Head Coach Ben McAdoo
October 13, 2017
Q: What happened to defensive end Romeo Okwara?
A: Knee. Knee sprain.
Q: Why an indefinite suspension for cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie rather than a defined end date?
A: Well, DRC sat down and we talked about reviewing it at the beginning of next week.
Q: Are there any terms he has to meet or anything like that?
A: No. We are going to revisit it at the beginning of next week.
Q: What was the tone of that conversation like?
A: He and I had a personal conversation. Personal and private, it is going to remain that way. But it was a conversation.
Q: Has he requested a trade?
A: Not to my knowledge, no.
Q: What’s the difference between him leaving the sideline and cornerback Janoris Jenkins leaving the sideline in terms of disciplinary action?
A: We’d like to handle our disciplinary issues in-house. We do it on a case-by-case basis, and we generally don’t like to broadcast how we handle it.
Q: If Rodgers-Cromartie didn’t leave the building on Wednesday, is it fair to say you wouldn’t have made the decision to make him inactive Sunday public?
A: There was a lot that went into it. We like to handle things internally, in-house, on a case-by-case basis, and we don’t like to broadcast.
Q: How much of this is a fallout from the rule that was created after the touchdown celebrations from earlier this year?
A: Everything had led to this point. I don’t want to speculate on what you’re referring to. I’m not really sure what you’re referring to.
Q: After the Odell Beckham Jr. celebration in the end zone against Philadelphia, you said you were creating rules to make sure guys would act appropriately. I was wondering if that factored into this?
A: Again, I’ll refer back to my last point, we like to handle things in-house and treat them that way. We don’t like to put people’s business out, and how we handle our disciplinary issues, out in the public. We don’t feel like that helps us as a football team. Holding guys accountable is important, but we need to handle that in-house as much as you possibly can. In this case, we didn’t feel that was an option.
Q: Had DRC expressed any unhappiness with his role?
A: Again, our personal and private conversations will remain personal and private.
Q: Do you feel like your players know why Rodgers-Cromartie was suspended?
A: When we report to work on Wednesday, our sole focus is getting ready for the next opponent and because the timing was an issue in this situation, the players will be addressed and they will be kept in the loop at the appropriate time.
Q: So they haven’t been addressed by you about this situation?
A: At the appropriate time, they will be.
Q: What is your message to the team this week?
A: We’ve got a great opportunity. There’s nobody giving us a chance in hell to go win this ballgame. People don’t think we can score a point without 13 (Odell Beckham). They think our defense has lost its stinger. Special teams isn’t important to the whole locker room. So, we’re going to find out what we’re made out of on a big stage, and I think we have a good football team. You go back and you look at the first two games of last season, we found a way to win a game versus a quarterback who never played, against a team that was battling here at home. Then we lost three in a row, we were 2-3. This year, last three ball games we lost either in the last seconds of the ballgame, or the last series of the ballgame. And we had opportunities to win those games. We haven’t found a way to win. We need to do that, that’s my job. But I still feel we have a good football team. I believe in the guys in the locker room. We had a great practice on Wednesday and Thursday. It was a spirited practice yesterday with pads on. So, I’m excited to go see how we play.
Q: What gives you confidence that you can score without Odell Beckham Jr.?
A: Practice. Watching the way we practice and watching the way we execute in practice. Seeing the run game going.
Q: Production in practice hasn’t translated to production on game day so far though, right?
A: Well, we ran the ball better last week. We had over 102 yards after contact running the football. We’re doing some positive things in the games, we just have to play a complete game and play consistent football.
Q: Why did you not think immediately was an appropriate time to address the team about Rodgers-Cromartie’s suspension?
A: The timing of the matters played a factor.
Q: In a situation like this, how valuable is it to have a guy like quarterback Eli Manning?
A: Yeah, Eli, he’s gone about his business and prepared as he always has. As well as the other guys in the locker room. I haven’t seen anybody blink, I haven’t seen anybody flinch. We had a good week of practice.
Q: So, you thought the timing impacted your decision to not address the team?
A: The timing and details were an issue. If you’re going to speak and address an issue, you want to make sure that you have all the details.
Q: So, you didn’t think you had all the details to speak to the team?
A: Bingo.
Q: Will you go with D.J. Fluker at right guard this week?
A: Do you think I’m going to answer that question? You know me better than that, I’m not going to answer that question. We have eight guys that can go out and play this week. They can play at a high level, and we’ll play the guys that we think are going to give us the best chance to win the ballgame.
Yes coach, as a mouthpiece of a flagship franchise playing on National TV you should answer a simple question. Are the Broncos going to just fall down and quit when they see who's playing RG if they thought it was someone else? You think they're going to prepare differently then WHAMMO you pull a fast one and they have no chance to win now? What a complete tool
Steve Kerr, knowing presumably far less than McAdoo about football, would probably be a five-fold improvement over him on day one if he were hired.
Yes coach, as a mouthpiece of a flagship franchise playing on National TV you should answer a simple question. Are the Broncos going to just fall down and quit when they see who's playing RG if they thought it was someone else? You think they're going to prepare differently then WHAMMO you pull a fast one and they have no chance to win now? What a complete tool
While I’m not mad at his strategic decision to not announcing who will start at G, it’s funny if he thinks it makes a huge difference whether it’s Fluker or Jerry. Neither is all that good and neither is this team.
I like the interview and I feel that if given another shot next year he will start to learn from his mistakes.
The guy I really don't understand is Reese. He has had so many opportunities to get serious about building the O-line yet the unit is horrible. Is Reese or is it Chris Mara? Is it Ross? Is it Solari? I think it's a lack of talent as a result of bad scouting. I hope John Mara knows what to do. I hope that we don't end up with another rift between the owners that has to be resolved by the commissioner again because RG is no Pete Rozelle.
Stubbornness can definitely be a manifestation of a type of dumbness... or at the very least, a sign of a stunted imagination.
McAdoo is the Captain of the Titanic and the locker room has become the Iceberg...The two shall clash soon....
GeorgeAdams33 : 12:58 pm : link : reply
.. but he's not dumb.
I like the interview and I feel that if given another shot next year he will start to learn from his mistakes.
Q: Will you go with D.J. Fluker at right guard this week?
A: Do you think I’m going to answer that question? You know me better than that, I’m not going to answer that question. We have eight guys that can go out and play this week. They can play at a high level, and we’ll play the guys that we think are going to give us the best chance to win the ballgame.
And you admit he has made mistakes, that has turned this team from an 11-5 team to an 0-5 team? So let's let him make them next year, if he doesn't learn from them? Or do you want to take that chance?
Revisionist history. TC was rude to the media until the very end and gave them nothing.
GeorgeAdams33 : 12:58 pm : link : reply
.. but he's not dumb.
I like the interview and I feel that if given another shot next year he will start to learn from his mistakes.
The guy I really don't understand is Reese. He has had so many opportunities to get serious about building the O-line yet the unit is horrible. Is Reese or is it Chris Mara? Is it Ross? Is it Solari? I think it's a lack of talent as a result of bad scouting. I hope John Mara knows what to do. I hope that we don't end up with another rift between the owners that has to be resolved by the commissioner again because RG is no Pete Rozelle.
Its his Offense he has to know what he needs to make the
offense successful . That means getting the players you
need to be balanced . Reese gets the players the coach feels he needs . He also has to have the respect of the team . I have yet to see anyone praise him in any way shape or form and when asked about coaching they never say anything about Coach Mac they're avoiding mentioning his name like he has the plague . Hell maybe I am dead wrong but I don't think there is any love fest going on and if
the players are not happy guess who is getting the boot ?
He answered some protocol type questions . His rallying
point seems to be "We can't score without Odell "
Hey I hope we go up there and shock the world .
players aren't going to play for him very soon as it's already starting to know drc etc