Seahawks - 26, Denver - 20
BO NIX: Their scheme, I thought they rallied to the football. It was tough to get some explosive plays, and I think, when you have a hard time getting explosives and you've got to sustain drives, they can get you in third and long and third and -- just tough situations.
Overall, I think, as poorly as we did, I think we gave ourself a chance to win there at the end. Our special teams and defense played incredible. They really kept us in the game and gave us hope. They battled.
I think, overall, you like the compete of our team. You like the look of we never quit. We battled. It could have got out of hand, but it didn't. We were a possession away from having a chance essentially.
Obviously not the original results you want, but I feel like we're going to have a confident group and bounce back from it and continue to compete.
Q. You weren't as accurate today. Balls were behind guys, like we're so used to seeing. Was that a reflection of the pressure or something they were doing, first game for you?
BO NIX: We've got to go back and look at the film obviously. If balls are on the ground, you've got to evaluate how you can change it.
Sometimes that's part of the game. They play defense too, and they try to get to the ball. Obviously we didn't hit them all. That's what we're going to try to continue to do is go out there and hit them all.
Q. Everybody talks about the 12s and the crowd noise. How was the atmosphere? How did you handle that noise?
BO NIX: I thought we handled it really well. There was one down in the red zone that was the start of a drive after a turnover that was unfortunate, stuff like that can't happen, but we bounced back and got a field goal and didn't let it bother us the rest of the game.
Q. The first half, when you had the ball at the 20 to start, ball at the 9, only came away with field goals, do you feel like that's where maybe the game got away from you or why you ended up on the short end?
BO NIX: No, we were strong going in at halftime and we had a chance there at the end.
Q. What were your emotions at the end of the day?
BO NIX: It was a challenge. It was a tough day. They didn't make it easy on us, that's for sure. Like I said, we competed. We went down there and scored at the end and gave ourselves a chance to win.
We were an inch away on an almost batted ball that Riley Moss made an incredible play on that they just made a better play.
It's tough. You've got to give them credit, but we battled and we continued to fight. Those are the emotions of today, that we got a competitive team. We've got a team that's not going to quit. And we're going to put everything on the line.
No matter if it's an ugly start, we're going to continue to find ways to finish.
Q. I guess I mean personally, you said earlier in the week you only get your first start once. How were you through the morning?
BO NIX: Yeah, you only get once, and the game went back and forth. Overall, got to continue to find ways to be efficient and get first downs and not stay in first and third down off the field. Kept getting three and outs.
Things to learn from for sure, but they're not all perfect.
Q. Were you nervous?
BO NIX: No. I felt confident going into the game. I thought we continued to battle.
Q. Bo, how different was this from the preseason games? Was the speed much different, or was it about what you expected?
BO NIX: It was different. They got after us a lot of the game. We were able to move the ball there at the end, but yeah, I thought they had good team speed. They rallied in the football. They made open field tackles, and that's usually the sign of a good defense. So hat's off to them.
Q. In the first half, you had third and nine at the 21, I think, safety came over and got it. Explain what happened there.
BO NIX: Yeah, that was, I felt like, a bad decision. We would have had points. They got the ball at the 1. We got a safety after that, so our defense bailed us out.
Q. Bo, what's your process when you watch film in terms of figuring out things you can correct immediately versus longer term things you can work on this week?
BO NIX: That's a loaded question. We've got to watch the film, see what it says. We've got to find areas to improve on. I don't think we were far off. There's always going to be, even if we won that game, we're going to go in there and correct it the same way.
So find ways to run plays as efficient as possible and stay out of third and longs. Overall, find ways to get a win in these tough games.
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