Jack Rio
Jack Rio
adjust couple game ideal injury opportunity prior weeks
I think in an ideal world, you would first of all not have the injury at all. Secondly, if you had that opportunity to come back and play a couple of weeks prior to going into such a big game that would be ideal. But it doesn't always have to be ideal. You adjust and adapt.
hand indication next optimistic remain rest week whether
We do. We're optimistic that we'll get him back for the playoffs. We want to rest him this week. They want to re-examine the hand next week and have a better indication of whether we'll get him or not, but we remain optimistic that we'll get him back.
draft early line second
We don't ever feel like we want to go into a draft and, particularly early in the draft, go after need. I think that's something you look at more on the second day, if you haven't been able to have it line up the way you'd like it to the first day.
bigger blocking came continues continuing fought fred great guy room running
I think Fred continues to be a great player. I think the bigger the running lanes are, the better he's going to look and feel. He's fought through some things. He's not the same guy who came out of Florida. We're continuing to get him more room by blocking so he can do his thing.
few handle
We've done a lot of things with him. He's intelligent. He's been able to handle a lot of different assignments and make very few mistakes.
card earning game goal guarantee home next ourselves playoff resting step strengthen team toward ultimate weekend wild winning wish
We can strengthen ourselves to be a team that's resting on Wild Card weekend and earning a home playoff game to advance. If you do that, that's a significant step toward the ultimate goal of winning a world championship. It doesn't guarantee anything, but to me, that's next on the wish list.
games hard played points three took win
Three points is not enough to win. You are not going to win very many games doing that. We are disappointed with our output. We played hard and took away some of the things they wanted to do, but in the end it wasn't enough to win.
games points three win
Three points is not enough to win. You are not going to win many games doing that.
agreed best both expecting fred week
Fred is getting better, it's week to week, but he's not going to make it this week. We both agreed that it would be best to give it a little more time. We are expecting him back this season.
fred held job nice running
Fred held up well and had some really nice runs. He really did a nice job running the ball.
improvement year
From '03 to '04 there was improvement, from '04 to this year there was more improvement.
battle coming dark edge gain team
If we gain an edge with them having to battle in the dark uniforms, then we'll do that for the opener. I just thought that a team coming out of the northwest, why not put them in their dark colors?
report
I don't have anything to report other than he was awake, alert, still conscious.
auto involved understand
I don't have anything to report. I understand he was involved in auto accident. From everything I heard, he'll be fine.