Seattle Seahawks Media Conference

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Seattle, Washington, USA

Coach Jonathan Gannon

Visitors Postgame Press Conference


Seahawks 20, Cardinals 10

JONATHAN GANNON: Okay, so good, hard-fought game. Didn't make enough plays there to win. Couple turning points in the game. Give them credit. They made some plays there.

I thought we battled. I just told them in the locker room there we just got to battle a little bit better but like the fight from them. We'll go back to work tomorrow.

Q. What's the feeling with defense? Three points on three turnovers.

JONATHAN GANNON: Yeah, just got to find some rhythm there. I think they -- credit to Seattle's defense. They're a good defense. Got to find some rhythm in the run game a little bit, because we made some plays in the run game. Just got to be a little more consistent.

The pass game takes all 11. We got to do a better job throwing the ball.

Q. Their first touchdown looked like there was miscommunication.

JONATHAN GANNON: Yeah, that's on coaching.

Q. You talk about Budda Baker's return, what he brought?

JONATHAN GANNON: Yeah, thought he looked good. Coming back from the injury that he had as quick as he did, I mean, he's a warrior, man, and it's good to have him out there. Made some good plays in there today, but he definitely helps us out as a team and a unit.

Q. Looked like Garrett was ready to go, too.

JONATHAN GANNON: Yeah. I think he had an interception. I thought covered pretty good. Had a couple tackles in there. Good to see his first snaps, however many he played, first time playing football in a long time. Just a credit to him. He got himself ready to play and stepped up and played quality snaps for us, and probably played winning football. I'll got to watch the tape, but he did well.

Q. (Regarding Emari.)

JONATHAN GANNON: Yeah, just the matchups and how we decided to structure the game plan. I thought Emari did some good things in there, turned on some burners a couple times, had some explosive runs, and I thought he did well.

Q. Kelvin Beacham stepping in, what did you make of his game?

JONATHAN GANNON: Yeah, I think he did good. I think he had the one penalty or whatever, bang-bang, but in that environment versus that front I thought he did a really good job.

Q. What did you think of the (indiscernible.)

JONATHAN GANNON: You know, I didn't see it. They told me he touched an official.

Q. On the fake punt, was that something you were thinking about doing the whole time?

JONATHAN GANNON: Yeah, just call I made. Credit to them. They made the play. You got to live with those decisions. I like the call and ultimately that's on me. We didn't get it done.

Q. Were you surprised at all? I know you said Seattle has a good defense. Were you surprised the passing game had a hard time gaining traction?

JONATHAN GANNON: No. They do a good job covering up windows. They got some length out there; they can rush. It's a good defense. Thought we probably left a couple plays out there, and when we watch the tape we'll see that.

I do think we improved on some things all three phases today that gives us some energy going into, hey, we said we wanted to improve these things. We got to keep improving these things.

That's why I said i like the fight. Just got to fight a little bit better.

Q. How important was Josh's ability to make plays with his feet?

JONATHAN GANNON: Huge. You see it every week. He gets us out of trouble at times; he extends plays. Missed couple when he extended them, and that's how the game went, but he does a good job with that.

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