Coach Brian Daboll reviews Giants vs. Broncos

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Hey, Brian, just what's the vibe around the team today, and what can you guys do? What's the message in terms of turning the page?

Brian Daboll (0:07)

Well, that's what you need to do. But, you know, there's certainly a lot of guys that are hurting right now, some physically. But, you know, they gave everything they had, and we came up short, and that was a tough one. Make no mistake about it, but you got to get back on your horse and get ready to play a very talented team that we just played two weeks ago. So, let's look at the things that, you know, we didn't do quite as well, and we'll get on to Philadelphia with the right mindset.

SPEAKER_1 (0:40)

You guys made a decision on the kicking situation yet, whether you would elevate Youngway Coo or whether Graham Gunnell might be ready for the weekend?

Brian Daboll (0:46)

Yeah, we'll see where that goes here throughout the week.

Tom Rock (0:52)

Evan Barnes.

Evan Barnes (0:56)

Hey, Brian.

Brian Daboll (0:57)

Morning, Evan.

Evan Barnes (0:59)

Just kind of looking at this game and maybe the Dallas game as far as just not being able to close out games. In your mind, what do you see being a common thread maybe between just kind of how, you know, mentality wise is how this game was almost eerily similar in terms of not being able to just execute down the stretch the way you guys wanted to?

Brian Daboll (1:18)

Yeah, I would just say this, Evan. It's not about one play, one player, the offensive side, the defensive side, the kicking game. There's plenty of plays and opportunities that we had. And, you know, we didn't, we ended up making those plays. So get the results. And it's, you know, there's a lot to learn from it.

But, you know, we played some good football for a while, but at the end of the day, we didn't finish. We didn't finish the game.

Evan Barnes (1:49)

And then I guess defensively, when you go back and look at the tape, obviously, we spoke about how it ended yesterday, but do you see anything differently that, you know, you guys would want to do this week or just kind of going forward, what you guys can learn from just kind of how that, those last drives ended defensively?

Brian Daboll (2:07)

Yeah. Again, every game is different, Evan. So this game was different than, you know, the Dallas game relative to what we played or how we played it. You're always learning and trying to be better.

Evan Barnes (2:20)

Specifically from this one though, what do you think you guys can learn from this as far as maybe any difference is schematically or, you know, as you said before, you want Bowen to be more aggressive? Like, is there anything you can see differently? Maybe you could, you know, want to do differently?

Brian Daboll (2:32)

Yeah. Like I said, Evan, it's all three phases. There's plenty of plays that we had opportunities on, decisions we made. We can all be better.

Jordan Renon (2:43)

Thank you.

Brian Daboll (2:45)

Jordan Renon.

Jordan Renon (2:49)

Hey, Brian, what's going on?

Pat Leonard (2:50)

Jordan.

Jordan Renon (2:52)

I'm sure you heard or saw that some of your players were upstead about the idea of, you know, dropping eight and rushing three there on that first play of the final drive. What do you make of that and have you spoken to guys about that?

Brian Daboll (3:09)

Yeah, look, there's plenty of plays that we had opportunities to make, you know, throughout, I'd say, the fourth quarter.

And we just came up short. So it's not about one play. Like I said, it's not about one player. It's not about one specific side. It's a collective. And, you know, I can do a better job.

Jordan Renon (3:32)

But when you have players upset about that, and obviously it could be looked at as, okay, do they have full confidence in the defensive coordinator and you guys as a whole, as a coach, if they're looking at that and being critical of that specific decision? Because it is the kind of, I know you said it's a different play call, but the concept of not being aggressive is similar to the Dallas game. Does that concern you?

Brian Daboll (3:58)

Yeah, like I said, there's plenty of plays that were out there for us. And we need to do a better job of that.

Jordan Renon (4:08)

Also, when you're up 19 points, you go for the two point conversion, what's the thought process behind that? A lot of people say, hey, you should kick the fuel bill there, because two touchdowns, two point conversions at 16 and then three, it gives them an opportunity to do it without scoring three touchdowns.