 old narratives. That's not us. You know it didn't go away we wanted and blame me and we'll get better from this. We'll learn from this mistake. There's a lot of ways to look at it. They're easy narratives. It is what it is. We lost the game. Didn't make enough plays. We had chances to put them away. We turned the ball in the red zone. We had the penalty. It was probably a four point swing. It really could have put them away and you got to give the Saints credit. They made they made more play than we did and even when the game whatever there's time there's breathing this team's gonna fight till the end which we did. We had a chance try to kick a 63 yarder and they blocked it so that that's that was a message you led you know again it's it's about us we got 16 games and if we have the right mindset we'll improve from this and become a better team. The decision on the play caught third down the Bible and then the fourth down I mean the play called play never developed yeah quarterback center exchange under center so it happened obviously we'd love to have that back but it is what it is and a decision to punt on fourth down yeah I mean obviously in hindsight it's 2020 but when you're in that situation I had faith if you don't get it right there they're even closer so that's what you had and we try to bleed every second sure there's a part of me that wanted to go for it again hindsight is 2020 but the time my thought was at the time let the clock bleed down let's pin them back they had no timeouts we made them use all our timeouts and again if you had to do it over again obviously knowing end result sure make the other call change defensively over the last three drives for you guys what it were where did you all change well I mean we mixed up the calls I mean they made a place and we didn't get to the quarterback and that's essentially what it was well there's a pressure or four man rush different coverages and you got to give them credit they kept them clean at the end we were we were collapsing the pocket most of the game what it mattered we didn't get there and you know the same thing I thought for three and a half quarters we dominated the lines of scrimmage what they were able to make the plays at the end there I mean look good guys like this is a different team every year it's everything that was last year right the game happened oh the collapse what happened they went back down and scored and won it they had opportunity again today we there's clock reading we didn't sit here and say woe is me we practice those situations try to keep try to get what we thought was a coverage thought may you know actually I'm not gonna say anything about that but kept swinging get the ball to CP get it down work our mechanics there's no panic on our sideline try to in that they happen to get a personal foul we had a shot to go in our bang the timeout with two seconds and so I thought we had a chance at least they gave us an opportunity and they made another play and we didn't they blocked it to that message yes again yeah it's the same guys this is the same team you guys wrote our obituary back in in May and you'll continue to write our obituary who cares because we got 16 games and we don't learn from this and get better and we got to go go play LA they got a three game three-day jump on us so we'll watch the tape we'll look for corrections and then we got to get get going on the ramps well you know no to your point Jeff I mean I didn't see the fatigue I mean I thought again I thought we handle the lines of scrimmage well and obviously they made plays down the end and we didn't coach Jason McDonough court 360 sports Corral Patterson had a series where he carried the ball eight times 50 yard including a touchdown but we didn't see much of them a lot of them are so there's a looks that they gave us there's a lot of runs that Marcus had to pretty pretty effective so again some of these guys aren't superhuman I couldn't give them 50 carries but there's a lot of things that go when you when you run run some of the things we we did how many rushing cars we had 201 I'll take that and obviously I mean you wish we had one more you know maybe an on-site you wish you could have gotten a look different look at the spot on Marcus when he put the ball out they didn't and we bobbled the snap and that will lead and gave an opportunity to go down there and for them to kick the field goal is that Marriota's ability to Marriota's ability to get upfield is that kind of try to show the diversity of the team we're trying to use every asset and weapon we got so I thought I've been telling all year we're not gonna play the exact same we play last year we're gonna play the strengths of our team we got we got an edge we want to play with up front and I thought for the most part we play with that edge up front is that what you wanted things to look like for the most part most part other than the turnover in the red zone we had two fumbles of belief OZ the one on the on the explosive and then obviously Marcus got the first down trying to give himself up and got a good job knocked the ball out and then wait that you know the penalty down a low one you know that one bothers me I guess I meant more just the way the way the diversification of packages that was you were kind of that run as you wanted it to yeah when he'll got the explosive in the first half on the short yard situation was that a misalignment on your part with the defense it was it was you get it well I mean really is can we can we protect can we run the football on a defense that was supposed to be the steel curtain in the 85 bearish front that's what I wanted to see the challenge that we come up and manhandle that front which is one of the better fronts in football and so we'll get another shot on down in New Orleans and we can't wait so right whatever y'all want the same guys that you guys ranked as 45th you buried us in May barriers again we don't care we'll get back to work thank you just look at missed opportunities you guys are you know three quarters you guys were dominant and then the last half quarter things kind of slipped away what did you see and what was the difference I would say the biggest difference was just finishing in the red zone you know we had opportunities at multiple opportunities to go in there and score touchdowns and kind of put the game away we allowed them as an offense to stick around and that's something that we have to get back and look at and correct I got you the fumble as you were going toward the end ends on there what what happened there and some of this yeah honestly I just lost track of where I was I thought I needed a few more for a first down so I put my head down not realizing that I already had it looking back on that situation wish I would have just gotten down protected the ball we would have another chance to score points if you were to hear that you had 201 yards rushing as a team and lost would you believe it um no I don't yeah I mean it's tough right like I think if you're able to run the football as well as we did you know make plays in the passing game obviously we just got to find ways to score more points I think we did a great job moving the ball guys up front did an unbelievable job all game of controlling line of scrimmage and when it comes down to it in this league if you're not scoring points in the red zone you leave the door open and gotta give credit to the Saints they found ways to make plays at the end to win the game yeah that was a hundred percent on me you know unfortunately I was trying to we had a great look for the play that we had called and I try to cheat it and get get back a little quicker so I would have an opportunity to read it a little bit better and you know it's something that you take for granted unfortunately you know it kind of got away from us and that's that's completely on me yeah I thought you had a great day and for us it's no surprise we've seen that throughout camp we've seen that in OTAs so I think it's a great stepping stone you know but that's the expectation that's that's the standard we're gonna hold him to but I love playing with these guys you know they continue to find ways to get open and you just got to find ways to get in the ball when it comes and this may be a question for later in the week but when it comes to breaking this game down do you look at it collectively or do you break down you're like we played really well for three quarters and then let's go through the fourth quarter and what went wrong how do you kind of look at it when you're going through it I definitely think you take it as a whole because I do think there was missed opportunities throughout the entire course of the game and you know it's it's part of week one right you kind of iron some things out this is the full first game that we got to play together with that being said I'm not going to look at it specifically you know one quarter or another I really believe if you look at it a whole there's ways that we can improve and find ways to score more points and hopefully win the game Marcus you look real real good out there I mean almost vintage Oregon I thought you may have had a green jersey under there somewhere but you look real good running the ball getting up and down north and south not so much east to west is that something that you know you want to do more of during the season to give the team a different look some teams can't sit on you well yeah I think it just kind of depends on what what they're doing defensively you know the Saints basically were allowing me to pull some of those on zone reads giving me opportunities to get north and south but we'll have to see week to week and that's what's fun about this offense is we can do a lot of different things and we don't we're not very we're not one-dimensional we can kind of do a lot of things we got a bunch of guys are very versatile so if it calls for it yes if not you know I'll do whatever I can help this team with you've been in this league for a while now how hard is it to let go losses like this yeah it is tough but I think as an older player and I think we got some older vets in this in this locker room to understand the nature of the beast it's one of 17 you know there's 16 more of these you know there's a lot of good on the tape there's a lot of things we can get better at but I don't think you got to hang your head at all it's early in this season we will find ways to improve this team will continue to come together and you know I love playing with these guys I think we got a chance to be good Marcus gotten here a little bit late offensively with what you guys were able to do today is that what you envisioned the thing would look like it's kind of hard to say because I do think we're so versatile and a lot of things that we do that it just kind of depends week to week but you know I guess today was one of those days where you know up front we were doing a great job and we're able to run the football so yes I think we are in the right track but we just have to be better in red zone and and some of these start down situations you mentioned the red zone again you may have been asked us already what happened there on the fumble did you just yeah yeah I was saying earlier I just lost track where I was you know I thought I needed a few more yards I put my head down to get what I thought was the first down it's just unfortunate one of those things you know looking back on it if I can understand where I'm at you know I'd love to get down give us another chance to get some points you made mention and coach made mention that 17 games and this is the first can you look out because it's the first time we're looking at 17 games and the importance of a game one in a 17 game season trying to just look forward to it yeah I what's really cool about this team and what's really cool about the culture that they're building here is it's just one day at a time we're doing our best to stay present finding ways to improve on what is going on in that moment I think if you look too far ahead or if you're looking too far back you get yourself in trouble so as a team you know we're gonna find ways to get better from this and we're just gonna take you one day at a time and when things are rolling and we look our or we pick our heads up in December I think we're like we're at absolutely you know there's more opportunities right with 17 games there's more chances to win games and find yourself in a playoff fight thank you guys how we try to lead in this situation for this game today you know what I think the message is simple we just got to go back to work and you know chalk this one up we get to see these guys later in the year definitely unfortunate how you know the game ended today but we still got a lot of work ahead of us gritty what do you think happened in the fourth quarter like well how did this fall apart for you guys you know it's gonna take some going back and looking at tape but um clearly we got some things to fix you know and so we got a you know fix you know I'm saying so pressure wise you guys actually you had more sacks today than you did all last year like what where were you guys able to get pressure and at what point did you realize maybe there were gonna be opportunities to get pressure you know it's good to get get to the quarterback today from the whole front and some and also some bliss as well and we had a couple cover sacks as well so I mean it was a it was a it was a whole defensive effort but um we got to finish the game you know I think I mean if you it was encouraging to get to the quarterback but you know you want to win what did they change maybe protection wise in the fourth quarter because really for up until that really quick strike drive yeah you guys were able to get a quarterback and then you really didn't after that yeah I mean if passes were a little quicker and change some protection slit slit a little bit to me more and then also just some just was moving the pocket a little bit as you can see a couple of plays wasn't just stagnant so they start being a little more mobile as far as moving the pocket and not just sitting there so I mean they made some adjustments and we just got to make some as well did the tempo change enough for the Saints offense that kind of affected how the defense was able to pressure them I'm not sure if it was a temple thing like I said just being being in the present moment you got to go back in and look at see what we was really going on you know and so I don't know if it was a temple thing I mean they they did push the ball down the field towards the end and try to get back I mean obviously they had to go tempo because the time was running out so I don't know if that I mean the temple that was I don't it was great I know it's a new year with a new team but at the elder statesmen of this defense you've seen this script before of the games and your experience in other years what's needed to get out of it so it doesn't become a trend you know what we just got to go back to work man you know I didn't sit up here and sit up before but it's simple you know we got to finish we got to finish the game as a whole team and that's everybody doing the job and and there's more than one play in the game that determines the outcome of a game so everybody takes a part in it so I think that's that's the thing we have to know going forward but I could tell you know I'm encouraged with this team because we came out there and we play we had great energy we had a stadium rocking and you know it's probably one of the most if not the most exciting I've seen the team just making some big plays on offense and defense and the fans just giving us everything they got I mean it was a beautiful scene today and you know what we want to make these fans proud and come out and respond from this win I mean from this loss and then just continue to stack up some wins so we can keep it keep it you know turned up like that I mean it was just a amazing scene I just don't want it to go to waste you know because because this would that's what we can be man we just got to finish the game you know unfortunately we came up short and there's no excuses we gotta go back to work yeah greaty you were talking about the scenes from today you were really animated down there on the sideline I think it's the most probably been in a while what was it about today really that just had you going I mean I miss playing football man it's first game of the season gets a sense you ain't got no blood flowing for that shoot I'm excited making some big plays I just love playing the game you know that's why I do what I do you know at this point in my career it's all about you know being the best I can be and and you know that's what I was putting on display I mean shoot it's fun it's a fun game to play I love this greaty you're a holdover from the Super Bowl team and obviously you didn't go undefeated that year so what were you able to impart on the younger players the players I mean I'm not a hold of I earn my way here to this strike to the third contract to be with this team it's a blessing to play for Atlanta five is my hometown team and I take a year by year and I earn I earn every strike that I that I get going for and that's what I'm gonna continue to do and and I'm gonna see to put good football on the field and I'm focused on 2022 and I don't you know and that's that's what it is greaty this is a really young team as well like how do what do you have to do to kind of keep them from lingering too much on this you know I think like I said earlier the message is clear we got to go back to work you know young vet whatever it is if you on the field you got to be able to be ready to do your job because you know next team we played around don't care about you know us soaking on this we got to go back to work you know I'm saying so the message is simple for anybody got stuck on step on the field and going to prepare for this next game