Head Coach Brian Daboll

DABOLL: A couple things here. (Linebacker Demetrius) Flannigan-Fowles won't practice. Still has a calf. Getting better, see where he's at by the end of the week, hopefully improves day-to-day. (Linebacker) Darius Muasau is still in the concussion protocol. (Defensive lineman Chauncey) Golston has an ankle. We'll back off him today. Everybody else will practice. (Tackle Andrew Thomas) AT will take more reps than he did last week. I'd say he'll take a good amount of reps today, so see where he is after today, but encouraged with where he's at. Signed (Curtis) Jacobs, (Neville) Hewitt as inside linebackers to the practice squad and brought back (wide receiver) Dalen Cambre. (Linebacker Swayze) Bozeman to the active. That's where we're at roster-wise.

Need a good week this week. It'll be good to get home for the first game and play at our place for our first regular-season game. I expect it to be a good environment. The Chiefs, obviously (head) Coach (Andy) Reid has been there for a while, been in this league for a long time. One of the more decorated coaches in the NFL, both when he was with the Eagles and with the Chiefs. Go back to the Packers when he was with (quarterback) Brett (Favre. Have a lot of respect for him. Over 300 wins in this league, Super Bowls, a lot of accolades for him. Done a great job with that organization. Matt Nagy along with him as an offensive coordinator. He's been with him for a while. Then you talk about their offense, it starts with (Chiefs quarterback) Patrick Mahomes, who is one of the best to ever do it. He's as impressive as a quarterback as you evaluate and watch, both physically and mentally. Loose plays, he's made a lot of plays these first two games with his legs, I'd say particularly on third down. But just an unbelievable awareness, instinct to play this position. He's done it at a high level and he's certainly doing it now. You add (Chiefs tight end Travis) Kelce to the mix, who's been with him for a long time. A go-to player for him in critical situations. One of the best to do it at tight end as well.

Defensively, have competed against (Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo) Coach Spags a number of times. Have a lot of respect for him and the things that he does defensively and he has some good players that are with him, starting with (Chiefs defensive tackle) Chris Jones inside. He plays multiple positions, he's a tough player to block. (Chiefs cornerback) Trent McDuffie, I think, is a very good defensive back. Does a good job of tackling, covering, playing the deep ball. (Chiefs linebacker Nick) Bolton and (Chiefs defensive end George) Karlaftis, two good players that are hard to account for, and they're kind of a spin-the-dial defense, if you will. Play a number of fronts, a number of coverages and have a number of pressures. Have watched a lot of tape, obviously playing against Spags in the past. Watched all his games against Russell (Wilson) going back to '17 when he was with the Giants and Russ was with Seattle, and then with Denver and Pittsburgh last year. (Chiefs assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Dave) Coach Taub, again another veteran coach special teams-wise. Has done a great job for a long time. They do a really good job in their return game. They have two good specialists, a punter that can kick it 80 yards, a consistent field goal kicker and they have a number of things that they do, including fakes and things like that, on the special team side of it. So, we've had two games that have been close games in the start of the season against two good teams, and we're going to need a good week of practice.

Q: How do you parse out taking the good things that you were able to build on in Week 2, but also using some of the anger and frustration of being 0-2 as motivation and balance that heading into Week 3?

DABOLL: I think you try to be as consistent as you can, win or lose. Again, there's things that you do well, and you want to continue to do those well. And there's things that you fall short on that you need to evaluate, look at, change if you need to change them, whether that's coach, player, and you get ready to play the next week.

Q: Does the Chiefs being 0-2 mean anything to you?

DABOLL: No, they're a very good football team. They've been that way for a long time. A model of consistency in this league for the past decade plus. A lot of good football players, a lot of good coaches. We're going to have to do a good job of evaluating and studying them but also improving on the things we need to improve on and do the things we need to do.

Q: You said on Monday you were reviewing the four phases, and I've never really heard you use that when coaching. When you are in the film room with the players, do you explain things that you guys did wrong to them?

DABOLL: Yeah, I mean, everybody's involved in this. We watch a number of plays, we discuss a number of things, whether it's strategy, whether it's technique, whether it's mistakes, whatever it may be, and try to build on the things that were good and improve on the things that weren't where we need them to be. And then you move on. Once Wednesday hits, it's full steam ahead against the team you're playing. You put everything to bed Monday night, if you will, Monday afternoon, and spend all your time focusing on the team you're playing this week.

Q: The penalties were obviously a notable thing last week. What do you do this week to try to make sure that that doesn't happen.

DABOLL: Well I think there's two types of penalties. There are penalties that are going to happen because you're playing aggressive style of football, whether that's a technique in a pass coverage. But the things that you want to make sure that you do a good job of correcting throughout the entire season are the pre- and the post-snap penalties. So the communication that happens as a play caller, whether it's a quarterback, a linebacker, an offensive, defensive coordinator, making sure that those things are proper. And then the staying onsides, that's a thing for each individual player that they've got to hone in on. Post-snap penalties, whether it's hitting a quarterback late, putting a guy on the ground, we've got to make sure that we're doing things the right way. Again, some of those are physical things that happen in a split second and we've just got to make the right decision on those things. A holding penalty, a coverage penalty, something like that where it's going to be aggressive, you work on your technique the best you can. You're going to have some of those, but it's the pre-snap and the post-snap that really gets you.

Q: What did you say to (offensive lineman) James Hudson (III) and how much of that do you attribute to composure?

DABOLL: There was a variety of penalties that happened. The one false start penalty that was called on James wasn't on James, but it was called on James relative to the communication of it. But you just coach it like anything else.

Q: Patrick Mahomes. My question is how do you evaluate him where he is now, or do you just consider his resume and not what his numbers say he's doing this year?

DABOLL: I don't really focus on numbers too much when you're watching players. He's as good a quarterback as there is in the league when you watch him play. He's instinctive, he's accurate, he's got leadership. He's one of the best to ever do it. He plays at a high level when he's out there, pretty much on every snap. He's as good as it gets.

Q: What have you seen from (wide receiver) Wan'Dale Robinson?

DABOLL: I think that each year we've had him, he's been first and foremost a very good teammate. He's very smart. Can play multiple spots, knows every one of them. Has speed, has quickness. It was good for us and for him, the contributions that he made down the field. There's no substitute for explosive plays in this league. They generate points, skip third downs, it's a big contributing factor to the outcome of games. He's done it throughout practice and training camp here, but it was good to see in a game, giving him those chances and him making the plays when he had the opportunity to make them. He had a considerable amount of them. He's a player that – a very good teammate, and was productive, and has been productive in different areas. Some short, this is more vertical, but he's a good player.

Q: How do you balance as a coaching staff when you have Andrew Thomas getting more snaps but you also want to make sure (offensive lineman) Marcus (Mbow) is ready in case he has to play?

DABOLL: I would say Andrew will take predominantly most of the snaps today. If you're a backup, you get the reps that you get, and you take show team reps. I think we do things, whether it's walkthrough, whether it's after practice, much like the quarterbacks do, with guys that improve their craft the way we need to help them improve their craft.

Q: What are you seeing from that rotation with (cornerback Deonte) Banks and (cornerback Cor'Dale) Flott?

DABOLL: Banks got some more reps last week. I thought he did some good things. I think Flott's playing good. We'll just do what we think we need to do for each game. Last week, the rotation of it was a little bit different than it was the week before relative to third downs and things like that. We'll continue to play both of those guys and keep improving both of those guys.

Q: You can't see a situation where one guy just claims that spot?

DABOLL: I think it just depends on what we want to do for that particular week. But I think they've both earned playing time with some of the things they've done, and they'll both need to help us.

Q: What has been your next step with Hudson when you talked to him after that game to make sure that doesn't happen again?
DABOLL: Yeah, Hud's a pro. Again, there were some things that we're going to have to talk about and fix, like (offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo) Carm did. We've talked with him. I have confidence in Hud. He's a pro. He's a veteran. That was a number of penalties. Again, one of them wasn't on him that was called on him. We can do a better job communicating on that spot. The one where he got him in the head, again, we can help some on the technique things, but I have confidence in Hud.

Q: If Andrew comes back, what does he mean to your team and your line?

DABOLL: Just getting another good player on your football team.

Quarterback Russell Wilson

Q: Can you talk about (wide receiver) Wan'Dale (Robinson) and what you've learned about him?

WILSON: Wan'Dale's a superstar, man. I just love how he competes. I love how he plays the game, he sees the game well. He's like a quarterback out there playing receiver. He understands everything. He understands his route concepts and where to be and just has a great feel for the game. I also think he's got this tenacity to him that we love. He's a special player. I mentioned to you guys there's a lot of things that he can do well. Obviously, he's been exceptional in the slot, he can make plays down the field, as you guys saw the other night. I mentioned that to you guys before, but I just remember him coming out to San Diego. We spent a lot of time together, all the fellas, and him in particular and other guys as well just the bond. I remember going to Atlanta to go see him and the guys and (wide receiver Darius) Slay and (tight end) Theo (Johnson) and Wan'Dale and just all the extra work we spent on trying to make things happen. I think he's doing a great job of that. I think the other best part about him is his work ethic here every day he has a great day. He gets extra work. He spends a lot of time on it daily. He loves watching the film, loves understanding the game. I hold him in high, high regard.

Q: Does he remind you of anybody?

WILSON: Yeah, he reminds me a lot of (Tennessee Titans wide receiver) Tyler Lockett. I think Tyler was a guy who loved the game, saw the game well and had a great feel for space. Tyler's one of my favorite all-time people and also one of my favorite guys I've ever gotten to play with. I remember going to Tyler's wedding and just the closeness of that. I think Wan'Dale has a very similar nature in terms of his love for his teammates, his love for the game, the experience that he's getting every day being out there. I think that's pretty cool to see. There's another guy too, (Pittsburg Steelers wide receiver) Calvin Austin out in Pittsburgh too, kind of similar. Not just in stature, but just how they work. I think that's what's really cool about those guys.

Q: Do you ever go into a game thinking about the other quarterback, that matchup, maybe what you have to do? And if so, what do you think about (Kansas City Chiefs quarterback) Patrick Mahomes when you play against him?

WILSON: I think anytime you're going against a great quarterback like Patrick Mahomes and some other guys, it's one of those things that you hold in high regard. Knowing that they're going to make plays, they're going to do their thing. You respond and make yours too. We've had some great battles against each other over time. The first time ever playing each other was a Sunday Night Football, great matchup in Seattle. Just back and forth, back and forth during the game. I knew he was going to be great then. I think it's pretty cool to watch his success he's had and all the things he's done extremely well and his family and everything else. I've got a lot of respect for Patrick.

Q: What does this home opener mean to you?

WILSON: This home opener means a lot. A lot for a lot of reasons. First of all, to be in front of our fans, they travel well. The past two games we've had some really tough, close games. Obviously, the last game, when we came back at the touchdown two minutes ago and came back again 30, 25 seconds to go, whatever it was. You could feel the energy of our crowd and our fans. It was electric, even on the road. To come here and play at home in front of them, we can't wait for that experience. We know that it's going to be a special night. We're looking forward to that. At the same time, too, it's ball. We've got to be in the moment of playing the game. I think it's always great to play in the stadium, for me, personally. To walk in that stadium every time, even just sitting here in practice, I always look over and remember I won the Super Bowl there. It's a special thing, for sure.

Q: Going back to Patrick, you guys both had success early in your careers. Do you marvel at what he's been able to sustain himself the way you were able to sustain things in Seattle a little bit?

WILSON: I think the consistency. I think his consistency with (Chiefs) head coach Andy Reid. He's one of the all-time greats. I think we have that level of consistency head coach to player. That means a lot, too. He's got great players around him. Obviously, (Chiefs tight end) Travis Kelce is an all-time great tight end. He's special in what he does. He's got some other great players around him, too. I think he's a clutch player. He's done some really big things in clutch moments. Anyone who can make a lot of clutch plays in critical moments like he has over his career. When you think about all-time greats, if a guy has the ball in his hands, if you're watching or if you're on the other side of the ball, can he make a play? He can make those plays. I know that it's always interesting to watch, especially from the other viewership, watching on TV or whatever it may be. I think the other thing that he's done really well is he has joy when he's playing the game. He has fun while he's playing, and I think that's part of it. When you're at the mountaintop a lot of times and people are always looking at you, can you keep your smile, can you keep your joy, can you keep your passion, can you keep your love and fire for the game daily? I think he's done that well.

Q: When you guys are able to produce as much as you did attacking downfield, the natural thing would be the next team is going to try to take that away. I know you've seen that in all sorts of schemes throughout your years. You've gone against (Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve) Spagnuolo. What are you anticipating this week? You kind of have to come up with counterpunches to be able to handle how they're going to try to stop you.

WILLSON: I think Spags is one of the best coaches in the NFL. He does a tremendous job of how he teaches his guys. The fundamentals of the game, they do a great job disguising, they do a great job. They obviously have a great defensive line. They've got great players in the linebacker position, secondary. You think about (Chiefs defensive tackle) Chris Jones, what he's able to do. You think about (Chiefs defensive end George) Karlaftis, how he gets to the quarterback and all the different things he can do. The linebackers, how they fly around and make hits. Like I said, the secondary, especially with (Chiefs cornerback Trent) McDuffie and how he's got a knack for the ball. I think the biggest thing is just trusting your eyes, trusting what you see, and reacting from there. I think we have to obviously make plays. It's going to be contested plays throughout the game. That's just the name of the game. It's going to be a great matchup for sure.

Q: Russell, you're 0-2. You've been in this spot a couple times in your career, and it's your home opener. How important does that make this week for you guys?

WILSON: I think you have to find ways to, even despite the record, no matter if you're 2-0 or 0-2, your mentality shouldn't really change in terms of your preparation. I think the part, though, is can you make the building and the culture and the feeling always feel like you're 2-0. It's like a (former Braves outfielder) Hank Aaron thought, but he always said when you're 0-4, you always felt like he was 4 for 4. I think part of that is knowing that we've had a lot of success in certain moments, and it's fixing little details here. Like I said earlier, when we hit the last touchdown in particular to (wide receiver) Malik (Nabers), it was like, uh-oh. It was a great feeling that we had. So, we just got to close the door as a team and just do that together. I think that we have great belief in everybody. I think that we have great belief in our defense. We have great belief in our offense, great belief in our special teams, great belief in our coaches and all the work they put in. I think (head coach Brian) Dabs leads that way. He gives us great belief. I think it's our job as leaders and captains and all that too to instill that and to continue to put our heads down and keep working. I'm excited about our football team. I'm excited about the challenge. A little bit of adversity is never a bad thing, it molds you. I think it's a long season, but we've got to play this season right now. Play like this is the fourth quarter, this is the last play of the game every time. So, with that mentality and that energy, I think you guys saw this past game we just had, and I think we've got to do that again and just finish it and win the game.

Q: Going back to Wan'Dale, he talked about preparing a little bit more this offseason. I guess when you were with him in Cali, Atlanta, how did you see him embracing that? What were you guys chatting about?

WILSON: Well, good question, but I think in terms of Wan'Dale and I, we just spent a lot of time together. I think I've got a lot of guys that I'm really close to on this team, and Wan'Dale is definitely one of them. I think his nature, his work ethic, I really respect. I think that's the first thing. It's my 14th year in the league, and you love everybody, but you love the guys that really want to work, and that part and that passion for the game. He's a leading candidate in that in terms of his efforts every day, his attitude, his toughness. I remember (outside linebacker) Brian Burns knocked his tooth out. He wanted to get back up and get back in there and play. Just his mentality is special. I think his ability, his versatility. He can run option routes. He can run down the field. He can run across the field. He can screen in. He can do everything. There's nothing that he can't do, and I think that we're able to see that in his work ethic and also his attention to detail, his meeting habits. He's great. We meet every Tuesday early in the mornings, all the offensive guys, all the players, skill guys, all that stuff, and he's one of the first guys there ready to rock and roll, watching the film, ready to understand what's going to happen and what they're going to do. He just has a great anticipation for the game, and the game, as you guys saw, the game's on the line, fourth down and four, and I've got all the confidence in the world for him to make a play. Not just him, everybody. When the lights are on, I have all the trust in the world for him to make that play, and I gave him that chance, and he did it, and he did it well. I just think that he's going to have an unbelievable career. He's a guy that makes this football team better, not just by his plays, but by his nature in the locker room, his nature in the training room, his nature in the weight room, his nature on and off the field. He's a first-class player. He's an unbelievable teammate.

Wide receiver Malik Nabers

Q: Are you excited for the ball game here on Sunday night?

NABERS: I'm excited for every game we play. But I'm very excited. First home game, Sunday Night Football, no place better to be.

Q: What do these fans mean to you and what's your relationship with them?

NABERS: The fans mean everything. It's the reason why we want to play the game, to see everybody come out and see the celebrations when we make plays, hear the crowd say my name loud. I love the fans. The fans have shown me nothing but love, so I have an extremely big heart for those fans that come out and watch us play.

Q: There can be a lot of fanfare with Sunday Night Football, who the opponent is, the Taylor Swift effect, whatever you want to call it. How do you block that all out and just focus on what you need to do?

NABERS: Keeping the main thing, the main thing. The main thing is to go out and play a football game. No matter who shows up, play football.

Q: You're of the age group that pretty much since you've been watching, the Chiefs have been good. You watch these guys play all the time. You don't have to play against Mahomes, obviously, but just the Chiefs factor, is there something about playing against them that will stoke you up a little bit?

NABERS: No, they're on the opponent list and got to go suit up and play. I take every opponent the same.

Q: How does (wide receiver) Wan'Dale (Robinson) help you, specifically, and what have you learned about Wan'Dale?

NABERS: Wan'Dale, he helps me just by - we help each other. All receivers help each other, (Darius Slayton) Slay also. The ball hasn't been finding Slay, but he does a tremendous job of keeping us uplifted, continuing to get open in his routes. Wan'Dale helps me just by making a lot of plays, getting him the ball. Giving him the ball in space helps space the defense out so we can run the ball, and also take a lot of people off of me. I get bracketed sometimes, I get Tampa 2, so finding another guy in there that can do a lot of things, get some yards, it helps even the offense, balance the offense.

Q: He's a different style of receiver than you. How would you characterize his style?

NABERS: I mean, I'm bigger than him. He's much quicker than me. He's an effective route runner. He's very fast, very quick, can catch the ball very, how would you say it, he's like moxie a little bit. He doesn't go down after the first hit. He takes a lot of big hits, but he continues to fight for yards. He's got that dog in him to want to be the best just like I do.

Q: On that touchdown at the end of regulation, I didn't notice it at the time, but you see the replay and the guy hits you in the face. Can you just take us through it? Did you see the ball? When did you pick it back up? What was it like dealing with that?

NABERS: I was locked in on that ball. (There) was nothing that was going to not make me catch that ball. Everybody talked about it. In slow motion you can see his hands over my eyes but in real time it's like he just flashed over. Once I just moved my back into him, I knew I was about to catch it once I saw where the ball was.

Q: What do you know, what do you think about (Chiefs cornerback) Trent McDuffie?

NABERS: He's a very talented cornerback. He's matched up on a lot of guys. I've been watching him since he was in high school, watching a lot of guys play him in college also, him being at Washington. I've got nothing but respect for all my opponents.

Q: What did you see from watching the film back? I know it's been a few days at this point, but what stood out?

NABERS: The main thing that stood out was just we had two times in overtime to try to put the game away and we didn't do that. That was the biggest takeaway just re-watching it, how we could have moved the ball faster down the field to try to score or just more effectively. That's really all I really took from that. We had a lot of penalties, like I said, trying to play a cleaner game, trying to finish out with points in the red zone. I think that was the main effect. Once we got down, once Wan'Dale made that big play to get us in the red zone, there was no reason why we shouldn't have scored. And just when we got in the red zone, I think (cornerback) Dru (Phillips) made the interception, another reason we should have went down and scored also. That was the biggest takeaway I took from that.

Q: Do you put the last interception on yourself at all? (Quarterback Russell Wilson) Russ and (head coach Brian) Daboll said it was a miscommunication?

NABERS: I mean, I don't put it on myself personally. We all play a role. Yeah, actually, I will take it. That's my fault. I should have been in more communication with Russ to know what we were trying to do. I was locked in on trying to figure out how the defense was playing me at the time, and I wasn't really looking at the right time for him to give me what he gave me to try to change the run-up. That's 100% my fault. I should have been in communication with Russ the whole time.

Q: How driven are you just to get a win here?

NABERS: I'm driven to try to win every time I play. It's not just this win. I'm driven every time I step on the field to try to win. No matter if I got 200 yards, no yards, I'm trying to win the game.

Defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence

Q: In this building, Dexter Lawrence expects to be the guy that is responding. Do you feel any of that tug this weekend knowing that it's the first game at home, big stage?

LAWRENCE: I think it's just a great opportunity like you said, first game at home, Sunday night, to go out there and get our first win, and that's the biggest thing. It matters how I play in a sense, but it doesn't matter if we don't win. I know I've got to be at my best, and I will be at my best Sunday night, and I'll be ready.

Q: First home game, 0-2, how important does that make this game to you guys?

LAWRENCE: It's very important to get our first win at home. I think I said that after the game. I think you've just got to flush the other two losses. It happened; it's the past now. Now you just continue to grow as a team and as individuals.

Q: The penalties were obviously a problem last week. You said it, can't do it, it was on us. How do you go about fixing them during the week? Can you do anything during the week? Is it just reinforcing it mentally, verbally? What do you do now moving forward to fix that?

LAWRENCE: You want to keep being aggressive. I think that's the biggest thing. You don't shy away from being aggressive. You don't shy away from playing the type of brand of football you want to play. Penalties may happen, they may not happen. It all depends on what somebody sees and what somebody feels. You know what I'm saying? You've just got to keep playing your game and if they call it, they do. If they don't, then they don't.

Q: You've established a standard here of how players need to respond. What is that standard? What do you expect from your teammates to match what you do or what you expect?

LAWRENCE: I think it's just going out and flushing. Starting really yesterday, your recovery day, you're getting a flush. You flush your body, you flush the L, you're recovering from that, and you respond Wednesday. That's today. You respond in practice the right way. I think we had a great practice. I think guys were running around, we were getting to the ball, fitting up the run well. I think that's the biggest thing. You don't let it linger, because that's how it just keeps stacking and keeps stacking. I think from Week 1 to Week 2 we improved. I think Week 2 to Week 3 we're going to continue to improve.

Q: What does it take to beat a double team? You've done it in the past, but you're seeing a ton of them through the first two games.

LAWRENCE: You've just got to motor through it, type of thing. I think that's the biggest thing, don't let it stop your rush, don't let it stop your strength. Don't start looking around, trying to escape. You've got to just keep powering through the guy that you're on and eventually he'll leave or eventually somebody one-on-one will make the play.

Q: I know it's the other side of the ball, but a lot of people view (Chiefs defensive tackle) Chris Jones as the best defensive tackle/lineman in the league. What do you see from him and how much do you respect what he can do?

LAWRENCE: I've got a ton of respect for him. He's got a unique game. A lot of people can't mimic what he does, and that's him, that's Chris Jones. I've got a lot of respect for him. Excited to go and compete against him, too. It's not just their o-line, it's competing against him as well.

Q: What does he do that other guys can't do in your mind?

LAWRENCE: The way he rushes the passer. It's different. It's different.

Q: They also move him on the outside sometimes. How unique is that for a guy that size to be able to rush on the edge?

LAWRENCE: It's pretty unique, yeah, and he does it well. It's pretty good.

Q: You've gotten fired up in the past about the quarterbacks that you go against. How do you feel about 15 (Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes)?

LAWRENCE: Best of the best, and I'm excited to compete against him. I think somebody said it's once every four years, so you take advantage of those moments.

Q: They are 0-2 and they haven't scored a lot of points. Do you see any vulnerability in that team that there hasn't been before?

LAWRENCE: I wouldn't say that. I'd say they've still got a lot of their core people. Wins don't always go your way, clearly. I've got a ton of respect for them and the way they play football and the way that they've been leading for years. That just doesn't disappear, so you've got to go out there and attack them, attack them like they won the Super Bowl last year type of thing and that's the mindset.

Q: What does it say to you when you look at them and see that Patrick is leading them in rushing?

LAWRENCE: He's sneaky athletic. That's all I'm going to say. He's sneaky athletic.