Ron Rivera Quotes on Running (6 Quotes)

He had time to throw. Some of their play-action bought them good time. We were geared up to stop the run, which we did do a pretty fair job of.

With Foster back there, their character is a little different. I think they feel really confident about their ability to run the football, and so I posed the challenge to our guys We have to stop the run and get them in situations where we can use our front four to get pressure on the quarterback.

Guys weren't in their gaps because they were trying to do more than they needed to or they flat-out got cut off, and that can't happen. It doesn't matter who the running back is, it doesn't matter who the offensive line is, you just can't give up the yardage in key situations.

With the tools he has out there the wide receivers, the tight end and the running back you don't want the quarterback to get comfortable. You've got to try to get pressure one way or the other.

We would like to have had more pressure, but the play action kind of froze us. We stopped the run. Unfortunately, the result was they got away with a couple of big pass plays. (Palmer) threw the ball very well.

We missed tackles, it's part of the game sometimes. You have to give credit to the running back, but in the same respect, I think some of the guys that missed tackles are some of our better players and we've most certainly got to improve on that.