HEAD COACH TODD BOWLES
(On if NT Vita Vea might play on Sunday)
"Yeah, he's still in play. He'd probably be questionable right now."
(On if CB Jamel Dean and LB Devin White are the two players he would rule out)
"Dean and White are out."
(On if anybody else is a concern for him, health-wise, at this point)
"Nobody else [is]."
(On how important it is to get LB Lavonte David back)
"It's big from a leadership standpoint because he's one of the guys we look to on defense – especially the younger guys. He makes a bunch of plays, as well, so it helps us out a lot."
(On where he feels the team has changed the most since the first game against the Atlanta Falcons)
"I don't know if we're better, we've just got to be more consistent. I thought we got a little better on third down, defensively. Offensively, I think we're starting to move the ball better on the ground. We've got to be consistent at both."
(On if he likes his players to be incredibly focused or more relaxed before a big game like the upcoming one against the Falcons)
"I like them to be the same people they were the whole year. The minute you change before a game is the minute you change the game in the wrong way."
(On how his talk with WR Chris Godwin went and how he would say their relationship is right now)
"We're great, we've been great. There's nothing else to talk about."
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