Postgame Presser: Coach Brian Daboll talks after MNF

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Brian Daboll (1:00)

Tough competitive game. Came down there to the end.

Tough one. Tough one on the road.

SPEAKER_4 (1:15)

What did they do offensively that they seemed to move the ball consistently pretty much the whole game?

Brian Daboll (1:21)

Yeah, what they normally did, ran the ball, you know, hit some boots, and hit a couple of shots down the field. You know, they did a nice job.

SPEAKER_5 (1:29)

Why did you bench Deontay Banks?

Brian Daboll (1:33)

Yeah, just thought, you know, during that series, needed a little bit more, had a conversation with him, and went with the other guys.

SPEAKER_5 (1:44)

Was it the, did you have any issue with the low tackle intent when he was hurdled?

Brian Daboll (1:49)

No, I mean, that was a tough play. Najee does that. There's a couple of little things there that, you know, we got to tighten up detail-wise, and I know he will.

SPEAKER_6 (1:57)

Did you bench him based on his playing on the field or the conversation he had on the sideline? Like, you said you spoke to him on the sideline. Was that to inform him, your benching, or that's...?

Brian Daboll (2:06)

Yeah, we talked to him on the sideline that we were going to go with, Strowman.

SPEAKER_7 (2:09)

What was Dexter yelling about after that drive when he was yelling at the DV.?

Brian Daboll (2:13)

Just, just... Look, there's a lot of competitors on the team, and, you know, just hammer on the details.

SPEAKER_6 (2:23)

How disappointing is it with, you know, everything coming into the team with Deontay that you have to even see enough to keep him in the game?

Brian Daboll (2:30)

Yeah, again, he'll bounce back. He'll bounce back. We just, you know, the way the series went, we decided to go in a different direction.

SPEAKER_5 (2:39)

Well, you mentioned he'll bounce back. Is he going to be your starter next week?

Brian Daboll (2:43)

Yeah, I'm not going to make any declarations right now, but yeah, I would say so. But again, we got to go back. We got to watch the tape. We'll evaluate it again like we normally do. So.

SPEAKER_5 (2:57)

Was it effort issues on that drive or was it performance? Just because there were some things going in that it was effort. So just to be clear.

Brian Daboll (3:03)

Yeah, I'm just going to look. We made a decision to go with another player and we'll see where we're at.

SPEAKER_8 (3:08)

You seem to do a pretty good job with Watt and their front seven there and it kind of broke down late. What happened there?

Brian Daboll (3:15)

When?

SPEAKER_8 (3:16)

Just, I mean, in the second half.

Brian Daboll (3:17)

Well, he's a heck of a player. You know, he moved them to the left side. Sometimes we had some shifts and we're trying to do things to get to the tight end to the appropriate side. You know, our guys battled. You know, he's going to make some plays. So.

SPEAKER_8 (3:33)

With the good things that you did do, what do you tell, what's the message to the guys in there? You know, in a game, you know, you get the ball with a chance to tie it.

Brian Daboll (3:41)

Yeah, no excuses. You know, I thought there was, you know, a lot of different things that we did well, but not enough. So, you know, they made some good plays. We gave ourselves a chance at the end.

You know, they made a nice play in the ball. And, you know, I was proud of the way they competed. For 60 minutes, we knew this is a tough place to play. There was, again, there was a lot of good things, just not enough of them.