We really just did what he could do, ... . . . I told Donovan the same thing the last few weeks. I told him, 'I'm not going to stick you out there and put you in a position where you can't function.' . . . We've had success getting guys through [the season] with this injury . . . [but] if it ends up where he can't function, then we'll set him down. |
We thought he was a good college player. Jim Harbaugh was his coach down there, so we had a little bit of insight. He's a big kid that had pretty good numbers at that level and we wanted to give him a shot. |
We thought we had to get to the 12. |
We understand it's never as good as you think and never as bad as you think in this league. Mike Nolan's putting together a football team right now, working his tail off to get that thing right. He's got a bright future ahead of him. |
We understand the season is not over. There is a lot of season to play and we will attack that aggressively. |
We used him a little bit more in protection last week. I could have done a better job play calling. I could have called his number a little bit more last week. |
We utilized him in training camp. We have to make sure that most of his concentration is on the tight end spot. But he is a guy we could use to get us through a game at fullback. |
We wanted to score a touchdown. That's what we were shooting for so we wouldn't have to worry about that other part. It didn't work out that way. |
We wanted to win the game. I don't care about the 8-and-8. I wanted to take care of business and we did not do that. |
We will have to make a potential roster move down the road here, |
We will know a lot more in the next 48 hours. |
We will let the young guys play and see what they can do, then we will make a decision after that. I've been pleased up to this point with the backs and we'll see how things go. |
We will let the young guys play and see what they can do. Then we will make a decision after that. I have been pleased up to this point with the backs, and we will see how things go here. |
We will look at all phases and we will make sure we learn from the experience and we take the good from it and try to get better as a football team. With the character of players I have here, I know it will take place. |
We will see as we go forward. |