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Wednesday Transcript: Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo

Eric from BBI : Admin : 12/30/2015 4:12 pm
Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo

December 30, 2015

Philadelphia Eagles, always exciting to play them. We’re knee deep in preparation for the Eagles. Having said that, I’m just going to let you open it up and fire away.

Q: So Pat Shurmur’s going to change everything for this week?

A: I don’t know. That’s the, I don’t want to say dilemma, but that’s the guessing game right now. But I can’t imagine they change too much. There will be a couple of wrinkles here and there. What is a little challenging is the tendency part of it. Normally we would try to get a beat on the play-caller has a tendency to run this and that. That won’t be there. Maybe two years working with Pat in St. Louis will help.

Q: Does their offense look as explosive as it has in the past two seasons?

A: Down the stretch here, Sam (Bradford’s) really been throwing the ball around real well. They’ve been throwing the ball quite a bit. With them, Coach Coughlin talked about it this morning, when they run the football effectively, that’s when they’ve won, that’s when they’ve been real effective on offense. I think it’s always been predicated on that. They get that going and then it opens up a lot of things behind them. It does seem to be jelling, in my opinion.

Q: You know Tom Coughlin, you’ve been a head coach, and you’ve been in situations where your job security has been discussed. How does he handle it in your eyes?

A: Tom’s great. Tom doesn’t change. In my mind, he’s a Hall of Fame coach and I’m blessed to be working with him.

Q: Do you even recognize it’s going on with him or is he so totally introverted?

A: We’re focused on the Philadelphia Eagles and, rightly, we should. It’s Wednesday—first work day in the NFL. You move on to the next game, and that’s kind of what we’re focused on.

Q: JPP said today he thinks he’s showed that he’s still a dominant pass rushing end. In the seven games you’ve seen…?

A: We’ve all talked about it, it took a while to kind of get in gear. I think you see signs of that. I think he would probably tell you he’d like to consistently do that a little bit more. I’m not one to speak for him, but it can’t be all that easy when you’re playing with a club on your hand.

Q: Left side, though, is probably his future? Does it just work better for him because of the limitations?

A: I think he feels that way because he likes to put the hand down that doesn’t have a club on it. There’s disadvantages somewhere when you’re playing with that. He seems to be figuring it out. He’s got two fumble recoveries with the club. Maybe he’ll have an interception this week.

Q: He said he’s going for a procedure after the season.

A: I didn’t know that.

Q: Yeah, his middle finger, to help with the grip so he doesn’t have to use a club. Do you see real signs every play that the hand, he just couldn’t do things?

A: I’d have to go back and look at them all specifically. My guess is, let’s face it, the Good Lord gave us fingers and a thumb for a reason. In this game, it’s good to have two hands to do things. When you’ve got one that you don’t use, there’s got to be times when it’s a disadvantage.

Q: I know you’re not a big numbers guy, but do you dangle anything in front of the team this week in terms of you have a chance to not finish 32nd or finish 31st in total yardage or anything like that?

A: No. I’m not a stat guy. I very rarely put anything up there. It’s about winning the game. It’s about winning the game.
That last answer  
RetroJint : 12/30/2015 4:25 pm : link
is incomprehensible to me that in 2015, the Giants titular DC does not put into his analysis any statistical base at all. He goes with his gut? Do you realize how out of step that is? We all saw the results, didn't we?
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AP in Halfmoon : 12/30/2015 4:29 pm : link
In comment 12724822 RetroJint said:
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is incomprehensible to me that in 2015, the Giants titular DC does not put into his analysis any statistical base at all. He goes with his gut? Do you realize how out of step that is? We all saw the results, didn't we?


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