Randy Edsall
Randy Edsall
Randy Douglas Edsallis an American football coach who is currently the director of football research-special projects for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was the head coach at the University of Maryland from 2011 to 2015. Edsall was previously the head coach at the University of Connecticut from 1999 until the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, and oversaw the program's promotion from the NCAA Division I-AA level to Division I-A. He has the most wins for a head football...
backs bit effort everybody expected guys job line offensive pass playing pride regardless running work
Everybody has to take a bit more pride and effort that the No. 1 job of the offensive line and running backs is pass protection. You don't want that quarterback to be touched. You have to work to do that. Regardless of how many first-year guys we have in the offensive line, they're playing and that's the job they're expected to do.
base install passing running trying
You're not game-planning for your defense. You're just trying to install your base protections, your base running plays, your base passing plays.
ball good hurt running throwing
He's throwing the ball better and is making good decisions. He can hurt you throwing the ball and running the ball.
ball playing running side win
He told me when we recruited him he wanted to win the Heisman as a running back. I think he'd tell you he's playing on the right side of the ball now.
equally guy pass run
We'd like to get him up to about 250. He's a guy that has the athleticism to play the run and play the pass equally well.
equally guy pass run
We'd like to get him up to about 250, ... He's a guy that has the athleticism to play the run and play the pass equally well.
across ball carolina gets guy hole mean might move north run yards
It comes across pretty well (on tape). You think there's a hole and you see them play Auburn and North Carolina and you think the guy might get 15 yards but he only gets about eight. They run to the ball very well. But that doesn't mean we can't move the ball.
continue five game passing practice practicing running weeks
He's been practicing the same plays, the same game plan, through those first five weeks that we were doing with Matt. We're going to just continue to go the way that we have been going. He can do the things we want in the running game and he can do the things we want in the passing game. Now we've just got to go and practice those things and let him do what we feel he can do the best.
continue game handle offense plan run together
We'll continue to run our offense and put a game plan together that we know he'll be able to handle and that everyone will be able to execute.
athletic talented team youthful
I know we're a much more talented and athletic team than we've ever been. I also know that we're a much more inexperienced and youthful team than we've ever been in the past.
ability knew learning matter mental physically playing standpoint
I knew physically that he had the ability to do it. It was just a matter of him learning his assignments and the things that he had to do from a mental standpoint of playing the position.
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I like everything about Dennis in terms of what he can do, ... I have the utmost confidence that he'll go out and do a good job. We'll put a game plan together that we know he'll be able to handle and that everybody on offense will be able to execute.
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I like everything about Dennis. I have the utmost confidence in him that he'll go out and do a good job. He's a student of the game. He's a guy that's very conscientious and wants to learn. He did a good job on his own throughout the summer trying to learn on his own.
attract biggest normal positions power skill speed
The biggest thing is we were able to attract more speed and more athleticism with this group. Not only in your normal skill positions or the power positions, but even with the linemen.