Postgame Presser: Coach Daboll reviews Week 1

Brian Daboll (0:00)

You know, credit to Washington. They played a good game. I thought there was times we did some good things, but obviously not enough. Offensively, six points, it's tough to win a game. Didn't feel like we got into much of a rhythm, particularly on early downs on the offensive side of it. And then we left 11 points out there in the red zone. I thought defensively, we battled. We hit a lot of our keys. They had a big one there at the end, but we had to do a better job on the offensive side of the football.

Players, coaches, everybody. And then in the kicking game, I thought we did some good things there, but again, certainly not good enough. Tough game. Good week we had. And give them a lot of credit. And just bottom line was not good enough.

SPEAKER_2 (0:48)

How would you evaluate Rust in any credit games?

Brian Daboll (0:51)

Yeah, I'd say with everybody offensively. That's all of us included. We all got to be better.

Every coach, every player. You have six points there. Just not good enough. So we got to do better there.

SPEAKER_3 (1:07)

You really showed a lot of pressure.

SPEAKER_2 (1:09)

Is there anything you could point to in that regard?

Brian Daboll (1:12)

Yeah, I'm going to have to go back, Jordan, and watch all the tape. See how it looks. See what we can do better. Obviously, there's plenty. That's all of us.

SPEAKER_4 (1:22)

Was there any point you considered putting Jackson in the game?

Brian Daboll (1:25)

I did not.

SPEAKER_3 (1:26)

In your second word, Ryan, why did you decide to get a field ball from the two after you were going for it on the fourth down and the three?

Brian Daboll (1:31)

Yeah, I mean, we didn't have... We had three bad plays in a row down there, and we had a long drive. And, you know, I went for it. You know, we got the penalty and got to go again, and didn't want to come away with no points, you know, like it happened toward the end of the game. But we got to be better in the red zone. That's why I elected to go for three, to get some points on the board.

SPEAKER_2 (1:51)

Did you feel hamstrung by not being able to run the ball?

Brian Daboll (1:56)

Well, I'd say the big part was early downs, Paul, throughout just getting some positive momentum plays. So it's not, you know, third down after third down after third down. Four or 16, I think, on third down, you know, for 2 in the red zone.

And then not good enough on early downs. That pretty much sums it up. Why did you not consider putting Jackson in? Well, we were right there to the end, Pat, till we got down there and missed on that. So again, it's a collective deal. We can all do better.

SPEAKER_4 (2:30)

When you guys are trailing like that and giving up run yards like that, how hard does it make it a play defense? I think everybody knows you guys want to rush the passer.

Brian Daboll (2:39)

Yeah, I thought they did a good job of affecting him. He got out and scrambled. I think he had about 7 yards, which was good for them. Not as good for us, obviously. And he's going to make some of those plays. Again, I thought defensively we did some really good things. You know, to hold them to 21 points. And again, we didn't get any turnovers. He hit us on a couple of scrambles. They got us there at the end of the game. Hit I think 4 of 11 on third down, 3 of 4 in the red zone, so definitely things to clean up there as well. But I would just say, you know, team overall, team football, you know, not good enough to help each side out.

SPEAKER_4 (3:20)

There was a lot of talk about the vibes are so much different this year. How do you get a feeling of kind of, here we go again?

Brian Daboll (3:26)

Well, it's a new season, but it does hurt, Dan. You know, you've had a good camp, felt good about coming into this game against a really good football team. And it does hurt. There's no question about that. So we got to pick up, move on, learn from it. And obviously not good enough.

Get ready to play Dallas, you know, who's had a little bit of a couple of days off here. And focus on that. But focus on the things that we have to do better, all of us. And be ready to play a better game, collective game, complimentary game. There's obviously frustration with him.