Indianapolis 30, San Francisco 18
Q. You got off to a good start, going 2-0, now losing four straight. How disappointed are you at this point?
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: It's tough, very tough. Especially how the losses have come. Got off to a good start tonight. Yeah, we didn't sustain it throughout the whole game. Get on the right track this week with Chicago.
Q. What changed the second quarter? Why were they able to have success slowing you down?
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: I'm not too sure exactly. I got to go back and look at the film. I think the weather played a little bit of a role, started to pick up there a little bit. But we just didn't execute. Too many mistakes stacked on top of each other. One guy would make a mistake here, one there. You can't do that and win football games consistently.
I think we just got to get back to the drawing board. We can't make this many mistakes back to back like that.
Q. How did the elements affect you out there?
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: It was my first time wearing gloves. Actually worked out really well. I thought I could spin it pretty well still in it. Like I said in the beginning it was a lot less than it was later on in the game. As it started to pick up more and more, it became difficult at times with the footing and everything. But we've played in stuff like this before so it wasn't anything crazy.
Q. In the fourth quarter out of nowhere, you had three big passes in a row. What clicked all of a sudden?
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: I wouldn't say anything clicked. We went out there and executed. Deebo had a great route on the first one, the longer one down the right sideline to get open. Ran a great route, got himself open. Then the one to Charlie, that really wasn't even how the play was drawn up. They kind of dropped him in coverage, hit him. Deebo made a play at the end there, kind of an off-schedule play.
Kind of like I was saying before, it's us executing. We got to go out there, execute, making the plays when we get the opportunities. If we do that, we can get on the right track. It's going to take a lot of effort and a lot of hard work at this point.
Q. On the second interception, seemed like the ball may have slipped out of your hand a little bit.
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: The one at the end?
Q. Yes.
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: Yeah.
Q. Seemed like you were standing there dazed for a second.
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: Yeah, that one I didn't get on top of it, didn't finish the throw. It sailed. I don't know, just the whole night. It's tough playing in that weather to begin with, just the mental toughness you have to have. But when things are going wrong like that, it makes for a tough night.
It was very frustrating, but we're going to stick together. We got a team that we do have play-makers, we got players, got good coaches. We got to stick together at this point.
Q. How did the calf feel during the game and how did you come out of this one?
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: It held up, I'll say (smiling). Definitely felt it at times. But it sort of is what it is. All the guys out there, we're all playing with something right now. It's that point of the season.
Q. Is this something you feel you're going to have to manage for a while longer?
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: I don't know. We'll see. I feel it, but it's not hindering me at all I'd say.
Q. You have a lot of guys that have been in the system for a little while now. Can you pinpoint why there are so many mistakes being made?
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: I don't know. I don't have one specific thing. I think whatever play is called, we just have to go out there and execute it.
It's just about putting in more time, more effort, staying longer, putting in more hours, things like that. It's the little things at this point.
The NFL is a crazy thing. One week you're on top, one week you're at the bottom of it. Every team has their ups and downs. We're at the lower end of the point right now. But we can fight back.
Q. Any fun trash talking between you and DeForest during the game?
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: No. DeFo was pretty locked in that whole game. We were, too. Nothing out of the ordinary, I would say.
Q. How did Jaylon Moore do today?
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: He did good today, he did. Held his own being his first start and everything. I thought he came with the great mindset pregame. You could tell he was locked in and ready to roll. I thought he played really well.
There were some highlights in this game. Elijah had a hundred, Deebo played good I thought. There are some positives to take out this, but we have to get back to the drawing board and get back to work.
Q. Everybody is going to look at the quarterback in a four-game losing streak. You played in three of them. How do you deal with that?
JIMMY GAROPPOLO: I mean, we're a tight team right now I think. It starts with me, no doubt about it. We got a good group of guys. Like I said, we got to go back to work now.
Thanks, guys.
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