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Q. We didn't get a check last week on Anthony Bradford's status, just wanted to see where he's at. But also, with the tempo stuff is as simple of, hey tempo is working, play tempo, or is there other considerations as to why maybe you pick your spots and haven't done it in the first half as much?

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BRIAN KELLY: Anthony is activated for this week. He's in a competitive situation with the guard position. But certainly, will have an opportunity to earn playing time this week.

Yeah, it's not as simple as just say, hey, let's go tempo and all of our problems have been erased. I think I kind of alluded to some of 'em. Having three different offensive line combinations require a lot of communication. We had eight penalties. Six of them were unforced and five of them were communication errors. So, we've got to clean up communication, cadence, rhythm.

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Q. What are your assessments of Jayden this year? You were very specific in the post game about opening up. How does he take that coaching during the game, during the week, etcetera and how does he take it to the field?

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BRIAN KELLY: Yeah, I love coaching somebody that is open to the dialogue during the game. You can have conversations with him during the game and he can make the corrections in game. Some can't. So, you just don't even try to do those things.

But Coach Sloan is talking much more conceptual. I'm trying to deal with some technical things on the sideline. Because sometimes I don't have the big conceptual picture from the sideline

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Q. After looking at the film what were your thoughts on some of the special teams that you had, the decisions to catch punts, the punt return coverage, the kick return coverage late in the game? I know there was a hold called on that late kick off, but did you still see a breakdown there?

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BRIAN KELLY: Yeah, so a couple things: The kickoffs are a direct result of the kicks. The kicks that have been returned have been line drives down the middle of the field. That is going to compromise your coverage. We don't have a chance to get off blocks and get properly covered.

Now can we get off some blocks and make some plays? Absolutely. We've got to be better there. So, this is not all on the kicker. However, it does expose you with those types of kicks.