Alabama Coach Kalen DeBoer spoke to reporters at the Monday Morning Quarterback Club in Birmingham on Monday. DeBoer discussed Alabama’s win over Missouri, the Tide’s bye week and looked ahead to Alabama’s matchup against LSU at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 9.

Here’s everything DeBoer said Monday.

“We’ve got the bye week here and just a chance to get out and do a few speaking engagements. I know our staff’s got a little bit of that going on, too, as well as some opportunities to get out and do some recruiting, especially later in the week. So it’s a good time for our guys, I think, two-thirds of the way through the season, just heading into November here, coming off a win and kind of get healthy and just go lay it on the line. Always focused on getting better, and the guys, I think, have a good mindset about that. They have all season long. Excited for the rest of the season and what comes with it.”

“The staff will be working on that already with the game planning here today. We’ll get into practice on Wednesday and Thursday. We do all have fall break at the end, so there’s no classes at the end of the week. But the guys get today away as far as the players are concerned, and we’ll get back in the weight room and do some stuff tomorrow.”

“That’s the way we’re looking at every single one of them. We’ve gotta be comfortable being uncomfortable. We preach that just as far as emphasizing strain when it comes to just what we do every day, no matter what the situation is. And now, we’re really in that moment. I thought we passed the first test as far as it being in that kind of time of being uncomfortable, and the guys really honed in on what they can control and that was a lot of focus, all the work that’s needed to prepare to be great on Saturday. We took a step. Continue to be a work in progress. We’ll always be that way. I don’t care how good you are. But I’m proud of the way that they have continued to respond each and every time in everything we ask them to do.”

“I don’t have an update on him. That’ll probably be later today. And then, yeah. With Ryan and Bak in particular, just rotating those guys. Realy it’s probably more about who we’re comfortable with. There’s a little bit with maybe what we’re trying to do specifically. Bak’s someone we’re very comfortable with, and we rotated Ryan in there, too. Both of them are guys we trust.”

“I think Bak was the first one we threw out there. And some of them might just be the situation. Are we just looking to get it caught? Or are we looking for an explosive play? Who seems comfortable back there? What’s the week been like as far as those guys and their consistency? Cole’s that been way, and that’s why he was that guy up until we couldn’t play him. We’re comfortable with both of those guys.”

“Whether that is what it is or not, that’s how we’re gonna approach it even though we really don’t need to say too much in regards to that. We’re just focusing on what we can do right now in the moment and really honing in on the kind of mindset that you’re only as good as your last play. You’re only as good as your last game. So take the things and learn from the Missouri game, just like we would everything else. But really, just we’ve gotta go out and play our best game that we possibly can against LSU. And that goes back to the work that’s gotta be done between now and then. The pressure is naturally gonna be there for every game. We can’t put added pressure to ourselves. We’ve just gotta go out and play, be at our best. That comes through confidence and in the prep that you put in.”

“You’d love to say it wasn’t, but I think it arguably was. I think there’s, right off the bat, some issues with the snap count and things like that. So I think we worked into it, and we’ll continue to do the things in the week of preparation to mimic that and give us as many snaps as possible where we’re really relying on silent cadences and so forth, prepare for the hardest scenarios. But I felt like we did a good job of that, but we got in the moment and we struggled, especially early on.”

“… I do remember. Just things that are happening that you just wanna be better at. Just the moments that we were going through, and I just felt like there was some things we could be better with how we were handling and being composed. And that’s just the expectation for everyone. It doesn’t matter whether you’re on the field for the first snap, at the end of the game, up or down. We’ve been emphasizing doing things the right way and playing to the standard, and that’s what that was all about. Roq’s a great kid, gives everything he has to the program. It’s not specifically about him, it’s just about everyone.”

“… I do remember. Just things that are happening that you just wanna be better at. Just the moments that we were going through, and I just felt like there was some things we could be better with how we were handling and being composed. And that’s just the expectation for everyone. It doesn’t matter whether you’re on the field for the first snap, at the end of the game, up or down. We’ve been emphasizing doing things the right way and playing to the standard, and that’s what that was all about. Roq’s a great kid, gives everything he has to the program. It’s not specifically about him, it’s just about everyone.”

“I saw that, too. And not just Ty, but that was a great effort on his end. We’ve just got a lot of guys that want it so bad for the team, and when they get their opportunities – and that was one for Ty. I thought getting down the field, and he can run, too, and we saw that. But just team players wanting to do everything they can to help their teammates out, and that was a great example for sure.”

“No, I’m gonna be all about it. You’ve gotta be smart, right? But he’s giving great effort, and you’re never gonna take that away from those guys.”