Although he isn't being censured with the same venom as defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle, it is fair to say that after three duds, offensive coordinator Bill Lazor is also in the cross-hairs of the critics.

And for good reason.

Scoring about two touchdowns per game is not good enough in today's NFL and that's what Lazor's offense is doing in its second season under the coach. On Sunday the offense scored two touchdowns and gave up one of its own.

Bad.

So what did Lazor say about all that on Monday, the only day he and Coyle are allowed to speak to the media?

This:

Opening statement) – “Obviously, very disappointed and frustrated in how it went. Absolutely not discouraged and not down on our players, not down on our process, in a lot of ways have to make it work better and we’ve begun our plan to make that happen."

(On what he would say the identity of the offense is today) –“Obviously not good enough right now and I think the biggest area, big picture what we’re really not producing well enough in is normal situations - first and second downs, second and normal. Especially at the beginning of the game when the game is still like what you want the game to be. We can point out some spurts where we did well, but that’s what we’re not doing well. We’ve had some two-minute drives in the first two games that did well and moved the ball; we did move the ball at times when the scores were not where we wanted them to be. When it’s normal situations, obviously we talked about the start of the game, but that’s how you start the game, but that’s where we’ve really fallen down and some of it is decisions I’ve made and the decisions the staff has made. I think we can do a better job with that. Some of it is execution of plays that our players I think would agree would tell are plays that we’ve put in at the beginning of training camp and should be executed better and there’s no one thing to blame for it, but it’s pretty clear that, that’s what has to get better."

(On why they passed four straight times when they had the ball on the goal line in the fourth quarter) – “Probably the same reasons why against Green Bay last year - why try to run it in there a couple of more times. If it doesn’t work, then it’s the wrong decision. I felt confident in both the run game and the pass game that we had. At the moment we thought that was the best play to score – all four of them. It’s not that complicated is what we thought was the best way to get it in."

(On why the motions and shifts were able to work later in the game and not in the beginning of the game) – “I thought the best rhythm we had and what was still probably a normal situation was that drive you’re referring to in the second half and we did shift and motion, which we do most of the time when we’re not in no-huddle, hurry-up mode and for a lot of the game after that we were in that kind of mode. As far as the shifting and the motioning, we choose to do that most of the time that we come out of the huddle not all of the time. The question of why weren’t we able to do it early in the game is just another way of asking the same one that we’ve been asking. It’s our job to get answers and I feel pretty confident we have the answers."

(On if we’re getting to the point where WR DeVante Parker is comfortable enough in the offense to assume a starting role) – “There’s no doubt that he’s taking a step forward in each game, his ability level has definitely started to show up on the field. The way he runs his routes is improving. The guy is getting better every single day and I expect nothing but more play, more production, and it’s just going to keep getting better. The guy really is talented and he’s working hard to catch-up, but let’s face it, he’s missed a lot of time and he’s catching up fast."

(On how he would assess the blitz pickup) – “We had some major ones that were wrong, that turned into turnovers and that’s a problem. Again, it goes back to protections that were put in the very first two days of training camp and so you expect to get them right and I’m not putting that on anyone, that’s all of us as an offense, this is the stuff that we do every day and we shouldn’t make those errors, but we did and I have to evaluate, ‘Am I emphasizing certain things about those protections correctly?’ Everyone’s got to evaluate it and we’re not going to do it with our head hung down, because guess what we’re going to run those protections again. There’s a reason we put those in the first two days of training camp because you expect to use them. We’re going to run them again and we’re going to get them right, if it takes different kind of coaching, different kind of reps, guys pay more attention, whatever it takes; we’re going to get it right. That’s our job and believe or not, even on a day like today, we enjoy what we do. No fun yesterday, it’s frustrating, it’s disappointing, but it’s a challenge that we take."

(On if it’s disappointing not being able to take advantage of a wide receiver beating man coverage and what can they do differently to take more advantage of those situations) – “Well I thought the Bills did a nice job of mixing their coverage and of course the situation was in at the end, they were kind of playing pass defense, but they were able to mix it. We’d like to complete more, we’d like to hit more, I do trust our receivers to win one-on-ones and when you watch the tape it can only be thrown to one guy at a time, I think more guys won their one-on-ones yesterday the way they’re supposed to, the way the quarterback is expecting them to and that’s part of why at the beginning I opened and I said I’m disappointed, I’m frustrated, but I’m not down on our players and I’m confident that we’re going to get the things answered that we have to get answered. That comes after watching a really bad defeat on film and I know it sounds crazy today to feel positive, but there’s only one way to go and it’s to try and get to 2-2."

(On if there is enough at the offensive line to get to have a respectable running game and the protection for QB Ryan Tannehill to be successful) – “Yes."

(On what makes him so confident on the offensive line) – “Just watching the tape, I think we played one of the best defensive lines in football and we weren’t perfect and I think they’re going to be fine."

(On how he would assess RB Jonas Gray first game action this season) – “I was disappointed we fumbled an exchange in the backfield and we talked a little bit today with Ryan (Tannehill) and him. The last fumbled exchange I recall was in the opening New England game last year and we do a lot of different things in the backfield and I think we’ve taken some pride in the fact we haven’t turned the ball over that way. When you have the ball flailing around, we had a fumbled exchange, we had two times in the pocket the ball was out with the quarterback, we had a drop that turned into an interception, we had a missed pass protection, our quarterback was hit and turned into an interception for a touchdown, we had another blitz situation that turned into an interception and it’s just going to be hard to win. You asked about Jonas and I’m getting off on a tangent, I thought Jonas ran hard, I think he’s getting better all the time and I’m looking forward to him competing, but you touched a chord when I went back to that fumbled exchange because one of the things we had done well is we haven’t been turning the football over and obviously we changed that negatively yesterday.”