 starting with me on down and that's about a month they came in here and they ran the ball they shortened the game we didn't do enough on offense give them credit turn the ball over in the red zone that's usually not a good sign and credit to Carolina well you tell me particularly where you thought I went to a slump because it happened on the drive but you know when he threw the interception and then we came back down and you got a chance and you're in a 12-10 game and you got a critical third down we don't make the play we missed the field goal I didn't think Matt was doing particularly bad or great I don't think that had any impact on it he led and I think that you know that's making something of something that really didn't we didn't execute better they got after us said that you gotta give them credit we didn't make enough place well it's with Calvin like he said I think believe you put out a statement and so I'd like Calvin you know speak for himself it's a personal issue so again I'm not gonna go into many details and when we realized he wasn't gonna go this morning we made him an active there's a lot of things Michael and so things gonna happen and change day-to-day you guys were all at practice Friday so it's Calvin's doing something personal and it's gonna remain personal man Calvin statement speaks for for him and so when we got here today and we talked that's we put him an active it's like any other injury Michael no different we got on that plane to London we got to find a way we gotta find a way to win we got execute better offensively there's no excuses so everybody's you know it's the NFL there's injuries come up things come up and we got to find a way yeah it's pretty simple we got off or ripped off a pretty good run you're playing the game within the game we get the ball right after half Michael so you're looking at the end result we didn't execute it they blew up the run I mean thinking you get an arm first down we're right into it and give them credit we didn't execute well they had a free hitter and I'll go back and look at the tape I'm pretty damn sure what happened so you get a negative play and we went for it like you would on any other third down so it wasn't like it was like a run-run screen you're trying to make more than it is give them credit so when you get in there we had three timeouts right plenty of time to go down and score and so it created a negative play did you did you see last week well yeah and this week too we tried to press the ball down there you gotta give them credit there's also a thing that called a password it speeds it up so that's another false narrative we did we try to go right at them give them credit they executed they shortened the game down in credit to them they were physical they ran the ball they kept it in a lot of third and shorts you know they went 10% on third down at the end of the day though as ugly as that felt they scored 19 points we got to do more offensively they get in the national football league we got a school more than 13 points so I know it was ugly we got to do better we'll look at the tape we got to stop the run give them credit on the flip side you got to give their defense credit we didn't do a no I think it's well enough to win that game I know 30 for 10 on third down today with the offense did you feel like you're putting yourselves in good enough position on first and second or we had more we had more intermediate third downs we did a week ago you know combination of things I didn't think we were clean enough like I said it starts with me I got to do a better job coaching give them credit and I said they they covered us we didn't we didn't know if I'm getting open probably rushed through so maybe that's why it looked like there was intermediate I mean he wasn't like he had a lot of time back there either it's a good rush group why you were able to call the game and the way that they play maybe the way they matched a man you know you'd have to ask Matt rule or Phil Snow that one but that would be the biggest difference would be how they match defensively it's like you got to have contingency plans the guy goes out the first play a game whether it's your quarterback your receiver tight end better have contingency plans so if I had a guess the best educated guys maybe probably affected their man coverage way because I thought it was a clean hit I thought the refs did a nice job usually now you know it's not a nice job you know taking the launching the head out of the game and you hit them right in the middle part it's a good clean hit by Eric it's football it's emotional game and what I don't want to see is all the chirpin I think that's I don't want to see that from our team I mean they did a nice job cover I mean he's a rookie you guys want to go ahead and they go you know bronze bus form and we went through this they had a good game plan I go back and look at the tape certainly tried to go after them and they did a good job of covering them we got a couple plays me a couple nice plays it's not gonna he's not gonna go off 200 yards every game so we got other guys that can move the football and score but give them credit again I let Calvin statement to speak for for him I'm not gonna ever speak for another player or another coach when it comes to personal issues you know that's that's what the part of coaching do you like right so we'll go back and look at it I said they did a nice job you know we made some adjustments they made more plays than we did and you just got to look at it and see where we go from here you know that's gonna be that way every week I said they got they got some that's a that's a better defense when Shaq Thompson's in there they added Gilmore in there he was in place of man coverage match them up on Kyle and so we will go back and look at it there's a lot of ways it's one game we got 10 to go a long long season ahead of us so here we are three and four not where we want to be but we got a lot of football Michael you're talking about a million different variables there's a lot of athletic quarterback in this league certainly he didn't drop back a ton a lot of times it could be the rush lanes you may get a pressure they may block you you know when you play man coverage there variations of man coverage and nobody's open sometimes they turn their back if you like I said if they pass off a game you may have a certain pressure called there may be a lane and then you know we didn't keep them in there so obviously you know he did a nice job extending those that third down what's that it's an NFL game it's a 12-10 game the four-quarter we're right there on the fringe you know we don't we don't catch the third down we miss a field goal I mean said it wasn't the prettiest game offensively you know at worst you get that it's 13 to 12 I mean who knows you know that it affects the play calling there's a there's a cause and effect you know the momentum is real in football and there is a cause and effect you can find a way to get a lead right there who knows right you'll never know but we didn't happen we dropped it we missed the field goal yeah it was you know one of those plays when you're in a tight game like we were today you know your possessions are limited and you know as a group we didn't make enough plays I had to turn over early in the game where that could have been a different ballgame to you come away with points we didn't make the play on the third down that he referenced towards towards the end where we had a chance to kind of get back up and you got to make those plays we got to make those plays as a team and I really believe we'll do that moving forward but we didn't make them today credit to Carolina I thought they played well their defense did great job played hard and played better than us today yeah the hands fine it was just a cut yeah I know I've played against shock for a long time and he's a really talented player you know he's got great size and speed great instinct made a nice play on the interception today he's a good player and as well as Gilmore you know came in and did a nice job and it's a good defense and so we'll see him again but we certainly need to play you know better football the next time we go against him you know it's he's he's a great player and you know you try and utilize other guys when when he's not up and so we still have enough you know players we trust the guys that you know are up on game day to go make plays you know and unfortunately we just felt a little bit shorter that today well he's yeah I mean he's he's like I said he's a great player and so as ability to stretch the defense he's really quick getting in and out of cuts he's just a great job versus zone coverage versus man coverage you know but again you gotta you gotta play with the guys we have up and available and you know ultimately as a group we felt a little bit short today just how the game shakes out sometimes you know the calls come in you try and do your best to you know identify the defense and what you're going against and to me you know guys have to stay patient you know at certain times the ball is going to find different guys through the course of the year and Russ has been a good player for us for a number of years and so I anticipate that's gonna be a case moving forward you know I've been in a league a long time you know until you get to the stadium Sunday there's a lot of things you know that can happen and it's no different than an injury in any other spot sometimes you know they're game time decisions you got to adjust as part of being a professional and going out there and being ready to go so I don't think it you know affected the guys but certainly wish Calvin all the best you know we love him and support him and he's a great friend and a great person so we all we all support him as he's going through this I thought there was some good and you know some we could do better you know for sure but I thought he competed really hard that's one of the best you know defensive players in the game you know has been a defensive player of the year and so it's a great learning opportunity for Kyle moving forward and you know I think it would be better off you know for going against guys like that I think that's where you really learn how to become the best version of yourself no I mean you got to watch the tape I think there's when you're playing you just on to the next play you know you're not not going back and judging anything on game day it's about playing together and going out there and competing as a unit and as a team and finding a way to get the job done we didn't do that no it didn't affect me I just you know shackled me to good play and you know I've got to be better than that been through worse you know unfortunately but it's just you know it's a low-possession game they did a good job on the offensive side of the ball for Carolina running football kind of shrinking the clock and we knew going into it you know if that was the case then you have to be opportunistic and can't worry about what the stats are you just got to find a way to get it done I thought we had chances and you know just in didn't make the plays you know when we needed to but we certainly you know we're in that football game all the way through it they played well I think you know that that's part of this league there are days you know I tell our young guys all the all the time you're a week away from being humbled in this league because there's good players across the board and some days are like that and you have to have the the mental strength to come back tomorrow get back to work be honest with what we did well what we didn't do well and make sure that we're better than what we were today moving forward because we're gonna see good football teams and good defenses as we go through the months of November December and January yeah I think Tajed has done a good job all year you know at different times where he's been asked to go in and make plays I thought he did that for us today made a couple good plays I have a lot of confidence in Tajed that he'll go in and be a good player for us