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Press Pass: Doug Pederson

Sep 18, 20178 min
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Head coach Doug Pederson met with the media following the team's first loss of the year at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Today. Um, it's an area that we have to uh address, we have to fix offensively. Obviously, I wasn't um pleased with how we ran the ball really the first two weeks. Um, it's not one individual, it's a team effort. So we gotta we gotta fix that going forward now as in oh, well I can't, I can't. I can't stand up here and say that. Um, we just gotta get the whole thing fixed. I mean it's uh, when you play good teams like we did, good defenses, you have to have

the ability to run the ball. Uh. This is two weeks in a row we struggled. So uh, it's a it's an area that we have to fix. Yeah. Yeah, it's hard. Um, it's tough to to you know, I always have to rely on the throw. But listen, we're all in this together. We'll evaluate this film. Um, we'll go back and roll our sleeves up and and and get it corrected, and uh we'll make sure that the next time out there we do we do a better

job in that area. Has to get just getting hit a bunch you SA six times, So I was getting out of the well and then Yeah, I mean it's it's some exposure, but at the same time, he also made some great plays with his legs, So that's a give or take. And um you know, um, sometimes you give up something to get something and part of the game. But yeah, you know, you don't want to expose him

like that. But at the same time, he does an outstanding job with his legs extending plays and keeping drives moving. What happened, Yeah, it was a U you know, um pass. It just just hit to me, appeared like hit a helmet. Um, so something I'll have to watch on the way back and just see for sure. But hit a helmet and pop straight up. And you know, we just those situations there, you just critical times of the game. You can't make those mistakes. No, Um, got got a lot of confidence

in Isaac. Um, you know. And and uh again, without evaluating the film, it's it's I don't want to point fingers, and but at the same time, we got to make sure that, uh we get him coached upright and and and and headed in the right direction. Well again, it's part of the you know, he's part of the whole the whole process here and and um, you know, it's something that we gotta address. We gotta fix moving forward.

It's it's not just one guy. Um, it takes all of us, you know, it takes a takes all eleven in the run game. So we just gotta gotta evaluate it, fix it, and get better. Not necessarily, UM, you know, I just wanted to show going in. Uh you know, I felt like we could do we could do some things against the secondary, against the chiefs, and and and throwing the ball. Um obviously you you uh you hope your run game is is uh um on track and on point. It wasn't. Uh So from that stand point,

it was. It was it was tough sledding later in the game when when sometimes you want to rely on that game. Run game. So we just gotta get fixed. Um, no way fans or but we gotta go to work. I think they held up fine. I did an outstanding job. There were some great plays, some great efforts on defense. Um, you know they got they got ten points off of our turnovers and it could be a potentially different football game.

So standing here right now, those are things that again, um defense, I thought, uh rally did a nice job. We got to eliminate still a couple of big plays. Try to fix those But overall, I thought the guys that stepped in played well, played hard, got some great experience in the offense. A lot of guys were talking about, No, the confidence is still there. There's no nobody's uh, you know,

dropping her head or anything like that. I mean, there's still still a talented offensive line, very very good and um you know again, it's you know, there's two weeks in a row we've played, We've played some good defensive fronts and then we're gonna see another one next week. So we just gotta gotta keep going to work and working hard. Um Man, I thought he thought he you know again, played hard, played tough, made some great decisions

through the ball, accurately down the field. We had some missed opportunities in the first half that could have extended some drives. Um showed some toughness late in the game. You know, obviously there were there were a couple of things, you know, the pick is obviously uh he had had a fumble into pocket that he recovered. But you know, those things are gonna happen. But at the same time, we got to eliminate those. But overall, I thought, uh, um, I thought he played well. Um I didn't talk to

him before the game outside. You know, it really just I guess pregame spoke to him, just just see how he was doing. It was a lot of fun. It was a great atmosphere to play in. Uh, these are these are these are great fans, passionate about their team and which they should be, much like our fans. And and uh, we're just excited. Next week we played at

all think your team responded to Yeah, they great. Uh we worked all week against the noise and um, you know, um we had a false start at one point, but I thought I thought for the most part, they handled it really really well, um, and really didn't have any issues a little bit. He said. Since what do you

remember from him? Um, yeah, you know, a lot a lot of my my uh coaching background everything obviously I credit him for and uh played for him and worked for him, and and um, you know, uh, his his attention to detail, UM, his his drive, his motivation, how well he motivates his players and and gets the most

out of his players. I think are some of the biggest things that I've taken away from him, you know, Um, the way he prepares during the week, Those those things are are uh you know, UM, things that that uh, you know, I continue to grow grow with every every week and every game, so great mentor to have um wish him the best going forward? You are not at all? I would agree, Yeah, I would agree that's not a balance for success. Um, by no means do you want

to do that at all? That's why I made the comments earlier about we got to fix the run game. Good team. Well, the takeaway is is is your right there, um, team the team that let the scoreboard up in week one up in New England to come back and and and keep them tied and keep them held down, you know, for for three quarters. Um. The takeaway is, we offensively have to have to address our own you know, uh needs and and the way we're playing uh offensively. And

again it starts with me as a play caller. Um. Again by no means so I want to throw the ball that many times. But but we gotta get the run game, and uh, it's a team effort. And however the game plays out, you know, we try to find a way to win at the end. Um. And the mistakes obviously cost us today last year, last week to

convert a lot of today so much obviously. Yeah, you know, we had a couple I know in the first half, you know, third and I think it was a third and two or three, and you know, penalty drops you back a little bit, push you on their third and long situation. You just can't again, you can't put yourself

in in in those situations. And uh um, the middle part of the game again is an area that we have to we have to address and and uh you know fix um and and uh yeah, third and third and long is by you don't want to be there. You don't want to be there because you end up having to throw a little bit um against a good, good pass rushing. All right, thanks guys,

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