Offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich
On Travis Glover starting at RG:
The last couple weeks he had been practicing really well, so Coach Butkus came into my office last week and said, ‘Hey, let’s give Glover a shot.’ I thought he did a nice job. He competed hard. There were some plays I’m sure he’d like to get back. He had a penalty. But other than that, played hard, did a nice job in protection. He’s a physical player, so it was good to have him out there, and I’m glad he was able to step up for us.
On Laken Tomlinson starting on short notice:
Yeah, incredible job by Coach Butkus, Coach Gordon and Coach Kolone to get him ready to go. Obviously, he did have familiarity with some things, but like, all the different scenarios, all the different calls, the plays, how we do things, the cadences, everything like that, for him to come in and do that, it’s a testament to him and his work ethic and what kind of guy he is and a testament to those coaches getting him ready to go.
Really good defense. They can test you on the edges with their DBs. They’re going to have an extra hat in the box a lot of times in the run game. They’re physical up front. They do a nice job of playing their gaps, being physical. They’re a well-coordinated defense. They do a nice job tying their secondary with their linebackers and their front, just making it hard for you to run the ball. In the pass game again, they’re going to contest you and they have some really good players.
On the running game at Tampa Bay:
We hit some nice ones. There were a couple plays I wish we could’ve gotten to but it just didn’t work out. Felt like we had a couple drives, especially in the second half, that ended quickly because of penalties and we weren’t really able to get into a rhythm. There were still some plays out there that I felt like I would’ve wanted to run against those guys. But there were positives. I felt like we did a better job in the run game. Our O-line was physical. Our tight ends did a nice job. They were physical and the backs just keep pressing, keep going. But we do need to do a better job of protecting the football for sure.
On RB MarShawn Lloyd still getting in a flow:
He’ll probably tell you that, too — that there’s more out there. The one run that I saw that got me excited was a third-and-1, we ran an inside zone to the right, he bounced it left, made a guy miss and just had a really nice play. That’s kind of what I’m expecting to see from him, so that was good to see him just create a play like that. It was really good.
On whether the offense is close:
Yeah and I think that’s the frustrating thing from a coach’s standpoint is you can see it. We’re close, so we just want to make sure we do those things that we can control so we can maximize our drives and our point total and help the team win. So that’s the biggest thing.