Klint Kubiak and Kirk Cousins Postgame Presser — Week 9 vs. 49ers

[0:00] 66 has a concussion when you turn the ball over five times you're not going to win ever [0:04] didn't do a good job stopping the first half turned it over five times in the second half [0:09] credit to the 49ers they played a really good game taking your questions what did you see with [0:14] Kirk's pick six to start the second half well it's like we fumbled the exchange tried to pick [0:21] it up and make a play and obviously their guy made a play so it started with the exchange [0:26] and fumble the fumble the exchange you got to eat it and go to the next down seems like he's [0:30] been able to protect the ball pretty well this year just what did you make of his decision making [0:34] on turning the ball over and getting picked off yeah well uh you know we got to go back and look [0:40] at every single one of them but you know when you're you're in position to throw the ball every [0:44] down starting in the second quarter you're going to throw interceptions so we have to find balance [0:49] on our team that's not a new new topic what did you see i mean what went wrong defensively they [0:56] had three long drives what do you feel like they did well and what went wrong with you guys [0:59] the first half yeah you know credit to them they they executed we didn't clint this i believe this [1:06] is the fifth time in six weeks you got about 150 plus rushing yards just what's it going to take [1:11] to kind of like change changes change the performance in there yeah it's got to take something [1:17] different clint is the issues in stopping the run is it schematics or personnel oh we all we all [1:26] share the blame there's no there's no finger pointing it's thumb pointing so we figure out together [1:30] your personal opinion what do you think is the biggest thing that needs to change to have [1:33] more red zone uh successful offense uh well the game the game has to be balanced you know you can [1:39] be a running and throwing team when you're throwing it every time um that's that's not easy [1:43] it's the sixth week in a row that you all have given up 30 plus points to the opposition um just at [1:51] what point like do you need to start thinking about some some changes needing to be made yeah i think [1:57] uh we'll we'll look at the film and you know we'll make make our decisions uh when we have cooler heads [2:02] that's good i understand that you haven't seen the film but trade and stooks played well today [2:09] when you're dealing with a young player clint are you able to appreciate that even with a loss [2:15] yeah absolutely he's been a bright spot throughout the season uh very instinctive playmaker um hard [2:21] worker proud that we have him on our roster you all have shown flashes but haven't been able to [2:26] to come out on top against some of these contending teams just what where's the the difference in [2:32] kind of the level of play so to meet those those teams that have been at the top of the league for [2:36] a while yeah i agree well you gotta start the game a lot faster you gotta you gotta you gotta go toe [2:42] to toe in the first half so that the second half isn't you know isn't a throwing fest what do you [2:46] feel like kept you guys from generating rhythm and momentum in the first half offensively uh well we [2:50] went three and out start the game and then i thought we did i thought we found some plays but you [2:54] gotta you gotta score on all those positions not kick field goals clint obviously the trade deadline [2:58] is coming up is there any you know thought on what your position might be uh in terms of bringing [3:04] in or or selling that kind of thing uh you know this we're always talking about that with spy and [3:11] uh looking at everything do you feel like the outcome today changes the calculus at all with that [3:15] regard yeah every day every day the calculus changes you know you get new information about your [3:20] team and all right how do you feel about the current state of the roster how you guys are building [3:28] um you know it's at this time of year you know we're focused on winning games you know we got [3:34] you know i really like our team you know i don't like that i don't like losing games like this you [3:39] know you got a lot more resilience to you when you're playing a really good team that that we [3:43] play today and uh you know when you start that slow you don't put yourself in good position but [3:47] you know i'm proud to coach the guys that we're coaching all right thanks coach thanks thank you [3:53] all right uh disappointing day um felt like uh you know there were plays there out there to be made [4:01] and um uh felt like our defense did a nice job in the second half getting us the ball back creating [4:06] turnovers turnovers on downs and special teams gave us short fields and so it's disappointing not [4:11] to uh capitalize on those opportunities and and um cut the lead that they had so um you know [4:19] disappointing um for a lot of different reasons and um have to have to have to be better moving [4:25] forward so take any questions you have clink just talked about when when you get into the second [4:30] quarter and you're stuck having to throw all the time how that just hinders the offense can you talk [4:35] about how much becoming one-dimensional in the nfl just is not sustainable for long-term success please [4:42] i mean it's it's certainly we want to be balanced but uh if you get behind and you know we were [4:47] having success throwing the football i felt um we just weren't able to finish drives uh you know [4:53] certainly the turnovers were a big part of that current just just could you take us through that [4:59] second your second interception where you're trying to get to trade in the back of the yeah just [5:03] just trying to do too much um you know didn't put enough on the ball in the back corner or just [5:07] take the take the ball underneath to brock um either one but um you know with the ascending [5:12] corner there you can't can't leave it um you know a little bit short where he can make that play [5:17] and on the first one what was kind of like you foamed the ball were you trying to throw it away [5:21] yeah the ball just needs to be thrown into the first row of the stands and not even uh not even [5:26] give it you know any chance it was a um you know play that ball should just be gone way out of bounds [5:31] not even give it a chance with you just said kind of trying to do too much would you say that that's [5:37] kind of the common theme for those three interceptions today um yeah certainly the first one the ball [5:43] should just be thrown into the stands the second one um can take the check down or just have to put the [5:47] ball you know way back to the back pylon and try to let trey go get it but it still probably might [5:51] have been tight and then the third one i mean at that point you know i'm just trying to launch it [5:55] but again just wasn't able to get everything i wanted on i thought trey got behind him it appeared [5:59] but um wasn't able to get everything i wanted on it to get it out there to him you you've been pretty [6:04] solid at making the the right decision so far this season just where did you feel like the issues [6:09] came up today well i think we just kind of kind of set it there you know the first one just got to put [6:14] it out in the stands second one just got to uh either put it to the back pylon or uh check it [6:18] down and the third one um if you're going to throw it you know you got to throw it far enough that uh [6:22] let's say you can't get it but um um you know sometimes sometimes when you get behind you you um [6:29] you know try to get it all back in one play and it's hard to be patient and i just probably needed to [6:33] stay a little more patient and be okay with um with not getting all back at one at one time which um [6:38] you know it's kind of always hard to do um when you want to you want to get your team back in the game quick [6:43] and somebody's just got to be patient and let it happen kirk the trend that trade annoying is on [6:47] on tuesday your name has been out there uh teams that might need a quarterback uh a is that a [6:53] compliment uh number one to to be you know talked about like that and b what are your thoughts about [6:57] that possibility uh it feels a little bit out of my hands so i'll just let uh decision makers make [7:03] decisions and react accordingly but um you know love it here love the guys here and um um you know feel [7:11] good about feel good about what we have here so it's a follow on that just in general what is it like [7:15] as an nfl player just in the locker room with 53 guys with the trend the trade deadline approaching [7:20] is there a nervous feeling like how would you just describe this time of year i don't think so i [7:24] think that's more of an outside thing i think we just kind of go about our business that wasn't [7:28] not something on on the forefront of our minds really when there are self-inflicted wounds like [7:32] there were today is that easier to clean up compared to some schematic issues maybe that would cause [7:38] a loss like that um you know i think it's just a little more painful certainly when you when you come [7:42] away and you feel like um you know maybe maybe you could have been in that game had you had you [7:47] played to the standard you expected yourself or of your of your group and i think that's the hard part [7:52] you've all shown flashes uh this season of being able to hang with some of the best teams that you've [7:56] played but haven't been able to pull through just where do you think the gap needs to be closed to hang [8:01] with these teams oh i think it was hard today with uh just not playing complimentary football i thought our [8:06] defense did a great job in the second half of of uh really limiting them and i felt like if we as an [8:11] offense had uh done our part you know we're right there at the end in that game um so i think that's [8:17] the hard part is is not feeling like um you know we're all playing our best ball at the same time to [8:25] then kind of give us that chance in a game like today but um that's something you know to look to [8:31] in the future is just all of us playing our best ball together to then be able to um to come out with a [8:36] win is that an elusive trait in the nfl just figuring out ways to put it all together like that like you [8:41] said to play that kind of complimentary game well i think it's every week's you know a challenge and [8:46] you gotta you gotta there's really just no there's just not much room for error you need to you [8:50] need to play your best ball every snap and um and mistakes tend to cost you so you you got to do [8:56] all you can to avoid them thanks for yeah thank you kirk