Cooper Kupp: "The Best Teams Have To Continue To Grow"

Cooper Kupp (0:14)

Yeah, I mean, I think we'll really know until we get up there and watch the film. And you know, obviously, like, not good enough, way too many, way too many three in outs, way too many short drives and just putting our defense back out in the field. And just not playing, you know, not holding up our end, I guess, you know. We have to be better than that and find some solutions. And, you know, kudos to the Bears. That was a very good defense.

But we have to be better. We have to be able to execute better. And at the end of the day, keep the ball moving forward and make the plays that are there for us.

SPEAKER_2 (0:53)

Cooper, the folks are thinking of sending the ball more quickly over the last week. I want to talk about it. There's still plays where he has to, like, you know, get out, do whatever.

And this, the stats are nothing. Are you seeing things, is he talking about things where he has to extend the play and do there are issues that you guys are kind of working through?

Cooper Kupp (1:11)

Um, you know, I don't know. There's probably a lot to that. I think he's been tremendous off schedule over the, you know, last couple of years. I don't know what the stats are saying about things, you know, this year. But, you know, whatever it is, I think he's a pretty dynamic quarterback when he does get out of the pocket. And, you know, I think that there's a lot of things that go into that in terms of us distributing the field and understanding that, you know, the play continues to play, where the second play starts once he gets out of the pocket. And we got to do better jobs of, you know, being able to get open and find ways to let him get the ball out of his hands when he does extend like that.

SPEAKER_3 (1:47)

Cooper, they were obviously creating some pressure up front for everybody, but like what did you see in the back end that they were kind of doing to give you guys some troubles?

Cooper Kupp (1:57)

Yeah, I mean, I think they had a good plan. You know, there's a, you know, mix of some of the stuff that we've seen, but also plan, you know, make sure some 44-man stuff, few different, you know, two-man looks, doing a good job with the safeties. And I think they played well off each other in terms of, you know, understanding the times that they can be aggressive at safety and be able to cut things and play low based on the pressure that they were generating and or expecting to generate. And also being able to take away stuff down the field when they needed to. So it's a good plan. We gotta do a better job adjusting some of those ways. And at the end of the day, we gotta make plays as players and make these plays happen.

SPEAKER_4 (2:36)

What I guess, just a big picture wise, what do you feel like you guys need to do to get back on track in a short week here?

Cooper Kupp (2:41)

Just get back to work. You got no other option, but I mean, the show goes on. We gotta prepare for another team coming into Lumen, and we gotta get back to work and back to the grind, so we'll be able to evaluate these things. And on a short week, they're still gonna, you can't, the best teams have to grow. You gotta be able to watch the film and make the corrections and then move forward. That's just the name of the game.

We can't gloss over this thing and just move on to Arizona. We have to make the corrections so we can grow, so we can challenge ourselves and be able to be a better team next week.

SPEAKER_2 (3:19)

Jax leads the NFL in terms of his share, came into this game in the NFL in terms of his share through the two point finish that I think is gonna go up. Just in your mind, what came over else do you discern to get the distribution more even because it kind of hasn't been?

Cooper Kupp (3:34)

Yeah, I mean, look, Jax is a great player. He's gonna command targets. I think he's one of the not the best receiver in the league right now.

So that's just gonna be part of the deal. You know, we all have a part of it. And, you know, if he's open, the ball's gonna go his way. So, you know, that's gonna be what it is. And, you know, we gotta find ways for you to compete and know that you gotta compete without the ball as well. And when the ball does come your way, you gotta make a play.