On the biggest thing he is working on cleaning up this week: "I think the biggest thing that we have to do is we have to learn from our mistakes and eliminate them so we can get better this week."
On how hard that is to actually do: "I think you address it each and every day in meetings and in practice. Let them know the importance of what those actions cause to the team and make everybody aware of those things. As we work we'll get better."
On WR DeSean Jackson's decision-making regarding the punt he received on the goal line: "I think it's important that you make good decisions. Everybody has to make good decisions. Every player at every position has to make good decisions every play. DeSean knows that and that won't happen again."
On whether he feels that the mistakes players are making are isolated issues or deeper rooted:"I think when you are talking about penalties and those types of things, I think guys are trying to make plays. They get in positions where they lose a block and they're still going to try and get a block when they should just let things go and that's where decision-making comes in. You are not going to get every block. You are not going to make every play. You just have to accept that and understand that and go on."
On how fine a line it is about when to receive punts and when to let them go when you are as talented a player as DeSean Jackson: "You have a set of rules that you apply where you're a punt returner. You put your heals at eight yards when you are playing on grass, if the ball is going over your head, you just let it go. You can vary that a little bit when you are on turf and probably go about the ten yard line. But when you are in those situations, especially at the end of the half or a situation like that, you just have to make a good decision. Obviously, he believes he can make a play every time he touches the football. Sometimes that goes into the decision-making of a player, but they just have to understand the situation (and) let it go."
On who will return punts if Jackson is unable to: "(WR) Jeremy Maclin. If for some reason, DeSean were not able to do it, Jeremy Maclin would be the guy to go back there."
On whether it bothers him that most of the penalties have not been committed by new players: "It bothers me when anybody gets a penalty. Because, what it is, it's a decision made by players when they know they're in a position that they just have to let things go. You have to understand their perspective; they want to get the block. They take pride in what they do and they feel like they want to get a block to give DeSean some space and let him make a play. But, there comes a point where you just have to make the decision that you're going to miss a block every now and then and that's it, you've just got to let it go."
On whether P Sav Rocca is getting better and more consistent: "He's getting better. He is improving directionally punting. He needs to be more consistent. I think that's the right word that's a good spin to put on it. He has very good potential, he has great leg strength. He needs to become more consistent. As you look at him from week to week, he has over a 41-yard net in that game, 41.6. That would lead the National Football League at the end of the year. Now, he had two punts in that game that we'd like to have back, that he could do over again. But, it's no different than a player at every other position. Every play is not going to be perfect. Every punt is not going to be perfect. You try to look at the body of work and if he could do 41.6 at the end of the year, he would lead the National Football League in net punts. So, that part of it is positive, but he can't have the inconsistency."
On whether you would rather have a lower net average and not have those miss-hit punts: "It all plays a part in it. What it is is just consistency. It's just like anybody else, a quarterback is going to throw three touchdown passes and he throws an interception. That happens to every player. What we have to do is to get him more consistent. We have to eliminate the negative plays. We have to eliminate the negative punts. We have to eliminate the penalties. Those are the things that we have to get out of our system, we have to get corrected."
On how you get Rocca not to try and punt it as far he can every time, but rather, just hit it as far as he needs to: "That's exactly right. That's exactly what you do. You have to get him to understand, just like every other player at every other position, this is what we're trying to get out of this. This is what you need to do. This is what you need to focus on and understand that that's what we need you to do as a team to be more consistent to help the team get field position."
On whether the special teams' mistakes are magnified because they only get one play to prove themselves: "That exactly right. That's exactly what we tell them in the room. We don't get the amount of plays as offense and defense. You have to hit the nail on the head every single time on special teams. When you make a play, it's magnified. You get a big, you get an 85-yard punt return, you get 63-yard kickoff return. When you don't it's magnified. So, as we always say, there's no second down on special teams."
On who will fill in for CB Dimitri Patterson: "(S) Quintin Demps will take his spot in the different phases that we have. That's the plan, to have Quintin do it."
On whether it is frustrating for him to see blocks in the back and other penalties: "When you see things happen repeatedly. When you see it happen over and over again then you have to address it, make a change, get somebody else in there. Try to coach the guy up because you know there is good intent. And you know they are trying to make a play. But at some point in time you just have to make a change and put someone else in there who understands that you just can't do those things."
On whether he is making any changes to the lineup: "We're evaluating guys throughout the week and then on Sunday we'll make that decision."
On whether S Quintin Demps could return kickoffs: "He would be the backup kickoff returner behind (CB) Ellis Hobbs this week."
On whether the wedge rule affects play dramatically: "Not really, I really don't think they have. I think all the coaches in the league have done a nice job of adjusting and adapting and creating different types of returns that stay within the rules."
On the way he approached the team after their poor performance Sunday: "Everyone has their own personality. Everybody has their own way of going about coaching. I try to get as much done as I can during the week, because if I have to coach something on Sunday it's too late. Sunday is to try to give them a little bit of information on the sideline, make sure everybody is doing the things they should be doing, those types of things on Sunday. If you're coaching on Sunday a lot, you've got trouble."
Closing remarks: "Any time you have a game like that and you're a coordinator, whether it's offense, defense, or special teams, you have a responsibility to the team. We are going to make sure that we get the things corrected that we need to get corrected and play better next week."
