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✦ quoting kelly "We've got to be smarter and more disciplined as a football team, and that's what I'll be looking for this week." On improving in the red zone and avoiding missed opportunities: "When you have a lack of execution in those areas, you have to look at the details. And there are a number of things that go into that. "I could give you five or six different scenarios why we didn't execute, but it comes down to performance. It comes down to practice and preparation." To view this video you must log in at BlueGoldOnline.com with your print subscription username and password On what he watches for in his team the week following a loss: "Why do you lose? Those are the things that you have to look out for. And dinner doesn't taste good. Meetings are a lot harder. Practice is probably a little bit more spirited. "But it still comes down to the attention to detail. We've got to be smarter and more disciplined as a football team, and that's what I'll be looking for this week." On the positives and negatives of playing freshman outside linebacker Jaylon Smith: "The benefits of playing him are that you get a lot of experience early on, especially with our schedule. We are not playing easy squads. We are playing good football teams early on, and he's getting an opportunity to learn a lot. "You're going to have to live with some mistakes that are made, but he made some really good plays for us as well. He's an athletic kid that loves to play and plays hard. Occasionally you're going to be put in some compromising positions. He's a young man that makes up for some of those mistakes with the way he plays, too." On the distribution in the passing offense: "There are a lot of guys that are catching balls. Corey Robinson caught a ball for us. We'll continue to move guys in there. We've shown that there's balance in the receiving corps. Troy Niklas is catching some balls, some big balls for us. Obviously, DaVaris Daniels and TJ Jones are, and Chris Brown is obviously a guy that you've got to pay attention to. "We are going to continue to move in that direction. VIDEO: Head coach Brian Kelly spoke to the media Sept. 10 about the loss at Michigan and Saturday's game at Purdue. We've got to continue to grow at the running back position, and they have got to help us as well." On what the secondary needs to do to improve after a disappointing performance at Michigan: "They have got to play the game the way they can play it. In other words, [with] more confidence. They have got to go out there and compete, and they have got the ability to do it. We've got to get it out of them. "[Cornerbacks coach Kerry] Cooks is going to make sure that those guys are competing in practice, and we are going to get that carryover. [Sophomore cornerback] KeiVarae Russell is a young guy, he was on a big stage, and he's going to have to use that learning experience from Michigan. He's going to have to carry that over. he's a very smart, competitive kid, and he's going to use this as a great learning experience. I think he's going to benefit from it. "[Senior cornerback] Bennett Jackson is a captain for ✦ Page 10 us, and he has a responsibility to come back and bounce back from not playing his very best. We are all confident he'll do that. The key is to not make it two games or three games or four games; it's to take this game and play at a higher level, and I'm pretty confident that they will." On the play of offensive linemen Nick Martin and Ronnie Stanley: "I couldn't be more pleased with Nick Martin under the circumstances. We had one illegal snap in probably one of the most dynamic atmospheres that we'll play under; he just did a tremendous job. "We checked almost 40 percent of our plays, and he just did an incredible job, great snapping all night. He handled himself very well up front. "Ronnie continues to get better. He's learning the game. We had a couple early missed assignments, but he did a very good job. He let one sack up, but he continues to get better and better. We only see that offensive line improving from week to week." ✦