Speaker 1: With a big performance today.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's huge obviously, just where we're at, and uh,
Speaker 2: every week matters so much.
Speaker 1: We all know that.
Speaker 2: So I think just the biggest thing was, you know,
Speaker 2: just getting some energy and momentum.
Speaker 1: You know, this league is is hard.
Speaker 2: It's tough, and if you don't have momentum or energy
Speaker 2: man and belief within a within the building, it can
Speaker 2: be really tough. So for us, I think that was
Speaker 2: the emphasis today and I think we got it.
Speaker 1: So, but you were mentioned as someone who said some
Speaker 1: things to the team. What did you What was your message?
Speaker 1: What do you think the mood of the team was
Speaker 1: going into this game.
Speaker 2: I mean we said some things just you know, I
Speaker 2: was just trying to keep it real and remind guys,
Speaker 2: you know this, this isn't easy, This job isn't for everybody,
Speaker 2: but who we have in this building, we have what
Speaker 2: it takes and we've shown that the last couple of years,
Speaker 2: and and uh, we just got to dig deep and
Speaker 2: find you know, find ourselves. And I think we did.
Speaker 2: I think guys responded to it. But and really I
Speaker 2: was just talking to myself too, you know, not just
Speaker 2: trying to preach to the guys, but remind myself of
Speaker 2: how hard this thing is and how much of a
Speaker 2: competitor you got to be for four quarters and go
Speaker 2: and take it.
Speaker 1: Nothing's ever given to you.
Speaker 2: So it was just a reminder to myself and to
Speaker 2: our teammates of where we're at and where we're trying
Speaker 2: to go. And and uh, you know a lot of
Speaker 2: other guys or some other guys spoke, and you know,
Speaker 2: I think we're all we all feel it, man. We
Speaker 2: just we want to win for each other at this point.
Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, that was last nights. Offensively, it feels
Speaker 2: like you've been waiting to have this type of looking
Speaker 2: sixty minute performance all season.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I mean I think we just all executed, did our
Speaker 2: job and kept it simple. I don't think guys were
Speaker 2: overthinking anything. We just whatever it was called. We trusted
Speaker 2: in Kyle and and we just executed. And I think
Speaker 2: it was just more of our mindset. You know, we
Speaker 2: were aggressive. I think everybody across the board once we scored,
Speaker 2: defense got got to stop, We go back up, put
Speaker 2: some points up on the board, they got a turnover,
Speaker 2: we scored, like it was just that's team football, man,
Speaker 2: And uh, I think it just all starts with our mindset.
Speaker 2: So something that we've all been talking about a lot
Speaker 2: more around here, but today we just went out there.
Speaker 2: We executed, and we played aggressive more than a kittle.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's a baller. I mean you get the
Speaker 2: ball in his hands like that, and he can get
Speaker 2: all the yact after and.
Speaker 1: And uh, he's just so explosive, dude.
Speaker 2: Like for for where he's at in his career, to
Speaker 2: continue to put up those kind of numbers and and
Speaker 2: and be that dominant, it's.
Speaker 1: A pretty sweet thing.
Speaker 2: So obviously like to get him the ball in space
Speaker 2: and let him do his thing, and that's what he
Speaker 2: did today. You mentioned momentum.
Speaker 1: How important is it to use this as a springboard.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's huge, but uh, I mean it's a quick turnaround,
Speaker 2: that's for sure. So we just all got to get healthy,
Speaker 2: get back on track, and and uh come back out
Speaker 2: Thursday with with this kind of mindset of you know,
Speaker 2: playing aggressive and and doing what it takes for four
Speaker 2: quarters and uh, I think you know the game will
Speaker 2: go out it needs to go but for us, man, like,
Speaker 2: our our mindset is the biggest thing. We got to
Speaker 2: clear this, not get too high on it or anything,
Speaker 2: and learn from it and come ready Thursday for it's
Speaker 2: a zero zero game and a clean slate.
Speaker 1: Sod And the pain that.
Speaker 2: You felt and what you were Yeah, I mean it
Speaker 2: was just a weird hit. My body was in an
Speaker 2: awkward position, and uh, you know, for me, never really
Speaker 2: been in a situation like that, So I was just
Speaker 2: like sort of in shock, you know. I felt some
Speaker 2: some stuff within my body, and I was just let
Speaker 2: myself cool down.
Speaker 1: That's why I went out for.
Speaker 2: A play and and just making sure I was being
Speaker 2: smart about it. And I was fine, My body was
Speaker 2: good and went back and I'm good.
Speaker 1: So did you hear the crowd when you came out? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I could hear. Uh that's your reaction.
Speaker 2: I mean, are are you able to appreciate that moment
Speaker 2: or is this.
Speaker 1: I mean a little bit of both.
Speaker 2: Obviously, I'm trying to go out and do my job
Speaker 2: and execute, you know, for our team, organization, our fans
Speaker 2: and everybody. But uh, you know, just hearing them, you know,
Speaker 2: sort of had my back like that. That was pretty cool.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 2: I love playing for this, for this uh organization, for
Speaker 2: our fan base, and and every time I step out
Speaker 2: in the field and Levi's man I'm very thankful for it.
Speaker 1: So love playing for our fan base.
Speaker 2: Guys were wide open.
Speaker 1: Nothing that hasn't happened for this season, but for a
Speaker 1: sustained period, I mean, didn't feel more like twenty twenty
Speaker 1: three in some ways. I mean, it's just sort of
Speaker 1: how the game went. Man.
Speaker 2: I think, you know, Kyle did a good job dialing
Speaker 2: up some plays and for us to just go out
Speaker 2: there and just play, you know, and guys, we just
Speaker 2: trusted each other. Man, just when I when I throw
Speaker 2: the ball to j J or George like it. There's
Speaker 2: a sense of trust that that we all have and
Speaker 2: where they need to be. And I think, you know,
Speaker 2: last year, going back and watching a couple of games,
Speaker 2: it was it's like that. You know, there's a lot
Speaker 2: of times where you know, I go through a progression
Speaker 2: and I lay the ball and expect a guy to
Speaker 2: be there, and they're there. Like it's just getting those
Speaker 2: reps and those trusts to continue to grow together. And
Speaker 2: I know it's late in the season, but it's never
Speaker 2: too late to continue to work on those things and grow.
Speaker 1: And I thought today we just did that. So were
Speaker 1: you expecting on that one misconnection with Ricky?
Speaker 2: It seemed like you guys were on different pag Yeah,
Speaker 2: you know, I thought he was gonna keep it a
Speaker 2: little bit skinnier up the up the field, and then
Speaker 2: he saw space, so he sort of cut across, and
Speaker 2: you know, I just threw the ball early and sort
Speaker 2: of anticipated, and I missed him. I think his his
Speaker 2: decision on you know, going across the more middle of
Speaker 2: the field was a great decision.
Speaker 1: If I would have laid the ball right there for him,
Speaker 1: then it would have been a touchdown.
Speaker 2: So something that he and I we talked about and
Speaker 2: I told him, I was like, we just got to
Speaker 2: keep growing together and learning each other and seeing each
Speaker 2: other in and out of cuts. And but that's something
Speaker 2: that I missed on him. He executed his job. Thank you,