Jack Rio
Jack Rio
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.
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.
fred gate hope involved past pleased quicker start training volume year
I'm very pleased with where he is now and with what he's done in training camp, the volume of work, the running, the catching, the being part of the offense, he's been much more involved this year than he has the past two years. We hope to have a quicker start out of the gate for Fred Taylor.
anticipate complete evaluation game keys major opener players playing process starting team
We don't anticipate playing our starting players for long. The two major keys to this game is to complete the evaluation process and to get our team to the opener healthy.
guys himself puts
When one of our guys puts himself out there,
front liked showing time work
We would have liked to have had a much better showing in front of the nation. Fortunately this was a preseason game, and we have time to work on some of our mistakes.
approach expect special utilize
We said we think he has some special abilities and we are going to utilize them. I would say expect anything from us. That is how we are going to approach it.
deeper draft good help player talented
We think this draft is deeper than 27 players. We think we can get a good and talented player there, who can come in and help us.
built coach pay starting talent team three work
We've built it from three years. They don't give a young coach a team chock-full of talent. We had a lot of work to do when we got here and it's starting to pay off.
change himself line year
This year he'll have the ability, the freedom, to change the play at the line to get himself out of trouble,
grow guy help played speed
We see him as a guy who's played well, has started, so he has experience, has speed and can help us on (special) teams. We'll let him grow into a role.
events game good pulled quarter series third turned
We had a series of events in that third quarter that turned a real good game into a game they pulled away from.
certain compete exposure game guys healed hold limit next playoff rest smart wear win
We want to win any game we compete in. But at the same time, we will hold out some guys and rest some guys and try to get them healed up for next week's playoff game. We'll be smart about how much we play certain people. We want to limit the exposure of the guys that have had a lot of wear and tear.