Coach Brian Daboll reviews Giants vs. Colts

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Obviously, there's a lot of conflicted emotions, I guess, in the fan base over the win. I'm wondering if what you think about if the league should address this issue in terms of a draft lottery or something like that where teams aren't necessarily rewarded for how badly they do come April.

Brian Daboll (0:21)

Yeah, my focus is on the team we play. I understand the question and doing everything we can do to compete at the highest level we compete. We put a lot of work into this, and I was happy for the players, like I said yesterday.

SPEAKER_1 (0:36)

Do you think a system like that would change perspectives, though?

Brian Daboll (0:39)

Yeah, that's not in my, that's not my cup of tea here. I gotta ask somebody else that. I just know that these guys come in every day and they put a lot into this and give everything they have each week. Thanks. Yep.

SPEAKER_3 (1:01)

Off that for a second, I mean, what do you think of the idea when people say, hey, you guys lost by kind of by winning in that regard from a coaching perspective?

Brian Daboll (1:10)

Yeah, again, we can control, we can control Jordan. So, you know, again, we come in, we do everything we can to prepare for the week and go out there to play, you know, as good as we can play, coach as good as we can play. And that's where our focus is.

SPEAKER_3 (1:23)

How much do you personally, I mean, not the team and the players, but you obviously have to juggle long-term compared to this week and short-term. Think about where you're at in the draft during the season.

Brian Daboll (1:37)

Yeah, our focus is on the opponent we're playing and ourselves each week as a coaching staff and players we do, again, try to do everything we can do to go out there and play as coach as good as we can.

SPEAKER_3 (1:50)

And do you have any expectations this week on whether, you know, Saquon plays, Eagles play their starters, or, you know, he has a chance to get that record? I'm curious what you think about that and how you approach that from a coaching perspective.

Brian Daboll (2:06)

Yeah, I'd say we're going to get ready to play, you know, the Eagles and go through the tape like we normally go through the tape. Any questions about that, you'd have to ask Nick.

SPEAKER_3 (2:16)

You have any thoughts on him getting to 2,000 yards? That's obviously a big thing. Wasn't able to do that here. First year goes over there and, you know, that's a pretty big accomplishment.

Brian Daboll (2:25)

Yeah, we're just getting started here on the Eagles. I've said this numerous times, got a lot of respect for Saquon and he's a heck of a player.

SPEAKER_4 (2:34)

Paul Schwartz.

SPEAKER_5 (2:36)

Hey, Brian.

SPEAKER_3 (2:37)

Hey, Paul.

SPEAKER_6 (2:39)

Do you think that winning one game the way you did yesterday has any tangible effect on some of the young players who are on your team, who you've said have been practicing hard and doing the right thing, haven't been getting the results? What does this result do for them today, this week, and on into next year, do you think?

Brian Daboll (3:04)

Yeah, again, like I said last night, it was good to see smiling faces after they laid it on the line and did a lot of good things and competed out there for 60 minutes. And again, that's what we preach. Do everything you can do during the week, preparation-wise, taking care of your body, nutrition, sleep, all the necessary habits you need to do and then go out there and execute on game day. So, you do all those things. It doesn't guarantee you anything, certainly, but it's good to get the result when you put as much into it as these guys do.

SPEAKER_6 (3:35)

You said all along that you feel you have guys who can make plays on offense, guys who can break tackles and get yards you have to catch and things like that. And it hasn't happened. Yesterday, it happened for three guys. I mean, I'm sure you loved the way you saw that. Does that reinforce in your mind, and you think it helps reinforce in their minds after all these weeks of not doing it, that, oh yeah, we can do this, I can do this?

Brian Daboll (4:03)

Yeah, I think we have, again, I think we have some good skill players that can make plays down the field and make plays with the ball in their hands. So it was good to see those guys do that. It's a good group. And they were productive yesterday.