ASSISTANT HEAD COACH AND SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR
Q: On the New York Giants special teams unit.
TOUB: “(New York Giants Special Teams Coordinator) Mike (Ghobrial) does a really good job. They fly around. I always tell the guys to check out the field goal block. See how they play on field goal block, that always tells you how hard (a) special teams unit plays. They fly around. They get after you. That’s just one phase, but they’re on everything. They do it all. Right now, in our ranking system they’re in the top 10. They’re a good unit, they’re solid.”
Q: On how the new kickoff rule is going.
TOUB: “Yeah, I thought it would be in the 80th percentile as far as how many returns, and that’s right where it is at. I like it; I love it. I love the fact that every kickoff and every return is important, and it’s good for me, it’s good for us.”
Q: On Matt Araiza’s performance.
TOUB: “He (Matt Araiza) had three punts, and he averaged 54.7 net. I mean that’s pretty darn good. He was banging the ball, but he was hanging them enough to where we can get our coverage down there at the same time. He had three excellent punts, and if we only punt three times and he has three excellent ones like that, I’m good. Great game for him.”
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR STEVE SPAGNUOLO
OPENING STATEMENT: “I don’t have really anything. We’re excited to play the next team. Looking, trying to find our first win (laughs), so we’re working toward all that this week but with that I’ll just open it up.”
Q: What have you seen from Ashton Gillotte as his snap count goes up?
SPAGNUOLO: “I mean, they’re up for a reason. He’s (Ashton Gillotte) played pretty good football for us. Now, the first game, he got the elbow (injury), and I think he only got nine plays. He would’ve had more there. I just see him continuing to do that (gestures to elevating). I think the guys are getting a lot of confidence in him. I think I mentioned this last week, every time I turn the one-on-ones on against our guys, I think he’s doing a really good job. He’ll keep ticking upward.”
Q: On the high blitz rate last week.
SPAGNUOLO: “Well I’m hoping that we can do it well all the time. They’re always there. They’re always on the list. It’s whether we get to him (the quarterback) or not. That’s the key, and I’m trying to pick the right situations to do it because they don’t always work, I’d like to think – if they did, then everybody would be running them every down but hopefully, we can get ourselves in situations where we can use those as much as we can. We’ll see what happens this week.”
Q: What challenges do you have with the Giants’ skill players?
SPAGNUOLO: “Like all these teams that have good (running) backs and skill on the edges, if you let them be two dimensional, everyone knows what I’m talking about right? They (skill players) dictate whether they are going to run, that becomes a tough day. So, hopefully we can get it one dimensional and the only way we can do that is to stop the run or make that a focus. That’ll be the intent and that’s what we’ll hope to do early.”
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MATT NAGY
Q: On the running game.
NAGY: “It’s hit and miss per play. There are some runs where I think we all see that, and the RB’s see it. I think that’s every game. It’s our job as coaches to make sure that they understand where that is at, and then when to hit it is a big part of it. The correction part of any game when you go through it, win, lose or draw you want to make sure we’re teaching the right stuff to them. Then they got to execute it. Just understanding with our RB’s and knowing in our run game we want to really get that going (and) it hasn’t been there yet, but that’s something we want to emphasize.”
Q: How much has the absence of wide receivers affected the team offensively?
NAGY: “Probably one of the first things that – what I love about (Head) Coach (Andy) Reid is what he instills in his players and coaches is we stay away from the excuses of the personnel part of it, or you don’t have this or don’t have that. So, we’re all engraved that way. What’s real is that you go through training camp and go through OTA’s, timing is important. At the same point in time, the next guy up mentality for when there are issues or a suspension or whatever when you don’t have guys, we got to roll. That’s who we have. That’s what I think for us as coaches is how do we put the players in the best position to (do) what they do best to succeed. And you look at the last two games – really three games against three really good – two defenses with the Chargers and the Eagles. It’s not easy, but we’re there and it’s not good enough for us but we know we are close. The next part that (Head) Coach (Andy) Reid does and (General Manager Brett) Veach they bring in people that are really good at handling adversity and I think more than anything when you go through obstacles like we’re going through right now trying to figure out what is the identity, how do we put more points up with where we are at right now. It’s easy to do when you have good people (and) some places don’t have that. And what I really like is we have that so that’s what we’re going to do.”
Q: On Josh Simmons tackle.
NAGY: “It was spectacular. It just goes to show that it can be anybody at any time that can make a big-time play. I also say this, everyone saw that tackle which he (Josh Simmons) was going with his miles per hour and making a great hit (and) saved a big-time play. But we also – you go back and look, and number five (Hollywood Brown) was going to get him too. You look at Hollywood and what he was doing from that angle, he was going to be next. One thing that we try to do is really make sure that we are holding each other accountable and get together and show that kind of stuff and let them see – not just the bad stuff or what we can do better or what we can call better or execute. But also too, the good stuff of what’s there and what we’re going to get to because we will get there.”
Chiefs Player Quotes
September 18, 2025
Q: Is there more urgency when you’re 0-2?
JONES: “I think it’s always a sense of urgency in this building. Urgency kind of picks up when you’re not winning. The energy is good. I think you gotta keep the energy high. (It’s) Still (the) first quarter of the season (we) can’t get down on ourselves, we gotta continue to push each other and get the best out of each other (and) tighten up on the details.”
Q: Do you feel like the defense brought more energy out of the gate in Week 2 and anything you want to see from Week 2 into Week 3?
JONES: “Of course. I think it was a step toward progression. And one step a day, that’s what I tell the guys: “One step a day.” We don’t have to take huge strides. If we continue to take one step a day and by the time we get to December we can look back at this moment of adversity and we can learn a lot from it and we can continue to build from it. We’re all in this together, we’re all leaning on each other (and) pushing the best out of each other and we’re taking one step a day. Progress compounds and we continue to take a step a day. We’ll still get better, and we’ll get this thing turned around soon, very soon.”
Q: What did you make of the backend adjusting in Week 2?