Speaker 1: All right, guys. Injuries from the game. Ben Bartch went
Speaker 1: out with an ankle, didn't return. Isaac Grenda went out
Speaker 1: with a foot, didn't return. Go ahead. Corenda's foot injury.
Speaker 1: We're not sure, possible foot sprain. X rays then for
Speaker 1: sure show anything, so we'll have to look into more tomorrow.
Speaker 2: How much.
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah?
Speaker 2: How much? Did you guys just need that? Right off?
Speaker 2: The bats jump.
Speaker 1: Out to the twenty four and half the lead after
Speaker 1: what's gone on the last couple of weeks a lot.
Speaker 1: I mean, losing that close one at Seattle and the
Speaker 1: last play at home was so tough, and then the
Speaker 1: following two weeks were as bad as it got. So
Speaker 1: we had to step it up today. I wanted to
Speaker 1: play well. I thought we did play well, and most
Speaker 1: important thing was getting to win, and we got it done.
Speaker 1: So I was proud of the guys the way they
Speaker 1: came out and the way they finished.
Speaker 3: That offensive rhythm.
Speaker 1: You think this team has been into the first half especially, Yeah, definitely,
Speaker 1: I mean that's you know, that first half went pretty well,
Speaker 1: so having I think over three hundred yards and a
Speaker 1: half and I think our defense gave up two, so
Speaker 1: I don't think anyone in the league's done that in
Speaker 1: half this year on both sides, So it was the
Speaker 1: hell of the first half. Did you think of the
Speaker 1: way Isaac quay before he got hurt, and how consciously
Speaker 1: were you trying to take advantage of his receivings two
Speaker 1: catches obviously, I mean it's I mean, brought got to
Speaker 1: a checkdown on the on that first third down. He
Speaker 1: was waiting on Kittle to get across the middle, and
Speaker 1: that's how I was watching, and then he went underneath
Speaker 1: Isaac and they just dropped him. So that was a
Speaker 1: huge play. But I thought Isaac looked real well, it
Speaker 1: looked real good today, ran hard, affected the game in
Speaker 1: the past game and hopefully we get some good news
Speaker 1: on his on his injury. But it was so I
Speaker 1: had mixed emotions on that last drive. It was it
Speaker 1: was nice to be able to go on a fourteen
Speaker 1: play drive to finish it with a touchdown and kind
Speaker 1: of put him away. But it was tough losing Isaac.
Speaker 1: Isaac's there different offensively, they seemed like you can waiting
Speaker 1: to have this type of performance all season. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just how it went. There's not like an answer
Speaker 1: on this compared to the rest of the season. Guys
Speaker 1: played well, stayed on the field on third down. Thought
Speaker 1: we got the run game and the pass game going.
Speaker 1: You know, I thought that. I mean, the defense kept
Speaker 1: getting us the ball back every second in the first half, so, uh,
Speaker 1: it was easy to stick with it. And uh, momentum
Speaker 1: is contagious, not just on the offense, but all three phases. Oh,
Speaker 1: we were just what uh the rough in the passer
Speaker 1: were rock stood down for a bit. I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: always when any of our players are down. But they
Speaker 1: talked to me and my headset and stuff, and by
Speaker 1: the time he got to the sideline, they told me
Speaker 1: it was good. So it was short lived. What did
Speaker 1: you think?
Speaker 3: The kind of similar leads to what I was going
Speaker 3: to ask, But one of the things this season between
Speaker 3: you guys and the players is we need to play
Speaker 3: complimentary football. And it did seem that everybody was firing
Speaker 3: on all cylinders in all phases of the game today.
Speaker 3: And I wanted to know, did you think that that
Speaker 3: was sparked by the offense? But you kind of just
Speaker 3: said did you feel like the defense, Well, you said
Speaker 3: they kept it going, So do you think it was
Speaker 3: sparked by the offense, and do you think that's how
Speaker 3: you keep think going for the rest of the season.
Speaker 1: I mean, we got the ball first and we scored,
Speaker 1: and then our defense got it right back to us,
Speaker 1: and it kind of went that way the whole half.
Speaker 1: So I mean, I think maybe our second series we
Speaker 1: did punt and when the defense stopped the team three
Speaker 1: and out right after that, you get it right back.
Speaker 1: Then you quickly forget about it. When you pun and
Speaker 1: they go down and tie it up, the whole game
Speaker 1: gets changed. So it's all complimentary football and the guys
Speaker 1: are in sync today. I think of Whopongus first came
Speaker 1: back and what does his presence do for the secondary.
Speaker 1: I was just pumped to get Huff out there in uniform.
Speaker 1: You know, we weren't sure how I was going to
Speaker 1: go this week with him being back for practice, and
Speaker 1: we thought he looked real good. And then when he
Speaker 1: told me I had the confidence he had to play
Speaker 1: on Friday, I was pumped to start him. So just
Speaker 1: to get him out there, I thought was just the
Speaker 1: emotions of it, you know, I thought sparked. Our team
Speaker 1: looked like you played real well just from what I
Speaker 1: saw alive. I'll see more on the tape, but just
Speaker 1: the type of guy Huff is and getting him back
Speaker 1: out on the field with us throughout the week and
Speaker 1: then in that game I think fired our guys up
Speaker 1: the other day.
Speaker 2: That before Christian got here, you get pretty plug and
Speaker 2: play with your running backs and be able to use
Speaker 2: different guys for Isaac to step up, like didn Patrick
Speaker 2: Taylor came in and got a touchdown. What if Grenda
Speaker 2: is hurting, what can Taylor do for you?
Speaker 1: I think you guys saw the bit today when we
Speaker 1: were given Patrick runs. I mean going back to the
Speaker 1: preseason and in practice and he's a good runner. He
Speaker 1: hits the right spots, he runs hard, so he's a
Speaker 1: guy who can definitely help us. And you know, he
Speaker 1: had some big carries. I want to say verse Seattle.
Speaker 1: I think it was when JP went out and he
Speaker 1: was spelling Isaac and he had to spell Isaac today,
Speaker 1: and when he went in and did a good job
Speaker 1: on all his opportunities like a raw, raw guy.
Speaker 3: But ever, those two tough games have three tough games.
Speaker 3: As you mentioned the Seattle game, did you feel the
Speaker 3: need to speak to your team about keeping the mood
Speaker 3: up or do you sense that it was gonna happen anyway.
Speaker 1: You mean after the game. I mean, yeah, every time
Speaker 1: you get into a meeting as a coach, you want
Speaker 1: to figure out something that's gonna affect the players. And
Speaker 1: when I say affect him and make him practice better
Speaker 1: or play better, I you know, you you it's very
Speaker 1: rarely some special words that changes how guys play. But
Speaker 1: we did talk about the importance of this where we
Speaker 1: were at, regardless of the result. I wanted to make
Speaker 1: sure that we came out today and just showed grit.
Speaker 1: We wanted to fight, and these last two weeks just
Speaker 1: not making it a game was something we weren't proud of.
Speaker 1: And we were ready to battle today regardless of how
Speaker 1: that win and went as good as it could. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, the win was awesome, but I just wanted
Speaker 1: to make sure our tend and how our team worked.
Speaker 1: We're ready and you could tell them the meetings last night.
Speaker 1: Guys were ready for this game, and it came out
Speaker 1: and it showed.
Speaker 2: To the team. And do you think you can carry
Speaker 2: this momentum into Thursday night?
Speaker 1: I hope. So, I mean momentum. You know, we feel
Speaker 1: good right now, we played well, it's gonna come fast,
Speaker 1: and the only way we're gonna really enjoy the day
Speaker 1: is if we take care of business on Thursday and
Speaker 1: then we'll have three days to kind of enjoy it
Speaker 1: and come back and deal with our last three games.
Speaker 1: But if you don't take care of business on Thursday,
Speaker 1: not much to celebrate about today. So the main message
Speaker 1: in there is how proud I am of the guys,
Speaker 1: and now let's go home, get to sleep. Those guys
Speaker 1: take care of their bodies tomorrow. We'll put in the
Speaker 1: game plan tomorrow, and we got to come in Tuesday
Speaker 1: ready to go because we're forty eight hours a game.
Speaker 1: Once that happens, you feel like.
Speaker 2: You were in a rhythm as a play call it
Speaker 2: to what you were calling things you haven't seen that much,
Speaker 2: like zone reads and tight end screens.
Speaker 1: I mean called some tight end screens this year. Zone
Speaker 1: read we hadn't, But that's just more of a scheme
Speaker 1: thing that we thought it looked good and couldn't believe
Speaker 1: brocked In handed off. But once he pulled it, I
Speaker 1: think that was a good decision too. Just we had
Speaker 1: to overcome that holding call which we didn't and the score,
Speaker 1: but uh, I thought we did in the second half.
Speaker 2: Well that's great.
Speaker 3: Great, you said you wanted the guys to come out
Speaker 3: and play with some grit. When you think about the
Speaker 3: fact that man of us Stoppa took a heart he
Speaker 3: had looked like he was a little rattle, came to
Speaker 3: the sideline, went back in, and he was the guy
Speaker 3: that broke up their play with Ozunde or I think
Speaker 3: that's actually say when you when he broke it up.
Speaker 3: If he wasn't there, they could have been a touchdown obviously,
Speaker 3: But then also the group of behind rock party taking
Speaker 3: a heart hit coming out coming right back at a
Speaker 3: snap later. Can you just speak to the resilience of
Speaker 3: those two guys.
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I mean, I mean Grid's is such a
Speaker 1: roundabout saying, but like coming we got gritty dudes all
Speaker 1: over our team, We got as tough as guys as
Speaker 1: there is. I just wanted our team. We haven't been
Speaker 1: able to battle and finish a game when things have
Speaker 1: gone bad there, and that's what I wanted to make
Speaker 1: sure this is the whole team that we're going to
Speaker 1: play with grit and show that not necessarily as individuals.
Speaker 1: I know we got gritty dudes all over, but when
Speaker 1: you have your backs against the wall like we have had.
Speaker 1: That's when it's your opportunities to show that your team
Speaker 1: can still play with some grit, your team can have
Speaker 1: some resilience. And when we've been in those situations this
Speaker 1: year where we needed to, we haven't. I think we've
Speaker 1: done it a lot in the past, which so we
Speaker 1: know how it looks and we know what it feels like.
Speaker 1: But the opportunities that we've had this year, we haven't
Speaker 1: got that done. And I just wanted to remind them
Speaker 1: that this year is not over. And today was an
Speaker 1: opportunity to show that. And that's not something you can
Speaker 1: do as an individual. We got gritty dudes, but as
Speaker 1: a team that's collectively and everyone's got to be kinda
Speaker 1: I mean say, like psychology is contagious and you try
Speaker 1: to think like one and play like one. And I
Speaker 1: felt that today from our team.
Speaker 3: There's been some rivers all the webs that you could
Speaker 3: be treated to Chicago and John Calton comic halls, you
Speaker 3: have a ward to.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know why they come out, but
Speaker 1: like that's I mean, I don't want to be any
Speaker 1: place in the world more than here, and my family
Speaker 1: feels just as strong, if not a lot stronger. So
Speaker 1: you know, I hope guys are gonna have to kick
Speaker 1: me out of here, so there's no way I'm making
Speaker 1: that decision.
Speaker 3: Caffrey post and tread.
Speaker 1: That's three captains. Do you see other.
Speaker 2: Leaders, you know, kind of younger players emerging as somewhat
Speaker 2: as leaders.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, I mean that's you know, I think
Speaker 1: we've been in that all year. Like I mean, when
Speaker 1: you want to be a leader, it starts with what
Speaker 1: you do on the field. It's it's got to be genuine.
Speaker 1: And when you have a certain way of playing on
Speaker 1: the field and you're out there and you do things,
Speaker 1: guys will start to look to those guys as leaders.
Speaker 1: And then it's kind of how you carry yourself and
Speaker 1: on what you do in those moments. And I think
Speaker 1: we've had a lot of guys on this team going
Speaker 1: back to even Week one till now that weren't you know,
Speaker 1: that didn't expect to get a lot of opportunities, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe when we drafted them or back in training camp,
Speaker 1: and they've gotten opportunities fast. And that's I think one
Speaker 1: of the positives that there's a lot of guys, guys
Speaker 1: that we do believe in that. I do believe are
Speaker 1: getting better each week, and I hope they're gonna be
Speaker 1: good niners here for a long time. Valuable is it
Speaker 1: to guys with that kind of speed but also enough
Speaker 1: size to run inside. I don't get how you can
Speaker 1: do one without the other. So if you could just
Speaker 1: draft track guys to run the speed plays and big
Speaker 1: guys to run the other plays, then that would be easy.
Speaker 1: But you can get hit wherever you go, so uh,
Speaker 1: you better be able to run outside inside. You've ever
Speaker 1: been able to lower your pads and take hits, And
Speaker 1: the faster you are, the better. As long as you
Speaker 1: can do all that other stuff. Run that screen pass
Speaker 1: to Kittle the thirty three on the first track before,
Speaker 1: and then it's just how well is he able to
Speaker 1: exploit the defense? It was good, I mean kind him
Speaker 1: in a zone dog, which helps because they weren't they
Speaker 1: were matching all the guys down the field, so there's
Speaker 1: only kind of one guy looking at him. Got scarred
Speaker 1: a lot back in the day calling that because especially
Speaker 1: people like kJ Wright, they would just sit and stare
Speaker 1: at kill every time he blocks. So as soon as
Speaker 1: he'd catch it, people and drill him. So sometimes it's
Speaker 1: hard to get screens to guys who are really good
Speaker 1: at it. But uh, you know, that was a good
Speaker 1: play to open it up. Got it verse the right look,
Speaker 1: and when you can get George the ball versus the
Speaker 1: right look, I think everyone sees how explosive he is
Speaker 1: and we just give him some crap. Furking tackled inside
Speaker 1: the five twice, but he was unbelievable to rocket bump
Speaker 1: shoulder and had to sit out and it was in
Speaker 1: a snowstorm. I mean, it's no difficult for him. During
Speaker 1: that three games the street did he stays, It's kind
Speaker 1: of steady throughout. He sits any sort of frustration, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean normal frustration. I mean, we we want to win,
Speaker 1: and Brocks as competitive as anyone I've been around. So
Speaker 1: you know, he was real disappointed about the Seattle game
Speaker 1: and how they got away from us at the end,
Speaker 1: and then for him to come in Monday and feel
Speaker 1: the way he did it was kind of a shock
Speaker 1: to him and all of us. And it didn't respond
Speaker 1: very well that week, and so he wasn't able to
Speaker 1: come back first Green Bay and get that taste out
Speaker 1: of his mouth. And when he did verse Green Bay,
Speaker 1: I mean versus Buffalo. That was a very fun game
Speaker 1: for obvious reasons. So, uh, he's been battling, he's been
Speaker 1: awesome in practice, he's been great in the meetings, and
Speaker 1: I was real happy before today because it seemed like
Speaker 1: he played his ass off and he was decisive in
Speaker 1: everything he did, and he's always a competitor of that
Speaker 1: second challenge.
Speaker 3: Were they already in the replay review or did you throw.
Speaker 2: The flight to try to get them to do the
Speaker 2: Which one threw the challenge flag on the second time?
Speaker 1: The one the low catch or the fumble? The fumble? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Uh no, I yeah. Once they said it wasn't h
Speaker 1: it was an incompletion, then we saw on the scoreboard
Speaker 1: that he threw it backwards. So then I just threw
Speaker 1: it and said it was a fumble, and I think
Speaker 1: they overturned it anyways after I did that. So come
Speaker 1: a challenge right after.
Speaker 2: A couple of cross country road trips and inclement weather.
Speaker 1: How much did you feel the home field advantage today?
Speaker 1: I mean, we always feel a home field advantage. It's
Speaker 1: so nice to not have to use a silent count
Speaker 1: and to be able to use our cadence and tee
Speaker 1: off on the ball and everything. You know, we don't
Speaker 1: mind going on on the road. We've been able to
Speaker 1: play in loud environments, we've been able to play in
Speaker 1: cold weather. It doesn't mean we prefer it, but we
Speaker 1: always love being at home and can't wait to be
Speaker 1: here in four days. All right, thanks guys,