 any what you think continues to be the issues defensively that guys are not able to get off the field in a timely manner on a lot of these drives. Yeah man I think you know some of the same things that kind of crept up in our game all year kind of came back to haunt us whether it's you know really just the details fundamentals cutting guys loose um a lot of times man we're shooting ourselves in the foot um instead of letting actually making offenses beat us we're beating ourselves so I mean obviously we get these three days off to kind of reflect like everybody looked their cells in the mirror and try to figure out exactly what's going on because if you if you play like that in this league you're not going to win very many games and we understand that um I'm eager to look at the film just to see exactly what happened in this particular game but at the same time I don't want to sound like a broken record you know the communication the details of each play are things we got to get fixed um because we're on the field way too long like you said um we had some great fourth down stops this game but at the same time those inconsistencies keep you on the field and you give up points so we got to get it figured out quick we got two great teams these next two weeks John Glennon Kenny how much of a uh you mentioned that that fourth down stop there you guys still had a lead 17-13 how much of a momentum swing is it when uh unfortunate to have the 17-yard punt and you're back right back on the field um you know defended at the 27-yard line yeah geez but at the same time um we got to play complementary ball and once we get the fourth down stop you know score points and then okay we don't score points and we get back on the field we got to get a stop and and put the offense in plus field position um so they can score points we got to do we got to we got to create turnovers so the offense have more you know attempts at scoring we got to get more three and outs so the offense can get in a rhythm so we take that you know we got to do more on defense and that's just that's just the way I want to put it David Kenny a lot of snaps Sunday against the Bears a lot of snaps through the first two and a half quarters today did fatigue become any kind of factor for the defense today no no it wasn't a fatigue thing I think guys play hard every play um it's more of a deep like I said details and not executing the way we're coached um that that's the problem it's not it's not fatigue Corey hey Kenny um you you talked about the repeating the issues of communications is there still confidence with with Dean not here anymore that after eight weeks nine weeks you can get those things fixed yeah I mean I think what the man you know in our locker room the guys on our defense we can we can get it fixed um and we will we'll figure out you know we're at the halfway point now um you know we got like a little mini bi-week coming up and we will get it we will because I know we will just what the guys in our locker the guys on the team on the defense will we'll get it figured out we got to hold each other accountable and we got to do it so we can win I mean there's just no choice with the with the stops that you did have Kenny how angry maybe did leave you that you couldn't kind of seize momentum with those things and that they kind of were able to kind of keep coming back from the times that it looked like you were taking control um I mean it is I mean it's frustrating at the same time though it is what it is whatever situation whatever cards we get dealt on defense we need to we need to come out on top whether we get four down stops whether we you know get we didn't do enough that's just what it comes down to we didn't we we're on the field too long our offenses don't have as many opportunities to score we got it we got to figure out how to how to get the offense back on the field as many times as possible Luke Kenny you know Philip Rivers gets the ball out really quick and he certainly did it a lot tonight it looks like you all are playing a lot of off coverage and allowing a lot of free releases is that have anything to do with the fact that rivers and other quarterbacks you all have faced are able to get it out so fast and so efficiently um well I think with rivers too he knows he's such a smart quarterback he knows exactly where to go with the ball where the weaknesses are but at the same time you know we got to do a better job on defense is of mixing the uh mixing our alignments up you know showing press going going off you know being off coming up the press I mean there's different things we can do and just challenging guys I mean a lot of times if you get up and you challenge guys in their face that it discourages you know those quick quick throws but it also encourages the offense to take deeper shots so I mean there's a little give and take there but at the same time like I said Philip's always got the ball out quick he's very very smart he knows where to go with the ball he doesn't really give you a chance to you know sack him I mean he's the least sat team in the league or one of them top three so he does a great job and I think all the good quarter a lot of good quarterbacks do that is the amount of cushion you all give up a coaching choice or is that something you all decide on on the field I don't think our coaches coaches to give up passes but um I mean the pre the pre snap cushion yeah I mean are you talking about like from my corner the corner position I guess like what like whether you're lining up on the line of scrimmage or five ten yeah I mean it just depends it just depends what the coverage is you know whether it's quarters whether it's man single high covered to either way like I said regardless of what coverage we're running we have to do a better job of discouraging those quick throws by changing our alignments showing press coming off being you know being off getting out of press like our coaches told us told us that before this week this week hey we needed a better job of changing it up so I don't know I haven't watched the film so I don't know what I what to say on that last two Jim Kenny what's the frustration level as you leave here and you kind of touched on it what kind of top of a spot did you put yourself in with the tough schedule coming up and what's the mindset got to be moving forward um I think we need to you know get away from ball these next three days I mean I I usually can't so I'll probably watch the film tonight and kind of digest that but um come back ready to go on a good stretch ready to beat Baltimore you know we're going to Baltimore they're gonna be after what happened last year they're gonna be ready to roll I mean they're gonna be ready to roll regardless because it's the next game but um but being tough I mean we we've been through that we've been through it last year we've been through every every game in this league's tough I don't care if it's who knows who um so it's not really about the next opponent really for us and in general on defense we need to worry about what we're doing and and how we execute and not so much who the next opponent is last one Jared yeah Kenny you talked about the communication issues you guys have had this year why did you guys not have those issues last year especially when you went on your run and why can a similar group of guys not be able to figure that out this year um honestly I can't really I mean I can't really put my thumb on it exactly while we're having those issues this year like you said it's a lot of the same guys um but like I said we're gonna work to get it fixed um and last year's last year look I'm focused on this year I know right now we're in a better spot this year than we were a hell of a lot better spot this year than we were last year we just need to make sure we take advantage of that