FOXBORO — It was an all-hands-on-deck sport for Patriots particular groups coordinator Jeremy Springer in final week’s win over the Bengals.
Springer has to discover a fill-in for first-team All-Professional and Professional Bowl special-teamer Brenden Schooler after the captain went down with an ankle damage. He additionally needed to pull guys off the bench to dam within the subject aim unit after two starting offensive linemen went down with accidents.
Springer praised beginning security Jaylinn Hawkins for serving to to fill in for Schooler.
“Anytime you’ve gotten a man that’s your core, finest total particular groups participant, All-Professional, it’s by no means straightforward to do,” Springer mentioned. “He’s on every little thing, proper? So that you by no means actually — you propose on it, however you by no means actually give it some thought, sort of. Then when it occurs, you gotta regulate on the fly and sort of put guys in locations the place you assume they’ll play, or the place they performed earlier than prior to now, and roll from proper there. And I assumed our guys did that sport.
“We needed to transfer guys round, couple guys that are available and play, like Jaylinn Hawkins, who began on protection, proper? He needed to play particular groups and didn’t bat an eye fixed. So I believe it exhibits you the sort of guys that we have now within the room. Like, ‘hey man, subsequent man in, subsequent man up, irrespective of who it’s, go in there, carry out and get the job carried out.”
The Patriots may should plan to play with out Schooler once more Monday towards the Giants.
