We're playing our starting players. I don't expect Philip to play at all, barring injury. |
We're talking about another 12 points if you're able to score touchdowns instead of field goals. |
We're very disappointed, but we are going to look at and see what we can do to improve for this week. |
We've got to get the coverage to a point where there's more consistency in it. |
We've won the first of a nine-game season. We have a nine-game regular season and right now we're 1-0. |
What they do is stuff the run on first down and get you in 2nd-and-long. Then you try to pass and they'll send five or six guys. They can really put you in some tough spots. It's our job as a staff to come up with ways to combat it. |
What they've done is remarkable. But at what point in time do you keep responding when you have to keep putting in new players? They've done it wonderfully over the last four years, but there comes a time where it has to catch up with you, even with a team as great as this one. |
When I was playing, it was 10 or 12 plays that determined the outcome of a game. Now, because of the balance of talent in the league, it's come down to three or four plays a game. All you're looking for is to be in a position where you have a chance to win at the end. We haven't been able to do that, in a number of cases but we just keep chipping at it, trying to find a way to turn that corner. |
When we get the opportunity to compete against each other, there's something special in that. |
When we look at it, we see these opportunities left unfinished, and it's a cause for disappointment and a cause for frustration. I've also been doing this long enough to know that you'd better not get caught up in the past and dwell on the past, whether it's good or bad. |
When we look at our passing game, the one element we have not been able to utilize effectively is LT as a receiver. There is no doubt he has been a terrific receiver for us, and we haven't done a good enough job in getting him the ball. |
With all due credit to them, when you commit 13 fouls, you're going to come out on the short end of the stick in most cases. |
You always have to be prepared because they bring pressure from anywhere. But the key is if you can make yards against them on first down, and then it's second-and-4, second-and-5. Then you got a chance to, at the worst, get it to third-and-2 or third-and-3 and a chance to get the ball out and beat the blitz with the ball. |
You could have made a lot of money betting that. I couldn't believe it. |
You have to find a way to win the games where you maybe don't play at your very best. Our guys just refused to be denied. I think that speaks very, very well for them. |