Postgame Presser: Coach Brian Daboll talks after Week 12

Brian Daboll (0:00)

Tough game, give Tampa credit. They did everything better than we did today.

SPEAKER_2 (0:05)

How do you explain that performance from your team?

Brian Daboll (0:09)

Yeah, it wasn't good, Dan, it wasn't good. You know, for a variety of, you know, missed tackles, converting into red zone, turning the ball back over into red zone, had a good week of practice, you know, did a lot of work, and obviously it didn't show, so no excuses.

SPEAKER_3 (0:27)

You say you were hoping that Tommy would provide a start for the offense. Why do you think that didn't happen?

Brian Daboll (0:33)

Well, they played well, and we didn't play well. So, you know, get down 23 to nothing, you know, changes the complexion of the game. Some had a good drive coming out of half, turned the football over. So just just not good enough. And that all starts with me.

Jordan (0:51)

How much do you feel, if at all, everything that happened this week with Daniel and the whole situation?

Brian Daboll (0:57)

No, no excuse on that. Just didn't do a good enough job.

SPEAKER_2 (1:01)

You regret mentioning Daniel?

Brian Daboll (1:03)

One more time?

SPEAKER_2 (1:04)

Do you regret mentioning Daniel?

Brian Daboll (1:05)

Yeah, no, we're moved on here. You know, we just we didn't do a good enough job today all the way around. That starts with me.

SPEAKER_2 (1:11)

I mean, in the context of doing it to spark the offense and improve the way the offense looked.

Brian Daboll (1:16)

Yeah, no, we weren't good, Pat. So no excuses. You know, wasn't a good day.

Jordan (1:22)

What do you tell the team after a performance like that?

Brian Daboll (1:26)

Yeah, just that. You know, I think there's a lot of prideful people. But what we put out there wasn't good enough. Can't make excuses. We got a short turnaround. But didn't do a good enough job. And again, had a good week. And we started out slow, got down 23-0, you know, things compounded and battled there in the second half, but ultimately not good enough.

Jordan (1:51)

Brian, what's a good week to be?

SPEAKER_2 (1:52)

Like, what makes you feel like a week to be?

Brian Daboll (1:54)

Yeah, no, good energy at practice, good detail, you know, bouncing around.

You know, again, it's no excuses. It wasn't good. And that's my responsibility.

SPEAKER_3 (2:08)

Brian, you guys are averaging this season 14.8 points per game, which I think is the lowest in over 25 years for this team. Why has it been a week-over-week issue with the offense?

Brian Daboll (2:17)

Yeah, just we're not doing a good enough job.

SPEAKER_2 (2:19)

What did you think of Baker taunting the fans with TaVito's symbol?

Brian Daboll (2:24)

One more time.

SPEAKER_2 (2:25)

What did you think of Baker Mayfield taunting the fans in the stadium with TaVito's symbol?

Brian Daboll (2:28)

Yeah, I think they played well, and he played a good game. So I give those guys credit.

Paul (2:35)

Brian, when you talk about having a good week of practice, I'm sure you sensed the team was healthy, that you sensed you would come out here and put a good game. When it doesn't happen, you kind of question, you know, am I getting through these guys, or am I not reading them right, because the performance does not match any way that you thought of before the game?

Brian Daboll (2:52)

Yeah, look, Paul, I understand the question. We didn't do a good enough job, and, you know, we got to be better.

Paul (3:00)

What are so many issues you're seeing with the defense?

Brian Daboll (3:05)

Yeah, we got to do a better job of tackling, you know, third down conversions.

Paul (3:12)

Okay, so do you have people to pursue the living life, gang tackle, to ball?

Brian Daboll (3:16)

Yeah, we're just missing them. You know, we've missed, we missed a bunch today. It's something that we focused on, obviously not good enough, and, you know, at the end of the day, that's my responsibility.

Paul (3:25)

Your decision, fourth and one early in the game, what did you want to let them do?

Brian Daboll (3:28)

Yeah, I had two plays there. I thought we had an opportunity to get a first down and keep the drive going, try to build some momentum, and, you know, didn't get it.

SPEAKER_2 (3:38)

Naver is the new target in the first half. Why was he not involved?

Brian Daboll (3:41)

We didn't have very many plays. Certainly had some there dialed up, and they had, whether it's a coverage designed to, I'm not saying double them or anything like that, just a better coverage for the play in and of itself. But, you know, didn't have very many plays then, you know, try to mix in the run, you know, that's started out the game with a good run and not much after that, the game got away from us and turned into a pass-a-thon, which, you know, is not what we want to do.