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Post-Game Transcript: LB Alec Ogletree

Eric from BBI : Admin : 9/30/2018 9:26 pm
LB Alec Ogletree
Postgame vs. New Orleans
September 30, 2018
 
Q: You guys are 1-3 and obviously there’s been some games, everything’s a fine line between being 2-2 and 3-1. How would you assess the season thus far just putting aside the record?
A: It’s a battle. It’s a battle each week, day in and day out, and that’s what we expect and for us it’s just coming in day-by-day and keep battling, just keep working. It could easily be the other way around, but we’re not. We know where we’re at, we know what we need to do and we have to get it fixed soon.
 
Q: What was the feeling when you guys came in here at the half? You held them out of the end zone in the first half and then you come in at halftime and you’re trailing. It’s a little weird.
A: It wasn’t weird, it’s just a part of the game, what the score was, it is what it is. Defensively, our job is to stop them as many times as we can and I thought we did that for the most part, except right here at the end of the game. We didn’t drop the field like we should have and it’s just something that we got to get fixed.
 
Q: When they were pinned at the three there, you felt like you get a good couple of stops and then get the ball back to your offense?
A: Yeah. Like I said, that’s our job as a defense to get as many stops as we need to get our offense back the ball. Give them as many opportunities as we can and if we do that, we feel good about having a shot to win the game.
 
Q: Why was your red zone defense so effective throughout the game?
A: Everybody just battled throughout the whole game and we battled and we got down there and it’s just a credit to the guys up front, the guys in the back end and everybody doing their jobs.
 
Q: You guys obviously did a good job against (Drew) Brees and limited (Michael) Thomas, but (Alvin) Kamara hurt you bad. What happened in that second half with him and some of his big runs?
A: We just didn’t make the tackles that we needed to do and we didn’t finish what we started, so they say I wish we started well, but the second half we didn’t finish the way we needed to finish.
 
Q: You have so much to worry about with that offense just to cover so many different bases. You have someone like Brees and Thomas out wide and all the weapons they have.
A: Like I said, we didn’t do enough in the second half to do what we needed to do to win the game and that’s that.
 
Q: You feel like you got a bad whistle in this game?
A: Honestly, I think it’s basically they’re worried about reffing in the Super Bowl game. If you ask them why they call a call, they tell you they wouldn’t make that call in the Super Bowl. I think that’s bad. That’s bad all around.
 
Q: Somebody told you that?
A: Yeah. That’s definitely what was explained to me that you wouldn’t make that call in the Super Bowl and I don’t think that’s right. I think you should call the game as it’s being played and if you do that, everything will work itself out.
 
Q: Which referee said that?
A: I don’t know.
 
Q: What was the play?
A: I’m not really trying to get into all of that, but I’ll leave it at that. Like I said, they’re worried about reffing in the Super Bowl. We’ll leave it at that.
 
Q: Were you kind of upset or disappointed in some of the calls that didn’t go your way?
A: Yeah, you don’t want those calls going against you, especially at critical points and times in the game, but they made the call and we didn’t do enough defensively to make the plays to get our offense back the ball.
 
The comment on the referee....  
kelsto811 : 10/1/2018 7:36 am : link
Geez
As stated by Tree, officiating is killing the game for its true fans.  
BlueHurricane : 10/1/2018 9:53 am : link
Unfortunately there is a new bread of fan who really couldn’t give a shit about the “game” and only cares about their fantasy scores so the NFL will still be a successful product.
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