Travis [Henry] has a rib contusion. Today it's better than it was yesterday. We'll take a look at it and see how it is on Wednesday. We'll just kind of monitor that about every couple of days and see how much progress he's making. |
We always look at that. A guy may have done everything before, but maybe we want him to be as good as he can be at one thing first before we add on. You have to decide what's best for him and best for what you're trying to get done. |
We are ecstatic to have a coach with the caliber and experience of Jerry Gray joining our staff. Obviously, I'm familiar with Jerry from our previous years together and know that he's a great fit for our defense. He adds a new dynamic to our coaching staff and will help us continue to be one of the top defenses in the National Football League. |
We created a bunch early in the year, but we didn't come up with the ball. Now we're catching the ball. |
We knew that was what they are going to do. They spread it out. They put pressure on you with speed. That's what they've been doing since they've had this run of success, but I thought we would be would be able to make them one-dimensional. |
We knew what the play was. We had guys calling out the play at the line. |
We played 80-some, almost 90 snaps on defense, ... 12 for 31, 51 quarterback rating. We did a pretty good job there. |
We played our hearts out. They just never quit. I'm so proud of them. |
We were hoping they would keep it our way. They said [Plummer] was trying to put it away. Our guys in the [coaches] box thought there was a 50-50 chance it would be upheld [by the replay review]. But we had other opportunities. You can't say it was that one play. |
We'll work him out, just because he's a vet who has been in a lot of big games before. We've tried to rest him as much as we can, but we feel good about the guys that have practiced all week long. If we can get him, that's a bonus. |
We're excited about the opportunity to get him back out there going full go. He's had a good week of practice and really has had a pretty solid training camp when you talk to the trainers. Selfishly, yeah, I'm excited to see him in the best condition since I've been here. |
We're pretty old-school coaches, ... You've got to do it in practice if you're going to do it in the game. I'm not going to relent on that. If you do it in practice, you'll do it in the game. If you don't do it, you don't get a chance to play in the game. |
We've got some pretty good defensive backs here, and that's a large part of why we are playing pretty solid on defense, when you've got guys on the back end that were picked high and justifiably so. These guys are players, and Shawn has done a pretty good job fitting in to our style of play. |
We've practiced in all kinds of weather. Today, it's almost exactly the weather that we're expecting to have on game day. That's good. |
Whether you call it a low-grade separation or a contusion, he practiced every day. He won't get treatment for it. He blocks out pain. He plays through it. It's a testament to his toughness as a football player. |