HEAD COACH GARY KUBIAK
(on Steve Slatons performance against the Titans last season)
I think theyre one of the best teams in football against the run. Steve played good football for us last year. Weve struggled as a team throughout the preseason and week one running the football. Its been an issue for us so weve got to get a lot better and theres no tougher place to do it than coming there to play you guys.
(on if there are any concerns of Steve Slaton bulking up in the offseason)
No, I dont. I really dont see that as an issue. Hes put on a few pounds, five or six pounds, but I think he needed a few pounds as far as the wear-and-tear of the National Football League. Its nothing to lose that in a game on a given weekend. Steves fine, I think he came out of training camp a better player than he was last year. You know, weve got to help him as a group. Weve got to do a better job, everybody around him, and get him some help.
(on if it is a timing thing with Steve Slaton)
The thing for us is that we really havent come out of games where we had 30-35 carries where you sit there and evaluate it and say, Okay, what are we doing good, what are we doing poor. Weve kind of been, in three out of our last four games when you throw out the last preseason game, where we got out of whack, run and pass. Kind of really got one sided throwing the football. When youre a balanced football team, which is what we want to be, youre putting yourself in a tough position. It hasnt been good, its been frustrating. Weve got a lot of work to do to try and get it corrected.
(on the possibility of a running back combination like the Titans with Chris Brown and Steve Slaton)