Can you update us anymore on LeGarrette Blount if you have any more information since we heard he was going for an MRI?
“No, I know Mark (Dominik) talked to you guys earlier. We don’t have any more information. We will know later. He was cleared to play again, but just things weren’t adding up and that’s why—you do it long enough and Todd (Toriscelli) has been doing this a long time (our doctor)—when things don’t add up you keep digging. I am glad we did because there is something that clearly has to be investigated and that’s what we are doing. As soon as we know we will get word to you.”
Was it an injury that came from the game?
“I don’t know that. I think we will know more of those answers today.”
Do you think he will be able to play or is it just too soon to know?
“I think that will all be speculation. I think we got to wait and see.”
How much does it help that Mike Sullivan was up there and Bill Sheridan and the fact that you were in the NY area for 11 years?
“I think Mike (Sullivan) yes that helps. Bill (Sheridan) was a while ago so yes a little bit. My being there absolutely zero. I didn’t—I hardly had enough time to do my job. I couldn’t watch them.”
How much can Mike Sullivan help you?
“Well there are certain things he can help [with], but we are doing certain things they did too. So they know it (and) their whole staff knows it. They have been doing it for years, right? So there are a lot of offensive things. Like I said the other day, there will be some subplots here with guys knowing stuff. At the end of the day it is players. What can you convey to your players and what can they do?”
Is there a lot of guessing games do you think on both sides?
“I don’t know. We are going to try to do what we do. That’s our game plan.”
What has LeGarrette Blount’s attitude been toward you since he has learned he is going to be the backup here?
“He has been good. There have not been any problems with LeGarrette (Blount). Certainly he is a competitor. So as Doug (Martin) assumed the position of the number one back, certainly he wasn’t jumping up and down saying good for him, but he is a team guy. I said that earlier that the plan is to play them off each other. Now we have to wait and see. That plan might be altered. I am disappointed about that, but let’s see. Let’s not put the cart before the horse.”
You said were going to go with the hot hand of the two when talking about those running backs and was that the case with Blount not going back in that game?
“Well, the hot hand was before we named the number one running back back in training camp. Then as we named Doug (Martin) number one, he was number one for a reason. He was going to get more carries (as) the starting running back does. If LeGarrette (Blount) gets in there and gets a hot hand then that would have occurred. You know if all of a sudden he starts ripping it because we timed it correctly. Sometimes you take—there are two different style backs—so you take one guy and now you replace him with one guy and he starts ripping it because it is a different style. (So) then you let it go for a while, but that didn’t happen Sunday. Not because of anybody’s fault. It just didn’t happen. So we returned to Doug (Martin) then the game kind of changed and we stayed with Doug (Martin).”
What are your impressions of D.J. Ware?
“I think he contributed a lot. He played in third down running back situations and he had a big first down run on a third down. So all good stuff. I think he is getting more acclimated to or similar to the Giants. Or not the Giants so you know there are different things. Different verbiage [and] terminology. Things that have grown and morphed a little bit. But DJ (Ware) is getting it very quickly.”
What are your thoughts on returning to Jersey?
“I don’t get real sentimental about that stuff. It’s my home but I’ve been a way for a lot of years, then I was there again for a lot of years. It’s nice to be in a familiar place. There’s a certain comfort level. We played in that stadium not too long ago, so I’m familiar with it. That parts good, but you don’t have time. You’re going up there to do a job. It’s not a social trip in any way.”
What are you telling the players in regards to media attention?
“Just that there’s a job at hand and it’s the Giants. Our preparation for the Giants season, that’s it. There’s not looking back. And I know often times in a situation your job is to look back and forward but these guys job is to just look forward. There is a little bit of an opposing will there and I usually just tell them, that’s this season, this New York season.”
Where will you be Thursday night and who are you pulling for?
“I’m going to be working, getting our Giants stuff done. And then hopefully I can get over there at some point in the game and, yeah, I’m pulling for Rutgers, those are my guys.”
What are your thoughts on Jason Pierre Paul?
“He’s one of the most dominant players in the National Football League. And he presents a lot of problems. You better know where he is every play and you better have a plan to account for him, because if you don’t, he not only causes havoc in sacks and hits, but he takes the ball away, he’s tremendous at swatting the ball out of the quarterback’s hand. He’s one of the elite players.”
“No, I know Mark (Dominik) talked to you guys earlier. We don’t have any more information. We will know later. He was cleared to play again, but just things weren’t adding up and that’s why—you do it long enough and Todd (Toriscelli) has been doing this a long time (our doctor)—when things don’t add up you keep digging. I am glad we did because there is something that clearly has to be investigated and that’s what we are doing. As soon as we know we will get word to you.”
Was it an injury that came from the game?
“I don’t know that. I think we will know more of those answers today.”
Do you think he will be able to play or is it just too soon to know?
“I think that will all be speculation. I think we got to wait and see.”
How much does it help that Mike Sullivan was up there and Bill Sheridan and the fact that you were in the NY area for 11 years?
“I think Mike (Sullivan) yes that helps. Bill (Sheridan) was a while ago so yes a little bit. My being there absolutely zero. I didn’t—I hardly had enough time to do my job. I couldn’t watch them.”
How much can Mike Sullivan help you?
“Well there are certain things he can help [with], but we are doing certain things they did too. So they know it (and) their whole staff knows it. They have been doing it for years, right? So there are a lot of offensive things. Like I said the other day, there will be some subplots here with guys knowing stuff. At the end of the day it is players. What can you convey to your players and what can they do?”
Is there a lot of guessing games do you think on both sides?
“I don’t know. We are going to try to do what we do. That’s our game plan.”
What has LeGarrette Blount’s attitude been toward you since he has learned he is going to be the backup here?
“He has been good. There have not been any problems with LeGarrette (Blount). Certainly he is a competitor. So as Doug (Martin) assumed the position of the number one back, certainly he wasn’t jumping up and down saying good for him, but he is a team guy. I said that earlier that the plan is to play them off each other. Now we have to wait and see. That plan might be altered. I am disappointed about that, but let’s see. Let’s not put the cart before the horse.”
You said were going to go with the hot hand of the two when talking about those running backs and was that the case with Blount not going back in that game?
“Well, the hot hand was before we named the number one running back back in training camp. Then as we named Doug (Martin) number one, he was number one for a reason. He was going to get more carries (as) the starting running back does. If LeGarrette (Blount) gets in there and gets a hot hand then that would have occurred. You know if all of a sudden he starts ripping it because we timed it correctly. Sometimes you take—there are two different style backs—so you take one guy and now you replace him with one guy and he starts ripping it because it is a different style. (So) then you let it go for a while, but that didn’t happen Sunday. Not because of anybody’s fault. It just didn’t happen. So we returned to Doug (Martin) then the game kind of changed and we stayed with Doug (Martin).”
What are your impressions of D.J. Ware?
“I think he contributed a lot. He played in third down running back situations and he had a big first down run on a third down. So all good stuff. I think he is getting more acclimated to or similar to the Giants. Or not the Giants so you know there are different things. Different verbiage [and] terminology. Things that have grown and morphed a little bit. But DJ (Ware) is getting it very quickly.”
What are your thoughts on returning to Jersey?
“I don’t get real sentimental about that stuff. It’s my home but I’ve been a way for a lot of years, then I was there again for a lot of years. It’s nice to be in a familiar place. There’s a certain comfort level. We played in that stadium not too long ago, so I’m familiar with it. That parts good, but you don’t have time. You’re going up there to do a job. It’s not a social trip in any way.”
What are you telling the players in regards to media attention?
“Just that there’s a job at hand and it’s the Giants. Our preparation for the Giants season, that’s it. There’s not looking back. And I know often times in a situation your job is to look back and forward but these guys job is to just look forward. There is a little bit of an opposing will there and I usually just tell them, that’s this season, this New York season.”
Where will you be Thursday night and who are you pulling for?
“I’m going to be working, getting our Giants stuff done. And then hopefully I can get over there at some point in the game and, yeah, I’m pulling for Rutgers, those are my guys.”
What are your thoughts on Jason Pierre Paul?
“He’s one of the most dominant players in the National Football League. And he presents a lot of problems. You better know where he is every play and you better have a plan to account for him, because if you don’t, he not only causes havoc in sacks and hits, but he takes the ball away, he’s tremendous at swatting the ball out of the quarterback’s hand. He’s one of the elite players.”
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