 Well, I don't know about that, and we got to play a lot better. We have to come up with some more plays on third down defensively. We have to match another defense that's excellent. We didn't win the kicking game, and certainly didn't do very good in the red zone offensively. So and then when we needed to get a stop, it was counting on our defense. They played well all day. Had the hiccup down there in the red zone where third down they scored a touchdown. So I don't know, we'll have to play better and we will. We'll coach better, but I don't think we gave one away. We just too many mistakes. As far as the quarterback play, what is your assessment? Well, the coaching and the quarterback play and the line play and the defensive play, everybody. It's just, you know, it's never going to be about one guy, you know, told him at halftime. Like, we got to block better. We got to get into routes better. We got to get open quicker, and we have to throw the ball better. And the runners have to run better. Like, that's what it's always going to be. Everybody's tied in, and that's where we're at. Week one, found some adversity. It's a great challenge on the road. When we handled the environment, you know, we were able to hit some plays. Unfortunately, it got behind the sticks. Too many long yarded situations. Too many third and longs, which led to too many third and longs, which led to not enough conversions. How much of Peggy says how the defense did? You got to make some plays throughout. Gave up a couple of late, didn't you? Not good enough. You know, I mean, not good enough. Gave up a touchdown, just like I said, on third down. And if we want to be a great defense, you have to be a great defense all the time. Tried to put the game in their hands. I thought we'd get a stop. They had 49 rushing yards when we made the decision to kick. Thought we'd get a stop. Thought we'd come down there and find a way to get it inside a 40 and kick a field goal to win the game. That's what I believed. Sorry for the answer already. Ryan's decision-making overall. Well, the decision-making, we just have to be more decisive in all three phases. Figure out what it is that allows our players to play decisive and play better, especially in an environment like this. Well, Ryan will be better. We'll coach better, and we'll get open quicker, and then we'll block a little longer than we did today going forward, because that's what we have to do. You had that fleet flicker set up perfectly, and it looked like it could have been a touchdown. How big a momentum swing is it when that doesn't hit? Well, we hit some plays, and then we don't hit some plays, and we didn't hit it. I don't know. Our job is to, as a team, as a coaching staff, as players, is to go try to make a play and get back to center, positive play, negative play, so that those things don't add up. So I don't know if that was a momentum switch, but certainly a play that we have to hit and would have liked to hit. It felt like the officials blowing the fumble recovery dead, though, was a bit of a momentum change, was it not? First set? I mean, whatever it is, you know what I mean? They're going to let it play out someday. Next week, that's going to be a fumble, and then the next week it's going to be an incomplete pass, and the next week it's going to be a fumble. So if you're asking me that we should let replay sort it out, I would tell you that we should let replay sort it out. You can go back and look, show the team a lot of things that we covered came up today. Planned a recovery of the ball. I was proud of the way that Kevin didn't flinch and went and got the ball, and the way that we tried to affect the quarterback, and it just didn't go our way. They called it incomplete, and once it goes to replay, they need clear and obvious evidence that it wasn't a pass. What constitutes a throw there in your estimation that the quarterback is pushing the ball with his hand? Again, I could sit here and debate it. What needs to happen is that we all understand that the call on the field is critical, and then after that, you need clear and obvious evidence to overrule a call on the field. So good play there by the defense, but just didn't get there quick enough, and that wasn't the reason that we lost today. I'm sorry? Christian Fulton, how banged up was he, and why did it sit him back in? Because he and the trainer said that he could go back in. We get 48 guys on game day, two of them are quarterbacks, and three of them are specialists, and so when the professional athletes tell us that they can go back in, whether it's Jeff or anybody else, Christian on and on all, they get checked out, and if they can come back and play. And then we put them back in. With Derek in the second half, Derek Henry, was there any particular reason why you guys got away from him running the ball? Well, I didn't try to run a few. They weren't overly successful. Getting us in some longer yarded situations, had some call that gave us a look that we needed to check out of. Derek's going to help us, and we've got some ways to keep running the football, be a little better when we throw it, and find a way to get him screened today like we did. How much might you attribute some of the timing, some of the plays you were making in the passing game, being a first game, out, maybe not being in a rhythm yet? We could find a million excuses. And I mean, in all excuses they're going to do is to make you feel better today. What we need to do is have accountability and some discipline as we move forward to make today hard, but hopefully tomorrow a little easier down the stretch as we move forward. You brought up a couple blocks a little bit longer in the future, just how do you evaluate the line from the anti-test? The same way that I evaluate every position. We didn't coach better than the Saints. We didn't play better in the critical situations. Every position group, every player is going to have some good plays and some bad plays, and eliminate the ones that are going to get us beat. Is there a mistake on the pot block? Missed a block. Missed a guy on it up and under. Got to stay inside out. Todd J. Spears played a big role for you today. How, what do you like about him best? I love his, I love who he is as a person. I love his attitude. I love the fact that he's given himself to this team. Love seeing him every day. Knew he was talented. And he'll help us win. For a long time, you guys made your mark in the red zone. 0-3 today, what did the Saints do there? You know, just didn't get off to, you know what I mean? Really just didn't get into the drives. You know, once we hit into the red zone, kind of stalled out there, kind of out on the high red. And we never got really punctured inside the tend where we could feel good about scoring touchdowns. That's good. Thanks, guys. Yeah, it's a sick feeling in your gut, obviously. Didn't go out and play the way we wanted to play. Weren't good enough in the red zone. Missed opportunities, mistakes, all of it, you know. So, you know, there was a couple of bright spots, but on the whole just have to be better in a lot of different areas. Can you walk us through the interceptions from your standpoint? It doesn't really matter, right? I mean, you can walk through whatever at the end of the day, whether, you know, doesn't matter what happened, the turnovers. And, you know, we have to limit those to give ourselves a chance to win the game. How did you attribute some of the timing that was awesome at the stage of being first game, still being on the same page with you? Yeah, definitely, you know, definitely a factor. You know, things play out a little differently in games and in practice, but we just have to do a good job of being as consistent as we can when we have those reps in practice and then carrying it over to the game to make sure that we're all on the same page and able to execute those plays in critical situations. It seemed like you weren't well calibrated on some of the other stuff, too, on that flea flicker during another overthrow where you had some open guys that could have made big plays on and you were just off. Did you feel off today? No, I didn't feel off. Obviously, you know, a couple of missed opportunities and then those hurt. You know, you got to be able to hit those, obviously, I'm not happy about it, but I'll go back to work and get it corrected and be ready next week. Ryan, talk about the pressure that you faced often from that defensive front. Well, they did a good job. You know, I think, you know, there were certain times we had a good pocket and we were able to get the ball downfield a little bit and there was other times that they did a good job. You know, we knew coming in was going to be a tough front to block. They had a good pressure package and moving guys around, running games and all that type of stuff. They did a good job, but some things we can build on there for sure. Do you think not playing at all in the preseason affects you and maybe causes a slow start at all? I don't think so. You know, I don't think so. We get a ton of reps, ton of reps in practice and like I said, we just have to be able to carry over what we're doing in practice and be consistent coming out on Sundays and playing and doing it in the games. Ryan, how much of this do you think is new offense, first game, you know, getting used to everything? I mean, it's, it all works together, right? We all have to be on the same page. It has to be good with the ball. Guys have to be in the right spots in the right timing. Definitely some things we have to continue to work through, but we will and we'll be ready to go next week. How much, how much of your tribute to the struggle you guys had on their deep fan time? How much of it was maybe on you guys? I get to try to tell them they play a good game, but at the end of the day, you know, I have a lot of faith in our guys that we can execute myself, that we can execute better than we did. You know, we got down and moved the ball at times really well, got down to the red zone and then weren't able to finish. You know, start the ball with the ball in the red zone after a huge play by Amani on the first kickoff, and then weren't able to do anything. Shot ourselves in the foot multiple times with penalties, got behind the sticks, and when you do that in the red zone, it's going to be hard to consistently convert those. So a lot of procedural things that we can clean up and give ourselves a better chance when we do get down there in the red zone. Two point game, if I could be to hit either one of those deep balls, it could have made the difference in the outcome. Yeah, you never know what's going to happen once the guy gets the balls in hand, right? You want to hit those opportunities when they come up. We were able to continue to move the ball in those drives, but ultimately we didn't finish in the end zone. So, you know, got to take advantage of the opportunities when they come. Is there any conversation about going to high tempo at any point, just to change things up? We didn't have that conversation. You know, that's something you can talk to Tim or Graves about. For you, comfort level, you know, after missing so many games last year and then coming back, where was your comfort level after this game? Yeah, I felt really good coming into the game. I felt healthy. Felt really good mentally, ready to roll. Just didn't come out and play well, obviously. I'm not happy with the way performed and there's a lot of room to grow there and excited to get back to work and be ready to go next week. A couple of those throws to Hopkins, they end up getting intercepted. Was it a matter of like not being able to step into the throw or what happened here? I'm not going to get into all the interceptions and what caused them all, but at the end of the day, got to clean them up and eliminate them. What do you say to the guys when you're coming back to the sideline after those plays or regrouping on the sideline before you go back out after the turn-off? Yeah, we just got reset. You know, I think we did a good job of that at points in the game of resetting, coming back out, putting another drive together. Did some good things, but ultimately got to finish the drives that we move it down in the red zone. Got to finish with touchdowns and then, you know, eliminate the turnovers and we'll be in good shape. You're talking about not playing with more decision-making or just missing throws with the right decision that we're more frustrating to you? What do you mean? In other words, you said you want to play better. I'm just saying, is it decision-making or just missing throws more? I mean, all around, you know, there's certain areas where, you know, the throw, I had a couple open guys and missed them, right? And that's something obviously I want to get cleaned up and then just being in tune with everything, whatever that's going on and what we're trying to do offensively, being on the same page with the receivers is crucial and I'm excited that, you know, it's just week one and we have a lot of time to get this thing cleaned up and ready to roll for week two. You guys have struggled in the game in week one before and then the game comes back. Do you still have the same level of confidence? Yeah, no question. You know, I think, like I said, it wasn't all bad. Obviously, there's a lot that I need to get cleaned up a lot offensively that we need to get cleaned up, but there was some good things in there too and exciting points that we can build on. You know, we battled, we kept ourselves in the game. Obviously, it wasn't pretty, but we kept ourselves in the game right up until the very end. Thought we were going to get a shot to go down and win it in two minutes. Obviously, it didn't happen, but yeah, I'm excited to build on the good things we did, clean up the stuff that needs to get cleaned up and be ready to roll next week. Did the success of that pass rush speed you up at all as the game went on? They did a good job of rushing the pass or our points in the game. Like I mentioned, you know, they had to have a good front. We knew that coming in. They did a good job running some games and twists early on, and we knew that was going to be the case coming in. And also at points, there was great protection, you know? So ultimately, there's some good things in there and some things we got it cleaned up. Thanks, sir. Yeah, they were the better team today. We didn't take advantage of the opportunities we had when they were there, and you know, they did when they had the ball, and they were the better team today. All the career goes to them. We got to be better. How much do you feel like it's the first game still working through some of the rust? How much does this flat just got to be better? I felt pretty good as far as me, as far as offense. So you know, we just got to grab on, put some plays together. You know, it's going to take all 11 of us to be on the same page. Playmakers got to make plays when they're there. And you know, we know that. We all hold each other accountable, and we just got to be better. And the mind says, just watch the film, grow from it, and be ready for next week. And things are different now, and things are going to be different game to game. Is it a little weird to be off the field some month first, Dan? No, not at all. We got some playmakers, guys who are good with the ball when it's in their hands. And you know, when you get the guy to ball, get those guys some opportunities. You know, excited to see those guys get in, and make some plays. And you know, we're teams going to take all of us. Any frustrations as far as the limited touches in the second half? No, not at all. Not at all, not at all. Trust the coaching staff. Trust what we do. Like I said, we got some playmakers, guys who can get the ball and do special things. So everybody needs to touch the ball. It's not all about me. What did you say to Ryan? He came here and kind of put some of it on himself. What did you say to him after a game? I know he felt like he could have played better. Yeah, it's not one guy. It takes all of us. You know, Ryan is the leader. One of the leaders of this team, and we're going to ride it behind them. You know, we all have games that are plays we want back, but at the end of the day, you know, you got to keep growing and learn from it, and be better next week. Obviously, this is a difficult environment to play in, but from an operation standpoint, what kind of got you guys off kilter in the start? Well, I think whenever you, when you're in the red zone, you know, you got to try to do whatever you can, put plays together to get down there, and get some points in the end zone to give ourselves a chance. I think we kept shooting ourselves in the foot with penalties and things like that. And then, you know, being better on third down as well, and then being exposed to put some, supposed to play together in the run game and the pass game. And I think then we'll watch the film, we'll learn what we see, what we need to do better, and then go out there and try to go do it. When you did get opportunities later in the game, what were they doing better? Just playing better defense. They were coming off the ball, flying to the ball, putting the hat on the hat, and I'm afraid they did a great job, and all the credit goes to them. They got a W. What were the issues in the red zone there? I said penalties. You know, we tried to put the play together, then we, you know, self-inflicted the wound, and, you know, we backed 10 yards, and, you know, we just got to be efficient, got to be more detailed, have more discipline, and, you know, string those things together to get it in the zone. How do you work on that? Throughout the week, throughout practice, be more focused, be more locked in into it, and reminding yourself, hold each other accountable, leaders be leaders, lead the team, and, you know, be better at it as the week goes on, and try to be better the next Sunday. Derek, I know it's just one game, but how concerned are you given that? There were some similarities to some of the offensive struggles last year, and you guys have a new system that you're still getting used to, just kind of, how concerned? Not concerned at all. I feel like we had opportunities to go score, and we just need to do better as an offense. I ain't concerned at all. You know, it's just one game, week one. You know, we see where we're at, what we need to work on, and we'll do those things throughout the week, and come out next game and try to be better. That's good. Thanks, Coach. Thanks.