 Mike with all the injuries the fact that you were at least throwing toward the end zone with a chance in this game a sign of the fight in this team They fight they fight and I appreciate it Yeah, it just comes down to the consistency. I know that that sounds like a broken record from me, but With where we're at right now. You just I think the margin for error is pretty thin Give up some plays defensively some X plays and turn the ball over No, moral victories and disappointed. They're disappointed, but you know, I think they fight and they compete which Appreciative of how big a momentum swing was the bubble? I mean We've done that You know defensively be able to go out there and You know for some you know sudden change we've had some opportunities this year where we've done done well I thought the way we started the second half was inspiring. I thought guys were You know clearly locked in they're ready to go And then I made a good play and then we got to find ways to get everybody to protect the guy with the ball That's you know guys come in from behind. That's somehow sometimes when when fumbles occur So we have to do a better job of making sure that guys are Chasing and trying to protect the guy with football Roger Mike in their last series first one didn't seem to turn his head at all second one maybe maybe late Technique error that can't be happening at this stage Man, we'll take a look at it. I mean you got beat the guy got behind him turn his head Maybe not good enough to be able to overcome Interceptions or maybe exactly him dropped interception. Well, I mean where we are where we're not we get We'll figure out the 48 guys that we got for Thursday night and But no, I mean we're not we're not built right now to to be able to overcome those things Just said the margin for errors, but they're very thin so we'll keep we'll keep trying to You know improve those things the consistency the ability to sustain drives The ability to try to create turnovers things that we would need to do right now Looks like maybe a little momentum a bigger, you know the drive there go for now The turning point as far as momentum in the game. Do you think? Yeah, all the turnovers are critical and costly You know it was great to see us try to get into a flow and get into a rhythm offensively and be able to to use Derek There was times where it was pretty complimentary You know and then times where it just looked Like we weren't you know all on the same page in all three phases just from the standpoint of trying to compliment each other Short-field you know taking advantage of it when we did which was great and then you know turnovers Catch up to you Well, I mean, I think it had it probably will I mean we got some guys that have played a lot of football for us that Are far less than a hundred percent and it's those guys that I appreciate that No matter what find a way to be here You know for this team, so we'll try to Figure out who we Who we have and who's available and then make some decisions. I think they're probably Maybe took some step back since you know took a few step back in some areas But then I think he settled down and looked okay, and then You know just again some of the situational work, you know Showed up there, you know late But being able to extend some plays and you know make a few plays we just again have to be better with the football Yeah, you need everybody that could potentially make a play for us in all three phases To be available here the last couple weeks Only when you're making plays what you did today It's just I mean they're not Not going to get energy from guys that just come here and show up and have to come and Make plays and be productive and affect the game Just told them to make sure that they get around people that they they care about and that they love because those are the only ones that are Gonna, you know give us a chance You know remember the people that you know that text you when you lose everybody text when you win Try to give them the day off tomorrow to recover and be with their family And then get back to work at 1030 on one day you got that energy that you've kind of been looking for you mentioned at the beginning of the second half The inability to carry that into anything Concerning disappointing Other than just when you lose it's concerning and disappointing everybody puts a lot into it You know the ups and the downs of the game and I thought again we could continue to battle it's just disappointing To lose Where do you want guys to find hope or expectation out of this losing streak? Well because there's so many plays in the course of this these last five games You know really just comes down to consistency striving for that Penalties and things that are avoidable lining up wrong mental mistakes the things that Where we can't do right now those are the things we have to continue to show them But then show them all the good things that they've done the ability to To run the football we got into some rhythm You know it hit some cool plays hit some hit some big plays at a big run You know three and out three and out three and out or then on defense then it's it's long drives It's either one or the other it's either three plays or You know ten plays Or thirteen plays or eleven. I don't there's nothing in between three three three You know thirteen Ten eleven so somewhere in between there Would be helpful The three minutes that I had to think about that since the game was over I apologize. I don't have a really Informed or knowledgeable answer for you probably go home and give it some thought and We have an obligation to this football team Make sure that we're prepared or that we do everything we can so I don't know if I could you know really Touch on that we'll have to see who came out of the game with whatever injuries And try to manage those I mean I think that that's part of the job. I think that's part of this Obligation to the football team is to try to be as honest as you can with them Try to recognize the difference between you know a guy making a mistake, you know, I mean you hear man I hate losing I hate losing too So maybe we should love preparing and love focusing Before the game and doing as much as we possibly can so that we don't make mistakes in critical times or Mental errors things that could be avoided As far as you know, it's part of the job, you know, it's It's rewarding watching guys succeed. That's why I do this and watching them develop and improve But the losses certainly Hurt when you say maybe we should love Before the game are you saying that that you may not have a hundred percent buy-in. Well, it's not the buy-in It's just you know, how much are we doing outside of the time that we're at the facility? I Don't know, you know mean those are questions that If they just if you as a professional athlete just work Eight to four or eight to four thirty And I don't know how much you get out of it, you know, maybe God gifted you with some really really cool talents You know, we just have to All do a little bit more and that's that's with me preparation and that's what the coaches and players and Just a little bit more of everything you have eight to four guys right now like no I meant, you know Again, we just make sure that you know everybody's as committed as we as we need to be we got a lot of moving parts You know, I don't know if you go ahead Teresa. Let me Answer one more question the weather delay. Did that affect anything at just just timing or? No, you want another one. I don't let's not waste the question last question on a weather and our Chill delay Was there any damages in the parts of the building that you guys were operating in that you had to work around? Damage no and there's no damage. They just they wanted it You know, man, we couldn't use some of the microwaves and stuff like that to eat the coffees up or something I don't know seems like he was in the flat jump the route. It was the interception Sorry to walk out here with the loss after having an opportunity to win this game and lead late I mean, it's always unfortunate, you know come out again with a L Especially after getting up early But just gotta keep fighting keep going and on to the next I mean there's nothing we can do about it now Just learn from it Yeah, it's tough we wanted to You know We wanted to use that momentum off that sudden change, but they work out like that and I gave it right back to them You know the way the game go you gotta keep playing everybody's not every place not gonna be great Every job is not gonna be great and there's a lot of new people in there and included myself And we just got continue to grow and get better. I mean is what it is I mean, I was fine regardless of what you see on the stat line, I mean stat line you looking at the stat line You can go worry about your fantasy team not real life. So Other than that, I felt comfortable out there. I mean we got some plays going early Penalties deferred us. I mean they they just knocked us off our What we was doing they knocked us off our rhythm in the second half just turnovers. I mean, that's the way the game goes Whoever doesn't turn the ball over whoever gets the most completeness whoever gets the most first downs they win the game. So You just said don't look at the stat line Then you resided a bunch of stats. So they were important. Yeah, I mean you think so. I didn't reside stats I mean those aren't stats. Those are plays in the game. There's 37 You know, are we gonna put our defense back on the field after they just got off and have them tired trying to stop their Offense who's been chilling or are we gonna convert and just make it easier for our defense? These are moments It's more than just a stat I think if we didn't win no, I didn't you know, we can do better I mean, I'm just blessed I have this opportunity to be on this team So and to see how those guys work in a weekend and week out and how they could show up to the game and play And just put it all around for us. I mean, it's more than anything. I feel like I let those guys down I mean, dude, it's football. I mean you woke up this morning. I woke up this morning. So I'm just as happy as I would have been if we'd have won, you know Yes, I'm fortunate and it sucks that we lost but I mean we have an opportunity to wake up tomorrow and learn from it and get better And we still have everything we want in front of us. I mean, you could be a Debbie down there about it I mean, that's your perspective. But I mean, we're blessed, bro We still got everything we can want and we have opportunity to learn from something I mean, it might be even better than going out there and doing one or two today And it sucks, but what can you do? That's the past You gotta worry about keep going keep playing What you can count the one at the end of the game on the Hail Mary. I mean what you want to do Just happens like that. So you can count the one on this double science, but I mean more than that just keep going. I'm sorry. I was trying to think No, I'm sorry, I was trying to think. Yeah, it's okay. You guys feel in there that you've engaged down the stretch to make this run and still win the division? I mean, if we didn't want to show up every day, you know, I mean these guys work hard every day See them putting in the work and I think that the day is just sometimes you fall short. Everybody in this league is a good player It's about What can your best players do on Sundays on this game time and Whoever plays the best wins. That's just how the league's built Everybody's a good player. So Kudos to them. They play better today. Yeah, trying to break a tackle Trying to fight for extra yards. I take care of the ball. We practice that that's on me No excuse organization puts a lot on me to know carry the ball and you know I put a lot of my shoulders to you know, do what I can for this team and you know And make plays and you know, there's three games in a row. I foam of the ball No excuse I need to be better. I'm taking care of the ball. That's what you're supposed to do as a running back And you know these last three weeks have not done that and I gotta get better. I gotta get back to work I'll feel terrible terrible about it. I'll feel terrible until we play again And you know, it's just no excuse for it. I gotta be better and You know, he just he made a play and I didn't have the ball high-type After that play you came back without the leaves on They're trying to find something trying to find something if That's the case But you know in the day that's got a you know fighting for extra yard is knowing that you know people gonna be chasing from behind I'm looking forward that on they're gonna try to get the ball out And you know, I was trying to break it but breaking a tackle I came from behind and you know He he raked it out. I said no excuse been three weeks to row in the ball So I had to find something different and if I have to drop the sleeves, that's what I'll do But I think I'm gonna do that just to see if it'll help change But yeah, I'm very pissed about that and you know, I feel terrible apologize to my teammates because you know, I got to take care of the ball Is this is the most difficult stress since you've been here and what can get this team out of it? I know if you knew you fix it, but is it what needs to happen? Oh, yeah, right rally together Um, you know five in a row very very tough and you know is Try to find out final words to say but I think at the same time you got to be positive I think we you know, we have a still have an opportunity in front of us Got a short week. I played dollars. You got to have a short memory But you know for me is definitely gonna steam because you know I thought we were in a position to go down the score and I didn't take care of the ball By the end of the day, you know, everybody who's a leader of this team just do everything we can to rally the guys together and Stay close and you know figure out a way to go out and get a win You know in a short week, you know, you just got to come back and be ready to work, you know, I think that's Try your best to do that Because you didn't do a lot of losing at Alabama up until this year you had done a lot of losing here either You know, it's always hard. You never want to lose you know You know losing five in a row is it's tough and I'm just trying to find any way you can to you know be better teammate be a better leader and Everybody's just trying to work as hard as they can to get a win when you come up short Yeah, it sucks. But at the end of the day, we still got two more games And you know, we got to come back in like I said on the short week and Know figure out a way Go back to work Why we straight but I mean that's just that's just what it is But you know, I'm definitely gonna put this one on me. I know I probably you know, people get mad at me But that's just that's just how I feel, you know And you know I pride myself on you know doing the back end help the team and today like I hurt the team And I just got to be better Where do you find team hope and team expectation out of out of what you guys have done in your last five years? I think you just pull the positivity things from this game I know because we had a lot of good things that we did and Look at those and just try to build off those and we know the stuff that you know gets us be to hurt Us and drive penalties turnovers, you know, you can't do things like that and you know in a close game and you know to try to build the positive and look at those things and you know See things that you know, we can you know do do more of and try to go out there and execute the best way Those things you mentioned the bad things seem to have become Sure Well me for me fumbling I got just got to go back to work in work with Coach do's and do the rock hand to not let that happen again And that's just being focused a lot didn't collectively as far as the penalties on offense and You know, just just working on everything we need we need to do better on all three phases and continue to you know push and have emphasis on those things and Continue to work hard. Just so you know, it helps whenever you come out on Sunday or the next game was your Thursday Um, really it's just come down to me taking care of the ball and You know, I'm gonna try to work as hard as I can I'm just up coming week to you know try to prevent that from from happening It sucks, you know, I feel like crap right now And you know, just try to get better at it. I mean That's all I can do Sorry everybody out there that you know, I'm Been lacking with the fumbles, but I'm gonna do it if I can be better I mean we just have been executed As much as we we need to I think sometimes we shoot us up in the foot with the turnovers and self-afflicted wounds with penalties Um, you know guys went down, but it's always the next next minute mentality here And um, but I think you know really just And going out there and playing our style of football and I feel like we haven't done that You know sustain that when we're in the game We know that outside of the building there's a lot that you put into Preparing for a game do you find a lot of the younger guys coming to you and Asking what they could do as well. And if so, what do you tell them in guys asking me about, you know, you know as far as like How I work what I put in my body. I'll eat how I recover and I just try to be a resource for them And let them know what I do and try to help me throughout the week Just so I'm ready for Sundays and like guys are trying their best to make sure that body is right We got the week so I can go out there and play and help this team win Is that an area where maybe collectively as an organization you guys can improve on that? Because very percent that you know, he would like for people should fall in love more with you know The things that they go into the parent for a game before the game Yeah, I think because very just want us to and embrace this whole thing Day by day what it requires the grind and you know Continue to have emphasis on those things just so guys are you know available guys are healthy guys are coming in and doing They need to do to come out here and compete and help us win games And I think guys are trying their best to do those things and you know You just got to take it one day at a time But I think coach babies just want us to embrace the grind and appreciate you know the game The highs and lows and adversity that it brings And I feel like guys are trying their best to do what he's asking