With Ronnie Brown out for the rest of the season, running back Patrick Cobbs will now have a chance to prove that he belongs in the NFL. He took the time to talk with me after practice today.
JR – You started in the Sun Belt Conference, picked up by the Patriots and now you’re the number two running back heading into Sundays game. Are starting to think that you’re finally going to stick in the NFL?
Patrick Cobbs – Nah, I’m going to take this week like any other week, prepare to play running back like I did since week one. I mean obviously theirs a big chance I’m going to get in the game and play a bit, and I’m looking forward to the challenge.
JR – Losing Ronnie is obviously a blow to the team, but in the time you got to watch him play, did you learn anything that will help you going forward?
Patrick Cobbs – Ronnie’s a freak, he’s a big guy, he’s fast, and he can do anything he wants to do as a running back. He can outrun you, make you miss or he can run over you. The things that Ronnie does a lot of people can’t do, so your more like wow, then he’s teaching you how to run. But as far as his work ethic and his studies in the classroom he’s really on top of that, so on that aspect I can learn from him.
JR – This offense requires a running back that is versatile do you feel like you can do everything that Ronnie did?
Patrick Cobbs – I feel like I can catch the ball, I feel like I can do everything in this offense. This offense doesn’t really have a prototype running back, so that makes it good for any running back.
JR – You are on special teams; does that mentality carry over to playing running back?
Patrick Cobbs – The mental part of special teams is that you get to go out and give it all you got for one play. You go out there, you bust it, you give it all you got and you get to come off. On offense if you make a good play your gonna be out there again so it’s a different mentality but its all football.
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