Ron Rivera Presser: “We’re not playing to our abilities. We feel like we’re better than what we’ve shown.”

LIVE: Coach Rivera speaks with the media https://t.co/KtIrOH4Wza

— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) September 27, 2021

Rivera at the podium. “We have to play schemes the way they’re designed. There’s some accountability to it.”

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) September 27, 2021

Rivera said players have been practicing up tempo and playing fast. It all comes down to execution.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) September 27, 2021

Rivera; “Some of us are trying too hard to make things happen and it’s costing us.”

— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) September 27, 2021

Rivera: some players are playing too cautious and some are too aggressive. He wants his players to play to their assignments, and they’ll put themselves in position to make plays.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) September 27, 2021

“We’ve got to play disciplined football in all three phases.” -Ron Rivera

— Ethan Cadeaux (@Ethan_Cadeaux) September 27, 2021

Ron Rivera on Chase Young: “He’s had some really good moments. … But it’s just one of those things, he gets a little extra attention … but he’s really got to understand what his strengths are and attack it with those strengths, because he really can be a disruptive player.”

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) September 27, 2021

The thing Ron Rivera will be paying attention to when it comes to Chase Young: His get off. When Chase gets vertical and is aggressive, he’s dynamic. But Ron is seeing a stutter step at times from him and that’s limiting Chase’s effectiveness

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) September 27, 2021

Ron Rivera: “As a football team right now, we’re not playing to our abilities… We feel like we’re better than what we’ve shown.” Still thinks guys are too anxious to make plays, an explanation he’s given since the opener vs. LA pic.twitter.com/N6ZZbvvcnI

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) September 27, 2021

Ron Rivera: “Let’s just do our jobs. Eleven guys doing one thing at a time, not one guy doing 11 things.”

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) September 27, 2021

Rivera said the players are looking at and relying on each other to fix their issues. They’re not putting everything on one person to provide leadership. That responsibility is placed on everyone.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) September 27, 2021

Ron Rivera : “We have to play the schemes the way they are designed.” Says that’s the maturity aspect he’s fretted about even in camp..

— John Keim (@john_keim) September 27, 2021

“Are we that far off? I don’t think we are. I really don’t. But I do know …”

Ron Rivera sums up Washington’s blowout loss in Buffalo and what’s needed for the team going forward: pic.twitter.com/i85nzDvqSd

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) September 27, 2021

Ron Rivera, though still concerned with specific aspects of his team’s performance and discipline, says after watching the tape that he still doesn’t believe Washington is far from fixing this.

— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) September 27, 2021

Monday with Ron: “Yeah we have a lot of talent. I get that. And I know a lot of people have expectations because of that talent. But as this talent is being worked and molded into a unit, into a team, we’re going to suffer some of those games.”

— michael phillips (@michaelpRTD) September 27, 2021

Rivera also said as coaches, “we have to make sure we put them in the best situations.”

— John Keim (@john_keim) September 27, 2021

This definitely caught my attention. Ron meant it more as “make the right decisions consistently” instead of “be ultra-safe at all times” but still, Heinicke and “game manager” don’t necessarily make sense together IMO https://t.co/eLhi7U25Ta

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) September 27, 2021

“We’ll live with the good decisions, the right decisions.”

— Ethan Cadeaux (@Ethan_Cadeaux) September 27, 2021

Ron Rivera on Heinicke: “I’d like to see him do things in more of a game-manager way. Sometimes, that is really just taking what’s given to you. … It might be a simple check-down on third-and-8, and give the guy a chance to catch and turn and run and see if he can pick it up.”

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) September 27, 2021

Ron Rivera on Samuel: “We’ll see how it goes on Wednesday. That’s the thing we’re pretty excited [about] as a group. The offensive coaches are pretty fired up to see exactly where he is. If he has a good day Wednesday, we’ll progress and go forward.”

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) September 27, 2021

Rivera said of the 3 safeties: ‘really getting it together. Those three are a solid group.’

— John Keim (@john_keim) September 27, 2021