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Transcript: Offensive Coordinator Ben McAdoo

Eric from BBI : Admin : 11/20/2014 6:58 pm

Offensive Coordinator Ben McAdoo

November 20, 2014



Q: What did you think happened with the ball security on Sunday?

A: We took a step back. We’d been making some progress, not necessarily completing the ball at a high enough percentage but we’ve been keeping it away from the opponent. Took a step back. We’ve had a good week so far and are looking forward to taking better care of the football.


Q: When you look at the five interceptions, how much of it do you put on pressure that Eli was facing? Does he need to handle that pressure better? Was there a common thread in your mind?

A: The most important thing from the quarterback position is you need to take care of your decision-making. There are some times when things happen that are out of your control. The numbers all fall back on you as we know but it’s about decision-making. You’re going to miss a throw, you’re going to get hit and the ball’s going to go out funny, you’re going to try to pull something back at times but when your decision making is wrong, those are things that can be prevented. There are a couple of those that fell under decision-making, not all of them. Things happen in games and unfortunately they happened in bunches on Sunday. We need to clean those up. But the decision-making, those type of interceptions, we need to eliminate those.



Q: Do you expect to make changes on the offensive line?

A: We have some guys moving around right now competing for spots. Any time that you have competition it’s a good thing. It’s a good thing for your football team, it’s a good thing for that unit and it’s a good thing for the individuals.



Q: How do they compete for spots in practice?

A: You roll them in there. Whoever has the best week of perpetration plays.



Q: What do you think of the work, once Justin Pugh went down the right side of the line with Charles Brown and John Jerry seemed to be giving up some pressures there.

A: Yes, we need to handle that situation better. We need to play better over there. They gave great effort but in this league, as we all know, that’s not good enough. We need to handle the stunts better and execute a little better.



Q: Are there things you can do during the game to help that situation?


A: Absolutely. We can run the ball better. We had some success running the ball early but we were hit or miss. We weren’t as consistent. We... the down five out of 21 snaps on first and second down. We didn’t handle the run-throughs well enough. We need to move the ball, we need to score points. When you turn the ball over and you’re not running it well it makes it tough to protect. It stressed those guys out.



Q: What did you see from San Francisco against Odell and how you decided to make adjustments and how much you expect that to be the norm now of seeing different things every game for him, specifically designed for him?

A: They ran under him a couple times but I don’t think they put too much of an emphasis on it. They didn’t do too much to try to take him away. I think they have a good scheme, they have good players. They’re a highly ranked defense and I don’t think they did too much to try to take him away.


Q: At the goal line, the play calling has come up in conversation with the head coach earlier in the week. How do you assess what went on there?

A: We talk about matchups in our room. First things first, we had a play call that was a run with a potential throw if we got the matchup we wanted and they took the box away and we took the matchup. It happened two other times in the series. Each time we liked the matchup. It’s a league of matchups. If we throw it a little bit better, we protect it a little bit better and we go up and make the plays that we’ve been making in the past then we’re singing a little different tune. At the same point in time, I’m not going to stand up here and apologize for the play calling. I have faith in the perimeter players to go up and make those plays one-on-one and if we go out and we have the same set of plays and the same circumstance I’ll take those matchups any day.



Q: When you’re in a situation like that, do you look at each play individually or do you look at the whole? In other words, do you see one fade, two fade, three fades or do you see three fades in a row?

A: You see scoring on the first play, as a potential you see possible run, possibly two runs out of that series. They took the box away on one of them for sure, the other one was 50/50 whether we could run it not but we had the matchup we were looking for. But you look at everything as a whole.



Q: Did the series with the fourth and inches influence later on the play calling at the goal line or is it two separate…?

A: No, it was a different situation. The thing that impacts you is when you’re having some challenges on run-throughs with the fullback in the game, that may impact your decision-making but a short yardage situation and green zone situation are two different animals.


Q: On those three plays, how many of the primary play calls were runs and you audibled out based on the matchups?

A: He chose a one-on-one matchup with a receiver as opposed to a dirty box on the first play and handing it to the runner.


Q: You said that happened twice on that drive.

A: It happened twice in that series.


Q: What was the other down?

A: It was later on in that series. It was one of the two plays later on at the end.



Q: Do you think those balls should have been caught by Randle and Donnell?

A: I think that I will take those matchups any day of the week. I’d take them last week and I’ll take them again this week. I have confidence and faith in those guys that they will go up and make the play.



Q: Larry’s shown the ability to make spectacular, acrobatic catches. It doesn’t come with the fade obviously. From the outside in, it would appear that he’s not the most consistent. Is that him or is that a situation where…?

A: I think Larry’s a young player and he’s learning to play each and every week and learning to play a lot of plays. He hasn’t done that in the past. With that we have to keep going to him. He has to continue to grow, continue to work in practice. He ran a good route there, the ball could have had a little more air on it, a little more juice on it. He was a little short with it but at the end of the day we expect him to make that play. We have confidence and I have confidence that he’s going to make that play this week.


Q: How close was Jennings physically to where he was before he got injured?

A: That’s a good question. I think that’s a better question for Rashad.



Q: Anything that you do to change because he’s coming back or may not be at that point? How you use him, meaning this past week?

A: No. I think he played well. He may have been a little bit rusty but that will disappear.






McAdoo is going to have a hard time if he thinks it's a good idea to  
Victor in CT : 11/21/2014 8:33 am : link
publicly throw his players under the bus.
Who did he throw under the bus? Jerry?  
arcarsenal : 11/21/2014 8:47 am : link
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Who did he throw under the bus?  
Eliyah : 11/21/2014 9:37 am : link
I think he's talking about accountability not throwing people under the bus. Calling out Eli's poor decision-making doesn't bother me. In fact, it's a positive.

Calling out poor line play and suggesting good play in practice may get you time on the field is a good thing.
I thought it was uncalled for for him to single out Eli.  
Victor in CT : 11/21/2014 9:54 am : link
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RE: I thought it was uncalled for for him to single out Eli.  
Default : 11/21/2014 9:57 am : link
In comment 11991369 Victor in CT said:
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Uncalled for?
He answered a question directly.
A coach cant talk about a player without it being recieved  
Ten Ton Hammer : 11/21/2014 10:12 am : link
as throwing somebody under the bus?

He had a 5-interception game.
What does he mean by  
SwirlingEddie : 11/21/2014 10:51 am : link
"run-throughs"?
Haha  
dep026 : 11/21/2014 10:55 am : link
Quote:
Q: Do you think those balls should have been caught by Randle and Donnell?

A: I think that I will take those matchups any day of the week. I’d take them last week and I’ll take them again this week. I have confidence and faith in those guys that they will go up and make the play.


Surely, he jests. RR make a play? Yeah, right.
How come they  
OldPolack : 11/21/2014 1:08 pm : link
do not hane SNOOPY playing next to Charlie?
Quarterback  
area junc : 11/21/2014 1:43 pm : link
I like how mcadoo isn't afraid to criticize eli. he's been off limits to kg and tom thru the years. the quarterback position is most important/influential in all of sports. eli is in position to cover up a lot of weaknesses with his play. similar to how rodgers has thrived with a terrible OL and running game at times in GB

his willingness to criticize eli gives me hope he can get us playing consistently offense at some point
RE: Quarterback  
jcn56 : 11/21/2014 4:41 pm : link
In comment 11991762 area junc said:
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I like how mcadoo isn't afraid to criticize eli. he's been off limits to kg and tom thru the years. the quarterback position is most important/influential in all of sports. eli is in position to cover up a lot of weaknesses with his play. similar to how rodgers has thrived with a terrible OL and running game at times in GB

his willingness to criticize eli gives me hope he can get us playing consistently offense at some point


He's been off limits? Says who? TC's said Eli's had to play better before, as had KG. Nothing new here.
jcn, how dare you doubt area junc  
GMenLTS : 11/21/2014 5:39 pm : link
He heard that bit directly from the manning camp.

My money is on Archie for thomas' source..
If Manning was off limits to KG  
crick78 : 11/21/2014 8:05 pm : link
Wouldn't KG have a lot to say now that he isn't a New York Giant anymore?

silly speculation
RE: Quarterback  
Giantology : 11/21/2014 8:38 pm : link
In comment 11991762 area junc said:
Quote:
I like how mcadoo isn't afraid to criticize eli. he's been off limits to kg and tom thru the years. the quarterback position is most important/influential in all of sports. eli is in position to cover up a lot of weaknesses with his play. similar to how rodgers has thrived with a terrible OL and running game at times in GB

his willingness to criticize eli gives me hope he can get us playing consistently offense at some point


Never change
I like McAdoo  
mrvax : 11/21/2014 8:41 pm : link
He didn't throw anyone under the bus. Reading between the lines I think he's saying that Randle & Donnell should have made those catches because the matchups were favorable.

I just hope Coughlin isn't injecting specific plays at specific times to McAdoo. If so, this isn't really McAdoo's offense.

Anytime a NY Giants coach calls for a draw/delayed draw when you need 5 yards or more, they should be suspended. I just don't want to believe McAdoo calls plays like that.

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