Postgame Presser: Coach Brian Daboll on loss to Eagles

Brian Daboll (0:00)

Okay, give credit to Philly, they beat us in all phases.

Dan (0:08)

Brian, wouldn't they tell you on the just push fumble play, and why did you, what did you challenge afterwards?

Brian Daboll (0:16)

Yeah, I'd just say our guys upstairs were pretty adamant about challenging to play. I had a lot of trust and faith in them, and it didn't work out. Not gonna get any particulars, though, with it.

When he initially said you weren't allowed to challenge it, but you did again, were they wrong that you weren't allowed to challenge it? Yeah, no, I respect that. I'm not gonna get into the particulars of it. But I got a lot of confidence in the guys we have upstairs with that stuff and it just didn't work out.

Dan (0:41)

What did the officials tell you about the plan?

Brian Daboll (0:44)

I'm not gonna get into particulars.

SPEAKER_3 (0:48)

Scott's injury and the emotional after-effect?

Brian Daboll (0:51)

Yeah, I feel absolutely terrible for the young man. Obviously, he saw it or it looked bad. You know, you feel for anybody on your team that goes down and has a really bad injury. And I feel and I know the players feel the same way about Scott.

Pat (1:15)

I think you guys have now seen him at the hospital.

SPEAKER_5 (1:16)

Did he return?

Brian Daboll (1:18)

I have not seen him. I haven't seen him.

Dan (1:24)

How much did the injuries took a toll on the yard and then shorthanded it and continued with guys at the main line?

Brian Daboll (1:30)

Yeah, you have to be ready to go. Next man up, so no excuses in that regard. It never will be.

Pat (1:37)

Brian, you guys were still in it on that second and 26 and the 20-yard, 29-yard run by Tank. Can you just talk a little bit about what happened there?

Brian Daboll (1:48)

Yeah, he squirted out there to the right, and I thought we had a couple of chances on him and he made a nice play. That was a big one. That was a big one. 30-whatever-plus-yards. So yeah, there was a number of those in the run game that we just didn't do a good enough job of. What do you attribute to the struggles in the run? Yeah, Pat, probably there's a number of things, I would say. It's never just one thing when you give up 300 yards or whatever it was, close to 300 yards. Could be a call, could be a run fit, could be a missed tackle, a number of things. But that was obviously way too many yards against a team that we knew wanted to run the ball.

Pat (2:33)

It started pretty quick for them, Brian, with the touchdown.

Brian Daboll (2:36)

Yeah, it's 65 yarder. They made a nice play, but we got to do a better job in every yard.

No, no, I mean, they just, they caught us in something, and ended up making a big play for a fast start. So.

SPEAKER_3 (2:57)

Did you think that OPI on Slade wasn't their call?

Brian Daboll (3:00)

Yeah, I'm not gonna comment on what I think on officials. They call it, and we gotta play it.

You're talking about the little hitch and then he ran with it. Yeah, I mean, Slay's, it's good to have Slay back out there. But we just came up short, but it's good to have him out there.

Dan (3:25)

What do you think of Jackson's performance?

Brian Daboll (3:28)

I think he battles, Dan, I think he battles and tries to give you, give all the players chances to make opportunities to make plays. And we had to do that for him. Are there a couple that we got sacked on? Sure, but there's give and take with part of that play, too, of trying to make some plays. And he makes a number of them, gets out of some loose plays, keeps his eyes downfield, gives guys chances down the field with the football. So, you know, that guy battles.

No, I just think he's a good young player. We talked a lot about the chess match, basically, two weeks later, did they throw a lot of different things? No, I just think they played. I mean, they played good. They got the run game going. You know, I think we were around 50% on third down somewhere around there offensively. We just didn't get as many big plays. The run game was, I would just say, okay, on our end, about three and a half yard average, whatever it may be. And then they ran the ball and they controlled the game. They had some good field position plays in the kicking game. And, you know, all around play better.