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Post-Game Transcript: Head Coach Pat Shurmur

Eric from BBI : Admin : 10/28/2018 6:18 pm
NYG Postgame (vs. Redskins) Transcripts: Head Coach Pat Shurmur -- October 28, 2018

Opening Remarks: Special teams, defense, I thought battled and contributed in a way that, pretty much a winning effort. On offense, we’ve got to score more points. Until we unlock that, until we get down there and score touchdowns, then it’s going to be tough sledding, so that’s where it is. You can’t score 13 points in any game at any level and expect to win them. We’ve got to unlock that, we’ve got to get that better. Whatever it is, we’ve got to get that figured out. We’ve got to put the ball in the end zone more often. I’ll stop there and take your questions.

Q: Until that last drive, speaking of the red zone, Eli (Manning) was 0-2 with the interceptions, are you getting enough out of the quarterback down inside the 20?
A: I think we’ve got to get more out of everybody.

Q: What happened on that interception in the red zone?
A: They jumped it. Two under routes then a seven route. They played the concept pretty well, you’ve just got to come off it. That throw, they jumped it. They did a good job of covering that particular route, so he just needs to move on.

Q: What did you think of how Eli (Manning) played today?
A: I’m going to have to watch it in total. He made some good throws, certainly you don’t want to throw an interception down there. Just like every week, I’m sure there’s a handful of things he’d like to do better, but there were some things he did well. He got sacked seven times.

Q: You hoped the continuity of the line the second half last week would carry on and help this week. Why didn’t it?
A: I thought so. Then Chad (Wheeler) went down, so we put Brian (Mihalik) in there. I’ll look at it, but I think each guy had a couple bad reps.

Q: At first glance, how many of those sacks would you put-
A: I don’t know. I can’t do the math on that right now.

Q: You get that fumble return and then you can’t do anything with it.
A: Yeah, that’s a game-changing play that then we had a drop, we actually had two drops in that sequence, and then we had a short pass that probably could have gone someplace else.

Q: You looked particularly disappointed when the ball went through Evan Engram’s hands on the fourth down play. Did he just not get his head around in time?
A: No, it was fourth down. I thought they played zone and they did, we had an opportunity to convert and we didn’t. That’s where my disappointment lies, and I’ll just leave it at that. I thought we had what we were looking for, we’ve just got to execute it.

Q: At 1-7 going into the bye week.
A: 1-7. That’s what it is.

Q: Do you have to consider major changes on offense?
A: I’m going to look at everything as we move forward.

Q: The quarterback?
A: No, I don’t want to go there, I’m not going to tease that. I just want to look at everything and see what we have to do moving forward.

Q: Do you think the changes made prior to the game this week were a big factor in the team’s struggles?
A: I don’t know. The biggest changes came on defense and I thought for the most part that was a good effort, except for the last four minutes when Adrian Peterson popped a long run. Getting turnovers, getting stops, kept the score low – so the two big changes came on defense, and I thought the guys that went in there battled and helped contribute.

Q: At 1-7, I know you’re preaching the same message week in and week out, how do you go about finding your own sanity so that way you can get this thing back on track?
A: Because that’s exactly what I believe, we just got to keep playing until we get it back on track. Once that happens, then we can move forward and it’ll be good. We just got to keep playing. We all watched the game, there’s areas we need to improve and we’ve got to try and find ways to make those improvements with the guys we had.

Q: On Eli’s performance on third down:
A: We had some sacks in that area as well, we had a couple longer third downs. We’ve got to do better there. Combination of things.

Q: Has the front office given you any indication that more changes might be coming before Tuesday?
A: No, we haven’t talked about anything. I’m not aware of anything.

Q: Do you expect any more changes at this point?
A: No. We haven’t discussed it, so I don’t know why I’d expect it.

Q: How impressed were you with the secondary communication after the changes this week?
A: It was good. I thought there were some really good things done on defense and it is always a coordinated effort, getting pressure, getting guys covered, doing what you have to do to get off the field, doing what you have to do to keep them out of the end zone. Some of the guys in there for the first time in a major role, I thought, competed in a good way.

Q: Are you sensing anything from Eli, seven sacks, is he keeping his demeanor?
A: I’ve only been around Eli for less than a year now, and his demeanor is the same all the time.
When are these guys  
Gman11 : 10/28/2018 8:25 pm : link
going to learn that there is no coach that is going to bad mouth one of his players. None.
Ugh  
BBelle21 : 10/28/2018 8:34 pm : link
Our beat reporters are awful
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