Brian Daboll Addresses Giants-Commanders Disaster

New York Giants Head Coach Brian Daboll addressed the media on Monday (VIDEO):

Q: Just curious if you have any updated word on (kicker) Graham Gano?

BRIAN DABOLL: He has a hamstring so we’ll see where he’s at and I would assume it’s going to be a few weeks here.

Q: So, what’s your plan going forward at Kicker?

BRIAN DABOLL: We’ll work guys out and (kicker) Jude (McAtamney) has been with us so we’ll make a decision off of the workout. Based on how they do in the workout and then Jude.

Q: When you look back, what was the biggest problem with the run defense yesterday?

BRIAN DABOLL: Yeah, I’d say two things. Usually this happens for run defense, two things, tackling and then run fits. So those are two things that we stress them every week but put an added emphasis on them this week.

Q: When you look back, what was the biggest problem with the run defense yesterday?

BRIAN DABOLL: Yeah, I’d say two things. Usually this happens for run defense, two things, tackling and then run fits. So those are two things that we stress them every week but put an added emphasis on them this week

 

Q: First your running game, the offensive line, it seemed like probably got overshadowed a little bit, but it seemed the holes were pretty sizable. I know they were hard on themselves for their run blocking after Week 1. What’d you think of that particularly with the offensive line?

BRIAN DABOLL: Yeah, I’d just say the offense in general I thought made very good improvements from Week 1 to Week 2. We stayed on track. We played in positive down and distances. We ran with the ball well. I’d say the receivers blocked well. That was a really good run to start off the game by (running back Devin Singletary) Motor and a great block by (wide receiver Darius) Slayton coming in on the right side and then Motor making the guy miss, crack replace guy. Wasn’t a lot of free runners. Most of the time we got a hat for a hat, we got movement at the line, and I thought Motor ran well. Saw the hole well, made good cuts, got downhill, that was an improvement. The pass protection was an improvement. We didn’t have very many negative plays, which helps offensively when you’re moving the ball. There was a lot of a lot of good things that came out of that and a lot of improvements on that side of the ball.

Q: And then big picture wise, 0-2 teams, I don’t have the stats in front of me, but 0-2 teams don’t usually get to the playoffs. They don’t usually make much of their season. This organization has been 0-2 nine of the last 12 years and not much has come of those seasons. Is this a pivotal point? Can you feel as the head coach, as the leader of your locker room, is this a pivotal point for you guys in your season to make sure which way it turns

BRIAN DABOLL: I think you just have to focus on the week at hand. I’ve been part of some 0-2 teams that ended up pretty well. I know they have here. So again, what really happened 10 years ago or last year, like I’ve always said, really has no bearing on anything this season. I thought we made some improvements in a lot of areas. Need to continue to improve on the things that we’re not doing well at this time and focus on the Cleveland Browns.

Q: What 0-2 team were you part of that turned it around?

BRIAN DABOLL: That was a long time ago, 2001.

Q: Yeah, that team.

BRIAN DABOLL: 1-3. So again, that’s 2001 or 2020, none of that really matters. What matters is doing the things we need to do internally to fix some of the things that we’re having issues with. Again, there’s been some improvement. There was improvement in the red zone defense from Week 1 to Week 2. There was improvement, I’d say, in almost every area offensively and we need to continue to build off those things and then fix the things that that aren’t up to standard