Jack Rio Quotes (76 Quotes)

I just thought that with a team coming out of the Northwest, why not put them in their dark colors.

The bottom line is, I'll continue to play the best 11. Realistically, I thought Byron did a nice job.

We think this draft is deeper than 27 players. We think we can get a good and talented player there, who can come in and help us.

We try to add as many good football players as we can, coach them up to play to the best of their ability and give us a better chance to compete.

I'm going to make a decision based on what I see in practice.

My thinking is we have two young quarterbacks that have been taking all the reps that are getting better. They represent the future for the Jaguars.

It's important for these young men to have a chance to develop, and he is working on that. The key things that I look for Is he smart Is he tough Does he have good work ethic Does he have physical ability And the answer to all of those is yes.

He's got a crack in the ankle, ... The best-case scenario is about a month out, depending on how quickly he heals, and it could be worse. We just won't know until we see how the injury heals.

With Jerome, he's been doing it a long time. He's been a great player for a long, long time and looked really good Monday night. We understand what he brings. Parker just brings some juice. This guy is fast. That really jumps out at you.

I will look at all of that. We'll have a plan as the week unfolds. We'll work through that, exactly how we want to play, who we want to play, how much we want to play and be able to go out there and do the best we can Sunday and be ready to work the next weekend.

I'm very pleased with where he is now and with what he's done in training camp, the volume of work, the running, the catching, the being part of the offense, he's been much more involved this year than he has the past two years. We hope to have a quicker start out of the gate for Fred Taylor.

I think the draft is deeper than 27 players. I think there will be several players that will have a chance to help our football team become stronger.

Any time you get five turnovers and don't have any yourself, it's pretty tough not to get it done.

I will determine who is going to play and who is going to play how much, those types of decisions. I'm going to watch, look, evaluate, determine and I'm going to do what I think is in the best interest of this organization, this football team and make sure I give our team a chance to be as successful as possible.

We are going to take our 24 hours and enjoy this, make our corrections and move on.

He went through all the (minicamps), and just a few weeks ago he was out here running plays. .... It's always a coaches preference to have everybody for the full time, but it doesn't always work that way, and we feel confident that we'll pick up with what (he's) missed and catch him up.

Fred is getting better, it's week to week, but he's not going to make it this week. We both agreed that it would be best to give it a little more time. We are expecting him back this season.

I just don't know what to make of the comments he's always making about Jacksonville. He either has a buddy here he's talking to through code or something. I'm not sure I get it. He's been a successful coach for a long time. I would think it would be out of character for a guy who has been a successful coach for as long as he has. It almost sounds desperate.

We've done a lot of things with him. He's intelligent. He's been able to handle a lot of different assignments and make very few mistakes.

I'm not discouraged at all. We could be more efficient with how we ran the ball and blocked and executed the run game. But I was proud of how we were able to stay with the run game and control the game as much as we did.

I just thought that a team coming out of the Northwest, why not put them in their dark uniforms

The important thing is to come out healthy for a 16-game season. At the same time, we have to be true to the evaluation process and give our backups some playing time. So it was a valuable time for us.

Byron is our quarterback. He's got to stay healthy. David was better this year. He's a capable starter in this league.

Doctors determined (surgery) was necessary, that rest was not going to make it better. It's a simple procedure to allow him to get back in a few weeks without the continuing pain.

It was a very big win versus a very good team. I'm very happy that our two big weapons showed up tonight.

We anticipate in having him. I'm just trying to be as accurate as possible (about the injury). We're far more optimistic than we were two weeks ago.

This year he'll have the ability, the freedom, to change the play at the line to get himself out of trouble,

It just depends. Certainly, in order to get a guy enough touches, you have to let him get going. There are some backs that can go in and spot-play and give you a jolt, then there are some backs that need to play in order to get in a rhythm and get themselves going. You have to really identify which kind of guys you have.

I'm going to let the week of practice unfold. I'm going to watch, look, evaluate, determine. I'd like to go out and see it...let the story unfold and let me make the decision I'll make.

I think in an ideal world, you would first of all not have the injury at all. Secondly, if you had that opportunity to come back and play a couple of weeks prior to going into such a big game that would be ideal. But it doesn't always have to be ideal. You adjust and adapt.

I don't have anything to report. I understand he was involved in auto accident. From everything I heard, he'll be fine.

So it was a valuable time for us.

I don't know if there is a key, other than overall team speed, ... because I think he's going to challenge you at some point. He's going to make somebody miss and you're going to have to chase him down.

I don't think there's a perception of us not being a good football team around the league. The NFL is set up where you have to earn your way into the postseason tournament. There's nothing easy about winning in this league.

He's had a great offseason. He's worked his butt off. ... I think he's more excited about the offense and how he's being utilized, and it's just all added up to a much more productive offseason. Our anticipation is he's going to be a fine football player for us.

Hopefully, the people back in Jacksonville are pretty happy about that Christmas present we just gave them.

It's more punishment than I care to watch him take. I'd like to see him being protected better and I'd like to see the ball come out of his hands quicker and I'd like to see him get hit a whole lot less.

He's a proud guy. I think he feels like he's got something to prove. He's a big, athletic, talented guy that was taken high in the draft. He's been paid, he's made some money. I think now he just wants to fight for a little respect.

I think we're in a situation right now with our football team where we're not going into the draft with a glaring hole, or a glaring need that we must address. I think we're going in now, probably more so than any time that we've been together in Jacksonv

I don't care to get into speculation.

We want to win any game we compete in. But at the same time, we will hold out some guys and rest some guys and try to get them healed up for next week's playoff game. We'll be smart about how much we play certain people. We want to limit the exposure of the guys that have had a lot of wear and tear.

Unless coach Marshall just decides to start calling things that he's always wanted to call, I would suspect that that they would be very similar to what they've been. I just doubt that a team would invest that much time in preparation, and then throw it out and try to get some new things in one week's time. The logical thing would be to assume that they're going to proceed as if Ray were there.

He's our workhorse, and I was pleased to give him that workload. The more you give him the ball, the better it is for us.

Good size, speed and some pass-rush ability. We'll let him come in and compete,

It was an opportunity to acquire a linebacker who's a good player and fits our system. It wasn't anything that was too costly or too difficult to pull off.

We can strengthen ourselves to be a team that's resting on Wild Card weekend and earning a home playoff game to advance. If you do that, that's a significant step toward the ultimate goal of winning a world championship. It doesn't guarantee anything, but to me, that's next on the wish list.

I don't really have anything to report other than he was awake, alert, still conscious and they are going to take him over to the hospital and make sure they run some tests on him. Obviously, our thoughts are with him and his family.

I have bigger parts of history I'd like to be part of than knocking off an undefeated team. The big thing is we're trying to get into the playoffs.

There were a lot of things to look at that weren't very good. They all added up to a loss.

I give him an A. It's a bottom-line business. David found a way to get a win. He did a nice job for us.