 Okay, birthday girl. What do you got? Well, happy birthday Teresa and also Dwight and Gentry if you were here we all share the same day Yeah, I'm not sure Well happy birthday to them Mike you mentioned Figuring out where to hang the hat offensively it is it still Derek and how and if so How do you how do you run the ball better with the group of people you have? Well, I mean it's it's obviously Derek. I mean we have a lot of confidence in our run game We have a lot of confidence in In our runner, you know, we just have to make sure now that You know that we're all on the same page You know that way that we're blocking things the right way that we're getting to the right guys You know the quarterbacks getting us in the right play and then and then once we do that I think you're gonna start to you know We're all gonna start to see The plays that that can complement each other and start to work against each other way We just have to you know, you saw the a little bit of what we wanted to be there in the first drive where I thought things were You know complementing each other and you know moving the football converting You know Ryan had some good good throws Derek had some good runs guys made some good plays for us And then just kind of come back and just weren't able to sustain things Are those toss sweeps in particular swarmed like they were every time they seem they're fast You know they're fast and we thought we could get the edge. We thought we could You know those plays have helped us, you know those those plays have helped us and in the past and You know for a number of different reasons, you know those things you know when you try to Circle them up and try to pin them inside and get guys around on the edge You know everything has to has to be perfect and you know, it wasn't and it doesn't have to be perfect Excuse me, but we just have to make sure that we're getting guys around there and You know those guys running inside, you know, we have to make sure we try to get the guys inside And we've had success running those those perimeter plays No, I mean we've had plays that were you know positive I mean we gained One there nine yards later on so they weren't all all dead They weren't all for for negative gains. I think we gained one for nine yards Later in the game I think probably that's fair I think we just have to Get back and again these guys were ready to go. I've asked them to You know put this behind us as quickly as possible. It's difficult. It's it's never a Great experience losing losing on the road losing in a big game Losing in a manner in which we lost it. We have to move on I think the guys that have been in here today so far have tried to do that And get back to work and get back to work together Do it do it together with with all of us the coaching staff the players You know working together Caleb front are we still seeing some evidence maybe of his Lack of playing time for the last couple years or reduced. There's a lot of new experiences. I think there's a lot of You know things that that are coming to them and you know There's some some good plays and some plays that he'd like to have back and You know, I think it's just a continual process of playing and understanding what happens in this league Than he is at this point or is this kind of where you're expecting him at this point? Well, I don't have you know great Expectations for for anybody the expectations are the same that they come in and at work They prepare they give us everything that they have And they they try to execute, you know, they're their job and their role and so you know, I think that Seeing seeing Caleb there were some good plays and some plays that you know, I think you have to be better But that goes with a lot of guys. Sorry. That's okay You said you didn't want to be about coaching talent that don't you need more talent last night Is it Trey Avery not ready for what you asked him to do last night? I Think in when you go into games, you just try to put the guys in the best positions You know to make plays you try to Make sure that they know what to do that they're confident And again, whoever we put out there. We have confidence in there and that they're on this team for a reason We'll continue to look for for guys whether they're Here on our practice squad here on our roster or on somebody else's roster It's just a it's a long process throughout this season Well, that's you know, I mean they beat us pretty soundly we have to we have to make sure that we're doing the things that Contribute to our success and it's not, you know giving up big plays. It's not turning the football over It's not, you know mishandling Punts, you know, all those things that that showed up last night that that make things snowball You guys much of what you do is predicated off the past rush What were they doing last night in particular to kind of neutralize that rush and and and not allow you to get to You know learn the game, you know with third and nine we got to him and he was able to get out of there I felt like we we executed up until the point where he you know scrambled and gained 10 yards You know the ball ball came out quick and then you know the other times they blocked us and we're able to To move the ball down the field. They did a nice job You know on the RPOs where where he pulled it And got rid of the ball, you know efficiently and pretty quickly and You know, we just we have to make you know continue to find ways to affect the quarterback impact them We did it again. There were times where you look at the game plan talking about not letting them out Trying to affect them trying to tip some passes You know we did but then there were numerous other times where we didn't do a good enough job Yeah, I mean, I think that that's that's what we you know, we are gonna do, you know, we are we we have to To to understand who we are and what we believe in what we've had success in in the past This isn't all of a sudden the time for for wholesale changes, you know I mean this is about you know getting back to the basics and what we believe in what we've had success in and Making sure that that everybody sees it the same way that that I do You know, I think we're gonna we're gonna make sure that we we're doing less better You know instead of trying to do a whole bunch of other stuff We're gonna get back to to doing things with with fundamentals and Technique and trying to make sure that everybody understands the details The process with Tim Kelly and Todd Downing, how has that been you know the week leading up to the game Then also during the game. How is that process been? To run no process that we've had has been good enough on offense on defense or special teams So, you know, whether it's chase and awk whether it's Timmy and Todd whether it's Shane and defense of staff Jim me whoever None of it's been good enough. You know, I mean when you lose We all could do more. Everybody has to to come in here a little bit Better with our approach just kind of can continue to focus on all the little things and and just trying to bring somebody along with us You know, we all get in this mode where it's like, oh man, I feel now is not the time for self-preservation This is the time for you know rallying around each other getting You know with the people that you believe in the people that you trust So many fans they say hey, you know some of some guns goes wrong as I hate fire coast coast Downing. How do you respond to that? That's just not you know, I mean, I if I felt like there was anybody that You know wasn't doing their job You know, we're just not gonna do that. That's not something that's gonna happen right now I've had confidence in our staff. I have confidence in the guys that we put out there We have to we have to continue to coach and execute better, but that's you know, that's just not where we're you know That that's I appreciate everybody's you know opinion I have to make sure that you know everybody here that players and coaches are All aligned and I know that they are and that's how you get things fixed and you win a game You know, I think that those are some decisions that'll probably You know take place As the week goes on kind of seeing you know how he feels and and what You know what Craig and I decide, but you know, we'll see where that's at. You know, that's just you know He's helped us And done a really nice job. Unfortunately Like you said, you know the two Muffs and in the last two weeks Well, I think we would consider everything at this point time Jim with with every position group Don where where are the failings specifically Mike? You know They're they're all all over the place all over everybody's the coaching staff the roster It's not just you know one guy, you know, I mean there's guys that are playing well We get something blocked up and you know one guy doesn't get to his landmark or the backs cut receivers block like You know, this isn't like time to sit there and say well, this is where the you know We're failing we just have to make sure that the we've got a group of eight linemen that are up for the game that understand What the game plan is? And how we need to execute it. There were some some really good plays I thought that we handled the the cadence in a tough environment You know, we just couldn't sustain and get anything going there after the first drive and you know The penalties unfortunate we hit some really cool plays and then we converted a third and third next year long We're we're three guys. I thought that was a great scheme I thought a great execution the guys were all doing their job, you know helping trailing. It was well timed well Executed and well designed. So we need more plays like that Just hopefully not on third and 15 or whatever it was In terms of sticking to your identity Mike as you mentioned earlier, I mean Two weeks in the season. There's only so much you can change right can't overhaul Complete offense two weeks into the season, right? Well, that's just not you know, I mean, that's not where we're at right now We're at you know focused on on Vegas and how they You know can attack us and you know, they're their edge players and Jones and Max and you know their ability to Bring safeties and the pressure and the different looks and You know different coverages split safety post safety The versatility obviously offensively what they have the weapons that they have the skill players that they have and You know that that that's where our focus is our focus is who's available Who might be able to help us and what can we get and what can we teach them? As of now, I don't really have any updates on that. I think we're still going through some some evaluation I'm gonna try to keep you updated on that as it comes. I Don't think it's anything long-term Building a rebuilding of confidence do you have to do in there? I think confidence is something that that comes from repeated Action, you know starting with practice, you know, we believe practice is important The things that you do in practice will will lead to to game reality We just have to make sure that we're we're executing those plays in practice. So we're drilling them. We're working them And I'm then just making sure that we're showing guys We haven't lost confidence or faith in what we're doing or what we've done that that's not gonna happen or the players that we have So excited to get back to work Despite the start being underwhelming not what you had hoped for is there a sense of maybe some optimism or a little bit more confidence with Things in the division not going well for some I don't I don't want us to do that And I mean I thought about that. I don't want us to look around and anything outside this building I want us to To focus on the people that are here The people on our staff the players the coaches Because this is really what's gonna get it done This is what it's gonna turn it around not not looking around and seeing what everybody else is doing We have to we have to focus really on what we're doing I mean he did did some good things we need to continue to work on some things as well You know, I think there were there were good efforts from from pretty much Everybody but there were just not enough not enough of them You know, we just Didn't didn't get going or didn't play the game complimentary enough Obviously, they're good efforts from everybody. Does that make it more discouraging that? No, I just there weren't consistent enough, you know, they're just weren't consistent enough You know getting those stops coming back Trying to answer needing to answer, you know giving up the touchdown, you know having the penalty come back the difference in yardage and then the fourth down You know, just those are those are key plays in the game that, you know Can't can really swing it and then just the way that we weren't able to get going there in the second half coming out Maybe about Berks that you're that you're seeing some of those good things in terms of his progression I mean, he's trying to play faster. I think he's playing bigger. He's got a you know, he's got play through contact more I mean they We're on I'm pretty tight there on the backside Ryan try to come to him. So just He's playing he's trying to run. He's trying to you know, he's been good with the football You know as far as tracking it and trying to go get it So well, we'll see where it goes this week and what his opportunities are Under you you've been a pretty good team as far as not doing the dumb shit to hurt the team Little is it maybe a combination? Well, is it maybe a combination of so much youth on the roster? It just I think there were some You know you PI we grab them inside his collar and you know holding the beats us across their face You know, we grab them at the point of contact some of these things, you know, those aren't necessarily Dumb, you know, I mean I felt like if we're out there throwing punches or we're the second guy in You know those things or we're we're hitting a guy two yards out of bounds late or a quarterback. That's Already slid that we're hitting in the head or neck I would consider those things avoidable, you know, some of those things that are out there that that happened in the course of a play, you know, those those are gonna happen and we'll have to work through them and we have With the better discipline at the line of scrimmage, you know working some of the cadence when that when they're trying to You know in those situations to get us to jump You know when guys are echoing it, you know just being able to lock in and focus and concentrate You know, he can always determine the way that the game is gonna play out and what we're gonna do So what we'll see where his role is this week You know talking to stretch it looks like he you know the replay was You know that he hadn't caught I didn't think he caught it clean the first time You know so but I mean I was hoping that he called it the first time Yeah, you know, I mean go way back with Josh obviously, you know growing up in Northeast, Ohio You know, he's an excellent football coach You know somebody that I was able to to see grow as a player and then you know go on is You know his his further his coaching career as I kind of got into mine and you know He's done a fantastic job, and I'm sure he'll have his football team ready