Philadelphia Eagles punt returner Britain Covey says he views himself as a receiver first and made the first reception of his career in the team's 33-25 win over the New York Giants.
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00:00 I don't view myself as a punter turner who plays receiver,
00:04 I view myself as a receiver who plays punter turner.
00:06 >> Yeah, right.
00:07 >> And so it's nice to get the first one.
00:11 >> What's your take on scoring, Britt?
00:13 >> I'm gonna be honest, once I passed the punter,
00:19 I knew I probably wasn't scoring.
00:21 If I had maybe five or ten more pounds, I might be able to muscle my way in there,
00:24 but like 170, so.
00:27 >> Looked like you gave it the extra effort though,
00:30 you kind of feeling maybe you had the shot.
00:32 >> Yeah, well I think that there are times when you cut back and
00:35 times when you don't.
00:37 And sometimes when everyone's running that way, you can cut back cuz you know
00:41 you're not gonna take a big hit, right?
00:43 You're not gonna take one of those guy coming across the field type of hits.
00:46 So I figured it was worth a try.
00:48 >> So when you hit the catch, it looked like a lot of, I don't know if
00:51 you were supposed to go out and you were supposed to go in or.
00:54 >> Yeah, I mean, it's a, I, a lot of reads the play than I read a lot.
00:59 So basically he either kicks him out or comes around and logs him and
01:03 the defender played it well.
01:04 He was kind of dancing with a lot of so it was kind of an in between type of thing.
01:09 And so that's why I was trying to be patient to see which direction but
01:13 I mean, hopefully we'll hit in the future.
01:15 Still got seven yards but we want more.
01:18 >> You said it means a lot to you to get that first one.
01:20 I mean, you knew that play was being called for you, right?
01:23 I mean, >> Yeah, I mean,
01:23 we've had packages in for me for the whole year.
01:27 I just feel like with the situations, the games and we never quite get to them.
01:31 And so I'm always here on the sideline, but like I said, it's just,
01:35 I still view myself primarily as a receiver who plays part returner.
01:40 But we got a great receiver room.
01:41 So I'm gonna do my role as a part returner, own it, obsess over it,
01:46 help the guys on the unit, and then just give the coaches confidence that
01:50 I can come in and help on the offensive side, whatever role that is.
01:54 So.