On Monday night against the Bills at MetLife Stadium, Ulbrich stood on the sideline as a head coach for the first time. The result was hardly what he wanted.
On Monday night against the Bills at MetLife Stadium, Ulbrich, the 47-year-old, 10-year NFL linebacker and 14-year assistant coach, stood on the sideline as a head coach for the first time. The result was hardly what he wanted, a wild, bizarre and sometimes sloppy 23-20 loss to the Bills.
“It was really late in my career, because I remember early in my career saying, ‘Why would I want to do that?’ ’’ Ulbrich recalled. “Later in my career … we had drafted Patrick Willis. I became the backup and, in doing so, I spent a lot of time with him. We watched a lot of tape together. We did a lot of extra on the field.
“That’s not the start we’re accustomed to having on defense,’’ Ulbrich said afterward. “That’s not winning football from a defensive perspective.’’ When it was all over, this is how Ulbrich summed up his first game as a head coach, both calling the defensive plays as he always did and overseeing the entire team: Ulbrich, impossibly upbeat even in the face of this ugly loss, remained unbowed in his belief for his team.
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