Coach Brian Daboll recaps Week 17

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SPEAKER_1 (1:00)

How's Tigree, what's the official diagnosis with that?

Brian Daboll (1:04)

I am, yeah, I try to call the trainers because I knew that'd be the first question right before I got down here. But I wanna meet with those guys as soon as I get done here. I would assume that he's not gonna be, that he'll be out.

Thank you.

SPEAKER_5 (1:33)

Brian Dunleavy.

Brian Daboll (1:40)

Happy New Year, Charlotte. Sorry to interrupt.

SPEAKER_5 (1:46)

Yes.

Brian Daboll (1:48)

It's a quad. I just got a text.

Oh, a quad?

SPEAKER_1 (1:53)

Is there?

Brian Daboll (1:53)

So he'll have surgery here soon. Just texted.

SPEAKER_1 (1:58)

Like a torn quad?

Brian Daboll (2:00)

Yeah.

SPEAKER_1 (2:00)

I take it?

SPEAKER_2 (2:01)

Okay, thank you.

SPEAKER_6 (2:02)

Yep.

Brian Daboll (2:03)

Quad tendon.

Patty Trana (2:05)

Thank you.

Brian Daboll (2:06)

Yep, you got it. Ryan.

SPEAKER_6 (2:09)

Hey, I was hoping you could shed some light on something, Brian, that there's probably about a thousand different fan theories as to this.

Why do you think the offense has been so much more aggressive? And by that, I mean downfield shots taken with both Tommy, who I think you said had a letter rip mentality, and Tyrod than it was with Daniel.

Brian Daboll (2:33)

Yeah, I'll just talk about the last game. This is the one we just played. I thought that Tyrod saw some things relative to things opening up and let it go and made the right decisions. Every game is different.

But he's done that the last couple of games for us, which in turn helps. You skip some third downs and usually gives you points. Had one taken back on a penalty, but those are always helpful to get in the end zone.

SPEAKER_6 (3:08)

But the season-long number, I get that you want to talk about the last game. My point is the season-long numbers show aggressiveness, metrics, whatever, show that the guys, those two quarterbacks are throwing downfield more. Is that because Daniel is more likely to run? Is that contributed to the different offensive lines? Like I said, there's about 1, theories, and I want to clear it up for people from your expertise.

Brian Daboll (3:32)

Yeah, we'll look into that once we're done with the season. We'll just finish up with this game, get ready for next game, and look at all those things when the season is over.

SPEAKER_6 (3:42)

Okay, but it's safe to say you want your offense to be able to push the ball downfield the way you guys have of late, right?

Brian Daboll (3:49)

Big plays help. Tom Rock.

SPEAKER_8 (3:58)

Brian, just to get back to that right tackle spot, how did you think Matt did when he came in?

Brian Daboll (4:04)

I thought he did good for having played for a while. Came in, acquitted himself.

Obviously some plays that we all would like to have back, but did a nice job filling in for us.

SPEAKER_8 (4:15)

And then what made that punt return work?

Brian Daboll (4:20)

Well, we got some good blocks on their gunners, and then Gunner got into that mix, did a great job of really securing the football. Two hands on it and spun out of it, and kind of reset where he was going, and we had a whole wall in front of him.

But it starts with blocking the Gunners and the ball security because he got into that mix and spun out and had a good finish.