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N O V E M B E R 4 , 2 0 1 7 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . c O M 7 C O A C H S P E A K • E X C E R P T S F R O M J A M E S F R A N K L I N ' S P O S T G A M E P R E S S E R ON THE PASS RUSHWe're not getting to the quarterback enough. That's showed up the last couple weeks. They're getting to us and getting pres- sure on our quarterback. We rush four we're not getting there. We rush five, we're not getting there. We rush six, we're not getting there. We're not get- ting to the quarterback consistently enough. Can we cover better? Yes. But I'm going to tell you the best thing for coverage is pressuring and sacking the quarterback. I think that was a really good quarter- back. ... He's accurate. He can throw on the run. He can throw from the pocket and he's got mobility. He's a rearly good quarterback. I had a lot of respect for him coming in today, got more respect after watching him play. You've got to give them credit, but that's part of our issue. Do we need to cover better? No doubt about it, but we need to get to the quarterback more consistently. ON THE RUNNING GAMESaquon didn't struggle today. Our offense struggled at times today and we haven't been run- ning the ball consistently this year. So it's not a Saquon issue; it's a team issue, and we're going to work to get it cor- rected. If we have to go back to the old inside drill and just do that every day at practice, we're going to get it corrected. We're going to become more of a hard- nosed team up front on both sides of the ball, offense and defense, tight end, O- line, running backs – everybody. We have to be more physical right now. We're not right now. We're too finesse. ON FORGOING A LATE FIELD GOAL TRY I think it was a 47-yard field goal. I don't know if you've guys have seen us hit a 47-yard field goal in two years. I think we had a first down. We didn't finish the play, but I'm very comfortable with that decision. I don't think kicking a 47-yard field goal at the end of the game is in our best interest. On top of that, there was still a lot of time le?. Even if we would have made the field goal they still would've had plenty of time to go down and match us. I'm comfortable with the decision. ON MARCUS ALLEN'S LATE PENALTY He's made a bunch of plays for us. … We're not getting to the quarterback. I think he was trying to make a play. I haven't watched the play. I'm on the field level. I didn't realize it was as late as you just described, but obviously it was. That was a critical play in the game.

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