Detroit Lions: Jim Caldwell, Players Talk About Loss to Bengals
By Zac Snyder
Kyle Van Noy
On how the first-team defense performed tonight: “We have some work to do. We’re not happy with our performance today, and we have a lot of work to do next week. I think we’re going to come out and prepare as hard as we can as a group and get together and focus in and fix what we need to fix and play hard.”
On tightening up the run defense: “Yeah, I mean, it’s a little bit of everything. It’s reps, it’s practices, it’s knowing what you’re doing and executing it. When live bullets are flying, you know, you’ve got to know your job and you’ve got to do it to the best of your ability.Tonight, we didn’t do that, and we’re going to correct those things and we’re going to come out as a group next week and we’re going to play hard.”
On if he is his own toughest critic when it comes to evaluating his performance: “Oh, for sure. I mean, I wouldn’t be here, where I’m at, if that was the case. I mean, I’m always going to be hard on myself and I always want to play better. I want to play better as a group and I’m all about the team, and I want to win.”
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