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Chris Long Defensive End St. Louis Rams
RE: Being ejected
I apologized to my teammates for hurting the team and giving them 15 yards. Having to watch the game in the locker room was probably the low point in my career. I can’t let that happen again. I’ll always stick up for my teammates. When my teammates are in trouble, I’ll always stick up for them. I’m not sorry for that, but I am sorry for losing my cool.
RE: What caused him to get so mad
I don’t really have any comments about what was really kind of a situation that was a little bit out of control. There was a lot going on in there so I don’t really have any comment on that, but again, I just apologize for losing my cool. That did happen. I don’t want to hurt this football team, but I’ll always stick up for my teammates.
RE: The person retaliating being the person who gets called for the foul
You know how that goes. They are always going to get the second guy, so I need to be smarter than that. I play this game with a lot of emotion. I won’t change that, but there has to be a point where I can reel it in and I can’t let people provoke me. I can’t hurt the team. Those guys played hard. We were playing hard out there. We played the game with a lot of emotion but sometimes you have to know when to reel it in.
RE: If the frustration was with the officiating or the Panthers
I was just frustrated. It was a frustrating situation. We weren’t playing to our potential at the time and there was a big scuffle in there. I just got caught and probably lost my cool the most. I apologize for that. That was wrong and I need to be more composed. There is a fine line, when you play with a lot of emotion, there is a fine line between being over the line and reeling it back in. I need to reel it back in.
RE: Sam Bradford’s injury
It’s really tough. Sam has been playing well. Whatever that situation might be, it’s just tough to see him in pain and it’s tough to see him get some bad luck on that one. It was just a bang-bang play. It’s football. It’s a very physical game and sometimes, you are going to get hurt. Hopefully, we’ll have Sam back soon. That is really difficult. Sam fights hard for this team and works his ass off. For him to have to exit early, that’s really hard for the team.
RE: If he apologized
Most guys came up to me and said don’t worry about it. I’ve apologized to certain guys because I can’t be out there. They understand. I’m always going to stick up for my teammates. It goes without saying that I need to reel it. I’ve apologized to those guys but they understand when you are on a team together, we all play with a lot of emotion and we all stick up for each other. Those guys get it. I don’t have to worry about these guys in the locker room. We all have a lot of love for each other. They’d rather me be out there battling hard than to be out there not doing that.
RE: Being ejected
I apologized to my teammates for hurting the team and giving them 15 yards. Having to watch the game in the locker room was probably the low point in my career. I can’t let that happen again. I’ll always stick up for my teammates. When my teammates are in trouble, I’ll always stick up for them. I’m not sorry for that, but I am sorry for losing my cool.
RE: What caused him to get so mad
I don’t really have any comments about what was really kind of a situation that was a little bit out of control. There was a lot going on in there so I don’t really have any comment on that, but again, I just apologize for losing my cool. That did happen. I don’t want to hurt this football team, but I’ll always stick up for my teammates.
RE: The person retaliating being the person who gets called for the foul
You know how that goes. They are always going to get the second guy, so I need to be smarter than that. I play this game with a lot of emotion. I won’t change that, but there has to be a point where I can reel it in and I can’t let people provoke me. I can’t hurt the team. Those guys played hard. We were playing hard out there. We played the game with a lot of emotion but sometimes you have to know when to reel it in.
RE: If the frustration was with the officiating or the Panthers
I was just frustrated. It was a frustrating situation. We weren’t playing to our potential at the time and there was a big scuffle in there. I just got caught and probably lost my cool the most. I apologize for that. That was wrong and I need to be more composed. There is a fine line, when you play with a lot of emotion, there is a fine line between being over the line and reeling it back in. I need to reel it back in.
RE: Sam Bradford’s injury
It’s really tough. Sam has been playing well. Whatever that situation might be, it’s just tough to see him in pain and it’s tough to see him get some bad luck on that one. It was just a bang-bang play. It’s football. It’s a very physical game and sometimes, you are going to get hurt. Hopefully, we’ll have Sam back soon. That is really difficult. Sam fights hard for this team and works his ass off. For him to have to exit early, that’s really hard for the team.
RE: If he apologized
Most guys came up to me and said don’t worry about it. I’ve apologized to certain guys because I can’t be out there. They understand. I’m always going to stick up for my teammates. It goes without saying that I need to reel it. I’ve apologized to those guys but they understand when you are on a team together, we all play with a lot of emotion and we all stick up for each other. Those guys get it. I don’t have to worry about these guys in the locker room. We all have a lot of love for each other. They’d rather me be out there battling hard than to be out there not doing that.
