‘No Other Locker Room I'd Rather Be In'

Here are some highlights from head coach Sean McDermott’s recent press conferences.

- Sean McDermott

Q: What are your thoughts on the team’s defensive performance against Carolina?

SM: Those guys played hard. The whole team played hard. To have a chance to win the game at the end, that’s what you look for, an opportunity like that. We had a good opportunity, a good look at it, we just came up short. The guys played extremely hard. I’m proud of them.

Q: Why did the offense have such a hard time finding its footing against the Panthers?

SM: I’ll start off by giving their defense credit, they’ve got a talented bunch over there and we knew it would be tough sledding coming in here for their home opener. They did a good job. With that said, we’ve got to do a better job in some areas and we will. I thought we had some opportunities and we had some good looks at some things, so we’ve got to put some more plays back to back. We didn’t have good first down success early in the game and then we came out in the second half and had good first down success so staying on schedule that way was important for us. So we’ve just got to go back to work.

Q: What did you learn about your team in your first road game as a head coach?

SM: This is a tough group of guys right here. A tough group of guys. There’s no other locker room I’d rather be in than this locker room with these guys and I told them that after the game. These guys battled. It was hot out there, we had some injuries show up a little bit and some guys, short-handed, they came out and they battled. That’s a resilient group. We’ve got to continue to work and get better and get into a rhythm offensively at times.

Q: Your thoughts on the pass rush?