Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "Can't live in the past..."

Doug Pederson (0:00)

Those types of things are unacceptable. I mean, you know, it was a great kick, right where we wanted it to be. Ball was on the ground.

Just poor execution, you know, we couldn't get them on the ground. Great play by them, you know. Just failed execution. Was the effort on that play in general lacking today for you guys? I mean, at times, I think, but, you know, I thought our, you know, I thought these guys were actually in a good place going into this football game. And, you know, standing here right now, obviously that might have been, might be a little different, but, you know, we talked all week about, you know, this team that we're playing, it's a good football team, the National Football League, it's division opponent, all those things. D'Amico has those guys playing extremely well, a lot of energy, and we were going to have to come into this game with that same type of energy.

And I give credit to Houston, they got after us today.

SPEAKER_2 (0:59)

Doug, what is your biggest reason for why the offense isn't functioning at the high level that I guess we all expected it to?

Doug Pederson (1:07)

Well, you're seeing the drops, you're seeing the turnovers, you're seeing penalties, untimely penalties, you're seeing flashes of excellence and brilliance, and then a setback. And it's just the consistency that we need needs to improve. And it's not there right now.

We got to continue to work and continue to get better and figure some things out.

SPEAKER_3 (1:43)

Doug, do you think there's any sense that this team maybe read too much of all the off-season hype and is now pressing to try to maybe get to where they thought they might be?

Doug Pederson (1:56)

Yeah, I think that's real.

I do. I think that's real.

And I've been around this game too long to know that you can't live in the past or you're gonna fail in the future. And we've just got to focus one day at a time. We got to get better each day. And can't worry about next week or the week after. Can't worry about the London trip coming up. We can't, you know, we just got to focus in on the week at hand. And, you know, that part of it starts with me and making sure that the guys are, you know, hearing that message, you know, loud and clear for me. And we'll make sure that they get that message.

SPEAKER_4 (2:39)

Doug, in the locker room Wednesday after practice, they seem really focused and really ready to go as if the Kansas City loss had already been put behind them.

You said it was a great week of practice. Do you have any understanding as to why the slow start once again?

Doug Pederson (2:56)

You know what? I wish I had a crystal ball, honestly. I would probably answer a lot of questions, but, you know, I thought the guys were more focused this week. I thought that, you know, the Kansas City game, whether we pressed a little bit in that game and made too many, you know, errors in that game to bounce back, have the type of week we did. But, again, you know, the guys are, gosh, I mean, they're doing and saying and all the right things. And it's just really hard to put a finger on it. You know, it's coaches need to coach, players need to play, leaders need to lead.

That part of it starts with me.

And, you know, we've got ourselves in a little bit of a pickle here, and we've got to work it out.

SPEAKER_3 (3:54)

Doug, just what went wrong with the pass rush today? You weren't able to bring down a shroud.

They're missing four out of five of their starters on the offensive line. Why wasn't able to get home consistently?

Doug Pederson (4:14)

You know.

I mean, you can maybe point to several things, but we have to do better. We have to do better. It starts up front, it starts with the offensive line on offense, it starts with the defensive line on defense, it starts right there. Again, I'm going to say this again, we need to coach better, we need to play better, we need to execute better. Whether we are reading our press clippings, we need to get out of our own way right now. We need to evaluate ourselves, beginning with me, and we got to figure out how to win a game.

SPEAKER_2 (5:02)

Okay.

SPEAKER_5 (5:08)

Yeah, go ahead. Offensively, Doug, obviously, you guys come out at halftime, and moving the ball a lot smoother. What changes were made at halftime?