As we lost, we owned it. You know, we made some strides, we didn't make enough strides. Um from where we came from. We got better, we got a long way to go. It should stay, I know, it should help us propelling the next year, understanding what we gotta do and work harder and win more games. Ten and six on the surface is an okay record, but it's not enough to get in obviously, our goals to get in the playoffs, win the super Bowl. So we didn't
get that accompassed. But we have a lot of things to grow off of and learn from and we'll go from there. I do a surgery yet, what's the prop didn't have surgery yet. He'll get surgery in about a week or less, you know when his recovery I'm not sure yet. Know what are the last yesterday? I mean lost the game. You understand that right after the game.
I can see the game pretty good. I understand the things that went wrong within the game and after that and kind of detox and get exit interviews ready and kind of go from there and build up and get together with the staff after this and go over things for the next couple of weeks and kind of move off and you reflect, you get some alone time, which I haven't yet. Can you try to build from there?
Were you surprised when we looked at some of the mistakes you guys made to be surprised by bus mistakes more function of what Buffalo did or it got to you guys for some of those errors. I mean Buffalo for us on eras and we made some errors on our own that was self inflicting. So when you get you can't play against us and we can't play against them at the same time, it's like playing against two different teams. So we beat ourselves and they made some
plays to help us beat ourselves too. So you were on the early part of the game offensively particularly, do you know what what was it when you guys flat was wool was going on the first fourth series of offense and just couldn't we're flat. We weren't clicking. You know, there was a play here and to play there. There were a bunch of almost but almost doesn't count and we just didn't make enough play or something like that.
A few times this here, the slow starts were something you guys play really solid and somebody who's real ably come back and pull it out. The fourth quarter or a second around. Is there something you can put your figure on that that caused that problem is here? I mean I wish I could. We're gonna study it as a staff and we're gonna go over and try to put a thing on it. But at this point, right now,
I can tell you. I can't tell you that tell your offense only brand the ball, the running backs foot times. You know, on a day when the winds were pretty stiff up there, there's a reason for that kind of offensive games. No, not really. You know the way they stacked the box and do some things that talk this out of some things we have audibles. Well, well the football maybe we could have run it more and you know, maybe we could not hindsight because were you the fact
that the really started. Were you trying to manage my reas carries throughout the course of the game, and why not start him and you know when he gets h Well, we don't want the contingency because we've been down to one back, so we I was just started in the package that we had, like went out there, really got some number of share of plays. He had a store of need, but nothing that kept him out of the game. It's just the one two punts and then the package
that we had going into the game. You mentioned this yesterday about playing zone, you know with Blagins, you know, the vertical threat. White and Darrell Will alluded to this today that you guys have been playing more zone in recent weeks. Why specifically in this games that are using them? You know, the guys were press cover quarters. It's good at using in that way. Why White muze, We played a bunch of man in this game as well, since that the zone plays. They caught some plays on us
that they hit. We played just as much man as we did zone in this ball game. You know, sometimes we get caught sometimes the plagues and fake underneath. Guys got to get back and get there. But we played a bunch of man. TOI, what's your revaluation um over the course of the season about the rat this, Like I said, he's a good corner that other main good corners don't get beat and don't have bad games. But they have some bad games. But I still think the
same and that that always Gay. He's a good player. It's tough, he's smart, he works hard, and he's athletic and we're glad to have him back. You could do it over here? Would you give it him help? Unwatkids? Would you try to call the Rockings differently? We lost the game. I don't reflect back on what I could and couldn't do over again. Make the decisions and you go with it. But we covered them, Okay. We missed some players, We missed some underneath drops, and he made
some players as a good player. You'll have to do this off season. And like you said before, time wins is Obviously he's a previoud season. But given who's upper free agency and given some of the lath how much work is gonna have to happen this off season. It's gonna be a lot of work. You know, the way teams are nowadays, we're free agents and draft and people getting hurt. You don't have a new team every year. Here, there's gonna be about twelve or fifteen new guys on
your team. So you just got to find the right mix and try to find the right guys to sign back. Obviously, free agency is a crap shooting the gamble, and certain guys may try to leave. Hopefully a lot of guys stay. We're building something here. Everybody understands that We'll try to get as many of our guys as we can. I
think the core is in good shape. We've got a lot of guys that are stable here, a lot of guys would not to play football here, and we just gotta build around it a months coming up with personnel meetings and figuring out there before the raft. Just off of this season, is there one area feeling this person wanted on the team. I don't want to say there's one area. We need a couple of different areas, and we're gonna meet at the staff and go over that, and then as we go over that will matter down
the specific areas. I can sit here and say we didn't do this well, and we're doing that well. But at the end of the day, we probably want to get better at every area. You know, depending on what's available and what we can get our hands on, we probably just get better at that area in which A key part of your seeking this year. How high I'm I already left is resigning. Obviously it's pretty high as the quarterback, and we had a great year for us, so we want them back. How how important seeing it
the defense? I thought they amon had a great year. You know, theyman solidified the run game and helped us stop everything inside you can blocking with one and sometimes two guys. I thought he's very important for us. Kind of sticking with that in regards to Mohammed Wolkers and would you approach Mike at all and ask, I guess make your opinion known on if you feel the team it's imperative that he comes back. We're gonna have that discussion obviously in all season We're gonna have a ton
of them. That's gonna be one of them. How realistic is it though, with which resources invested on the defensive line to keep that entire move attack. Well, that's something we gotta figure out in the off season. Obviously, it's gonna be some tricky parts on our doing, and it's gonna be guys wanting to come back and just working it all out. You know, we got a while to get all that done. So there's a lot of things
I have to be talked about before then. Ryan's afformance in the fourth quarter yesterday in any way tarnish and you had a big picture of you what he accomplished over the course of the No, it didn't, you know, he had a good season. He want a bunch of games for us and can't tarnish that. I'm not gonna be great. Every quarter just happened. It was yesterday in the last game. Do you want to get that. I like Daniel Smith as a quarterback and the person as well.
I thought Geno it was very mature as a person, plays mc larry mature as a quarterback. I thought he handled everything well. I probably took all his reps. I thought he got better as a person, and I was very proud of what he did this year. How do you say you want Ryan Fitzpatrick back? Is that as you're starting quarterback, you want to come back in that role. He comes back, he'll be the starter. If you talk to any of the players from out any plock back
for next season at still be a returning. No, we hadn't talked in to contract because sad accident given good by us. Certain things about the first year's head coach that being in it surprise you that you couldn't have
known him to be actually gotten it either. I mean, obviously the day to day process and certain things go wrong, like the locker room thing, or something happens in the summer in the off season, take Sheldon's things, for example, and certain things like that, they don't surprise you if you know they're gonna come up and surprise you, because there you don't still him coming. But you just handle them on a day to day basis, and you get better at him, you get experience, and you're trying to
have to put too much into it. Say what you gotta say, and you move on. Shelton, what are your thoughts and your observations on how he responded to your guy's challenges an organization for him to grow up after the incident, he got a summer and I thought he's been great since then. You know, he's he's a very engaging guy to be around. He's been honestly been up front. He's been on time even there doing everything it needs
to do other than more. Are there any injured players who you had expect to have surgeries as you off season? Not at this time, though jud it would be it does remain with the organization fairly unrealistic that he would stayed in any spring practices. I don't know the recovery time right now, so I hope he hesitant answer that the offense um performed about your expectations this year. No, I thought they performed. Have they jailed? They performed to
expectations as an offense and as a team. You want to get better at the weeks go on, you know, I thought they figured a lot of things out and I thought they got better. A lot of your best players, like Revis Larsa, this Patrick, we're all over thirty years old. Do you think the team needs to get older. I think we need to get faster. I don't know about younger.
We need to get faster obviously certain areas. We want to have more team speed on the field, and that that's with the process for me being a faster team. Don't you just to be using start for turning in full excusing? Yes? Do you guys need um speaking here for getting faster? Do you think you need to spit you on the edge the defensive and you drive the stats from some of the guys the outside. That's probably
getting faster all around. That's all inclusive in it kind of You don't expect any of your assistance for sue opportunities alt where you're in the college or professional Well, they may, I'm not sure at this time. If you asked me to, I expect them back. Yes, have I met with him yet? You know, we'll meet for the next two days and I can probably give you a better answer after that. What do you think of every season overall? You mentioned want to Patrick back, You talked
about some of the guys to feel as strongly. Yeah, I like Chris. I mean whether you want them back and how it works out of free agency are two different things. Obviously, money talks and situations differ. So sit up here and said I want everybody back. Yes, to sit up and here to say is everybody coming back? No, everybody's probably not gonna come back. But I've had a great year. It's a great running back. It's a good guy.
He works hard and I respect everything he does. I don't think so he's getting nicked up during the year and you get a little bruise here and there, But I don't think you ran out of gassed the first five seas. No, I don't. Seriously his knee entering the game yesterday. He downplayed it afterwards, but he mentioned that Stephen got pretty much all the reps in practice. Really sends how he conveyed it. During the week, he was limited. You know, one day Miss Nay was limited the rest
of the week. So Stephen was the only healthy running back we had. But as he got in the game, he got his reps. Do you think the teams fill filled its potentials? Were no, our potential of the playoffs and trying to get to the super Bowl? He got better. We didn't fulfill our potential. What can carry if it's a new team, what what can curry over to next? Well, you start over, you're gonna have a new team. So the carryover is hopefully the confidence that we know how
to win and we jael together. But as you get new pieces to your puzzle, you gotta jell all over again. You gotta blend it together. So hopefully with the right core and attack where we can do that again. Disappointed to win the special teams warm at times, I mean it returns, yes, and we gotta make tackles here and there. Sometimes you gotta make plays. We didn't make enough plays, sometimes with the defense, sometimes with the offense, sometimes with
the special terms. Okay, so how you guys performed a Do you feel like if you got in to the playoffs you could have made her run some of your players To mention that we didn't get in, there's nothing for me to talk about. How do you feel you did? Person I can be better? You know, you learn some things as a coach. I'm harder on myself first, I'm far look at anybody else. I can do a lot of things better, in particular everything, you know, a lot of six games. I can do a lot of things better.
How much of a difference one made um this year having everyone together? I mean, there's gonna be some changes, but not like this past year they had all the weeks that a lot of your players coming together. When you guys don't need how much easier you know, if a bit easier, it'll be a little more continuity from a standpoint that they're hearing it for quite a few times. I haven't done it before and know what they expect
and it's not new. So it's just a matter of im not some kinks and jelling together and hopefully with jail sooner than later. I thought, how pivotal is it that that you bring back Fitzpatrick. You're talking about conduty for all the records that they said was their first year together, that really wasn't part of off season starters. Howportanes is bringing back important to bring it back because
it's starting quarterback. I understand he's a free agent and it's all about business and you want to work things out. I understand when you're trying to bring somebody back, money gets involved to it. It involved the whole team. It's just not about bringing fits back. Is being able to afford him or somebody else overpan for him and those type of things. But you can't take away from anything he's done this year from a record standpoint or otherwise.
He's been great for the guy in the locker room, and he knows we want them back and he wants to be back. It's just a matter of working it now. It's just a little the whole quarter Yes, I do. If you gonna enjoy this year or not because you didn't make them I enjoyed it best. We didn't make the playoffs, but that was a good year and I smiled much more than you think I do, Kimberly, But it was enjoyable. He learned from it, obviously, the ultimate
thing is winning, not just enjoying it. But you know, it was fun. What was your role assessment? I thought those guys played well. You know, they were healthy for the most part. They played well together. We can get better at something. Some games. We've got stoned in the run game with some games. You know, we had some big running games and that's the all the tribute to them. Steger, You're off, there's one that a concern for you, not
at this time. You always want to build and have somebody behind somebody in case they leave by injury or otherwise. But you know, I thought they played well this Curly rolling for coming. Hopefully he's got to work himself in there. Obviously we had guys that played and made some plays. But we have all the confidence in the world and Curly, but if I have enough balls to go around? What about Dan Older? Kind of along the same line. He's along the same line. He's gotta get healthy and me
and he talked about it, he's gotta get healthy. He's got to stay healthy. You know, he's gotta be ready to play. You already that that's a challenge time and you only in one year with him, but his whole NFL career has been kind of marred by injuries. He worded it to be a guarded I can't stay in the field. No, I mean, he's got to get himself. Some of them are freak injury that can't be helped.
Sometimes he got sick that couldn't be health. He's just got to continue to have his confidence and be ready to play when his number called. I've seen it where people doesn't hit the strides at the third or fourth year, and I've seen it where people can't stay healthy at all. You know that's up to d and that's up to fate to decide. I can't say whether he feels it or doesn't feel it. He doesn't work that way, don't act that way. He always prepares to play and he
works hard. He just has some freak injuries. Have a real chance of being a starter. He'll compete for one. Do you say that because you're not certain in our priorities future? I say that because going into the spring, all the spots are open and you earn it as you go. Is Antonio Cormarti a guy that you'd like to see back? I knows the cop number next year is kind of high, but dealing with him in Arizona, would you'd like to see him return? Yeah? I like
the same return again at all. It's all business at this standpoint. We gotta put everything together and see what we can come up with and hopefully out the right guys on our team table. For certain guys, once I watched the film, I'm not gonna over face it a point where it detriments the rest of the team. Well, what a great when you gave me some time. We didn't go to the playoffs. That's the bottom line. So
I don't have a great after that. If you want to call it a F called to the F, if you want to call it the B callor to B, I don't have one for myself. I'm still working at it all right. Thanks, what game you talk