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Transcript: Wide Receivers Coach Sean Ryan

Eric from BBI : Admin : 6/20/2014 12:45 pm
Wide Receivers Coach Sean Ryan
June 20, 2014

Q: Back here with the wide receivers, you kind of picked up where you left off?
A: Yeah, I’d like to think two years later and after being with the quarterbacks that I’m a better teacher, a better coach and can bring the ideas… the quarterback and what he goes through, kind of over that position and let them know. I’m hoping I’m better than when I left off but it’s good to be back there and working with those guys again.

Q: It’s kind of a different group now. When you had Victor Cruz before he was a young guy, breaking him in. Now he’s like the old guy. Not old but he’s the experienced guy, the leader of the group. Have you seen a change in him?
A: Yeah, I think definitely. He’s taken over that leadership role and I think it’s important for him. He leads by example. He’s vocal in the room, he’s vocal on the field with those guys. He definitely sets the tone for leading the group and the way that he wants that group to work. You see a definite difference in the experience and the success he’s had, he’s more comfortable now in that role. It’s good to see him.

Q: He had good numbers for a lot of receivers last year, for Victor they weren’t great numbers. Do you sense in him a real desire to get back to what he had a couple years ago?
A: Yeah, I don’t know how much, he doesn’t talk about numbers in terms of that so I’m not sure how much that affects him. I know this – he’s driven to have a great year. I think the way he’s come out in the classroom and out here, the way he’s working, he’s locked in and ready to have a good year. I’m not sure how much the numbers play a role in that for him but I know, in terms of him setting himself up to have a good year, he’s certainly on that path.

Q: Has Rueben Randle shown you signs that he can step up and be a solid number two behind Victor?
A: Yeah, definitely. I think Rueben’s whole deal, you look at him, the skill set, the intelligence, he’s got that. For me that battle with him is consistency and I think he knows that and I think he’s addressed it in this offseason in the way he approaches his job. I think there’s a difference there. I’ve seen a difference in him, his seriousness towards his work. I expect him to do well.

Q: There have been questions in the past about his approach to his job. Have you liked what you’ve seen from him?
A: Yeah, this spring I liked what I saw. I thought he was locked in, I thought he did a good job of learning the new offense and the new system. Like I said, he’s got some football intelligence to him. Things come to him… he sees things pretty well. But I thought he really worked hard at being locked in to the meetings and on the field as well, whether he was on the field or standing back and helping other guys so I noticed a difference from him.

Q: What kind of potential do you think Odell Beckham has?
A: I think Beckham is a dynamic, dynamic player. I think he can be very good. We’ve got to, again, help him get rid of the mistakes that young guys make, help him to see the different things coverage-wise and disguise-wise that he’ll face in this league that maybe he didn’t get in college but he’s got the ability to be a very explosive wide receiver.

Q: There were some high-profile incidents with Rueben last year where he broke the wrong way and it led to an interception. Is it over-simplifying when you say that this new offense might be easier for a wide receiver than the one that relied on option routes?
A: Yeah, I think it maybe is over-simplifying because you’re always going to face route adjustments and route adjustments versus certain coverage’s that you’re going to face. Maybe this offense doesn’t have as many but he’s still going to face those same decisions, he’s going to have to see it, he’s going to have to make those decisions so I think it might be over-simplifying a little bit but there is probably, in the terms of volume of route adjustments, there’s probably a little less in this offense.

Q: And the idea of having to recognize the same coverage the quarterback recognizes at the line of scrimmage, that kind of stuff is…
A: It’s going to carry over. It’s maybe a little lesser part but that’s always going to carry over in football. You’re always going to have that. There are always going to be certain routes that we’re going to run versus certain coverages and we’re not going to run against others. Post-snap and when the ball’s snapped they have to see it just like the quarterback sees it and be on the same page. It’s still going to be a part of the game it’s probably just not as much.
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