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REDSKINS HEAD COACH JAY GRUDEN
On injuries:
"Kedric Golston has a hamstring injury, he has an MRI. Will Compton had cramps, he returned. Preston Smith had his ankle, taped it up and he returned.”
On the level of frustration following the loss:
“Yeah, that’s what this game’s about, opportunities, and we had plenty. Hats off to Dallas and Jason Garrett and Dak Prescott. They played extremely well, and their defense, they made the plays when they needed to and we didn’t make the plays when we desperately needed it. Back to the drawing board. 0-2 at home is not the way we wanted to start, without a doubt, but still a lot of football is in front of us.”
On QB Kirk Cousins’ performance and fixing missed opportunities:
“I don’t know. We’ll work to do whatever we can to fix it, that’s for sure. We’re going to get back to the grind. We’ve got the New York Giants as soon as we leave here, so he can watch the tape, find out what’s going on if he’s not sure what the indecision might be, why he’s missing some throws, but you know, it’s a tough game. He’s got people around his feet. He’s got to make some tough throws and usually ones he would normally hit but he missed a few today. We’ll coach him up. Can’t put it all on Kirk, you know. There’s a lot of other issues that we had today, that’s for sure—coaching, playing, offense, defense, we all had our hand in that one.”
On the level of urgency for facing the New York Giants next week:
“I think every week you have a level of urgency in the National Football League, without a doubt, especially playing a division game on the road. Knowing that we’ve lost our first two games, not only our first two games, but our first two home games, is very, very important. We have to know where we are. We’re 0-2, we’re in last place and we have to get it turned around quick or the season can slip away from us if not. A lot of football left, like I said. We’re going to keep grinding and get back to work.”
On the reasoning behind throwing several fades:
“Well, a lot of times we see a one-on-one matchup. We like to take a chance with a fade or back shoulder fade. Sometimes when the box is loaded, we don’t feel like we have the numbers in our favor, and that’s something we need to work on and just plow it in there from the five. You know, I think in hindsight… but we did have Jordan Reed, Josh Doctson, Pierre [Garçon] – you know, great one-on-one matchups outside. I like to think I’ll take advantage of that any day all day, we just didn’t win them today.”
On Cousins’ interception:
“I don’t know what he saw on the interception. You know, I think we had a play called that I thought he saw, and I didn’t see who got it or what happened. I just saw that happen.”
On keeping the team positive:
“Yeah, I think we have a good group of guys that have strong will, and we faced adversity before. We faced it last year and unfortunately we faced it a little bit earlier than anticipated this year. Now it’s up to the men in the room, the coaches, and people to have belief and get back to work. That’s all we can do. We can hang our heads and cry all we want to but the fact of the matter is we’ve got a game 1:00 next Sunday, and it’s going to be a tough one against the Giants, who I think won today and they’re 2-0. Going to be a great game and we have a lot of pride and a lot of people who want to play and a lot of tough-minded players, good leaders. We’re going to come out fighting, that’s for sure.”
On play calling on third- and fourth-and-short:
“Third-and-1? Yeah, we just had an outside zone call and I thought we had a nice count look. And I think, I don’t know who it was, it might have been a three-technique or the linebacker snuck through there and put a big hit on Chris [Thompson] and then we thought we’d get the first down there. Unfortunately that’s fourth and about closer to two. It was closer to two than the one. So we got into a good formation block, felt like it was good matchups, and they played Cover 1 and we had good one-on-one matchups across. He chose Pierre [Garçon] going across the middle, and Sean Lee I think it was, made a good play.”
On if he felt like it was a 4-and-1:
“No, no, no. It was more of a one-and-a-half, two.”
On if Dallas took WR DeSean Jackson out of the game:
"I don’t know. I’ll have to watch the tape and see what happens. They played some zone and mixed in their man coverage. They gave us some different looks. We tried to get him the ball in a couple of good holes. We shot plays downfield. We did that and they played some zone. We had to check it down. That’s what football is all about. We have to take advantage of our zone coverages and he’s got to make the reads and throw it to the right guy. We get one-on-ones, he’s got to win. We have to make a throw and catch, and it didn’t happen consistently enough today.”
On what the Dallas game means to the fans and if this game stings a bit more:
“This game sticks in my craw no matter how you cut it when you lose at home to the Cowboys. I phase out the noise but I know how big this game is to a lot of people. The ownership group, the fan base—it hurts to let them down. It hurts to let the players down. This one will sting for a while, that’s for sure, but we have to get back to work.”
On if he can pinpoint the Redskins’ areas of regression:
“No, I can’t put my finger on them right now. I think it’s a combination of a lot of things. We have to fix them quick. I’m sure you guys will know the areas more than I will in the paper, but we will address everything that we think needs to be addressed, and that’s quite a lot.”
On the roughing the passer and false start penalties:
“The roughing the passer penalty it looked like Dak [Prescott] was a runner, so we’re allowed to go and try to tackle him. I don’t know why he had pocket protection when he was spinning around doing 360s—that’s a tough call. The false start at the end, I don’t know what happened there – the one on Kory [Lichtensteiger]. We have to fix those. We’re not a good enough team to overcome those.”
On CB Josh Norman:
“He moved around a little bit today. He was around a little bit today. I feel good about our corners. We just have to get the defense fixed up. Too many guys were wide open. Third down conversions were big plays. Easy throws and catches. We’ve got to challenge them, push them, play a little more coverage. We have to check it out. Hats off to Dak Prescott and that offensive line for Dallas and the receivers. I think they did a great job and we need to do better.”
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On injuries:
"Kedric Golston has a hamstring injury, he has an MRI. Will Compton had cramps, he returned. Preston Smith had his ankle, taped it up and he returned.”
On the level of frustration following the loss:
“Yeah, that’s what this game’s about, opportunities, and we had plenty. Hats off to Dallas and Jason Garrett and Dak Prescott. They played extremely well, and their defense, they made the plays when they needed to and we didn’t make the plays when we desperately needed it. Back to the drawing board. 0-2 at home is not the way we wanted to start, without a doubt, but still a lot of football is in front of us.”
On QB Kirk Cousins’ performance and fixing missed opportunities:
“I don’t know. We’ll work to do whatever we can to fix it, that’s for sure. We’re going to get back to the grind. We’ve got the New York Giants as soon as we leave here, so he can watch the tape, find out what’s going on if he’s not sure what the indecision might be, why he’s missing some throws, but you know, it’s a tough game. He’s got people around his feet. He’s got to make some tough throws and usually ones he would normally hit but he missed a few today. We’ll coach him up. Can’t put it all on Kirk, you know. There’s a lot of other issues that we had today, that’s for sure—coaching, playing, offense, defense, we all had our hand in that one.”
On the level of urgency for facing the New York Giants next week:
“I think every week you have a level of urgency in the National Football League, without a doubt, especially playing a division game on the road. Knowing that we’ve lost our first two games, not only our first two games, but our first two home games, is very, very important. We have to know where we are. We’re 0-2, we’re in last place and we have to get it turned around quick or the season can slip away from us if not. A lot of football left, like I said. We’re going to keep grinding and get back to work.”
On the reasoning behind throwing several fades:
“Well, a lot of times we see a one-on-one matchup. We like to take a chance with a fade or back shoulder fade. Sometimes when the box is loaded, we don’t feel like we have the numbers in our favor, and that’s something we need to work on and just plow it in there from the five. You know, I think in hindsight… but we did have Jordan Reed, Josh Doctson, Pierre [Garçon] – you know, great one-on-one matchups outside. I like to think I’ll take advantage of that any day all day, we just didn’t win them today.”
On Cousins’ interception:
“I don’t know what he saw on the interception. You know, I think we had a play called that I thought he saw, and I didn’t see who got it or what happened. I just saw that happen.”
On keeping the team positive:
“Yeah, I think we have a good group of guys that have strong will, and we faced adversity before. We faced it last year and unfortunately we faced it a little bit earlier than anticipated this year. Now it’s up to the men in the room, the coaches, and people to have belief and get back to work. That’s all we can do. We can hang our heads and cry all we want to but the fact of the matter is we’ve got a game 1:00 next Sunday, and it’s going to be a tough one against the Giants, who I think won today and they’re 2-0. Going to be a great game and we have a lot of pride and a lot of people who want to play and a lot of tough-minded players, good leaders. We’re going to come out fighting, that’s for sure.”
On play calling on third- and fourth-and-short:
“Third-and-1? Yeah, we just had an outside zone call and I thought we had a nice count look. And I think, I don’t know who it was, it might have been a three-technique or the linebacker snuck through there and put a big hit on Chris [Thompson] and then we thought we’d get the first down there. Unfortunately that’s fourth and about closer to two. It was closer to two than the one. So we got into a good formation block, felt like it was good matchups, and they played Cover 1 and we had good one-on-one matchups across. He chose Pierre [Garçon] going across the middle, and Sean Lee I think it was, made a good play.”
On if he felt like it was a 4-and-1:
“No, no, no. It was more of a one-and-a-half, two.”
On if Dallas took WR DeSean Jackson out of the game:
"I don’t know. I’ll have to watch the tape and see what happens. They played some zone and mixed in their man coverage. They gave us some different looks. We tried to get him the ball in a couple of good holes. We shot plays downfield. We did that and they played some zone. We had to check it down. That’s what football is all about. We have to take advantage of our zone coverages and he’s got to make the reads and throw it to the right guy. We get one-on-ones, he’s got to win. We have to make a throw and catch, and it didn’t happen consistently enough today.”
On what the Dallas game means to the fans and if this game stings a bit more:
“This game sticks in my craw no matter how you cut it when you lose at home to the Cowboys. I phase out the noise but I know how big this game is to a lot of people. The ownership group, the fan base—it hurts to let them down. It hurts to let the players down. This one will sting for a while, that’s for sure, but we have to get back to work.”
On if he can pinpoint the Redskins’ areas of regression:
“No, I can’t put my finger on them right now. I think it’s a combination of a lot of things. We have to fix them quick. I’m sure you guys will know the areas more than I will in the paper, but we will address everything that we think needs to be addressed, and that’s quite a lot.”
On the roughing the passer and false start penalties:
“The roughing the passer penalty it looked like Dak [Prescott] was a runner, so we’re allowed to go and try to tackle him. I don’t know why he had pocket protection when he was spinning around doing 360s—that’s a tough call. The false start at the end, I don’t know what happened there – the one on Kory [Lichtensteiger]. We have to fix those. We’re not a good enough team to overcome those.”
On CB Josh Norman:
“He moved around a little bit today. He was around a little bit today. I feel good about our corners. We just have to get the defense fixed up. Too many guys were wide open. Third down conversions were big plays. Easy throws and catches. We’ve got to challenge them, push them, play a little more coverage. We have to check it out. Hats off to Dak Prescott and that offensive line for Dallas and the receivers. I think they did a great job and we need to do better.”
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