Rams DL Coach/Run Game Coordinator Eric Henderson On A’Shawn Robinson, Aaron Donald’s Leadership
He talks a lot about AD taking to hard coaching. In fact that was a theme immediately when they hired Henderson. AD went to Henderson, we heard, and said I want you to push me. That was from the very start. I think Henderson was a great hire. Because of the weaker games this season some of us have been a bit skeptical about the Morris defense. But Henderson makes it clear that Robinson coming through this year was no fluke, that Miller was a great addition, and so on. The front 5 (minus ILBs) really has been outstanding in the post-season. Henderson has a lot to do with that I think.
From 2019 ( https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2019/07/29/nfl-rams-eric-henderson-aaron-donald-defensive-line-coach/ ):
“One-hundred percent,” Donald said of whether Henderson was the reason he wanted to be at OTAs. “He’s definitely a guy – once I saw the drills, after I got to talk to him and get to pick his brain a little bit – he’s a big reason why I wanted to continue to learn and I felt like what he was teaching me could benefit me and help me a whole lot as far as improving my game. It’s like I always say, I want to get better, and that’s what I’ve got to do. Listen to coach and work it.”
Donald said he’s already benefitted “a lot” from Henderson being on the coaching staff. …
…“Just the type of drills, the techniques he’s teaching us now. He knows football. He’s a young coach that’s hungry, that loves football, that loves teaching football,” Donald added. “He’s breaking down film, he broke down film and he’s coaching me so that’s what I like the most. He’s telling me my weaknesses and things I need to clean up and trying to teach me things that I can do better and work better that can help my game. When you’ve got a coach like that, you just sit and listen and you try to keep what you’ve been doing but also add what he’s trying to teach me and make me that much better.
“The new D-line coach is great so I’m embracing that and just learning and trying to put that into my practice and into my games.”
