WEBVTT - Vikings Postgame Report: Vikings Win Dramatic Comeback Over Detroit 28 - 24 | Week 3 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:22.800 Hey, the Minnesota Vikings beat the Detroit Lions twenty twenty 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:28.840 four and very very exciting, spine tingling and enterprising fashion 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:32.360 with analyst Pete Ursache. I'm Paul Allen. We call games 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:35.000 on kfa N and the Vikings radio network, and that 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:36.920 was a fun one to call, not only because the 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:39.800 Vikings won, but because of how they won it. And 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:43.840 to copyright Kirk Cousins, you like that, you like that, well, 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:46.880 we liked it a lot. When kJ Osborne caught the 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:49.199 game winning touchdown. Yeah, how about I mean, how about that? 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:52.919 And that's something that with this offense you could tell 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:55.080 the efficiency is just not there yet, right, I mean, 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:59.160 just just the completion percentages, the adjustment, the blitz is 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:01.800 there's a lot going on that they're still trying to learn. 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:05.399 But the ability to go to kJ Osborne and to 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:08.680 know that we're getting double teams on Jefferson Feelings getting 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:10.800 mugged and oh, by the way, they're not even calling 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:14.080 you know, the past interference penalties. Most of the time 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:16.200 you get a bit of an answer, You get a 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.199 really good answer as to what they did to JJ. 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:20.400 What the defense is trying to do, but they can't 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.600 do it. To everybody. That's why it's so important to 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.280 have a number three like kJ Osborne. And you know 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.319 we knew kJ last year had a sneaky good year 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:31.000 almost seven hundred yards of receiving and how many of 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:33.560 those Paul were big plays on third down all throughout 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.240 the season. So for kJ to come back, hang in 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:39.360 there and make the big I mean, the catch could 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:42.560 be the catch of the season. This game is a 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:44.600 game that in the last couple of seasons we would 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:48.400 have lost right in the changes that it makes a 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:51.080 divisional game two and one, two and one in the 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.880 division right now. It is a huge, huge, I mean 0:01:56.240 --> 0:02:00.400 for a Week three type victory. This was huge and 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:02.520 now you know, now we just got to keep building 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:04.840 on it. Go to London, beat up on a Saints 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.920 team that really isn't that healthy. A lot of things 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.120 now are kind of turning our way. We know what 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:12.360 we got to figure out. But my goodness, these guys 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:14.360 hung in there. And that's a tip of the captain 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:17.400 Kevin O'Connell keeping these guys going. Yeah, the Vikings' next 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:21.000 play in London at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against a Saints 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:24.520 team that indeed lost to the Carolina Panthers today. But 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.600 back to the lesson at hand, we have not only 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:30.560 Between the Lines, but Kevin O'Connell's press conference coming up, 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:34.040 Kirk Cousins press conference, and Ron Johnson's new bit called 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:38.000 three Takes, which debuted last game. Kirk finishes twenty four 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:41.200 or forty one, two sixty, a couple of touchdowns, no picks, 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.800 and for a second consecutive game, Justin Jefferson held in 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:48.960 check six targets, only three catches fourteen yards, but kJ 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:52.840 Osborne eight targets, five catches seventy three yards, including the 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:57.200 game winning touchdown Adam thieland eight targets, six reception sixty 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:01.120 one yards. His touchdown was the fiftieth receiving touchdown of 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:04.280 his career and the Vikings beat the Lions twenty eight 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:07.600 twenty four. Gabe Henderson and Ben Lieber with Between the 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.880 Lines Boys take it away. Welcome to a winning edition 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.679 of Between the Lines, fueled by Gatorade. My name is 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.600 Gabe Henderson. I'm alongside Ben Lieber and Ben you just 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:18.679 wrapped up. You're a one on one with head coach 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.359 Kevin O'Connell following today's twenty eight to twenty four win 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:25.040 over the Detroit Lions. What were your thoughts on your 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:29.120 conversation with him regarding this win today. Well, obviously he 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:32.160 was really excited. I mean I walk into the front 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:34.200 part of the locker room and you know, although I 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:36.600 can't see anybody in the players, but I heard a 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:39.320 lot of hooting and hollerand a lot of celebration, you know, 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:41.720 a lot of high fives all that stuff. And you know, 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:44.000 I go in with coach O'Connell and you know, he's 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.840 still his kind of reserve self, but big smile on 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:50.400 his face. I think, a big sense of relief. You know, 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.520 he knew it was going to be a grind against 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:54.200 this team. He knew that. He's like, this is a 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.720 tough football team, like they play a great brand of football. 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:58.480 We knew it was gonna be hard. We just had 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:00.240 to stay resilient. He just kept saying, we got to 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.640 be resilient. He talked about it last week, how he's 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.200 we got a battle adversity, not only diversity in the 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:06.800 game that they're play on playing on Monday night, but 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.120 all through the week and then today they did just that. 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:13.200 The word resiliency. The Vikings were down early fourteen zero 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:15.680 climbed back into the game down seventeen and fourteen out 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:17.920 a half. Then going into the fourth quarter they were 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:21.839 down ten points again two straight touchdowns. What did you 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.480 see from first half to second half that kind of 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.080 helped this Vikings team be resilient and get on the 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:30.520 winning side. Well, it's interesting, like I think when they 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.600 when they knew that we had to throw the ball 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:35.839 and pass the ball, that's when they became more vulnerable. 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.320 They had a lot of defensive penalties, a lot of 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:40.440 holding on Adam feeling they're doing a great job of 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.359 being physical with Justin Jefferson the line of scrimmage, so 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:45.680 they kind of erased him off the board. But then 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:48.680 I opened up everything everything else for Justin Jefferson as 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:50.919 we saw later in the game with with kJ Osborne. 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.120 So I think when we when we knew that we 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:54.520 had to throw the ball and they and they knew 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:57.320 that we had become one dimensional, it actually exposed them 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.960 a little bit with I think some of the weaknesses 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.760 that they have in the secondary. We saw that. You know, 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.400 Coach O'Connell even just told me in the interview that 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.400 he was kind of designing some plays as the game 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:10.480 was going on based off of the things that they 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.760 were taking away. So went off, stripped off the playbook 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:15.719 a little bit, had to improvise and it worked out. 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:17.960 How do you feel like that helps this team going forward? 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.560 Because every team is going to put their number one 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:23.520 cornerback when Justine Jefferson, he only had three receptions fourteen 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.240 yards today, But how does that help to help the team? 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:29.360 Understanding that Adam Thaling who had sixty one receiving yards 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.440 today and kJ Osborne who had a game winning touchdown 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.920 can contribute to this offense. Well, I think it builds 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.080 trust first and foremost because just like I was saying, 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:39.360 you can come in with a game plan and they're 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.520 gonna take some of those things away. So what can 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.880 you do on the fly to make adjustments? We talk 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:46.479 about sideline adjustments all the time, We talk about halftime 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.280 adjustments all the time. West Phillips offensive up in the 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.760 booth communicating things that he's seen down in the field 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:53.920 to coach O'Connell. And like you said, I think when 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.200 you can come up with a game plan on the fly, 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:58.080 you're gonna build up a lot of trust with the 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.440 offensive players that hey, this guy knows what he's Doyeah. 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.279 All right, so let's let's not freak out, let's not 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:05.359 get over our skis a little bit. We know that 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.640 we got a smart staff that's gonna find some ways 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:09.839 to get our guys open. Man, getting our guys open 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:11.800 as a number one key to this offense in ordering 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.680 to scoring touchdowns and winning football games. But moving to 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:16.920 the defensive side of the ball, we held those guys 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:20.520 to four yards per carry. We didn't get many pressures, though. 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:24.080 How do you think that balanced out this game ultimately 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.479 given us a win today? Well, I do think that 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:29.240 we got a little bit lucky with DeAndre Swift's ankle injury. 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.000 I mean it was it was an issue going into 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:32.919 the game. We didn't know how well he was going 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:34.880 to perform. He came out and performed very well in 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:36.920 the first quarter, but then you could see him a 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:39.320 couple of times get dinged up, limp off to the sidelines. 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.840 And now, look, Jamal Williams is a great runner as well, 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.920 not quite the same dynamic ability as DeAndre Swift. So 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.240 I think we dodged a bullet a little bit when 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.440 it comes to their rushing attack. They were not at 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.080 full strength. Now we do have some things to clean 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:55.359 up when it comes to coverage. Okay, so many times 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:58.599 that we have on third down, especially, they would run 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:01.480 away from leverage from the out side. They'd run across 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:04.600 the field. Our second level defense, our linebackers, and our 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.640 safeties nowhere to be found. So we got to figure 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.480 out what is going on there. Because that's two weeks 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:11.440 in the row. Now, we've had a big time middle 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.760 of the field vulnerabilities in the past game. I feel 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:16.560 like the pass rush kind of goes hand in hand 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:20.280 with that, right, not many hurries today, zero sacks. How 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:22.440 does that complement what we want to continue to do 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.400 on defense and getting pressures and hopefully interceptions. Well that 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:27.280 that definitely has to be cleaned up as well. You know, 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.400 we brought a lot more pressure early in this game. 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:33.280 We did not pressure very much against the Eagles. We 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:35.600 sat back and sort of watched everything in front of us. 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:38.560 Ed Dontell did doubt some more pressures in the first 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.920 quarter and as the game gone along, So there wasn't 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:45.720 a lot of pressures because of that, which is unfortunate. 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.600 I see us on the outside, we're rushing too much 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:50.400 right in the middle of the players. Okay, you know, 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:53.480 we're not picking an edge. Okay, we're not working our 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.480 technique on the edge of our defenders. Danielle had a 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.400 couple nice rushes on the inside spin, the ball just 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:01.360 came out too quick. So I think they had a 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:03.120 good plan for us when it comes to getting the 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.480 ball out quick. But we got to fix those issues 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:07.440 because you can't go through the rest of the season 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.280 not affect the quarterback very much. And going into this 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:14.400 upcoming Sunday matchups game in London against the New Orleans Saints, 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:18.080 Jamis Winston another game two interceptions, they lost it to 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.720 the Carolina Panthers. I know we haven't watched much film 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.320 on those guys, but just understanding the history between the 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:25.400 Saints and the Vikings, I feel like it always comes 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.480 down to a big play. So whether the Vikings need 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.080 to fix going into that game, well, just like I said, 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:32.960 I think they have to. They have to affect Jamie's 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.080 because he is banged up, right. I think we all 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:38.560 understand that he's got some some vertebrate issues. You know, 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:40.719 even when he's healthy, he's gonna throw the ball into 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.239 coverage at times, so we have to make him uncomfortable. 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:44.720 We got to get him to run around. He's not 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:47.960 a mobile quarterback. We need to affect the middle of 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:50.560 the rush lanes to get him outside the pocket, force 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:52.480 him outside the pocket, which is different than you would 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:54.520 say like a Kyler Murray or something like that. But 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:56.800 he is a he is a status quarterback that I 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:58.520 think he's gonna make a lot of poor decisions when 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.600 he's on the run. So see if we can get 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:02.800 some pressure in the A and B gaps. Vikings went 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:06.080 twenty eight to twenty four. Another short week. According to 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.440 travel Wise, we get out there a few days early, 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:11.400 so the Vikings have to hurry up, recover, rest and 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.600 get ready to beat through New Orleans, Saintans and London. 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.559 So Vikings fans, looking forward to seeing you out there. 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:18.160 If not looking forward to watch seeing you, watch it 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.120 on Sunday for Ben Leeber. My name is Gabe Henderson. 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:25.920 This is between the Lines fueled by Gatorade. Thanks Gabe. 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:29.920 Kevin O'Connell is undefeated at home, beating Green Bay and Detroit. 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:35.320 The Vikings are two in one. Here's Koc's postgame press conference. Obviously, 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:40.280 I know people are still filing in, so proud of 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.719 our team, so proud of you know, there was a 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:48.960 lot a long list of of you know, adversity throughout 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:52.280 that football game dating back to last week. All our 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:54.920 guys do is continue to believe, believe in each other 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:59.200 and we're going to continue to improve as a football team. 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:00.880 But for us to be at our best when it 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:03.280 was required and play complimentary football all the way we 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:07.320 did to finish it. Um, it's good to have that feeling, 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.040 you know, both times we've been at us Bank Stadium 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.600 against the divisional opponent. Now we've we've come back into 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:16.120 the locker room to to some some feelings of really 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.559 understanding that we believe in each other, we believe in 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.520 our team, but that we can continue to improve and 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.679 be at our best moving forward. But I'm so proud 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.959 of our guys. Unbelievable to have our legends in town 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.520 this weekend, be around on our team. And as I 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:34.120 told those guys last night, UM, never underestimate their power 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.640 and their influence to you know, be what our guys 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.520 may need to see and see their camaraderie, how how 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:43.840 together they are still years and years and years later, Um, 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:45.640 the great history of our team. We got a lot 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.040 to play for, including those guys. We got a lot 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:50.840 to be proud of UM. But first and foremost today 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.080 was about those players in there. A great day for 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.600 our uh you know a lot of guys on our 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:58.000 team who needed to step up and like I said, 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.280 a lot of things will do better and need to 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:02.320 work on, and we got a tough task ahead with 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.760 a good football team obviously in London. Well'll come back 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.000 when like that hamp with this and carry over effect 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.480 for this game, Yeah, I think so. I think there's 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:12.960 it's one thing to rep a lot of those situations 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.160 in practice. It's one thing, you know, to do it 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:17.240 in competitive ways when you can, but to do it 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.400 at home with our great fans just being that extra 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.520 edge that we needed there late. But you know, give 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.320 them a lot of credit. They did some things defensively 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:29.880 that you know, caused us to kind of have to alter, 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.240 you know, our plan that we came in with, especially 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.600 in the passing game. UM I thought late Kirk was 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:39.680 you know, fantastic on that final drive. Able to execute 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.280 some things that quite honestly we didn't necessarily have up 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:43.960 on the call sheet, but we found a way to 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:46.600 you know, go out there all eleven and execute and 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:49.360 thought the old line had a huge final sequence there 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:53.560 given Kirk time um to attack their kJ obviously showing 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.880 up huge Kirk users long receivers that he did again 0:11:56.960 --> 0:12:00.440 the day, you guy says, and I see open players, 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:03.920 not numbers. Yeah, is that what we saw to day? Yeah. 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:05.640 I think it was a combination of a couple of things. 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:07.640 They Kirk did a great job, you know, keeping his 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.959 eyes up reading coverage. They were doing some things schematically 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:14.240 obviously to take away justin and we'll continue to have 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:19.240 tools at our Disposal'll try to counter out counteract that obviously, 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:22.080 But they did a good job defensively. I thought there 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:24.600 was a few competitive plays that they could have gone 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:26.880 either way as far as possibly h you know, a 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:29.640 grab or tug the way technique wise they were playing. 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:33.440 But ultimately, when our guys needed to they overcame that. 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:36.720 They overcame, you know, at times us not having the 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:41.040 cleanest execution, but situationally when it mattered for Kirk to 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.640 do what he did and lead that group. I think 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:45.400 that says a lot about our football team. And then 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.040 love the way we closed it out with Mattelis making 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:50.600 that pick. Yeah, what were your thoughts on the defense? 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:52.160 You know, they gave up a decent amount of yards, 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:53.600 but they kind of stepped up at the end when 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.160 they had to do they really did. You know, you'd 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:57.880 like to think over the course of that kind of 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.320 fourth quarter and and and when we were able to 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:03.280 get the drive to make it twenty four twenty one, 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:05.719 you'd like to think we wouldn't need another one or 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:09.000 another defensive stand without having the lead, and they were 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.200 obviously able to We went forward on that fourth down. 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:14.280 You know, obviously liked the look there, but you know, 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.800 didn't get it done offensive, but understanding the defense is 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.160 going to pick you up. We might not have any timeouts, 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.240 we might have to cover a lot of ground in 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:23.600 short amount of time, but we've got just the guys 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:25.199 to do it, and our quarterback did a great job 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:28.120 taking us down the field. Kevin, did it looked like 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.560 at some point you had a conversation with Justin on 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:33.600 the sideline. Was he frustrated? Well, it's just it's just 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.360 one of those things with great, great players, you know, uh, 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.839 you know, in this league and the coaching that goes on, 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:41.080 they do things to try to take away what you 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.720 do best. And you know, I think the way we're 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.040 able to run the football the way we're able to 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.000 get you know, Adam and kJ and some of these 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.280 other guys opts in the passing game is because of 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:54.520 Justin Jefferson dictating a lot of coverage, dictating how runs 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:58.120 are fit, dictating how they play on the edges. So 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:00.600 Justin had a huge impact on this game. It just 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:02.760 didn't show up in the stat sheet. But that's not 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:04.800 good enough. That's not good enough. I've got to do 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:08.760 a better job given Justin you know, different you know, 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:12.480 aspects of lining up in different spots, different personnel groupings, 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.240 whatever I need to do to help him, because he's 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:17.640 an ultra competitor and we'll get him going. But you know, 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.720 the first guy celebrating with kJ Osborne when he scores 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:24.080 that touchdown is Justin Jefferson. And he's a great teammate. 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:26.920 Although he doesn't have a sea on his chest, you know, 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.960 I know our guys view him as one of our leaders, 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:33.280 and we relied on him today to maintain and just 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.160 keep on pushing. And you know, I have a lot 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:38.680 of respect for how Justin handled today, but put it 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:40.280 on me to you know, obviously do a better job 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.520 getting him open. You mentioned how you had a lot 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.480 of things late in the game that weren't necessarily on 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:46.440 the call sheet. What got you to the point where 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.920 you had to kind of reaching your back pockets up set. Yeah, 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.240 I think it's that combination that a week ago, I 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:55.080 didn't do a good enough job staying true to who 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:57.800 we want to be from an offensive philosophy standpoint, and 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:00.120 then I thought the way our defense was playing, and 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.400 especially in the second half, you know that we could 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:05.520 stay in our normal offensive rhythm while still trying to 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:08.440 get some chunks, and then kind of late there we 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.360 didn't have any timeouts left. I knew that I didn't 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:13.040 want to be in a situation where we kind of 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.080 dinked and dunked and hey, get up on the ball, 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:17.520 go fast, and all of a sudden, we're playing to 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:19.600 try to you know, I wanted to score. I wanted 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:21.760 to score touchdown. I wanted to win this football game 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:25.080 in front of our fans in regulation. Put maximum pressure 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:27.760 on those guys the way, Quite honestly, they did a 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:29.880 lot of the day with just how gritty and tough 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:32.320 of a football team that is. But that's when you 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:34.720 just have to continue work and put your head down. 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:38.160 Adversity is only going to be you know, one snap 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:41.560 away in this league for you individually collectively, per side 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:42.760 of the ball, and you just got to meet the 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:46.160 moment and rely on your leadership and trust the guys 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:48.720 around you in those huddles to get it done. And 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.800 that's that's what I think you saw today. But well, 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:53.600 there'll be some moments that we'll be able to go 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:55.520 back and look on and think that we could have 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.480 you know, had some earlier success in some critical moments 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:00.000 as well, So we got to get better from it. 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:02.080 Was that even a thought process you have before that 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.640 final drive play for field goals, try to score a touchdown? 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:07.640 Are you just like that isn't even? And it obviously is. 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:09.960 And and knowing I got all the confidence in Greg 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.560 in the world, um, you know, knowing that we put 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:15.960 them out there for two fifty four plus yarders, I think, um, 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:19.080 and he'll continue to knock those, knock those in. Um, 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:21.840 My confidence will not waiver in Greg, and everybody in 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.040 that locker room feels the same way. But I did know, 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.240 you know, if we could, if we could manipulate some 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.640 things and kind of get kjor potentially Adam running, I 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:33.040 knew we could protect with the way our guys were 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:35.720 protecting up front Um that we could possibly get some 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:40.160 explosives explosives and at least put that pressure on them 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:42.760 m to kind of not be dictating to us, and 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:44.600 we got them kind of on their heels a little 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:47.320 on that drive and defense was able to come out 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:50.120 and get a stop with that remaining time. If you've 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:54.600 already answered this, but Cookum, do you know what his situation? Yeah, no, 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.040 you I have not answered that. And Dalvin just had 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.080 you know, a little a little bit of a shoulder 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.880 deal that kind of came up on that fumble. Unfortunate 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:03.880 with him being three yards away from you know, his 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:07.000 first hundred yard day Um and thought he played phenomenal. 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.800 I thought alex Um was really really solid those kind 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:12.879 of one two punch that we have. But he'll be 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:14.719 day to day. We'll run some tests, we should have 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.600 some time, uh to hopefully get him turned over. And 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:21.040 he's already told me after we after we scored, you know, 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:22.480 I asked him how he was doing. He said, I'll 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:25.040 be out there next week. Now. We'll do what's best 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:28.840 for obviously Dalvin and make sure that Tyler and urayah 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:32.080 uh and our doctors make those decisions, but what a 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:34.880 competitor and and really proud of the work he put 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.560 in today and knowing that we would come back to 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:40.480 him after not getting him the rock enough last Monday 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.640 after a tell Us interception that looked like you and 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:47.359 and kind of yeah, so what was behind that? Well, 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:49.680 you know he was. He was pretty fired up, and 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.439 I was too. I just wanted to tell him how 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:53.920 proud I was of him and and his guys, and 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.000 I know they wanted to get that ball back to 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:59.040 in the game. Um, so he was. It was fun 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:02.119 to see him like that. There U still pretty soil 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:03.879 old man, still got a little strength to them. So 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:06.600 but now you could just feel the emotion of the 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:09.879 whole stadium understanding how important it was for us to 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.679 persevere and rally and like I said, unbelievable effort by 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:16.000 our fans today when we had to have it in 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:19.040 those critical moments. You know you've felt them, you know 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:21.720 right where they need to be, and we're going to 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:24.000 need that. You know, as many times as we get 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:26.760 to play at this at this stadium this year, what 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.480 did you think of how many times the Lions went 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:33.240 forward unfortune? But then were you surprised that they tried 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:35.240 to fifty four year field goal d end when they've 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:37.600 been going forth so much in fourth down. No, I 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:40.400 think I think that a lot goes into those decisions. 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:42.159