Speaker 1: But you you look back on the at the game
Speaker 1: film of the game, what anything that stood out to
Speaker 1: you that you didn't notice, um when you were playing it. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, there there was some adjustments I think I
Speaker 1: could have done a better job of during the game,
Speaker 1: you know, looking back on it that maybe I regret
Speaker 1: not not doing or making but it was it was
Speaker 1: pretty much what I said after the game, which was
Speaker 1: I didn't make enough throws or plays for us to
Speaker 1: you know, getting a good position to win, and um,
Speaker 1: I need to do a better job. Brian, over the
Speaker 1: over the past couple of weeks, You've done some good things,
Speaker 1: but also obviously it's you acknowledge esterday and not so
Speaker 1: good things over these past couple of games. Do you
Speaker 1: feel like your play has has regressed in anyway and
Speaker 1: then it's so why you can set is Uh yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I have, I haven't played well the last
Speaker 1: few games. Um, you know, it's just it's not an
Speaker 1: easy game. They just got to continue to to prepare,
Speaker 1: you know, in the film room, continue to prepare, learning
Speaker 1: the game plan and doing everything on the practice field.
Speaker 1: And I hope that it translates. But that's the only
Speaker 1: way that I know how to fix things is just
Speaker 1: to continue to work hard and just ignore the outside
Speaker 1: and outside noise. It says Todd told you whether you'll
Speaker 1: start on Sunday? Uh, I know we we didn't. We
Speaker 1: did not talk other than you know, him addressing the
Speaker 1: team and stuff today and then we just met as
Speaker 1: a as an offense and as a quarterback group to
Speaker 1: review the film. How I was Todd's mood when he
Speaker 1: addressed the team today, UM, I mean that's you know,
Speaker 1: personal things inside the team. But you know, obviously, um,
Speaker 1: none of us are happy with the effort. None of
Speaker 1: us are We're happy with the way the game went down,
Speaker 1: and you know, we just gotta I think the message
Speaker 1: was clear that we've got to put our focus into
Speaker 1: this week and make sure we get this thing back
Speaker 1: on the right track. Right. Were there a residual effects
Speaker 1: last night or today from this shot you took to
Speaker 1: the head? Now? I feel good? And what about your thumb?
Speaker 1: How does it? How does it feel today? Some feels
Speaker 1: great again? Just more praise for the medical staff and
Speaker 1: the doctors for the plan that we had, you know,
Speaker 1: ten days post surgery to be able to come out
Speaker 1: of the game clean the way that I did and
Speaker 1: you know, getting tackled and taking some hits and all that,
Speaker 1: but some um, there were no ill effects during the game. Ryan,
Speaker 1: When you look at the slow starts for the offense,
Speaker 1: how much do you think it is that that you
Speaker 1: guys have been banged up and some of you've been
Speaker 1: out of practice and in practice some days limited on
Speaker 1: other days that affect Now it's just been poor execution.
Speaker 1: You know. The thing about an offense is you've got
Speaker 1: to have eleven guys on the same page, e leving
Speaker 1: guys doing their job. And if you don't, you know,
Speaker 1: sometimes you can get lucky and overcome it, but you
Speaker 1: know a lot of the time it's going to be
Speaker 1: tough sledding. And so we've got to make sure that
Speaker 1: we've got everybody on the right page going in the
Speaker 1: right direction. Um, you know, and obviously that starts with
Speaker 1: me and getting us in the right play and making
Speaker 1: the right read or making a good throw and so, um,
Speaker 1: we just gotta you know, there's the fundamentals and the
Speaker 1: basics of what our offense is. We've got to get
Speaker 1: everybody in the same page right Last night, some guys
Speaker 1: mentioned that you know this is that doesn't know we
Speaker 1: haven't figure out how to finish or we haven't set
Speaker 1: out how to win. Is there? Can you put your
Speaker 1: finger on why that means? So I there, it's kind
Speaker 1: of a two people talking. Sorry you said that we
Speaker 1: we can't finish or we can't win. Yeah, well, I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, we've we've got to be able to come together.
Speaker 1: And you know, we've we've had some close games. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, either games where we've been winning in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter or been down and needed to score and
Speaker 1: we haven't done it. And so, um, you know, we've
Speaker 1: we've just got to go out there and execute the
Speaker 1: fundamentals and and do it. And uh, that's the only way,
Speaker 1: you know that I know how to get over that.
Speaker 1: Right as you know that the g has released the
Speaker 1: Quentin Cobols today, so it's highly unusual for the first
Speaker 1: round pick to get cut. So I'm wondering what kind
Speaker 1: of message do you think that is? Uh, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean, I you know, I'm have my head and
Speaker 1: my involvement in the offense and so I don't really
Speaker 1: know a lot about what's going on with with the
Speaker 1: defense or anything. But uh, you know, it's just a
Speaker 1: decision that coach Bowls made that I don't know that
Speaker 1: I'm the right person to ask about that. As you
Speaker 1: said earlier, you admitted, you know, you haven't played your
Speaker 1: best for the last couple of weeks. So I'm wondering
Speaker 1: going forward, do you do you still think you're the
Speaker 1: right man for the job going forward? Yeah, I do
Speaker 1: think I'm the right man for the job. I think, um,
Speaker 1: you know, unfortunately, unfortunately, I've got a lot of experience,
Speaker 1: um in playing four teams that have been in this situation,
Speaker 1: you know where we've lost a few games, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we've got to stay the course, We've got
Speaker 1: to right the ship, We've got to do all that stuff,
Speaker 1: you know. I think, uh, you know, at this point
Speaker 1: in my career, I've learned a ton and all the
Speaker 1: different situations I've been in, I have no problem shouldering
Speaker 1: any blame that gets thrown my way and then all
Speaker 1: blame that I deserve and don't deserve. And you know,
Speaker 1: I think I'm the right guy to get this thing
Speaker 1: going back in the right direction. Ryan, what do you
Speaker 1: feel like the key is to get this thing going
Speaker 1: back in the right direction. I think confidence is a
Speaker 1: lot of it, you know, just getting some sort of
Speaker 1: swagger back and all that's gonna come through preparation and
Speaker 1: working hard in practice, and you know then it's just
Speaker 1: gonna start clicking in the games. But we've just we've
Speaker 1: just got to get that confidence back, right with with
Speaker 1: regard to the running game, when it was going early
Speaker 1: in the year, you know, the offense was really at it. Bet.
Speaker 1: I mean, how tough with it yesterday? Do you think
Speaker 1: you guys in spite of the deficit, maybe got away
Speaker 1: from it a little too early. Well that's kind of
Speaker 1: always the you know, the next day you always think
Speaker 1: about that, and you know, we just we need to spark,
Speaker 1: we need to get something going. Uh. And so you
Speaker 1: know when we made it UM seventeen, the majority of
Speaker 1: that was was thrown. We had a run or two
Speaker 1: maybe sprinkled in there, and um, you know, even getting
Speaker 1: BP in the passing game, getting him some balls. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, he he could be a big part of
Speaker 1: our offense. You know now that he's held me again.
Speaker 1: But we've just got to Each game is gonna be different,
Speaker 1: find the right thing that works, the right balance, and
Speaker 1: you know, we we've definitely just got to continue to
Speaker 1: try to um. You know, get back on track of
Speaker 1: the running game. Ryan um Brand got a touchdown again yesterday,
Speaker 1: obviously for the third straight game, but in terms of
Speaker 1: his art each production, it's been down now for three
Speaker 1: straight games. Um, how challenging has it been in terms
Speaker 1: of what people are doing coverage wise against him? And
Speaker 1: how do you think you guys can go about you know,
Speaker 1: cracking that and solving that here. Well, I think everybody
Speaker 1: that plays us recognizes that he's the guy that has
Speaker 1: to be stopped. You know, he's the guy that kind
Speaker 1: of makes our offense go. And so we've just got
Speaker 1: to try to continue to find ways to get him
Speaker 1: the ball. I mean, he was he was single um
Speaker 1: at times yesterday, where you know, I've got to do
Speaker 1: a better job of getting him the ball, giving him
Speaker 1: a chance. And um, you know, but the thing is
Speaker 1: when when he is double and seems want to completely
Speaker 1: take him away, we think we've got other options and
Speaker 1: other guys that you know, can pick up the yards,
Speaker 1: pick up the first downs on third down, and and
Speaker 1: so we've just again just continue to work and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, part of it is going to be moving
Speaker 1: him around, but part of it also is just taking
Speaker 1: what the defense has given us Ryan that Andre Howe
Speaker 1: wanted to get text some safeties was quoted in the
Speaker 1: Houston Paper saying that that he noticed that you tend
Speaker 1: to stare down receivers. Uh, you know, is that something
Speaker 1: you're aware of? Is that accurate that you know? What that?
Speaker 1: What do you make of that assessment? I just kind
Speaker 1: of laugh at it. I mean, that's I don't think
Speaker 1: you make it eleven years in the league by doing that,
Speaker 1: but uh, you know that's that would say. You know,
Speaker 1: he made a play at the end of the game,
Speaker 1: and I told you guys after the game, you know
Speaker 1: the coverage that they gave us. Uh, I was over
Speaker 1: there a little too long because Cushing Cushing ran under it,
Speaker 1: Uh you know, and so I wasn't able to throw
Speaker 1: it as quick as I wanted to. But um, I
Speaker 1: just kind of kind of shake that one off. Ryan.
Speaker 1: I wonder if you could just kind of extend You
Speaker 1: mentioned your confidence earlier that you can still get this
Speaker 1: job done here, um, and the stage of your career physically,
Speaker 1: do you feel like you're still able to do it
Speaker 1: and play in this league right now? I know experience
Speaker 1: is one thing, but do you think you can can
Speaker 1: still do it from the physical standpoint, and and it's
Speaker 1: so weird. Uh, you know, could you kind of on
Speaker 1: that confidence that you have? I mean, I'm not sure
Speaker 1: how you want me to. I mean physically, you've seeing
Speaker 1: me play all year. You know, I hurt my thumb
Speaker 1: on a fluke kind of you know, somebody grabbing my
Speaker 1: thumb pulling it the other way. But um, you know,
Speaker 1: physically I feel fine. You know that I felt fine
Speaker 1: physically on the touchdown run, feel good today. So I'm
Speaker 1: not I'm not real serve where that one's coming from.
Speaker 1: So I wasn't questioning, well I don't some people, you know,
Speaker 1: look at you and say, you know, how much time
Speaker 1: this guy have left and he's still play in the NFL.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying I think that. I'm just asking your
Speaker 1: opinion on on that notion that you know, maybe some
Speaker 1: people think you don't have it. Yeah, that's that's fine,
Speaker 1: But I'm still here. Well, it seems like got what
Speaker 1: got a lot of one on one matchup yesterday with
Speaker 1: either bred No or Brick. Was there mistakes made in
Speaker 1: the protection uh you know, calling out the sessions beforehand?
Speaker 1: What led to some of those one on one match up? Well?
Speaker 1: I mean, he's a he's a great player. We knew
Speaker 1: that obviously going in the game. He's he's got a
Speaker 1: guy that kind of commands help on every play, and
Speaker 1: so you know, it wasn't gonna be every single play
Speaker 1: that he was going to be you know, double team.
Speaker 1: But the majority of the game, uh, we had we
Speaker 1: had help on. There's a few instances where we did not,
Speaker 1: and he made some great plays, but that's the type
Speaker 1: of player he is. I thought we had a good
Speaker 1: game plan for him going into it, and uh, for
Speaker 1: the most part, that game plan was executed. But I mean,
Speaker 1: he's he's a pretty special player for a reason, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know he's going to make his plays.