Injury report: "[S] Colt Anderson has a torn ACL [and] he will have surgery next week. [CB] Nnamdi [Asomugha] has a concussion and we'll just see how he does over the next couple of days. Really, [T] King Dunlap is making improvements with his concussion. [WR] Jeremy Maclin is making improvement with his hamstring, [CB Dominique Rodgers-]Cromartie with a high ankle sprain and [QB] Michael Vick is doing well."
Opening remarks: "There's not much difference on what I mentioned last night. I had a chance just to scrapple through the tape, it wasn't put in the system, here, until just a little bit ago. And my compliments to the Seahawks, they played a better game than we did. Obviously, when you have the four turnovers in a football game like that you kind of shoot yourself in the foot. And that becomes my responsibility to put the guys in the right positions, and then defensively the same way, we just have to do a better job on both sides of the ball and on special teams in order to win football games."
On his thoughts about where the team stands with a record of 4-8: "Well I think every game I've explained every game to you and what the problems have been; obviously, turnovers and red zone. I mean, I look at the facts of it and I will also say that it's my fault for not putting the guys in the right position to make plays. And I believe that it comes back to the head coach and that's where it should come back to."
On whether he thinks they misjudged some of the talent on the defensive side of the ball: "Well listen, I think we're young up the middle of the defense is what I think we are. And so, they're learning on the run. We're not a very old football team period. But we are young up the middle of the defense."
On whether Seattle RB Marshawn Lynch's 15-yard touchdown run symbolizes the season thus far and a lack of effort: "We literally had somebody on his back and he slipped out of that. And we had guys on his legs and he slipped out of that. So I'm not sure that's an effort thing. They were trying, everyone's trying hard to get there; an effort thing is that they're not getting to the football. They're trying. He was in a pile and nobody really had a good enough grasp on him. But I didn't see the effort issue. They were trying, it's just we weren't making the plays that we need to make or putting them in the position that they need to be put in."
On whether he has spoken to Lurie about his disappointment level: "Well listen, Jeffrey is very competitive so he's disappointed as we all are."
On whether not putting players in a position to make plays is a product of not having an offseason and OTAs: "Well listen, anything – and that's a great question – that falls into answering that question ends up being an excuse or can be taken as an excuse. So the bottom line is, as coaches you have to make sure to put the guys in the right position, and then when guys have an opportunity to be put in the right position that they make plays. And we're not getting that done all of the way around, so we all have a part of that. Nobody had the OTAs – I'm saying no team had the OTAs. Does it help? Yeah. With an influx of new people that's an obvious, right? So with the more reps you get the better chance you have of knowing the offense and defense. But again, that stuff all ends up being an excuse at this point and there are no excuses. When it's all equal you have to come out and you have to coach and when you have an opportunity to make a play you have to make a play."
On whether the last two losses are particularly disturbing because it seems like a trend is developing: "You can't start the game with a turnover, that's not what you strive to do. And that's my responsibility to put [QB] Vince [Young] in a situation where there's not that type of adjustment and so on. So that's a negative on my part. And you want your first play to be a successful play."
On how it's his fault and not Young's fault for throwing the pass: "Listen, I'm the one who put that play together. And obviously it didn't work so I have a big piece of that pie there."
On his thoughts about why Young is throwing so many interceptions: "Well, they're for various reasons: they're from tipped balls, everybody has a little bit [a part of it]. I'd like to tell you that it's just as simple as he's not as familiar with the offense as the rest of the guys but that's not the case."
On whether the focus is there with the players: "Yeah, I think the focus is there. I think when you're losing you almost push too hard in certain situations and you get into the what if, and you have to really fight that as opposed to when it just flows like we've seen before and really in the games that we've had success with."
On his thoughts about how he keeps the players believing in his message during these low points: "Well listen, I'm honest with them. So I make sure that I'm shooting everybody straight, including myself. So I'm very real with the players, and then I have a good locker room where they'll work hard. And so, what do you do now? You just continue to try to get better. And that's the approach you take. And this is all of our business, and so we can all get better at what we're doing, and that's the approach we take."
On whether he is worried about job security: "That's a logical question, but as a coach, you don't do that. I'm being as honest as I can with you. I don't worry about that. I worry about getting better, and that's where I put all of my energy in. That's what I can control and become a better football coach, and make my assistants better while at the same time, make my players better."
On whether the focus can be different in the last four games than it has been in the first 12: "I look at everything. I'm just literally getting off the plane and looking at the tape. I'll go through and see where everything stands, and in general I can tell you that is to get better."
On whether the players bought into expectations and talked too much: "I don't know about that. I said this during training camp, there is a difference between expectations and reality. The reality is that every year you have to come together as a football team, coaches and players all working together and pulling the rope in the tug of war in the same direction. So, I think we're all searching. The players, these guys want to win as professional athletes. They want to win and be successful. Coaches want to win and be successful. Everybody is looking for that answer right now, and you're going to get a variety of answers from different individuals and I'm not worried about that. What I am worried about is what do we need to do to get better and get those answers out there, then work on those in practice."
On WR DeSean Jackson's performance last night: "Let me tell you something. I've a chance to go over that with [Director of Football Media Services] Derek [Boyko], and I'm disappointed with a lot of things. I'm disappointed with the NFL Network, very disappointed in the way they portrayed that. I'm going to tell you now that DeSean was all-in in that game, and he had a great attitude during that game. You can take a camera and make some things look any way you want to make it look, but that kid was all-in last night. I was proud of him for that."
On the third-down play where QB Vince Young looked to throw to Jackson but he was not in position to catch the pass: "He's the clear route on that. I did see that. Derek has coached me up on that. Derek showed me the picture of it, and [WR] Jason Avant is the primary on that and [TE Brent] Celek is the second read on that back to the running back on that. All DeSean has to do is occupy the corner and the safety and all is good right there. You can make a camera and make it look the way that you can make it work. I understand that. I'm telling you, that kid was all-in last night as much or more than anybody."
On who Jackson talks to before the game: "I don't care about all that. I just care that the kid comes out and plays, and he came and played his heart out last night."
On whether there was any truth to the report by NFL Network sideline reporter Alex Flanagan that Jackson was sitting by himself and not interacting with teammates: "Not at all. Absolutely nothing there. You can take…I'm not sure they know who is talking to who and so on, and what the conversation is about. Not knowing the language, I don't know how you're able to go into that. This is all petty stuff I know, but I'm telling you the kid was all-in. He had a great attitude and that's what I can tell you. There wasn't anything on the sideline or anything with him and Vince. There is nothing there. Nothing."
On why it's been hard to get him the ball: "He's a good player, so you see that they'll roll a trail guy underneath him or a corner overtop, or they''ll drive a safety overtop and the corner underneath. They try to take him away, but that allows other players opportunities, and then when you're given the opportunity, you have to make that play. He has people's attention, particularly on the deep balls."
On how WR Jeremy Maclin is doing: "He's doing better, and you'll see him most likely back at practice next week."
On whether he expects QB Michael Vick will practice Monday: "I do. In what role, we'll see. There's a pretty good chance he's back."
On whether there is a good chance Vick is back against Miami: "I think so. I'd like to see him throw the ball and really put torque on it for at least a handful of throws or more than a handful of throws."
On whether Young would still start if Vick can't go: "We'll see how all that works."
On whether he thought about going to QB Mike Kafka last night: "Like I said, [Young] had a couple of beautiful throws. There were a couple he threw to the other team, but he had a couple beautiful throws where he came back and made some nice plays. To answer your question, no I did not."
On whether self-evaluation takes place during a long week like the upcoming week: "I look at everything. I won't change that, that's how I do it."
On handling a late game on the West coast with a short week: "I think there are two ways you can approach that. The way I approach that with the team was to make sure that you get rest. What a great opportunity to get five to six hours of good rest on that plane ride, we had a big plane so we could stretch out, and make sure you keep liquids in and get in a nap or review, whatever you need to do. Use that as a positive as opposed to what people perceived as a negative. That didn't help us in the end result, but that was the way we approached it."
