Speaker 1: I think they called the time out there did you
Speaker 1: change your initial play call? What did you see? And
Speaker 1: it wasn't run? No we uh gosh, I mean at
Speaker 1: that point, I was I was gonna win the game.
Speaker 1: And and uh I had a lot of confidence in
Speaker 1: the play call, confidence in our guys. It was a
Speaker 1: man zone. They played zone on the play and and
Speaker 1: uh Nelly popped right over the ball. So it was
Speaker 1: well executed by us, and uh kept kept with the
Speaker 1: same call even even through the time out. On that
Speaker 1: final drive, were able to bleed off like five minutes o'clock.
Speaker 1: That the idea when the drive started or in that situation,
Speaker 1: you just wanted to score and then if the drive
Speaker 1: kind of happens that way in that situation, we'd love
Speaker 1: to finish with points and you know, obviously no time
Speaker 1: on the clock. It is kind of the thought process there.
Speaker 1: I thought, Uh, you know, on the sideline, great communication, players,
Speaker 1: offensively execute offensive line, great job today, um and and
Speaker 1: just making making plays in that drive to get us
Speaker 1: to get us down to that kick back to that
Speaker 1: fourth down completion to uh Nellie. It looked like that
Speaker 1: the mesh play you guys had so much success with.
Speaker 1: What do you like about that concept in such a
Speaker 1: big spot then yeah, I mean, you know, we love
Speaker 1: it when when teams play man. Uh. I think the
Speaker 1: Giants ran it today and hit hit it for a
Speaker 1: third down conversion. Um, it's a good play. It's a
Speaker 1: man's own play. It's something that's been in our offense
Speaker 1: for you know since I've been here. Um, and guys
Speaker 1: know exactly what to do. It's well executed and uh,
Speaker 1: great job by Carson hanging in there in the pocket
Speaker 1: and delivering ample Look at what do you think it's
Speaker 1: those the teams confidence. You guys are kind of really
Speaker 1: a little bit, but I to get that's big win
Speaker 1: in divisions? How does that boost it boost the comp
Speaker 1: Guys are excited. I mean they're uh, you know, it's
Speaker 1: been been a couple of weeks since we've we've felt
Speaker 1: this this type of this type of emotion. So they're
Speaker 1: there there, Jazz. I mean, it's uh, it's a great
Speaker 1: win against a obviously a hot, really good opponent that
Speaker 1: uh that is real dangerous on offense. And so for
Speaker 1: our defense to hang in there in the second half
Speaker 1: and do the things they did, get them off the field,
Speaker 1: and then offensively, you know, um get ourselves in a
Speaker 1: position to win the game. It's just a great boost
Speaker 1: for the entire team, your playmakers to make plays. Malcolm
Speaker 1: Jenkins made a big play and it seemed to start
Speaker 1: something at that point. What did you see on that play?
Speaker 1: How big a play is that for your team from
Speaker 1: that guy? And what did you see defensively going forward? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, Malcolm's a great leader, and uh, you know
Speaker 1: one of the things that you know, I've talked to
Speaker 1: our sort of our our leaders on the football team
Speaker 1: and and just just challenged them, you know, just you
Speaker 1: just we just got to find a way to make plays,
Speaker 1: you know, and and in big situations. And I think
Speaker 1: you saw it from time to time today and that
Speaker 1: was one album that really sparked I think the defense
Speaker 1: going into the second half and then then obviously the offense. UM.
Speaker 1: But but you know, he made that big play. Alshan
Speaker 1: made a big play at the end of the game,
Speaker 1: you know, to extend to drive. And you know, Josh Adams,
Speaker 1: even though he's a young player, he did some nice things.
Speaker 1: But our veteran players really stepped up today and and
Speaker 1: the D line was able to put pressure on uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Eli, I get some sacks there. Our offensive
Speaker 1: line and veteran group really did a nice job. So
Speaker 1: playmakers did a nice job today. I just think that
Speaker 1: sometimes um, you know, you get in the game that
Speaker 1: the offensive line is really Um they've been they've really
Speaker 1: they've played well. I mean really the entire season. That's
Speaker 1: been one of the consistent bright spots on offense. And
Speaker 1: I just knew going into this game that uh that
Speaker 1: uh you know, we were gonna have to kind of
Speaker 1: control the ball a little bit. Uh it just wanted
Speaker 1: to help out some of those young guys on defense
Speaker 1: quite frankly, um, and and our guys really rose to
Speaker 1: the occasion. They they wanted the ball in the second half,
Speaker 1: they were they were coming to me and to keep running,
Speaker 1: you know, keep running, keep running. They wanted to you know,
Speaker 1: on their backs and and uh so they did a
Speaker 1: really nice job. And um it was able to uh
Speaker 1: and it helps your quarterback too, you know, being able
Speaker 1: to you know, throw the ball down the field when
Speaker 1: when we could on the field the field, Lane Johnson
Speaker 1: came on the field you guys at a moment there
Speaker 1: like Lane said, he that's the way it was supposed
Speaker 1: to do. This kind of get one of those looks.
Speaker 1: And what did you say to the def I just
Speaker 1: told him that, you know, I was first of all,
Speaker 1: I was proud of the guys, proud of him, um
Speaker 1: for what he's kind of battled through, and and just
Speaker 1: just said, hey, how good does that feel? You know?
Speaker 1: And and uh, uh he was excited. He played played
Speaker 1: a great game today. And m you know, I think,
Speaker 1: uh the sideline was was was jazz, you know obviously
Speaker 1: after that kick and and uh, you know, maybe that's
Speaker 1: the spark we need. As far as those young guys
Speaker 1: on defense you were talking about really improved in the
Speaker 1: second half after giving up a ton of yards in
Speaker 1: the first half. What do you think the difference was?
Speaker 1: Just that momentum ship from Mountain. I think that's part
Speaker 1: of it. I think our our defensive line really rose
Speaker 1: to the occasion and the second half got pressure on
Speaker 1: the quarterback, you know, forced a couple of a quick
Speaker 1: throws quicker throws um and you know, just a lot
Speaker 1: of credit. I mean, they hung tough, they they battled,
Speaker 1: and you know, nothing's nothing's easy, nothing's pretty. Um, you
Speaker 1: just have to fight and scratch and then get the
Speaker 1: job done. And they they did that today and proud
Speaker 1: of those guys. I think it's to win. Carson gets
Speaker 1: to win after his worst outing as professional and a
Speaker 1: fourth quarter comeback. Where does what does that do for
Speaker 1: him in the big picture as far as his development,
Speaker 1: his confidence and with how he stands with his team.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it in in his you know,
Speaker 1: it doesn't change the way the guys view him. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's he's still one of the leaders of this football
Speaker 1: team and and uh, you know, leads the offense obviously,
Speaker 1: but I think for him to now to have have
Speaker 1: been through this to to to you know, to be
Speaker 1: down I think nineteen to we're down nineteen three, you know,
Speaker 1: and to come back the entire game and just stay
Speaker 1: patient and really allow things to unfold for him, I
Speaker 1: think I think it was a tremendous step forward and
Speaker 1: and proud of him and the way he handled a
Speaker 1: lot of the situations today and how he managed the
Speaker 1: run game and made some big throws for us um
Speaker 1: again took it, took a couple of hits, but you know,
Speaker 1: that's that's that's playing quarterback in the NFL, and and
Speaker 1: that's a that's a great step forward for him, and
Speaker 1: really proud of him. And his performance and and uh,
Speaker 1: he'll just get get better and better each each time out.
Speaker 1: It just showed a toughness that uh, you know that
Speaker 1: that they weren't gonna they were gonna fight for sixty
Speaker 1: minutes and and that was the message at halftime. You know,
Speaker 1: he had thirty minutes left to go and um, you know,
Speaker 1: just that they were just gonna hang tough. I mean, guys,
Speaker 1: great communication in the secondary. Um, you know, the D
Speaker 1: line I think really really did a nice job with
Speaker 1: the run game in the second half and and forcing
Speaker 1: him to put the ball in the air some and
Speaker 1: and uh, it's just a great overall, great team team
Speaker 1: on defense. Say, couple of weeks you had you know,
Speaker 1: leader's questioning kind of accountability and effort. Going into this game,
Speaker 1: did you have a sense of how the team was
Speaker 1: going to respond or were you're kind of waiting to
Speaker 1: see how it would play out. Um, we had a
Speaker 1: great meeting last night at the hotel. Um, guys were
Speaker 1: guys were energized there and it really spilled over to
Speaker 1: the to the dressing room. You know this morning when
Speaker 1: players got here and you can kind of feel the
Speaker 1: excitement they they were excited about playing this game and
Speaker 1: and getting out on the field and and so there
Speaker 1: was really you know, guys were saying and doing the
Speaker 1: right things and and uh, and then to come away
Speaker 1: with the victory is just uh makes it makes it better.
Speaker 1: Last night, what message did you say? And then in
Speaker 1: the locker room today, what you're saying. That's fine, it's private.
Speaker 1: Come on, come on now, I mean just listen. We
Speaker 1: you know, we get together and and and spend about
Speaker 1: five minutes or so, you know, at the hotel after meetings,
Speaker 1: and I basically just wanted them to understand that, you know,
Speaker 1: they got to continue to trust the process, They got
Speaker 1: to continue to believe and quite frankly, you know, you
Speaker 1: can't wait for something to happen and then believe it.
Speaker 1: You know, you have to believe it first and then
Speaker 1: then it happens. And that's kind of the message last night.
Speaker 1: And I didn't talk about I didn't talk about you know, hey,
Speaker 1: this is a this is a must win, this is
Speaker 1: a you know, the start of our playoffs. I didn't
Speaker 1: get any of that kind of stuff. I just wanted
Speaker 1: to make sure that they understood that we just continue
Speaker 1: to trust the process, one play at a time, play together,
Speaker 1: great communication. You know, we can get this thing, we
Speaker 1: can get this thing flipped. And they did that, just
Speaker 1: reiterated the same the same point quite frankly. Um, a
Speaker 1: lot of excited faces in there. Um, guys, are you
Speaker 1: know just how how resilient they are, how they stuck together,
Speaker 1: proud of all three phases, because everybody, everybody had a
Speaker 1: hand in this, in this win today Golden obviously he
Speaker 1: made a great fifty fifty catch in the middle of
Speaker 1: the field, but he also had a drop in that
Speaker 1: little punt returned hiccup. But do you think he's pressing
Speaker 1: a little bit at all to try to get involved now, right,