Seahawks 29, Commanders 26
Q. How do you process this one? You had the offense goes out and does that and the defense gives it right back um?
RON RIVERA: Probably the biggest disappointment is we had to be better there. Got to take advantage of that opportunity.
It was unfortunate. It was set up in a good situation and we didn't get it done.
Q. Seattle moved the ball pretty well today. What was going on with your defense that wasn't I guess a little bit better?
RON RIVERA: I think a couple things that were inconsistent as far as opportunities to stop the run. You know, we got to be better and put ourselves in better situations as far as second down situations, second and short, you know, second and six, seconds and four, that's tough to defend there.
Q. Did you consider going for two at the end?
RON RIVERA: You know, in talking and trying to get a feel for it, the biggest thing that you get concerned with is how much time was left.
Because, again, they don't have consequences, now the opportunity to move the call down comes into play, you know what I'm saying?
They had two timeouts left.
So, again it was one of those things I liked our chances going into overtime. I liked the way we moved the ball. We found a couple things we felt we could exploit, and we did. We did it twice the last couple drives. Felt good going into overtime.
Q. Before you talked about the importance of the philosophy of going for two on the road in particular, was it the time thing specifically here or is that more of a philosophical shift?
RON RIVERA: Well, it's in the numbers, okay? How much time was left. That's the biggest thing.
Q. On offense, Sam, just overall your thoughts on his performance?
RON RIVERA: Everything I thought he did he gave us an opportunity to win. That's the biggest thing you can ask from the quarterback, put you in position to win. He did that.
Now, you know, there were a couple things that you would like to have back obviously. You know, couple decisions that could have been better and those are things that I'm nitpicking but things he's going to learn and he'll get better with.
Only real big flop that you saw was the fumble and that was it. Young man played hard, played well. Again, as I said, just gave us the opportunity at the end.
Q. Your running backs had big games as receivers. The run/pass balance was a bit out of whack again. Was that sort of the way the game evolved, or did you think it was better to attack them through the air?
RON RIVERA: I think it evolved a little bit that way, but we were having success attacking them through the air. You know, as I said, later on in the game we found a couple things that we liked and we stuck to it, and put us right back in the game.
Q. Was that a conversation on the sideline when they did start having that success running the ball? How did you figure out that adjustment? I think it was beginning of the fourth quarter.
RON RIVERA: Yeah, something that EB saw and brought up and put the into action.
Q. What about the ejection early in this game, Forbes.
RON RIVERA: Well, you know, it was a helmet to helmet. I just don't think it was a vicious one. The guy bounced up and went right back into the huddle, so just looked like was -- really most certainly wasn't an intentional one, because he was lowering his target and the receiver went down to protect himself at the same time; that created the helmet it helmet.
I know the onus is on the defensive player to miss that, but sometimes it's an incidental one. I get that helmet to helmet call, but I struggle with the ejection.
Q. At the end of the first half, and obviously there at the end the defense struggled. Something about those two-minute situations that is troublesome for the defense right now?
RON RIVERA: We stopped them on the two minute just before the half.
Q. Right. (No microphone.)
RON RIVERA: We stopped them. So sometimes you stop them; sometimes you don't, okay?
Q. What about the high snaps? Missed extra point. Tress had to grab one out of the air. How concerned are you about that?
RON RIVERA: I'm not concerned. We got it straightened out in the end when it mattered, when it counted. They all matter, they all count. Again, Tress got it down and unfortunately we didn't get the first one.
Q. Obviously little things, details matter and you got your 12 man on the field, one drive and some other penalties. (No microphone.) Is that what you're talking about, those mistakes?
RON RIVERA: We had the 12 man. That was mistake, okay? There was a little confusion trying to get set with the referees, get the call straight, and then guy didn't hear the personnel call and he stayed on unfortunately and got us with it.
Q. With their run game success, when you get the play you wanted out of your D-line, how much of it is that...
RON RIVERA: Couple things that went on in that. Get more detailed as we get a chance to really break it down and watch it.
Q. The D-line in general being how do you feel they did the second game without Montez?
RON RIVERA: Well, there were some good things and some things we're going to absolutely work on and try and get corrected. Some things they did that were pretty good. Unfortunately just wasn't good enough.
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