 Yeah, I mean, they do it really well. It's nothing that we didn't see beforehand. But we'll continue to work on it. And it's just a lack of fundamentals, that play, and technique that we've got to just clean up. And we'll end up doing that a little bit more today. But we've got to make sure that we protect at all times, because it's a big momentum swing, if anything happens like that. You're pretty satisfied with the way Folt kicked off. Obviously satisfied with how he did on field goals. But as far as kickoffs, you're pretty satisfied with the distance. Sure, I mean, there was times that we had him go right, go left, down the middle. Obviously, we're a team that loves to cover kicks. And our guys, I thought, for the most part, did a pretty good job. And Nick, having some good placement, really helped us out on some of those, too. So yeah, really excited about what Nick has to give us, whether it's on kickoff or on our field goals. Touchback's not that big of a deal. I wouldn't say it's not a big deal, because there's going to be some point in time where we're going to ask Nick to try to kick a touchback. Again, depending on the situation. So we'll just play that by year and by game. So what was the plan, kind of, not to do touchbacks that you wanted to do? We want to see our guys cover. I mean, that's one of the biggest things that we talk about, building an identity for our football team. And that's going to start out with our kickoff coverage. Coach Rables meeting on kickoff coverage has run as fast as you can and go tackle the ball carrier. And there's obviously a little bit more to that, too. But we want to see our guys cover kicks, because we want to have that identity. And last year, we did a really good job. And the game that we had against Kansas City, where all of our players are up on the sideline, they do the same thing for the Saints game. They're all up there trying to watch us cover kick. So we want to establish an identity, and that's a way to do it. Like what you saw in the return game against the Cures. Yeah, I thought Cures did an excellent job of catching the football. That's our number one thing, is give the ball back to the offense, and then get that first, first down, which I thought he really did. I know he'd like to have the one taken back a little bit, because he ended up catching a ball close to the sideline. There was a guy right next to him. That's just part of that youth wanting to make a play. But I think the most part of him just catching it and running, and getting up field, and getting positive yardage was a big deal for us. Maybe take some hard hits. Has he opened himself up to stuff at the end of his runs? He's battling. He's going to get every inch that he possibly can, and that's a part about being young, too. There's a point in time where if you're getting hit, you've got to go down. And fighting for those extra yards, he'll continue to learn not to take those hard shots, and just, hey, we got what we got, and that's it. Would you give me feedback from Tim's job or anything? Well, it was funny, because Tim's been in here already twice, giving us his opinion on things, which is awesome. And I asked Tim if he's ever started off a game with a turnover, and he says he hasn't. So there's a lot of positives, whether it was the turnover, Nick's making five for five, the punt return. But yeah, Tim had a list of stuff that he felt each player can improve on, whether it's technique fundamentals. He gave his two cents with me, so it's awesome to have another guy who has another set of eyes and a guy who's done it for a long time in his career to give you advice. What was your view on the opening play, and how sure were you that you had the ball? Well, I wasn't sure. I'm kind of far back where we're starting to kick off, because I want to try to see our guys running down there and maybe see what their opponents trying to give us. So I didn't really see other than Amani going and swiping at the ball. That's stuff that obviously we teach our guys defensively going after the football. And Amani brought that in there on the special teams. But I didn't notice until all of our sideline was really given the hand signal that we end up getting the ball. And then when they showed it on the replay and you can hear stretch up top saying, hey, that's going to be our ball. Obviously, it's a huge momentum for us. And I'm really, really excited that Amani end up making that play. Got good? Yeah, we had a play there at all, really. We had to be fun for the first home game, so I had to see the fans and get everything going. What's kind of been the mood shift this week? You guys obviously disappointed over Sunday. Just kind of turning to the page of that game and kind of starting fresh this week. Yeah, just ready for preparation. Come right here and get better, make each other better. Bring the intensity all week on all three phases. Then let it show on Sunday. Sister urgency and ready to get to work. Do your defense feel different from the one you saw last year out there? Their defense feels different. Does their defense feel different? No, I mean, they have some new guys. I feel like they run the same scheme. Probably added some different things, but it's pretty much the same stuff, but a couple of new guys. So not much too different. Very good to really jump between two and you guys lost week on before. But how important is it to make sure that they don't start piling up and you don't dig yourself to a hole? I mean, nobody wants to lose, especially concessive losses. So you just got to make sure we're locked in, holding each other accountable throughout the week. Everybody working hard on what things they need to get better at and collectively as well. And just be focused and locked in each and every day. And then let it just turn into Sunday as one in the game. Is it great on you guys? I mean, obviously one year doesn't carry over to the next, but it's been a while since you guys have put one in the link column. We want to win. I mean, we're not going out there trying to lose. Focus is winning and winning the game. And this week is the charges. And focus on winning that one. Mike said the other day that probably the game, since being rehabbed in about 15 carries, probably going to be a little bit of an outlier. You figure you're expecting more carries. Do you have any idea of the argument? Do you expect more coming up? When my number's called, just go out there and try to make it play. Never. I'm in there. I can't worry about all the other stuff. Control what I can't control. And then when I'm in there to go make it play, try to go do that. I know Ryan's preparation. He's going to be ready. I'm sure he's motivated and put that game behind him. And he's been working out here and been himself. But I know what type of competitor Ryan is. I know he'll be ready on Sunday and ready to go to work. Where did you feel about the offensive line just in front of you and the protection there and seeing a game one with that mission? I feel they did a great job. Game one and getting all the jitters out. They feel like they played physical at a lot of scrimmage. We have some space in there. A lot of good things to build off of. And a lot of things to get better at as well. We always see you break all big plays on the screen game. Why is that still a success with who you got? I don't know how we keep going though. It's been fun. Just execution on the offensive part. Guys are doing their job and me catching the ball and trying to get north and south and getting the most out of the play. Were you impressed with Coach Brave coming down the sidelines? I wasn't even looking at Brave. I was looking at that green grass that was in front of me. So I need to get on. OK. Kept in touch with Echler and the rest of that group chat since the summer? Yeah, we still talk every now and then. Is it about the same stuff or is it just kind of about the general thing on the offensive? If you need to reach out by anything, we just hit each other up. But it ain't nothing too much. It's checking on everybody and making sure everybody's good. Just seeing how everybody's doing. And if anybody has anything they want to talk about, and they just put in a group message or anything, or write somebody separately. Terry, keep talking a lot about being a good teammate and getting other guys involved in some of that stuff. A lot of the best success they all got tied on something that was when you were involved. Is there any part of you when you go into the meeting room that maybe you're elbowing Tim or somebody in second? Can we get a few more touches this way after that? No, not at all. I'm just trying to make a play whenever my name is called and when I'm in there. And just trying to get everybody going anywhere I can when we're making the play or me without the ball. And that's all I try to do every time I'm in there and ever since I've been here. So just trying to be a playmaker and help us win and give us any chance that I can when I'm in there. You started off well, and during your time here, you've really run the ball well in the second half before we were bearing down. Would you like to see that get established in this offense again that you guys can run in the second half in front of the ball? Well, I mean, whatever it's called, it's called whether it's in the first half or in the second half. I want to be effective and make a play when it's there. And when I get the opportunity, how many opportunities I get, I mean, I'm just excited to be out there, help us in any way possible. First, do the fourth. So I just want to take advantage of my opportunities when they come. Jeff said when he's chipped by a running back, he considers it kind of an annoyance. On the occasions that you chip, is that kind of how you view it? You want to be an annoyance? Definitely. I want them guys to get tired of it and not rush as hard as they do, especially the premier rushes, want to slow them down as much as possible. And if it's annoying, I mean, it's working. Yeah, I've got to do a better job of doing that, of getting those guys into a rhythm. There were times where we were able to kind of put some drives together and get the drive started. And that's when we were obviously most effective in able to move the football. But I've got to do a better job with our drive starters to make sure that we're getting our guys into a rhythm sooner. You look back maybe at Ryan from Sunday, maybe what went wrong in evaluating his play. Yeah, I mean, obviously, it's always going to be where we can't turn the ball over. There were times where the balls went to the right place. And for whatever reason, we didn't come up with a catch. So just looking forward to him being able to come back this week and go out there and get another opportunity to go out there and lead our offense. But there were opportunities to be made by everybody. And we got to do a better job of taking advantage of those situations when they come up. It really was like in a pre-season training camp that Ryan and DeAndre had come up with a really good connection. Did you see that same connection all the time in the opener or did it come up? Yeah, I don't know about all the time. But I think there are some definite situations where you definitely came up. I want to say there was a second and longer. Maybe it was a first and 15 in the second drive or second or third drive. You hit him on an in-cut versus cover five, which was really good and good trust throw. Hop did a good job of winning, being exactly where Ryan needed him to be, when he needed to be there. And there were different examples of that throughout the game. It's just we got to do a better job of doing it consistently. Receivers. When you and Ryan sit down at the beginning of the week, what plays are up, what plays are down? How was that process going into the same team? Did you guys do that? Yeah, I thought it was fine. Again, I think it's probably more on my shoulders in terms of making sure I'm calling the correct plays as opposed to the plan being flawed itself. Receivers didn't seem to get much separation. What do you do in the course of the game if they're being well-covered and things aren't opening up? Yeah, try to get different matchups, try to move people around. There's a variety of different things that we can do. And were there times where there wasn't a lot of separation, I think so, but there's also times where I thought guys ran good routes. Couple examples of the trail and went in some good routes and getting open. Couple examples of Hop doing it. So again, it's all about consistency. Can't turn the ball over and we gotta be able to go out there and play winning football for four quarters in order to win in this league. I feel good that some of the schemed plays that certainly the free flicker, Tajie on the route up the left side, you had touchdown plays there had the throw come together. Yeah, I don't know if anybody's feeling good about anything with the performance and us being able to go out there and not win. But that's our job as coaches is to come back into the office and evaluate what was good, what was bad and try to fix that and make sure that we have more good than bad next week. How does it seem like you guys were much more heavy pass maybe than in the past? Was that more by game plan design or is that just kind of the look the defense gave you? Yeah, I mean, there's a lot that goes into that. The down a distance, how's the game going, where are you at? Who's on the field for us? Who's on the field for them? So I don't think, again, I don't think we went into the game trying to throw the ball like that. Just kind of how the game developed and that was kind of the DNA of the game as far as we're concerned with that. Would you like to get more instructions for Derek Henry? In the past, fourth quarter, close game, you guys really lean on that man in the past but it didn't happen this weekend. Yeah, I mean, yeah, we'd like to ride our guys, ride our best players. So I think that kind of goes back to what we were talking about earlier in terms of having a good plan. And then I have to do a better job of just going out there and executing it. You know, his defense system, very big name playmakers, James, Mac, Osa, how do you go about playmaking and planning for that and also protection for that? Yeah, yeah, they've got good players at every level and they move them around. Derwin's all over the place, both ends, and you don't know what side they're going to be on. So yeah, our guys need to be locked in and focused as to where they're at in order to make sure those guys don't wreck the game. The fact that Taja ends up with 34 snaps and then he's in there quite a bit. Pretty good reflection on what you guys have seen from him in terms of his first camp and then preceding him. Yeah, I think, again, he did a good job of handling his piece of the game plan. And then for whatever reason, the game kind of dictated that we were in that personnel grouping a little bit more than others and he did a good job of going out there and made some good plays and the ball found him in the run game, you know, had some ops in the pass game and, you know, looking forward to him, again, continuing to grow on that and hopefully, you know, we can continue to build on that. When you look back on the success you had with their running and passing in the first half and then basically his absence in the second half, was that credit to the Saints? Was that just the way the offense went? Was that a mistake or how did that play out? Yeah, I mean, probably like to have a call or two back off the top of my head here to be able to get him probably the ball a little bit more. But yeah, it was just, again, that's my job to make sure that I'm putting that we're getting the ball to our best players and I got to do a better job of that. What are you looking to see out of the tight ends in terms of maybe increasing their involvement here in the second half of the week, too? Yeah, I thought, you know, there were some opportunities with Chig just consistently continuing to win. I thought he had ops and for whatever reason, you know, the ball didn't find him. But again, just hopefully this week, when we have the opportunities, we're able to take advantage of it. Could you portray him look like yourself or is he still not able to rest off? I thought he looked fine, you know, he had the one drop, unfortunately, but he did some other things there where he was really running and, you know, had that really good in cut when we were backed up. That was a big play for us, got us out of the shadow of the end zone. So there were definite signs that he looked like himself. You saw some improvements in the second half in the offensive line. What specifically stood out to you, just kind of getting into groove, some adjustments they made? Yeah, I think everyone kind of settled in a little bit and, you know, did a much better job for us. It felt like they did a better job for us on, you know, in those known passing situations. It's tough, you know, on third down, first of all, we got to do a better job on first and second down. Anytime it's third and 10, it's going to be hard to convert. I don't care who you're playing or where you're playing. So, but I thought they did a good job of settling in a little bit and, you know, given Ryan time to be able to deliver accurate footballs. He's been trying to himself for a long time on converting in the red zone. If you look back at Sunday, how frustrating is that? Yeah, really frustrating. Again, as you look at it, it's being able to be efficient on first and second down. You know, we had the one drive. We ended up having a holding call. It ends up being first and 20. Again, you're behind the sticks. It's going to be difficult to continue with that drive. You know, I think it was second and 20. You know, so we get down at the end of the game. We have a tackle for loss at second and 12. So there's just times where you put yourself behind the sticks. And it just, again, whether you're at the 15-yard line or, you know, the minus 25, anytime you're behind the chains like that, it's difficult to convert, especially against the defense like the Saints. They've got a good defense and they played well. So again, we got to do a better job on first and second down. You mentioned last week potentially getting off script early in the game should sort of stay. Perfect example of it right there, right? Like, there it is. How do you feel like you guys could have done better on both sides after the turnover? Yeah, yeah, just stayed on sides. You know, I think if we do that, we had two false start penalties. Within the first, I think it was three or four plays, the P and 10, and then the third down. We got to stay on sides and maintain our composure, you know. And, you know, no one's laughing, but chuck a little bit when looking back at the game and thinking about that and the discussion that we had last week. So, yeah, just got to do a good job of operating and executing the basic fundamental core aspects of our offense. Yeah, it was good to see him out there. Yeah, like you said, we saw it all training camp and it kind of came to fruition last week. So hopefully that can continue for us because that's a big part of what we need. Well, is there a take away from Sunday as far as what you like? What's got to be better? Yeah, X plays. I mean, they have five passes for 160 yards. Can't let the ball get thrown over our head. I mean, some of those, it's, we're actually winning in pass rush relatively quickly and they're throwing it before we're able to get there. So we got to do a better job there, just keeping the ball in front of us, not let them throw it over our head. Win some of those one-on-one match ups. And then the four minute, like, talk about stopping the run, being more physical in four minutes, the definition of that. And we didn't get it done. So we got to be better there. The trouble is it's really complimented. Double moves, no approach that he, what's your closing point to the guys to not sit on the stage and cover that? Yeah, I think they got to know the type of player they're going against, right? Like we talked about before, all these receivers have different skill sets, right? So it's no different than this week with Mike Williams, Kenan Allen, they get Palmer in there. They're all a little bit different with how they do things. So I think understanding the skill sets, understanding what they're trying to do with guys. And again, you just got to be careful sitting on the routes at the sticks with guys that can run like that, right? Because then you get caught behind. You don't get a big play, like with the fumble return that wasn't overturned. What do you say to your guys in terms of trying to keep them focused for the next play so that nothing goes haywire? Yeah, I think it's ultimately, we got to control what we can control, you know? Like there's going to be calls that go our way, there's going to be calls that don't go our way. Literally in my mind, I'm thinking about the next play, trying to keep their butts over there on the field instead of running off. Like that was a big thing, just trying to keep them, even the first play of the game, like stay over here until we know what's going on. And we got to be ready to play defense regardless. So if it doesn't go our way, we got to be ready to turn the page and go the next play. Jeff was very complimentary of the chipping the Saints. It is unusual for an interior guy to get chipped to the degree he did by now. Yeah, I mean, we've seen it at times before. Again, they can only help so many places. They're going to chip him, they're not going to be able to chip the edges and or possibly Nico or some of these other guys, but we've seen it from time to time where they'll set that tight end in there. I would say it's a little bit different, rare on third down with the back, but they were using a full back, right? In protection, so they had a little bit bigger body in there. So I'd say it's unique, it's something we got to be ready for moving forward. He gets a great run and stopping the run for opponents. You surprised at all that making other teams one dimensional hasn't helped in the past? Yeah, you would like to think so, you know? You would like to think if they're going to sit back there and try to throw it, and we know they're not going to try to run it so much, like we should be able to rush a little bit better, we should be able to cover a little bit better. It all goes hand in hand, right? It takes 11 guys to stop the pass, 11 guys doing their job, the guys up front being able to affect the quarterback, the guys in the back end being able to cover and win their 1-0-1s and at the same time we're in zone coverage, we're in match coverage being able to execute, right? See things the same way and everybody be on the same page. So X-Plays are disappointing, something we got to get fixed, the rear is set again and it was that way early in the season last year. When you talk about the X-Plays, how important is it against the team as explosive as the Chargers to now allow them and make them drive to the field? Yeah, extreme, right? Like we talked about that all the time, regardless of who we're playing. If we make them drive it, there's more opportunities for us to make a play, more opportunities to get them off schedule, more opportunities to create a hopefully a third and long where we can get off the field, right? One thing about the Chargers, they had I think five 10-play drives last week. So they were methodical and granted they were running the crap out of the ball but they were pretty methodical driving the ball down the field and finding success. So they weren't really relying on the X-Plays as much as they came, but it was really sound offense and being able to stay ahead of the chains and create third and one, third and two so they could convert. But again, if we can find ways to get them behind the sticks, create some third and longs where we can rush and cover, I like our chances getting off the field. If you get in the third and two, three, four, five window, it's hard on the defense. It is, it's hard. I know you're got limited inhabitants, but how different is this offense with Kellen Moore, do you think? And what do you expect in compared to what you saw last time? Yeah, I think there's some similarities to what they did with Herbert prior to Kellen being there. I think Kellen's got a stamp on it. Obviously, you see a lot of carryover from Dallas. Some of the things they were doing in Dallas has transferred over, but I think there was some similarities in terms of scheme with what they were doing prior with Herbert in LA. So we got to be prepared for everything. We've been going back through, coming back through what he does well. I mean, what they did in the run game was impressive. I think that's something Kellen's got a stamp on, and they did a really good job last week with that. So it's something we got to be prepared for, just the scheme runs, what's going to be new that shows up for us. So we'll see where it goes. After spending all camp in new positions, how did Molden and McCrary do when they had to shift back to their old spots? Yeah, I thought they did good. I mean, they got thrown in the fire there. They had been preparing for it. Like they go through all that stuff, meetings and walkthroughs. They get reps. So it's not like it was totally foreign to them. Obviously the experience of playing there last year. So I thought they both did a really good job going out there and being able to execute. Yesterday Jeff was telling us about the level of pride they take in stopping the run. But how much of those guys in that unit dictate and kind of set the tone for what you try and do out there on defense? Yeah, total. I think everything we do from an emotional, physical, toughness, effort standpoint, it starts with Jeff, right? I mean, between our leaders, Jeff, Aziz, KB, like everything starts with them. And Jeff's a vocal, loud, whole guys accountable type of leader for us. So everything kind of goes through him, you know? So and it's been really good with Arden and with Tart and those other guys, they're committed to doing that. But at the same time, they know they got to earn the right to rush and then they go and rush, you know? So it's been good. Yeah, you got to know where he's at. Like, he's an issue. There's matchup issues in the passing game. He does a good job running the ball. He's had a big time success in the screen game in the past. He's getting his way out. Like, they're going to find ways to get him out, whether it's check downs and Herbert's finding them. But he's a big part of what they do.