Colts 10, Patriots 6
Q. You definitely shimmied up there. You made a few guys miss. You sat some lads down. What was going through your mind when you have guys -- and you are able to escape the pocket and are able to make plays?
GARDNER MINSHEW: Yeah, you try to stick to your progressions and reads as much as you can. Then at some point if it feels like it's not there, if you have to move off your spot, I thought our guys did a great job today of reacting and in the second reactions and getting open. That was a big part of our offense today.
Q. What does it say about Josh that he was able to go through this week where he didn't practice, flies overseas, and then goes and is still able to make that play?
GARDNER MINSHEW: Good football player, you know, I would say more than anything. Dude can play ball.
He has a knack for getting open, for catching the ball. That was huge. Wasn't a perfect ball. He lays out. Super proud of him. Happy for him. Excited to get him healthy and rolling.
Q. You knew he was a good ballplayer. He is open all the time, but just the toughness that he showed. What did that kind of show you about him as just a person?
GARDNER MINSHEW: Absolutely. He just wants to help the team win, and I think that's one of the best things we have going right now is everybody is just invested in winning. It doesn't matter how it happens, what it looks like. Everybody just wants to win. Yeah, it feels good, man.
Q. What did you see on that play to get you out of the shadow of your own goal post? What were you looking for? What did you see?
GARDNER MINSHEW: Yeah, first kind of looking to the left. Progression was taken back right. They played a coverage wasn't really expecting. Did a good job there.
But line gave us time and was able to kind of move around a little bit, and then Josh just made a heck of a play.
Q. Your career quarterback has been can be pretty wide. Coming off the field in the game and you turn around and see, oh, No. 4 is in the game. What's the reaction on seeing that?
GARDNER MINSHEW: Super interesting. That's a hard spot to go in on your own 15, no time-outs, 2 minutes. That's tough.
I was pretty fired up for our defense. Had a good opportunity there. Wish we could have ended with the ball in a 4-minute situation, but yeah, it was a tough deal.
Q. This is a big win. You have traveled so far for this. You are going home to a bye week. I'm imagine all the lads in the locker room are quite happy about this. What's the mood in the locker room like?
GARDNER MINSHEW: We're fired up, man. Fired up. Got some free time coming. We're 5-5. We have everything in front of us. It's a great opportunity to go home, get healthy, and hit this back half of the season with a lot of confidence.
Q. What do you want to reach until the end of the season? Do you have any personal goals that are important for yourself?
GARDNER MINSHEW: I just want to win, however we can do that. Let's get in the playoffs and give ourselves a chance. I believe this team if we can stick together, we'll continue to find ways to win and put ourselves in a good spotlight.
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