Postgame Presser: Coach Brian Daboll talks after Week 9

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Brian Daboll (0:54)

Tough game. Competitive game. In the end, just didn't make enough plays to get the outcome we want. Gave up some big plays there right before the two-minute at the end of the half. And those are game-changing plays that we need to make.

SPEAKER_5 (1:12)

Coach, on those plays with a third down, they have the long passes out there. Is it technique? Is it just blown coverage?

SPEAKER_6 (1:20)

What was the take on it?

Brian Daboll (1:23)

Yeah, I'm not going to get into the particulars, but we didn't end up making them. So that's the tough part about it.

Those were some big plays. But make no excuse, they made them, and we didn't.

SPEAKER_5 (1:40)

What do you say to your team in there at two and seven now at this point in the season?

Brian Daboll (1:44)

Well, I just talk about this game. So, there's opportunities that we had that we didn't capitalize on, and that's why we got the results we got.

SPEAKER_7 (1:53)

You see, the first half was unusual. You guys ran very well. Yeah. And at times you seemed very hesitant to have Daniel throw the ball. Was that, you know, because of that?

Brian Daboll (2:01)

No, we were productive running the ball, like seven yards of carry. So we kept doing that. You know, we had the one touchdown on a play action pass on goal line. We threw two screens. But we were productive moving the football. Turned the ball over on the one screen. So that was part of the plan. I thought the guys did a good job of executing, being physical at the line of scrimmage, controlling the line of scrimmage. You know, that was the reason.

SPEAKER_7 (2:29)

With all that, though, it was only seven, you know, you were down 14 points.

Brian Daboll (2:31)

Yeah, we gave up that one where we drove down, and then, you know, had one punt. I think we punt it, you know.

SPEAKER_8 (2:36)

What would you say to Slayton?

Brian Daboll (2:39)

I don't know, you have to ask the officials. What do they tell you? It's a penalty.

SPEAKER_8 (2:45)

We thought when you were running the ball, any regret about calling a pass play there when you're getting chunked around, chunked around, chunked around the other turnover on the pass play?

Brian Daboll (2:52)

No, it was a screen. I mean, we had a huge play that they made a play on it. I mean, it would have been a pretty good play.

SPEAKER_7 (2:58)

Babes, with the 2-point attempt, is that an analytics thing, or is that something to explain your thought process there instead of just making an attempt to make something happen?

Brian Daboll (3:07)

Yeah, yeah, something that we talk about during the week, and when we get into that situation, that's what we're going to do. But it's analytics-based.

SPEAKER_6 (3:17)

At what point does, you know, you guys haven't been very successful with those 2-point plays.

SPEAKER_5 (3:21)

At what point does that kind of take over from that?

Brian Daboll (3:24)

Yeah, I felt good about what we had, and, you know, they did a good job of stopping it.

SPEAKER_8 (3:29)

You had the top three timeouts there. Why not use the timeout before the front side of the 2-minute warning?

Brian Daboll (3:36)

42 seconds, so they had to snap the ball, and we save them after that. If it was underneath a certain amount, we would have used it, and if it was over a certain amount when the ball hit, we weren't going to use it and let it go.

SPEAKER_5 (3:49)

Thinking when you don't really throw the ball down the field in the first half, I know you were productive, but it only produces 7 points, right? The thinking is that, hey, it shows a lack of confidence of some sorts in your quarterback, you can make big plays down the field in that regard.