Postgame Presser: Coach Brian Daboll on loss to Bears

Brian Daboll (0:01)

Another tough one. So with Dart, as he was going back out on the field, just didn't seem right. So called the trainers over and said, let's get him out and make sure he gets looked at. So he went in and got looked at and ended up being evaluated for concussion.

10-point lead there in the fourth quarter, and give them credit. They made a lot of plays. The quarterback made a lot of plays, a lot of loose plays, scramble plays, and just didn't get the job done.

SPEAKER_2 (0:46)

Brian, after that penalty, into the half-yard line, I guess, you want to force him to go up the half. Did you think it would make it, Kate, go for here?

Brian Daboll (0:56)

Yeah, I thought about it. I thought, take the points, get a 10-point lead in the fourth. I thought the defense was playing good. So.

SPEAKER_4 (1:05)

Brian, we've talked to you a lot about the number of hits that Jackson takes with the running, not getting down, things like that. Is this one where you feel like you're caught up to him?

This is the fourth time he's been checked for a concussion. He was sore getting up a week ago.

Brian Daboll (1:20)

Yeah. Yeah, it's unfortunate, but, you know. Unfortunately, he got hurt.

SPEAKER_5 (1:29)

Brian, what is happening with your defense?

SPEAKER_6 (1:31)

I mean, it just seems like there's too many of these.

Brian Daboll (1:36)

Yeah, they made, you know, they made some good plays there at the end. Caleb, I thought, you know, we had him a number of times where we didn't get him down in the extended plays, which we knew we would. He did it in the Raiders game. He did it in plenty of games.

He did it in the series before. He booted out on the last series and went down and scored. You know, it's a tough, tough way to lose.

SPEAKER_7 (2:02)

Was Jackson checked immediately after the play that he fumbled because it looked like he hit his head?

Brian Daboll (2:08)

Yeah, no, I mean, they, no, no, he wasn't. So if they would have called him down. But when he was going in there, somebody said something like, what? Like, don't put him in.

SPEAKER_4 (2:21)

So just to clarify, you?

SPEAKER_3 (2:22)

Yeah, I did.

Brian Daboll (2:24)

Yeah, coaches on the sideline. But yeah, just took him out.

SPEAKER_7 (2:30)

During those two plays you're talking about, like when he was back out play?

Brian Daboll (2:34)

Yeah, I don't know when it was, Pat. It was in between a series.

So I think it was good to go back out there. Well, I said, make sure you go get checked by the doctors and brought the trainers over. That's what I did.

SPEAKER_6 (2:46)

You say unfortunate, like a lot of people would say, well, if you keep getting your quarterback hit, like the likelihood that something happens like this, like an absence of fore timing has been changed.

SPEAKER_3 (2:57)

What happened?

SPEAKER_6 (2:58)

What do you say to that idea?

Brian Daboll (3:01)

Yeah, I just say it's unfortunate he got hurt.

SPEAKER_4 (3:03)

Brian, I mean, is this sustainable the way that he's playing? I know you don't want to dampen his competitiveness, you love his fire and all that stuff, but, I mean, he's not 250 pounds and this hits that he's taking, they've clearly taken a toll to the point where now he's got a concussion and he's going to miss time.

Brian Daboll (3:19)

Yeah. Look, I'm not sure exactly the play that had happened, Connor, so, you know, I'm just concerned for the kid.

SPEAKER_7 (3:29)

What do you mean by that?

Brian Daboll (3:30)

I don't know the exact play that it happened for him relative to getting hurt or not getting hurt, but I don't know the play.

I don't know the play. I don't know when it was. I mean, I just know that when he was going back out there, we were sitting around the huddle. I saw him. I got Ronnie over there to check him out.

SPEAKER_4 (3:56)

Brian, will Russell start next week of Jackson King?

Brian Daboll (3:59)

Yeah, we'll see. I mean, right now, we just had a tough one here, Connor. We'll take a look at everything.

SPEAKER_3 (4:04)

Brian, just to be clear, he went back out for the next drive for two plays. Are you saying you saw it at the quarter break?

Brian Daboll (4:12)

Pat, I don't know when I saw it. I just saw it when we were huddled up there. The coaches were talking and never put a guy out there that, you know, thought was hurt.