Dennis Allen talks end of half sequence, Isaac Yiadom's big play, and the day Taysom Hill had for the Saints.
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00:03 >> Well, there wasn't a lot of time there.
00:06 So we had a couple of plays to try to get the ball down the field.
00:11 Obviously, the last play of the half,
00:13 we're really trying to get the ball down the field.
00:17 And I guess Derrick got a little bit of pressure there and
00:22 felt like he had to get rid of the ball.
00:24 So we didn't really get a chance to get the ball down the field.
00:26 But look, there wasn't a lot of time there to get chunks of yardage.
00:35 And so that's really where it was.
00:38 >> Dennis, when you played that tight type of football,
00:42 did you ever play the tight made that get pulled down inside that three yard line?
00:48 >> Yeah, no, that was huge.
00:50 I mean, the field position there was huge.
00:53 The way that the game gets played on the two or
00:56 three yard line is totally different than the way the game gets played on the 20 yard
01:02 line, and so that was a huge play by him, backing them up.
01:07 We were able to get off the field there and change the field position.
01:10 >> What do you think about Taysom's effort today, three touchdowns,
01:12 and he had 11 rushes and then four receptions.
01:15 >> Yeah, I thought he was really good.
01:19 I thought our plan to utilize him was good.
01:23 And I thought he was effective when we utilized him.
01:26 Yet, look, they kinda had a little bit of a plan to try to load it up to stop them.
01:32 So, but it's just the stress of every single play that it could be the one
01:38 that pops, and really at the end of the day for
01:42 us to be able to close the game out like that down there inside the red area was big.
01:48 >> We were talking about field position, that decision to punt when it was 4th and
01:52 5 or 39, is that maybe you could go for it or the field goal,
01:56 you decided to punt it in, did it ever cross your mind you wanted to do either or?
01:59 >> Yeah, I mean all those options go through your mind, but
02:04 I felt like trying to pin them down, obviously that's a long field goal.
02:12 And the percentages of making those aren't necessarily great.
02:17 And so the thought process was let's pin them down there in that situation and
02:21 see if we can create some field position,
02:26 get the ball back in good field position for our offense.