Opening Remarks: "I just have a few remarks about last week's game before we get started. As I mentioned after game, I didn't get the job done. I didn't get the job done on several different fronts and we didn't play our game defensively. The players and the coaches have been hard at work this week to make sure that does not happen again. With that I'll take your questions."

On what he means when he says that he didn't get the job done: "To go into specifics, maybe giving away strategies that I don't want to go into right now, but overall if we don't play well on defense it comes back to me. As I mentioned before, it starts and ends with the leader on defense and that is myself."

On bad tackling and whether he saw effort but not execution in last week's loss to the Saints:"Yeah the effort was there and with our guys, the character of the players that we have here, you are always going to have that. We are not going to take that for granted, at the same time, but the effort was there and the tackling was part of it. Every time you lose a game in the NFL or high school or college, you're talking about execution and fundamentals."

On how they can improve tackling and whether it's something that they practice: "We practice it. We practice it every day and we will continue to practice it every day for as long as I'm here."

On whether he felt the cornerbacks were playing too far off of the Saints receivers: "I think every situation calls for a different approach and anytime a receiver catches a ball in front of you, you would say, as a coach, that you're playing too far off. It is our goal to challenge receivers each and every week and each and every play."

On whether he was trying to keep everything in front of the defense because of Saints QB Drew Brees' accuracy: "You never want to have a receiver behind you as a defensive back, of course, but you still want to challenge routes and squeeze routes, yes."

On whether he felt that part of Sunday's loss was a result of some growing pains on defense: "I don't know if it's a growing pain or as much as it is the highs and lows of a season. It's important that there is no knee-jerk reaction, but that we get things corrected. (I am) talking about fundamentals to playing the defense and the scheme and execution-wise we are going to continue to work hard to put a good product on the field each and every week and number one, be aggressive."

On whether he feels he has to prepare for both QB Matt Cassel and QB Brodie Croyle: "You have to be aware of both quarterbacks, personnel-wise and what they do bring to the table skill set-wise. Yet the offense and the system is the system, so we prepare for concepts in the system and then whatever quarterback they put in there we have to have an awareness for, personnel-wise, what he may bring to the table."

On whether the preparation is similar to the way the team prepared for the Cardinals last year because of head coach Todd Haley or if it's different because of the different weapons: "Weapons are one thing, but concepts are another. You see a little bit. When you look back at Arizona, you see some Arizona, but you also see some New England in potentially, what (QB) Matt Cassel and (General Manager) Scott Pioli have brought from the New England system."

On whether having smaller cornerbacks is a handicap for the defense or if there is something the team can do to handle bigger receivers better: "I think most of our players are done growing at this point, unfortunately, but to answer your question, it is. You do look up matchups and personnel and you try and work to your strengths and not to your weaknesses."

On whether he felt the Saints did a good job keeping pressure from getting to Brees and what the team can do to improve their push on defense: "That was one of the things that I was alluding to when I mentioned playing our game and playing our style of defense and Philadelphia's style of defense. (That is) probably the most frustrating thing from my standpoint, because we are going to be aggressive and if we are going to go down, we are going to go down on our terms."

On whether the team did not blitz until the second quarter: "No, that's not true."

On whether he felt that he blitzed enough: "I'll just hold that back because if we play them again, I'd rather not get into that right now."

On his thoughts on the pressure the defensive line has gotten through the first two games: "They've been able to get good pressure, you mentioned a couple of guys the first week and last week they were getting good pressure. Anytime you face a good, quality quarterback like Drew Brees, you have to get pressure and tight coverage, so the right combination at the right time."

On the challenges the WR Dwayne Bowe presents to the defense: "As we mentioned earlier in here, he brings the vertical game, not only in height standpoint but down the field. He's a big, strong player that has a skill set that you have to be aware of and he can change the game in a hurry."

On whether he is satisfied with S Macho Harris' play thus far: "I am, and the biggest thing for me with Macho, and as I mentioned before about the overall defense, is that we make progress from week one to week two. Obviously, we didn't do that as an overall defense yet. Macho Harris, I thought, improved vastly from week one to week two and that's what we look for now going into week three."

On the lack of plays that Harris has made and whether that is a result of what the team is asking him to do: "I would say you make the plays within the defense that are presented to you. Obviously, I'm sure he would tell you that he would want to have made more plays. At the same time, if you start looking to make plays, you get outside the frameworks of the overall scheme and the defense and then you start to break down the defense, the structure of it and how it's been built."

On the fact that the defense has allowed touchdowns on the opening drive of both games and whether that has become a point of emphasis: "There is a feeling-out process every game but at the same time it's important that the first drive of the game and the first drive of the second half that we are successful. We didn't do a good job of that the first week, nor the second week and that is an area that we want to address going into this week."

On whether there are any other players that have improved from week one to now other than Macho Harris: "I think each and every player, and this is not to ignore your question, but generally speaking there has been improvement. It wasn't on the scoreboard this week, nor was it in turnovers and tackling and whatnot, but there has been improvement from each and every player and the coaches. Both are working hard to improve."