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00:00 Good morning everybody, appreciate you being here.
00:04 Coming off a Saturday, obviously like I said,
00:06 after the game, it was a proud of the guys
00:09 to be able to leave first conference game on the road,
00:12 come out with a victory.
00:14 Obviously, didn't play to the best of our ability.
00:19 For 60 minutes of that game, there
00:21 were some really positive moments,
00:23 but ultimately, just too much inconsistency.
00:27 Didn't start the way we wanted to start defensively,
00:30 gave up a couple of big plays, had a couple of communication
00:33 issues.
00:33 Things that we worked, things that
00:35 have been right in practice, and then ultimately, in the moment,
00:39 did not execute.
00:40 So we've got to continue to improve there.
00:44 I think the response was good.
00:47 Even though we started off down, to get back to 31 to 10
00:53 was a positive.
00:55 You look at what they did, I mean,
00:58 Boston College did a good job controlling the clock.
01:00 They had time of possession.
01:02 We didn't have our second offensive possession
01:04 until the second quarter.
01:06 It was almost 50 minutes of real time.
01:08 And part of that is when we got to get off the field
01:11 on third downs on defense.
01:13 But then offensively, you got to make sure
01:15 that you make the most of all opportunities.
01:19 And offense scored, I think it was on five
01:23 of their first six possessions.
01:25 The two minute drive at the end of the first half
01:27 was the only one that they did not score on.
01:30 But we got there to the end of the third quarter,
01:35 fourth quarter, and on each of those drives,
01:39 we had a correctable mistake that showed up.
01:44 But it was still a mistake in its own right.
01:47 And we had to turn over for a touchdown.
01:51 That really hurt us.
01:52 We had a couple penalties on potential big plays
01:56 that hurt us.
01:58 And ultimately, we got to do a better job of finishing there
02:01 offensively than when we get in the fourth quarter.
02:05 Defensively, I think you look and you see,
02:08 I mean, just disappointed in our third down performance.
02:11 We had a very similar game to that on third down there
02:16 a year ago, and one that we came up short in.
02:19 And so we've been outstanding in those situations
02:24 throughout the year up to this point, but did not
02:26 execute very well.
02:28 There's a variety of different issues, some things,
02:30 technique, a couple of communication issues.
02:34 And then ultimately, just a few times,
02:36 just got to finish the play.
02:38 We were in a position to be able to make it.
02:40 But they had way too much offense there in the third down.
02:47 I think it was close to 240 yards on third down situations.
02:51 And that's unacceptable for how we want to play
02:55 and what we want to do.
02:57 But coaches, players, everybody involved,
02:59 we get an opportunity to go get better.
03:01 Special teams wise, obviously, we
03:05 had to turn over on the onside squib kick.
03:08 That's something that I've got to do a better
03:12 job of making sure I put our guys in those situations,
03:15 things we talk about.
03:16 But there in the moment, we didn't all
03:19 execute exactly the things that we wanted to do in that moment.
03:23 And so I got to do a better job of coaching that.
03:28 Really proud of Ryan for how he's operated, how he's kicked.
03:32 He's done a great job to start off this season.
03:36 Our coverage units, I think we've done some good things.
03:39 I think Alex has punted the ball well,
03:41 been able to flip the field.
03:43 Our kickoff coverage unit is doing a good job
03:45 putting speed down the field.
03:47 I like what I'm seeing there.
03:48 And then I think we're really close on our return units.
03:51 Obviously, we had a critical mistake there late.
03:54 Didn't have the best judgment there on the last punt.
04:01 Fortunately, it didn't hurt us.
04:02 But those are things you got to be on point with.
04:06 And obviously, we have to learn from it.
04:09 But a lot of things to be able to learn from that game.
04:13 Definitely, our players were upset.
04:18 We're all glad we won.
04:19 But players upset for some of the things
04:21 that we put on film that we've stayed away
04:23 from early in the season.
04:25 And a great opportunity to go correct it.
04:27 I thought I came back with a great edge in practice
04:30 last night.
04:31 I thought there was a great effort.
04:33 And it's never been about the work.
04:35 I mean, these guys, they embrace the work.
04:40 But there in the course of that game,
04:42 I don't know if we always played with the edge
04:44 that we are accustomed to.
04:45 And you look at the game, I thought
04:47 we played very disciplined for the majority part of it.
04:50 We had five penalties.
04:51 And ironically, the first penalty
04:55 was when the score hit 31 to 10.
04:58 And four of the five penalties were focus penalties.
05:01 And as you get to that point in the game,
05:03 and you're doing a lot of really good things,
05:05 and you have a lapse in focus, a lapse in that edge
05:09 which I talk about, and that showed up there late.
05:12 And we pointed that out.
05:14 We addressed it.
05:16 And ultimately, like I said, I was proud of our guys
05:20 defensively there.
05:21 That last drive was big to be able to get the stops,
05:25 to get a couple of sacks.
05:27 I thought Coach Lohr put them in a good position.
05:29 And guys went out there and executed in the moment.
05:32 But ultimately, that game didn't need to be what it was.
05:36 But maybe it was just the thing that we needed
05:38 to show the importance of every snap, and every rep,
05:42 and every opportunity.
05:44 And so I think our guys, they got the message.
05:48 And now we have to go do something about it.
05:50 First question, D. Iroh on your right.
05:53 One of the things this defense was really good about last year
05:56 was not giving up the explosive plays.
05:58 It seems like this year there have been some, especially
06:00 in the passing game.
06:02 I know there was a big emphasis in the offseason
06:04 on trying to create more plays defensively.
06:06 Is there any correlation there?
06:07 Or is it something else?
06:08 No, I mean, I think we're a talented defense.
06:12 I think it's when you can run, I think
06:18 team's done a good job of trying to create
06:21 some of the misdirection things in the passing game.
06:24 And we've got nothing that we haven't worked.
06:27 And it's just in the moment, making sure
06:30 that we're able to go out there and communicate
06:35 with that sense of urgency and the confidence
06:38 and to be able to apply that.
06:41 That's shown up too much in the first three games.
06:43 And it's something that has definitely been addressed.
06:47 It's something that we've got to understand
06:50 what people are going to try to do against us for how we play
06:52 and what we do.
06:53 But they've done a good job with some of the misdirection.
06:56 And our eyes have not been right a few times.
06:58 And you allowed guys to get space.
07:00 And then there's times that with all the right intention.
07:04 We had a third and 17 the other day
07:06 that I think is one of the plays of the game up 31 to 10.
07:09 And you sit there and a rep we'd look,
07:13 10 guys checked immediately to the coverage
07:16 and the defensive play and structure we wanted to run.
07:21 And 10 guys got it, one guy didn't.
07:24 It just happened to be where the ball was thrown.
07:26 And that's where it's like, you talk about it afterwards.
07:30 Why did that happen?
07:32 I mean, there's all different types of things.
07:36 Nobody wants to make a mistake in that moment.
07:38 Nobody wants to be on the same page.
07:43 But that's where, whether it's during a walkthrough,
07:47 whether it's during the practice rep,
07:49 whether it's your rep or not, we all
07:51 got to be on the same page in those adjustments.
07:56 And all of a sudden, we look at his coaches,
07:59 we look at his players, and we all take ownership in it.
08:02 And so it's all part of how can we
08:04 be better at executing things that we're being asked to do.
08:07 And then you got to go out there and do it.
08:11 With the play to Moorlach, it would have maybe almost
08:14 iced the game at that point.
08:15 It was a really big play.
08:16 Did Keyon engage too early?
08:19 Or was that a mistake by you?
08:21 It's one of those things.
08:22 It's a slip screen back to the tight end.
08:24 And you go back and watch it, and it's--
08:26 Kyle thought he was behind a lot of scrimmage.
08:31 He was slightly in front of it.
08:33 There was a potential versus Mann
08:35 to be able to take the guy and run him off.
08:37 I mean, there's all different factors that can go into that.
08:40 But that's one of those plays that's just--
08:43 where we got to be that much better.
08:44 And we don't always control.
08:47 I mean, I've seen that called a lot of different ways
08:49 over the years.
08:50 There was something that was that close.
08:52 But it was a call that was made, and now we
08:55 have to make sure that we improve from that.
08:58 On LT's fumble, we had a miscommunication on that.
09:05 And that's a play that's there.
09:07 It has a chance for a big gain.
09:10 But unfortunately, it's just like those
09:13 are the things that showed up there in the fourth quarter
09:16 that--
09:16 I mean, you're a couple inches away from just really blowing
09:20 that game out of the water for how we should finish.
09:25 But we didn't.
09:25 And so that's where we all get to look back and say, all right,
09:28 why did this happen?
09:29 How can we make it better?
09:30 And then you go to work and work to fix it.
09:32 And then I wanted to ask about Keon.
09:34 I don't know how many games he's had in his life
09:36 where he had zero catches.
09:37 Have you talked to him after the game?
09:39 Because he's such a special guy and such a big part
09:41 of this offense.
09:43 What was his mindset?
09:45 What was your mindset with him?
09:46 Because obviously, you've got some huge games
09:48 coming up the rest of the way.
09:49 Yeah, I mean, that's part of football sometimes.
09:52 It's not like-- we don't ever go into games
09:53 and say, oh, we're not going to get
09:54 this great player at the ball.
09:55 And when you look at it, there's a little bit of give and take.
10:01 We snapped the ball 58 times.
10:04 And he was targeted, I think it was three, four times
10:08 throughout the contest.
10:09 And unfortunately, it didn't result in any catches.
10:11 But that's kind of part of it.
10:14 You looked at a week prior, Jane Bell didn't have a catch.
10:18 We scored 66 points.
10:19 Johnny Wilson didn't have a catch.
10:21 But other guys took advantage of opportunities.
10:26 We want to get our playmakers involved.
10:28 And there were a few opportunities that we had.
10:31 And whether it's different things
10:35 that we could do to make sure we're finishing those plays,
10:38 whether it's all in us.
10:40 And obviously, I've got to do a good job of making sure that--
10:43 to say force.
10:44 But you want to make sure that those guys get
10:48 active in the game.
10:49 And it's just one of those things that occurred.
10:53 And there's a lot of plays where he is a primary option.
10:57 But if they give you something that's a little bit cleaner
10:59 or more open, I mean, that's--
11:01 like I said, we scored on five of our first six drives.
11:04 So it wasn't like, oh, well, this
11:06 was not working because we didn't get in the ball early.
11:09 But ultimately, I mean, yes, we want
11:11 to get all of our playmakers opportunities
11:14 to be able to do that.
11:15 And for what Johnny, I guess, lacked in production a week
11:22 ago, he made up for it with a 100-yard receiving game
11:24 this game.
11:25 So Jaheim Bell with a couple of really big game.
11:28 So it's just-- it's all--
11:30 there's always going to be an ebb and flow in that.
11:32 And I thought Keon, his attitude, his approach,
11:35 I mean, he's a real one.
11:36 He is an absolute real ball player that wants to--
11:40 he wants to make an impact.
11:41 He wants to have a big game.
11:42 He wants to help this team win.
11:44 And that's what makes him special.
11:46 And so definitely excited to see his continued growth,
11:50 our continued growth.
11:50 And it's the same thing with every player that we have.
11:55 How did Jordan feel physically leaving the game?
12:00 His expectation for him to be--
12:02 Yeah, I was proud of him.
12:04 Coming back, he got hit there on the last two-minute drive,
12:07 laying on the ground awkwardly.
12:10 Was uncomfortable, probably physically,
12:14 going into the second half.
12:16 But I mean, just he came out first two drives.
12:18 You had touchdown drives, made some really good throws.
12:22 He had some runs there that--
12:23 there late that were really good.
12:26 I mean, he was sore after the game, but I don't--
12:29 not worried about what his health
12:31 will be here moving forward.
12:32 From an offensive run game standpoint,
12:37 do you feel like the offense has struggled
12:38 with bread and butter plays that maybe they
12:40 had success with a year ago?
12:41 And just in general, the yellow line,
12:44 you've had to use multiple people
12:45 with some injuries up there.
12:46 How is that group gelling through three?
12:48 I don't think necessarily struggle with bread and butter.
12:53 I mean, it's ultimately trying to create space,
12:56 trying to get run seems.
13:00 I think we've done a good job of that early in the season
13:03 for a lot of situations.
13:05 But ultimately, as teams try to adapt and adjust
13:09 to what we're doing, I mean, I don't
13:11 look at our offensive performance and saying,
13:13 well, this was really bad.
13:16 I think we've done well collectively.
13:19 And you look in the first half of the LSU game,
13:22 we didn't run the ball very well,
13:23 but we were able to throw the ball.
13:25 And then in the second half, we really, I think,
13:28 finished the game because of our run game
13:31 with some of the, I guess, bread and butter calls
13:34 that we have that we run.
13:37 Second game, we ran for 300 yards,
13:40 really did a nice job within that.
13:42 And then in the last game, it was a mixed bag.
13:46 I thought we had some explosive run opportunities.
13:50 I was really pleased with Rodney Hill, I thought,
13:52 came in and did a nice job, had a couple of really good
13:56 explosive runs.
13:57 I thought Trey had--
14:00 he was really close on a few.
14:01 And ultimately, he's continuing to push.
14:07 And I know that for what he did the week prior,
14:11 there was a couple of those runs that were one block, one--
14:15 and it works with everybody.
14:17 There was a couple of times that we mis-ID'd, maybe
14:20 with receivers, on how we were trying to get to the force.
14:22 That would have opened up just a little bit more of a seam.
14:25 But I think it's just--
14:29 that's the fun of the run game.
14:30 And as you're trying to work and create the best looks
14:35 and advantages for your guys, it's just--
14:37 that's that constant repetition.
14:39 But no, I'm not really worried about where
14:42 we are in that right now.
14:43 And I don't think it's been something that's been terrible.
14:48 But there are obviously areas for improvement.
14:50 So second round, we'll go for it.
14:53 Looking forward to Clemson a little bit,
14:55 you've had faced Will Stripley a few times.
14:58 I don't think Club Nick started against you guys,
15:00 but what do you see from them?
15:01 How do you guys defend them this week?
15:03 No, I mean, it's a talented team.
15:05 I mean, this is--
15:06 you look at their offense, you've
15:08 got a new offensive coordinator, really sharp,
15:12 knows how to put his guys in position to make plays.
15:15 The versatility of Shipley is what makes him special.
15:21 I mean, he is--
15:22 he can catch the ball, he can run the ball.
15:24 He's tough, he's physical.
15:26 We've seen him firsthand for the last couple of years.
15:30 He's really been an X factor in our game.
15:33 So we know that we're going to have to gear up,
15:35 and we've got to control him.
15:37 The other back, Phil, he is really talented as well.
15:43 Big, strong, tough nose running back.
15:46 But if they get in the open field,
15:47 they've got the speed to take it the distance.
15:51 They're experienced offensive line.
15:54 Cade is a really talented quarterback.
15:57 I mean, he can locate the ball, he can make every throw.
16:00 He's probably more athletic than people give him credit for,
16:03 just what he can do, just extending plays,
16:06 being able to move.
16:08 And then you can see the growth in their receiving corps.
16:10 So it's going to be a great challenge for us.
16:12 Obviously, they look at some of the early--
16:15 probably the first six quarters of the season.
16:18 It's one characteristic.
16:20 Turnovers, I think they turn the ball over three times
16:22 within a 10-yard line, or coming out
16:25 with no points in those situations,
16:28 had early turnover in the first quarter.
16:30 I think it threw a pick six.
16:32 And then since that, the last six quarters of football,
16:36 they played at a very high level.
16:37 And so you could see all that coming into play for them.
16:43 So it's going to be a great challenge.
16:45 But I know our guys are excited about it,
16:47 and looking forward to a wonderful week of work,
16:50 and get a chance to go play it there on Saturday.
16:55 Coach, you talk about how your guys are looking forward
16:58 to Clemson.
16:59 I guess, what kind of extra intensity
17:01 are you hoping to see out of them?
17:02 This is a big rivalry.
17:03 And I know how much of a big deal
17:04 it would mean for this program to finally get
17:06 a win over Clemson.
17:07 Yeah, I mean, I just want to go see us play our best game.
17:10 And it is a standard expectation.
17:14 But if you don't--
17:14 I mean, everybody knows this is a big game.
17:16 You've got a team that's, the last however many years,
17:20 perhaps led the ACC in how they've played
17:23 and what they've done.
17:24 But I'm not sitting here just talking about Clemson.
17:28 I mean, it's about us.
17:29 It's about how we play, what we're able to do,
17:32 and how we're able to execute.
17:34 We know they're a talented football team.
17:36 And this is a--
17:38 I mean, it's going to be a great atmosphere.
17:40 It's going to be a great and exciting game
17:44 to be able to play in.
17:45 And you have to--
17:47 you've got to prepare like that.
17:48 But it was the same expectations of how
17:50 we needed to prepare last week, and how you
17:52 have to play for 60 minutes.
17:54 But you learn from each experience,
17:56 and you build towards what's ahead.
17:59 But I don't think there's going to be
18:00 a whole lot of motivational talks needed.
18:02 But I'm sure going to give them.
18:04 And because I just want our guys better than they've ever been.
18:07 And that's the opportunity that we'll
18:09 be able to sit here 330, 345 on Saturday,
18:14 and know that whether we accomplished that or we
18:17 didn't.
18:17 And if that's the case, I've got a lot of confidence
18:20 in what we'll be able to do.
18:21 And I'll be able to live with whatever the result is.
18:23 But we're going to play our best game.
18:26 That is what I want to see.
18:27 And I believe in this team.
18:29 I believe in who I coach.
18:31 I believe in the coaches that we have.
18:32 And so I'm excited about this week of preparation,
18:36 and really looking forward to them capitalizing
18:40 on the moment.
18:42 Back to Ira, second row on the right.
18:44 You guys have really defended traditional running games
18:47 very well so far this year, in terms of just running backs,
18:49 not running quarterbacks.
18:50 But I guess I don't know, that might be traditional now.
18:53 But looking at what Clemson does,
18:55 is it more than just the fact that those
18:57 are two really talented backs?
18:58 What do they do?
19:00 What challenges do they present as a running game?
19:02 I think it's-- and I think there are some similarities.
19:07 I think with what you do in the passing game,
19:09 and the creativity of utilizing your playmakers,
19:14 and trying to create space in the passing game,
19:17 whether it's with route concepts, with the spacing,
19:19 with the angles of what you're trying to do in the run game.
19:23 It all has to tie together.
19:24 And I mean, there's some offense, as you watch,
19:26 and people like to call plays.
19:27 And it looks good, but there's not a whole lot
19:30 of coordination in it.
19:31 I think they do a good job of coordinating their attack.
19:34 And so whether it's-- you get a certain look,
19:37 and you might see these handful of runs out of it.
19:40 But then if you tie somebody down to try to cheat a hat,
19:45 then they're going to create an advantage in the passing game,
19:47 and be able to take advantage of that as well.
19:51 So I think they do a good job of playing numbers,
19:54 but they also do a good job of creating good leverage,
19:58 and to be able to attack in the run game
20:00 when you have tough, physical, hard-nosed backs that can run.
20:03 I mean, it makes it a challenge.
20:05 And so when you have a gap, you've got to win your gap.
20:09 And you've got to make the tackle if that's
20:10 where the ball comes.
20:11 And obviously, there's got to be some space plays.
20:14 That's something that shows up in this offense.
20:18 And so, I mean, we've got to do a good job.
20:21 And I don't think we did a very good job of making
20:23 those space plays a week ago.
20:25 That's something that we've got to improve on.
20:27 And ultimately, I know we're going
20:30 to put a lot of emphasis and continue to emphasize that,
20:33 because that's the game of college football now.
20:36 And we've got to do a good job to be
20:38 able to get people down when we get those situations.
20:40 [INAUDIBLE]
20:43 Do you feel a game you played at Boston College, where
20:46 it was a little bit more challenging,
20:47 and you faced a little bit more adversity going
20:49 into the Clemson game, it's going
20:50 to put you in a better place, maybe even more than you
20:53 expected in the preseason?
20:54 Yeah, I mean, I'm grateful for all experiences, especially
20:57 ones we win.
20:59 You get to look back, and nobody wanted it to be a two-point
21:05 game, but it was.
21:07 And we had to respond in that situation.
21:10 We had to feel that.
21:13 Especially being on the road, that was good for us.
21:16 We knew it was going to be an emotional atmosphere last week.
21:18 And you've got to give credit to Boston College.
21:20 They worked really hard.
21:22 Their quarterback made some big plays in moments.
21:25 And so for us, it was something you look at,
21:28 and now it's, why did this happen?
21:30 How do you get it corrected?
21:31 And you better take the steps necessary
21:35 so it doesn't show up again.
21:36 And playing a perennial championship caliber team,
21:42 and is what Clemson has been these last however many years,
21:47 you know it's going to be a challenge.
21:49 But I'm excited about all that we've had.
21:52 And we played in big games.
21:53 I mean, it's not like we're coming to this game unknown
21:57 of what we've faced.
21:58 I mean, I think LSU is a pretty good football team.
22:00 And I think they--
22:02 I don't know, I didn't watch the game, but I saw the score.
22:05 I mean, they responded pretty well since ours.
22:08 And so we know we played quality opponents.
22:11 We've seen a variety of different looks.
22:13 And now it's time to go play our best game here
22:16 this week on the road against a really good opponent.
22:20 So it's about our work.
22:22 All right, last follow up will be Corey.
22:25 Kind of following up on that, as a coach,
22:26 how do you find the balance of-- you talk about lessons.
22:29 There's obviously lessons that you learned in the negative
22:32 sense up in Boston.
22:33 But also you went on a 28-0 run when you started slowly.
22:37 And you went on a 38-3 run against a team
22:39 that on Saturday at least looked like the best team
22:41 in the country, what they did to Mississippi State.
22:43 Do you have to remind the team, like guys, when you play poorly,
22:46 clearly you can lose to anyone.
22:48 But when you play well, you might just
22:49 be the best team in the country.
22:50 How do you get that message to them?
22:52 You can't be afraid of the confrontation.
22:56 And there's so many coaches out there that it's--
23:00 when things are going good, you check it off,
23:03 you move forward.
23:03 I mean, it's all.
23:05 I mean, you celebrate the positive,
23:06 but you have to correct the things,
23:08 or whether it's a lapse, whether it's technique,
23:10 whether it's a fundamental.
23:13 There's never a play that it's OK not to coach.
23:16 And I think that that's how you build confidence.
23:19 That's how you build trust.
23:21 If it's not right, as a head coach,
23:25 I got to stand up and tell them that it is on me.
23:28 Everything that we see within our program,
23:31 whether it's a miscommunication, whether it's a bust,
23:34 whether it's a really positive response to a situation,
23:37 you've got to take ownership of why did that happen.
23:40 How do we build upon that, whether it's good or bad?
23:42 But you've got to be able to have that real talk.
23:46 I mean, you've got to be honest.
23:47 And that's one of my favorite things from yesterday,
23:50 is I sit in there, and we're in the meetings,
23:52 and I turn on a play where we run--
23:58 there's a defensive call, and we practiced 190-plus times
24:02 since we started in the fall camp.
24:03 And we busted it three times in the game.
24:08 And that's probably as much as we've done it.
24:12 For that to show up with three MAs, why does that happen?
24:17 What occurred?
24:18 And our players, I heard ownership yesterday.
24:22 And when you're an 18- to 22-year-old,
24:25 you're willing to stand up in front of your peers and say,
24:27 look, I made the mistake there for whatever the reason that it
24:30 was.
24:32 I understand that.
24:32 I accept it.
24:33 I'm fixing it.
24:34 It will not happen again.
24:36 That's a step in the right direction.
24:39 You can find a million different excuses
24:42 for the reason why it did, or this was this motion,
24:44 it was this, and that happened.
24:45 But ultimately, with the ownership of the action,
24:49 and then the humility in the correction or the improvement,
24:55 that's something that we have to have.
24:57 And that's what I love about this game,
25:00 because it mimics life so much.
25:01 It is just-- nobody wants to come up short.
25:04 Nobody wants to have an embarrassing moment.
25:06 Nobody wants to not look or perform
25:08 to the level that you're capable of.
25:10 But when it happens, what steps are you
25:13 willing to take to get better from it?
25:16 And that's where I was proud, because you make the run
25:24 to go from whatever it was, 10 to 3 to 31 to 10.
25:30 That was grit and response.
25:33 But when it got 31 to 10, where did we go from there?
25:37 Why did we have four focus penalties that showed up
25:41 from that point to the end of the game?
25:43 Why did we turn the ball over two times from that point
25:46 to the end of the game?
25:47 Why did we have a couple of certain things
25:50 that happened in critical situations,
25:52 a couple mistakes where we missed a single or we missed--
25:54 why did that happen at that point?
25:57 Because just like in human nature, you get to a point,
26:00 you're like, all right, you start off a game,
26:03 and you're down.
26:04 Nobody's picture is-- we didn't sit there in a hotel thinking,
26:06 hey, just wait till they go down to score on that first drive,
26:09 and we bust two opportunities in communication.
26:11 And nobody thinks about that.
26:13 But when it shows up, there is an uncomfortable feeling.
26:17 The response to it, to get back to 31 to 10,
26:21 there was still a quarter and a half left to go in the game.
26:24 And that's the edge I'm talking about.
26:25 Like, that's the-- I told the team after the game,
26:29 that's where the killer instinct has to set up.
26:31 This is done.
26:32 I'm going to finish better than what it was.
26:34 Pissed off that the fact that we start off
26:36 not as good as we needed to.
26:38 And we didn't have that.
26:40 And so now you address it, you point it out,
26:43 and now what do we need to do from Sunday night at practice
26:47 to throughout the course of the week
26:48 and how we prepare to Friday night meetings
26:50 to Saturday morning when you wake up, all of it.
26:53 And then you go get better.
26:55 And when you have a team, and you have coaches,
26:59 and you have a group that's in it together,
27:02 that's willing to pour into each other,
27:04 that's willing to hold each other to that standard
27:06 and embrace that standard, well, then you've got a chance.
27:09 And I believe that's what we have in this team.
27:11 But just saying it, that's one thing.
27:15 Going out there and doing it, well, we'll get to see Saturday.
27:18 Thanks, guys.