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<blockquote data-quote="TOPHAT" data-source="post: 160906" data-attributes="member: 781"><p><strong>MM PRESS CONFERENCE</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.packers.com" target="_blank">http://www.packers.com</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Overall though, you're pleased to come back to Pittsburgh and get the win? </strong></p><p></p><p>It's important to win, you know winning is important. That was obviously our goal when we came here. The focus for our football team was to come out and play a physical football game against a physical football team. I think we accomplished that. We talked about ball command, ball extraction with the defense with the turnover ratio. <strong>Offense did not give the ball up, and I thought that was the key to the game. I saw a lot of positive things out there by our football team, but we still have a lot of work to do. </strong></p><p></p><p><strong>How did Brandon Jackson do? </strong></p><p></p><p>Brandon Jackson - <strong>I thought we got him going there in the third quarter</strong>. I don't know if he had a whole lot of running room frankly in the first two quarters. I think he showed what he's capable of doing. He has excellent burst and quickness. He is definitely a threat when he gets to the second level. I thought he had some nice runs. I thought he played physical. From what I've seen, I thought he did a pretty good job in the pass protection, so he's a young man that needs to play. </p><p></p><p><strong>What did you think of Aaron Rodgers' performance and can you see him making strides? </strong></p><p></p><p><strong>I thought Aaron Rodgers had a nice evening</strong>. I thought he did a lot of good things with his feet, thought he was composed in the pocket, thought his ball accuracy and decision-making for the most part was good. I was impressed with him in the two-minute drill and actually gave him another two-minute type situation at the end of the third quarter. I thought he did a nice job with that. The biggest thing with Aaron is the tempo getting in and out of the huddle, handling different situations. I think you see a young man that is getting an opportunity to play, and I thought he had a nice night. </p><p></p><p><strong>Any injuries? </strong></p><p></p><p>Yes, Marviel Underwood had a hamstring, and Ingle Martin took a blow to the head. </p><p></p><p><strong>Can you make any assessments of your offense and defense at this point?</strong></p><p> </p><p>I'm not going to make any assessments. We'll watch the film. We have a lot of positive things to build off of and plenty of things to work on, and that'll be our focus. <strong>Offensively, I think everything that happened out there in the negative category is definitely fixable</strong>. </p><p></p><p><strong>Your starting safeties weren't out there very long.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Well, frankly just for playing time</strong>. We wanted to take a good long look at the younger guys. I think we accomplished that. We had some targets we wanted to hit, particularly at safety and corner, and I think we accomplished that. </p><p></p><p><strong>What coverage were you in on the touchdown? </strong></p><p></p><p>I can't tell you - I think we were in quarters. I think Bigby was in quarters and the backside safety Underwood - his play on the ball could have been better. The film will tell me the final say on it. </p><p></p><p><strong>How did James Jones look tonight? </strong></p><p></p><p>I <strong>thought he did some good things.</strong> I thought he got gassed in the two-minute drill, and it showed up on the competitive ball down the sideline. He's a strong young man. I thought he did a nice job with yards after the catch, so thought he did some nice things. </p><p></p><p><strong>And Harrell? </strong></p><p></p><p>I didn't watch him specifically but obviously he flashed.<strong> I thought he had some good pass rushes there at the end, was very physical. I think as a whole our line did a number of positive things.</strong> We have to continue to get our pad level down. At times I felt our pad level was up on both sides of the ball, so those are some things we need to work on. </p><p></p><p><strong>You came out throwing - was that something you scouted?</strong> </p><p></p><p>No, I had a couple of thoughts going on particularly with the younger group. I thought it was important for Brett to get some reps with the younger receivers. We actually did some run-pass things at the line of scrimmage. They went to press so we ended up leaning towards the pass. <strong>There were a couple of different things I wanted to see, and we accomplished them</strong>. Our execution wasn't what we probably would have liked, obviously, but I thought it was a good night's work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TOPHAT, post: 160906, member: 781"] [b]MM PRESS CONFERENCE[/b] [url]http://www.packers.com[/url] [b]Overall though, you're pleased to come back to Pittsburgh and get the win? [/b] It's important to win, you know winning is important. That was obviously our goal when we came here. The focus for our football team was to come out and play a physical football game against a physical football team. I think we accomplished that. We talked about ball command, ball extraction with the defense with the turnover ratio. [b]Offense did not give the ball up, and I thought that was the key to the game. I saw a lot of positive things out there by our football team, but we still have a lot of work to do. [/b] [b]How did Brandon Jackson do? [/b] Brandon Jackson - [b]I thought we got him going there in the third quarter[/b]. I don't know if he had a whole lot of running room frankly in the first two quarters. I think he showed what he's capable of doing. He has excellent burst and quickness. He is definitely a threat when he gets to the second level. I thought he had some nice runs. I thought he played physical. From what I've seen, I thought he did a pretty good job in the pass protection, so he's a young man that needs to play. [b]What did you think of Aaron Rodgers' performance and can you see him making strides? [/b] [b]I thought Aaron Rodgers had a nice evening[/b]. I thought he did a lot of good things with his feet, thought he was composed in the pocket, thought his ball accuracy and decision-making for the most part was good. I was impressed with him in the two-minute drill and actually gave him another two-minute type situation at the end of the third quarter. I thought he did a nice job with that. The biggest thing with Aaron is the tempo getting in and out of the huddle, handling different situations. I think you see a young man that is getting an opportunity to play, and I thought he had a nice night. [b]Any injuries? [/b] Yes, Marviel Underwood had a hamstring, and Ingle Martin took a blow to the head. [b]Can you make any assessments of your offense and defense at this point?[/b] I'm not going to make any assessments. We'll watch the film. We have a lot of positive things to build off of and plenty of things to work on, and that'll be our focus. [b]Offensively, I think everything that happened out there in the negative category is definitely fixable[/b]. [b]Your starting safeties weren't out there very long.[/b] [b]Well, frankly just for playing time[/b]. We wanted to take a good long look at the younger guys. I think we accomplished that. We had some targets we wanted to hit, particularly at safety and corner, and I think we accomplished that. [b]What coverage were you in on the touchdown? [/b] I can't tell you - I think we were in quarters. I think Bigby was in quarters and the backside safety Underwood - his play on the ball could have been better. The film will tell me the final say on it. [b]How did James Jones look tonight? [/b] I [b]thought he did some good things.[/b] I thought he got gassed in the two-minute drill, and it showed up on the competitive ball down the sideline. He's a strong young man. I thought he did a nice job with yards after the catch, so thought he did some nice things. [b]And Harrell? [/b] I didn't watch him specifically but obviously he flashed.[b] I thought he had some good pass rushes there at the end, was very physical. I think as a whole our line did a number of positive things.[/b] We have to continue to get our pad level down. At times I felt our pad level was up on both sides of the ball, so those are some things we need to work on. [b]You came out throwing - was that something you scouted?[/b] No, I had a couple of thoughts going on particularly with the younger group. I thought it was important for Brett to get some reps with the younger receivers. We actually did some run-pass things at the line of scrimmage. They went to press so we ended up leaning towards the pass. [b]There were a couple of different things I wanted to see, and we accomplished them[/b]. Our execution wasn't what we probably would have liked, obviously, but I thought it was a good night's work. [/QUOTE]
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