December 15, 2025 • 16 mins
Dave Canales spoke to the media on Monday, December 15th, 2025.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hoon for the review.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
All right, just talking to the players, you know, what
I appreciate about appreciate about this group is the physical
nature we played with. We played the great effort, all
that was there, but it was in the execution of
the fundamentals and techniques. And that's not just the players,
it's coaches as well, making sure we're getting into the
right schemes at the right times. That's a weekly process
and it was no different yesterday. We got to look
at the film and be truthful about it, be studs
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about it so we could make the improvement going forward.
And you know, the players spirit of the locker room.
The players are, you know, obviously upset for the loss,
and we had an opportunity right in front of us
and and played tough, made enough plays, but we gave
them some stuff. And I got to give the Saints credit.
They executed their game plan well and they did a
(00:48):
good job there, and we didn't execute ours to the
finish of it. And especially in some of those situations,
some of the penalties that we had giving them, you know,
multiple third downs in diffferent ways, so on both sides.
Really just it's important for us to look at this
one to grow from it, to make sure that we
just get back to really good football.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
On the play before the fourth down attempt, yeah, it
seemed like Bryce change of protection or audible data playing,
but Cuba kind of had some confusion there. What happened
on that play.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
It was just a miscommunication on the call. I may
have left out a word Bryce. Bryce had called it
a certain way, realized we were backwards on it, got
Cuba into the right spot by the end of the place.
So there was just a munic a miscommunication on that one.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
That's supposed to be a keeper. No, Tyler Schuck said
that he sold the injury on that ransom hit.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I want to know your thoughts on that.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Did you did you think of that.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
In the moment and then also selling injuries.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
In that way.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
I won't even comment on that. I just know for us,
I just try to look at our responsibility of it.
Those are really difficult situations. Derek's and Lathan's same thing.
These are bang bang decisions. They happen so fast and
you have to be able to make that judgment. Called
this guy's a runner, he's a threat to run. We've
seen that over the last couple of weeks, and so
you have to be ready to get him down. You know,
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we've also seen different situations where if you let up
and all of a sudden, the quarterback steals a bunch
of extra yards up the sideline. And so we have
to be ready to play the physical game the way
it is. And then there's that split second where you
have to try to find an angle to like avoid
that massive collision in those spots, and it's as difficult
for us as it is for the official trying to
officiate that part. Did he hit him forcibly? You know?
(02:36):
Did he give himself up in that time? So those
are really challenging spots the way George and I got
to talk about what we'll send you.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Guys have been successful in fourth downs.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I don't know what the numbers are in triest your
fourth and.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Short success rate, But you've also been reluctant to use
Bryce and sneak situation. Why is that? And is there
have been given a thought to doing like a Taysom
Hill type thing with somebody.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Else We have we're working on stuff with Bryce. It's physics.
You know, he goes about one hundred and ninety pounds,
and when you have a two hundred and twenty two
hundred and thirty pound quarterback leaning on a center. That's
an advantage, you know, when you're not putting a bunch
of force that way. I don't see that as an advantage.
The other part is I like to leverage off of
some of the formations we use to throw shots down
the field. You get into a third and inches and
(03:29):
you're in dive or belly type of plays. It allows
you to try to throw a keeper, throw a play action,
and we've had some success, you know, over the course
of the last two seasons finding explosives and short yard
It's a higher rate than most teams who are going
to sneak it. It's great to have a sneak. It's
great when you can just man if it's half a
yard or something like that, and you know you can
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execute it with your quarterback. It's great to have that
in your back pocket. But you know that's not our style,
and so we just try to maximize our approach.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Brad's next to you on the sideline. You guys are
constantly communicating, but from a situational football standpoint, taking in
the information the flow of the game, and then deciding
on a play call. How difficult has that been to
balance throughout the last few years as you've had those
two responsibilities.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
It's challenging and it's also really fun. These are high
stake situations, and it goes with a lot of conversations
on the front end. Who are we playing? What's the
mode of the game. This is George Lee and I
having a lot of those conversations. So we haven't fully predetermined,
but we're ready to be more aggressive in certain spots,
you know, And we may say, okay, let's let's take
like the No Brainers and we'll talk about the other
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ones and other games. It's like, shoot, we're in the
next tier of it, and then let's start talking if
it gets into, you know, a fifty to fifty type
of situation. So all that stuff happens on the front end,
which prepares me to be ready for it, and then
on top of it, George does a great job of
letting me know on first down we get an earned first,
you know, and we run a play and he's like
four or lessons a go, two or less as a go,
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and so I have that two plays ahead of ahead
of my in my mind to try to set that
part up.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
How do you with that said, though, how do you
not be reactionary when something's not working early on in
the game and just taking that out of out of
the elements of the plays run game is not working
off the job, Yeah, how do you stop yourself from
kind of.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
That all that all factors into it, you know, And
it's similar with the two point play, you know, and
some of the different strategies for like going for two
when you're down fourteen, it matters how you got down there.
And that's a conversation that we've also had. You know,
it's not just this number, it's not just just this
analytics thing. It's Okay, my primary target on these two
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point plays just scored a forty yard touchdown. He's exhausted,
or we just had a thirteen play drive and Rico
or Cuba's is gassed, and my best two point plays
are run. There's all these factors that go into it.
So you have to start off with the numbers, you
have to start off with what does the book say,
and then you have to make a judgment call on
the humans that you're trying to execute it.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
With what happened with turk Warden.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Walk through walk through hamstring. I don't really should I
get into it, Bruce at all? Is that all right
if I do? Okay? He just honestly he tripped. He
tripped on a teammate and put his foot down to
try to gather himself and that was enough to do it.
And it was really unfortunate. I think that's in my
sixteen years, that's the first time that's ever happened, you know,
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and really unfortunate for Turkey was excited to be out there.
He was very he was very upset, very disappointed. But
we'll try to get him turned around and we'll get
the full you know what that looks like on Wednesday.
Speaker 5 (06:36):
You guys have had success playing kind of as an
underdog in winning games like that, but it's been since
twenty twenty one, well before you were here. But this
team is one as a favorite.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Wow?
Speaker 5 (06:49):
Is there something too winning when you're you know, I
say supposed to win, but when your favorite to win?
Is is there a learning process in that that goes
along with the growth.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
Of the team.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
I think there certainly is. I hope that's not a
factor for us. I see the inconsistency of play that
that we can have at times and to me, this
is a group that is still growing in terms of
just finding week in week week in and week out
success that way, And that's what I really attribute it to.
That's what it looks like on film. I didn't know
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that number that you brought up. And the course this
is these are different coaches happening, and these are different players.
This is a totally different team, and so there are challenges.
I know that, you know, you have to expect the
team's best, and I know that when you go into
a game as a favorite or you start to build
some momentum, the team also sees that and they're aware like, hey,
let's go, you know, and and uh, and it calls
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on on them to give their best. I hope, I
hope we can find that on a weekly basis, so said.
Speaker 6 (07:49):
I scored on another opening drive, but the second quarter
struggles continued. Yeah, eleven minute drive surely didn't help just
standing on the sidelines, But is there a way to
get over that half flowed that the team has been
in all year?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yeah? Avoid This one was avoid penalties. So you know,
we had a we had a penalty that set us
back in the drive and we were not able to
overcome that adversity. So I mean simply put there. You know,
I wouldn't kind of broad stroke this and in any
you know, it continues to become a factor. But we
then we had a successful drive in the two minute
and got points out of it. So yes, I would
love to have that consistent excuse.
Speaker 6 (08:23):
Me, classed and the point differential in the second quarter.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
So yeah as well, Yeah they had they you know,
we looked at the numbers of what they called. They
did call a lot of flags and that was pretty
consistent with it. And I really didn't have a lot
of problem with most of their calls.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Last time you guys lost the Saint, you said you
took it personally the way you guys lost this game.
Following this game, Nick Scott said something the effect.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Of, we looked like we had come off a bye week.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
What does that mean to you? And what does that
say about the way you guys prepared.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Then to the game. I like the way we prepared.
The guys had a great look in their eyes all week.
They were excited about the opportunity, understanding what we're playing for.
All that felt the focus was there. It was not
clean enough from an execution standpoint, and whether that's the
bye week or whatever, it doesn't matter. We have to
be able to execute that the most basic fundamental part
of our football and.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Your team, like on this tell the truth, Mundane. What
are the vibes that are coming out of this game?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Have to watching them tube still a really excited group,
and you know, I was I was waiting to see
what the full group was going to feel like, because
the locker room feels one way right immediately in the loss,
and then when you come back together, you know, and
all the guys, you know, the guys you go back
on the plane, they got their iPads and they're watching it.
They want to see what happens, and a lot of them,
you know, there's some closure in that, and also just
preparing themselves for this day when we all get back
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together and speak specifically, so it's not the first time
you get eyes on it, but there's great energy. There's
great energy in the room, and you know, I just
I love this team. I love the fearlessness, the courage
of this team, the finish, the grit, the physicality, all
those things that we play with, you know, and and
just trying to talk to the group and say guys,
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we owe it to ourselves to do right so that
that shows up consistently. Because when you when we play
the style of ball that we play, and watch how
we just continue to finish and fight through the game
all the way through the fourth quarter. It we owe
it to ourselves to just show up with that consistency
all the way through for all the hard work that's
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been put into it. And that's the part that I
hopefully that hopefully we understand and and we know what's
in front of us right here with the Bucks, and
we know, we know the opportunity we have to come
play in Bank of America Stadium, to be at home
here for this game and to get back on track
with our football. And there's some great stuff that happened.
And when you look at the you know, you look
at this is how we win. I show them the
critical variables of it. And we did a great job
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taking care of the ball till the very very last play.
You know, we tried the rugby playing really couldn't even
get it started, you know, and offensively, you know, the
big hit by Mike Jack on the Jets sweep and
the ball pops up, they end up with it. You know,
and a great hit on Juwan Johnson down there in
the red zone and ball falls right back into his lap,
you know. And there was some amazing opportunities five sacks.
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We didn't get a ball out. That's you know, a
credit to Tyler Shuck taking care of the ball in
those situations, but getting our pass rush going like so
many good things, Bryce making plays, picking up three third
downs with his legs. However you can get him, you
get him, you know, Cuba in a great effort on
a screenplay. All these things bound up to there's stuff here,
but consistency, right, and then the penalty thing that just
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kind of popped up out of nowhere. Something we got
to clean up.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
And you said you wanted to look at the film
to see what went wrong when a lobby took the
game over?
Speaker 2 (11:48):
What did go wrong on the touchdown?
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Know that whole drive, because you guys blanketed absolutely.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
We were totally disjointed on the back end. And that
part is is something we're talking about right now. And
it was you know, the it was the linebacker, hook droppers,
the carry players, all those things. It was. It was
completely disjointed. They did a great job of staying on
the ball and really just kind of executing a couple
of plays and finding the completions there. But I don't
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want to get into the specifics of the breakdowns of
all that, but these are like base calls that we
had to be more connected on.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
All that was disjointed for the communication.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
And it was the communication. It was the communication that
was disjointed, and just guys not owning their landmarks in.
Speaker 6 (12:34):
It tribute the inconsistencies too.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
I mean, I think, what since October, you haven't had
two wins in a rows every other week, So what
do you attribute that to?
Speaker 2 (12:43):
It just being a young team or what identity? Yeah,
this team trying to find an identity of professionalism, of
maturity to just have that consistent outcome weekly. That's what
we're looking for. That's what we're shooting for. That is
our best football. That's what we have to go find.
And that's the challenge that we all have as a
staff and certainly the players as well. We're all in
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this thing together and we have to find consistency because
that's what that's what really good teams look like, is
they show up weekend and week out and they do
the basic parts of their job. To where the other
opponent should have to make spectacular plays to win the game.
If we all do our jobs well, whether that's whether
that's offense or defense or special teams, if we execute
our technique, if we do right, and we grade out
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at a really high standpoint and our technique is right,
then it should take an excellent effort by the opponent.
And those things happen, and you got to live with those.
You got to live with those, those individual wins and
losses across the league on the field, play to play.
But the more that we can minimize the things that
are given because we have poor technique, or the things
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that are given because we miss an assignment, we have
to get that out of our game. And certainly the
penalty thing needs to be cleaned up as well. This
is and we'll be bearing clothing come ahead.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
It's Dave Baker's had tremendous success. That's he left here,
has played against the Panthers four and oh and it's
just put up some crupt the numbers. What do you
guys got to do is to slow him down? Of course,
they got some guys that were coming bat Mike Evanson
back and yeah, I mean, what is the challenge ahead
for that.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Yeah, this is a great group. They got their their
full you know, starting skill group that they thought they
would come into the season with. You know, Baker has
done an amazing job with just orchestrating the whole thing,
distributing and then also just got a factor, the factor
in the part that he's going to try to win
the down, whether it's with his legs, whether it's with
his brain or with his arm. And so it's gonna
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call upon us to just know where they're at, know
where they're trying to put their people at play off
of each other, have that leverage and there's discipline in
the rush plan that has to come to life because
he is another guy that will find wins on third
down with his legs so to extend drives, you know,
And so we have to be aware of that and
we have to make sure that we're up for that challenge.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Courvin said something last night about everybody's got to lock
in for the next three weeks. Even though it's holidays,
it's family, all these external distractions. How do you manage
human beings this time of year when there are so
many things out and around them.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Yeah, just remind them you know, what makes Thanksgiving great
is when you win that game that week. You know,
it makes Christmas great is when you win that game
that week. And this is our job, and this is
what we're called to and it's a gift. This is
a blessing to be able to do what we do,
and it goes through the holiday season. We have to
be able to focus on this opponent this week right
now and our families. We love them, and we'll see
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you when we see you, you know, And and we
have to be we have to be all hands on
deck when we're doing this. But that's what we all
sign up for. My wife, Lizzie will be the first
one to tell you that she knows this is what
we signed up for. This is a lifestyle. We wouldn't
have it any other way because it's a beautiful time
of year to be able to do this, but it's
going to require our full focus. Thank you
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Five
Hoon for the review.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
All right, just talking to the players, you know, what
I appreciate about appreciate about this group is the physical
nature we played with. We played the great effort, all
that was there, but it was in the execution of
the fundamentals and techniques. And that's not just the players,
it's coaches as well, making sure we're getting into the
right schemes at the right times. That's a weekly process
and it was no different yesterday. We got to look
at the film and be truthful about it, be studs
(00:28):
about it so we could make the improvement going forward.
And you know, the players spirit of the locker room.
The players are, you know, obviously upset for the loss,
and we had an opportunity right in front of us
and and played tough, made enough plays, but we gave
them some stuff. And I got to give the Saints credit.
They executed their game plan well and they did a
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good job there, and we didn't execute ours to the
finish of it. And especially in some of those situations,
some of the penalties that we had giving them, you know,
multiple third downs in diffferent ways, so on both sides.
Really just it's important for us to look at this
one to grow from it, to make sure that we
just get back to really good football.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
On the play before the fourth down attempt, yeah, it
seemed like Bryce change of protection or audible data playing,
but Cuba kind of had some confusion there. What happened
on that play.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
It was just a miscommunication on the call. I may
have left out a word Bryce. Bryce had called it
a certain way, realized we were backwards on it, got
Cuba into the right spot by the end of the place.
So there was just a munic a miscommunication on that one.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
That's supposed to be a keeper. No, Tyler Schuck said
that he sold the injury on that ransom hit.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I want to know your thoughts on that.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Did you did you think of that.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
In the moment and then also selling injuries.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
In that way.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
I won't even comment on that. I just know for us,
I just try to look at our responsibility of it.
Those are really difficult situations. Derek's and Lathan's same thing.
These are bang bang decisions. They happen so fast and
you have to be able to make that judgment. Called
this guy's a runner, he's a threat to run. We've
seen that over the last couple of weeks, and so
you have to be ready to get him down. You know,
(02:13):
we've also seen different situations where if you let up
and all of a sudden, the quarterback steals a bunch
of extra yards up the sideline. And so we have
to be ready to play the physical game the way
it is. And then there's that split second where you
have to try to find an angle to like avoid
that massive collision in those spots, and it's as difficult
for us as it is for the official trying to
officiate that part. Did he hit him forcibly? You know?
(02:36):
Did he give himself up in that time? So those
are really challenging spots the way George and I got
to talk about what we'll send you.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Guys have been successful in fourth downs.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I don't know what the numbers are in triest your
fourth and.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Short success rate, But you've also been reluctant to use
Bryce and sneak situation. Why is that? And is there
have been given a thought to doing like a Taysom
Hill type thing with somebody.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Else We have we're working on stuff with Bryce. It's physics.
You know, he goes about one hundred and ninety pounds,
and when you have a two hundred and twenty two
hundred and thirty pound quarterback leaning on a center. That's
an advantage, you know, when you're not putting a bunch
of force that way. I don't see that as an advantage.
The other part is I like to leverage off of
some of the formations we use to throw shots down
the field. You get into a third and inches and
(03:29):
you're in dive or belly type of plays. It allows
you to try to throw a keeper, throw a play action,
and we've had some success, you know, over the course
of the last two seasons finding explosives and short yard
It's a higher rate than most teams who are going
to sneak it. It's great to have a sneak. It's
great when you can just man if it's half a
yard or something like that, and you know you can
(03:49):
execute it with your quarterback. It's great to have that
in your back pocket. But you know that's not our style,
and so we just try to maximize our approach.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Brad's next to you on the sideline. You guys are
constantly communicating, but from a situational football standpoint, taking in
the information the flow of the game, and then deciding
on a play call. How difficult has that been to
balance throughout the last few years as you've had those
two responsibilities.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
It's challenging and it's also really fun. These are high
stake situations, and it goes with a lot of conversations
on the front end. Who are we playing? What's the
mode of the game. This is George Lee and I
having a lot of those conversations. So we haven't fully predetermined,
but we're ready to be more aggressive in certain spots,
you know, And we may say, okay, let's let's take
like the No Brainers and we'll talk about the other
(04:34):
ones and other games. It's like, shoot, we're in the
next tier of it, and then let's start talking if
it gets into, you know, a fifty to fifty type
of situation. So all that stuff happens on the front end,
which prepares me to be ready for it, and then
on top of it, George does a great job of
letting me know on first down we get an earned first,
you know, and we run a play and he's like
four or lessons a go, two or less as a go,
(04:56):
and so I have that two plays ahead of ahead
of my in my mind to try to set that
part up.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
How do you with that said, though, how do you
not be reactionary when something's not working early on in
the game and just taking that out of out of
the elements of the plays run game is not working
off the job, Yeah, how do you stop yourself from
kind of.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
That all that all factors into it, you know, And
it's similar with the two point play, you know, and
some of the different strategies for like going for two
when you're down fourteen, it matters how you got down there.
And that's a conversation that we've also had. You know,
it's not just this number, it's not just just this
analytics thing. It's Okay, my primary target on these two
(05:40):
point plays just scored a forty yard touchdown. He's exhausted,
or we just had a thirteen play drive and Rico
or Cuba's is gassed, and my best two point plays
are run. There's all these factors that go into it.
So you have to start off with the numbers, you
have to start off with what does the book say,
and then you have to make a judgment call on
the humans that you're trying to execute it.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
With what happened with turk Warden.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Walk through walk through hamstring. I don't really should I
get into it, Bruce at all? Is that all right
if I do? Okay? He just honestly he tripped. He
tripped on a teammate and put his foot down to
try to gather himself and that was enough to do it.
And it was really unfortunate. I think that's in my
sixteen years, that's the first time that's ever happened, you know,
(06:25):
and really unfortunate for Turkey was excited to be out there.
He was very he was very upset, very disappointed. But
we'll try to get him turned around and we'll get
the full you know what that looks like on Wednesday.
Speaker 5 (06:36):
You guys have had success playing kind of as an
underdog in winning games like that, but it's been since
twenty twenty one, well before you were here. But this
team is one as a favorite.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Wow?
Speaker 5 (06:49):
Is there something too winning when you're you know, I
say supposed to win, but when your favorite to win?
Is is there a learning process in that that goes
along with the growth.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
Of the team.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
I think there certainly is. I hope that's not a
factor for us. I see the inconsistency of play that
that we can have at times and to me, this
is a group that is still growing in terms of
just finding week in week week in and week out
success that way, And that's what I really attribute it to.
That's what it looks like on film. I didn't know
(07:20):
that number that you brought up. And the course this
is these are different coaches happening, and these are different players.
This is a totally different team, and so there are challenges.
I know that, you know, you have to expect the
team's best, and I know that when you go into
a game as a favorite or you start to build
some momentum, the team also sees that and they're aware like, hey,
let's go, you know, and and uh, and it calls
(07:42):
on on them to give their best. I hope, I
hope we can find that on a weekly basis, so said.
Speaker 6 (07:49):
I scored on another opening drive, but the second quarter
struggles continued. Yeah, eleven minute drive surely didn't help just
standing on the sidelines, But is there a way to
get over that half flowed that the team has been
in all year?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yeah? Avoid This one was avoid penalties. So you know,
we had a we had a penalty that set us
back in the drive and we were not able to
overcome that adversity. So I mean simply put there. You know,
I wouldn't kind of broad stroke this and in any
you know, it continues to become a factor. But we
then we had a successful drive in the two minute
and got points out of it. So yes, I would
love to have that consistent excuse.
Speaker 6 (08:23):
Me, classed and the point differential in the second quarter.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
So yeah as well, Yeah they had they you know,
we looked at the numbers of what they called. They
did call a lot of flags and that was pretty
consistent with it. And I really didn't have a lot
of problem with most of their calls.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Last time you guys lost the Saint, you said you
took it personally the way you guys lost this game.
Following this game, Nick Scott said something the effect.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Of, we looked like we had come off a bye week.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
What does that mean to you? And what does that
say about the way you guys prepared.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Then to the game. I like the way we prepared.
The guys had a great look in their eyes all week.
They were excited about the opportunity, understanding what we're playing for.
All that felt the focus was there. It was not
clean enough from an execution standpoint, and whether that's the
bye week or whatever, it doesn't matter. We have to
be able to execute that the most basic fundamental part
of our football and.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Your team, like on this tell the truth, Mundane. What
are the vibes that are coming out of this game?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Have to watching them tube still a really excited group,
and you know, I was I was waiting to see
what the full group was going to feel like, because
the locker room feels one way right immediately in the loss,
and then when you come back together, you know, and
all the guys, you know, the guys you go back
on the plane, they got their iPads and they're watching it.
They want to see what happens, and a lot of them,
you know, there's some closure in that, and also just
preparing themselves for this day when we all get back
(09:49):
together and speak specifically, so it's not the first time
you get eyes on it, but there's great energy. There's
great energy in the room, and you know, I just
I love this team. I love the fearlessness, the courage
of this team, the finish, the grit, the physicality, all
those things that we play with, you know, and and
just trying to talk to the group and say guys,
(10:10):
we owe it to ourselves to do right so that
that shows up consistently. Because when you when we play
the style of ball that we play, and watch how
we just continue to finish and fight through the game
all the way through the fourth quarter. It we owe
it to ourselves to just show up with that consistency
all the way through for all the hard work that's
(10:31):
been put into it. And that's the part that I
hopefully that hopefully we understand and and we know what's
in front of us right here with the Bucks, and
we know, we know the opportunity we have to come
play in Bank of America Stadium, to be at home
here for this game and to get back on track
with our football. And there's some great stuff that happened.
And when you look at the you know, you look
at this is how we win. I show them the
critical variables of it. And we did a great job
(10:53):
taking care of the ball till the very very last play.
You know, we tried the rugby playing really couldn't even
get it started, you know, and offensively, you know, the
big hit by Mike Jack on the Jets sweep and
the ball pops up, they end up with it. You know,
and a great hit on Juwan Johnson down there in
the red zone and ball falls right back into his lap,
you know. And there was some amazing opportunities five sacks.
(11:14):
We didn't get a ball out. That's you know, a
credit to Tyler Shuck taking care of the ball in
those situations, but getting our pass rush going like so
many good things, Bryce making plays, picking up three third
downs with his legs. However you can get him, you
get him, you know, Cuba in a great effort on
a screenplay. All these things bound up to there's stuff here,
but consistency, right, and then the penalty thing that just
(11:37):
kind of popped up out of nowhere. Something we got
to clean up.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
And you said you wanted to look at the film
to see what went wrong when a lobby took the
game over?
Speaker 2 (11:48):
What did go wrong on the touchdown?
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Know that whole drive, because you guys blanketed absolutely.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
We were totally disjointed on the back end. And that
part is is something we're talking about right now. And
it was you know, the it was the linebacker, hook droppers,
the carry players, all those things. It was. It was
completely disjointed. They did a great job of staying on
the ball and really just kind of executing a couple
of plays and finding the completions there. But I don't
(12:17):
want to get into the specifics of the breakdowns of
all that, but these are like base calls that we
had to be more connected on.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
All that was disjointed for the communication.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
And it was the communication. It was the communication that
was disjointed, and just guys not owning their landmarks in.
Speaker 6 (12:34):
It tribute the inconsistencies too.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
I mean, I think, what since October, you haven't had
two wins in a rows every other week, So what
do you attribute that to?
Speaker 2 (12:43):
It just being a young team or what identity? Yeah,
this team trying to find an identity of professionalism, of
maturity to just have that consistent outcome weekly. That's what
we're looking for. That's what we're shooting for. That is
our best football. That's what we have to go find.
And that's the challenge that we all have as a
staff and certainly the players as well. We're all in
(13:03):
this thing together and we have to find consistency because
that's what that's what really good teams look like, is
they show up weekend and week out and they do
the basic parts of their job. To where the other
opponent should have to make spectacular plays to win the game.
If we all do our jobs well, whether that's whether
that's offense or defense or special teams, if we execute
our technique, if we do right, and we grade out
(13:26):
at a really high standpoint and our technique is right,
then it should take an excellent effort by the opponent.
And those things happen, and you got to live with those.
You got to live with those, those individual wins and
losses across the league on the field, play to play.
But the more that we can minimize the things that
are given because we have poor technique, or the things
(13:48):
that are given because we miss an assignment, we have
to get that out of our game. And certainly the
penalty thing needs to be cleaned up as well. This
is and we'll be bearing clothing come ahead.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
It's Dave Baker's had tremendous success. That's he left here,
has played against the Panthers four and oh and it's
just put up some crupt the numbers. What do you
guys got to do is to slow him down? Of course,
they got some guys that were coming bat Mike Evanson
back and yeah, I mean, what is the challenge ahead
for that.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Yeah, this is a great group. They got their their
full you know, starting skill group that they thought they
would come into the season with. You know, Baker has
done an amazing job with just orchestrating the whole thing,
distributing and then also just got a factor, the factor
in the part that he's going to try to win
the down, whether it's with his legs, whether it's with
his brain or with his arm. And so it's gonna
(14:40):
call upon us to just know where they're at, know
where they're trying to put their people at play off
of each other, have that leverage and there's discipline in
the rush plan that has to come to life because
he is another guy that will find wins on third
down with his legs so to extend drives, you know,
And so we have to be aware of that and
we have to make sure that we're up for that challenge.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Courvin said something last night about everybody's got to lock
in for the next three weeks. Even though it's holidays,
it's family, all these external distractions. How do you manage
human beings this time of year when there are so
many things out and around them.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Yeah, just remind them you know, what makes Thanksgiving great
is when you win that game that week. You know,
it makes Christmas great is when you win that game
that week. And this is our job, and this is
what we're called to and it's a gift. This is
a blessing to be able to do what we do,
and it goes through the holiday season. We have to
be able to focus on this opponent this week right
now and our families. We love them, and we'll see
(15:39):
you when we see you, you know, And and we
have to be we have to be all hands on
deck when we're doing this. But that's what we all
sign up for. My wife, Lizzie will be the first
one to tell you that she knows this is what
we signed up for. This is a lifestyle. We wouldn't
have it any other way because it's a beautiful time
of year to be able to do this, but it's
going to require our full focus. Thank you
Speaker 3 (16:01):
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