What Chris Tabor Said Following the Loss to Jacksonville

Opening Statement

"Cade [Mays] had a finger, did not finish. Marquis Haynes is actually being further evaluated for a concussion, so that is where he's at right now. Then obviously [Eddy] Pineiro did not play, had a little hamstring there. With that, I'll answer any questions.

More on Eddy Pineiro

"We were in pregame warmup, and we went through our normal deal, and at the end of the warmup he felt a little grab in the back of his leg. Tried to get some more work done on it, and in pregame, we had a plan there then that hopefully maybe be able to go inside of 40, maybe even 30, extra point type deal, and keep with Kamu [Grugier-Hill] kicking off there. It never got any better, so obviously when there's only one kicker on your 48, that's a tough deal."

Any thought to kicking a field goal on the first drive

"There was thought, and it's a tough spot. It’s kind of one of those, which way are you going to go with it. We were moving the football well, so I was just going to try to ride that out."

Being shutout for the first time since 2002/any concern with effort

"I'm disappointed, obviously, and that's a pretty generic answer. Did not see it coming. I will tip my hat to the Jaguars. The way we were trending, I did not see this performance coming down. It kind of goes back to the first drive deal whether you wanted to kick maybe a possible field goal there with a backup or with your offense. The way we were moving the ball and I'm kind of thinking about how we finished the Green Bay game and all those things, I had a lot of confidence in those guys and doing that. We never got on track. We talked a lot about starting fast this week, and we did not do that. We've got one more opportunity. I talk to the guys a lot, it's going to boil down to you talk about the shut-out and those things, I get that. How are you going to deal with it? There's only two choices. It's either character or compromise. Those are questions for everybody. I think we're going to go back to work. They're not going to cancel the last game. Plan on going through the process again and expect our players to go through the process. I have confidence that they will do that, but we've got one more chance to right the wrong, so to speak."

Why CB CJ Henderson wasn't available

"Because we had already made the inactives. This was after the inactives. We elected not to put him up today."

Bryce Young taking a beating

"I think what happened was if you look statistically, it's definitely not where you want to be. So that would say that we never got in a rhythm, form. It wasn't good. What did we have, 124 yards of total offense? That's going to be tough to win games when you do that."

The No. 1 pick going to the Bears

"Like I'm not concerned about the Bears' first pick. I'm really not. I'm focused in on what happened today and why did it go wrong. Now what I'm going to do is I have another opportunity to come back -- everybody, the storylines that you want to write, I get all that. But I'm going to stay true to myself on the process, another opportunity, and whatever is written is written. But I know that if I shortchange myself next week, then I've compromised. What I have to do as a coach in leading this team at this moment is make sure that we're pros, be a pro, do things right, and be on time and do those things and go through the process to give ourselves a chance. No question, did not play well today. I won't hide from that. I won't run from that. But what I will run to is let's go next week and let's play. I still have confidence in those guys. As I've always said, coaching is about relationships. I am not going to shortchange those guys, and I think they'll do the same. I'm excited for the opportunity next week."

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