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Green Bay vs. Oakland - Postgame Quotes - Green Bay
Pre-Season - Packers Lose 27-21
COACH HOLMGREN'S POSTGAME COMMENTS:
(on his initial thoughts of the game) "I'm a little angry -- I'm very
disappointed. In the preseason, our goals are always the same: First of
all we would like to win the game, then our execution and evaluate our
younger players who are key. These are the things we try to accomplish
in the preseason and we didn't have the execution part of it today."
(on how the staff will evaluate the running backs -- with Raymont Harris
facing the first team defense and Travis Jervey facing substitutes)
"That's what we do. I think on the coaching staff, we probably have
about 80 years of experience and that's a long time. So, we take that
into consideration certainly. We also look -- and you can see it on film
-- a guy makes a move, makes something happen and that we can
evaluate."
(on the fumbled snaps between the quarterback and center) "I don't know
what happened. I played quarterback, so when it happens, you usually
know it. But, sometimes you don't. It just happens, but simply we can't
have that happen. That has to be as automatic as anything you do on the
football field. It can't happen."
(on the play of running back Raymont Harris) "He did all right. He did
fine. I wanted to give him a chance to be with the first group and then
we'll just see. I don't think he had a lot of room in there."
(on Harris' foot) "His foot is sore. I think that has to do with his
surgery in the offseason. He says it's feeling OK, but then every once
in awhile I see him limping on it. I wouldn't say he is 100 percent."
(on not using the shotgun formation) "I was planning to unveil the
shotgun, with our first unit, but they were so woefully pathetic that I
didn't want to add a new wrinkle to it. It may have blown me away. We
will save that unveiling for another day.
(on not using the headset the second half) "Well, everyone once in
awhile, Andy (Reid) and Sherman (Lewis) will call the play. It's good
practice for both of them."
(on quarterback Doug Pederson's play) "He did some good things, but he
can't be fumbling snaps. Those are things that really change momentum.
You just can't do that. Doug knows that, but it happens and that's a big
responsibility."
(on Conway's 46-yard field goal miss) "It was a long kick, 46-yarder. He
stroked the ball well, he just pulled it a little left. I wanted him to
kick the whole game and he did. I think his kickoffs were good,
unfortunately he missed it."
(on the play of Tyrone Davis) "He made some nice plays. He caught the
ball and stretched out a little bit. You saw how he could get down the
field and I was pleased with that. Then he got knicked up a little bit,
but he was able to play through that, which was a big plus."
(on the style of running back Travis Jervey) "It's not startling. I've
always expected him to be able to do that. He just can't hold on to the
football and that has been the only problem. Occasionally I'll question
him on the football field and he'll give me that glazed look and I'm not
sure if I am penetrating the ozone. But, he certainly is off to a great
start. He's fast, he's strong and he catches the ball well and he is
having a great preseason."
(on breaking the winning streak) "I never really count the preseason,
but I'm not really shooken up about it."
(on the penalties) "It's awful, it's terrible and we'll continue to talk
about it. We must eliminate them. It really hurts you and we'll continue
to work on that. We have a lot of young players that work real hard and
those things will happen."
(on his thoughts on Instant Replay) "I like instant replay. I like the
idea of having it. We weren't in the position today to make one of those
calls, but I think it can be used for those things you can't see in a
normal game. Things that maybe are for the big call at the end of the
game that people at home watching TV can see that it's wrong. Fix it.
And that's what it's for. It's not to delay the game and I think they
have a very workable system now, so I'm all for this experiment and I
think it can work."
(on the play of wide receiver Corey Bradford and the wide receiver
situation) "Well, he did some good things. That will go right down to
the wire. This week it was Corey Bradford, next week it may be Roell
Preston. The wide receiver situation will not be cleared up until that
last day."
QUARTERBACK DOUG PEDERSON:
(on the fumbled snaps from center) "Frank (Winters) and I have had some
snaps in practice, but this is the first time we've been in a game
situation together. It's a situation where each center has his own
rhythm and his own timing and I was just off. He made some good snaps
and I didn't have my hand on the ball and I just have to be prepared for
that. If something happens like that, I have to be ready.
"We get a lot of snaps together. It's not a new thing for Frank and I
we'll just have to get on the same page and we were just out of sync
today."
(on the tone at halftime) "Well, we wanted to redeem ourselves. We just
had to regroup basically and refocus. We just had to go out there and
take care of business in the second half."
(on whether he is concerned with the coaching staff having second
thoughts on him as the No. 2 quarterback) "No. It's just something I
have to work on and get better at. A lot of mistakes and corrections
that can be made this week."
SAFETY MIKE PRIOR:
(on overall defensive performance) "The outcome of the game wasn't too
good. I'll have to look at the game film and see what happened to us.
We didn't tackle great, we didn't cover great. We have to close our
gaps down and knock them off the field when we need to."
WIDE RECEIVER ROELL PRESTON:
(on touchdown catch) "I think it helped me out a lot by catching and
scoring. I know it's going to be tough deciding (who makes the roster
at wide receiver). So I just go out there, do my best, and hope I'm the
one they chose."
WIDE RECEIVER DERRICK MAYES:
(on his performance) "I don't think my personal performance matters. We
lost."
(on where the the team goes from here) "We go back to work to get back
to where we were. We'll get there. It's preseason."
KICKER BRETT CONWAY:
(on his performance) "I kicked the ball well in warmups. The 46-yard
kick I missed went right down the middle and the wind took it."
RUNNING BACK TRAVIS JERVEY:
(on the potential return of running back Dorsey Levens) "He's an
All-Pro running back. You know, put him back there with William
(Henderson), and at the same time, put him back there with me. Mix it
up. We'll keep the defense on their toes."
(on the comeback that fell short) "Time ran out. I wish we had some
more time on the clock, so we could finish things where we started. But
that's football."
WIDE RECEIVER COREY BRADFORD:
(on his fourth-quarter touchdown catch) "I thought, we're at the goal
line, we have to get in. I got the call, and I just concentrated on the
ball and looked it in."
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