Postgame: Coach Brian Daboll on 14-9 loss to Bills

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Brian, what happened at the end of the first half?

Brian Daboll (0:03)

Had a play called, it was a run-of-action pass play, and ended up alerting it to a run. Didn't get it off.

Luke (0:17)

Coach, you were able to neutralize some things out of this Buffalo Bills team. How proud of you of the way the guys fought in battle out there today?

Brian Daboll (0:27)

Yeah, I mean, you don't get trophies for trying, so, you know, I appreciate their efforts. We moved some online guys around.

We practiced some of it like that just in case it would happen. We had to put a few out of tackle. He hasn't done tackle since 2019 We had to move Glowinski back over, McKeithen, but, you know, that's the National Football League. So, you know, came down to one yard, and just missed it.

Jordan (0:52)

The first hit, you communicate the fire at that. You couldn't have run the ball on that one.

Brian Daboll (0:59)

Yeah, there was communication.

Jordan (1:01)

Yep. Why didn't that happen?

Brian Daboll (1:05)

You just saw a look based on the play that we had, and he ended up alerting it.

Jordan (1:12)

Ended up what?

Brian Daboll (1:13)

He ended up alerting it to a run.

SPEAKER_1 (1:15)

Do you wish you would have saved some of your timeouts or one of your timeouts for that moment, or why were you using the running the ball leading off to that point?

Brian Daboll (1:25)

Yeah, that's what we decided to do. You always like to hold timeouts, but...

Yeah, didn't work out.

SPEAKER_5 (1:35)

Did you have a good look at the last play, and then there was some fault that you was held on that last play?

Brian Daboll (1:43)

Yeah, what was it called?

There was some discussion, but we had been stopped on two third and ones. We had been stopped on the goal line at the end of the half. So I thought it was a good call by Mike.

Jordan (1:59)

I know you had the one time you did the push-push, and it didn't work. What was your take on it?

Brian Daboll (2:09)

Yeah, I thought we had the right play called. I thought we had a good play, and just got hit on it.

SPEAKER_5 (2:15)

Did you have a chance to jump ball?

Brian Daboll (2:18)

Well, I was using it. It was a run-action pass, so it was a similar run, different personnel groups, double-team run where we were hoping they would all suck up on Saquon and give a one-on-one to Darren Waller.

SPEAKER_5 (2:29)

Did you know Wells, anybody, out there, jumped out and pulled in the 14 points?

Brian Daboll (2:34)

Yeah.

Yeah, we didn't get the job done. So, you know, I thought we had a good plan. Defensively, it was a lot of preparation, a lot of good communication throughout the week of how we wanted to play them. And I thought we played them well. And he made a heck of a play there, you know, on a scramble. You know, it came down to a yard. There's obviously a few more plays, obviously, in there, but I thought Tyrod, I thought the guys battled. Tough environment, great atmosphere. Just came up a yard short.

Yeah, sure. But again, we got stopped on two-thirds of the ones, and we got stopped at the end of the half, so I think the play call that Mike had was the right play call.

SPEAKER_1 (3:29)

Do you feel the positives of this game, or do you not buy into that as well?

Brian Daboll (3:33)

Yeah, it's hard to. You know, it was a competitive game. Again, I thought we competed hard. Obviously, you always like a few plays back.

But it's a tough one. They're all tough. They're all tough. You put a lot into it. But this is a hell of a football team that we played in a great environment, a tough place to play. And, you know, 60 minutes, you know, zero time on a clock.

Yeah, it's a tough one.

Luke (4:04)

How much did the familiarity, you know, that you have with these guys on the opposite locker room as far as the person they'll play a little bit to that advantage?

Brian Daboll (4:13)

Yeah, I mean, they know our calls, but, you know, there was definitely communication throughout the week relative to the offense. You know, and I thought we put together a really good plan. You know, the defensive staff, we know we talked a lot. I said, the look team gave him good looks.

And they made, you know, they made, he's a tough guy to defend.