Indianapolis Colts Postgame Quotes 11/6

Postgame Press Convention
Sunday, November 6, 2022

FR: Accidents, Jelani Woods had a shoulder. Dissatisfied, it was a poor efficiency, particularly on offense. You understand, we’ll return. All we are able to do is – every particular person has to return. Beginning with me, proper? That is what I stated within the locker room. The offensive efficiency, that is why I used to be introduced right here. That is my accountability. So we bought the gamers. We have got the gamers which might be loads ok. I’ve to do a greater job. It begins with me on offense. I have to do a greater job getting the blokes able to play, placing guys in an excellent place to win and having solutions after we face issues. You understand, I believed the protection performed properly. Particular groups has been nice all yr. Clearly, had the blocked punt. That was a giant play so possibly not one of the best day there. However general for the yr, particular groups has been good. However, in the end, all you are able to do is return and take a look at every play, play-by-play. Clearly, I have not seen movie but. Clearly, it’ll be laborious to remark an excessive amount of on the specifics. However offensively, it begins with me.

Q: Frank, you guys made the quarterback change. You fired Marcus Brady. Given what occurred at this time on offense, do you continue to really feel like these had been the appropriate strikes to make?

FR: You understand, day-after-day you are making an attempt to make the appropriate choices to get higher. Each resolution is what’s finest for the group. These choices cannot get weighed in a day or per week. They should get weighed over time.

Q: Frank, you do say that everybody will get evaluated after each sport. So after a day like this, are you going to return and look again on the quarterback place? Would you think about one other man there, both Matt Ryan or Nick Foles?

FR: All the things will get evaluated however to say would we take a look at anybody else, I can not say that proper now. I’ve to return and look. Like I stated, it is laborious for me to take a look at anyone else proper now. I simply felt like I’ve bought to do a greater job. I’ve bought to do a greater job.

Q: The place do you assume particularly you can also make a change proper now? The place do you begin?

FR: I – hear, my expertise tells me – and I do know this does not carry any weight on the market, however you are by no means as far off as you assume. I do not care what anyone says. I have been round too lengthy. So that you begin play-by-play, coach-by-coach, player-by-player, making an attempt to make the appropriate choices, making an attempt to make the appropriate changes, looking for methods to get higher.

Q: You fired the OC, you traded a working again, you bench your quarterback. It regarded like at this time you did not have any solutions offensively. Does it really feel like you are going to discover these?

FR: I at all times consider we’ll discover them. I imply, shoot, I have been doing this a very long time. I have been by some tough seasons earlier than as a participant and as a coach. And I do know, I consider, there’s solutions on the market. I imply, that is why as coaches and gamers we do what we do. And also you at all times have – the competitor in you is aware of that there is solutions. The competitor in you is aware of that it isn’t that far off. So preserve combating and scratching.

Q: If you benched Matt Ryan, it was in regards to the turnovers, proper? And you are not getting turnovers now, which is definitely a lucky factor. However you are additionally not placing the ball in play very a lot, being very aggressive. You possibly can’t win like that both. I imply, what is the lesser of two evils?

FR: Honest assertion. And a real assertion. We have got to do extra on offense. And we bought to do extra on offense. And like I stated, that begins with me. You understand, we have made the strikes that we made. All people’s accountable. Everybody has their position to play. However, you already know, I am the chief of the offense. I am the chief of the offense and that is my accountability.

Q: Do you’re feeling that the offense has regressed underneath Sam Ehlinger in any respect?

FR: I do not assume I can say that. I imply, if we’re going two video games with Sam – you already know, hear, you already know who’s going to return up – it’ll be laborious developing right here in Foxborough towards Invoice Belichick and towards this protection. You understand, I definitely didn’t anticipate at this time. I actually did not. I imply, I used to be actually anticipating good issues. I believe all of us had been. However I believe that is why we’re wired like we’re wired. That is why we do what we do. As a result of we consider. We consider in what we’re doing, we consider in who we’re doing it with. And so we struggle, we scratch, we claw. And typically it really works out for you and typically it does not. However you retain combating.

Q: Is it honest to say that your offense goes to go nowhere till the road begins to play higher? 9 sacks, I imply, that is probably the most they’ve allowed earlier than – I imply, for the reason that yr earlier than you confirmed up.

FR: Yeah, I can not – I imply, I perceive that is the massive quantity. I bought to take a look at it. You understand, was I placing them in the appropriate place? Are we giving them the work that they have to be prepared for that? You understand, was the ball popping out to the appropriate place on time? Have been the receivers – it is all the pieces. I am not going to place it on the O-line. You understand, I have been in video games the place we had 9 sacks earlier than as a participant and as a coach and then you definitely flip it round. So I will consider we are able to determine that out.

Q: Frank, the place do you assume you’ve gotten gone improper? Taking blame your self, the place do you assume you’ve got gone improper this season?

FR: Yeah, I imply, you already know, I believe we’re, what, 9 video games into it? It isn’t been fairly. It is laborious proper if you’re in the midst of it, not going to provide any massive self-evaluation, you are at all times critiquing your self week-by-week, play-by-play. However, you already know, in the end the offense, I am the top coach. And so, we had greater expectations than the place we’re at proper now. I do not need to rise up right here and say, “we are able to nonetheless do it.” Though we are able to – you already know, we are able to and we have seen it, we have been part of it. However I am not too apprehensive about that proper now. I am apprehensive about doing my job higher, which suggests making an attempt to get this group prepared.

Q: Frank, assuming that coming into the sport, Matthew Judon was a spotlight. He had three sacks inside three quarters. They had been stress sacks. After which a fourth in the event that they did not name a penalty. What was he capable of do? How good is Judon?

FR: Yeah, he is a extremely good participant. We had a whole lot of concentrate on him. We had been making an attempt to place the again to his facet however they had been working video games with him. They beat us on some video games. You understand, they executed some video games fairly properly that we did not execute on. He is a terrific participant. Clearly, he leads the NFL in sacks. We knew that coming in. We needed to attempt to get him a whole lot of consideration coming in, chip him and slide to him after we might. However, clearly, we did not do a ok job.

Q: Do you assume Will Fries has a major position within the offensive line transferring ahead after his benching earlier this season?

FR: You understand, I imply, we expect Will Fries is an efficient participant. And he had some struggles there early. And so, we have been speaking about possibly rotating Will in due to what he is been doing in apply. In order that was the choice, you already know, that was made. Like I stated, I at all times look to a whole lot of the place coaches to form of deal with that in-game rotation. So Strausser simply form of gave me the heads up that he was going to make that rotation and let Will play some. So we’ll check out the tape and see how every of these guys performed.