‘You Have To Keep Your Edge Every Week'

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

- Sean McDermott

Q: Would you concur that, Tyrod was hurt, granted, you can’t win in the NFL with offense like that (in the game against New England) which struggled so much?

SM: Well we’ve got to do a better job. To score three points, we’ve got to do a better job. I’m not going to sugarcoat that at all. We’ve got to score more than three points and put a defense under pressure. I thought we had a first good drive and then we gave the ball up there. You can’t do that in the NFL, in particular in the red zone. To come away with no points I thought was ... although it was a good drive, it wasn’t good enough.

Q: You’re the first team to hold them under 13 points in a half all year. Did you feel like the game was there for the taking because of that?

SM: Right. I felt like, we knew they were getting the ball after half coming out and that we had done some good things. When you look back at it, there were some opportunities in the first half. We were down there early on the first drive [and had] opportunities to get off the field defensively and some opportunities special teams-wise. I thought if we came out after half and got off the field early, that that would be a key drive for us.

Q: Sean, how do you handle or how do you get involved in the playcalling strategy as you’re gearing up for an opponent week-to-week? Does Rick Dennison take it to you? Can you maybe give us some insight as to how you draw that up?

SM: Well, we dialogue about a lot of things. Communicate not only offensively but defensively and special teams. There’s good communication, healthy communication there on a weekly basis.