Brian Kelly is ready to consider personnel changes.

Any adjustments the seventh-year Notre Dame coach were to make following Saturday’s 38-35 loss to Duke wouldn't involve members of the coaching staff, though.

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“Every position, every position, all 22 of them, will be evaluated,” Kelly said Saturday after the Irish dropped to 1-3. “Each and every position. There is no position that is untouchable on this football team. And that's the quarterback, all the way down to, maybe, the long snapper's okay. We're not going to touch him. But everybody else is vulnerable.”

The job of defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder, whom Kelly has had to defend since the Irish’s 50-47 season-opening loss, is safe. In three games against Power Five opponents this season, ND has allowed 517, 501 and 498 yards of total offense, and an average of 41.3 points. Kelly didn’t see coaching as an issue against Duke, though.

“Actually, that's probably the one area that I feel better about today,” Kelly said. “We did what I wanted today in terms of coaching. And coaching had nothing to do with the outcome today. I was pleased from that perspective. Obviously, we put our defense in a bad situation today and they gave our offense a chance to win, quite frankly. Those turnovers were deadly and obviously the kick off return for a touchdown just put us in a tough situation.

“There are things that I want to get better at defensively, there's no question. But that's the least of my concerns after today.”

One part of the Irish offense Kelly wasn’t pleased with Saturday was the quarterback play. Junior DeShone Kizer went 22-for-37 for 381 yards to go with a pair of passing touchdowns, a rushing touchdown and two turnovers. Kizer’s performance was “below standard” and “not acceptable,” according to his head coach, who said playing sophomore quarterback Brandon Wimbush this season was “a definite possibility.”

But he ruled out implementing into the game plans any more gimmicks that involve two quarterbacks. Zaire lined up as a wide receiver twice against Duke. His first carry resulted in 4 yards, but on his next appearance the senior was sacked for a loss of 12 yards.

“We have got some plays, but that's short lived now, too,” Kelly said. “After him taking the ball and not throwing it away after we sprint out and moved the pocket for the specific reason that if there's any kind of pressure, you can throw the ball away. So you won't see that again.”

Once Kelly reevaluates the lineup, the players he says will play are the ones who possess “fire and grit.”

“… .And we had one guy in the entire football team that had emotion and fire,” he added. “That is Dexter Williams. He's the only one. He's the only one that I saw. One guy.

“So, if you want to play for me moving forward, you better, I don't care what your résumé says, I don't care if you were a five star, if you had a hundred tackles or 80 receptions or 30 touchdown passes, you better have some damn fire and energy in you. We lack it. We lack it. Severely.”