Chicago Bears SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR DAVE TOUB - Ingles

Thursday, January 20, 2011

On preseason issues and what has been the key for stabilization during the season

“Yeah, during the preseason you’re looking at a lot of guys. You have a lot of different combinations in there. You know going into the year who your core guys are; really you just want to find out if someone can make the team or not, how they’re going to play in a game situation. Special teams, the only way to evaluate it is in a game situation, so you have to get those guys in there. That’s why we looked kind of raggedy during the preseason, to say the least, but we got going. The other thing that’s really helped us this year is the lack of injuries. The lack of injuries really helped us on special teams because not having the turnover when guys get hurt and being able to field the same guys, the core guys, the returners, the kicker, punter, holder, snapper, it’s critical to any program.”

On Corey Graham and the coverage

“Our production charts and scoring system that we have, he scored 31 points in one game, which is really, really high. Twenty points is off the charts; 30 is crazy, so he had an unbelievably productive game last week. The combination of Brad’s excellent punts too, that shouldn’t go unnoticed as well.”

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