Coach Brian Daboll recaps Week 2 loss to Cowboys

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

How are you, I guess, health-wise coming out of yesterday, just to start off, how's running in?

Brian Daboll (0:05)

Yeah, there's a number of people getting looked at, so I'll have that more for you guys on Wednesday.

SPEAKER_1 (0:12)

And then what was the kind of thought process on the defensive plan for that pass that set up the game-time field goal? And when you kind of look back at it, what do you wish you guys did differently?

Brian Daboll (0:26)

Well, I'd say, look, we had a number of opportunities throughout the game in every area to close that game out.

So there's things to get better at. There's obviously some good things. But credit to those guys, they hit that 64-yarder, which we knew was in his range there. They had that big play to the middle route right there, and like to be a little bit tighter. But there's a number of plays that came up throughout the game that if you have one different play there or here, it's going to make the difference in a game like that.

SPEAKER_1 (1:06)

Paul Schwartz.

Paul Schwartz (1:08)

Hey, Brian.

Brian Daboll (1:09)

Hey, Paul.

Paul Schwartz (1:10)

Yeah, still on that play for a second, the one to Ferguson. Yeah, I think you had a four-man rush. You knew they probably only needed 18 or 20 yards. Any thought to putting more pressure on Dak there?

Brian Daboll (1:24)

Yeah, again, there's a number of plays, Paul, like I said, throughout a game, it's not ever going to come down to just one play. So obviously, they hit the 64-yarder, had a number of plays in overtime to be able to close it out, and at the end of the day, just didn't do it collectively.

Paul Schwartz (1:44)

The coverage have also been tighter. You know, you seem to get a free release off the line. I mean, I know there's a lot of plays that...

Brian Daboll (1:49)

Yeah, there's a lot of plays in every game.

Paul Schwartz (1:52)

I'm focusing on, so if I may ask you to do that. I mean, just as far as everything you want to learn from every situation, I'm sure, with you and your players, what is the learning moment from that play right there? You know, game situation, they need 20 yards to kick a long field goal. You know, what maybe could you do to prevent that more than you did yesterday?

Brian Daboll (2:14)

Yeah, look, again, it's never going to come down to one play. I know that's the one play that you're talking about, but, you know, collectively, we got to be better.

Bruce Beck (2:23)

Thank you.

SPEAKER_1 (2:25)

Tom Rock.

Tom Rock (2:29)

Can you hear me, Brian?

Brian Daboll (2:30)

Hey, Tom.

Tom Rock (2:30)

Hey. You obviously have a lot of accomplished and decorated players on that defense. How important is it, just in general, and in a game like yesterday, for one of those guys to just come up and be a stopper and be a closer and make a play to seal that win on any of the opportunities when you had the lead there?

Brian Daboll (2:50)

Yeah, I'd say, again, it all goes back to the team. Not one player, not one side. It goes back to the team. And, you know, again, we collectively, you know, had opportunities and, you know, fell short as a collective unit. Brian?

Brian Dunleavy (3:21)

I want to flip sides of the ball to the offense. What it's obviously been to very jekyll and hide offensive performances, very different outcomes offensively. What gives you confidence that that or close to that is more of what you guys are going to be going forward in terms of output than you were in week one, and that's not the real you guys?

Brian Daboll (3:47)

Well, every week is different. You try to be as consistent as you can. Put together a plan that you think gives the guys a chance to go out there and perform at a high level, but give credit to the guys that we talked about one-on-one catches and plays down the field, and both at the quarterback receiver, but it also takes the line to protect for them, had a number of those.

So, had a good week. Again, there's plays we left out there in all three phases, but it was a productive day moving the ball and scoring points.

Brian Dunleavy (4:25)

Respectfully, I understand that every game's different, but the best offenses in this league, or even top 10 offenses in this league, pretty much are good week in, week out, regardless of the opponent. So are there tenants of that game plan that you see are this is who we want to be going forward, regardless of the opponent, like things you expect that showed up yesterday and didn't show up week one that you expect will show up with this current cast, regardless of the opponent, that say like the way other good offenses have their tenets?