Jack Rio Next Quotations

I will look at all of that. We'll have a plan as the week unfolds. We'll work through that, exactly how we want to play, who we want to play, how much we want to play and be able to go out there and do the best we can Sunday and be ready to work the next weekend.

We do. We're optimistic that we'll get him back for the playoffs. We want to rest him this week. They want to re-examine the hand next week and have a better indication of whether we'll get him or not, but we remain optimistic that we'll get him back.

We can strengthen ourselves to be a team that's resting on Wild Card weekend and earning a home playoff game to advance. If you do that, that's a significant step toward the ultimate goal of winning a world championship. It doesn't guarantee anything, but to me, that's next on the wish list.

We want to win any game we compete in. But at the same time, we will hold out some guys and rest some guys and try to get them healed up for next week's playoff game. We'll be smart about how much we play certain people. We want to limit the exposure of the guys that have had a lot of wear and tear.

For the next two weeks, he'll be in a non weight-bearing state and allow the leg to heal, ... After that, we'll just have to see where he's at and take it from there. He has responded well to injuries in the past.