statistical standpoint people are waiting for him to have the 10-catch for 200-yard performance and three touchdowns and I think those days are coming.”



On QB Kirk Cousins’ situational awareness against Seattle:

“That was impressive because he was getting hit quite often. It was a great job by their defense and I think when plays break down, you have got three options as a quarterback: 1) you throw it away, 2) you take a sack or 3) you scramble and try and make something happen. At the end of the day there is going to be five or six of those plays that make or break your season or your game. He is getting better and better at those. But understanding situational football, he’s got a great grasp on it. I think the whole total package of playing the quarterback position, he is getting better and better every day and more confident and more comfortable. I think everybody can see him when the game is on the line, you feel the poise, and despite getting hit and hit and hit, he stepped in to a great throw to [Brian] Quick with two guys bearing down on him. And of course he stepped into a throw to Josh Doctson to get us down there. Not easy to do, you know? ‘Hey, stand back there and throw a stomp to Brian Quick. I don’t care if two guys hit you in the mouth. That’s just what you’ve got to do.’ He did it in the face of the rush and in a crunch-time situation on the road. You just take those games and you build off of them and it just gives you confidence when that situation comes up again. They will come up. We are going to be in a lot of close games. We’ve got Minnesota this week, New Orleans, we still have got to play Dallas. The list goes on and on. We are going to be in a lot of those tight battles and it’s good to have a quarterback with that confidence and an offense with that confidence that Kirk can do it.”

 

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QB Kirk Cousins


On comparing the win at Seattle to the win vs. Oakland:

“I’ll take a win. I don’t know how to compare them. I think that when you play really well and win in the Raider game, I don’t know why you’d want anything else, but if you can find a way to win in a tough match that is a bit of a grind, that there’s a lot of enjoyment there too. It’s hard to compare them. I just want to win and that feeling in the locker room, whether you win by a last-second play or in a blowout, it’s a beautiful thing.”



On what Sunday’s performance does for his familiarity with new receivers who are integrating themselves in the offense:

“We’re going to improve every single game, win or lose. Every time we step out there and go through the grind of a game, we’re going to get better and we’re going to fine tune our passing game. Fortunately, we came out on top and the result was what we wanted, but whether the result had gone our way or not, we took steps forward as an offense and that’s no different in any game. It’ll always be a work in progress. We’re always looking to get better and improve and there are a ton of details from this past game that weren’t good enough and we have to go back and be critical about and fix. Just because we won the game doesn’t that mean we suddenly look at it differently and gloss over the mistakes or ignore them. We have to take those very seriously, regardless of the outcome.”



On how he’s feeling after all of the hits he took in Sunday’s game:

“I’m feeling good, Craig. I appreciate you thinking of me [laughter] and concerned about me, but I’m feeling good. I’ve always felt like the 16-game season is a grind and I don’t know that I’ve ever gone through one where I’m feeling great every single week, but you also understand that that’s a part of the NFL season. You expect it, and so when it does happen and you do get a little worn down, you’re not caught off-guard. For Week 10, I’m feeling good.”



On progression he’s seen from WR Josh Doctson in the last several weeks:

“Well, I go back to the fact that it’s hard to develop him as a wide receiver if he’s not practicing. So, just being on the field making mistakes is better than not practicing and I think that’s been the biggest help has been to have plays where we go out there and we run routes and we talk about the coverage and what I need from him and what I want his route to look like. And then he can tell me the same thing and we can talk about it. It’s a work in progress and every time I throw him the ball, I learn more about how to be more consistent with him, play-in and play-out and how to get him more and more involved. And he learns how to get the ball in this offense and what he needs to do to keep showing up. I think it’s a work in progress, I think that as we continue to play, I’d like to think that we’ll keep getting better and better. But, I don’t, by any means, feel like, ‘Oh, now we’ve got it figured out.’”


On where Doctson has improved:

“I don’t think it’s anything specific. I don’t think it’s any one route. I think that even in the run game, knowing who to block, knowing how I want a motion to look like, there are little things right I’ve noticed that he’s just more perceptive, more adept at understanding, ‘OK, this motion has to fit in the B gap instead of the D gap.’ All those little things that just, you’ve got to be out there, you’ve got to be practicing, you’ve got to do it, and sometimes you have to fail. I’ll be the first one to say that sometimes failing, for me in my career, has been the greatest teacher. I’m excited about getting through those stages such that you then can really take some big steps in production hopefully going forward.”



On the game-winning drive against Seattle:

“I think this is a great case study in the way that the outside thinks versus the way that I think. And I totally understand from covering the team, fan base perspective, the emotional rollercoaster, I understand that a two-minute drill on the road against a good football team, finding a way to win – it’s exciting and it’s fun and it gets the juices going. I’m a little bit more process-oriented and there have been games where I’ve thrown for a lot of yards and felt like I played nearly flawlessly but we lost. And I walk away saying, ‘I’m getting better, I’m doing really good things, I’m about the process, and my process was really good today. I can’t control the outcome but the process was really good.’ But the noise on the outside is, ‘He’s got to get better, he’s not doing enough, we didn’t come away with the win.’ So I’ve learned to ignore outcomes at times, I’ve learned to ignore the noise on the outside and just focus on the process. And I’ll be the first one to say that the process against Seattle by no means was perfect. I felt like there were a lot of mistakes. Maybe it never had to come down to a two-minute drill if we had been better through the first three-and-a-half quarters. Was it a great finish? Yes. Did we show a lot of character? Yes. Did I love the resiliency? Is that a game I’ll remember? Yes. But, I don’t like to get too outcome-focused and I feel, on the outside, I feel that happening after this game and that’s OK, on the outside. My concern is in the locker room, in our organization, making sure that we don’t allow that to creep in.”



On how long he celebrates a win like that:

“I think we’ve played long enough and had big wins and mountain-top moments that you learn how to come down from it and get back to work. However long you celebrate, I believe that by Tuesday’s meetings and walkthrough, you’re onto Minnesota and ready to go. I think we’ve learned how to ride that rollercoaster or not ride it, if you will, as you go through the season.”



On how satisfied he is halfway through the season:

“At the halfway point, I think when you look at the challenging schedule we’ve played, I don’t know that even as we played that schedule people realized how challenging it was. And now with the benefit of hindsight, you see we’ve played some good opponents, we’ve played them tough, we’ve got some good wins, had a couple games that we feel like we probably could have, should have, won, which every team has at this juncture. We’ve also won some games that you could’ve, should’ve lost, potentially. So when everything is right in front of you and you have a chance and you’re playing for something with eight games to go, I think that’s a starting point. As long as we can control our destiny with the games left to play, there’s not a whole lot more you can ask for.”



On a pass to Doctson that was tipped by Seahawks CB Richard Sherman:

“Good perception there. There were a lot of things going on. Certainly the weather isn’t perfect but Josh was getting wider to the sideline. If I lead him to where he is kind of on his track to go, the ball is going to be out of bounds. I’m also throwing it pretty early so there is a little bit of anticipation of a guess of trying to put it out there for him. Richard Sherman is a good corner so when you start talking about opportunity balls or trying to back shoulder it, maybe that’s not the guy to do it on. Then you also say, ‘All right, it’s man coverage, if everybody is locked down, either you throw it away and play for the next play or maybe you take off and run because you say everybody is in man coverage so as long as I could get through the rushers and maybe the plugger, I can get us some yards.’ Those are all the things that happens in a split-second decision and in the split-second decision that I made I said that I’m going to put it up to him, try and lead him up the field as opposed as towards the sideline and with the angle he took it ended up being a scary play, if you will because then Sherman had the inside track to the ball. Those are the kinds of plays where you go back, talk about, get better at, try not to repeat and hopefully can come away with completions or better results or decisions in the future when you get a similar look.”



On the throw to WR Brian Quick at the end of the game:

“It was man coverage and when you have man coverage, you can put it out there and hopefully trust your receiver to create some separation and know that there is not going to be another zoning defender falling off of his area and intercepting it. You really have three decisions when protection is loose. I can just take the sack. I can leave the pocket and give up on the play and basically force just an off-schedule play or I can throw it blind or force it when I don’t really know because I don’t have enough time to trust it. All game long, it’s really trying to decide between those three every single time the protection is loose. I would argue that if you were to say how I have gotten better as a quarterback in the league, it’s I’ve been better at picking which one of those three it is going to be play in and play out than maybe I was in year one and year two. That one I threw blind. That one I’m saying I’m going to throw it to a spot with a lot of anticipation and hope for the best. At that point in the game, taking a sack is going to kill us. The clock is going to run and we have got to burn a timeout. Situational awareness, you can’t take a sack there. First quarter, I’m not throwing that ball probably. I’m probably going to take a sack and give us a chance. I’m not going to force the ball down the field and risk an interception. So those are the kinds of things you’re trying to process as you play.”



On who Doctson really is:

“I’m still getting to know him. He’s a good person. He’s an intelligent person. I like him as a teammate. He isn’t as aloof as he comes across when you get to know him. He is a student of the game on the field. He asks questions. He wants to do it right. He is not a know-it-all. He is not a guy who goes out there and has all the answers, so he is a joy to work with. I told him after he scored, ‘Let’s make sure this isn’t a one-and-done thing. Let’s make sure this is a repeatable thing and something that people expect to have happen not just next week, not just this season, but hopefully for seasons to come.’ That’s where the vision needs to be and then we have got to work in a way where that can become a reality.”

 

[Sportster 72]

Signed Keenan Reynolds too.

 

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Signed Keenan Reynolds too.

 

[Sharkinva]

Signed Keenan Reynolds too.

Wasnt Reynolds a QB at Navy??

#KirksReplacementIsInDaHouse!!!

 

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Wasnt Reynolds a QB at Navy??

#KirksReplacementIsInDaHouse!!!

Yes he has the most ever TDs in FBS or FCS college and is the all time leading rusher as a QB. They are going to take a look at him as a returner.

 

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Yes he has the most ever TDs in FBS or FCS college and is the all time leading rusher as a QB. They are going to take a look at him as a returner.

Hell if he can walk, chew bubble gum and stay healthy... he has a roster spot. LOL

 

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thursday presser

November 9, 2017


Head Coach Jay Gruden


On injuries:

“Did not participate were Zach Brown, ankle; Matt Ioannidis, hand; Arthur Jones, shoulder; Trent Williams, knee; Niles Paul, concussion. Limited were [Jamison] Crowder, hamstring; [Shawn] Lauvao, stinger; [Spencer] Long, knee; [Morgan] Moses, ankle; [Ty] Nsekhe, core muscle; [Montae] Nicholson, shoulder; [Jordan] Reed, hamstring; [Brian] Quick, concussion; and [Brandon] Scherff, knee. Full were [Bashaud] Breeland, [Fabian] Moreau and [Vernon] Davis.”



On if LB Zach Brown’s injury is a new thing:

“It is a new thing. It just popped up today. [He] had some soreness in his ankle so we kept him out.”



On his concern level about Brown for Sunday:

“This is the first I heard of it but we will get him some treatment today and hopefully he will be better tomorrow.”



On if TE Niles Paul suffered a setback:

“He’s still doing tests right now… He is just in the protocol and did not [practice].”



On if DL Matt Ioannidis still needs medical clearance to play:

“Well, he just had surgery not too long ago. So it is just a matter of when the doctors OK him to play with that cast.”



On if T Trent Williams’ injury is more of a pain tolerance issue:

“Yeah, probably.”



On how much T Ty Nsekhe practiced today:

“He got a little bit of team [drills] today. [He] did some things. We just have to monitor how much he’s doing and then when he does it, make sure he is feeling OK redirecting and handling the weight of other people. We will gauge it here in treatment tomorrow morning and see how he is doing.”



On if he can characterize Williams’ status:

“I can’t characterize that. That’s on Trent and the trainers really. I think he’s obviously in some discomfort and he’s trying to get some work in there with the trainers and see how he can do, see how he’s doing with the movement, change of direction and all that stuff and see how much pain tolerance he can take. We will probably find out if he can play probably tomorrow or Saturday.”



On Vikings QB Case Keenum:

“He is very efficient. He has come in there and obviously replaced Sam [Bradford] and did some really good things. They are playing well offensively. He distributes the ball to different people and does that very well, avoids the rush. He has only been sacked five times, I think, five or six times. He does a good job.”


On if the Vikings changed their offense with Keenum at quarterback:

“No, not really. I don’t think they’ve changed a lot. Coach [Pat] Shurmur does a good job with them offensively and puts them in good situations, gets the ball out of his hands quickly and they do have the ability to do some play-actions and take some shots. They’ve got a good mix on offense.”



On where the run game can improve:

“It’s across the board, without a doubt. Obviously the ability to convert some third downs like we didn’t do early in the game against Seattle, where we have more opportunities to run it. Seattle posed a very unique type front so it is hard to run against them. But across the board really – offensive line, tight ends, backs, receivers. We have to just continue to improve and continue to work on it. Try to stay diligent, work, keep calling them.”



On if he’s been happy with RB Rob Kelley’s ability to make people miss in the backfield and get back to the line of scrimmage:

“You’re never happy with a no-yard gain, but you would like to provide him some holes. That’s what we have to continue to work on. What concepts are we good at? What are we going to continue to work on and go from there? Each front is different. Seattle’s a little bit different than what Minnesota does and so on and so forth. We will see this week if we can get some holes for Chris [Thompson] and Rob and Samaje [Perine].”



On facing tough defenses and if can remember a similar stretch:

“I can’t. Every year seems like it’s the hardest year. It doesn’t get any easier and that’s part of the reason we’ve struggled in the running game, quite frankly. Dallas was good against the run. Philly was very good against the run. Obviously Seattle is good against the run. They hang their hat on that. They take a lot of pride in that. And a lot of movement up front, we just haven’t been able to handle. We have had a lot of moving parts up front with different players playing center, guard, tackle, tight end. It’s not easy. Rob has been dinged up and Samaje is a rookie, so it’s tough, not easy. But we will keep working on it and hopefully when we get some of our starters back like Trent and Brandon and Shawn that we will pave some bigger holes for our guys.”



On his level of concern with the hits that QB Kirk Cousins has been taking:

“Yeah, he has been hit by different people unfortunately. You never want your quarterback to get hit, period, obviously. So we just have to do a better job of trying to keep him clean, whether it’s protection, sometimes we just get beat in one-on-ones. Sometimes a four-man rush, sometimes a five-man rush, sometimes it’s a coverage sack or a coverage hit where he has to hold the ball and wait for a second or third window. We just haven’t had the time like we normally do to go from your first progression to second to third. He’s been getting hit. So we just have got to do a better job protecting him, without a doubt, and then probably call plays that hopefully get the ball out a little quicker.”



On the team’s resilience and where it comes from:

“I think it is a player makeup thing. I think you add some tough-minded guys and guys that we have kept here, the reason they’re here, not only they are talented but they have great makeup for pro football. They’re mentally tough, physically tough so that’s the type of guys we want to keep here. The veteran core leadership guys are here for that reason, and then the guys we added like D.J. [Swearinger] and Zach Brown and Josh Norman a couple years ago, obviously Terrell McClain, those guys have been great adds for us. They fit right in and provide solid leadership also and never quit and never say die type attitude, which is good. You have got to have that in pro football.”



On if Ioannidis could play Sunday after not practicing for a few weeks:

“I mean, we could, but he probably could use some work, yes. We could, yes, to answer your question.”



On if he anticipates Ioannidis playing on Sunday:

“I anticipate him not playing, correct. But if he can show up and do something tomorrow with his hand and cast it up and get a good feel and get some good work in, then there is a possibility.”



On if he has experience with a defensive lineman playing in a cast:

“It’s been done before by defensive linemen. He’s going to have it casted up and have his fingers free so he can still grab and stuff like that. I think that’s the important thing is can he grab without any pain and is it safe to grab right now so close to surgery? I think we want to make sure it’s stable and he can do it without damaging it more.”


Defensive Coordinator Greg Manusky


On Vikings WR Stefon Diggs:
“Well, I think the best thing that he does – he’s a vertical threat. The quarterback likes him. He’s got speed to take the top off, so sometimes, you know, sometimes you’ve got to roll to him and make sure you have a safety over the top. He’s a good football player and we’ve got to do the same thing we did last week and try to stop those explosive plays.”



On working with Head Coach Jay Gruden:

“I think situational football is really big with him overall with getting the team together. I think that’s the biggest thing, you know? I believe in that as well. I think as a coach, I think you play for the coach and you play for the other players around you and I think that’s what we’re doing. We’re playing together as a unit and that’s what we’ve got to do and that’s what Jay preaches.”



On the freedom that Gruden gives him as a coach:

“We talk about situational stuff and what we’re going to do in each situation. From a game plan’s perspective, he knows what we’re doing on first and second down and on third downs.”



On if situations like the last minute of the Seattle game are game planned:

“Well, it depends on how much time and how many timeouts they have. Situationally wise, at the end of the game like that, you’ve got to figure out, ‘Are they going to take a chunk play at the end? Are they going to work the sidelines to try to kick a field goal?’ Their kicker wasn’t kicking as well he you wanted to, so in those situations, it always comes down to how much time that they have on the clock and then how many points they’ve got to score and stuff like that. So we go over that every week.”



On if he’ll consider using a wide receiver to defend a Hail Mary:

“Shoot, that ain’t a bad… That’s sometimes what we did – we had Coby Fleener when we were in Indy. So, we’ve talked about it and we’ll see what happens on the next game.”



On how impressed he is with CB Kendall Fuller’s development:

“It’s big. I even told him last year, when you get those knee surgeries, that first year coming back is always hard. I’ve seen a lot of players that have had that microfracture surgery and it just takes them a while. I told him from last year, ‘Just keep on going with it. You’ll actually see the difference between year one and year two.’ And actually he did. He came up during training camp and goes, ‘Boy, this is a lot different than it was last year,’ and I said, ‘Yeah, you have more confidence in your leg and your knee.’ But overall, smart football player. He understands concepts and understands the defense. He does a great job and we’re lucky to have him.”



On if Fuller’s skill set could translate to the outside:

“Oh, definitely. I think from his standpoint, right now he’s playing the nickel position and he’s taking hold hard. I think it’s hard. Sometimes a lot of corners can’t play inside because it just seems like there’s a lot of space. But Kendall does a great job of feeling those route combinations and feeling it with his sight lines and we’re excited. I knew he was going to have a great year. He’s just a smart football [player]. He understands where the ball’s going to be going and he made a great play in the Seattle game.”

 

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roster moves

 

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People Who Know, Know
I had a former coach who said to me as I was kind of coming up in the league, he would say, ‘Kirk, people who know, know'.

What he meant by that was, if you understand quarterbacking, understand what it takes to play quarterback in this league, it really isn’t a debate about can you play, can you make the fourth-quarter plays, can you make the throws, can you bring us back, are you the guy. People who know, know. It’s the people who don’t know, and don’t get it, that I think have those conversations and have those debates. I’m not going to kind of waste my time or my energy worrying about people who don’t know football and what they’re saying. I do believe that people who know, know, and if a fourth quarter drive like that to win the game helps some people who don’t get football to be able to come around, then so be it, but those aren’t the people I’m trying to win over at the end of the day.

Sean McVay used to tell me that as I was trying to make my way. He would say, you know, people are going to doubt, people are going to have their opinions, but the people who know, know, and you don’t really need to worry about anybody else. Just stay the course.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

 

[Buffalo_Nickel_1]

i dont know were to put this but a updated walter mock draft has skins taking first rd WR sutton 2 rd Wr equamuis st brown 3rd round Wr pettis lol i never seen this before in a mock draft lol first 3 picks all at 1 postion lol @skinsdad62

 

[skinsdad62]

i will start a 2018 draft thread soon

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Have wanted to see Harris promoted for awhile now

 

[Buffalo_Nickel_1]

catlina did good hate this move poop

 

[Buffalo_Nickel_1]

catalina will be a starter just hope he clears waivers but i doubt it this is a F grade move

 

[skinz2winz]

Have wanted to see Harris promoted for awhile now

Cannot believe I'm saying this but I agree with coach. Releasing Catalina was a mistake. He was getting good coaching from Callahan and even out of necessity he started week 8 and proved to do well. Why give up on him halfway through a season. Much rather had Catalina stay and left the 267 lb Banks on the practice squad. Get creative and use Kerrigan & Smith on rushing downs at End and bring in Anderson, Galette and others to rush from the outside.

HTTR!

 

[skinz2winz]

Cannot believe I'm saying this but I agree with coach. Releasing Catalina was a mistake. He was getting good coaching from Callahan and even out of necessity he started week 8 and proved to do well. Why give up on him halfway through a season. Much rather had Catalina stay and left the 267 lb Banks on the practice squad. Get creative and use Kerrigan & Smith on rushing downs at End and bring in Anderson, Galette and others to rush from the outside.

HTTR!

Adding to that, I felt Catalina was an asset, not just a wine mixer! Dilly-Dilly!

 

[skinsdad62]

catalina was like 4th from the bottom in OG blocking ratings so not a huge loss. however before you can go to the PS (much like mack ) you have to be waived

at this point kujo was the better og