Q. Shane, the running game, there's a lot of talk about Miles and how little touches. Nick kind of explained RPOs are sometimes looked upon as runs.
SHANE STEICHEN: Right.
Q. Is there a time, though, you have to have a conversation where maybe we just have to take the option out of it, hand the football --
SHANE STEICHEN: Yeah, those are conversations we've had throughout the week. RPOs do help us, but sometimes when we want to run the football we do have to call the running plays. And so we got to keep looking through those things and getting better at it.
Q. Is that part of your job to kind of monitor ratio or is that someone else --
SHANE STEICHEN: We talked about that throughout the week, especially on the games on the sidelines. Those are conversations we have throughout series, you know, what we want to do on the next series. We talk about all those things.
Q. Nick said he doesn't want to use presnap motion in a distinct presnap motion. But you had a lot of success against Atlanta using presnap motions, especially the DeVonta touchdown. What made you go away from it in this game in particular?
SHANE STEICHEN: I don't know if there's a certain reason. I think more than anything -- I think Coach hit on it yesterday. If we can get an advantage with motion, we're going to use it.
Sometimes, motion to motion, for what? You know, we want to get an advantage. And if we feel we can get an advantage with the motion, we're going to motion.
Q. What are some of the drawbacks that come with presnap motion or motion at the snap?
SHANE STEICHEN: Sometimes, if you just motion to motion, you don't know how they're going to adjust. That's the biggest thing.
If we motion over here and we don't see how they adjust, they might screw us up offensively. So if we know what they're going to be in with the motion, that's going to help us as an offense.
Q. Is that a philosophical thing for the systems you have always worked in, that there hasn't been a lot of shifts and motions --
SHANE STEICHEN: Yeah, for the most part. For what I've been around, that's true.
Q. You have a pretty young core of wide receivers, obviously. Like, how do you kind of get them through, like, the ups and downs, you know, starting out a season the way --
SHANE STEICHEN: Yeah, that's a good question. I think with all those guys, I think it's just you got to keep working with them and talking through certain things.
And, again, we're in Week 3, we got a lot of football left. Everything we want is in front of us. So we got to keep working through those things and getting better as a group.
Q. You come in with an extensive knowledge of facing the Kansas City Chiefs, obviously. How has their defense evolved over the last couple years?
SHANE STEICHEN: Yeah, that's a good question. We faced them in Mexico City when I was a coordinator there, and then the last two years. They're very good multiple defensively.
They give you a lot of different looks. And from a personnel standpoint, 32 and 55, and Hitchens and 95, and Clark, like, they got a lot of good football players and they do a lot of different things that we got to be ready for.
And we've been practicing like crazy this week preparing for it and our guys will be ready to go.
Q. Are we've seen a couple instances where Jalen's long balls have come up short. What are you seeing there? What's the key to fixing that?
SHANE STEICHEN: I think that's just repetition. Obviously, you want to put it out in front. Sometimes you don't make the throw all the time. It happens sometimes. But you got to put it out there on that last one he had on Monday night.
Q. Overall, this offense has scored three touchdowns in the past two weeks. What needs to be better?
SHANE STEICHEN: I think, obviously, we need be more efficient. More efficient on first and second down and moving the football.
We can't allow ourselves to have three and outs like the past week. We got to run the ball and throw it.
Q. We've seen DeVonta get a lot of targets the last couple weeks ago, the production hasn't come with it. What's that going to take to get that to happen?
SHANE STEICHEN: I think like Coach said the other day, easy touches and get guys going, you know, with whatever it may be just to get the ball in their hand and get them going, and then you get some confidence growing. And then everyone starts bringing confidence throughout the game.
Q. You talked a lot about running backs getting in rhythm. Is that a thing for receivers, too?
SHANE STEICHEN: Absolutely. I think so, too. With anything, running backs and receivers. Getting them touches early and getting them in the rhythm and the flow of the game.
Q. How have you found defenses have been playing DeVonta? Have they been trying to be more physical with him the last couple weeks?
SHANE STEICHEN: Sometimes. I mean, we got a lot of man coverage on Monday night versus Dallas. And that was their game plan going in.
Each team has a flavor of the week. You get it early in games and see how they play you. And we'll see that on Sunday against Kansas City.
Q. You mentioned the first and second down success. Third down, obviously, you guys didn't convert I think until the third quarter. What are those discussions like during the day game? Do you and Nick say, We got to get something going, we got to convert, help the defense stay on the field? How do those discussions go off the field? How do those discussions go?
SHANE STEICHEN: Yeah, that's pretty much on the sidelines, like, Hey, we look at the call sheet. And we say, Hey, what do we want to run on the next series, what do we feel comfortable with, what have they been playing defensively, what do we think is going to give us the best on the next series? That's pretty much the conversation.
Q. The deep overs have been a big part of the offense. How has the implementation of that been going with this offense and with Jalen at quarterback?
SHANE STEICHEN: It's been good. Like I said, it's still early, right? We're in Week 3 and we're continuing to grow.
And, obviously, those certain routes that we have up per game plan dictates -- the coverage that they're playing defensively is when we're going to run certain routes. So those routes come up versus certain coverages we like.
Q. The ineligible player downfield, is that on the O-line man or is that on the quarterback to get the ball off earlier?
SHANE STEICHEN: Yeah, I think that's a little bit -- obviously, I'll take responsibility for that. I mean, we got to be better there with that knowing that they could call those. So we got to be better there.
Q. Is that a greater point of emphasis you think?
SHANE STEICHEN: Absolutely. It's being called a lot.
Q. You guys, obviously, you know, three offensive linemen down. How are you guys adapting, adjusting to that?
SHANE STEICHEN: I think it's been fine. I mean, Stout does a great job with those guys. That group is tight knit and they're doing a heck of a job and it's next man up and we're going to be ready to go.
Q. You and Nick have worked in offenses that have used fullbacks pretty regularly. What made you go against those looks this year?
SHANE STEICHEN: I think it's as we've evolved being in an offensive system and being around the league and seeing what teams are doing.
I think sometimes you can spread it out a little more and create a lighter box without having a fullback in there. But I mean, teams use fullbacks. It's still good to use a fullback, too.
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