WEBVTT - Press Pass: Doug Pederson 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:11.760 Decision on him Camu again his right ham string strain. Um, 0:00:11.800 --> 0:00:14.680 he did some running today and we'll see. We'll see 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:16.439 where he's at later in the week. But again he's 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:18.880 also week to week. And then Taylor Hart with the 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:23.200 right ankle. Um, he was sore this morning again and um, 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:28.000 he's also week to week. Benny Logan is doing much better. Um, 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:30.000 we'll see where he's at. We'll probably limit him a 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:32.720 little bit. He should return to practice this week and 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:34.960 and uh get him, get him some reps and see 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:39.040 where he's at. Uh. Chris Maragos and Leotis um with 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.040 their hamstrings are okay, I'll be full go with them. 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:46.519 And then Michael Kendricks, Jordan Matthews and and uh um 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:50.120 Carson had to calf string a week ago, um or 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:53.959 calf spasm. Actually, um are okay and and uh our 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:58.720 full full go Barbara's place. We just did well. Weis 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:02.000 did well. You know, he's such a uh um, he's 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:04.520 such a competitor, and he's a he's a pro. You know, 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:10.399 he really um focuses in on his his assignments, his 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:13.319 job and and uh you know he's hitching to play. 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:15.400 And then he got an opportunity and played well. He 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:21.200 say week weeky are you usually expecting as the Giants 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:24.560 can't tell you until until I see him on Wednesday 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:26.640 to see where he's at. You talk a little bit 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:29.800 more about Carson's cap. I don't think that was on 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.000 the report was that it was just sore after the 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:34.480 Minnesota game he got kicked in it and uh was 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:39.080 sore and just a spasm. He's fine, so um, okay, 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:42.240 So it didn't Uh he didn't reaggregate it. No in 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:46.640 the game, No, not at all. Looking at the film, 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:50.360 was there anything down the field that maybe Carson missed 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:52.960 her that you didn't You didn't see maybe during the 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:58.720 day that was available. Um, you know there there's always 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:00.960 uh when you when you come in on a Monday 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:02.640 and you look at the tape and and you look 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.520 at it with uh different set of eyes. I mean, yeah, 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:09.720 you can you can always uh uh you know, make 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.080 a make a determination on certain things down the field. 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:16.040 But you know, Dallas two played a little bit more 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:18.800 too deep against us than what we've seen uh in 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:23.400 previous weeks. Uh. Um, you know, I thought that Carson 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:25.600 was very efficient with with the throws he did make. 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.240 He made some tough throws at the end of the half. 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:34.320 There were some situations there and you know, but overall, um, 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:39.360 I thought we came away you know in the passing game, um, 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:42.160 pretty well in this game. So you know, we will 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:44.160 evaluate it some more. But but at the same time, 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:47.160 I thought that the decisions that he made and the 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.360 down the field um throws that we did have were 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:53.360 We're we're good and you know led to it led 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.960 to a field goal obviously before half. My receiver drops 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.600 are a problem. Well, anytime you drop the ball as 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:05.639 a problem, Um, you know, well it's you know, everybody 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.320 has to do their job. I talk about it every 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:08.800 week with the team, and you know, you have to 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.600 do your job to your assignment, no excuses, and and 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.280 um you have to own up to them. And uh, 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.440 we're there some drops in the game you know last 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:18.320 night that that were that were crucial. Yeah, I mean 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:21.480 that's um, that's part of the as part of it. 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:24.000 And we just got to continue to work and get 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:27.840 better and and uh, you know, keep putting our putting 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.120 our players in those situations to make those places. You 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.680 said that you were you were good with your wide receivers. 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:35.640 You said there wasn't going to be any moves at 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:38.920 the trade deadline considering how they played on Sunday, do 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:41.040 you feel like you need to upgrade there? And will 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.920 you guys make a move for the devil? As far 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:47.480 as I know, UM, we're not making any moves. The 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.120 guys we have were the guys we have. We're going 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.080 to continue to work and get better at that position. 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:53.880 You guys have won play of thirty yards and more 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.480 than the last four games now over two hundred and 0:03:56.520 --> 0:04:03.400 thirty snaps. Can you win without doing anything down the field? Um? Yeah, 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:05.280 we went nine to oh in Kansas City and and 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.960 and didn't do it. You know, Um, I've seen it done. Um, 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:12.480 and uh, you can do that and and UM, you 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:15.400 know it's just uh, we we have to we have 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.280 to figure out and find ways to get the ball 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:19.880 obviously down the field. Um, you have to trust protection, 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:21.800 you have to trust reads and progressions, and you got 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:23.920 to trust the guys to get down to get down 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:27.360 the field. So there's a lot involved in in in 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:30.920 in in that kind of stuff. And UM, we just 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.040 have to evaluate it. But yeah, I think you can. Uh, 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:37.720 you can definitely win last week. Any chance he'll be up, Um, 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:39.640 I don't know. We'll just see where he's at. You know, 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.960 he's still working. Um mentally, he's getting better with with 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.320 the offense and learning learning the role. He's done done 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.280 an outstanding job on the practice squad and and um, 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:51.240 we'll or with the look teams. Um, not practice squad, 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:55.080 but with the look teams, and um uh, well, we'll 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:58.720 see where he's at again this week. His comments after 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:00.960 the game. I don't look at drops any of that 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:03.200 type of stuff. I'm tired of hearing about it. It's 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.400 just stupid. I'm wondering how those kind of comments sit 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:09.280 with you, coming from a first round pick obviously is 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:13.520 charged with not drop. Well, you know it's it's obviously. 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:17.680 Um uh you know, we're disappointed. I'm disappointed, um in 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:20.960 in in in Uh you know the type of comments 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:25.000 I think you Each individual has to be responsible for 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:29.280 their own job, obviously, um. And uh, we gotta make 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:32.159 we gotta make good smart choices and and and everybody's 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:36.159 mad and disappointed and angry after after tough losses like 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.960 we just came through and and uh, you know, cooler 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.640 heads prevail and we just have to um, you know, 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.600 bite our lips sometimes and and just suck it. Up 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:49.240 and and and get to work. And you know, um, 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:53.120 that's what we got to do this week more than incrementally. 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:55.440 You know, we always talk about making the receivers catch 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:58.560 the ball better and running backs and securing the ball. 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:00.560 But you guys have repute. Me you have one on 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:03.719 your team. Guys have reputations over a stretch of time 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:07.960 that are counter to any but what any coaching himsels 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:11.120 are people inherently good or bad in that? And you 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.640 can move the dial in incrementally. I think you can 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:15.599 move You can definitely move to move the dial, and 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:17.360 you can move it in a positive direction. I think. 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:19.360 I think you just got to continue to show confidence 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:23.320 in that player. You know. The second you don't I 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:26.039 think is when when when bad things negative more negative 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:29.159 things can happen to that to that individual. And and listen, 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:34.160 we're you know, um, we go to work every every 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:36.520 single day with with with the guys we have and 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.400 and and we just keep we just keep fighting through 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.040 them fighting. There's a lot of football left, a lot 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.560 of season left. And it's like I told you guys, 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.960 after the team, I mean, you're still a good football team. 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:47.800 You're a great football team. You know, you proved it. 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.360 You proved it again last night. You know you you 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:52.200 went toe to toe with one of the best teams 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:56.159 in the National Football League and and um, um, you 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:58.560 know you prove that that you can, that you can. 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:03.240 You just gotta eliminate the mistakes. You eliminate the assignment errors, 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:08.680 you eliminate turnovers. Um, make the make the make the 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:10.640 pick when you get an opportunity to make those types 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:12.480 of things, and those those things will help us win 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.480 games down the stretch. Yourself at all in the triple 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:18.120 and portion taper or anything that you second guess is 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.000 so well, you know what I have. I'm the I'm 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:22.679 the first one to tell you that. And I'll admit 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.360 that that. Uh. You know, I look at the tape, um, 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:29.320 not not necessarily from execution the first time around. I 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:31.760 do that more today. I look at it from the 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.040 standpoint of did I put the guys in the right spots? 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:39.680 Did I do enough, um to be to be accountable 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:42.880 for putting our offense in in the right spots by 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.400 play call? And uh, you know you take away from 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:48.880 this game We're always evaluating. I'm always evaluating myself, the players, 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:53.280 the whole thing. And you know it's if there's anything 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:55.120 in this game that that I that I look at 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:57.840 and point point of finger out for myself. Um, would 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:59.720 probably be the player in the first quarter on the 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:01.560 fourth down. You know, we kicked the field goal, we 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:03.240 got the roughing would have put us at a fourth 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.520 and one and um, you know it would have been 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:08.640 a situation there and possibly at the seven yard line 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:12.240 to go for it. Um. And and you know, whether 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:14.720 you make the fourth and one or not, you know, 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:16.960 you keep the drive alive or they get the ball 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.160 at the seven yard line, eight yard line and have 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.440 to go the distance. So I look at those plays 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:24.440 and I need to evaluate those. Um, you know, from 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:27.000 my own my own standpoint. Ryan Mathews have such a 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.960 limited role yesterday, And was it a reaction to his 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:33.240 fumbles in the previous one. Wasn't a reaction. I just 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.360 think that Darren went. Darren had the hot hand yesterday. 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.960 Darren was playing outstanding and uh, um he was doing 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.040 he was doing some great things out there. So just 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:42.800 just want to keep keep Darren in the game. He 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:46.680 concerned about giving Darren that number of carries at thirty 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:53.960 three years old, Well, I mean no, Um, I definitely 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:55.959 think he's capable. I think I think, I think you 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:57.640 don't want to give him any more than than what 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.319 he got yesterday. But you know, with is with his 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.920 role on special teams and all that too. So but 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:07.960 but he's I mean, if you know Darren, like I 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:09.839 know Darren, the way he works during the week, the 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:13.320 way he prepares himself and he prepares his body and mind, 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:17.320 you know, um, he's definitely capable of handling that type 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.520 of load. That first quarse you would stand out to 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.040 you more than a fourth quarter se points when you 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.400 had the third and eight that that at the thirty 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.360 yard six yard lost the scrolls and then moved pump 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:32.920 the board least well in the first quarter obviously, Um, 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:37.840 and really both of those situations, Uh, we were decisions 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.400 that uh you know had first of all, if I 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:42.640 had would have gone for it, if we'd accepted the 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.360 penalty and gone for it. And uh and uh you know, 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.400 possibly make the make the fourth and one there, um 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.720 first quarter, you know, seven points over three makes it 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:54.280 makes a different that situation. That's that's a different first quarter. 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:57.880 There's you know, maybe less stress or whatever. I mean, 0:09:57.920 --> 0:09:59.440 it's the first quarter of the ball game. And then 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:01.840 it kind of said it's the tone early, you know, 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:03.240 the third and eight play. I look at that, and 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:04.800 I looked at it again this morning, looked at on 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:08.200 a plane last night, and and um, I'd have called 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:13.679 the same thing again. Um. It's assignment football. It's one 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.440 of our basic fundamental plays that we've we've wrapped the 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:20.920 entire season in a man situation which we got and uh, 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:24.520 it just comes down to assignments and and um, we 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:28.840 busted one assignment and negative play happened. So you know, 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.600 every we have to look at it. Um, we have 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:35.400 to own up to those those It starts with me obviously, UM. 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:37.880 And then each man on the team has to has 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:39.880 to own up to their responsibility and make sure that 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:43.559 those those negative plays don't happen again. You know, by 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:45.720 nature of the play, it's going in reverse and you're 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:48.079 in field goal range and if it if it gets 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.559 dropped for a loss, that that pulls you potentially out 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:52.360 on the way. Yeah, and and and the thing is 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:55.200 too in a way, I kind of and you guys 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.240 know football, I mean, come on, it's any play has 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.800 the ability to go backwards or to run a pass, 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.640 a sack in those situations. I know where we were 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:07.559 on the on the field, it is a relatively safe 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:11.720 football play against darren sproles out in space. UM, in 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:14.880 a man coverage, look that that we have the ability 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:18.480 to to to run some interference on some linebackers. Um, 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.440 I e. Shawn Lee who made the play. We had 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.079 a chance to run interference. We didn't run the interference 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.800 like we were supposed to. And so I've got to 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:29.320 coach that play better. I've got to coach that play better. 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:31.520 We make that play. We are inside the twenty yard 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.160 line when you look at it on film, we're inside 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.520 the twenty yard line with the first and ten or 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.960 if anything, it works, it's a fourth down and and uh, 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:40.800 you know you're kicking the field goal from a lot 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.959 closer in than than than what happened yourself on the 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:48.160 decision not to kick the field goal. No, I did not. Um. 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.160 You know, that was another one where I felt too 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:54.920 where we were in the game. Defense was beginning to 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.640 kind of kind of catch their legs and they had 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:00.560 some momentum and we had stopped them, and we were 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:04.120 stopping their run game. Um. You know, outside of the 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:09.000 first quarter, you know, Elliott had like twelve twelve rushes 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:11.840 in the second twelve and yards in the third, like 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:13.360 fourteen in the four. So we were doing a great 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:14.880 job in a run game. So I was trusting my 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:17.200 defense in that situation, and and to pin them back 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.679 inside the inside the fifteen at the ten to make 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:22.840 them drive the length of the field. I felt real 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.880 comfortable in that decision. If you're saying you trusted your defense, 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:27.559 then couldn't you say, oh, well, if we do missus 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:29.800 field goal, I'll trust my defense and stopping. Yeah, when 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:31.960 you give them the ball now like the you know, 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:36.800 thirty eight yard line something like that, the reward two scores, 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:40.319 it was six minutes to go. You're up to scores. 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:41.960 I also look at the third and eight. If we 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:43.800 just execute a little bit better, then we're not in 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:47.000 this situation. We're not talking about it today the running backs. 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:51.560 Will Darren be your primary ball carrier moving forward? I 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.120 can't say that one hundred percent. Um. It's something we'll 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:56.800 evaluate these next couple of days and make that make 0:12:56.840 --> 0:13:01.400 that determination. But until then, you know, it's still it's 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:04.840 still Ryan Matthews and then and then Darren in those situations. 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:06.520 And we got to get Windell and Kenyon going a 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:09.080 little bit too not being more aggressive with the timeouts 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.520 at the end, you have a chance to maybe make 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:13.960 them punt and give your stuff at least a chance. Yeah, 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.000 I wan be back again today and looked at that, 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:18.600 and uh, I felt, if you did, you know, doing 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.280 the math on everything, and you burned two timeouts, possibly 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:23.320 in those situations, you might get the ball back with 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.640 about fifteen seconds one time out and have to go 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:29.560 thirty thirty five yards to kick the field goal um. 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.880 Possibly in that situation. But again, I was relying on 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.199 the fact that that I was our defense was playing 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.960 extremely well at the time we were we were we 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.280 were starting to put pressure on back those last couple 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.760 of a couple of possessions that they had, and I 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.760 was fully confident in our team going into overtime that 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.600 we were going to win the game. Is big quarterback 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:58.040 running back in college back. He's renowned for football instincts. 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.040 Any consideration of making him one of those salt Away 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:04.120 Foyt quarter guys because of his hands, I mean, you 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:07.040 you try. Yeah, You've lost like I think three games 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.760 on a point quarter Columbus so far, so yeah, you know, 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.360 it's something will evaluate. Uh. You know, obviously he had 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:15.200 an opportunity to make a play on a third down. 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:17.800 And we're going to continue to to feed our tight 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:21.840 ends feed him in those matchup situations like that, and um, 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.000 you know the best we can to to put our 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:28.240 guys in those those opportunities, and and um our tight 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.440 ends are are you know, I think another one that 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.640 that really has been playing kind of a kind of 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.320 having a quiet but a good season as Brent Sellick. 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:40.000 And and he's another one that we can begin to 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.560 uh possibly look at to get the ball to in 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:46.120 those situations. Four late in the game and Carson went 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:49.800 to Trey Burton versus Brandon car Was that the first 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:53.360 read for was that? I mean that was because it 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:56.080 was it was it was a bigger body on a corner, 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:58.960 good situa. We've done that before this season, already did 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.560 it through pre you know, through training camp work on 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.760 those situations and had full confidence that that we were 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.920 going to make that play. Selick, I'm sorry, zach Ertz 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.440 said after the game that my number is just not 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:13.520 being called right now. I'll never second guess. The coaches 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:15.560 will never second guess Carson. That's just the way the 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:17.960 games have gone. Would you agree with that that his 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:26.960 number is not being called. It's it's how do you 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:32.480 say number? Um, you know, maybe he may not be 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:36.240 the primary guy every time, but the times that he 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:39.840 might be, uh secondary primary worst secondary. There's been times 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:42.240 where he's he's been open and Carson's gone gone a 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:44.800 different way with the ball. So a lot of times 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:49.800 it's it's, uh, it's progression of the play. Um. You know, 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:53.040 he's doing an outstanding job when when when when called upon, 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:55.440 he made some He made a couple of good catches 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.680 again last night, and um, you know, we continue to 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:03.040 try to find ways, you know, um, to to to 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:06.520 keep keep feeding him the football, you know, doing the 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:11.680 fake punt. I just think we just lost lost uh, um, 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:13.920 a little bit of focus right there. We were fully 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:18.760 anticipating the punt and and um you know, um it 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:20.640 just lost awareness a little bit on the on the 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:24.360 punter and and uh you know, um ended up on 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:27.640 a thirty yard game decision to put Jalen Mills as 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.720 the slot corner instead of the plan that you told 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.440 us about with Malcolm going in and then Jaylen Watkins 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:38.280 back in safety. You talk about Jayalen Mills, Yeah, because 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:41.880 Jayalen Mills was in in at the nickel spot quite 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:44.200 a bit yesterday. Yeah, it was. It was again, it 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.000 was it was sort of you know, you also saw 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:49.240 Malcolm in there yesterday. You saw Jaylen in there yesterday, 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:52.720 and it was by scheme um by, by coverage by 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:57.400 uh uh um by just sort of the matchup and 0:16:57.440 --> 0:16:59.160 what we were trying to get done defensively, whether it 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.880 be by blitz or or just the coverage that you saw. 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:05.320 Especially later in the game, we started bringing a little 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:07.920 more pressure, so Jalen ended up being the guy inside 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.360 and Malcolm was back in the safety spot, either blitzing 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:15.280 or covering eighty two. You're running backs coming the ball 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:17.480 away three times in the last four weeks and a 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.320 fourth quarter. What what kind of message to you to 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:22.600 give them? And and what does it mean for a 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:26.280 guy like Dell Smallwood? I get another chance? Oh for sure, 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:31.200 I mean, I you know, listen this this I'm not 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:33.240 I'm not I'm not going to stand here and I'm 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:35.639 not gonna just just be down on a guy. You know, 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:37.840 it'd be easy to do that. It'd be easy, so 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:39.800 easy to do that. And my job is to coach 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.880 these players up and and uh as coaches, that's that's 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.199 what we get paid to do. So, um, we're going 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:48.040 to continue to work on it. Talk about it, coach 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.200 these guys up. We got to have one percent confidence, 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.760 you know, in our guys in those situations that they 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:55.840 will make the play. And like I told the team 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.240 at the end of the game and then that dressing 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:00.399 room that that that that game lasts, it is going 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:02.280 to make us a better football team down the stretch. 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:05.320 And I fully believe that. And and uh, you know, 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.560 it'd be easy to point the finger today sitting here, 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:10.199 but but that's not the case. I mean, we're we're united, 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.119 we're going forward and uh uh we got all the 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.320 confidence in the world and those guys and that you've 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.760 now lost two games, we had quarter games on the road. 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.240 What's the teaching point game, man, what do you tell 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:24.360 the guys about? Yeah, I mean, we just gotta learned 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.440 to finish, bottom line, got learned to finish. It comes 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:29.199 down when it comes down to that crunch time at 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:31.119 the end of the game. I mean, you know, we 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:34.960 had opportunities to sack the quarterback, um let him out. 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.199 We had opportunities to make plays on the ball. We 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:39.480 you know, we didn't do it. We had chances of 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:43.439 of completing some passes you know whether protection, but we 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:47.680 didn't UM, And those are those are all learning and 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:52.880 teachable moments for for a team that. UM. We we're 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.760 young on offense at skill positions. We understand that, but 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:57.600 those are those are moments that are going to make 0:18:57.680 --> 0:18:59.919 us better down the stretch and we just have to 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:03.600 learned to finish and uh and focus on that UM 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:06.199 each and every week. It's been a while since you 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:09.360 guys have gotten into that consistent rhythm on offense. And 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:11.399 I think it's three weeks in a row now you 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:14.359 haven't had three hundred yards in a game. Do you 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:16.600 feel like you're you're you're close to to be where 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:17.840 you want to be or do you feel like it's 0:19:17.920 --> 0:19:20.800 kind of gotten away from you a little bit? I 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:23.480 feel like it's really really close. I mean, you put 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:25.479 the tape on again this morning and you watch it 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:30.960 and and obviously you're, UM. You know, you're sitting there 0:19:31.000 --> 0:19:33.679 watching in your office, and and it's you're calm, and 0:19:33.760 --> 0:19:36.040 you're you're kind of going at it and you're just going, man, 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.879 we're so close, We're so close, and UM, the guys 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:44.240 are the guys are I can't say enough about how 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:47.120 well they're working and preparing and practice and putting themselves 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:49.560 in these positions. But you know, we do have to 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:55.240 finish better. Obviously, Um, there's just it's it's not an 0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:58.399 lack of effort at all. I think you could you 0:19:58.400 --> 0:20:01.119 would agree that that the effort is there. It's just 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:03.760 now we have to continue to fine tune in detail 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:09.960 our work because little things get magnified in games like 0:20:10.040 --> 0:20:13.800 we played last night. I think you do upon start 0:20:13.840 --> 0:20:15.840 to start when you watch the film, see what he's 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:18.600 getting better. He's getting better, he's getting better, he's getting better, 0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:23.280 and hum, it's good to see. It's good to see. 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:29.119 On the road loud stadium, silent count again, had another 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:32.040 had two weeks in a row. Now where he's he's uh, 0:20:32.160 --> 0:20:34.600