Post Game Press Conference....
Chiefs - 12
Bears - 20
Reporter #1: How does it feel to get your first game over and done with.
Coach Logmans: Honestly, it feels quite good. I finally got my experience in and got caught up with the pace of the game. I was feeling nervous and had butterflies all night and as soon as I hit that field, especially a historic team such as the Bears where there is so much history. It felt really good. It felt right that I belonged.
Reporter #2: Can you explain why you lost tonight?
Logmans: That's a silly question, that deserves a silly answer. Jelly Beans. We lost because we didn't have enough jelly beans before the game. You know we settled for crap jelly beans instead of the legit Mike N Ike. So much flavor.
But in all seriousness, turnovers. We turned the ball over 5 times. You can't expect to make so many errors and win the ball game. They made us make mistakes and then they took advantage of our mistakes. We fumbled 3 times. That isn't acceptable and not that I am proud of. I know we lost, but the experience we gained was great.
It's only the first preseason game and all, but I felt the players are really feeling this new playbook. They just have to adapt a little more and not make mistakes. We all make mistakes and we all get more chances in life. I am proud of the defense, I believed we recorded 4 sacks in a new system. 2 coming from our rookies. But we only had gotten 1 turnover off them which didn't result to anything so we need to work on that.
We have to work on containing the running game, which ate us up. We stopped it early when our 1st string was in, but we still need to be able to stop it on all levels. We were allowing them to get into the 2nd and 3rd levels of the defense. I didn't like it one bit. We couldn't adjust to their running attack. I am proud that our 1st string played well all around, but still. We need to be able to sub players in and rely on them for anything.
I will note that our running game really lacked today in every aspect. We had a nice couple of runs here and there but we weren't consistent. Our line wasn't opening up the holes we needed. LJ was pounding lineman to get his yards and everyone elese was being stopped in the backfield. But 2 of ours fumbles did come from the running game, which is unacceptable. We need to hang on to the ball. The run game has to improve from everybody.
Now after todays performance you may say we have a QB controversy on our hands. Actually we do, and I believe competition is the best way to make our players do best and I love the fact that 2 of the 4 QBs we have are rookies which excites me. Especially to also have a veteran in the mix. Josh Johnson our 4th round pick, I believe had our only TD of the game. He threw a pick but looked really good for a rookie. Andre Woodson we didn't get to see much because of that fumble which led to the end of the game. Damon Huard I was impressed by, 4 of 4 on 2 drives that ended short though. Croyle didn't impress me at all tonight. The one thing about me is I am brutally honest and do not sugar coat it for anything. I will talk to him though.
We didn't see much out of all the QBs only short bursts, but I will make a QB decision right now. Damon Huard will start the next game of preseason. That is that. Good night.
Stats:
Josh Johnson - 5/7, 65 yards, TD, INT
Damon Huard - 4/4, 49 yards
Andre Woodson - 2/3, 39 yards
Brodie Croyle - 2/7, 34 yards, INT
Larry Johnson - 11 att, 59 yards, 2 FUML
Derrick Ward - 4 att, 22 yards
Josh Johnson - 2 att, 18 yards
Felix Jones - 5 att, -2 yards
DeSean Jackson - 3 rec, 40 yards
Kellen Davis - 1 rec, 30 yards
Larry Johnson - 2 rec, 29 yards
Jabar Gaffney - 1 rec, 26 yards
Jeff Webb - 2 rec, 17 yards, FUML
Ryan Grice Mullen - 1 rec, 6 yards, TD
Patrick Surtain - 6 tackles, INT
Dre Moore - 2 tackles, 1 sack
Aqib Talib - 1 tackle, 1 sack
Tamba Hali - 5 tackles, 1 sack
09-21-2008, 06:20 PM
