Read the full transcript from HC Jeff Hafley 's postgame media availability on August 22, 2026

Jeff Hafley: All right, you guys want to talk injuries? All right. Trey (Moore), Ronnie (Harrison Jr.) and Ollie (Gordon II) all left the game. I'll get with the trainers afterward to find out how serious they are. But obviously, none of them came back in the game. I'll get you the details on that as soon as I find out, and I'll let you know.

Is there a fear that the Trey Moore injury could be serious long term?

Jeff Hafley: Yeah, I really don't know. I mean, he was down. We walked him off. And then I really just grabbed Kyle (Johnston) there. You just got to give me time to figure that one out for you.

It seems like just a few days ago that you were talking about how well Trey Moore was doing.

Hafley: Yeah, I was. It's unfortunate. It's part of the game. So we'll see what happens and hopefully we'll get him back soon.

How would you evaluate your quarterback play?

Hafley: Hard to evaluate. I got to look back at the tape. We dropped a few balls. We made probably some poor decisions at quarterback thinking through the game right now. And then there were some protection issues where we struggled. Let me look at the film and try to get a better idea with where they're at. Obviously Cam (Miller) got a ton of reps in the first half and Gronk  (Mark Gronowski) came in and played the majority of the second. Just really limited snaps. We weren't on the field very much.

What did you learn about your team overall?

Jeff Hafley: A lot of the guys who were playing, I liked how hard they played. Just the details aren't good enough right now. And that's some guys that we're going to count on for depth, and I told them that at halftime. I said these are important moments. It's preseason and I want to see who can step up and who we can count on as we get ready to go towards the 53 (man roster). But just the details. The disappointing part of the game is we have two holds on special teams on the returns, which we were backed up early. Then we fumbled going in early. At least we would have had a field goal there but we fumbled. Then we shank a punt. We're backed up again. So we're backed up almost the whole first half. So when you try to evaluate it and you're playing from the -5 in, it's hard. It's really hard. It's hard for Bobby (Slowik) to call it. It's hard to play it. But those are self-inflicted. That's what's disappointing, so we're not where we need to be. Then the second half we have a false start (and) back up. Then we have a wide receiver hold (and) back up. Then we fumble a snap on third and four. Then we have an illegal gunner rep and we have to re-punt. A third down pass interference and we can't get off the field. Third and one, we don't convert and then we drop a punt at the end of the game. So I mean, just rattling those off and playing the game in my head, it doesn't matter who's out there. If you can't do those little things right, you're not going to have success, and it's going to be hard to evaluate. I credit the defense. (They had) a lot of short fields, a lot of stops, a lot of times held them to a field goal. I thought they played physical. Shoot, we had a linebacker who I met this morning in my office – Steve (Dix Jr.) came in, met him, and he started the whole second half where we had to tell him the call, he had to give the call, then we had to tell him what to do on every single play. So we were able to play only like two calls in the second half, which has never happened to me in my life. So I just give him credit for going out and fighting. That's what the preseason is all about, to find out who those guys are. So I'm certainly disappointed, as any competitor would be, and we have work to do.

We didn't speak to you after the joint practice. Yeah. What was your takeaway from the joint practice overall?

Jeff Hafley: Well, talking about the defense, I thought it was one of our better days on defense. If you turn on that tape, I mean physical. I mean dominant against the run. Aggressive. I thought we got after the quarterback. We played inspiring football on defense that you know made me really proud. I thought it was a great day. A great day on D. Offensively, I thought we came out pretty quick and moved the ball. I thought we popped a nice run where (De'Von) Achane would have scored. We hit a little checkdown down the sideline that would have went for an explosive. Then their pass rush, which I think they have three or four first-round picks, their pass rush came alive. We got to clean some stuff up. There were some busts, there were some Mas (missed assignments). Not good enough. I thought their defense got after us towards that latter part. But great work. I mean they got some really good players over there. I certainly did not like the fighting. That's not me and that's frustrating. But I like the way our guys competed. Thanks for bringing that up.

We saw Chris Bell without a red jersey running routes in the pregame. Can you share with us if he has been cleared to return to full practice?

Jeff Hafley: Close. He's still in the red jersey. So when he takes his red jersey off, he'll be cleared for contact and we'll be ready to go. The players are off tomorrow, so we'll sit down tomorrow. We'll talk to the trainers and get a glimpse of where he's at and see if we can kind of ramp him up even more.

Was today about having Chris Bell go through a pregame routine?

Jeff Hafley: Yeah, you nailed it. We just made the decision. I thought it was really good for him. The whole routine is different in this league, and I wanted him to feel it, go through it, so if he doesn't get to play in a preseason game, when he does play in a real game, it's not the first time. But he was not going to play today. Just like our guys who played a lot of snaps on Thursday, we weren't going to play them today.

Between Ollie Gordon II, Jaylen Wright and Carlos Washington Jr., what are your thoughts currently on how your running back room looks behind De'Von Achane?

Jeff Hafley: I thought they ran hard today. We didn't get many ops, but I have to watch the film. Just thinking back, I thought, Wright had the one kick return. I thought he ran and hit it up in there. I thought Ollie hit a couple of runs. I know he got banged up a little bit there at the end. I thought Carlos hit one. I think it might have gotten called back on a hold where he looked pretty explosive. Just let me watch the tape and give you a better answer. I don't want to make some stuff up.

We saw there was a player waived earlier today. Did anything unusual happen or was that just a standard transaction?

Jeff Hafley: Just a standard transaction. I found out about it late last night. That's how our league works. It's like calling in a linebacker, walking to my office saying, 'hey, how you doing? My name is Jeff and you're going to play real football for us today.' Where else in the world does that happen? I mean, the guy literally showed up this morning, didn't know his team and was giving calls in the huddle. That iis a story. I respect that though, man. That guy played hard.

What can you say about what Kevin Coleman Jr. showed today?

Jeff Hafley: Yeah, I thought he made some nice catches. I thought he was competitive. I'll look back to see the blocks. But it's good to get him back. He's been very competitive at practice. I love the way he plays. He's just another guy that I think when I talk to you, I'll probably have a better view of the game watching the tape.

There was a halftime transaction.

Jeff Hafley: I just heard.

What do you know about Jai'Onte McMillan?

Jeff Hafley: I just found out. I literally haven't even had time to think about it. I just talked to the team and they let me know … so I just found out. I'll talk to Sully (Jon-Eric Sullivan) in a little bit, but I'm excited.

Going back to Kevin Coleman Jr., he had five targets. I don't know if anybody else had more than one or two. I guess what was the trickiness in spreading the ball around, or was there like a definitive effort to make sure Kevin got work?

Jeff Hafley: Yeah, probably a combination of both. Kevin getting a chance to play. We wanted to see if we could get the ball in his hand. But those are hard questions, right? What was the first read? What was the defense giving us? Where did he go with the ball? Was it there right away? Did he come all the way back to it? And those are things that I got to look at. But we certainly wanted to get him the football.