Exclusive: Raiders’ Rookie OL Shares Thoughts From Locker Room
Rookie offensive tackle DJ Glaze was thrown into the fire this season for the Las Vegas Raiders.
Glaze handled the step to the NFL admirably, and now the Silver and Black is excited for his future. He looks to be a mainstay for the Raiders. Glaze was interivew in the locker room this week, and we have the full video right here:
Below is a transcript from offensive coordinator Scott Turner’s recent presser:
Q: When you went back and looked, are you able in a loss to still appreciate the progress?
Coach Turner: “Yeah, I mean we don’t really have the moral victories or whatever, you’re very disappointed. I mean, we felt like we started out the game, we moved the ball, and then we’ve just got to be able to finish in the red zone. I think it’s a different game if we’re able to get some touchdowns early. We would have gotten the lead or potentially been tied instead of then just constantly having to play from behind. But no, I was happy with the way the guys played. I mean, the guys really stuck with it the whole time. I felt like we were aggressive as far as just being like aggressive coming off the ball, the yards after catch were really well. The quarterback did a nice job of getting the ball out of his hand, which I challenged him to do. And we were efficient. We did turn them into touchdowns the second half. We’ve got to come out – that first drive of the second half we took the sack and then we weren’t able to overcome it, but on those two touchdown drives converted two fourth downs, overcame two penalties. That’s some stuff that we’ve had some issues with, if there’s a penalty and obviously the sack got us on the other drive. So, it was good. I mean there are definitely some positives, but I think we could have started better or started the second half better, because we had an opportunity to take the lead a couple times and we weren’t able to do that. And I think getting the lead in this league is so important and playing from ahead, and that’s what we’ve just got to do that and help our team.”
