Maybe there might have been a couple times when he could have taken a shot down the field, which he'll get. It's a matter of seeing the whole field, and they were disguising a little bit and doing some things he'll pick up. |
Most people listen to music and he's listening to me. I feel sorry for him. |
No doubt about it, |
No question, to me that's a huge part of playing that position is the confidence that your teammates have in you and the intangibles that you bring to the table. I've seen that from Kyle ever since he's got here. I really have ? every time he's gone in and even in practice. He definitely has that. |
No, you don't expect this. And it's not just from a rookie. As an offensive team, we didn't get it done today. You don't expect to go out and play like this. |
Not at all. That was our plan coming in. That is what we said we were going to do on short-yardage situations. |
Teams knew we were going to run the ball and they were stacking guys up there. I think that's a credit to our offensive line for doing a real good job for us, being able to run it pretty effectively, and definitely to Thomas. He's done a tremendous job and has all year. He's been very consistent for us. |
That was a big jump for Kyle. We challenged him all week about taking care of the football, taking advantage of opportunities, executing the offense and giving ourselves a chance. Let's see how good we are. Let's see what we can do. We made very few mistakes, and that is what it's all about. |
That was one of the first plays we wanted to run in short yardage based on what their adjustments were, so we wanted to stick with it. |
That'll be the toughest thing — blocking the pass routes. The running game will come. |
That's a big loss. He's quick, explosive, powerful, a good player. |
The good news is we have plenty of time almost a month, before our opener, |
The line was one of our biggest strengths we had. Having those guys back is a good thing. |
Then he can really zero in on those, and we won't change drastically week to week. You put little wrinkles in, variations. You maybe change the formation but not the concepts. |
There is nothing wrong with punting the ball, and I have made that comment to Kyle a few times. We have a good defense. Punting the ball is not a negative play. A negative play is a sack, a fumble or an interception. |