Opening Statement: I was very pleased with the way we came out and played this weekend. Other than our receiving corps, I thought we played a very sound game of football. Our running game was obviously present in two of our backs, one of whom(Brandon Jacobs) was on the bench. It was a mistake on my part. I continue to underestimate Jacobs’ abilities. Let’s just put it this way….he has earned a starting spot for this week. Big MT, Michael Turner, has been playing his ass off recently and will continue to start and get around 25 carries a game. His 3 TD performance just shows me the kind of things that he is capable of.
Coach Campbell, what did you think of Peyton Manning’s performance? Peyton is the one of the few players on my team that we will live or die by. Sure, he had been in a slump in 4 of the previous 5 weeks. But Peyton’s slumps are still better than most other quarterbacks’ good days. I’m not worried about Peyton; He will straighten himself out. Peyton “Primetime” Manning is back to himself, and I look forward to seeing him shred the Jags this weekend. Next question.
How did you feel about the fans’ somber reaction to the result of your victory this weekend? Well you usually don’t expect lots of celebration in the stands with a victory on the road. But this week was different. The Hail Marys’ stadium is only about an hour and a half away. We had a good showing of about 30% Comeback Kids fans. But even they weren’t cheering for us after the win. We then found out that all of our fans and even all of the coaches in the league, with the exception of me, had put their money on The Hail Marys. That’s fine. We don’t need fans. Knowing that all of the coaches in the league voted against us just motivated us to go out and get the job done. And go figure, I just took a look at the votes for this coming week’s game. 4 out of 4 coaches so far have voted for me. That’s what I call bandwagon. Next question.
Are you tempted to change your team name again? Is that even a question?!? Changing your name is just like doing cocaine, it’s addicting…..if you don’t believe me, just ask Darryl Strawberry. The name had been fitting for our team up until this week. We actually played with a lead this week. We will remain the Comeback Kids the rest of the season though, as we don’t want to be fined by the crazy commish.
Coach Campbell, are you doing anything special to prepare for the Pessimists this week? Yeah, we are taking the guys out to Baskin Robins for ice cream cones every day after practice. And then we are tucking them in and reading them bedtime stories at night. Hell no, we are doing the same stuff we have done all along. I still feel like we have one of the best teams in the league and we have from the start. Our mentality hasn’t changed. It has always been a “show up first, leave last” attitude here in the clubhouse. As long as I’m in the big boy’s seat, it will remain that way. One minor detail that we have changed this week though, is that we have been very uplifting and encouraging toward each other. The way we look at it, you have to beat your opponents at their weakness. So I have built it into the guys’ heads…….we ARE going to win this weekend. The way I see it, 2 wins will probably get us in. So we are setting out to take care of business and hope that the stars align for us. Thanks, that's all.
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