 Mike, if you have that many starters out, you have some guys going out during the game to get that kind of performance, six sacks. How key was that today? It's huge. I mean, it's absolutely huge for us to go out there and keep battling in all three phases. It's just I thought that they never quit and they tried to pick each other up and support each other. And when the offense needed to play, the defense was able to come and help. And when we made a mistake on offense, or we gave up a touchdown on defense, we needed to drive offensively, needed a big play. And I thought our special teams kept us in there and did a great job with field position. Stop. So good for you, Roy Jeffers-Simmons. You still maintain that four-man front, four-year six sacks. So what was the key to being able to still do that with those four guys? Well, I think they probably weren't at 100% either. And that's how it goes in this league. And I know that those guys took advantage of their opportunities. DeMarcus and Mario and Danico and the whole crew. They played relentless. And unfortunately, we weren't able to get the stop there at the end of fourth down. But they battled and they had them running and scrambling. Have you ever been in for a while, Mike, or did you see something this week design it with them? I mean, I think some of those you just try to carry and try to hit at the right time. Why are receivers at your last game? How do you feel like they've been back in particular in WI? I think we just did enough to win the game. There'll be a lot of things we'll have to take a look at in all three phases. So to be able to determine that right now, I don't know if that's fair to anybody. I want to make sure that when we throw it that we have time to throw it. It starts there. It starts with the ability to protect the quarterback, quarterback making great decisions, and then guys going to make plays. And I can't really answer that. I can't honestly answer that right now, just coming off the game being where I was on the sidelines. I thought we had some plays that we made, and I'm sure we left some out there. They were intent on stopping. They were intent on slowing down Derek in the run game. How good was it, though, that the pass game was able to step up there? Well, we hit some big plays. And every week, I'm pretty sure that everybody's intent on stopping Derek. Whatever you just said can go for next Thursday and then the Sunday after that and Sunday after that. So we've got to get them going. I think that's obvious. Today was tough sledding. And we'll have to get the back going in unison with the line and making good decisions and all those things. What do you like maybe Ryan loosened up as the game went on and got a little bit more in the flow? Or how about your session? Well, I mean, I think that I thought he hit some big throws. I thought the throw to Chig was a great throw. Layered it. And Hoop had the penalty. And then Hoop came back and had the big third down conversion. I mean, that's an example that we try to show the guys. Yep, would have loved not to flinch there, Hoop. But he came back and caught it, broke a couple of tackles, and got a first down. And that's the message that we always try to send is we're going to make a mistake, get back to center, and try to figure out a way to go make it right. What went wrong on the fumble? We fumbled, and it's obviously critical that we take care of the football. That's what went wrong. And we just have to take care of the football. You've mentioned your identity being a little back run in the football part of the eight carries and playing in the corners. Was that just a matter of tough sledding? What was it that made you go? How many plays do we have in the first half? 16? I mean, there weren't too many. What's any of what 13 has to tell us? Well, we were getting behind the chains. I know there were some three in-outs. Again, you were really even looking at the second half, where we had nine yard gain, penalty, nine yard gain. It was like we just gaining nine yards in a run, and then there's a penalty. I think we can be at our best if we could start to get in there and compliment some runs and some play passes. But you just have to sustain some drives to be able to get that going. So we'll keep looking at it. How many special teams help you, I guess, punting and maybe covering the punts in particular? I've told you this for a while. That's got to be a strength of our team. I feel like we have the ability to be the best punt team in the NFL. The way that Stoney hits them and guys are going down there. CJ Board stepped up today, got the opportunity to come and help us on special teams, drew a penalty. Notice Trey Avery. That and guys get excited, because they know the ball's going to be in the air for a long time, and they can go down there. And we knew that Washington wasn't going to fair catch them, so that there was going to be some opportunities for everybody to make some plays. Fortunate to get away. Be helping the hard-moulders. On the long. Yeah, we just need to get a guy over the top of them. Fortunate to get away with maybe the drops, Mike, maybe six on offense and defense, the neutral zone infractions. Stuff they're usually cleaner with. Yeah, we're always fortunate when we win. What was he clicking on that two-minute drive before the half that got things going? Well, I think Ryan was decisive. I think we protected him. I think we were able to protect him. We got into a good flow. Started with trailing with a little catch and run, and just paw through there and get the first down, put his pads down, penalty-free drive offensively. Yeah, there's certainly some things there, just referencing Paul's comment that will probably cost you. I mean, just line up in a neutral zone however many times, jump off sides on just certainly things that we're not coaching, we're not encouraging, we're not, those are things that, obviously, going against elite teams in this league that will probably get you beat. It's a little wild boot. They give you when you win, when you don't play your best, you're about five starters, but find a way to handle it. Well, I think it was a long week. The guys went on the road last Sunday night, and they laid it on the line, and it came up short in overtime on Sunday night. And it took us a while to, you know, I think get over that. And then as the guys continued to not be available, I felt like at least we were getting ready and guys were excited to be able to play. And I think that showed at certain times, we just needed to be there the entire time. How much of a concern when you don't have your kicker, 10 minutes before the game? Well, a shit ton. How did he do it? He wasn't available. First game back for Trello, what were your thoughts on his performance? You know, some inconsistencies, but, you know, he was able to catch a couple of balls. And, you know, we just got to continue to work them in there. You've got to understand how this game's played. It's played fast paced, and continue to work on all the little things. And communication with Ryan and how we're subbing him in and all those just little things, because, you know, we're working them back in. It's just not going to be an every snap thing. You head straight to the facility now, or what's a short week like? Well, the coaches, you know, we've tried to do a little bit of preparation on Green Bay. I think you have to. Hopefully the players can get some rest, and we'll be in, you know, working on a squad meeting tomorrow at 12.30 to recovery with them, the research, and things that we've tried to do to get them recovered tomorrow, and how we try to prepare to go on a short week. Monument to CJ, is it special teams where you expect him to show up primarily with the U.S.? Today it was. Today it certainly was. I give Chase and Auk a lot of credit. They were excited to insert him in there when a player became unavailable. And he did everything he could to take advantage of his opportunities as a returner, and also giving us some juice out there as a gunner. So that's where it started, and then we'll see where it progresses offensively. I felt better in my life, but the win tastes good. I tell you how much. Did you feel like you got loosened up more as the game went on, or is it more struggle to get through it as the game went on? Yeah, it definitely didn't feel better, but, you know, things were ugly early. Guys hung with me and kept battling. And we just found a way to start making some plays, take advantage of some looks that we're getting, and make some big plays, especially there down the stretch when we needed it. At what point in the week did you feel like, OK, I could probably get this thing a go? I just kind of feeling it out as the week went on. You know, I know it's been getting better up until today. So I felt decent going about it into the week. And once we started practicing and moving around on it a little bit, I had a pretty good feeling that things were going to work out. The thing where you're anxious to see how it feels when you wake up tomorrow morning? Do what? Is it a thing where you're anxious to see how it feels tomorrow morning? Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how I feel in the morning. But like I said, everything feels a little better when you win. How would you feel like guys maybe stepped up for you today, whether it was Nick or Chig, or maybe even Austin on a couple of players? Yeah, they're huge. They're huge. You know, Nick makes some plays, getting that two-minute drive going, obviously on the touchdown there at the end of half, then on the other long touchdown. Hoop made some big plays on third down, Chig. That was a huge third down there at the end of the fourth quarter. Something we saw on the sideline and talked to him about and made a little adjustment, came back, and were able to hit it. So it's pretty cool whenever you make those sideline adjustments, talk through it with a young player like Chig, who's coming on for us. And he goes out there and makes a huge play for us. Coming to the game, knowing that the Flickers part of the plan or is that something that comes in along the way? Yeah, it was part of the plan. There's a lot of plays in the plan. Thus, you never know if it's going to get called or not. But Todd dialed it up right at the perfect time and guys executed. It had plenty of time to make the throw. And Nick obviously did a good job on the outside. Brian, what they could do to sell out, to stop Derek today, did you kind of know, going as the game went on, that the pass game was going to have to step up and make some plays to pull this one out? Yeah, no doubt. I mean, we had opportunities early in the pass game. I just wasn't good enough. And then kind of stuck with it. They were one up against us a lot in personnel. So the run game was tough. I feel like we kept battling and were able to increase a few runs and get some efficient runs, which was good. But there was going to be opportunities in the pass game. And then we finally got things going and took advantage of them. You got your first honey dog to see you running back. You got the touchdown total for the receivers. How good can that be as far as how large and important are these guys and you to get things together and be more impactful? Yeah, it's huge. You know, it's huge. You want to start stacking good performances. So those guys were doing a good job all game. They hung with me, like I said, and started making plays there when I got them the ball as the game went on. So a lot of good things to stack and build on from that group. Brian, you take off running in the two minute drill, guys on your heels. Is that something that you had tested during the week on your ankle, or is it just a matter of necessity there? Yeah, it definitely hadn't tested that. And I didn't feel too good. But yeah, necessity there. You know, pocket got muddy. Things weren't cleaned down fuel and was able to squirt out of there. What are the things like now you've got to get ready to play now in four days? Just what kind of challenge is that going to be for you and maybe for the team? Yeah, no doubt. It's a challenge. It's a challenge each and every Thursday night game. It comes around. You've got to get past this one quickly. Get your body right. Do everything you can. You only have a few days to heal up and knock out any soreness. So I'm going to have to be diligent in our sleep, in our preparation, and in our healing. Just trying to get as much work in we can in the training room and getting our bodies right and that we can be ready to go on Thursday. Brian, you said Mark was calling at the right time, the Malik's fumble from where you looked with that. I mean, did you have it set up there and you just didn't get the execution you guys needed there? Yeah, I don't know exactly what would happen on that. You'd have to ask I'm Malik. But it was something we practiced during the week, especially in that type of situation. And unfortunately, the ball went on the ground. Brian, you've been a part of this. What do you feel like is going to be the key to getting more consistent throughout the game? Yeah, consistency. You said it. We've done good things at times and did good things at times today. It just takes consistency from everybody, starting with me and then on down the line. Got to be able to take advantage of plays when they come up and be consistent from the first drive to the end of the game. How much maybe it is of the wild boost is it when you win and you don't play as well and you had so many guys out like you guys did today, just five guys on defense? Yeah, it's huge. I'm proud of those guys. They came to play and we're battling all game, kept us in it. When things weren't pretty offensively early, they kept us in the game. Then finally, offense started to make us play. So proud of our guys, the way we battled. That's one thing I know about this team is we're going to go battle. No matter what's going on, no matter how things are going on the field, we're going to stick together, we're going to keep battling and try to find a way to win and we were able to do that today. Do you have a question about the long day in your watch from the team? I'm going to kick your feet first. Yeah, I got that little birdie in my ear at pregame. Like, hey, you might be holding. So not the information you want to get in pregame, but Randy was able to stick it out and make some kicks for us there. I'm not sure points are in that field goal, crucial field goal, you know, there at the end. So definitely he showed some toughness for us and battled it out and came up big. You went through the motions on a warm-up kick there on your way in, were you thinking you were in the pecking order? No, that is not going to happen. I, the only field goal attempt I think I've ever attempted in my life was my freshman year in college and I drilled the left guard in the back of the head. So yeah, not going to happen again. How good was it just to get out here and find a way to win this one? Yeah, great win, great team win. Start to go through it and, you know, got a big jury and that's always good. Everybody's always happy. You like seeing the pass game step up like that because it was obvious that they were keying on you trying to keep you from a while. Yeah, they're very happy, you know, guys to be able to, you know, get up and catch some balls and make some big plays for us. Ryan did a great job and, you know, credit to those guys and, you know, just happy to see it all coming together and these guys make some plays and get some touchdowns. How big for you guys when, after the turnover, the defense gets to stop and it gets you an opportunity to go back down? Yeah, they've been playing lights out and they play with full effort relentless and, you know, we got to do our part and go out there and put points on the board but defense been playing lights out. You guys are great at finding ways to win even when you don't necessarily play your best. Do you feel like you're into the stage of the season where you've got to play better even in the wins to be ready for what's coming in January? Yeah, I think you just got to continue to focus, continue wanting to get better as a team on all three phases and then just let everything come together and just keep stacking and just trying to get better each and every day. You've played a resturging night game before. What's the challenge coming off of a Sunday trying to get ready to play here now in four days? I think you just watch the film on this game and get past it and then do everything you need to do, get your body ready, prepare all week, quick turn around and get ready for Thursday. What were the ball groups doing defensive for you to kind of slow down through running game time? I think they just played well. A lot of them in the box. I might got to play better, no excuses. I feel like I could have done a lot better than what I did and, you know, just watch, film, make corrections and learn from it. You were, what was going on? To the end? You were in and out. I went to the bathroom. The flea flicker, obviously that's something you guys have worked on. Could you tell they've been on it and could you get a sense of maybe that and you could hit a home run on that one? Well, I see them come up. I was just hoping I made a good toss to Ryan and if somebody was open, Nick was wide open and got a touchdown, made an explosive play. Nick Westbrook, Akina said his eyes kind of lit up. He was excited when that play was first called. What was going through your mind when that play was first called? Oh, once I threw it and I looked and I seen it was wide open. He caught the ball. I knew it was going to be a touchdown, man. Nick works hard and he loves his team. He'll do whatever he can to help us win and just happy for him that he was able to make some plays today. Coach Rabel talks about it all the time, but that makes me in that mentality. You guys had a ton of players out with injuries, been battling all through the season, but to be able to step up without some of those key starters tonight, what does that say? Just felt the resiliency and the ability of this team. Yeah, we definitely can't wait to get those guys back. But I think the guys that went in there and played hard. It shows that how hungry they are, how focused, how detailed and how ready they are to make a play to help us win and credit to those guys. That's been Jones about the quick turnaround this week. He said the quick turnaround always made easier by a win. Why do you feel that way? I mean, you lose and you try to, it's hard to get over a loss, but when you win, you can make the corrections and move forward and ready for the next one. What happened on the play with Malik on the fumble? I mean, this was a bad exchange. I mean, I'm not really sure, I gotta watch the film, but we just made a mistake and know what we're learning from it and get better at it.