KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones spoke from the podium following a 20-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
“It’s a little frustrated. You know, we’re all very competitive, and we all want to win. But we’re still 0-2 and I think lot of players are holding themselves accountable. We're a competitive team, so I think we're eager to figure this thing out and get back on the right track.”
“You know, sometimes can't get them all, all the calls right. And just because we see it, sometimes the official is 15, 20 feet away and sometimes can miss those small things. And we think he jumped multiple times. So, an official didn't see it, so it wasn't called and, you know, we just got to go play the next down.”
“It happens. People jump all the time and just, you know, if the officials see it, they'll call it. I don't think they've seen it those few plays and we didn't get a call.”
“I think this is a moment for us to come together as a team. You know, a little adversity is tough, but adversity builds character. And we can come together. We got the team, we got the guys to figure this out and make a change.
“You know, it's only first quarter of the season. It's two games. You got 17 games. So, it's a long journey ahead. We can figure this thing out and get back on the right track with a win next week.”
“I think we made some progression. Not all right, we still got areas we can get better in, but small progression is still progression.”
“I think the energy was great. I think we were feeding off each other. I think we kept it up and maintained that type of level of energy throughout the whole game, and we got to continue to do that week in and week out. We can't pick one game and not do it in this game. I think it's something we can build off of, and just make sure we be consistent with it.”
“It was a very physical sack. He's a huge guy with that ability. I think we drafted him second round just for that. He came out, made a big statement today, something we can build off of and add him to the rotation. Glad to have him back.”
We actually stopped it a couple times today, more than once. Even the last one, we thought we had the ball. We stopped them. So, we see them again, hopefully we stop them more.”
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