Jaguars 23, Dolphins 20
Q. 100-yard gain, one touchdown, being in Tottenham, how it did feel?
MARVIN JONES JR.: It was great. It was a great team win. We talk about the ebbs and flows of the game and persevering through challenging and stuff like that, and I feel early on, even in the other games, we have, but we just couldn't capitalize at the end. Today we did. That was a good thing.
Q. Some of the challenges have been dropped passes, not necessarily from yourself but from others. How much more do they need to improve on that and eliminate the dropped passes?
MARVIN JONES JR.: Well, everything. You could always pick something to improve on, and that's what we do just after every game, you debrief, you say, hey, what's the problem, and attack it every day. If that's one of the problems, then we'll be solid working through it.
Q. Talk a little bit about how you found the fans today.
MARVIN JONES JR.: I loved it. I loved it. It was electric. Right when we went out there, even for warmups, everybody is out there in their seats, and I know how it goes in Europe, I've been to many soccer games and everybody is always electric and on their feet. It was a great experience to play here and to have some success and get a win here.
Q. Marvin, in 2014 you were with the Bengals and the Lions came and in 2016 you were with the Lions when the Bengals came. How good is it to get over here and have a performance like that?
MARVIN JONES JR.: Yeah, every team that I've been on, I left them, the next year they went. I was excited to get out here, tour the city and all that stuff. It felt good. It felt good. Like I said, the fans were a big part of it, I think of the success and the excitement. But it felt good to come over here and gain some UK fans.
Q. Talk about the defense being able to get you guys back the ball there late, that huge 4th-down stop for you guys, on the sideline watching that, appreciate them getting you the ball back?
MARVIN JONES JR.: Most definitely. That was critical. I think our defense, that's kind of been standard for the end of the games. We've had a chance, had pretty much -- except for Houston, we've had a chance to go down there and punch it in at the last minute or whatever, the end of the fourth quarter. They did a good job doing that. That 4th-down stop was critical.
For them to give us the ball back and for us to do what we do or get enough to kick that field goal, it was big. They did big, especially at the end of the game.
Q. Did you watch the field goal?
MARVIN JONES JR.: Oh, yes, I always watch the field goal, yeah. When he hit that first one, I know once we got it to a manageable yardage, he was going to hit the second one. I didn't have any doubt in my mind. Hats off to him.
Q. Did you know the first one was his career long?
MARVIN JONES JR.: Oh, yeah? Well, I know now, so thanks.
Q. How did it feel going into the bye week with a last-second win under your belt?
MARVIN JONES JR.: Oh, that feels great. It always feels great to get a win going into the bye week, to have that momentum and keep working, us to keep working on our craft. We're probably going to have a couple days where we do some walk-throughs and learn from mistakes or practice on what we need to practice on, so yeah, it's always good to go into a bye week with that momentum. You just have that extra juice for the weekend, so a lot of wine for me. (Laughter.)
Q. Earlier this week the NFL International guys announced three German cities have been shortlisted for a potential game next year or the year after. As a player, what does it feel like to play outside of North America, and what do you know about Germany and what do you think the teams will get out of the experience of traveling around?
MARVIN JONES JR.: I think it's great because that's what the soccer teams do. They have friendlies in the United States, and they go -- in terms of outreach, fans that otherwise they wouldn't have, or they wouldn't see them. But I think it's amazing. Maybe I need to learn some German and go out there and get some German fans.
But I think it's a good thing that they're doing, making it more international. Obviously it's the hottest thing in North America, but yeah, let's go global. Let's do it.
Q. What do you get out of playing outside of the comfort zone of the training facility? We talked to Trevor earlier about team bonding or --
MARVIN JONES JR.: Yeah, definitely. It just adds a different element, going out of the country and being with your brothers, being with the team. Yeah, it adds another element of brotherhood. I think we had fun, we want to top golf out here and did that and toured the city. A lot of people went shopping, toured the city together, ate dinner.
When you do that outside of the country, the food always tastes a little bit better just because you're out of your comfort zone. I love it, so yeah, it's good for us to do that.
Q. You had a handful of free agents that came in this summer. You've got quite a young team around you. What kind of role do you play bringing players from other franchises in with a new head coach, new rookie quarterback? Are you kind of showing them the way?
MARVIN JONES JR.: Yeah, definitely showing them the way. Obviously this is my 10th season, and I've been around the block. I've played a lot of games, and we do have a young team, so it's up to us to bridge that gap between rookie and vet. The sooner you do that, the better the team -- the better the cohesion is and the better we do. That's all our jobs is just to tell them our experiences and go on from there.
Q. You said you're a football fan. Who do you support?
MARVIN JONES JR.: I've been to a lot of Barcelona games. I'm pretty cool with some of the higher ups in Barcelona. I've went to Barcelona a few times, and me and my sons are flying -- because I'm real close to Antoine Griezmann. We're going to fly up to his house, stay with him for a little bit in March, when my kids have spring break. Yeah, I'm pretty into it.
Q. You're a fan?
MARVIN JONES JR.: Yeah, yeah, that's where -- I learned Spanish in Spain. I went to Barcelona and met everybody there and built a good relationship with them, so it's all good.
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