00:00Had a chance to score on offense, had a chance to get a stop on defense,
00:04had a chance to make some plays on special teams that we didn't make.
00:07And so I think, you know, in all three phases, share that one.
00:12How surprising is that considering that this is kind of what you felt like
00:15was your calling card through the first two weeks?
00:17Yeah, these are tough games, and they made more plays than we did today.
00:21You know, they earned the win, we did not.
00:24So it'll be an opportunity next week to see what we're really made of.
00:26You know, 2-1, we had good momentum after two games.
00:29We lost a tough one on the road.
00:30It hurts because you feel like you had every opportunity to win it,
00:33and we didn't do it.
00:34So now we go home and see what we're made of next week.
00:36What do you feel like happened on that last drive,
00:38leading up to the bubble and then the bubble?
00:39I thought it was a good drive, you know, until that, you know,
00:42obviously that play into the game.
00:44But I thought we were having some momentum there and had a chance there.
00:47You know, we were, I think, right at the 38, trying to go score and win,
00:51not trying to kick the field goal.
00:52We would have if we had to, but we were trying to go in the game right there.
00:56What do you feel like they did on that long drive
00:59that ended with their field goal, kind of a couple of explosions?
01:02Well, they had a big, yeah, explosive.
01:03I mean, we didn't get the guy down on the sidelines.
01:05If I'm right, that was the last drive, right?
01:07I mean, he had the big plays, so they got out of there.
01:09Really two big plays.
01:10We got the holding, they called holding on one,
01:12but we got to do a better job getting a stop there.
01:15You know, I thought we pinned him down in there
01:17and gave ourselves a chance,
01:18and we have to get a stop to get the ball back.
01:22What's the most frustrating thing about the ball?
01:24Given how well you played the first week,
01:25the frustrating thing about how everything looked today?
01:28It's disappointing.
01:29I mean, it's disappointing.
01:30You know, we wanted to be 3-0.
01:31We put in a good week's work, had our opportunities.
01:34I think any time you lose a game like that,
01:35where you had your opportunities,
01:37some games you just go get your butt kicked
01:39and there's not much to say about it,
01:40but this one, we had our chances
01:41and Pittsburgh took advantage of theirs
01:43and we didn't take advantage of ours.
01:45Zach, is there anything that you guys tried to do
01:48after half time to kind of contain your explosives?
01:50I know, you know, the last drive had some explosives,
01:53but it seemed like you had...
01:55Yeah, I mean, we were always trying to mix it up.
01:57You know, they had some in the pass game
01:58and the run game,
01:59so you're trying to do everything you can to combat that.
02:01How crucial were the special teams miscues?
02:03Yeah, I mean, it was 10 points,
02:04so, you know, that's a big part of the game.
02:06It's momentum coming out of the second half.
02:07We went down and kicked a field goal.
02:09Got a stop, so we're going to get the ball back.
02:11Roughing the kicker, they go score seven,
02:13and obviously the muffled punt led to three,
02:15so that's 10 points.
02:16That's tough.
02:16The first two weeks of the season,
02:18you guys played with the league the whole time,
02:19both of those times.
02:20You guys had a chance to hit the ball back
02:22and have the league for the first time.
02:23Just momentum-wise, that's kind of...
02:25We just didn't close it out.
02:26You know, that's all there is to it.
02:27We had opportunities, like I said,
02:29in all three phases in the fourth quarter.
02:30We didn't get it done.
02:32Defensively, you guys did really well
02:33for the first two weeks.
02:36411 yards allowed today.
02:37What did you think you guys were missing?
02:39We'll have to watch to really see.
02:40I don't want to pinpoint it right now.
02:42We'll watch the tape
02:43and have a better answer for tomorrow.
02:44What were they able to do with their protection?
02:48You know, they've been an offensive line
02:49that had struggled the first couple weeks today.
02:50It seemed like Aaron was able to have some good protection.
02:52Yeah, I think for the most part,
02:53he got it, you know,
02:53he hit some RPOs early in the game,
02:55got it out quick,
02:56did a good job buying time when he needed to.
02:59And, you know, it's...
03:01They're going to have a good plan.
03:02They've got a good coaching staff.
03:03They've got a lot of good players.
03:04You know, you look at their lineup,
03:05they've got good players.
03:06They were going to find the rhythm
03:07at some point on offense.
03:08It's unfortunate it was today,
03:10but that's the way it went.
03:12Did Duggar get banged up
03:13and that's why Brian came in at the end?
03:14Yeah, both of them were banged up.
03:17Did you feel you were able to take advantage of them
03:20when not having Porter out there at cornerback?
03:23I mean, I felt like we had our moments on offense.
03:24Obviously, we've got to score one more touchdown
03:26to win the game.
03:28So I wouldn't...
03:29I don't think too much about who was out there
03:31and who wasn't.
03:31You know, we were just trying to be effective
03:32versus the guys they had.
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