You guys five round. What do you think he's the running land you get started on this first drive. Yeah, something that we talked about each week, trying to start fast, and obviously it's not getting done. Um, yeah, we just got to continue to evaluate it, you know, and and uh and see see why you know we're we're coming up a little bit short. Whether it's the yard or two. Um, it's something that uh, you know, we we've got to we continue to address it and you got to make
sure we fix it. Two the fourth quarter, it was a five yard lass. What happened on that play there, Well, we anticipated pressure and we got it and and the throw right there was you know to Corey and and uh, you know, without watching the tape because we was on the far sideline, can't really tell you exactly you know what happened, but um, you know, anticipated the pressure, we got it, trying to get the ball out quick and and uh try to execute the play and we just
failed to do that. In the locker room after the game, messages basically is pretty simple. Um, starting with myself, all of us, Uh, you know, we just look at ourselves in the mirror and um, are we are we doing enough? Are we giving enough um each week? It's a strain. I mean you have to you have to strain yourself to make plays. I mean, that's just the way this game is. And uh, we didn't do enough of that today.
And that's that's the disappointing thing. Um, you know, and and just just gave up too many, too many plays defensively and then an offense didn't execute, uh you know enough. Uh,
And so that's the that's the disappointing, disappointing thing. But each person, each coach, um, each player in that locker room, we have to we have to really look at it, at yourself and and and decide every day you come to work that that you're going to give your best and you're gonna do everything you can to get better and help this team win. You came out of a halftime locker room and we fired on the whole team. Dude, right,
it all fisled out what happened. Guys were excited. I mean, we had three and out on defense, exactly what we talked about at halftime. Offense was able to go down and and I believe you get points on that next drive and and and it just felt like, you know,
things were beginning to turn for us. UM, and I don't know that's the that's the you know, the disheartening thing is is something we got to look at and I've got to look at, you know, and and make sure that um, whether the guys are fresh going into games, um, you know, if uh, you know how we practice it just a lot of a lot of things can factor into some of that stuff, you know. And and then and then just just keep talking and keep reiterating the point to the guys that that we have to continue
to finish. We got to finish in practice. Uh. It just can't you know, show up in a game and expect to finish a drive or finish a game. You know. We got to do those things during the week. Have the handle before the offense, Um he had he had you know, I guess the short answer would be, yeah, Um, we had a certain number of plays for him and wanted to get him, get him into the game and
just get him, uh some some touches. And and I thought one thing we did do was you know, uh, we we did spread the ball around, um, whether it was through RPOs or play action or even just straight dropback. And O Zach had you know, I don't know fourteen or sixteen targets or something like that. But but he's the type of player that can handle that, you know, and and al Sean as well. So um, as we go, we'll continue to to increase the things that we do with him. What into the play call one that josh
Adam was up, Yeah again offense. Uh you know, it was just a designed to uh um uh you know, basically circle the defense and and pen the only thing that that kills the players penetration, And we allowed the penetration to happen and and stopped stop the run. Bourt it down to Zach just what you see on that play where how much death is he supposed to get
on that? Uh? In regards to the point, Yeah, it's a it's a route that that's uh, it's gonna you know, uh again, it's gonna get you the you know, get you the fourth down or get you any down really uh and uh, I give credit to you know, to Dallas, to Heath. I mean he came up and it was a contested catch, you know, zactly a great ball was a little bit high, but um, you know, he came down with the ball and we were just uh, you know,
about a half a yur short. So just a great play by them, and and and it was a play that uh you know I would call again. Um, just you're putting it in Carson's hands, You're putting it in Zack's hands. And and that's that's what you want. Message you had after the game. It's been said before this year, at what point are you concerned that this is who you are not games into the season. Well, I mean if we got to change who we are, then UM
doesn't mean that uh. Um you know we have to go out and grab a whole bunch of new players or anything like that. I mean, you know, um, we just got to continue to work and continue to coach and and teach and and and get better. And um, you know, we we just got to do. We just gotta do a little bit more each week. It's not a it's not not a bunch of big changes, you know, Um,
more close in a lot of areas. Um. But uh, but you know, to each man, uh, coaches and players, we have to you know, decide when we come to work that we're gonna we're gonna give our best today and we're gonna get ready for for another another you know, good team, we went different team wins the night and the fourth quarter twenty one against Carolina. Are they wearing down? Well?
I think I think one of the things that that we knew coming into this game was that we were gonna get a steady diet of the of the run game, you know. And and Zeke was he's a big back, he's a powerful back, and um, you know, probably some of that a little bit, you know, but but uh, you know we also uh um, I thought, you know, overall,
we didn't we didn't tackle great. You know, that's one of the areas that that we got to get better at two is tackling, tackling in space, tackling um, you know, in the box, and just making sure that um, you know, we get the guys on the ground and there's there were too many yards after contact and and uh things like that, and and with those are areas that we gotta we gotta concentrate on. You've got a lot of injuries in the secondary, you had new line Johnson, You've
had a bunch of injuries at the school positions. There were the injuries starting to uh have an effect on the team next performance. Well, I think I think, uh um, I think it can. But but uh you know, you know you've been around us enough to know that that we we we're not going to let that be an excuse. You know, it's the next band up mentality, and and we just got to make sure that the next guy
is is ready to go and prepared. And um, you know, in in in in Lane's case, I mean obviously big vib you know, steps in and does a great job. He does the same thing for JP, and he plays he plays well. So um, you know, we just gotta we just gotta keep keep fighting. I mean, one and one in the division. There's a lot of division games ahead of us, and and uh some some good football left especially disappointed coming off with Bible. You gotta guess
you will hope pick the common jump. Yeah, I mean, you know, obviously you try to the month in November, I think his his teams begin to um sort of separate themselves and and uh um, you know we did take a probably you know, we did take a step back tonight, and that's the disappointing thing. And um, listen, we're just you know, we're not going to make excuses for anything. Uh you know, we're gonna we're gonna gonna come to work and and uh and get ready for
New Orleans. Carson's playing to night. Um. I thought early, you know, there were some things that uh, you know, he'd probably like to get back. I think the accuracy was off just a touch and and but but I think as he settled into the game, he did some really really nice things. Uh, made some really really good throws, tight contested throws. Um. I know he'd like to have the touch to the throat Alshan back. I think that was a touchdown pass there. He'd liked to have that
one back. But I thought overall, he played, uh, he played well. You know, he managed the offense and it did some really good things. On Urtz. Was there were there other people he could have gone to? Some of the players. Well, yeah, I mean, you know, until we until I look at the tape and see, I mean, you know that's uh Hurts is a pretty good receiver and and he's a big part of the offense. But uh, um, you know, I with until I look at the film
to really understand, you know, where the ball went. Um and and and see it's hard to say mencerned about this team, see well Obviously, you get a little concerned after after a loss, um and you you know, you scratch your head and you try to put your finger on some things and and uh um. But at the same time I understand that you know, this is still
um our divisions right in front of us again. I mean, you know, you got seven games remaining, and and uh you know, it's it's it's a prideful group and that's the thing that uh Um. You know, I trust those players in there, and and they'll they'll get it figured out. And uh um, you know, it's just it just comes down to you know, like I said earlier, I mean, just just each man and and uh um, you know, we can't worry about two, three, four games from now.
You can't. You can't worry about the postseason or any of that. You got to worry about the next the next game, and focus on the next game and and do everything you can to try to win that game. Previously that you've said previously that one of your goals every season is to win all your home games. Having lost now three a Royle at home, to make it sort of especially the goal, isn't it all right? So we gotta we gotta just focus on the next game, right, all right,