How much have you had to juggle things and see guys in different spots, knowing RB Justice Hill was probably supposed to be one of the core special teamers and not having certain guys when you're juggling different things? (Jeff Zrebiec) "I wouldn't say it's easy, but it kind of is pretty easy. It's one of those things we know what's going to happen."Įveryone is focused on the running back position, obviously, but when you have injuries and there's back-end roster shuffling and practice squad shuffling, it usually affects special teams a good bit. And like I said, with the alignment of the organization, we have people for situations like this, and it's a credit to Eric and 'Harbs' and personnel. He needs to up, just like everybody else just goes up a rung.
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We're going to miss brother, we're going to miss the football knowledge, but yet, I think I'm on record saying that 'Double-A' has got Pro Bowl talent. (laughter) So, it's something we do in the preseason it's pretty cool. As a matter of fact, he broke Weddle's record. I always like doing that with some of the veterans, so they can see how it is on the other side when you're holding the call sheet, and he did an outstanding job. That's the kind of football knowledge he has. And for those of you who didn't know, the second half of the Washington preseason, he called the entire half – Marcus did. Like I said before, he's a football savant. To answer the second part of your question, we have such great organizational alignment that we have the 'next man up' mentality, and that's not just 'coach speak.' Will we miss him? Yes. I was talking to Jimmy Smith about it another thing that's great about this organization is that … This is my 10th year, and fourth year as a coordinator, and it's family, and when you see something like that happen, your heart is broken for the player himself. How big of a loss is this? (Jamison Hensley) "I think John hit the nail on the head yesterday with, 'We had our period of mourning,' because we're all brothers, and this is such a close unit. Everyone knows how significant it is, but from your standpoint, you know what he means to this defense. You lost CB Marcus Peters for the season.