Top Quotes | Chargers Energized Following Bye Week

On ‘how good of a sense he has of the team’ through seven games:

“A strong sense of how good we can be because I’ve seen it. I’ve seen us play. What we’ve experienced is a lot of the tougher side of things, through seven games. I’ve seen us at full strength. I’ve seen us have to absorb some tough stuff and be able to overcome it to go on a three-game winning streak. I think you know where you need to go. I think, with this team that we have right now, we’re excited to get back out there on the practice field after a bye week. We’re excited to get back on the practice field and improve because I think we do know a lot more about our team and how we have to do things because we’ve experienced a lot of the disruption that some teams haven’t gone through so far. We’ve experienced all of that, so we have a lot of contingencies. We’ve had to operate already in a lot of other spaces that some people haven’t. I think that has been healthy for us, to get our nose bloody, to have to go play some tough, rugged games, to have some attrition and to have to be able to figure it out. I think that’s healthy for the rest of the season because you have already had to make a lot of those adjustments.”

On what he accomplished over the bye week:

“Just a lot of assessment in all phases of the program. I think offense, defense, kicking game, the way you practice, the way you meet, the way you travel, preparing for the next game, getting a jump start on the next game. I feel like I was able to communicate to a lot of different groups. That’s important when you get that sort of time to try and connect with your people; coach, player, staff. Then, get some rest and be with my family. We had a really good practice on Monday. That’s where our focus was, to have a really good practice on Monday. Now, we get an opportunity today. I’m looking forward to getting out there with the guys.”

On his assessment of the offense:

“I think that we have, in talking with you guys before…