Broncos 23, Jaguars 13
Q. Could you talk a little bit about why things seemed to go so awry after such an efficient, perfect opening drive?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I think it's a combination of a few things, just some ill-timed errors on everyone really. It was different people each time we had a turnover and another one at the end, so that's on me, and some penalties, whatever it may be. Just bad timing for those things to happen.
And then Denver played off that momentum and put a few scoring drives together.
I think we were in the game the whole game. Really first half should have had the lead. Then after that I didn't think we kept playing like we did in that first quarter.
Just figuring out what that is, what's happening in that 2nd and 3rd quarter that we can get better at. Obviously I'll have to go back and watch the tape for some of it, but for me same thing. Two turnovers, got to get better at that. Surtain made a great catch on the go-ball, so that's one of those he made a great play. It happens. But the other one was a bad decision by me.
Just keep taking care of the ball. I thought we did a great job up front. The guys blocked really well. Only one sack. Protection was good all night. We ran the ball efficiently. I think we were over four yards a carry, so that was good to see.
But just continually putting these drives together to stay in the game because you could see we were that close today and just kind of got out of the game towards the end and they ran with it. But I think we're close, and obviously it's not what anybody wants to see and it's frustrating and disappointing, but we're going to stick together, and I really feel like we're close. We've got good enough players to win these games. We've just got to keep going to work.
Q. You've never lost back to back games in your life, now 0-2 in your NFL career. How are you dealing with that?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I hate losing, like I said last week, so it's not fun, obviously. But at the same time you've got to -- you've just got to realize we're getting better, and each week we've got to keep getting better, and it's a long season. We've still got 15 more games, kind of like I said last week.
That's the mindset in the locker room, too. Everyone is frustrated. Everybody is disappointed. Obviously we worked our tails off to win this game, and we felt like we were prepared. Just got to keep getting better, though. We've got to make the play when our number is called, and didn't do that well enough today.
Q. Are the misses just a matter of you and the receivers just not being on the same page?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Typically no. I think it's just a lot of things. I missed a few throws. We didn't have really many drops today, so I think they did a good job. Denver did a good job contesting a lot of the throws. They mixed up their coverages well. I thought I saw it pretty well, too, and I think we just got behind the sticks a little bit as the game went on. You saw the first drive, we stayed in 2nd and 3rd and short, and I don't know however many yards on the first drive, we go down and score. Then after that we get a penalty or we'd have two incompletions back to back, then we'd be 3rd and 10 or whatever, and just getting behind. It's really hard against a good defense to convert 3rd and 10 over and over again.
That's one thing. Just got to keep getting better. I thought we were better today than last week for sure, but just got to keep getting better.
Q. What was it about the first drive that made things look so smooth and easy?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I don't know. I mean, I thought we were just all playing well, playing confident. We were seeing it, communicating. I thought we continued to do that throughout the game. It's just like little -- like ill-timed errors, like I said. Something happens on like a 2nd and long or a 3rd down that would have been a conversion, like that's just hard to recover. We had a few of those down the stretch.
Obviously like I said, the turnover that gave them the ball at mid-field, defense did a good job. Can't remember if we held them to a field goal or what happened there, and then obviously the other turnover we were still in the game and Surtain, like I said, made a great play.
I think the defense, we put them in a hole a few times again today, and they played well. We got to keep putting these scoring drives together to give us a better chance, and didn't do that down the stretch.
Q. When you see them dropping seven or eight into coverage, what does that mean to you?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Use my legs. You saw a few times today, had a 4th down conversion and then had a 2nd and 10, 3rd and 10, can't remember on the other one where I scrambled for a 1st down, so that was something I wanted to get better from last week and I thought I did, so that was a positive.
They did a really good job of having two safeties and then matching underneath playing man. They did a really good job with that.
Made it harder for some of our concepts. I thought we were kind of picking them apart on that first drive. Had a great drive, but then after that started playing a little tighter, and then as the game went on, playing softer when we had to take some shots, obviously, kind of what happened on that go-ball.
But yeah, like I said, using my legs. I thought that's one thing when they're dropping seven or eight that you have to do, and did that a little bit.
Q. From your perspective how much is the play calling about you and the coaches still learning each other?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I mean, maybe a little, but not much I don't think. It's just hard when -- you saw like the first drive, that was kind of our plays that we were going with to start our openers, if you call it, whatever, except for the 3rd downs. He did a good job calling those. We were rolling, did great with those.
It's just hard when we kind of put Coach Bev in a bad spot when you get down. Same thing second half when you're down a couple scores and the clock is running, you're in the fourth quarter, you've got to take shots and push the ball downfield, so he doesn't just have the whole playbook open at that point.
It's hard. We've got his back. He's got our back. We've all just got to get better. It's not one certain thing, it's just all of us continuing to play well. All of us are having bright spots throughout the games, but just play after play, being consistent.
Q. You mentioned bright spots; is there a particular bright spot you would carry into practice next week to get you ready for the next game?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: What do you mean?
Q. You had a lot of bright spots you were looking at. Is there a particular moment or play or even idea that you can take into practice as an overall theme to get ready for next game?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, we'll watch it and we'll find those things. I thought we made some good plays, like I said, especially on that first drive. After that we didn't do as much as we needed to do on offense throughout the game. But we made some plays, and the good thing is, bright spot is for sure that we really have good enough players to win these games. We've just got to play better.
It would be a different story if we felt like they were better than us, but I just really feel like both of these games, we had a chance if we played better, and obviously a lot of people say that, but just got to do it.
Q. Do you get any sense at all out of anybody that confidence is a little shaken, and what would be some of the signs of that?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: No, I don't feel that at all. Obviously I kind of came almost straight in here, talked to the guys for a second, but I thought we had a lot of confidence coming into this week, and even the locker room, guys picking each other up. It's a long season. We've got 15 more games.
I think our mental space is really good right now, and we've just got to keep plugging in and going to work.
It's not based on what happens in the game. Okay, we win the game, so we're going to have a great week next week, get ready to play the next one, or we lost the game, whatever, we're not going to try to win the next one. It doesn't change. We've just got to keep going back to work and staying together, and I think we're doing a good job of that.
Q. Can you describe what you saw on the touchdown to Marvin, how that opened up for you?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, just a one-on-one match-up on the outside. We felt like going into this game, as much disguise as they did with the secondary, that was one of the spots that we could try to attack was the one-on-ones outside away from the cover two side and kind of just what we were thinking. Marv did a good job holding his grass, gave him a chance, he made the play. That was awesome to see.
Got to do more of that, and that's me, too. I've got to be more accurate. We've got to make more plays downfield. But yeah.
Q. Was the first drive all the scripted plays you guys went to the game with, and was there just a different level of comfort with those plays going in?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I mean, I wouldn't say that. Obviously we felt good about them and we executed them well. I don't think it really had anything to do with just the fact that those were scripted because a lot of the 3rd downs I think we had three or four 3rd downs on that first drive and we converted all of them, and those are always -- those aren't scripted, you don't really script 3rd downs; you've got to react. I don't think it's really the fact that they were scripted, I just think it's the level of focus we've got to maintain throughout the whole game.
Like I said, we've got to watch it. I can't really analyze everything right now until I see it all. Just got to play better.
Q. What did you say to Josh when you went over to him after he missed the second field goal?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Just keep going, man. It's going to happen. All of us have made some mistakes. I've had quite a few the first two weeks, so just to let him know I had his back. It's all good; go make the next one. I know as a kicker that's tough. Everything is kind of on you making that kick. I know how he feels. So just letting him know we've got your back no matter what happens good or bad. We're all in it together.
Q. How difficult is it for you to just process back-to-back losses like this? You haven't experienced this before in your football life. Do you just attribute it to, hey, people told me the NFL was going to be a tough transition and the growing pains and all that? How are you processing this?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I think I'm processing it as good as you can. Obviously you want to win. Like I said, you work all week to win, and when you don't, it's disappointing.
I feel like I'm in a good spot. I'm the same person, same mindset. Nothing has changed. Making sure I keep my confidence every week is big, and I think I have that.
We're going to get better. We're close. Obviously last week and this week doesn't look great when you look at the numbers, but I really feel like we're close and we've just got to make some more plays and stick together.
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