I don't think anybody played well today, and I don't think we're talking about police. We just didn't. We didn't play well as a football team in any facet of the game. And there's no excuse for that. Why not. They don't know exactly why not, but I know we didn't make plays and we had to make plays. I think we extended drives on defense. Um, we let them
convert too many third and longs. Obviously, UM didn't do I mean, it's the first time we've really had the ball run on us like that, and that's Uh, it was certainly kind of an uncharacteristic thing at these for this defense. We've always kind of pride ourselves and stopped in the run and didn't do that today. We think he had two with two on thirty five yards. You know, just that's just not eagle defense on not what we're
going to do to be successful. And then they can run the ball like that obviously, then Jamis did a really good job when the play action passes off. But but we we didn't stop them all day long. Now, I don't I don't know if it's the scheme or whatever it is. I mean, you got to look at the film to determine that where we are. I think there's times where we had opportunities on the defensive side of the ball to make plays, UM, and we didn't make. You know, we had some guys wrapped up. I think
that we didn't tackle as well as we normally tackle. UM. We looked like we had some interceptions or opportunity for inscepts as they hit us in the hands, we didn't catch it. You know, turnovers that could have created or stend to tide. And then um, you know, the penalty part of it, just to extend those drives defensively, I think really really hurt us. You know, we got an opportunity get him off the field, but then we you know,
we get int the penalty that extends a drive. I think those are the things that are you know, you got to clean up if you're ever going to have an opportunity to win a football game. I explain, I don't have an explanation for it, but I know we weren't. We weren't ready to play on defense, and uh, we gotta get that straightened out because we got a short week this week and we get ready to play on Thursday at twelve thirty so there's an altercation between Mark
Sanchez and Darren Scrolls after the third interception. Do you know what happened? And no, I just think they were communicating on where where, where the guy was supposed to be, where Mark was putting the ball, and where Darren thought he was supposed to be. So obviously, peep, everybody's frustrated with the performance today. So communication before Mark Sanchez left the field, he seemed to show up a better and you think that's appropriate. I don't know specifically what you're
talking about. I know those guys are yelling at each other a little bit and we stopped it. How did you feel about the way your offense played sporadic? You know, the opening drive I think you know, overcome the fumble, then the recovered fumble, you know, and then to drive down the field and score um was good. Then we had another good drive in there that ended up with
a touchdown to give us fourteen points. But just just up and down, you know, we really needed to get points at the end of the first half there, you know, we had the ball at the end of the first half, give ourselves an opportunity to at least get something there. We're close in field goal range, but um, we had an interception and obviously didn't didn't get them there. But I thought it was just sporadic but not good enough, especially with how we played on the defensive side of
the ball. Offense didn't do anything to build them out of it. So pre concerned about the type of damaging effect of the law that you have one, Well, we'll find out. I mean, you guys all want to we all want to write a narrative of how does this game affect that game? I mean, we beat Dallas and that was the We're gonna We're gonna win the rest of our games. It doesn't work that way, you know, and it never works that way, you know. So we got to come back to work tomorrow morning and get
ready to play a game on Thursday. So if if we allow this game to affect us on Thursday, then shame on us. You have control on the team. I mean, this is y I do. It is a big spot. Every week is a big spot. That week. Got to emphasize that every single week. There's not a week that isn't a big spot. Every single week in this league is a big week. So what's that? Because I have a confidence in those guys in that room. Do you have confidence that you have the talent? It's a term, Yes,
I do. I really do the interceptions Marksburg today on him or you know, how do you assist? Yeah, a lot of zone drops by them. I think, uh, you know, you go through the specific ones him and I think Darren run the wrong page. I'm not sure. Um, he thought Darren was moving out farther on the screen on the one that he threw in the last one there, Um, you know the one at the end of the first half. It was the zone they were squeezing a tight end.
We probably should have gone outside with it. Um. And I can't remember which way the other what the third one was so six, I just said that that was a screen pass where I think they're it was slowing down and he thought he was going a little bit farther. A little miscommunication in terms of where he was going to be. Chap. Your first few years, you had offenses that you got into a shootout and you could win those games and you put up a lot of yards of a a lot of points. Do you feel like you
still have a team that can do that? If you're looked like it was going to be a shootout early, don't only ended up being a one side of shoot You still feel like you have a team that can wait to shootout. Yeah, I mean I don't. We don't want to win any shootouts. We want to play really well in all three phases of the game so that it doesn't turn into a shootout. And I have confidence
in our defense. You know, this is again, that's one of the first times I've seen, you know, people someone run the ball like that on our defense that that's kind of an uncharacteristic thing that that we need to get fixed. Um, But do I think are we have the people that'll be productive on the offensive side of the ball, Yes, I do. The run game was probably against Carolina though, two what's up? I mean Carolina ran
the ball? They run the ball like this, you know, I think, you know this is this isn't what you know, what what we expected or or from our defense. And I don't think anybody our defense will say the same, think that's not what we expected. So think the mistakes now aren't different and they continue? Well, why, I mean, that's just how the game expressed itself. So you get
address each one as you see it. You know, we'll get to the film and get get it broken down with the guys and when we get meet with them tomorrow morning, we need to fix that because you can't make mistakes like that against a team that's running the ball like that and throwing the ball like that and expect to be successful. You know, if you if you get an opportunity to make a stop, you got to make a stop. You can't you can't aid them in terms of keeping them on the field by doing those things.
So well, there's something like this was hurting or just get them out. We just took him out, so you know, we knew where we were in a score of the game, and so he hadn't practiced a ton during the week, so um, you know, I felt like again, we got another game on Thursday, so um, you know, let's see where we can get see see what his status is after the game, and we'll come back tomorrow morning and see where he is in terms of being able to play. You know, we do have a quick turnaround in terms
of playing another game here on on Thursday. So after something like this, are you confident that you're emphasizing the right things? Yes, I am, Sam getting closer. I don't know why I have no status update on Sam. Too many men on the field. Yeah, we were in Dime defense and one of the the linebackers didn't come out, should have come out, and Dime didn't see the signal from
the personnel coming in from the sideline. But we had two linebackers on the field and dinme, we're only supposed to have one linebacker on the field and Dime, will you consider like lineup changes like on defense, especially going into the street game. We haven't talked to anything about that, so you know, we'll go back, we'll watch tape. We get a long night tonight. We got to put a whole game plan in and and get ready to play. What I tell those guys a bit of a short
memory because we'll be back tomorrow morning, day o'clock. We have a game. We have to train tomorrow. One on the field tomorrow, which we're normally not on the field on Monday. Monday's a day off for us. But we're gonna be on the field tomorrow, Tuesdays forty eight hours before the game. We're traveling on Wednesday and we're going to play on Thursday. So you know, we all take ownership.
We all take responsibility. Every single person in that room contributed to that loss and contributed to the outcome of that football game. Go get some sleep and til around and we'll see you guys tomorrow morning. Eight. As talented as your front seven is, how can something like this happen too? Undred eighty three rushing yards against what? You know? What is going on that these guys can't get off the blocked There was a combination of things. I don't
think we tackled well as a group. Um. I think the penalties hurt us as a group. And and I'd have to see where our fits were in terms of um, you know, when you when you start to pile up the tight ends and get some extra guys in there, you had a better make sure that you're fitted up the right way and understand where the ball is going to be, where the ball should be run too, because
of how we're playing defensively. Do you think some of the guys now, I don't, Jakins, I saw it when it was in a state opening guys starting out, These guys they kind of lose a focus that I don't. I mean, they may have lost focus, but I would never use work quit. I would is there any temptation at this point that maybe to see what that Lewis can do out there. No, I mean we just the first game mark where they played for us. You know, he came in at the tail end of the uh
the game last week against Miami. But I that that thought did not cross my mind. No,