Speaker 1: Now tomorrow. The game wasn't obviously perfect. The way defense
Speaker 1: played to step up Fletcher Cocks, Jamlin Mills in the
Speaker 1: red zone. How proud of you of these defense, you know,
Speaker 1: especially the corner dable lot to prove you know, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, very very proud of the way
Speaker 1: the guys battled hung in there as you as you said,
Speaker 1: it wasn't a perfect game, but they played for sixty
Speaker 1: minutes and and in these games like this you have
Speaker 1: to do that. And and uh, hats off to those
Speaker 1: guys on defense. They battled, they hung in there. Uh
Speaker 1: you know, kept our offense, uh you know, um in
Speaker 1: good situations when we took took the field, So great
Speaker 1: job on our defense. How did you think the offense
Speaker 1: played together? Just okay? Um, we made some plays, a
Speaker 1: lot of them were broken place. Um we've got to
Speaker 1: obviously look at the film and make them make the corrections.
Speaker 1: Uh wasn't perfect. Um, too many breakdowns in in in
Speaker 1: some crucial situations. Some some drive killers, whether it be
Speaker 1: a penalty or or sack. Those are things we got
Speaker 1: to take a look at. But all in all, um,
Speaker 1: we had some opportunities. You know, there's some opportunities down
Speaker 1: the field, which is exciting, and those are things moving
Speaker 1: forward that that will will address or trash makes backwards
Speaker 1: for those laterals? Are they the reward on those or
Speaker 1: the arrest? Well? It that particular play you're referred to
Speaker 1: wasn't supposed to be lateral. It just happened to be
Speaker 1: a lateral in that situation. And it's just based on
Speaker 1: what the defense presents. So, um, something we got to
Speaker 1: do a better job get fixed and uh um, just
Speaker 1: evaluate that situation. What does that mean that he might
Speaker 1: not throw it backwards based on what he sees will
Speaker 1: be Hi, it's a it's a run actually quite honestly, Um,
Speaker 1: it's a run. And then based on what the defense does,
Speaker 1: he has the ability to throw it. Okay, Oh, you're
Speaker 1: not talking about whether where course? What do you talking
Speaker 1: about what Nelson does with what he does when he
Speaker 1: gets a guest with all the issues that that Nelson
Speaker 1: and all the bunks that Nelson went do last year
Speaker 1: or in the come out in his game at the
Speaker 1: long touchdown of his career at a career day, how
Speaker 1: much is this going to help his confidence? And how
Speaker 1: happy are you for here? Yeah? You know, I obviously
Speaker 1: that first touchdown. Very excited for him, him in the offense.
Speaker 1: But I think going forward his confidence level, um, and
Speaker 1: really really I've seen it all spring, in all summer,
Speaker 1: and it's right right where I expected him to be.
Speaker 1: And he just carried it over into the game today
Speaker 1: and uh made some made some great plays and get
Speaker 1: third down plays um today and kept us on the field.
Speaker 1: And UH, for him him, this is a this is
Speaker 1: a great first step, you know to uh being the
Speaker 1: type of receiver that we know he can be and
Speaker 1: will be for us. And the reason why you know,
Speaker 1: the Eagles drafted him so all high, so honey in there,
Speaker 1: took shot after shot after shot. Um extended a lot
Speaker 1: of plays with his legs and athleticism and you know,
Speaker 1: um battle tested. You know, we saw it last year
Speaker 1: a little bit and and proving again today. I mean,
Speaker 1: give give the Redskins credit. They put put a lot
Speaker 1: of pressure on him and he was able to break
Speaker 1: some tackles. Big strong, physical guy. His eyes were always downfield. Guys. Uh, Um,
Speaker 1: we're able to make some great plays once he was
Speaker 1: able to break the pocket. Yes it did players tell
Speaker 1: you why they did that? Now, I think I think
Speaker 1: it just is something that you know, we've been talking
Speaker 1: all week about, you know, kind of getting the monkey
Speaker 1: off our back, um down here and really against the
Speaker 1: red Skins and and particularly on the road. You know,
Speaker 1: um we haven't done so well, particularly last year. Just
Speaker 1: all week we kept talking about it and talking about it,
Speaker 1: and um, you know it it was just the old
Speaker 1: the old set up on the sideline and uh and
Speaker 1: got the bath. So uh appreciative of it, but uh yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll stick. It's executive about the resiliency team. Obviously you
Speaker 1: certain you're and you're behind some teams can photoph shot
Speaker 1: past say that. Well, it says a lot about the
Speaker 1: leadership and and and the way the guys hang in there.
Speaker 1: I mean, this team really believes in themselves and it
Speaker 1: really and we all feel like we can be a
Speaker 1: good football team. And uh, you know, we got eliminate
Speaker 1: some stuff. I mean there's some there's some some crazy
Speaker 1: things that we gotta we gotta just eliminate, you know,
Speaker 1: the penalties and turnovers and things like that. But at
Speaker 1: the same time that that locker room believes in one another,
Speaker 1: they rally around each other when guys like Darby go
Speaker 1: down or you know, uh, Jason Peter steps out. I mean, guys,
Speaker 1: guys step up and play, and that's what you gotta
Speaker 1: have in these games. If Darby's out for a while,
Speaker 1: that would be a bigot of your defense. Do you
Speaker 1: then have to adjust anything offensively more? You know, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's something well we'll look at tomorrow. Obviously evaluate Darby
Speaker 1: c where he's at. I'm sure he'll miss some time
Speaker 1: obviously if the ankle. But um, you know, I think offensively,
Speaker 1: we just we just have to continue to do our thing.
Speaker 1: We just got to clean up in the run game.
Speaker 1: We got to get better in the passing game, shore
Speaker 1: of the protection, and then defensively we'll be fine. You
Speaker 1: saw it today and um, you know Jay L Walker
Speaker 1: stepped in and uh you know, battled out there and
Speaker 1: and uh you know, you get Zoul and macdougle now
Speaker 1: and and I get these guys ready to go. UM's
Speaker 1: got a pri argue in this game. And Zach kind
Speaker 1: of show future opponents that they can't plus their safety suppos.
Speaker 1: It's it's a it's an opportunity. Um, you know obviously
Speaker 1: with the personnel and and and with Carson and and
Speaker 1: play action pass and just being able to design shot
Speaker 1: plays down the field. Um. You know, coming into each game,
Speaker 1: you know you want to be able to do that. Um.
Speaker 1: You know you don't want the defense to play eight
Speaker 1: to nine in the box all the time and the
Speaker 1: safeties are low. So UM, you know we're going to continue,
Speaker 1: you know, to look at that find ways to get
Speaker 1: the ball down the field. Um. And we just missed
Speaker 1: on a couple today that that could have been big hittersforce. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he tried to go that third quarter. Um. You know again,
Speaker 1: we'll evaluate him when we get back see where he's at.
Speaker 1: Um hopefully, UM, you know, it's just day to day
Speaker 1: and we'll get him. We'll get him this next place. Say, yeah,
Speaker 1: Sturgis is another one we got to check out tomorrow. UM,
Speaker 1: give me more information tomorrow we get back to Philly.
Speaker 1: But it was part of the reason for going for
Speaker 1: two in that situation. Um, and uh we executed it
Speaker 1: and got it. Well, here's why. Obviously you wanted to
Speaker 1: big Bucket Peters. If you're going into a game with
Speaker 1: Peters album lane play left and Big play right or
Speaker 1: he still yeah, you know something with Big V's versatility. Um,
Speaker 1: it just depends on how long JP would be out.
Speaker 1: You know, if it's uh, um, longer than a week
Speaker 1: or so, you might you might do that, you might
Speaker 1: consider lane over there. But but if it's just a
Speaker 1: week to week, day to day thing, um, we'll get
Speaker 1: big Va the reps and he'll get ready to go.
Speaker 1: New guys, guys that didn't make it through the game,
Speaker 1: you used it, remember one, how they played overall in
Speaker 1: the two? Did it seem like as the game progressed,
Speaker 1: the new guys seemed to sort Yeah, I thought that
Speaker 1: they you know I did it did a nice job
Speaker 1: for us, you know, the Garrett obviously on offense, and
Speaker 1: the two receivers for us, I mean, made some big
Speaker 1: plays down the field in the passing game, obviously in
Speaker 1: the running game, and then on defense, how they I thought,
Speaker 1: just you know, observing without watching the tape yet just um,
Speaker 1: you know what Tim Jernigan was able to do upfront,
Speaker 1: and and um you know to get and and Darby
Speaker 1: was really early in the game was playing well. And um,
Speaker 1: you know these guys are are a great additional star
Speaker 1: football team. And um, we just gotta you know, each
Speaker 1: week it's a it's a it's a battle each week,
Speaker 1: you know, we got to come to work on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: ready to go and and uh, we just got to
Speaker 1: continue to jail. Did you view up to playing end
Speaker 1: with cousins and Weather's arms point forward? You have did
Speaker 1: you have any expectation if you're waiting for everything. I'm
Speaker 1: just glad it was in our favor. You're able to
Speaker 1: find a couple of weeks week from the farm and
Speaker 1: the players got the game or when its the flattery
Speaker 1: flatter thinking a players to think that much? Yeah, and
Speaker 1: you know what I mean for me, it's uh, it's
Speaker 1: everything that I've been telling you guys. It's just asked
Speaker 1: the players you know how they feel about me? And
Speaker 1: and uh, um you know, um, I just give this,
Speaker 1: give this within all the players in that in that
Speaker 1: locker room, they battled, they uh, they hung in there
Speaker 1: through adversity and we pulled the game out. You were
Speaker 1: able to find a couple of big plays, chunk plays.
Speaker 1: But was that an area? Is that something that you filed?
Speaker 1: He wanted to see cars and do it take his
Speaker 1: game to the next move? Well, yeah, obviously you don't
Speaker 1: go in hoping your quarterback has to run quite as much.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, it was a point of
Speaker 1: emphasis during the spring and training camp, you know, scrambled
Speaker 1: drills and things of that nature. We can an area
Speaker 1: that we could get better at. And uh, um it
Speaker 1: the hard work paid off. You know today winters played
Speaker 1: went down, especially Bills kind of come up there. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I thought they, uh, you know the um those corners
Speaker 1: are on an island quite a bit, you know. And
Speaker 1: I thought both of them, you know, Jaylen when he
Speaker 1: came in and then ja uh yeah Jaylen and then
Speaker 1: Jaylen Mills, what a big play you know when we
Speaker 1: needed it. Uh, a couple drives the Redskins had, you know,
Speaker 1: our defense was on the field one time and uh
Speaker 1: to come up with that turnover there at that time
Speaker 1: was was huge. And and I thought they stepped in
Speaker 1: and uh and did a nice job. It's any more significant,
Speaker 1: it's full now. Well, you know, we haven't played well
Speaker 1: you know, um and and especially here you know, this
Speaker 1: is this is a good football team. It's a tough place.
Speaker 1: The crowd is into it, um you know, and I
Speaker 1: think I think, uh, you know, losing five times, so
Speaker 1: these guys um kind of got the monkey off their back,
Speaker 1: so to speak. So um, I think that was part
Speaker 1: of it. Yeah, all right, thanks guys. Head coach Doug
Speaker 1: Pearson walking off the podium at