Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn discusses his team's 31-21 loss to the Chiefs.
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00:00So the guys played hard, they played physical today.
00:03Some people say we didn't have anything to play for, we disagree with that.
00:07Played a really good football team in Kansas City, we wish them well.
00:10But it's in the road for us, now it's time to go to work and get ready for 2020.
00:16In terms of the season, when you look at the finish and where you guys are at,
00:21what are two or three things that stick out that led you to where you're at now?
00:26Well, one, we didn't take the ball away enough and
00:28we turned the ball over too much this year.
00:30And I gotta go back and look at just the coaching staff and myself,
00:34positions that we put the guys in.
00:36And why all of a sudden we turned the ball over more this year than we did in
00:40the last couple years.
00:41So, I mean, it's a team effort, it's everybody.
00:45At the end of the first half,
00:49is that a ball that you just tried to get too much of?
00:54Well, he was trying to get a score, we wanted to get a touchdown there, but
00:57we would have settled for a field goal.
00:59But they made a good play on it.
01:02Anthony, you have a big decision coming up at quarterback.
01:06Where do you go moving forward?
01:08Is there a timetable for when you come back?
01:11Right now, it's just, Sam,
01:12it's just not something that I'm thinking much about right now.
01:15Just, I feel for the guys in the locker room, the staff.
01:18When I just lost a hardball game, and when the dust settled,
01:23we'll evaluate everyone, and we'll see who we're bringing back.
01:26Coach, have you been told that you're coming back in?
01:32Unless you know something, I don't, yeah.
01:34Coach, I'm sitting here in Kansas City, but from a distance,
01:39it looks like you guys are operating at a disadvantage with no home field advantage.
01:43I mean, your quarterback talked about it a little bit last week.
01:46Just, that's what we see.
01:47Does that affect the football team?
01:49Does that hurt you guys?
01:51It's always nice to have a home field advantage.
01:53Obviously, when you come to a place like this, and
01:54you see the crowd and the environment, I mean, that's great.
01:56But we don't play the crowd.
01:59I mean, we play the team on the football field, and that's what we can control.
02:02And no excuses, it is what it is.
02:07What's your assessment of how the defense played today?
02:10At times, I thought they played well.
02:11There were some plays, like the 86 short run.
02:15I mean, we gotta get everybody to the ball.
02:17You can't be waiting for someone else to make the play.
02:19You gotta go make the play.
02:21But at times, I thought they played well.
02:23But the 37 at the end, giving up the big play down the middle.
02:28We can't have those type of exposures against this football team.
02:31What was that, it was schematic in that play that they had Drew running underneath?
02:35We had Drew running underneath, and he had safety over top.
02:39I'm not quite sure the position our safety was in.
02:42I have to watch the tape and see.
02:43So you'd like to have safety to help hold the top?
02:45Absolutely, absolutely.
02:47At the end of that long run, the long touchdown run,
02:50they were 4-6-1, it looked like some guys stopped, did they just-
02:54Yeah, I think some guys thought, we had two guys there to make the play.
02:57I think they ran into each other and fell off the ball carrier.
03:01But I asked some guys to slow down, the pursuit slowed down a little bit,
03:05because they thought someone else had made the play.
03:06Third down defense has been an issue all season, what are your thoughts there?
03:11What can you do?
03:12Those are some of the things that we're gonna look at and
03:14make some adjustments, I can tell you that.
03:18Coach, I know this isn't your job, but what do you think about this Kansas City
03:21team, are they capable of getting to the Super Bowl?
03:24I can't say they haven't been to the Super Bowl since the 7th.
03:26I think Kansas City's playing their best football right now, defensively and
03:30offensively and special teams.
03:31So I think they're a very dangerous football team.
03:33All right, thanks guys.
03:36Yeah.
03:47Hey, what do you think of this device I'm bringing in that's just a ball?
03:52Yeah.
03:57That's an honor to talk to Sam.
03:59Thank you.
04:00Yeah.
04:01Thank you so much.
04:02So long.