Charles Harris – September 29, 2019 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
Postgame – L.A. Chargers
DE Charles Harris (transcribed by Ken Mendonça)
(What have you guys been seeing that’s playing out differently in the second half?) – “Really, we have to get back and watch the film from today to see what the pattern (is). I think we have to start fast coming out of the half. Some people will say we’re a young team or whatever the case may be but we just have to get our momentum back up after we go in for the half, whether we end the first half good or bad.”
(The pressure you guys got on QB Philip Rivers today, what did you think? Did you get the type of pressure you wanted?) – “I think we definitely did a good job of caging him in. He’s a great quarterback, so we have to do a better job of hitting him more and more. He’s a tough guy. He got a couple passes out there. We just have to keep on him.”
(You’re 0-4 on the season. What’s the tone of this locker room right now?) – “Back to work. That’s the number one thing. Training follows wherever the leader goes. I think (Head) Coach ‘Flo’ (Brian Flores) isn’t giving up in terms of us working hard and getting back to the basics, correcting and things like that. I think right now it’s just hard work. I think everyone knows we have to come back in tomorrow, make the corrections, and get back to the grind. Enjoy the bye week and come back and come back to work.”
Xavien Howard – September 29, 2019 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
Postgame – L.A. Chargers
CB Xavien Howard (transcribed by Ken Mendonça)
(Where is this team at right now? Obviously the record speaks for itself but where do you feel the team is at mentally right now?) – “Just like Reshad (Jones) said, we are likely one play away from everything – one block, one turnover. I feel like we just have to make plays out there, and we’re not getting the job done.”
(Do you think the adjustments at halftime are proper right now? They are being made and you guys are executing those?) – “I feel like they are putting us in the right calls and we’re just not executing. We just have to come out there with more energy in the second half. We’ve been tied or ahead part of the game and then we come out in the second half and be flat. So we have to come out there with more energy.”
Taco Charlton – September 29, 2019 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
Postgame – L.A. Chargers
DE Taco Charlton (transcribed by Paola Argueta)
(I see you walked off the field and you glimpsed at the scoreboard and you kind of start shaking your head at the end of the game. Your thoughts on a game like that?) – “It’s never satisfying. I’m a competitor, so I like to win. Just having that feeling, I just hate seeing us lose, especially when I feel like we could have done some things that could have changed the outcome. It’s something for us to build off of and come back after this bye week ready to go. ”
(What were your thoughts just on the pressure you guys were able to get on Chargers QB Philip Rivers?) – “We got some but Iike I said, I’m never satisfied. I want more. It’s not enough. Like I said, we’ve got to help each other out. The d-line, we’ve got to put pressure to help that secondary out and vice versa. I think it’s something for us to build off of. Keep working and get back to work and like I said, get ready after this bye week to get a win.”
(In the two games you’ve been with this team you guys have been in the games going into halftime, what has changed after the half?) – “We just have to come out of the half I would say with more of a spark ready to play, make some key plays and then it’ll be all different. It’s just one or two plays – not one or two plays – but there are a couple of plays, that if we make that big play, it could be that play that changed the game. There are some things I think we can correct and come back a better team.”
Isaiah Prince – September 29, 2019 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
Postgame – L.A. Chargers
T Isaiah Prince (transcribed by Katharine Bohlmann)
(When did you get the heads up that you would start today?) – “They let me know sometime during the middle of the week. During the week, I was just competing and trying to get better.”
(How do you feel like you have progressed since training camp to now?) – “I feel like I have gotten a lot better since training camp with the help of my coaches and teammates. I am just thankful for them.”
(How much time did you get to study DE Joey Bosa and DE Melvin Ingram – I know Ingram went out with an injury, but did you get Bosa a few times today?) – “Yeah, I got to see both of them today. Like I said, I just stuck to the game plan with the coaches. The coaches – (Offensive Line Coach Dave DeGuglielmo) ‘Guge’ did a really great job with me this week just helping me be prepared of whoever was going to be in there. It worked out. I did the best that I can.”
Jerome Baker – September 29, 2019 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
Postgame – L.A. Chargers
LB Jerome Baker (transcribed by Devin Davis)
(What did they do differently that you might have expected?) – “They didn’t. We just didn’t execute. That’s what it comes down to, we just didn’t execute.”
(Is it the most frustrating part now after four games? After four games, you say we just didn’t execute. It just seems like that every game.) – “Yeah It’s definitely frustrating especially after you play a good first half. We played well and we just didn’t finish them. At the end of the day, it comes down to execution.”
(Are you looking forward to the bye week to just re-charge a little bit?) – “Yeah. I’ve just got to reflect on the past four games, re-charge and finish the season strong.”
DeVante Parker – September 29, 2019 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
Postgame – L.A. Chargers
WR DeVante Parker (transcribed by Anthony Gutierrez)
(Are you guys encouraged that you guys can do better and use this bye week to improve for the rest of the season?) – “Yeah, of course. We are going to use this week to improve and look at what we need to do better.”
(Can you take us through that first series when you got open down the sideline, what happened and what you saw when QB Josh Rosen connected with you?) – “They were playing the perfect coverage we needed, and it was a good throw he made, and I was wide open.”
(What has been going on with the execution on this team? It seems like every week the players point to it, you have a couple good series and then kind of gets away from everybody?) – “We had a good first half of executing what we need to do right, and then in the second half we have to just work on it.”
Reshad Jones – September 29, 2019 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
Postgame – L.A. Chargers
S Reshad Jones (transcribed by Ken Mendonça)
(What is the frustration when you’re in contention in the first half and in the second half there are issues?) – “Yeah, there is a little frustration; but like Coach (Flores) said, we are one or two plays away. One block away, one tackle away. We just have to make those plays.”
(Did it feel good for you in that first series when you had that pass break up on third down just to kind of get involved again?) – “It just feels good to be back playing football, back out with my guys, playing the game I love. It definitely felt good.”
(What happened on that first touchdown when it looked like Chargers QB Philip Rivers was scrambling?) – “I thought he was out of the pocket. Rivers, he’s been running the ball a bit more lately, so I thought he was about to try to run it in, and I thought he had past the line of scrimmage, so I came off and tried to make a play.”
Josh Rosen – September 29, 2019 (Postgame)
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
Postgame – L.A. Chargers
QB Josh Rosen
(That first half that you guys had – was that the best half you think you’ve had in your career?) – “My career?”
(In your short career?) – “I don’t know. I would have to think a little bit on that. Maybe.”
(You guys had those four potential scoring drives. What were you guys able to do to make you successful early on?) – “I thought we had a pretty good game plan going in. It was nothing too crazy, just came down to execution. I think we’re a young team. The more snaps we have on the field, the better we’ll get. Hopefully this isn’t the last of those you’ll see, so hopefully we’ll get down there a lot more often and just continue to build on them.”
(It’s two weeks in a row it seems like things are a little bit more efficient in the first half as opposed to the second half. Can you put your finger on why that is?) – “No, not really. We’ve got to go back and look at tape. I definitely made a couple of pretty significant errors in the second half. I missed a couple – they started to heat up the pressure a little bit and I started to miss a couple – like not a couple, just like one or two sights in some kind of critical areas in situational football. I’ve just got to not almost get a safety on the 1-yard line and understand the bigger scope of the game, the field position and just make smart plays. Then, the quick little screen out to my left, I should have just thrown it in the dirt instead of trying to run like an idiot playing high school football. (It was) just a lot of little things here and there, but I think we’ll improve and be better (after the bye week).”
(What was the difference today in the second half as opposed to the first half?) – “I don’t know. We just didn’t really execute. I missed a couple of things as I was kind of saying earlier. It’s nothing very complicated. I think we’ve just got to continue to get snaps on the field and play better together and continue to improve.”
(With WR Preston Williams – you had the opportunity to get to him a little more – are you comfortable with him?) – “Yeah, absolutely. Like I said, ‘Fitz’ (Ryan Fitzpatrick) was taking most of the reps through training camp and the first couple of games. I’m just kind of getting my feet wet with this thing and getting chemistry with all these guys, and like I said, I think we’ll improve as the season goes. As I said, through training camp and OTAs since I got here, I’m just trying to make my next day better than the previous, and I think once we’re in-season, I think I can sort of hopefully try to expand that and say just trying and make the next week better than the previous and just kind of execute better and continue to just get in the red zone and try to put touchdowns on the board and not field goals.”
(Can you take us through your interception?) – “I just kind of hesitated a little bit. Just a couple of adjustments they made. I just made a real dumb decision. I was kind of in between two throws I was trying to make to Preston (Williams) and ended up picking the one in between, which was (to) him and the defender. I’m trying to eliminate those. I think our defense plays – our defense is playing pretty well. I think they’re getting better each week. I’ve just got to really try to eliminate turnovers and just try to stay with positive plays and not let it get out of hand.”
(You had a lot of turnover up front with the offensive line. Generally speaking, how did you think your pass protection was?) – “I thought they did really well – really well, actually – particularly early in the game. I think we did some good stuff schematically to help everyone out and get the ball out quick here and there and then try and mess with the d-line a little bit. Overall, I think they played pretty well. Like I said and keep going back to, we’re a young team and I think we’ll only improve as we keep rolling. I don’t think Isaiah Prince expected to be lining up there even just a couple of weeks ago. I think we’ve all got to step up to the plate, and I think they did a really good job today – all of them.”
(Regarding that second half, the last two weeks you guys have been winning the game at halftime and then come out in the second half and played a little more flat. Is it the other team making adjustments or has the energy just not been there in the second half?) – “I really don’t know. I mean you guys keep asking about the second half thing, and if I had an answer, we’d correctly adjust for it. I don’t know. We’re figuring that out, and hopefully we’ll give you guys a better second half the next time.”
(Is this a good time to go into a bye week for this team?) – “I don’t know. I haven’t really been playing in the NFL that long. I think we had it midseason – like a Week 8 or 9 bye last year. We’ll see how this one goes. I don’t really have any preference. I haven’t had much experience with byes.”
