Las Vegas - 40
Seattle - 34
O.T.
Q. Big picture, what's this team need to do to get back on track after a couple losses?
GENO SMITH: Yeah, we can't let it be a snowball effect. Reality is that we're going from the hunter to the hunted. People want to play us. As a young team, we've got to learn to be able to go out there and win those games. That's our next step in the evolution as a really young team.
We got to understand the moment, capture the moments, take advantage. I feel like we had plenty of opportunities to go out there and win that game, finish it late, and we just didn't get it done.
When I was in college, a coach told me about the difference between a finger pointer and a thumb pointer. I've always vowed to be a thumb pointer. I'm going to look at myself hard in the mirror, watch this film, see where I can get better and help this team win games.
Q. The pass to DK that they called no good, what did you see on that?
GENO SMITH: They ruled it incomplete. It was close. They called it incomplete. That was one play in a game of many plays. I could have gave him a better pass.
Like I said, being a thumb pointer, those are the things that I can correct. Nobody's perfect. You can watch across the league, every quarterback is going to make some mistakes.
I just got to be better in some aspects and put it all on me. Put it on me. I'll be better.
Q. After they missed the field goal and the possession after that, overtime, three-and-out, what was the issue there?
GENO SMITH: We didn't execute to the best of our ability. Like I said before, that's one of those situations where late in the game we have an opportunity to go out there and get a win.
Obviously we didn't get it done, so we've got to look at ourselves and figure out what we have to do better. I look forward to that.
Q. What happened on the interception?
GENO SMITH: It's an interception. Bad pass. Can't happen.
Q. How about the fumble?
GENO SMITH: That's on me. My fault. 100%.
Q. You were trying to pull that back, right?
GENO SMITH: Yep.
Q. Realizing you have the opportunity to seize the moment, a young team, what do you have to do as a leader in a collective way?
GENO SMITH: Yeah, we just got to continue to learn from these things. It's all a learning experience. That's what it is.
Like I said, we all can learn from it, not just the young guys. All the guys on the team, coaches included, look where we can be better and figure out ways to win.
Q. You talked about going from the hunter to the hunted. Are you noticing any difference in the teams facing you now?
GENO SMITH: Yeah, everybody watches sports, ESPN. Everyone watches what we do out there. Make a lot of great plays. We got great players all over the field. Coming into the season, there were different expectations.
Seeing what we have on this team, I believe we can do a lot of great things. I think everyone else can see that as well. We have to own that, accept that for who we are, because we are great players and we are a great team.
We lost two games in a row. It's not the end of the world. We lost one game today. But we got six more ahead of us.
Like I said, we got to learn from that 'cause we're going to be in these situations again. I'm really looking forward to that, being in that situation, seeing how we can overcome those thing and get back on the winning track.
Q. The touchdown to Tyler, you're letting that ball go while he's hip to hip. How much faith do you have when you throw the ball to him?
GENO SMITH: I got a ton of faith in Tyler. Those are things that we practice day in and day out since training camp. We just got to continue to make plays like that. Like I said, we got great players all over the field. Tyler is one of our leaders, an established player in this league. He's the guy that's going to win those more often than not.
Q. (Question about running the ball.)
GENO SMITH: I would have to go back to the film and just see exactly what it was. But I can say in hindsight it's just execution, whatever it is. It's execution. It takes all 11, including me.
Like I said, I'm not going to look at anyone else, really just looking at myself and what I can do better to help that out.
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