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Thursday Transcript: Special Teams Coordinator Tom Quinn

Eric from BBI : Admin : 10/12/2017 3:38 pm
Special Teams Coordinator Tom Quinn

October 12, 2017

Q: Who slides into the gunner spot on punt team?

A: That’ll be a little bit of a committee. We’ve got [cornerback] Ross [Cockrell] taking some reps out there, [cornerback] Donte [Deayon] is taking some reps, [wide receiver] Roger Lewis. It’s going to be a committee, it’s not going to be just one guy. It’ll be two or three guys that we’ll roll through there, based on their playtime and based on the situation of the game.

Q: Who will return punts?

A: Again, a couple guys – [wide receivers] Ed Eagan and Travis [Rudolph] have done it for us in preseason, so you feel good, you know what to expect out of them. Ball possession, ball security is obviously the number one thing. When you get a young guy in there, they get real anxious and it’s just about who’s going to catch the ball, possess the ball and then we go from there.

Q: Can running back Shane Vereen return punts?

A: He has worked on it. I mean, he’s never done it in a game, but he’s been back there catching them at times when he’s out on the punt team, but it’s kind of based on if he’s on the punt team or not.

Q: Was it fair to say that on the punt return depth chart, it was Dwayne Harris, then Odell Beckham Jr., then Sterling Shepard? Are you down to your fourth guy on the depth chart?

A: Yeah. But we didn’t have these other guys on the roster, so it may have affected it, based on what Odell and Sterling were doing on offense. But, yeah. That’s why you want to have a lot of guys. If you just hone in on one guy and one backup, you could get in trouble.

Q: How important was it to have punter Brad Wing get off to the start he did last week against Los Angeles?

A: Well, that’s kind of what we expect out of him and our punt team. So, it was nice to see us get into those situations and we haven’t really been in those situations, so it was a nice confidence booster for him.

Q: Does the altitude in Denver affect kicker Aldrick Rosas’ range this week?

A: I think the situation of the game affects it. If it’s the end of the half, then we’ve probably got some more yardage. We haven’t kicked up there for a while, so we’ll see what it brings.
He might be a better HC than Macadoo  
spike : 10/12/2017 3:41 pm : link
scary thought
Another one that needs to go  
Jimmy Googs : 10/12/2017 8:15 pm : link
and happy to debate this one all day...
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