POSTGAME QUOTES: RAMS VS. CARDINALS
Rams Head Coach Steve Spagnuolo
(Opening Remarks)
“Very disappointing loss. Parts of it I’d say we’re in there battling and yet we made too many mistakes and end up losing the football game. Very disappointing. I’m going to give you the injuries real quick. (WR) Dominique Curry’s got a shoulder. He’ll have to get it checked. (S) Darian Stewart was a head injury. We’ll see where he’s at tomorrow. He felt better in there when I saw him. (FB) Brit Miller, (LB) Chris Chamberlain battled hamstrings, stayed in there. And (CB) Nate Ness had an ankle issue. I know one of the questions is going to be the end of the half, so I’ll address that right now. Certainly, we can’t go backwards with a 5-yard penalty-that’s on everybody. We need to clean that up. And then to take the sack. At that particular point, my decision to let it come down initially, was to let it come down and kick the field goal. I just felt like it was going to be a tight football game and points, we had to have points. I didn’t want to take a chance of losing them, so I was trying to be smart there. We were a little bit in disarray, and then as the offensive coaches talked to me they said, ‘Let’s take one shot.’ And so I thought maybe that was a good thing to do and then we kicked it. So that’s why I did what I did at the end there. Certainly, we’ve got to find a way when we’re at the 3-yard line to get it in the end zone. Certainly, would’ve made a big difference. So with that I’ll open it up.”
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QB Sam Bradford
(On how frustrated he is from today’s game)
“Very. The opportunities that we had to keep ourselves in this game, the opportunities we had to put ourselves ahead, and possibly, not close out the game, but put the game out of reach… to continually hurt ourselves with penalties or negative plays, it just becomes extremely frustrating. I’m almost out of, I don’t know what to do anymore. I feel like I’ve tried to approach it in as many different ways as I can and it seems that nothing that I have done has helped, but that just means that I’ve got to continue to try to find ways that does help us eliminate those plays. Because if we eliminate those, I think today would be a totally different ball game.”
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RB Steven Jackson
(On today’s loss being disappointing)
“Another disappointing loss. Our defense played really good football for the most part. They created turnovers, gave us field position that should allow for us to put points on the board. When you let a team like that make mistakes and the team sticks around, they leaned heavily on (RB) Beanie Wells, and things led for them to win the game. It’s unfortunate, because I thought that this was a game that was winnable.”
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LB James Laurinaitis, DE Chris Long
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LB James Laurinaitis
(On if Arizona’s rushing performance took him by surprise)
“Yeah it did. They were able to break contain on some of their runs that broke deep. The one run was a play we hadn’t really seen and probably adjusted to it well and then later on in the game they popped another big one. It just seemed the big plays hurt us. I felt like our defense did a good job of creating some turnovers, but then we would give it right back on the big plays. We weren’t able to be consistent at all today, and frankly that’s just unacceptable run defense, to be honest.”
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WR/PR Nick Miller, DB Rod Hood, SS Craig Dahl
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WR/PR Nick Miller
(On how his punt return for a touchdown happened)
“It was just set up really well. I had great blocking, and when I saw him come off the end and seal it and once I got around that corner, I saw nothing but blue jerseys and freedom.”
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Rams Head Coach Steve Spagnuolo
(Opening Remarks)
“Very disappointing loss. Parts of it I’d say we’re in there battling and yet we made too many mistakes and end up losing the football game. Very disappointing. I’m going to give you the injuries real quick. (WR) Dominique Curry’s got a shoulder. He’ll have to get it checked. (S) Darian Stewart was a head injury. We’ll see where he’s at tomorrow. He felt better in there when I saw him. (FB) Brit Miller, (LB) Chris Chamberlain battled hamstrings, stayed in there. And (CB) Nate Ness had an ankle issue. I know one of the questions is going to be the end of the half, so I’ll address that right now. Certainly, we can’t go backwards with a 5-yard penalty-that’s on everybody. We need to clean that up. And then to take the sack. At that particular point, my decision to let it come down initially, was to let it come down and kick the field goal. I just felt like it was going to be a tight football game and points, we had to have points. I didn’t want to take a chance of losing them, so I was trying to be smart there. We were a little bit in disarray, and then as the offensive coaches talked to me they said, ‘Let’s take one shot.’ And so I thought maybe that was a good thing to do and then we kicked it. So that’s why I did what I did at the end there. Certainly, we’ve got to find a way when we’re at the 3-yard line to get it in the end zone. Certainly, would’ve made a big difference. So with that I’ll open it up.”
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QB Sam Bradford
(On how frustrated he is from today’s game)
“Very. The opportunities that we had to keep ourselves in this game, the opportunities we had to put ourselves ahead, and possibly, not close out the game, but put the game out of reach… to continually hurt ourselves with penalties or negative plays, it just becomes extremely frustrating. I’m almost out of, I don’t know what to do anymore. I feel like I’ve tried to approach it in as many different ways as I can and it seems that nothing that I have done has helped, but that just means that I’ve got to continue to try to find ways that does help us eliminate those plays. Because if we eliminate those, I think today would be a totally different ball game.”
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RB Steven Jackson
(On today’s loss being disappointing)
“Another disappointing loss. Our defense played really good football for the most part. They created turnovers, gave us field position that should allow for us to put points on the board. When you let a team like that make mistakes and the team sticks around, they leaned heavily on (RB) Beanie Wells, and things led for them to win the game. It’s unfortunate, because I thought that this was a game that was winnable.”
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LB James Laurinaitis, DE Chris Long
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LB James Laurinaitis
(On if Arizona’s rushing performance took him by surprise)
“Yeah it did. They were able to break contain on some of their runs that broke deep. The one run was a play we hadn’t really seen and probably adjusted to it well and then later on in the game they popped another big one. It just seemed the big plays hurt us. I felt like our defense did a good job of creating some turnovers, but then we would give it right back on the big plays. We weren’t able to be consistent at all today, and frankly that’s just unacceptable run defense, to be honest.”
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WR/PR Nick Miller, DB Rod Hood, SS Craig Dahl
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WR/PR Nick Miller
(On how his punt return for a touchdown happened)
“It was just set up really well. I had great blocking, and when I saw him come off the end and seal it and once I got around that corner, I saw nothing but blue jerseys and freedom.”
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