HEAD COACH JEFF FISHER (opening statements)
Well, that’s November football for you. That’s a good football team we played today. We knew that all week. They are very, very talented on both sides of the ball as they are on special teams. I think this is the case where we just were able to overcome some things. We overcame defensive injuries. We overcame some difficulty offensively in the second half. You know we overcame a missed field goal at the end of regulation and it was a great win for us, really a great win. And, thanks to the crowd, to the fans for the 100 th straight sellout. That really means a lot to this football team and the organization. You know when you win eight games, you’re going to on occasion need to win some like this and that is just what we did. We hung in there. The offense came alive at the end of regulation and then we gave ourselves a chance. Fortunately, we won the toss and didn’t give it back to them. So, we got contributions from just about everybody today. Kyle [Vanden Bosch] tried to go, but couldn’t. We got production out of Dave Ball and Jacob Ford and the guys just all the way around played hard. Keith [Bulluck] came in, overcame a rib issue and finished the game. All-in-all, it is a good win for us and we’ll move on to the next one.
(on what the formula is to reach 8-0)
You have to win close ball games. And we’re fortunate to stay healthy and we’re running the football when we need to and our defense is keeping the points down. Those two defensive turnovers that we got were huge. That was a great catch by Chris (Johnson) and then the sack and the caused fumble. I’m frustrated that we didn’t get a touchdown out of that possession, but the defensive points helped.
(on what the formula is to reach 8-0)
You have to win close ball games. And we’re fortunate to stay healthy and we’re running the football when we need to and our defense is keeping the points down. Those two defensive turnovers that we got were huge. That was a great catch by Chris (Johnson) and then the sack and the caused fumble. I’m frustrated that we didn’t get a touchdown out of that possession, but the defensive points helped.
(on Bironas’ two field goals)You saw what happened. He just left it a little bit right. He had plenty of distance, he just pushed it right. But no question about the second one.
(on whether the game plan included so many pass plays against Green Bay)
Not necessarily, but we felt like they were very well equipped to handle the run. We’ve seen that the league ranking in rushing defense is so misleading. We’ve looked at four or five games this year, you just don’t see it. Now they are equipped to and obviously they’re very good at it.
(on overtime)
They knew all week long that this game was going to be close and it was going to be tight and it was going to be hard fought. There is an advantage to having a week off and we talked about the short week, we denied it. But it is. It takes its toll on a team and so it’s good to get back on a normal schedule now and get rested up.
They knew all week long that this game was going to be close and it was going to be tight and it was going to be hard fought. There is an advantage to having a week off and we talked about the short week, we denied it. But it is. It takes its toll on a team and so it’s good to get back on a normal schedule now and get rested up.
(on the defensive pass interference non-call in the second quarter)
I thought it was defensive pass interference. But that’s the game. Sometimes they get away with things like that and sometimes they miss. This call was missed but fortunately we overcame.
I thought it was defensive pass interference. But that’s the game. Sometimes they get away with things like that and sometimes they miss. This call was missed but fortunately we overcame.
(on being at the halfway point of the season and whether Kerry Collins has performed as expected)
Well we’re basically going to do, attempt to do, whatever it takes to win a game whether that’s hand it off, or whether that’s to throw it. Fortunately, we’ve been able to do that to this point. You’re only as good as your next game and we have to have a good game plan. To address your question about Kerry, Kerry is handling it very well. That’s a tough defense. They put pressure on us today, they took some things away, they had two weeks to prepare and yet we found a way to make the throws, at least at the end of regulation we put ourselves in a position to win and Mike (Heimerdinger) did a great job calling the final drive and overtime.
Well we’re basically going to do, attempt to do, whatever it takes to win a game whether that’s hand it off, or whether that’s to throw it. Fortunately, we’ve been able to do that to this point. You’re only as good as your next game and we have to have a good game plan. To address your question about Kerry, Kerry is handling it very well. That’s a tough defense. They put pressure on us today, they took some things away, they had two weeks to prepare and yet we found a way to make the throws, at least at the end of regulation we put ourselves in a position to win and Mike (Heimerdinger) did a great job calling the final drive and overtime.
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