This is our best opportunity to pull everything together in terms of substitution, communication, execution, playing on the road, playing in a hostile environment, all of those kinds of things.

Every time that happens, it's an opportunity for the next person, ... We prepare hard. We come to the game with 45 guys, and everyone needs to be ready to go. It's tough to lose those guys at the beginning of the game, but the players played competitively and the team played competitively. Unfortunately, it's part of the game.

My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.

He made the right protection calls. We had communication problems and execution problems. If you line up and get beat physically, I can take that. But we had guys missing assignments. That bothered me more than the physical mistakes.

I'm sure we'll put the rubber to the road when possible. If the opportunity presents itself, that side-to-side feel of the car moving – there's nothing that can completely replace that.

Open communications helps everyone on the team to more effectively execute what is expected, and adjustments within those expectations.