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Post-Game Transcript: RB Saquon Barkley

Eric from BBI : Admin : 11/5/2019 12:57 am
NYG Postgame (vs. DAL) Transcripts: RB Saquon Barkley -- November 4, 2019

Q: How hard is it to keep your composure when calls aren’t going your way and you have to try to keep everybody focused?
A: It’s not hard because it’s part of the game. Calls aren’t going to go your way. Some plays are going to happen for you and some plays aren’t going to happen for you. You just have to stay in the moment, stay locked in. That’s something I was trying to keep on the sideline. Obviously you see a lot of after the whistle stuff and I didn’t want it to be us, so I was trying to keep our cool. But at the end of the day, we just didn’t make enough plays to win the game.

Q: As the leader of this team, how do you make sure the morale of this team does not go low and snowball into next week?
A: Be me. Everyone be who they are. Obviously the season is not going the way we want it to go, but you still wake up every single day and play the sport that you love. You get paid to play the sport that you have been playing since you were a little kid. So come in with a smile on your face and come back to work every single day.

Q: What were you seeing in the middle of the line on the early rushes?
A: Simple, they are a team that runs a lot of games up front. They try to slant to create penetration, they were doing a good job of that. Everyone knows inside zone loves to come back in the back side and plant a back door cut. Sometimed I could have gone a little more vertical and gone downhill, but I have to go back and watch film and see how I can get better.

Q: How important is next week’s game against the Jets?
A: It’s important because it’s the next game on the schedule.

Q: Why was it such a struggle, especially close to the goal line?
A: It’s the NFL. They make plays, they did a good job getting penetration. I have to do a better job helping the offensive line and getting downhill a little more. But that’s what it is. They made plays, it’s the NFL. We have to be better.

Q: Was it a little bit demoralizing when you guys couldn’t punch it in on the opening drive of the game?
A: No, it’s not demoralizing. We realize that we have to do better, we have to play better complementary football. When the defense makes a play like that, we have to find a way to put seven on the board. But we walked away with three points, you’re not satisfied with that, we would be happy if we put up seven. But at the end of the day, as long as you put points on the board, it’s a good thing for the team and the offense.

Q: Did you think you had a chance to score on the long catch and run?
A: I feel like every time I touch the ball I have a chance to score. I feel like anyone who touches the ball on this team has the chance to score, that’s the nature of the game. I broke free, got us in a good position, but obviously we weren’t able to put seven on the board. We came up with three, but still, we’ve had opportunities to win, we just have to capitalize on them.

Q: Where are you at physically right now?
A: It’s football, it’s the NFL. It’s week what? I don’t even know. I’m coming off of an ankle injury. I’m not going to make any excuses.

Q: You ever see a black cat run across the field in the middle of a game?
A: That’s a first.

Q: What did you think? Are you a superstitious type?
A: No, I’m not superstitious. No, not at all. It didn’t bother me. The only thing that I didn’t like about it was we were going and it stopped us a little bit. But I think we still scored on that drive, I’m not 100 percent sure. But I’m not sure how a black cat got on the field, but hey.

Q: Golden (Tate) almost seems like he’s at a loss for answers, are you there?
A: No.

Q: What do you think is the answer?
A: If I had the answer, I think I would be able to tell you guys and I think we would know as a team. But hey, things aren’t going our way right now, we can’t just cry about it. It’s part of football, it’s part of your profession, it’s part of your job. You just have to go back, watch film and learn from it and try to get better throughout the rest of the season and focus on the next game with that being the Jets.

Q: Did you hear the ‘let’s go Cowboys’ chants?
A: Yeah, I mean you hear the ‘let’s go Cowboys’ chants. I think the Cowboys are one of the most known teams in the world, in the country. So they did a really good job, a lot of their fans came out and they made some noise.

Q: Did it bother you? It’s your home field.
A: No. It doesn’t bother me. At the end of the day, what bothers me is that loss. That’s the only thing that counts. I don’t care how it is, whether it’s by 20 points, whether it’s by three, whether it’s by one. That’s what bothers me is the loss.

Q: How much is the losing wearing on you?
A: Yeah, it’s crazy that you say that, but hey, the way that I look at it and the way I look at life is there are going to be better days. We are struggling right now and things aren’t going our way, but I’m not going to lose my focus, I’m not going to lose belief in this team and this coaching staff. I’m just going to continue to come to work every single day and I am 100 percent sure that it will turn around. It just hasn’t turned around as soon as we would have liked it to.
I think Saquon handled that the best he could  
CardinalX : 11/5/2019 1:07 am : link
And he did a very good job. This loss, the Giants state of disarray is not on his shoulders, but he is shouldering it just the same. That's a leader. I have a lot of empathy for him and unfortunately I feel we are wasting his talents.

The press was there to do their job. Try and get soundbites, stir up controversy. They smell blood in the water and that's what they're going for. They would like nothing more than to see Saquon flustered and get upset. Throw a teammate or coach under the bus. What a story, what a soundbite that would be. He manned up and didnt break. He was a leader and didnt give them what they want.

Good for you Saquon. I just hope in2 more years he still wants to be a part of this organization.
If he's not 100% he should sit.  
Dave in Hoboken : 11/5/2019 1:12 am : link
He doesn't look good out there at all. OL was trash last year too and he was all-world. Sit him so it doesn't get worse or he doesn't re-injure it. Season is over, anyway.
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