 and Peter how are you today? Good guys how are you doing? We're doing all right I guess I'll start off with you know a simple question I don't know if the answer is simple what happened yesterday? We just on offense we just didn't execute you know I think as a team we just didn't play complementary football like we've been playing the last few weeks and yeah just you know didn't play good football we got to be better. Well I try to figure out is this a good team that had a bad day or are you just a bad team because four and eight would suggest the latter? No no we're not a bad team it's uh you know I think we also I just think for us we just got to go out there and you know it's the same you know whenever we lose guys it's really the same story it's it's just we got to execute we got to do everything in our power to make sure that um you know we're going down the field we're having really good drives we're sustaining you know we're getting in third and manageables um you know we're converting first or third downs you know putting ourselves in good positions to win football games um it's really as simple as that when when you don't convert third downs and when you know you're not you're not getting good field position um we're not you know putting our defense in a great spot when we're putting the ball backed up and we're you know we're giving the bangles a good good field uh you know a good chance to drive the ball down the field and score touchdowns it's you know it's it's it wasn't good football on sunday you know we just got to better we just we I'm sorry Michael were you surprised at the uh lack of levion touches that there were yesterday? I think for us you know the more um the more first down I mean the more the more times we convert on third down the more first down that we get um the more chances we're going to be able to get him the ball um you know I think falling falling behind there and then in the second half we had to do what we had to do to try to come back but um you know I think it was just uh you know not converting third downs that really you know you know we just we didn't run the ball as much as we did because of that I think and you know I think he just didn't get those touches because we obviously we didn't we didn't have as many plays to be able to get the ball now not not that you need excuses the first drive you guys end up with a with a field goal but there were three blatant drops did that kind of set the tone for the game? um no I think you know we've come back for a for worse than that I think it was just a matter of you know in the drives following that drive um we just didn't convert third downs I think that was a story I'm not putting ourselves in good positions like we have been the last few weeks and I think that was more of the story all right not converting on third downs why was that a struggle? uh we just weren't in third mandibles we kept putting ourselves in third longs um you know we weren't efficient on first and second down and I really put that on my shoulders um you know I got to do a better job of getting the ball on my hands and making sure that you know we're in those um you know second and mediums make sure we're in those third and shorts really third and three to six is where you want to live and uh you know we were third and you know six seven or longer um for most of the day and again I put that on myself and feel like I can put our team in our offensive a better position on third down now this is a situation where um the offensive line had been much better especially during the three game winning streak and you are under siege the entire game yesterday what happened um oh I think um it was a combination of a lot of things um I just think for me I got to get the ball out faster um I felt like I was I was sitting in one spot um for the majority of the game I feel like I wasn't you know I wasn't as mobile as I usually am I just think that you know I could have done a little bit more to avoid rushers um how I usually do so um I don't know there were a lot of things that I could have done different to change the game and again I put that on myself I'll tell you what Sam I mean you're you're saying what you have to say and I would love to have a teammate like you I mean you're taking all the hit I thought the team from top to bottom one to 53 played a terrible game I don't know why you're taking all the blame on this you didn't play a great game but I mean your offensive line didn't give you time the game plan didn't seem like it was great the the team didn't seem like they were really you know up for the game I don't know maybe I'm wrong watching it on tv but you should not take the hit for this no I think everyone on everyone on team would sort of in and play their best on Sunday that's a fact um I think you know like you said I feel like you know the whole team didn't play well um I think everyone on the team would say the same thing uh we just got to play better as a whole team uh and if we do that you know we'll definitely see better days ahead now we don't know about the future but you know you beat Cincinnati you got Miami and I'm sure you're thinking about getting revenge from them sets up a prime time game against Baltimore I mean there was a chance that you guys could have gotten the 500 above 500 do you feel like an opportunity was blown are you guys down because of that missed opportunity and having of all teams Cincinnati be the team that got in the way of that no I think I think anytime anytime you lose a game in the NFL it sucks um you know you put so much work into one game throughout the week and then you know we didn't execute nearly as well as we picture ourselves executing and we didn't play like I said complementary football as we usually did those you know the last few weeks and um it's just not a good feeling you know no matter what the circumstances are now one thing that we talked with coach gase about last Tuesday was the ability his ability to not let you guys get too high winning three games in a row did you guys go into this Cincinnati game possibly the thought they're on 11 we're on a roll we're this is going to be easy no not at all uh every time you know every NFL game is a challenge um no matter what the other team's record is and um you know that's a that's a really good defense that we played I can't I can't speak to you know their offense or special teams but you know their defense is good they got some really good pass rushers and you know a good second day to be able to cover all right so you got Miami coming up I'm sure you're ticked off about what happened in Miami so how much do you think about the last meeting as you get prepared for them on Sunday um you know I'm definitely gonna wash some of that game uh you know but I'm not going to think about it too much I think it's just keeping my mind clear making sure that I go out there and and do all that I can to to make sure that like I said that we stay in those manageable down in distances I think that's the key this week and because you know we did that the last few weeks and it's been working out um it usually does so um I just got to make sure that I'm doing all the things that I need to do to put ourselves in a good position to win a ball game did you get to enjoy Thanksgiving I did I did enjoy Thanksgiving my family was in town they were at the Waders game so they got to hang out that entire week and um it was good to see them and hang out with them for for a good amount of time before we let you go Sam I mean the the way the season is right now four and eight in a quiet moment when you're sitting alone in your place I mean do you play the what if game if we had beaten the Dolphins if we had held on to that 12 nothing lead against the the bills if we had beaten Cincinnati it was oh and 11 do you ever play that game because I mean we'd be talking in a completely different tone today sure um no I I try not to get caught up in that stuff um you know if you do that you go crazy especially in this league so um I definitely don't get caught up in that Sam thank you for your time as always and we'll uh we'll talk to you next Monday all right I appreciate you guys all right