Now tomorrow. The game wasn't obviously perfect. The way defense played to step up Fletcher Cocks, Jamlin Mills in the red zone. How proud of you of these defense, you know, especially the corner dable lot to prove you know, yeah, I mean, you know, very very proud of the way the guys battled hung in there as you as you said, it wasn't a perfect game, but they played for sixty minutes and and in these games like this you have to do that. And and uh, hats off to those
guys on defense. They battled, they hung in there. Uh you know, kept our offense, uh you know, um in good situations when we took took the field, So great job on our defense. How did you think the offense played together? Just okay? Um, we made some plays, a lot of them were broken place. Um we've got to obviously look at the film and make them make the corrections. Uh wasn't perfect. Um, too many breakdowns in in in some crucial situations. Some some drive killers, whether it be
a penalty or or sack. Those are things we got to take a look at. But all in all, um, we had some opportunities. You know, there's some opportunities down the field, which is exciting, and those are things moving forward that that will will address or trash makes backwards for those laterals? Are they the reward on those or the arrest? Well? It that particular play you're referred to wasn't supposed to be lateral. It just happened to be a lateral in that situation. And it's just based on
what the defense presents. So, um, something we got to do a better job get fixed and uh um, just evaluate that situation. What does that mean that he might not throw it backwards based on what he sees will be Hi, it's a it's a run actually quite honestly, Um, it's a run. And then based on what the defense does, he has the ability to throw it. Okay, Oh, you're
not talking about whether where course? What do you talking about what Nelson does with what he does when he gets a guest with all the issues that that Nelson and all the bunks that Nelson went do last year or in the come out in his game at the long touchdown of his career at a career day, how much is this going to help his confidence? And how happy are you for here? Yeah? You know, I obviously that first touchdown. Very excited for him, him in the offense.
But I think going forward his confidence level, um, and really really I've seen it all spring, in all summer, and it's right right where I expected him to be. And he just carried it over into the game today and uh made some made some great plays and get third down plays um today and kept us on the field. And UH, for him him, this is a this is a great first step, you know to uh being the type of receiver that we know he can be and
will be for us. And the reason why you know, the Eagles drafted him so all high, so honey in there, took shot after shot after shot. Um extended a lot of plays with his legs and athleticism and you know, um battle tested. You know, we saw it last year a little bit and and proving again today. I mean, give give the Redskins credit. They put put a lot of pressure on him and he was able to break
some tackles. Big strong, physical guy. His eyes were always downfield. Guys. Uh, Um, we're able to make some great plays once he was able to break the pocket. Yes it did players tell you why they did that? Now, I think I think it just is something that you know, we've been talking all week about, you know, kind of getting the monkey off our back, um down here and really against the red Skins and and particularly on the road. You know,
um we haven't done so well, particularly last year. Just all week we kept talking about it and talking about it, and um, you know it it was just the old the old set up on the sideline and uh and got the bath. So uh appreciative of it, but uh yeah, we'll stick. It's executive about the resiliency team. Obviously you certain you're and you're behind some teams can photoph shot past say that. Well, it says a lot about the leadership and and and the way the guys hang in there.
I mean, this team really believes in themselves and it really and we all feel like we can be a good football team. And uh, you know, we got eliminate some stuff. I mean there's some there's some some crazy things that we gotta we gotta just eliminate, you know, the penalties and turnovers and things like that. But at the same time that that locker room believes in one another, they rally around each other when guys like Darby go
down or you know, uh, Jason Peter steps out. I mean, guys, guys step up and play, and that's what you gotta have in these games. If Darby's out for a while, that would be a bigot of your defense. Do you then have to adjust anything offensively more? You know, Yeah, it's something well we'll look at tomorrow. Obviously evaluate Darby c where he's at. I'm sure he'll miss some time obviously if the ankle. But um, you know, I think offensively, we just we just have to continue to do our thing.
We just got to clean up in the run game. We got to get better in the passing game, shore of the protection, and then defensively we'll be fine. You saw it today and um, you know Jay L Walker stepped in and uh you know, battled out there and and uh you know, you get Zoul and macdougle now and and I get these guys ready to go. UM's got a pri argue in this game. And Zach kind of show future opponents that they can't plus their safety suppos.
It's it's a it's an opportunity. Um, you know obviously with the personnel and and and with Carson and and play action pass and just being able to design shot plays down the field. Um. You know, coming into each game, you know you want to be able to do that. Um. You know you don't want the defense to play eight to nine in the box all the time and the safeties are low. So UM, you know we're going to continue, you know, to look at that find ways to get
the ball down the field. Um. And we just missed on a couple today that that could have been big hittersforce. Yeah, he tried to go that third quarter. Um. You know again, we'll evaluate him when we get back see where he's at. Um hopefully, UM, you know, it's just day to day and we'll get him. We'll get him this next place. Say, yeah, Sturgis is another one we got to check out tomorrow. UM, give me more information tomorrow we get back to Philly. But it was part of the reason for going for
two in that situation. Um, and uh we executed it and got it. Well, here's why. Obviously you wanted to big Bucket Peters. If you're going into a game with Peters album lane play left and Big play right or he still yeah, you know something with Big V's versatility. Um, it just depends on how long JP would be out. You know, if it's uh, um, longer than a week or so, you might you might do that, you might
consider lane over there. But but if it's just a week to week, day to day thing, um, we'll get big Va the reps and he'll get ready to go. New guys, guys that didn't make it through the game, you used it, remember one, how they played overall in
the two? Did it seem like as the game progressed, the new guys seemed to sort Yeah, I thought that they you know I did it did a nice job for us, you know, the Garrett obviously on offense, and the two receivers for us, I mean, made some big plays down the field in the passing game, obviously in the running game, and then on defense, how they I thought, just you know, observing without watching the tape yet just um, you know what Tim Jernigan was able to do upfront,
and and um you know to get and and Darby was really early in the game was playing well. And um, you know these guys are are a great additional star football team. And um, we just gotta you know, each week it's a it's a it's a battle each week, you know, we got to come to work on Wednesday, ready to go and and uh, we just got to continue to jail. Did you view up to playing end with cousins and Weather's arms point forward? You have did
you have any expectation if you're waiting for everything. I'm just glad it was in our favor. You're able to find a couple of weeks week from the farm and the players got the game or when its the flattery flatter thinking a players to think that much? Yeah, and you know what I mean for me, it's uh, it's everything that I've been telling you guys. It's just asked
the players you know how they feel about me? And and uh, um you know, um, I just give this, give this within all the players in that in that locker room, they battled, they uh, they hung in there through adversity and we pulled the game out. You were able to find a couple of big plays, chunk plays. But was that an area? Is that something that you filed? He wanted to see cars and do it take his
game to the next move? Well, yeah, obviously you don't go in hoping your quarterback has to run quite as much. But at the same time, it was a point of emphasis during the spring and training camp, you know, scrambled drills and things of that nature. We can an area that we could get better at. And uh, um it the hard work paid off. You know today winters played went down, especially Bills kind of come up there. Yeah. I thought they, uh, you know the um those corners
are on an island quite a bit, you know. And I thought both of them, you know, Jaylen when he came in and then ja uh yeah Jaylen and then Jaylen Mills, what a big play you know when we needed it. Uh, a couple drives the Redskins had, you know, our defense was on the field one time and uh to come up with that turnover there at that time was was huge. And and I thought they stepped in and uh and did a nice job. It's any more significant,
it's full now. Well, you know, we haven't played well you know, um and and especially here you know, this is this is a good football team. It's a tough place. The crowd is into it, um you know, and I think I think, uh, you know, losing five times, so these guys um kind of got the monkey off their back, so to speak. So um, I think that was part of it. Yeah, all right, thanks guys. Head coach Doug Pearson walking off the podium at