NYG Postgame (vs. Redskins) Transcripts: LT Nate Solder -- October 28, 2018
Q: People seem to expect a a little bit more considering you were such a high profile free agent signing. Do you feel like you’ve delivered on that?
A: I’m doing the best that I can.
Q: Spencer (Pulley) said to give up seven sacks was embarrassing. To give up seven from your vantage point, what’s your take on that?
A: I didn’t know that was the case. I think we’ve got to get the run game going. There’s some other things we need to work at. If we could get that going, that would solve some other problems.
Q: Team-wise, what needs to change? Obviously no one is happy with 1-7. It’s not the effort, so what needs to change to get better results?
A: You’re going to have to ask the coaches on that. My job is to play left tackle and do it the best that I can, and support my teammates.
Q: You are a captain, though, so I’m sure you want to see something change. You can’t just keep doing the same things, right?
A: Score more points, win more games. That’s what I would like to change.
Q: You mention the running game. How much as an offensive line would it help you if you’re not in as many third and tens, third and twelves, third and nines, things like that?
A: Yeah, when you stay ahead of the chains - when you’ve got the ball and you’re moving backwards, that’s always a bad feeling. We’ve got to get the ball and move forwards and score points.
Q: To give up seven sacks for an offensive line, what does that tell you?
A: I don’t know. You’re caught on that. There’s a lot of things in this game we’ve got to get better.
Q: Going into the (bye week) and 1-7, where do you go from here?
A: I stick with the way that I believe to do it and that is to continue to improve, take one week at a time, do everything you can to prepare for that week, and build, and keep building throughout the course of the season.
Q: What do you need to improve on?
A: Like I said, we need to work on the run game, protections across the board, I think there’s a vast number of areas that if we could just solidify a little bit better, we could make huge improvement.
Q: Is it difficult to adjust to changes in the lineup?
A: Me and Will (Hernandez) have been playing next to each other and the center, all the guys that have played there have done a great job, so I don’t know if that’s a direct factor. When people are called, they’ve got to perform, and I think they’ve done that for the most part.
Q: What do the coaches say to you guys? Coach Shurmur is a former offensive lineman, he’s the head coach of the team. What does he say to you guys about the performance week after week?
A: We’ve got to keep working, we’ve got to get better, we’ve got to do the things that we haven’t done better, and we’ve got to improve. We’ve got to find a way to get it done.
Q: What’s his style? Is he forceful? Is he more reserved, matter of fact? Does he rip into you guys?
A: Coach Shurmur is a great coach, I’ve got a ton of respect for him, and I’m looking forward to moving forward.
Q: Has it been an adjustment with the style of this offense compared to the Patriots, where the ball is out of (Tom Brady’s) hands pretty quickly?
A: Yeah, I’ve been learning and I’m so thankful for these coaches for showing me all kinds of different ways of doing it. It’s been an adjustment period for me and that’s great, I love it, and I’m excited about it.
Q: Is it literally like you have to hold your blocks considerably longer in this offense?
A: I don’t know about that. We’ve been in situations where we’ve had to hold the ball longer.
They were only desperate because they felt like they were a competitor. Poorly evaluating this team is what led them to overpay so wildly for a 30 year old LT. If you're a LT away, then you're desperate. A Roster that's capable of going 1-7 in the first 8 games is in no way desperate for this transaction.
DG’s free agent signings this past offseason are just plain awful.
Ever. In NFL history.