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“I had fun today,” Fewell said. “Instead of talking to just the DBs, I got a chance to talk to the offensive line, got a chance to talk to the kickers, the punters, so I had fun today in that sense that I was able to communicate and hopefully impact more than just the area that I had been coaching.
“I thought it just came very natural the things that I saw that we needed to work on, and I spoke about those things not only to the players, but the coaches.”
Going from position coach to the head man is no easy task, especially midseason, but it’s a transition Fewell has made once before during his time with the Bills in 2009, and he went 3-4 with Buffalo. Fewell credited that prior experience with preventing him from being overwhelmed by the unexpected change on Tuesday.
“It helps that I’ve done this before,” Fewell said. “I have this experience, so I know where to go, what to do and how to do it.”
Despite all of the emotions and transitions hanging over this week, that hasn’t distracted Fewell from the task at hand: beating the Falcons. After all, the next four weeks are essentially an extended job interview for Fewell.
“It gives me an opportunity to prove it, and it gives our players an opportunity to prove it,” Fewell said. “That’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to go out and prove that we can win a football game this Sunday, and then we will move to the next objective. The NFL is about opportunity. You don’t want to get the opportunity this way, but I am granted that opportunity and I’ve got to make the most of that while I have this chance.”