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Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher- Press Conference- 9.5.15
(Opening Statement)
“Well it’s been a challenging couple of days. We’re getting closer to the final roster. Really not going to confirm anything at this point for competitive reasons with respect to the practice squad. We’re close. There’s some pending moves out there, but we’ll get the information to you as far as the final cut downs are concerned as soon as we release it to the league and it gets out.”
(On if he’s going to release the cut players to the media)
“Not right now, no. You will, but we have…it’s going to the league and we’ll give it you at some point this evening.”
(On if the league has the roster cuts)
“The league has it, yes. But it’s not out. As we go through this process each year, this year’s probably been our most difficult from a decision making standpoint. And that’s good. That’s good. We’re just trying to protect those players that we want to get through and get back to practice squad.
“I will announce the starting center on Wednesday after practice. (RB) (Todd) Gurley’s not going to play this week. Beyond that, we’re going to have a…the players were off today. We’re going to have a walk-thru tomorrow and I’ll make the locker room open to you guys tomorrow after the walk-thru.”
(On RB Tre Mason’s status)
“Tre’s doing good. He had two treatment sessions today, and he’s doing well. So we’ll see how he is during the week. So we’re healing up. As I said after the game, the training room was empty, which is a really good thing. We’re doing a good job with our treatments and healing people up.
“As we speak right now, we’ve gone to 53 (players) with the potential for a move here and there. We’re probably more concerned about our 46 (players) going into the game and then getting our practice squad players back, because we have a good group. We potentially have an excellent group of practice squad players.”
(On his reasoning behind not releasing the cut players to the media)
“There’s a difference…I think there are potentially, competitively maybe a difference in three or four hours as far as…from a competitive standpoint where clubs have a chance to go out and look at your players that you released. So that’s kind of where we’re at. You’ll get the information, but we want to buy as much time as we possibly can.”
(On the preseason and what they accomplished and what they would’ve liked to do better)
“Well I thought we accomplished a lot this preseason. We were able to decide on the starting center. Preseason afforded us an opportunity to get down to 53 (players), which was not easy. There were some hard decisions that we had to make and we made them. We’re not necessarily done at this point. What we’re going to tell the players tomorrow is that, ‘This is the group we’re going in with, but we have a responsibility to work on the back end of our roster to try and make sure we do everything we possibly can to improve it.’ I thought the preseason was good. Camp was good. Unfortunately we got through camp with just losing one player and that’s (CB) E.J. (Gaines).”
(On if the final 53-man roster is really the first 53-man roster)
“It is and that will be the case with most teams. If they’re doing things right, they’re going to continue to upgrade their roster. We at the same time are anxiously awaiting the waiver wire to see if there’s anybody out there that can help us on the bottom of the roster.”
(On how LB Daren Bates is doing)
“He’s coming. He had a good day yesterday. Did some really good running yesterday, so he’s coming on. I’ll have the injury report for you on Friday.”
(On if Wednesday is the next full-squad practice)
“We’re going to have another walk-thru in preparation for the Seahawks on Tuesday. So the players’ schedule is tomorrow we have a walk-thru, we’ll make the locker room available and then Monday they’ll be off. Tuesday afternoon we’ll have a walk-thru and then they’ll be available for you on Wednesday.”
(On if he’s been able to do any game planning for the Seahawks with all of the roster moves)
“Yes, the staff is well ahead. We started that several weeks ago, several months ago actually. So we’ve spent a lot of time on Seattle and they’re a really good team.”
(On if he likes having a familiar opponent to open the season against)
“Well, as we’ll talk this week, the opening game, the opener of the National Football League is special. There’s enthusiasm, excitement, everything – it’s very unique to that. But, to be able to open at home makes it even more special. And then once you add in the component or the element of being able to open against a divisional opponent that’s really good, that makes it for a great week.”
(Opening Statement)
“Well it’s been a challenging couple of days. We’re getting closer to the final roster. Really not going to confirm anything at this point for competitive reasons with respect to the practice squad. We’re close. There’s some pending moves out there, but we’ll get the information to you as far as the final cut downs are concerned as soon as we release it to the league and it gets out.”
(On if he’s going to release the cut players to the media)
“Not right now, no. You will, but we have…it’s going to the league and we’ll give it you at some point this evening.”
(On if the league has the roster cuts)
“The league has it, yes. But it’s not out. As we go through this process each year, this year’s probably been our most difficult from a decision making standpoint. And that’s good. That’s good. We’re just trying to protect those players that we want to get through and get back to practice squad.
“I will announce the starting center on Wednesday after practice. (RB) (Todd) Gurley’s not going to play this week. Beyond that, we’re going to have a…the players were off today. We’re going to have a walk-thru tomorrow and I’ll make the locker room open to you guys tomorrow after the walk-thru.”
(On RB Tre Mason’s status)
“Tre’s doing good. He had two treatment sessions today, and he’s doing well. So we’ll see how he is during the week. So we’re healing up. As I said after the game, the training room was empty, which is a really good thing. We’re doing a good job with our treatments and healing people up.
“As we speak right now, we’ve gone to 53 (players) with the potential for a move here and there. We’re probably more concerned about our 46 (players) going into the game and then getting our practice squad players back, because we have a good group. We potentially have an excellent group of practice squad players.”
(On his reasoning behind not releasing the cut players to the media)
“There’s a difference…I think there are potentially, competitively maybe a difference in three or four hours as far as…from a competitive standpoint where clubs have a chance to go out and look at your players that you released. So that’s kind of where we’re at. You’ll get the information, but we want to buy as much time as we possibly can.”
(On the preseason and what they accomplished and what they would’ve liked to do better)
“Well I thought we accomplished a lot this preseason. We were able to decide on the starting center. Preseason afforded us an opportunity to get down to 53 (players), which was not easy. There were some hard decisions that we had to make and we made them. We’re not necessarily done at this point. What we’re going to tell the players tomorrow is that, ‘This is the group we’re going in with, but we have a responsibility to work on the back end of our roster to try and make sure we do everything we possibly can to improve it.’ I thought the preseason was good. Camp was good. Unfortunately we got through camp with just losing one player and that’s (CB) E.J. (Gaines).”
(On if the final 53-man roster is really the first 53-man roster)
“It is and that will be the case with most teams. If they’re doing things right, they’re going to continue to upgrade their roster. We at the same time are anxiously awaiting the waiver wire to see if there’s anybody out there that can help us on the bottom of the roster.”
(On how LB Daren Bates is doing)
“He’s coming. He had a good day yesterday. Did some really good running yesterday, so he’s coming on. I’ll have the injury report for you on Friday.”
(On if Wednesday is the next full-squad practice)
“We’re going to have another walk-thru in preparation for the Seahawks on Tuesday. So the players’ schedule is tomorrow we have a walk-thru, we’ll make the locker room available and then Monday they’ll be off. Tuesday afternoon we’ll have a walk-thru and then they’ll be available for you on Wednesday.”
(On if he’s been able to do any game planning for the Seahawks with all of the roster moves)
“Yes, the staff is well ahead. We started that several weeks ago, several months ago actually. So we’ve spent a lot of time on Seattle and they’re a really good team.”
(On if he likes having a familiar opponent to open the season against)
“Well, as we’ll talk this week, the opening game, the opener of the National Football League is special. There’s enthusiasm, excitement, everything – it’s very unique to that. But, to be able to open at home makes it even more special. And then once you add in the component or the element of being able to open against a divisional opponent that’s really good, that makes it for a great week.”
