JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS WEEKLY GAME RELEASE
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<strong>JAGUARS</strong> HEAD COACH GUS BRADLEY<br />
MEDIA AVAILABILITY<br />
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2015<br />
(Opening statement) “Like I said last night, I had a chance to watch the tape and boy, I’ve got the utmost<br />
respect for the Saints and what they did yesterday and their offense and how they came out and executed.<br />
With that being said, I think our whole objective was to be better on third down and to come out of the<br />
gates starting fast, and we didn’t do that. It showed up offensively, defensively; special teams I thought<br />
did pretty well. But the two major units, we lost the turnover battle coming out. Defense couldn’t get off<br />
the field. The time of possession was 38 minutes to 22 minutes. They gained 29 first downs, eight for 13<br />
on third downs, so not exactly how we wanted to start the game the way we started. As I look back at it,<br />
offensively, you look at the second half, the way we responded. Blake was 18 of 21, 85 percent, 288 yards,<br />
3 touchdowns, zero interceptions. That remains a strong suit for us. Offensively, we do score points in the<br />
second half and it was good to see. I think we scored on our fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth possession on<br />
offense, which is all good signs. Defensively, we just struggled. This is a precision league. Offensively, New<br />
Orleans was third in yards, first in passing yards, first in first down efficiency, second or third, I think, in<br />
third down. So a very powerful offense that has scored over 24 points the last four games, five games. We<br />
knew what we were getting into. When I talked to the defense about it too, it’s one thing to talk about<br />
precision, its one thing to talk about execution and how you have to be on it, but it’s another to experience<br />
that, and we experienced it. Hopefully, when you experience something like that, a hard memory like this,<br />
you can go back and draw from.”<br />
(How did you treat this game, having a lot of injuries?) “As far as with our players, it’ll probably be the<br />
same. We’ll see how they are health-wise, and we’ll make sure they’re healthy. We’ll make sure the guys<br />
can play and evaluate it as far as that’s concerned.”<br />
(Would you like to know your job status as you prepare for this game?) “No. My mindset has always been<br />
to do what’s best for this organization and what’s best for this team. Just continue with that.”<br />
(Is it a good idea to sit some guys?) “As we look at our guys, we’ll get the injury report, see where they’re<br />
at. Are they 100 percent? Where are they? But it’s like that every week. Can they do further harm? Is<br />
there a chance at re-injury? Can they make it worse? And then gather all of that information and decide<br />
from there.”<br />
(Would it make sense to reduce Allen Hurns’ and Allen Robinson’s playing time to see other receivers?)<br />
“We haven’t even had those discussions yet. My mindset is that if the guys are healthy and they can go,<br />
we talk about always compete, so let’s compete. That doesn’t mean that there might not be some<br />
personnel changes or guys that we look at, just like what we did with Nick Marshall. If there’s a chance<br />
that we think that can help us, if we need to take a look at it, we’ll do it.”<br />
(Do you regret putting Marshall in a couple of weeks ago?) “No. The consistency thing is what shows up.<br />
I think he’s experiencing some things now, different situations come up in the game. Some of the traits<br />
that we like about Nick, you’re seeing. We’re seeing the tighter coverage, we’re seeing him getting his<br />
hands on guys at the line of scrimmage. Just understanding the situations and understanding who you’re<br />
on and when you’re on him, the time of the game, the situation involved, those things he’s learning from<br />
that.”