Weekly Rivera Monday Presser

[Raskle]

Either he is trying to deflect some blame upon himself to lessen the harsh rhetoric.... or he just put McDermott on notice. Not sure which.

Personally, I'm hoping for the latter. Our defense has not been close to where they should be all season long. Early in the season, you could say new scheme, later you could spell out that we lost so many starters, etc. But to me, those sound too much like excuses. Is it scheme that causes our guys to whiff on tackles and not properly wrap up? Is it the players fault for being out of place, or we call the wrong coverage? To an extent, yes, and to an extent no.

A lot of what we're seeing week in and week out, is poor coaching and playcalling. If McD wants to keep his job, I think he's going ot have to do what RR is saying we need to do. Find the guys who want to play fundamental football, and can execute. If not, I think he may be an offseason replacement.

[Snake]

short and not very sweet, LOL

sounds like we're considering another kicker, Rivera going to discuss our options with Hurney

I think that goes back to get better or get out. You can tell Rivera's tired of players under performing and waiting for the loss.

Capt and Butler aren't even the issue for me on that play. Had both of them done their job, there was still a TD from Douglas wide open because our LBer (Anderson?) had no chance in hell of getting through traffic to stop the play.

Munnerlyn saw what I saw... and I was watching from home..

the best defense for that play would have had the LBer in zone to cover his area and let Munnerlyn get the quick out while Butler covered JJ..

Your Right and I think Rivera knows this as well. Think his goes back to what he said about our scheme. We all know it does not fit our players very well and is why we see break downs.

[SOJA]

Was the best interview of the year