Donger
09-30-2005, 12:05 PM
http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2005/09/30/qa_with_coach_vermeil2/
Q: You said on Tuesday that Trent Green was calling some of his own plays. How many does he call?
VERMEIL: “In the two-minute drills he calls them a number of times. Of course, it’s all pre-determined. There’s plays that we’d like to be used at that time. He did a good job.”
Q: How many times normally in a game without the two-minute drill does he do it?
VERMEIL: “Very seldom. Every once in a while a play doesn’t get in. He called a play-action pass in the Denver game the other night because we had a breakdown in communication with the head set. But it doesn’t happen very often.”
Q: Does Keyaron Fox need surgery?
VERMEIL: “No, Keyaron Fox is not going to have surgery. It’s going to be just rehab. It’s probably six to 10 weeks and we have to make a decision what we’re going to do.”
Q: What about Ryan Sims?
VERMEIL: “Ryan Sims may be longer. Right now, if there is surgery, he’s more apt to have surgery in the future if it doesn’t go well rather than Fox.”
Q: How long to do you wait before making a decision to put him on IR?
VERMEIL: “That’s up to management.”
Q: How about Carlos Hall?
VERMEIL: “I expect him to play. I expected him to play last week. He should be ready to go this week.”
Q: What kind of measuring stick is this game Sunday for your team?
VERMEIL: “It measures how good we are after four games. That’s what it is.”
Q: You don’t use a game like this to tell you what you’re capable of?
VERMEIL: “Especially this early in the season you’ve got to be careful doing that: setting all your sights on one game. Everybody knows they’re a good football team. Everybody knows they have a great road record and in reality last year they were 13-1. The last two (games) they didn’t play their (starting) people. We know how good they are and our players know by looking at the video tapes. We said all along our first four games of the season were very, very tough and I think our statement has proven to be right. The Jets have faltered a bit because of injuries, but Oakland’s very competitive and Denver we knew was going to be good.”
Q: How important is it to go into the bye week with a win?
VERMEIL: “With a bye coming up it’s always nice to go into a bye after a win. We did it last year, winning the Monday night game in Baltimore. It was a great football game. It’ll be tough to do, not impossible, but tough.”
Q: Does the bye come at a good time?
VERMEIL: “I think it comes at a good time. We’ve played eight football games as of Sunday: four pre-season and four regular season. You can look at it as mid-season. You can freshen up and go back to work. It’s always more fun going into a bye after a win.”
Q: We talked about players having bumps and bruises and being slowed by that, would that description fit the overall offense right now?
VERMEIL: “We’re pretty healthy, I think, other than Willie Roaf. If he doesn’t play this week he’ll sure as heck play as soon as we come out of the bye. I visited with him and he’s working very hard and he’d rather practice than do the work we have him doing now.
“Our offensive line has never played together. Our starting five across has never played together this year. That’s just how it is. Every once in a while you get hit like that and eventually it’ll resolve itself. But the positive is you develop some young players that had to go in and play. Jordan Black is a better football player than he was three weeks ago. He’s been forced to be; he’s lined up on Pro Bowl football players and overall he’s done a good job considering as little experience he has playing left tackle – Kevin Sampson too. They all grow through experience and they’ll end up being better football players because of it.”
Q: This will be the last game you play without Warfield and Welbourn (suspended). What have they been able to do?
VERMEIL: “Well, Welbourn can’t even be here, so he’s in southern California. Warfield’s been here and worked out every day. He gets one-on-one with one of our strength coaches every day. He’s allowed to come to the meetings and then he has to disappear and can’t even come to games. That’s the rules.”
Q: What does it mean for you to have him come back?
VERMEIL: “You always get depth. I don’t know how long it’ll take him to get ready to play. You also have to create a roster spot for him.”
Q: You said he won’t automatically get his position back, but will there be a competition for that right corner spot?
VERMEIL: “Sure there’s a competition. Dexter McCleon isn’t going to surrender. I don’t know how long it’s going to take Eric Warfield to get back to what he was. The last game he played he didn’t play very well. It was a pre-season game and his frame of mind wasn’t good and he was very disappointed and he was down about not being able to continue to play and it affected how he played. But we all know he can play and play well when he’s right. I don’t how long it’ll take to get him right.”
Q: You said on Tuesday that Trent Green was calling some of his own plays. How many does he call?
VERMEIL: “In the two-minute drills he calls them a number of times. Of course, it’s all pre-determined. There’s plays that we’d like to be used at that time. He did a good job.”
Q: How many times normally in a game without the two-minute drill does he do it?
VERMEIL: “Very seldom. Every once in a while a play doesn’t get in. He called a play-action pass in the Denver game the other night because we had a breakdown in communication with the head set. But it doesn’t happen very often.”
Q: Does Keyaron Fox need surgery?
VERMEIL: “No, Keyaron Fox is not going to have surgery. It’s going to be just rehab. It’s probably six to 10 weeks and we have to make a decision what we’re going to do.”
Q: What about Ryan Sims?
VERMEIL: “Ryan Sims may be longer. Right now, if there is surgery, he’s more apt to have surgery in the future if it doesn’t go well rather than Fox.”
Q: How long to do you wait before making a decision to put him on IR?
VERMEIL: “That’s up to management.”
Q: How about Carlos Hall?
VERMEIL: “I expect him to play. I expected him to play last week. He should be ready to go this week.”
Q: What kind of measuring stick is this game Sunday for your team?
VERMEIL: “It measures how good we are after four games. That’s what it is.”
Q: You don’t use a game like this to tell you what you’re capable of?
VERMEIL: “Especially this early in the season you’ve got to be careful doing that: setting all your sights on one game. Everybody knows they’re a good football team. Everybody knows they have a great road record and in reality last year they were 13-1. The last two (games) they didn’t play their (starting) people. We know how good they are and our players know by looking at the video tapes. We said all along our first four games of the season were very, very tough and I think our statement has proven to be right. The Jets have faltered a bit because of injuries, but Oakland’s very competitive and Denver we knew was going to be good.”
Q: How important is it to go into the bye week with a win?
VERMEIL: “With a bye coming up it’s always nice to go into a bye after a win. We did it last year, winning the Monday night game in Baltimore. It was a great football game. It’ll be tough to do, not impossible, but tough.”
Q: Does the bye come at a good time?
VERMEIL: “I think it comes at a good time. We’ve played eight football games as of Sunday: four pre-season and four regular season. You can look at it as mid-season. You can freshen up and go back to work. It’s always more fun going into a bye after a win.”
Q: We talked about players having bumps and bruises and being slowed by that, would that description fit the overall offense right now?
VERMEIL: “We’re pretty healthy, I think, other than Willie Roaf. If he doesn’t play this week he’ll sure as heck play as soon as we come out of the bye. I visited with him and he’s working very hard and he’d rather practice than do the work we have him doing now.
“Our offensive line has never played together. Our starting five across has never played together this year. That’s just how it is. Every once in a while you get hit like that and eventually it’ll resolve itself. But the positive is you develop some young players that had to go in and play. Jordan Black is a better football player than he was three weeks ago. He’s been forced to be; he’s lined up on Pro Bowl football players and overall he’s done a good job considering as little experience he has playing left tackle – Kevin Sampson too. They all grow through experience and they’ll end up being better football players because of it.”
Q: This will be the last game you play without Warfield and Welbourn (suspended). What have they been able to do?
VERMEIL: “Well, Welbourn can’t even be here, so he’s in southern California. Warfield’s been here and worked out every day. He gets one-on-one with one of our strength coaches every day. He’s allowed to come to the meetings and then he has to disappear and can’t even come to games. That’s the rules.”
Q: What does it mean for you to have him come back?
VERMEIL: “You always get depth. I don’t know how long it’ll take him to get ready to play. You also have to create a roster spot for him.”
Q: You said he won’t automatically get his position back, but will there be a competition for that right corner spot?
VERMEIL: “Sure there’s a competition. Dexter McCleon isn’t going to surrender. I don’t know how long it’s going to take Eric Warfield to get back to what he was. The last game he played he didn’t play very well. It was a pre-season game and his frame of mind wasn’t good and he was very disappointed and he was down about not being able to continue to play and it affected how he played. But we all know he can play and play well when he’s right. I don’t how long it’ll take to get him right.”