Coach Brian Daboll: 'Learn from things from one week to the next and keep improving'

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Brian Daboll (1:02)

Hey Brian, just curious if you have any updated word on Graham Gineau. He has a hamstring. So we'll see where he's at. I would assume it's going to be a few weeks here.

SPEAKER_4 (1:15)

So what's your plan going forward to kick her?

Brian Daboll (1:17)

We'll work guys out and Jude has been with us. So we'll make a decision off of the workout based on how they do in the workout and then Jude.

SPEAKER_4 (1:29)

Got you, and I guess I'll do one more. When you look back on what was the biggest problem with the run defense yesterday?

Brian Daboll (1:36)

Yeah, I'd say two things. Usually this happens for run defense. Two things, tackling and then run fits. So those are two things that we're really going to, we stress them every week, but put an added emphasis on them this week.

Ryan (1:55)

Please raise your hand if you have a question.

SPEAKER_4 (2:03)

Brian's on the V.

Ryan (2:06)

Hey, Brian, two things. First, your running game, the offensive line, it seemed like probably got overshadowed a little bit, but it seemed the holes were pretty sizable. What did you think of the way? I know they were hard on themselves for their run blocking after week one. What did you think of that particularly with the offensive line?

Brian Daboll (2:27)

Yeah, I'd just say the offense in general, I thought, made very good improvements from week one to week two. You know, we stayed on track. We played in positive down in distances. We ran with the ball well. I'd say the receivers blocked well. You know, that was a really good run to start off the game by Motor and a great block by Slayton coming in on the right side. And then, you know, Motor making the guy miss the crack replace guy wasn't a lot of free runners. Most of the time, we got a hat for hat. We got movement at the line. And I thought Motor ran well, saw the hole well, made good cuts, got downhill.

You know, that was an improvement. The pass protection was an improvement. You know, we didn't have very many negative plays, which helps offensively when you're moving the ball. So, you know, there's a lot of a lot of good things that came out of that and a lot of improvements on that side of the ball.

Ryan (3:21)

And then big picture was, Brian, 0-2 teams, I don't have the stats in front of you, but 0-2 teams don't usually get to the playoffs. They don't usually make much of their seasons. This organization has been 0-2 nine of the last 12 years, and not much has come of those seasons. Is this a pivotal point? Can you feel as the head coach, as the leader of your locker room, is this a pivotal point for you guys in your season to make sure that which way it turns?

Brian Daboll (3:50)

Yeah, I think you just have to focus on the week at hand. You know, I've been part of some O&T teams that ended up pretty well. I know they have here. So again, what really happened, you know, 10 years ago or last year, like I've always said, really has no bearing on anything this season. You know, I thought we made some improvements in a lot of areas. Need to continue to improve on the things that were not doing well at this time and focus on the Cleveland Browns.

Ryan (4:16)

What 0-2 team were you part of that made something, that turned something around? I'm sorry, I don't know.