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Post-Game Transcript: CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie

Eric from BBI : Admin : 11/5/2017 6:19 pm
CB Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie

Postgame vs. Los Angeles Rams, November 5, 2017

Q: Did you see what happened on that screen play on third and 33?

A: That’s on us, man. Somebody’s got to make a tackle. The guy takes the ball and cuts it all the way across the field to the back side, everybody’s got to get to the ball with the mindset of ‘I want to make a tackle.’ I just think when he cut it back, it took us by surprise and he hit it good. Credit to him.

Q: This team had so many expectations, how hard is it to be looking at 1-7?

A: Very tough. Especially when you know the guys we’ve got in the room on both sides of the ball, you know all three phases we’ve got some weapons. For some reason, it hasn’t been going our way and you still after eight weeks don’t know why, that’s tough.

Q: Is this the most embarrassing loss?

A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely, man. We’ve got 51 points on us at home. Away, I can understand, I can’t understand 51, but I can understand because it’s away, but being home, I can’t understand that.

Q: Is it simply a matter of execution or do you think it’s something deeper?

A: It’s something deeper than that, man. Because at the end of the day, whatever call, you’ve got to go out there and be man enough to go play. So, we’ve got that on us as players. Execution, game plan, at the end of the day, we’ve got to play. I know the guys, I know we’ve got playmakers that can take over a whole ball game. For some reason, nobody’s doing it.

Q: It’s especially backbreaking when a guy goes 52 on a slant like that.

A: Yeah, you know, third and long, you’re in a defense that calls for you to protect that, and he just busted wide open. That’s frustrating, that’s devastating, really. Stuff like that, it hurts.

Q: Have you ever been part of a team to give up a third and 33?

A: I don’t know, not that I remember. That’s long. That’s tough, it’s crazy.

Q: Is there a point when you say enough is enough?

A: I thought we’d already hit that point. I thought we hit enough is enough when you go out there and, when enough is enough, you see a different play, a different fight, but for some reason that’s just not it yet.

Q: Is it surprising coming off a bye week?

A: Definitely. You know, it’s hard. People will say that we don’t have everybody there, but we’ve been like that the whole season. You know, guys stepping up, but for some reason it just went totally wrong today.

Q: What do you think you could do to change it?

A: I don’t know. I truly don’t know.

Q: How tough is it to look around and see the empty seats?

A: I got to still play, man. At one o’clock, they’ve got to put that tee down and they got to kick that ball off, so whether they’re on our side or they out there, we still have got to play. That’s what’s frustrating the most is you still got to go out there like that. You know, we’ve got eight games left, you can’t just lay down. So, that’s what hurts the most. Knowing that we don’t got nothing to lose, and don’t come out swinging. I mean, we have our times when we come out looking like the Giants that we’re supposed to be, but we’ve got to do that all the time.

Q: People are going to say you guys lied down today.

A: Yeah, see that one I know, and that isn’t the case. I don’t think guys lied down, you just got to move fast like quicksand. Go out there, you try to fight but you keep sinking. It’s hard, but something’s got to give.

Q: How hard is it to get up and play the rest of the season?

A: See, that’s the point. It’s not hard. It’s in me. We’re in the NFL – we’re privileged to be here. You know, you’ve got to be self-motivated at this point. If you can’t get up to play, you know, at the end of the day it’s their job on the line. So, you go down there and continue to do what you do, we’re all going to be home watching somebody else play.

Q: You said something’s got to change, this is a loss that costs people their jobs…

A: No, see you can’t put that on the coaches. Not the way we’re playing. That’s the defense. Ask any of us, we’ve blown coverages, people wide open, you can’t fire no coach for that. Fire a player or something’s got to give.

Q: What do you say to the idea that the secondary is in shambles?

A: Oh no, we’re good. We’re on the same page. You know, it comes down to our position. You know, if you see something else and you want to do something else, you got to do your job first. At the end of the day, that’s all it comes down to. No, no, definitely not in the secondary.

Q: It’s not confusion?

A: No, no.

Q: How much of it is a result of different guys coming in and out?

A: I mean, it does a little bit, but at the end of the day, whoever is out on that field has got to play. You know, I know there’s new guys you’re not familiar playing with, guys out there that usually don’t make the calls, but at the end of the day you’ve got to play. They put 51 on us, I’ll take 20 but 51?

Q: Did the Rams do anything you didn’t expect?

A: No, they came out and ran their offense. You know, they’re an offense that if you give the quarterback easy reads, you know, they’re all testing out how to get in there, and for the most part it hurts us a lot.

Q: What was the feeling and message coming into the locker room?

A: Keep fighting because we’ve still got the rest of our season. You know, that’s the only message you could give. If you’re this team, I know what you’re feeling, you’ve got to be down on yourself. If you’re not, I don’t know why you’re here. If you’re feeling bad, I’m talking about sick to my stomach bad. Losing like that at home, it’s crazy. But we’ve got eight games left. If you can’t get up for that, you don’t need to play.

Q: Do you have to look at it like everyone’s job is on the line?

A: Yeah, everyone’s on the line. I look at it at 1-6, 1-7, how we come in here, we’ve been in jeopardy. I mean all you can do is take eight games and finish how we should have started.

Q: That’s a long time.

A: Eight games? Yeah, that’s a long time. You can still go 9-7. That’s a winning season in my book.

Q: Do you believe this team has that in them?

A: Easy, man. I think next week you get a lot of key pieces back and you go from there. One week at a time, you don’t look ahead. One week at a time, one day at a time.

Q: Do you expect CB Janoris Jenkins back?

A: Yeah, definitely.

Q: Did you talk to him?

A: Yeah.

Q: Is he back in town?

A: I don’t know where he went. Yeah, he’s here, we’re good.
What can you do to change it?  
jeffusedtobeonwebtv : 11/6/2017 5:57 am : link
I don't know, I truly don't know.

That says it all.
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