Postgame Presser: Coach Brian Daboll on loss to Broncos

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Do you feel like you guys have to put off the gas at all when you had the 19-point lead?

SPEAKER_2 (0:04)

No.

SPEAKER_3 (0:06)

Sorry if you were asked this before, or already, Brian, but you guys were pitching a shutout through three quarters, and then the 33 points all came in, the fourth point changed.

Brian Daboll (0:15)

Yeah, they made some plays. Give them credit, so.

SPEAKER_1 (0:21)

How much do you think your team, especially defensively, was kind of spent and exhausted today?

Brian Daboll (0:27)

Yeah, 60-minute game, so, you know, it was, it's not one play, it's not one position, it's not offense, defense, it's collectively, so.

SPEAKER_1 (0:39)

When you get the ball, they get the ball back with 31 seconds left.

SPEAKER_2 (0:44)

Yeah.

SPEAKER_1 (0:45)

It's kind of, it's very similar, really similar to kind of Dallas. Yeah. Do you want to play more aggressively?

SPEAKER_2 (0:51)

You were seeing...

Brian Daboll (0:52)

Yeah, well, we played man with two double robbers sitting right there in the middle part of the field, different than what we did at Dallas. It was man to man with two robbers, and they hit an in-cut, and then they, they hit the goal over there on the left-hand side.

SPEAKER_1 (1:08)

You were seeing, they showed you yelling and changed direction at the end there. What in specific was upsetting to you about the way it ended there?

Brian Daboll (1:20)

We lost the game, it was upsetting.

SPEAKER_3 (1:22)

What specifically were you upset with Shane in that moment, because it was directed towards him?

Brian Daboll (1:27)

No, we lost the game.

SPEAKER_1 (1:30)

The start to interception, what did you see on that? Was it just the pressure that got to him on that interception before they took the lead?

Brian Daboll (1:35)

He had a max protection look. Number of guys in protection and they made a nice play.

SPEAKER_1 (1:43)

What do you say to the guys after a tough loss like that, like that's a tough way to lose a game?

Brian Daboll (1:47)

Just that.

SPEAKER_1 (1:50)

You said it's a tough way to lose a game?

Brian Daboll (1:51)

Yeah, tough loss. Put your heart and soul into it. So not a lot of talking that needs to be done when you lose a game like that. Everybody gave everything they had.

SPEAKER_3 (2:01)

Is it hard for you to come to grips with the fact that this game, that you didn't win this game when you were up 19-0, 26-8, I think it was. I think teams that were up 18 points with six minutes to go or something like 1,000 plus and until today.

Brian Daboll (2:16)

Yeah, it's tough to lose any game, but certainly this was a tough one.

SPEAKER_3 (2:21)

Why is Jude having so much trouble on the PATs?

Brian Daboll (2:25)

One of them, I think the first one was the snap operation with it and he missed the last one.

SPEAKER_1 (2:38)

What did you think about Jackson played overall in this kind of environment, to have that kind of success against his defense? What does that say about him and how you think he did?

Brian Daboll (2:50)

Yeah, competitive, competitive guy. But just we didn't make enough plays.

SPEAKER_1 (2:58)

The interception obviously, though, was a big play. What did you see on that?

Brian Daboll (3:03)

Well, I got pressured and the guy made a good play.

SPEAKER_1 (3:06)

How much did losing a D-Bow and how in effect what you guys are able to do?

Brian Daboll (3:09)

Yeah, well, make excuses. Everybody has injuries.

SPEAKER_3 (3:13)

Tay seemed to be somebody who struggled a bit when he got in their banks. Did you say anything to him after this, especially the play of Sutton at the end?

Brian Daboll (3:22)

Yeah, we just lost a tough game. The guys gave everything they have. You know, it's a tough way to lose.

SPEAKER_2 (3:29)

Did you not change anything schematically in the fourth quarter when you had the big lead defensively?

Brian Daboll (3:33)

Yeah, we ran, I mean, we ran some plays. We thought we were good plays. Some plays that we ran earlier.

You know, we just didn't do enough to convert on some third downs. Look, it's not one play. It's not one side of the ball. It's collective.

SPEAKER_3 (3:49)

No, this isn't just a one game thing, though, with banks, where we've seen the trouble locating the ball, the giving up the plays, the penalties throughout this season rear its head when he got in for a depot. I mean, is it to the point where you can trust him when he's out there?