I'm sure (injuries) hurt him there a bit. He was battling through it. It was not an easy thing for him. |
I'm sure everybody has their opinion on him. Obviously there are some guys that like him and guys that didn't like him. He doesn't get into that. Every week people try to taunt him. |
I've got to take the next few days and check what I see in the mirror. |
I've said that from the beginning. Both of them are good people. |
If it ends up where he can't function, then we'll shut him down. |
If it means throwing 50 times, then you throw 50 times, |
If there was a positive, it was an opportunity to see the young guys. I'm not happy with their performance out there. It wasn't very good. |
If we didn't understand the importance of special teams before, we certainly do after today. You have to take that part of the game seriously, too. You have to take care of the football and you have to block and tackle. |
In everything it's my responsibility. It's my football team. It's a reflection of me. |
In hindsight, ... I didn't look very smart on that one. |
Is it going to bug him here for a little bit? ... Yes, probably. Will the bye week (after the Dallas game) help? Probably. But I can't tell you that this far in advance. Donovan's a pretty straightforward guy. Certain guys, you can talk to about (injuries) and they will tell you what's up and if they can go or not go. Donovan's one of those guys. |
It felt good yesterday. Toward the end it started to get a little tight on him in the second practice. It's the same as it was the day before. We got to go back to the drawing board here, see how he does today, and then within the next couple days we will see how he's feeling. |
It gets pointed at McMahon, but it's not all him. Everybody around him, me included, needs to pick up our games and make sure we're running the routes the right way and we're catching the football. You can't have six or seven drops like we did Saturday. We have to protect a little better. I have to make sure I'm getting him in situations and the receivers in situations where they can do things. |
It gets pointed at McMahon, but it's not all him. You can't have six or seven drops like we did Saturday. |
It happened last year. He works through it and does a bunch of exercises before practice to get that thing loose. He will be fine. I think the more he continues to play and practice, the better shape he will be in and he will be ready to go. |