Jack Rio
Jack Rio
allow continuing determined doctors few procedure rest simple weeks
Doctors determined (surgery) was necessary, that rest was not going to make it better. It's a simple procedure to allow him to get back in a few weeks without the continuing pain.
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.
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.
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.
accurate anticipate far optimistic possible trying weeks
We anticipate in having him. I'm just trying to be as accurate as possible (about the injury). We're far more optimistic than we were two weeks ago.
best exactly next plan ready sunday week work
I will look at all of that. We'll have a plan as the week unfolds. We'll work through that, exactly how we want to play, who we want to play, how much we want to play and be able to go out there and do the best we can Sunday and be ready to work the next weekend.
catch coaches confident everybody few full missed pick preference running weeks work
He went through all the (minicamps), and just a few weeks ago he was out here running plays. .... It's always a coaches preference to have everybody for the full time, but it doesn't always work that way, and we feel confident that we'll pick up with what (he's) missed and catch him up.
hot rest schedule team week
The rest of the schedule may look easy, but any team can get hot from week to week.
declare until week whether
Byron has progressed well during the week and was a little better each day. But I'm not going to declare whether he'll play until I have to.
decision practice unfold week
I'm going to let the week of practice unfold. I'm going to watch, look, evaluate, determine. I'd like to go out and see it...let the story unfold and let me make the decision I'll make.
ability add best chance coach football good players
We try to add as many good football players as we can, coach them up to play to the best of their ability and give us a better chance to compete.
brings good great guy jumps looked monday parker player time understand
With Jerome, he's been doing it a long time. He's been a great player for a long, long time and looked really good Monday night. We understand what he brings. Parker just brings some juice. This guy is fast. That really jumps out at you.
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.