Head Coach Mike Macdonald: "We're Going To Go Back To Work And Get Better"

Mike Macdonald (0:03)

All right. It was a tough game. I think our guys played really hard, stuck together, you know. But hats off to Washington. I thought they played a great game, had a great plan.

Plus, you know, they were minus three in the takeaway department, but you know, the NFL, what wins games is great situational football and taking care of the rock and playing complimentary football and stacking plays. And we didn't do those things today and they did, so credit to them. But I think the message to our guys is just that, like, you know, when we play great Seahawk football, we should expect to win games with all the things that we kind of lost, like the miniature, you know, the inside battles of the game, it's still a two-point game and we can be better situationally to take advantage of that and try to close the game out. But tough game, great game by them, and we'll move forward.

SPEAKER_2 (1:00)

Third and ninth late, what happened in the first game on the white run?

Mike Macdonald (1:04)

They got to an audible against zero and they made a good check and we didn't make the play.

SPEAKER_3 (1:12)

What did you think of Sam overall, just kind of his effort, I mean, four touchdowns and everything, but a couple of interceptions as well.

Mike Macdonald (1:19)

Yeah, I think that's, it's kind of like a microcosm for the whole game. I think our guys played hard, I thought we did a lot of good things. Offensively, I thought that we thought that threw the ball relatively well, but we got to take care of the ball, as an offense, so, and we got to get it out, we got to turn it over on defense.

SPEAKER_3 (1:37)

What do you think you didn't generate much in the run game today?

SPEAKER_4 (1:39)

What would you see there?

Mike Macdonald (1:40)

Honestly, I'm not sure. That was a good front.

I think we were trying to find solutions. I think also the way the second half went with the weather clearing up and the way the pass game was going, I think that's where we decided to emphasize.

SPEAKER_4 (1:58)

Did you need to get more pressure from your interior line when you felt that you got enough?

Mike Macdonald (2:03)

No, no, we didn't get enough pressure today. They did a good job taking care of the quarterback. We'll look at it and see where we can get better, but I don't think we hit our mark today on the quarterback.

SPEAKER_5 (2:16)

You talked about red zone being a question coming out of last week, both sides of the ball. What do you think of how that went today?

Mike Macdonald (2:24)

Yeah, it's not good enough.

We need to be better, especially in the sudden change situations on defense. I think we'll go back to our process and see what we're doing, see when we play well, how we game plan it when we rep stuff. We'll go back and kind of look at everything and see where we can improve.

SPEAKER_2 (2:41)

What's your concern on Price's fumbles?

Mike Macdonald (2:45)

I think it's his team. If we turn the ball over, it's not good business.

I don't want him to come back after the initial fumble. We just had to calm it down and bring him back after the half, but he's going to be fine. He's going to figure it out. They'll be fine.

SPEAKER_3 (2:59)

What did you think of AJ Finley and how you play without Julian?

Mike Macdonald (3:03)

On a short couple of days notice, I thought he did a great job. Did a great job. They did some good things operationally and moving and shift in.

I felt like we were organized back there. It's just a matter of making certain plays that we'll see how we can get better.

SPEAKER_6 (3:21)

You've obviously got a lot of vets in that room. What gives you confidence looking around that room a couple of minutes ago that you're going to get the right response coming out of this?

Mike Macdonald (3:29)

I don't think it's something that you see in the locker room. It's just I know our team. I know what they're made of. I know what we have. We're going to go back to work. We're going to get better and it's our job as coaches, too, to look at operationally and just, again, it's not the result we want, but that's a byproduct of how we approach everything, how we travel, how we get ready, how we game plan. So we'll look at everything and attack the heck out of it and move forward. But the guys will be great.