Head Coach Jim Haslett
November 5, 2008
(Opening Remarks)
“CB Tye Hill did not work today, he’ll be questionable. RB Travis Minor’s questionable. RB Antonio Pittman, we’ll see how he goes. He think he’ll be able to do something this week, so I’ll wait until Friday on him. DE Adam Carriker’s ok, DE Leonard Little’s ok. DE Eric Moore has a strained neck, we’ll see how he goes by the end of the week.”
(On RB Steven Jackson’s)
“He’ll be day-to-day. I would say he’s questionable for the game.”
(On if he thinks RB Kenneth Darby can carry RB Steven Jackson’s work load)
“I don’t know, I haven’t seen him in a game situation, he looked good in practice. He runs lows to the ground; he’s got powerful legs, smart. I think this is a good opportunity for him. But, he’s not going to carry Steven’s load, I mean, we’ll find out. We’re going up against the No. 4 run defense in the NFL, so this will be a great challenge for him.”
(On if it’s realistic that RB Sam Gado will be ready to play on Sunday)
“He’ll have to be ready. If he gets in the game, we’ll make sure we run things that he knows. He had a few problems, the guy just got here last night and had a two-hour meeting last night and a two-hour meeting this morning and your going to go out and run everything. The problem is going to be the shifts and the motions when he’s in there. He’s not really sure of all that yet, but he’s a smart kid, he’s very, very intelligent and he works hard, so I think he’ll be alright.”
(On if CB Tye Hill had a set back with his injury)
“I’m not really sure. It’s been bothering him.”
(On why LB Chris Draft became the starter after LB Quinton Culberson originally started at the beginning of the season)
“We just thought we needed more of a veteran guy in at the time because we were struggling on defense; a guy that could settle everyone down and kind of get the defense going in the right direction. One thing Chris does bring is great leadership, a guy that’s been around and can play all the positions, smart and that’s kind of what we were looking for at that time. Nothing against ‘Q’ because he was playing pretty good football, but we just thought we needed some of that.”
(On he plans on moving the ball with RB Kenneth Darby and RB Sam Gado)
“We’re going to try to move the ball; we can only do with what we have. It’ll be a great challenge for us, it really will. Our (offensive) line is going to have to play well, our fullback has to play well, our receivers are going to have to block inside people on plays. We’re going to try to give it the best we can and hopefully the running backs are good enough and they hold up and we gain some yards.”
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