WEBVTT - The Post Game Show: Eagles lose to Falcons 26-24 0:00:30.280 --> 0:01:06.160 Hello everyone, and welcome to the postgame show presented by Rico. 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:08.920 I'm Cryptic pier To alongside Fool. The Egal linebacker Ike 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:12.000 briefed the Eagles on the losing side of a twenty 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:14.560 six to twenty four decision at the hands of the 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:17.880 Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football to open the twenty 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:21.600 fifteen season. Ike a valiant effort by the Eagles. They 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:23.959 were down twenty to three at a half time, all 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:27.280 looked lost. They rallied to even take the lead, but 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:30.520 unfortunately Atlanta campback got a field goal to take the 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.920 lead back. The Eagles got themselves in position for Cody 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:38.080 Parky attempt he was automatic virtually last season, missed the 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:40.720 field goal. They got the ball one last time and 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.479 then Sam Bradford's pass should have been caught by Jordan 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:45.960 Matthews over the middle of the field. It was intercepted, 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:49.400 and the Eagles coming up just oh so short after 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.919 trailing so early in the contest. Yeah, just a disappointing 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:55.440 loss for the Eagle Like, obviously we didn't see this 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.760 happening down in the atl But that's why they played 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:02.000 the games. That's why they played the games. And here's 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.200 what I'll tell you to me, this game was more 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.800 about the slow start the Eagles got off too, and 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.120 the fast start the Falcons were able to get off too. 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:11.480 They were able to build momentum early in the game. 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.600 The Eagles sort of seemed to be trying to field 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.799 themselves through the first half of the game. Great effort 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:19.600 in the second half, but when you're on the road 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.000 in the tough environment and the opening game of the season, 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:26.720 when everyone believes they have a shot and being successful 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.240 this season, you know, this is what happens. When you're 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:33.840 lett an inferior opponent, get confidence and gain a little momentum, 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:36.000 it's going to be a deep hold of dig yourselves 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.000 out of The Eagles were able to do that with 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:40.080 their playing the third quarter. Love the way they came 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.360 out of the locker room, made adjustments look like a 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:46.120 much better team. Really had an opportunity to take the 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:50.280 league with the Parking field goal. But again I'm not 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:52.720 so sure with the way they played in the first half, 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.880 should they have been in the game at the end anyway. 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:57.840 I mean, they were fortunate to be in this game 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.720 at the end just due to their person parents and 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:02.880 the fact that they work. They never give up sort 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.560 of attitude. But you can't go on the road and 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.720 go down twenty to three at the half, dot matter 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:09.520 what they expected. When they don't care who you're playing 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.959 in the National Football League, that's going to be difficult 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:14.800 to overcome. But give them credit, they overcame it, and 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.160 then the Falcons found a way to regroup and and 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:19.240 sealed it in the end. The thing for me is 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:22.120 watching this game, it was very eerily similar to last season. 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:25.799 They opened against Jacksonville Jaguars. You know, Gus Bradley's a 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:29.280 disciple of Pete Carroll ran the defense there. But I 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:31.359 think the one difference here when the Eagles were able 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:33.680 to come back last year is the Falcons with Dan 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:36.520 Quinn making his debut and as an NFL head coach, 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.280 is that they have Matt Ryan, they have Julio Jones, 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:42.320 they have all those weapons, the veteran presence on the perimeter. 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:44.400 The defense was able to hold up to at the 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:46.800 end of the bargain at the end, but Matt Ryan, 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.160 Julio Jones just a one two comba way too tough 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:52.360 for the Eagles to slow down this night. Yeah, I mean, 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.560 it was a teal of two halves we know Ryan's 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.280 Julio Jones is one of the best duos and all 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.880 the football is. Julio Jones is really putting his stamp 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.480 on this league as the best wilde receiver in all 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:04.920 of football. So you weren't going to shut him out tonight, 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:07.480 regardless of who was covering, where you would double coverage 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:09.480 him or not, he was going to get his because 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.280 the targets would be there. So but what the Eagles, 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.720 in my opinion, needed to do was trying to find 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.240 a way to sustain drives in the first half. I 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:19.280 thought their defense was on the field far too long 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.359 in that first half, allowing Matt Ryan and Julio to 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:24.560 sort of get in the rhythm. You could tell that 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:27.680 the Falcons didn't really trust their offensive line to protect 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.039 Ryan on deep routes, so everything was quick hitting routes 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:34.200 or play action passed. I was really surprised at the 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:37.400 way the Falcons were able to ignite a little bit 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:39.840 of a running game so that play action would work 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:42.320 for him. But again, the first game of the season, 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:43.479 I know a lot of people are going to be 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.360 totally upset tonight and then to the mall, it's one 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:49.640 of sixteen. They were not eliminated from the playoffs nights, 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:51.159 A lot of football left to go in the seat. 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.000 If you want to feel optimistic as an Eagles fan, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:54.920 you look at how they play in that second half. 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.279 You saw the defense play with his hair on fire, 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:00.480 able to get to the quarterback. Forced that Walter turn 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:02.360 over there to start the second half. That's the same 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.520 of plays you can expect from this Eagles defense about 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:06.320 the course of the season if they can get after 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.520 the quarterback. Fletcher Cox, I thought was phenomenal All Pro 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:12.599 second team last season, certainly building the case to be 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:15.480 in that category again once again this season. Right off 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.960 the jump the offense, Sam Bradford looked like he couldn't 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:22.520 miss in the second half at times, just pinpointing receivers 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:24.400 left and right all over the field. And it wasn't 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:26.760 one guy's target. It's not like you have a Julio 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.599 Jones or a Rodyway per se. But he's dumping it 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:31.960 down to Darren Sproles, He's hitting Sprowls on the wheel, 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:35.520 hitting Jordan Matthews here and there, Miles Austin zach ertzt 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.440 with a nice grab down the seam. So many different 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:40.560 weapons of Vaud and that's what's gonna make this offense 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.400 so difficult to defend. As they get the timing down 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.720 and get the rhythm down more and more. Is effect 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.200 that who do you key on? Yeah, I mean, that's 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:51.560 a great thing about this offense. They don't mind spreading 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:53.960 the football around. It's about finding a mismatch. And in 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:55.680 the second half, that's what you were able to see. 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.120 You're able to see Darren Sprowles being matched up on 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:01.040 Corey Breman outside line back. If the running backs were 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:04.040 put to good use in the second half. One thing 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.920 about Sam Bradford, he's not gonna force throws. He's gonna 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:09.440 take what you're giving. And if the running backs, we 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.800 had three very good running backs in Matthews, Scrolls and 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.440 DeMarco Murray catching the ball out of the backfield, making 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:18.000 guys missing open space, and that's what Sam Bradford is 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:19.839 gonna take. And the Eagles were able to move the 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.159 ball up and down the field. The receivers have to 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:25.720 become a little bit more involved in the offensive our 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.680 passing game. But the one thing about this offense is 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:31.279 that they'll take the open man and let him move 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.440 the chains, pick up yards and then capitalize on that. 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:38.480 I just thought the first half defensively, we didn't really 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.599 seem like we knew where we wanted to be coverage wise, 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:45.320 too many guys running wide open and allowing plays to 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:48.400 be extended. Took a little bit where the offense is 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:51.400 getting the rhythm because the Falcon's defense came out and 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.120 got some good stops on third down, but our defense 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:56.400 couldn't get off the field on third time third down 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.239 in the first half, which didn't allow the Eagles offense 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:03.000 to find it rhythm. Second half, you saw sustained drives, 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:06.880 you saw big plays, you saw multiple weapons being used, 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:09.520 and I think moving forward, they're gonna be able to 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:11.480 build off this. The difference from this year's game to 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:14.600 last year's game where they fell down seventeen points as 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:16.480 you were on the road. This time you had a 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:20.080 frenzy crowd who probably showed up late that we're excited. 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:23.440 They got to the game and realized their home team 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:25.640 was winning. They started to get a little loud. That's 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:27.640 a little different than what the Eagles faced last year 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:31.320 playing in Lincoln Lincoln Financial Field against the Jags. All Right, 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:33.160 we're gonna hear from head coach Chip Kelly, and I 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:36.120 would expect to hear from quarterback Sam Bradford in just 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.920 a little bit. What did you think overall of Sam 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.880 Bradford's debut When he was dealing the rock there in 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.120 the second half. I thought it was a beautiful thing 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.080 to watch, the way he's like a point guard just 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:49.360 distributing the ball all to his different playmakers there in 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.960 the field. But you saw when you don't have the 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.120 offensive line, you don't have the protection, you don't have 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:57.040 to threat the run game, and a defense is willing 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.640 to just go full board at you that Even the 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.680 quarterback like Sam Bradford, who's who got rid of the 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.640 ball as quickly as anyone who I've ever seen, you 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:07.880 can have problems and issues. Yeah, but the play, the 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.680 design of the offense is if you're gonna take away 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:12.880 our running game, we're gonna dump the ball off to 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.920 our running backs coming out of the back build and listen, 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:19.880 you can't, you can't, you can't. You can't take that 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.320 away from the Eagles. They have multiple weapons to get 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.280 the ball too. They're gonna then, I gonna allow you 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.679 to take away all phases of their game. Our running 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:29.040 backs were a big part of the passing game. Sam Bradford, 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:32.200 I thought in the second half looked more calm, more relaxed, 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.320 more poise. You saw in the first half. He's trying 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:36.840 to hook up with Zach Ertz, who hasn't played all preseason. 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.679 Josh Huffey missed on a connection with him. Where Josh 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.120 thought it was a running play, was a passing play. 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.760 This is where the lack of playing time in the 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:47.920 preseason also comes into effect. If you just look around 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.240 the National Football League at the Week one, there were 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.480 teams that you expected to win games did not look 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.920 the way you expecting the play and that was primarily 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:57.960 because there's not extended playing time in the preseason. This 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:00.840 is the first extended action for most of these guys 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.800 playing this week, and I saw rust in the first 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:05.440 half from the Eagles. They looked a lot better than 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.400 the second half. Once they went in, made adjustments, figured 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.520 out what dan Quinn was trying to do to them defensively, 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:11.880 and they said, Okay, this is where we're going to 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.160 take advantage of what the Falcons are trying to do. 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:16.040 They're not gonna let us get the ball behind them. 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:18.439 They want us to dump it off. Great, we'll dump 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:21.040 it off to our running backs, let them, let them 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.040 make guys miss on defense, and the Eagles were able 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.960 to sustain drives. I thought their most impressive drive was 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.480 the I think it was a thirteen play ninety something 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.199 yard drive. Four penalties on their drive, so the total 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:34.520 yards amounted to like one hundred and thirty yards, and 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.719 the Eagles were able to go down to score. The 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:38.920 bottom line is it was just too big of a 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:42.000 hole to dig themselves out of. It really was. I mean, 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.280 they played as best they could in the second half, 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.920 but Atlanta had a seventeen point cushion to play with. Really, 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:49.760 all they needed to do was kick a couple of 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.080 field goals in the second half. That's all they did 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:53.559 was kick field goals in the second half to win. 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.320 But if you look at the Eagles, they rallied, they 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.839 took the lead, they gave the lead back up, all right, 0:09:57.880 --> 0:09:59.640 They went right back down the field again and got 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:02.600 in position for Cody Parkey to kick the field goal. 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:06.560 And it's interesting because from the TV broadcast perspective, it 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:09.199 looked like Chip and Dave Fifth, the special teams coordinator, 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.200 they're kind of beating back forth whether they go for it. 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.000 Chip looked like he might have wanted to go for it. 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.679 They're a fourth down, but I think obviously you're on 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.640 the road. You've rallied from behind to this point. You 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:20.760 want to take the points and give yourself the edge 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:22.800 and leave it to your defense. And you got a 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.079 Pro Bowl kicker. I mean, let's face it, I mean, 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:28.400 hansign is twenty twenty. They go for that there, they 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:31.280 get stopped, They get stopped on fourth down, and then 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:33.880 the next thing you know is everybody's complaining, well, you 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:35.560 got you got a Pro Bowl kicker? Why why didn't 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.319 you let him kick? So I understand Chip felt his 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.480 offense was in a rhythm. They were moving to football, 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.040 and he's no different than any other coach. When the 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.320 ball is in your hands and you're doing well with it, 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:47.839 you want to keep the ball. And fourth and one 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.760 is not a big deal to this offense, especially when 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:53.840 Chips it has the offense rolling. But I think it 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:56.880 was the right call because at that point, you're late 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:58.959 in the game and you have a Pro Bowl kicker 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:02.560 on your team. Everybody has a job to do, and Cody, 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.480 he was automatic last year in a lot of those situations. 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.480 Let's just hope this is just a hiccup this first game, 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:10.800 and he's able to bounce back from it. But it's 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.520 easy to second guest the coach when he makes the 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.559 play call and it does not work out. Should we 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:17.839 know it? With Bradford that you mentioned the rust that 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:19.520 some of the players were shaken off because of the 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.479 preseason and they haven't played since last year. For Bradford, 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:25.960 it's been since October of twenty thirteen since he last 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:29.120 played in a regular season game. So I was very 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.559 interested to see how he would maintain his composure, his 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.080 poise down the stretch because he hasn't really been in 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:37.160 a big time game situation like that. You know, you 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:39.319 look at you know quarterbacks and they go through the 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:41.840 clutch situations Matt Ryan, you know, one of the best 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:44.200 in the league and fourth quarter comebacks in recent years. 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.800 Bradford just has not been in that position. And that's 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:48.439 one of the things that you want to see and 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.880 learn and hope that he'll develop and gain an appreciation for. 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.560 Is the season wears on, is the fact that you know, 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:56.960 if he's gonna get this team into the postseason, he's 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:58.520 gonna have to win some of these close games in 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:00.920 the fourth quarter. It was good to see him rally 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:02.840 the team in the second half and get them in 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.640 position to win like he did, and that was huge. 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:07.559 I mean, I've been nothing but encouraged by what I've 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.600 seen from Sam Bradford through preseason and even in this 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:12.320 first game. Sure he got off to a little bit 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:15.840 of a slow start, little communication issues here and there 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:18.400 in the first half, or what I liked about Sam 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:20.959 Bradford is that he didn't get rattled, he didn't seem 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.960 to force the ball in areas that he didn't that 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.880 he shouldn't have, and he took what the defense was 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.439 given him. And that's what this design of the offense is. 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:31.160 It's not about trying to prove how good of a 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:34.920 quarterback you are by making risky throws and putting your 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.760 team in a difficult situation. It's about taking what the 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:41.320 defense is giving you and keeping the ball moving and 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:43.959 keeping the chains moving. And that's what Sam was able 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:45.920 to do in the second half. You watch him in 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:49.360 the pocket. He looked poised, he looked calm, and you're right, 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.440 he hasn't played in a lot of big games, you know, 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:53.440 out there in Saint Louis, and I don't be at 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:55.920 this being the first game, there's a lot of eyes 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.800 on Sam Bradford on Monday Night football coming into this game, 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.160 and I thought he acquitted himself very well. I really 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.400 did forget about what you saw in the first add 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.120 even that wasn't as bad as it may appeared. I 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:08.320 love what he was able to do going into the 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.280 locker room, making the adjustments coming out in the second 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:13.640 and a half and really making some key throws in 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.400 that second Yes, and despite the struggles in the first half. Oh, 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.400 we're gonna set it Now to Georgia Dome head coach 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:21.880 Chip Kelly about to address the media, Let's hear what 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:33.960 he had to say following the game. Good question, she's 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.439 forty four yarder. You know you're down too. Thought, you know, 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.520 got great confidence in Cody that we're gonna put it 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:46.400 through my year. We weren't. We didn't get it, you know, 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:47.840 a third and one, we didn't get a lot of 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:52.040 movement upfront. Hone. You and I kind of thought that again, 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:53.760 it was a forty four yarder. Paul was in the 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:55.959 you know, great kind of in the middle field, so 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:58.240 I didn't think it was a tough one. You know, 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:02.319 he's hit those performance art Is Matthews and not murried 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:04.880 about that. That back was just it was ever in 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:06.240 the game at that point in time. You know, we 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:11.360 don't have a specific back. Everyone's specific place. We didn't. 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:12.960 We didn't play very well at all in the first half, 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:14.920 you know, and it give up ten points right there 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:17.240 and the inside of the last two minutes, um, you know. 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:18.600 And I told those guys at half time it was 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:20.600 a tale of two halfs. We played a lot better 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:22.280 in the second half, um, but we did not come 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:24.480 to play in the first half. We did. I couldn't 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:26.440 really get much moving on their d line. You know. 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:28.080 We were concerned with their defensive line. They hadn't do 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:32.520 a lot of new guys, um Basilely and uh uh Clayborne. 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.440 You know, some guys that we saw in preseason that 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:35.640 we had a lot of respect for them. We knew 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.720 we're gonna be uh, you know, some difficult matchups in there. 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.440 But we we uh you know, played well enough in 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:42.920 the second half, but it was too late, put ourselves 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:46.120 in too big a hole. In the last two season 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:49.440 games practice, he was fine, you know, and he was 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:51.400 fine on every other kick today. It just I don't 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:52.600 know if the timing was off on that. You know, 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.880 you gotta look at the film in terms of um 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:56.560 where he was. But you know, we kicked it was 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.800 seven seconds ago on the play clock, so it wasn't 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.800 like we were rushed and trying to you know, uh, 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:03.280 he didn't have a chance to get it set. So 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:08.280 I don't love to look at that, you know, I 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:10.280 thought again, and I talked about them earlier in the week. 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.120 I thought their D line, you know, did a nice job. 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.000 They're one gap penetrating, get up the field, um and 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:16.920 and they did a good job. You know. I think 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:18.760 we settled down a little bit in the second half 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:20.760 and kind of got it going. Um. You know, in 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:22.560 terms of some of the matchups, we felt that, you know, 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:24.960 we felt it outside guys were really good in coverage, 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:26.600 but I thought we could exploit some things inside. That's 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.280 where the running backs really showed up in the uh, 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:30.440 in the passing game for us in the second half, 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:33.360 and obviously Jordan, you know, being an inside receiver force 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.440 and or TV and inside receiver force, some of those 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.160 matchups we thought, well, we're beneficial force. But in the 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:39.800 first half, we we can't get a lot of traction 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:44.600 on those first five drives. Um, I think it's a 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.480 combination of both. I think Matt had a lot of time. 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:48.520 You know, I don't think the pass rush was what 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:50.400 it needed to be. You know, we had some of 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:52.160 those routes were deep down the field that you got 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:54.160 a cover for a long time. But you know, we didn't. 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:55.880 We didn't get we didn't generate a good enough pass 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.680 rush on some of those. And then and then um, 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.200 you know we weren't close enough and coverage and some 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:08.320 of those other ones. Expectations obviously this team, see you guys, Yeah, 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:10.960 I mean we're gonna learn. We I thought our approaching 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:12.920 out what we did in the second half, Um, you know, 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:14.200 we can build upon that, and then we have to 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.760 look at what went wrong in the first half correct that. 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:18.880 You're right. We do have a short week. You know, 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:20.440 we'll just have meetings tomorrow and we're gonna be back 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:22.080 out the field on Wednesday. We gonna get Dallas coming 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:27.720 in here, so that's got our attention as we move forward. Yeah, 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:30.880 they did you know on that screen, you know, we 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.040 had the ball deep down inside and all of a sudden, 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:35.960 we we brought up, um, you know, brought up brought 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.640 us back too far, and Um, in some of those drives, 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:40.720 we overcame that one seventeen played drive, you know, with 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:42.880 penalties in there. We overcame a lot of penalties in 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:45.280 those situations. But UM, you can't do that against a 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:47.480 good football team and continue to think you're gonna be 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.720 able to build yourself out of those holes. Obviously, Uh, 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:56.320 some critical penalties there, solowd us down. Yeah. I mean 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:57.760 I haven't talked to anybody, but he looked fine to 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:03.920 me walk off the field. US. It seems like, yeah, 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:05.679 I think our line settled down a little bit. You know, 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:08.320 Um did a better job in protection. He gave him 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:10.480 some time to get the ball off, and then it 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.399 was just a combination of understanding zone and man and 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:15.240 we had some answers for both. So you know, I 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:19.439 think um, obviously, well we liked what happened in the 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:21.080 second half, but I think he had some time to 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:22.520 settle and throw the ball in the second half. So 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:29.560 now they're playing the same defense that they normally. Yeah, 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:30.919 a lot of those times there was there was they 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:33.119 were in max protection, you know, so it was deeper 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:34.320 down the route to scrows, but they had a lot 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:36.080 of guys into protection, so Obviously it's a little bit 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:37.840 more difficult to get to him, but you know, we 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:39.400 we we got to kind of overcome that. You can't 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:45.840 just have him sit backtives. I think it's a you know, 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:47.760 a real combination to him and the one thing they 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:49.520 do a real good job. Kyle's always in a good job. 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:51.320 He's not in the same spot all the time. So 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.000 it's it's not like you could say, hey, one guy 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.840 could cover him. He's inside, he's outside emotions. He lends 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:57.720 up at the third receiver, he's the second receiver, he's 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:00.440 the first receiver. You know, he Matt hit him twice 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:03.000 on those quick slants on run players right off the backside. Um. 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:08.480 So I think a lot of credit goes to him. 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:10.280 I'm not send did decent job, you know. I think 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.080 some of the protection issues. I think that we cleaned 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:14.040 up when we gave him time to throw and set 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:15.359 his feet. I thought he did a really good job. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:16.960 But there's a couple of times where you know, he 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:19.280 got hit pretty good. So I think the biggest thing, 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:20.679 as I come out of it before we look at 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:22.639 the tape, is is we got to show up our 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:26.160 protection in certain situations. We had more success running outside 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.320 in the second half. Yeah, you know, now we just 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:31.680 kind of again we talked about it. They did a 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.639 nice job inside, you know, and kind of shut some 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:35.760 things down there. So then obviously, you know, we've got 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:37.760 to make we counter their counter. So you know, they 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:39.160