MICHAEL CLAY, special teams coordinator
Philadelphia's coverage units have been outstanding in two games and will get a look at CeeDee Lamb in the punt return game on Monday night. Lamb has just one return for 12 yards in two games, but Special Teams Coordinator Michael Clay is well aware of how dangerous Lamb can be.
"I've always been a fan of CeeDee Lamb, even with his time at Oklahoma in terms of his punt return ability," Clay said. "We played against him last year when I was in San Francisco. He's a very fluid athlete. He catches the ball well. He's going to take some chances, but these are all calculated chances. Not like he goes off the reservation or goes rogue or something like that. He's a strong runner and very elusive. So, it has to take a full team effort. One, it starts with our protection. (Cowboys Special Teams Coordinator John Fassel) runs some very good games. Knowing (Fassel) the past four and a half, five years, with him being in LA and playing them last year, we got to get that ball off, be stout in protection.
"Then, once (punter) Arryn (Siposs) gives us a good ball to go cover, there's got to be 10 other guys going down there trying to corral him. It's got to be a full team effort to get him down. You're not going to expect one-on-one tackles a lot with an athlete like CeeDee Lamb. So, it all starts with, one, the protection; two, Arryn giving us a good ball for us to cover; and then everybody else getting off the blocks and making a good team effort to get CeeDee down because he is a very good punt returner."
Clay also diagnosed the 47-yard field goal attempt from Jake Elliott that the 49ers blocked on Sunday, saying it was a confluence of things that contributed to the block.
"(49ers defensive tackle Javon) Kinlaw made a heck of a play," Clay said. "Just looking at it and seeing things being really critical, like, he jumped up, timed it perfectly. There was a little wind right there that Jake had to get through. Obviously, we'd love to get all of our points, especially inside 50 yards. But once again, credit to Kinlaw. He got up there, he timed it perfectly. He got his big paw up there, he's a first-round draft pick for a reason. He did that in (college at) South Carolina. It's not like we didn't know they had a good rush team for the most part. It's just one of those things where you hate for it to happen, but it happened. And we don't want that to happen again."
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