Klint Kubiak Presser - 11.9.26

Klint Kubiak (0:00)

All right, Redmond, you are.

SPEAKER_2 (0:02)

When you look at video of the defense or just the practice, are there things you see that we do, these sorts of angels, better or is there more deeper than that?

Klint Kubiak (0:12)

Well, I think it's just playing better four quarters. We've had solid halves, we've had more aggressive halves, and we've had some really bad first halves.

So we got to find a way to play a four quarter game.

SPEAKER_3 (0:24)

What does it take to get off to a faster start? Multiple players mentioned the slow starts in the locker room after the game.

Klint Kubiak (0:30)

Yeah, well, obviously, being able to have the mental toughness on long drives to finish drives out, okay, even if it's with field goals, okay, defensively start there. Offensively is that we had opportunities in that first drive. We really had two of those three opportunities that we missed, especially on the, we get to third and short on the very first third down of the game. We don't convert, we have, we got a chance to move the chains right there.

So, when you're opening up a game, there's so many ways that a drive can go. But when you get to third and three in the first drive, you expect to convert and maintain possession right there. Now, second drive was much, much better, but, you know, overall, you look at just the play count, and it was like 38 to 16 or 38 to 17 That's the exact opposite of how you want time of possession to go, you know, in a first half. But then you get the game, you get the game to 21 to 11 with the ball coming right back to you, and you put yourself in position. And, you know, we didn't play, we turned the ball over five times in the second half as an offense. So it's not going to give you opportunities to win any games.

Even even late in the game, there's two how we know defense gets a gets an interception, we get a stop on fourth down, and there's two chances to make that a 28-24 ball game, and we turn the football over. So shot ourselves in the foot.

SPEAKER_4 (1:59)

Klint, now that you're able to look at the film and maybe have a cooler head, I was curious, are you anticipating any significant changes on the defensive side of the ball?

Klint Kubiak (2:07)

No, I don't, you know, in fact, I see us doing the things we said we were going to do better. Stand behind Rob, stand behind our defensive staff, stand behind our players, and I think the world wants someone's head on a platter every time things don't go right. But the way that I see it is that we brought people here for a reason to get a job done and develop players for the long haul, and that's where we're going.

SPEAKER_5 (2:29)

How do you keep the faith and the plan in the process way?

Klint Kubiak (2:34)

Because I see it, not to interrupt you, sorry. I see it work just not for four quarters.

And I have belief. I have belief in the scheme we run. I have belief in the coaches that run it. I have belief in our play caller. I have belief in the players that execute. But as a group, as coaches and as players, is putting four quarters of football together. No matter who the opponent. You play a damn good offense in San Francisco. You know, there's gotta be a happy medium somewhere between that first half and second half.

SPEAKER_6 (3:07)

After watching the film, I'd like to talk to you about three players in particular I thought had good days, if you could comment on them individually. Trayden Stukes.

Obviously, I thought Jermod in getting early in his career played extremely well, but I was also impressed with Trey Zoom prior to the injury. Could you discuss all three of them, please, individualistically?

Klint Kubiak (3:25)

Yes, I'll start with 31 Playmaker, instinctive.

Just been really a shot of adrenaline to our operation. The second one you said was?

SPEAKER_6 (3:36)

Stukes. I'm talking about Stukes, Jermod and with Trey Zoom.

Klint Kubiak (3:41)

Yes. With Jermod, just a player that's ascending, that's making us play multiple DBs because he's covering at a high level, he's improving.

Again, there's a guy that we all didn't know if he was going to play football this year, and he's doing some, he's not missing practice, he's playing in games, he's staying healthy, he's progressing, getting better with reps. And then Trey Zoom in two games has been a bright spot, he will evaluate his health going into this next week.