Josh McDaniels Press Conference - 10/9/2008

Thu, 9 Oct 2008

New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels addresses the media during his press conference on Thursday, October 9, 2008. Q: Do you think Sunday’s performance is something that you can build off of? JM: Definitely. We made some strides from the Bye Week. We worked on some things that we put a lot of attention towards during the Bye Week. We had some progress in those areas in the red zone and we ran the ball more effectively. We worked on some things in the passing game that showed up on Sunday. Anytime you have a chance to work on things where you don’t have a certain opponent to prepare for, like we did in the Bye Week, it gives you a chance to really focus on yourself. I think we made some strides as an offense and I think we will build on that this week. Q: Do you like how the committee approach running game is going so far? JM: Yes. We have confidence in all of our backs. We never go into a game with a certain amount of carries for any one of them specifically. We feel good when they’re all in there. Some things like Kevin [Faulk’s] production in the red area last week, I am not sure anyone could have predicted that. That’s the way the game went and the style the game ended up playing out as. Kevin was there to do what we asked of him. But all the backs, we feel good when they are in the game whether it is a passing situation or running situation. We feel good when we give them the ball and expect them to do their job. Q: Laurence Maroney seemed a bit tentative in Sunday’s game. Is that attributed to his shoulder injury? JM: I think there were some situations in the game where there wasn’t much there on a few plays and then there were some other plays, not just singling out Laurence, that there was more yards - there is always that in the running game. When you carry the ball 44 times there is going to be plays where there is more yards than you gained and there is going to be other plays where maybe...

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[0:00] ..." Good stuff it. Definitely it's. Strides from the bye week to work on some things. That we put a lot of attention towards the bye week we got some progress in those areas the red zone. We ran the ball more effectively. We've worked. Some different things in the passing game that showed up on Sunday but it. -- tell -- chance to work on things where you don't have certain opponent to prepare like we did the bye week. He gives a chance to really focus on yourself I think -- strides on offense. Week. I think they have confidence"...

[0:00]" Good stuff it. Definitely it's. Strides from the bye week to work on some things. That we put a lot of attention towards the bye week we got some progress in those areas the red zone. We ran the ball more effectively. We've worked. Some different things in the passing game that showed up on Sunday but it. -- tell -- chance to work on things where you don't have certain opponent to prepare like we did the bye week. He gives a chance to really focus on yourself I think -- strides on offense. Week. I think they have confidence in our -- really never going into the game with a certain. No amount of carries for anyone. Specifically. We feel good when their -- advantage and some things like evans' production -- last week -- anybody could have predicted that it. I just that's the way the game its style. And ended up playing out as. And kept -- there to do we ask. You know look at all the bags you know who do you feel good when they're in the game whether it's a passing situation situation we feel that we didn't expect. Do their job lines and he -- Sneak and it. I think there's them you know there's there was some situations in the game where. -- know that there were there wasn't very much there -- a few plays you know there was some of the plays where. Where you know and that that does not just singled out -- either because there was some of the plays where there's more yards is always that the running game you know when he -- about forty portentous going to be plays where there was more yards in the game. There's going to be other plays where they -- gain as much as you bought it for yourself. You know -- I really you know back. Notice much difference he's practiced yesterday practice on the back zero run the ball well its Baghdad before."

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