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Pat Fitzgerald Week 4 press conference notes

FITZ: Well our guys always have a green light. Whether or not they choose to do it...I can’t jump in their heads and say catch it and run. You ever done that before?

REPORTER: No.

FITZ: Well, it’s pretty scary to have your eyes up like that and to have 11 dudes bearing down on your neck...I’ve been asked numerous times “do you coach guys not to catch punts.” Absolutely not. Probably all those people who asked that question have never done it. We can bring you out tomorrow. We work punt returns.

ALL REPORTERS: (laugh awkwardly)

  • On Venric Mark and Flynn Nagel: “Typically your return game is based on ten unselfish guys and a dude.