Post game talk: Highlights from Tom Cable’s press conference
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The following are some highlights from Tom Cable’s post-game press conference, regarding the Oakland Raiders 44-7 defeat at the hands of the New York Giants.
Tom Cable:
Really, other than our effort on special teams, we just got outplayed on both sides of the ball. We are trying to just keep on pushing through. At some point, we have to get it stopped, so we can move forward as a football team.
Effort I felt like it wasn’t such a big deal. I felt like we were just getting beat on the line of scrimmage. IN terms of protection, we used a lot of 7 and 8 man protection, but lost individual match-ups.
I expected more out of us and we just did not deliver today.
When asked about the reshuffling of the offensive line:
It doesn’t help, that’s for sure, but who ever you put in there has to go in and be able to execute what you are trying to do. And certainly, the Giants have an excellent d-line.
Whether JaMarcus Russell was aware of the pressure:
Really, it was just a matter of moving around, and second effort by their guy, a second move really. It was just individual match-ups where we got beat.
What is your level of concern with Russell?
Well, I’m concern for this football team, not just JaMarcus.
I have so much faith in them, believe so strong in them, but you know, at some point, you got to draw the line in the sand, you have to put your foot down and say that is enough, so that you can move forward as a football team.
How do you do that? How do you say that [to the team]?
You stay the course. You don’t start making wholesale change. You just keep pushing and it just takes, you know a few plays here and there to get yourself on track if you will and once that happens, you can take off as a team.
What has happened to the defense?
Today, it looked like poor tackling to be quite honest with you.
About the Randy Hanson situation:
I don’t know why he would do that [talk publicly about his side of the story]. But, the process will take care of it.
For me, is just go to work every day and do your job…
About Hanson’s accusations:
I will not respond to any of that…
About the losses and keeping team from thinking its just another bad season:
Because its not. We are not them, and we just have to take care of us right now. We have a couple of home games coming up and a ability to get healthier at a coupe of other spots and see if we can move forward.
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