Klint Kubiak and Kirk Cousins Postgame Presser | Week 2 vs. Chargers

Klint Kubiak (0:00)

How's it going, guys? I just want to give a shout out to the Silver and Black. Our fans were excellent tonight. Okay, they really gave us a push all game, but especially in the fourth quarter.

Injuries wise, number 31 has a concussion. And, you know, just really, really proud of our team. Finishing the game, didn't start out great. And, you know, we got guys stepping up, guys like Zeke in his first start. Okay, guys like Cody catching two touchdowns, really could go all the way around. I'm really proud of the effort. And already ready to move on to the next week. So let's talk.

SPEAKER_2 (0:33)

You guys really were able to create a lot of explosive plays and this, excuse me, this afternoon. Just kind of what led to that and what were the charges doing defensively that kind of opened those opportunities for you guys?

Klint Kubiak (0:43)

Let's give credit to our players. That's a really, really good defense. And, you know, a quarterback did a great job pushing the ball down the field. Our playmakers trade made some big plays.

So, you know, again, it's not some, it's something you're always trying to do every weekend. Sometimes there, sometimes it's not. But just overall, just like to fight, whether it's an explosive play or a two yard run, they all matter.

SPEAKER_3 (1:04)

With that 12th man on the field penalty there in the fourth quarter, that seemed like a bit of a momentum shifting moment in the game, but you come back and you don't punch the ball out, what can you say about the defensive for the DLA to see you trying to come back?

Klint Kubiak (1:17)

Short memory. That's what we preach all the time. And it's unacceptable what happened before that. And we got to get that junk fixed.

SPEAKER_4 (1:23)

Can you tell your players to make your job difficult? Cody White, two weeks ago, with big plays, now you have to consider, do you elevate him to the 53 or risk of being signed by somebody else tomorrow? Would you talk about that, please?

Klint Kubiak (1:36)

Yeah, I mean, it's just a guy that's been the same guy I knew last year. Really proud of him. And that could be said about a lot of players, but when your numbers call, he's making the plays and obviously makes us have to make decisions.

SPEAKER_5 (1:48)

How nice is it that with a better quarterback and not only that, but one that you know well that can operate what you need to do?

Klint Kubiak (1:54)

He's been phenomenal with operation, with leadership. Can't say enough great things about number eight.

SPEAKER_3 (2:00)

When you asked, you wanted the down to the passing game to improve kind of in this game and going forward, how do you feel like that improved and what are the values of the back and front?

Klint Kubiak (2:12)

Our players made plays. That was it.

You don't push a ball down the field or get explosive plays. You don't win games usually. So again, you call shots and if they're there, you hit them. If they're not, you check it down. And we had plenty of plays and I were the quarterback made great decisions to check the ball down and those can be explosive. So great decision making.

SPEAKER_4 (2:36)

In all three phases, terrific coaching by your staff. Again, second week in a row, can you please talk about the job your staff did today and having this team prepared?

Klint Kubiak (2:45)

Yeah, you know, Rob Leonard and Joe D. Camillus, every assistant coach, you know, guys have been excellent. You know, that's our job, though. That's our job to have these guys ready to go. The players won the games. So I'm proud of I'm proud of everybody. Our players won the game.

SPEAKER_6 (2:59)

How do you see a culture that you are trying to build and still here? You had a moment posting with Max Crosby. And so for guys like that, what you're trying to build and still here with this team?

Klint Kubiak (3:10)

Yeah, you know, it's the NFL. This is the most competitive business in the world. So our players, our coaches, they're all competitors. We all want to win. And that's our job is to win. So we got we got 15 more games. So I'm really proud of today. But the way that you win more is that you forget about it quick and you go back to work on the next one.

Close, very close. He looked great.

SPEAKER_7 (3:33)

Do you see, three wins last year, you had two. Three wins last year, you already got two.