Commanders head coach Ron Rivera was really upbeat today while talking with the media.
Wouldn’t you be upbeat when you realized you had a stretch of the game where you were outscored 19-0 and yet came away with the win?
Quickly here are some items on the offensive side of the ball that has Rivera feeling good right now.
Brian Robinson: “It was good to see him out there. He is progressing very well. Each week he gets to see the doctors and the trainers. They felt now is a good time to see how he does outside. We will see how he reacts to everything tomorrow morning.”
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OC Scott Turner:
“Just watching him go through what coordinators do on a daily basis in terms of talking with him on Monday and Tuesday. You see the growth and you see the development. Just understanding how to attack people and how to create those matchups that you’re looking for. Using what you have. I think that has been very good. I think it has been very strong in terms of development.”
On how the offense handled blitzes Sunday:
“I thought they handled them pretty well. A big part of it obviously is getting a degree of comfort and trust with your offensive line and with the receivers knowing that they are going to get where they need to be when they see a blitz. That is probably the biggest thing that you saw. There were some really good things that happened. He got pressured, but not as much as he could’ve.”
Commanders Blitz Preparation Paying Dividends:
“We do a blitz period every day. It’s an opportunity for him to see it every day. That’s what we did through training camp and we do that now. We work on the opponents blitzes and what we can anticipate. It’s not just him that benefits from it, but the rest of the offense that benefits from it as well just working on it every day.”
Coach Rivera knows the team has a much different momentum after Sunday’s win.
“It’s the vibe more so than anything else. It was fun to watch how the guys came in on Monday and the excitement when we went through the tape in the team meeting. It is one of those things now that as you go forward you want to continue to work hard and keep the energy level up. That’s big.”