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REDSKINS HEAD COACH JAY GRUDEN
On the injury update:
“Injuries: [Houston] Bates is going to have an MRI on his knee tomorrow. [Quinton] Dunbar has a concussion. [Ryan] Kerrigan has an elbow sprain.”
On why they couldn’t get going early:
“I don’t know. I thought our defense came out and played pretty well. We had some key stops there offensively. When you go two-for-12 on third down, it’s hard to pin it on one area. I don’t know what it is yet. I’ll have to check it out. It wasn’t good enough offensively. The plan obviously wasn’t good enough. The execution wasn’t good enough. Hats off to Carolina, they did a great job defensively.”
On what was “off” with QB Kirk Cousins tonight:
“I don’t know. I thought he had good time to throw it for the most part. Mixed up their coverage pretty well. I think he was having trouble seeing some of the coverage, and when he did see him I don’t know if he just didn’t have clear throws at them. I don’t know, we’ll wait and see. So I don’t know.”
On uncharacteristic drops with wide receivers and his reaction to TE Jordan Reed’s ejection:
“We had some uncharacteristic drops and some misses on some third down and two to three. Some very makeable third down and twos. We missed a guy in the flat, we overthrow a guy, and then we drop a ball on the sideline. Then Jordan, I didn’t even see what happened so I can’t address it.”
On the disappointment of losing:
“Yeah, we’re disappointed, there’s no question. But first off, we were out-coached today. There’s no question about that. And I think they played better than us today. So we have to give credit to the Carolina Panthers. It’s my responsibility to get these guys ready to play. We weren’t as ready as I would have liked to have been. We didn’t execute like I would like to have seen. That falls on my shoulders. But we still have two games left to look forward to and hopefully get a victory in Chicago Saturday.”
On if there was any thought to taking Reed out because of pain:
“Well, we had him taken out, he got ejected. But it’s tough because we’re out there and we’re trying to pick up the pace and go with no-huddle and we call a running play and it didn’t work out too good. So we’re going to have to take a look at his shoulder and see where he’s at tomorrow.”
On the offense having difficulty going downfield:
“We tried to take a couple of shots. Their safeties were playing pretty high on occasion and we didn’t have down-the-field shots. They were too deep; we couldn’t get them out there. Something to look at.”
On if he was surprised at their struggles in the run game:
“I was, yes. I was. We mistargeted a couple runs for whatever reason. So not a lot of good looks for Rob [Kelley] unfortunately. Chris [Thompson] had I think a couple of carries, got a couple of decent looks. Rob had nothing. So we got to look at our running game and try to figure out ways to get him more involved. That’s part of the issue. We had second-and-10 or 11 probably five, six, or seven times at least. Try to get half of it back, we got half of it back and we’re stuck at third and four, which we’re usually pretty good at throughout the year but we weren’t good today.”
On getting the team focused on one game at a time and not the playoffs:
“Well, we’re not in the playoffs. So it’s up to one game at a time. We have to just focus on Chicago. I think a lot of times as men and as coaches we try to… the best way to put behind you something like this, a performance like this, coaching performance, playing performance, is playing again quickly. To get back out on the field and hopefully that will be a remedy for us come Saturday.”
On what Cousins saw with Carolina’s defense:
"I think a little bit of both. I think they did a great job with their coverage disguise and intensity. When they played man they covered us, when they played zone they had great concepts against our concepts. I have to look at the film to see if he had anything. We look at these little pictures on the sideline. They don't tell you the whole truth, so we will look at the tape."
On offensive struggles:
"It did, it did. It felt that way on the sideline too. We tried a couple different things, tried to start a couple drives, some play actions. We tried to come out in the second half with some play action, sack, fumble. We just never got any kind of rhythm whatsoever throughout the whole game. Part of it was that the running game was atrocious, part of it was we had no deep passing game. The other part was Carolina was very good today."
On the breakdown of Ted Ginn Jr.’s touchdown:
"I believe he should have been doubled but we blew [coverage]."
On if the team will underestimate the Bears:
"I don't think we would underestimate anything in the National Football League, so no."
On the quick turnaround:
"We have to find out where we are health-wise, give them off tomorrow, come in Wednesday, probably handle small walkthroughs Thursday and try to get a little practice in Friday."
On what caused the struggles in the run game:
"I don’t know I have to look. I think a couple of times early we mistargeted like I said. The safety came in unblocked and we should have blocked him. Some of it was mental by us and some of it was physical by them so it’s a combination. In the running game, it’s hard to pinpoint one area. I think our linemen played hard. They did some good things today. But, if you don't have everyone in unison on running plays, it takes one guy to blow it up. Unfortunately, that happened quite a bit."
On the difficulty of shaking off this loss:
"Without a choice we have to shake it off. We have to move on and look forward to the game against Chicago. From the outside looking in, obviously the only chance we have to shake it off and go to Chicago and play our best game of the year. It’s the only chance we have."
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On the injury update:
“Injuries: [Houston] Bates is going to have an MRI on his knee tomorrow. [Quinton] Dunbar has a concussion. [Ryan] Kerrigan has an elbow sprain.”
On why they couldn’t get going early:
“I don’t know. I thought our defense came out and played pretty well. We had some key stops there offensively. When you go two-for-12 on third down, it’s hard to pin it on one area. I don’t know what it is yet. I’ll have to check it out. It wasn’t good enough offensively. The plan obviously wasn’t good enough. The execution wasn’t good enough. Hats off to Carolina, they did a great job defensively.”
On what was “off” with QB Kirk Cousins tonight:
“I don’t know. I thought he had good time to throw it for the most part. Mixed up their coverage pretty well. I think he was having trouble seeing some of the coverage, and when he did see him I don’t know if he just didn’t have clear throws at them. I don’t know, we’ll wait and see. So I don’t know.”
On uncharacteristic drops with wide receivers and his reaction to TE Jordan Reed’s ejection:
“We had some uncharacteristic drops and some misses on some third down and two to three. Some very makeable third down and twos. We missed a guy in the flat, we overthrow a guy, and then we drop a ball on the sideline. Then Jordan, I didn’t even see what happened so I can’t address it.”
On the disappointment of losing:
“Yeah, we’re disappointed, there’s no question. But first off, we were out-coached today. There’s no question about that. And I think they played better than us today. So we have to give credit to the Carolina Panthers. It’s my responsibility to get these guys ready to play. We weren’t as ready as I would have liked to have been. We didn’t execute like I would like to have seen. That falls on my shoulders. But we still have two games left to look forward to and hopefully get a victory in Chicago Saturday.”
On if there was any thought to taking Reed out because of pain:
“Well, we had him taken out, he got ejected. But it’s tough because we’re out there and we’re trying to pick up the pace and go with no-huddle and we call a running play and it didn’t work out too good. So we’re going to have to take a look at his shoulder and see where he’s at tomorrow.”
On the offense having difficulty going downfield:
“We tried to take a couple of shots. Their safeties were playing pretty high on occasion and we didn’t have down-the-field shots. They were too deep; we couldn’t get them out there. Something to look at.”
On if he was surprised at their struggles in the run game:
“I was, yes. I was. We mistargeted a couple runs for whatever reason. So not a lot of good looks for Rob [Kelley] unfortunately. Chris [Thompson] had I think a couple of carries, got a couple of decent looks. Rob had nothing. So we got to look at our running game and try to figure out ways to get him more involved. That’s part of the issue. We had second-and-10 or 11 probably five, six, or seven times at least. Try to get half of it back, we got half of it back and we’re stuck at third and four, which we’re usually pretty good at throughout the year but we weren’t good today.”
On getting the team focused on one game at a time and not the playoffs:
“Well, we’re not in the playoffs. So it’s up to one game at a time. We have to just focus on Chicago. I think a lot of times as men and as coaches we try to… the best way to put behind you something like this, a performance like this, coaching performance, playing performance, is playing again quickly. To get back out on the field and hopefully that will be a remedy for us come Saturday.”
On what Cousins saw with Carolina’s defense:
"I think a little bit of both. I think they did a great job with their coverage disguise and intensity. When they played man they covered us, when they played zone they had great concepts against our concepts. I have to look at the film to see if he had anything. We look at these little pictures on the sideline. They don't tell you the whole truth, so we will look at the tape."
On offensive struggles:
"It did, it did. It felt that way on the sideline too. We tried a couple different things, tried to start a couple drives, some play actions. We tried to come out in the second half with some play action, sack, fumble. We just never got any kind of rhythm whatsoever throughout the whole game. Part of it was that the running game was atrocious, part of it was we had no deep passing game. The other part was Carolina was very good today."
On the breakdown of Ted Ginn Jr.’s touchdown:
"I believe he should have been doubled but we blew [coverage]."
On if the team will underestimate the Bears:
"I don't think we would underestimate anything in the National Football League, so no."
On the quick turnaround:
"We have to find out where we are health-wise, give them off tomorrow, come in Wednesday, probably handle small walkthroughs Thursday and try to get a little practice in Friday."
On what caused the struggles in the run game:
"I don’t know I have to look. I think a couple of times early we mistargeted like I said. The safety came in unblocked and we should have blocked him. Some of it was mental by us and some of it was physical by them so it’s a combination. In the running game, it’s hard to pinpoint one area. I think our linemen played hard. They did some good things today. But, if you don't have everyone in unison on running plays, it takes one guy to blow it up. Unfortunately, that happened quite a bit."
On the difficulty of shaking off this loss:
"Without a choice we have to shake it off. We have to move on and look forward to the game against Chicago. From the outside looking in, obviously the only chance we have to shake it off and go to Chicago and play our best game of the year. It’s the only chance we have."
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