BB: A typical hard-fought game. About
what we expected from Tennessee. They're a real physical team. They're very talented. They have
a lot of unique types of players that are hard to matchup against, and
certainly gave us quite a few problems. But in the
end, [I'm] proud of the team. Thought we hung in there, and fortunately made enough
plays to win. Like I said, a tough game. They made plenty of plays on their
side of it, too. I'm proud of what the team did, and now it's time for us to
look ahead. It will be a big challenge next week, whoever we have to play.
We're not really concerned about that right now, but we know it will be
tough. But we're just looking to move on here and get ready for our next
opponent.
Q: Was that block illegal, the Bobby Wade block on
[Rodney] Harrison?
BB: I didn't see it.
Q: Was the plan to play [Tom] Brady about
three quarters?
BB: No. There was no set plan. I told
everybody to be ready to go, and that's what they were. The decisions that
were made, I made them.
Q: You had Vinny [Testaverde] in there, obviously, at the end. Did you want to let him
continue that record of [at least one touchdown pass in] 20 straight [seasons]?
BB: We had a chance down
there for Vinny to have a shot at the end zone, so we wanted to give it to
him. I think he deserves that.
Q: Any update on [Rodney] Harrison's condition?
BB: No.
Q: Even if you didn't see the play, was there any sentiment along the
sideline on your team...
BB: We were just trying to coach the
game and win the game.
Q: [Inaudible question about Pacman
Jones]
BB: Obviously we had
trouble with him. I would just say, in general, I feel like I didn't do a real
good job of coaching today. There were a lot of errors out there that...quite
a few of them are my fault, so I'll take the blame on most of those. I know
I got upset about [Todd] Sauerbrun after the punt, but that probably was more my
fault than his, too. We just have to do a better job against some of the
unique players that these guys have. I have to do a better job, so I'll take most
of the responsibility on a lot of the bad plays we had today. [Travis] Henry's runs –
there were some problems there with me, too. I think if we get a little
better coaching we could play more competitively.
Q: It seemed like it was a pretty chippy game – a lot of pushing, a lot
of penalties, a lot of... What do you think was going on?
BB: It was a competitive game.
Q: Well there are a lot of competitive games that aren't...
BB: I don't know. I wasn't out there
on the field.
Q: Do you get the sense the refs tried to overcompensate in the second half? It
seemed like that one drive against you, anyway – three straight personal
fouls, something like that.
BB: I never said that. I think Ed
Hochuli and this crew is one of the best crews in the league. I think they
do a good job. I'd like to have them every week. I think they do a good job.
Q: Would you comment on [Reche] Caldwell's performance?
BB: He did a great job down the
field, made some big plays, got a big pass interference call there on
[Cortland] Finnegan, so when you add that into the totals, that's a lot of production
there for him on those down-the-field routes. Made a real good double move,
a nice adjustment on the go-pattern there on the left sideline on [Reynaldo] Hill. Did
a good job of throwing the ball, made some big plays in the passing game.
I mean, we moved the ball. It wasn't perfect, but we moved the ball.
Q: What kind of things factored into the decision to remove Brady when
you did?
BB: I wouldn't want to get into that.
Look, when you're a coach out there, in a game like this, you make I don't
know how many decisions. A thousand? I'm not going to sit here and analyze
every decision. I do what I feel like's best for the team, let's put it that way.
That's the bottom line.
Q: Do you like how the team is playing going into the playoffs?
BB: I think we're going to have a big
challenge this week and I think that we're going to have to play our best
football going forward. I think that's what it's going to take.
Q: [Corey] Dillon's
performance – had the long screen pass and a couple of touchdowns...
BB: Corey ran
hard, like he always does. Ran hard, broke some tackles. He was effective in
a lot of different phases of the game – blitz pickup, running, catching. He
had a solid game, no question about it. I thought our backs ran well. Heath [Evans] blocked well. I mean, again, we were able to move the ball. We had
some balance in our attack, both running and passing, so I'm pleased with
that.
Q: Aside from the one touchdown run,
do you feel you did a decent job of being disciplined on [Vince] Young?
BB: It could be better. It was good
enough to win. It was good enough to win. That's what counts.
Q: [Inaudible question about being
12-4 this season]
BB: I'm proud of what the team did. I
think they work hard, they play hard. But I don't think that really makes
too much difference right now. I think our goals are what's ahead of
us, not what's behind us. That's what we need to do, we need
to get
ready for our next opponent, whoever that it, and be ready
to play our best football next weekend, against whoever that
is. That's really where our focus is right now. I don't
think this is any time to sit back and have a big
reflection. It doesn't really make any difference. |
