Burgundy and Gold Obsession

September 16, 2020 QB Dwayne Haskins Jr. On the difference between the first and second half against the Eagles: “I think the biggest thing as far as turning it around going into the second quarter and halftime of that game was just trusting in what we were doing and just understanding that [offensive coordinator Scott] Turner is going to put us into the best position to make plays and we’ve got to trust the plays and try to execute each one as best as we can. As we got rolling, that’s what we tried to do each play.” On when communication with his offensive line went well Sunday: “The slant to [WR] Terry [McLaurin] second quarter, two-minute drill, we had a protection call with the line and communication where we were just figuring out where the ID was and figuring out where the hot was. [C] Chase [Roullier] and I redirected the ID to a blitzing linebacker and we threw a slant where the linebacker was supposed to be and were picked up, protected and hit for a big gain. Just...

September 16, 2020 Offensive Coordinator Scott Turner On the first game: “So, I told our guys on Saturday night before the game that there was going to be adversity. It’s Week 1, it’s a division opponent, Philly’s a good team. Now, did I think it was going to start the way it did and be down 17-0? No, I don’t think that’s how I thought it was going to happen. But, it’s the NFL and stuff happens. I think [Eagles defensive coordinator Jim] Schwartz did a nice job defensively and I thought they played good. Credit to them that they played well. Then we had some plays that we were really close on or we didn’t quite get the most out of. We just couldn’t get a rhythm going. I think [Head Coach Ron Rivera], what he said—and it’s really more of a private conversation—but he just said basically what he said in the press conference: ‘Hey, it’s not all going to happen in one play.’ We just tried to stack some positive plays together. The defense obviously did an outstanding job. I thought...

September 16, 2020 Head Coach Ron Rivera On maintaining momentum from the Week 1 win: “Well, I think the biggest thing is just focusing on our next opponent. We’re playing an opponent that won last week. We’re facing an opponent that’s a good football team. Again, reality comes back very quickly. We talked a little bit this morning about the win. We talked about the game, the things that we did were all positive. We talked about [DE] Ryan Kerrigan winning his first ever Defensive Player of the Week award. I told them, ‘Now I’m changing the slide. We’re going forward to our new opponent.’ That’s hopefully what we did. We set it behind us for now and we’re going forward.” On what he is looking for from T Geron Christian Sr.: “Well, I’m looking for improvement. When you watch the first quarter and a half, he didn’t play very well. Neither did [G] Wes Martin. You watch the rest of the game, and they both bode their necks and stepped up and played much better. I saw the reports about...

September 14, 2020 Head Coach Ron Rivera On QB Dwayne Haskins Jr. getting the ball off quickly against the Eagles: “For the most part, what that really is, is just him going through his reads and getting an understanding of how we wanted to do it. He did some really good things, made some really good decisions. A couple things you’d like to see him do though is put a touch on the ball sometimes. He tried to gun a couple of them in and because of it, the ball ended up a little bit behind instead of really putting that lead throw into it. In other words, to try to lead the receiver a little bit better, he tried to hit the receiver on the spot. I think he was a little bit anxious. He looked like he was having fun, but he looked like he was a little bit anxious at times. Once he settled in, though, and we saw that, he really took command of what we were doing.” On if Haskins Jr.’s quick releases are him getting his reads or putting speed on the ball: “Well, I think it’s a little bit...