Press Release: #Redskins Quotes- Doug Williams, Gruden

[TK]

November 30, 2018

 

STATEMENT BY WASHINGTON REDSKINS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

OF PLAYER PERSONNEL DOUG WILLIAMS

 

 

 

"First of all, I just wanted to say this is not for any questions whatsoever. First of all, I want to apologize to the organization [Washington Redskins], my wife, my mom, my sisters and the six daughters that I have. The last night or so has been really tough on me from an emotional stand point because never in my life have I said anything so insensitive as I've said. I'm not going to sit here and make excuses, because there is no excuse. There's not a lot to say to more than the fact that if you know me, you would understand. Growing up, I understand the climate and what's going on and for me to make comments like I did, I just want to apologize to anybody out there within ear shot, especially the ladies of this area, across the country. Like I said, I've got six daughters and there's no way I would tolerate anything like that. So, for me to just say something like that, I just wanted to apologize."

 

 

 

Head Coach Jay Gruden

 

 

On injuries:

"All righty, did not participate were Quinton Dunbar, shin; and then limited, Zach Brown, knee; [Matt] Ioannidis, shin; [Morgan] Moses, ankle; [Adrian] Peterson, shoulder; [Tony] Bergstrom, knee; [Jamison] Crowder, ankle; [Jordan] Reed, back; and [Trey] Quinn, ankle."

 

On if CB Quinton Dunbar will play Monday:

"I haven’t ruled anybody out yet."

 

On if WR Trey Quinn aggravated his ankle in the Cowboys game:

"I think the Sunday-Thursday game took a little bit of a toll on him back to the short week. It got a little sore."

 

On if Quinn looks good in and out of his cuts:

"Limited, not quite full strength, but he's done a little bit."

 

On the team covering tight ends this year and how they will cover Eagles TE Zach Ertz on Monday:

"Depends, I think when you're talking about playing good tight ends in the league, you have to have a plan. Man-to-man, you have to have somebody that can cover. I think D.J. [Swearinger] has done an excellent job on some of the tight ends when we have played man. Then some of the zone concepts we've played, we've done a good job with our awareness of where they are. But Zach's a different animal. I think he's the fourth or fifth highest targeted player in the league and he's going to get his opportunities. So when you're in man, you have to have somebody that can match him up. Big target that has a big catch radius, can run all the routes from all the different positions, it'll be a great challenge to go along with Alshon Jeffery on the outside and [Nelson] Agholor on the inside and a lot of good weapons for them."

 

On how important it was for RB Adrian Peterson to have a longer week heading into Monday's game:

"Yeah, it's been good for him. I think the long rest has helped also. I think it's been good for everybody really. Adrian is taking a lot of carries, a lot of hits, but he still looks like he has plenty in the tank, which is good."

 

On if he thought the story about LB Reuben Foster would still be going today:

"No, no."

 

On the optimism that RB Chris Thompson will play Monday:

"Optimistic? [I am] very optimistic. He's been full, so I anticipate the guys that are full to be ready to play. Then, it's just going to be a decision on how many backs I dress and who I dress."

 

On if the better health gives the team an advantage going into Monday's game:

"I don’t know about an advantage. I think we've still got a lot of question marks, really. You're talking about [Zach] Brown, [Matt] Ioannidis, [Morgan] Moses, [Adrian] Peterson, [Tony] Bergstrom, [Jamison] Crowder, [Jordan] Reed, [Trey] Quinn, those are all guys who were all limited and [Quinton] Dunbar of course. That has a major effect on how many lineman you dress and how many linebackers you dress. Then, for special teams it has a trickle-down effect. There's still a little bit of questions as far as who we can dress, who will be available, who is full strength, and if you dress a guy that’s not quite full strength and he goes down early, it's going to have a major effect on that position group. We've just got to do a good job figuring out the guys that are ready to play and can't play but we are pretty healthy on defense – knock on wood – and then offensive line-wise they are as healthy as they've been."

 

On how much the extra day helps the limited players:

"Well, it helps a lot, in preparation number one, but also in the rest, the focus and the ability to get these guys ready to play. It helps."

 

On what RB Chris Thompson will mean to the offense:

"Well, I've said it a lot, he's a very explosive player. Not just when he touches the ball, but when he is in protection also. Philadelphia does a nice job, they did a nice job early in the year, they've done a nice job against us in year's past with some blitzes and he can fit up on the linebackers. Sometimes he's forced to block a defensive lineman and sometimes he's forced to block a defensive back, but the recognition of the fronts and the blitzes, he's very good at. Then, we can get him outside and work him in the screens and work him on some options routes, so he's very important. He's a guy that's a valuable asset to this football team."

 

[Jumbo]

[C26 Run]

👏🏿, good for him.  He's not apologizing for signing Foster (which I still think didn't need to be done) but he was sounding very insensitive.  He tried to rationalize and failed miserably.  

[DJHJR86]

Good on Doug for apologizing, but damn how do you not go into an interview knowing you're going to be asked about the controversy and not have prepared, reserved answers/statements?

[RedskinsLegacy]

15 hours ago, TK said:

On the optimism that RB Chris Thompson will play Monday:

"Optimistic? [I am] very optimistic. He's been full, so I anticipate the guys that are full to be ready to play. Then, it's just going to be a decision on how many backs I dress and who I dress."

You just make sure he's one of them.

[fwo40]

14 hours ago, DJHJR86 said:

Good on Doug for apologizing, but damn how do you not go into an interview knowing you're going to be asked about the controversy and not have prepared, reserved answers/statements?

 

Incompetence.  Dude is little more than a figurehead and under pressure it really comes through.

[Reaper Skins]

On 12/1/2018 at 9:16 AM, fwo40 said:

 

Incompetence.  Dude is little more than a figurehead and under pressure it really comes through.

It sure helped redirect  the focus off of Allen and Snyder though didn't it?

[Peregrine]

1 hour ago, Reaper Skins said:

It sure helped redirect  the focus off of Allen and Snyder though didn't it?

Yeah, it is actually his job description.  People pretend like something went wrong, but we've all known from the start that Doug Williams #1 job is to purely redirect the focus from Snyder and Allen, and take the brunt for any decisions that are unpopular.  It is the LITERAL reason he was hired.

[bird_1972]

Just now, Peregrine said:

Yeah, it is actually his job description.  People pretend like something went wrong, but we've all known from the start that Doug Williams #1 job is to purely redirect the focus from Snyder and Allen, and take the brunt for any decisions that are unpopular.  It is the LITERAL reason he was hired.

Disgusting to use a Skins legend like this. 

 

Didn't think I could hate Snyder any more than I do, but stuff like this shows me there really is no "bottom" with this guy.

[fwo40]

On 12/3/2018 at 9:33 AM, Peregrine said:

Yeah, it is actually his job description.  People pretend like something went wrong, but we've all known from the start that Doug Williams #1 job is to purely redirect the focus from Snyder and Allen, and take the brunt for any decisions that are unpopular.  It is the LITERAL reason he was hired.

 

I'm not debating that;s why he was hired - but I am suggesting that he's still bad at it. I don't think Snyder wanted him to flub it - just to answer for it.  Answering for it is part of the job (sadly) - pouring more gas on the fire with his word choices and overall unprofessional presentation is not.

[Peregrine]

3 hours ago, fwo40 said:

 

I'm not debating that;s why he was hired - but I am suggesting that he's still bad at it. I don't think Snyder wanted him to flub it - just to answer for it.  Answering for it is part of the job (sadly) - pouring more gas on the fire with his word choices and overall unprofessional presentation is not.

Call me crazy, but I think they actually WANT him to be bad at it.  Its not like Allen wasnt constantly pouring gas on the fire before.  The Redskins PR has always been inept.  But if its seen coming from someone other than Allen or Snyder, then people blame the new guy when he pours gas on the fire.  The messenger, so to speak.

 

Lets face it, no one would ever be competent enough to put out Allen and Snyders constant wildfires.