Broncos 23, Jaguars 13
URBAN MEYER: I just want to thank our Jaguar fans. It's been a long haul in Jacksonville. But we appreciate them being here, and we have a saying around here, we're going to own it, and we're going to own it, but I speak on behalf of our players that that was good. We go up 7-3 or 7-0 and they're standing behind our defense, helped our defense, and from myself, our staff and our players, thanks for being there. Don't give up on us. Hang in there with us. We're going to get better.
The one thing about Jacksonville and the 904, go to sleep knowing there's not going to be any group work harder to get this thing flipped.
I'll answer your questions.
Q. Do you feel like you got outcoached today?
URBAN MEYER: Outcoached? I don't know if I got outcoached. We lost a game. I don't normally -- that's a good question. I've been asked that question before. We lost a game.
Q. Trevor mentioned that the team doesn't feel like it's a talent issue, but now at 0-2, does that make it a coaching issue?
URBAN MEYER: It's an us issue. We have to make some plays. We have to do a lot of things better as a team, and that includes when I say team, it's always us. The one thing I'll never do is take a player and do that or a coach and do that. But do we have to get better? We're 0-2. You made that point. We have to do we -- when I say we, I'm talking about the whole team has to do a lot of better things.
Q. What did you see out of Trevor today? Fantastic opening drive, and then it just seemed like for the rest of the day, whether it was a little too much pressure, receivers not getting separation or just maybe him being a little bit off on some throws, because --
URBAN MEYER: I talked with him after the game and he made it -- on Thursday he was 25 of 25 or 26 of 26, had a great Thursday practice and he kind of felt Laviska came on and looked his legs were getting back underneath him. I saw what happened in the first drive as I saw in practice. But after that, like you said, it was just 100 and a handful of yards that -- so I see a very good leader. I see obviously an exceptional talent and a guy that the game is hopefully going to start slowing down more and more as he gets more reps.
Q. Marvin Jones said he felt like the offense was in a lull after the first drive. How do you prevent those lulls in the future?
URBAN MEYER: I think we had a couple dropped passes on some key situations that would have kept the chains moving. Also we'd like to have a little more balance. It seems like we're dropping back a little bit too much, especially when you're facing Von Miller and Chubb and those guys. The easy answer is make more plays and get guys in position to make more plays. That's an easy answer. It's hard to execute, obviously.
Q. Were you at least impressed with the functionality of it? At least it looked function at out there in terms of penalties and false starts and that stuff for the most part?
URBAN MEYER: Like substitution issues and all that?
Q. You didn't have a lot of pre-snap issues....
URBAN MEYER: Yeah, it was a cleaner game, but it better be a cleaner game, and we worked real hard at that. I will say that our defense, you kept -- just if the offense would have made some plays late in the first quarter or if we would have hit those field goals and then late in the second quarter made a couple more plays because we had decent field position, just going into halftime would have been a different story if you're coming out. Then obviously they scored right away the second half. Our defense had some big stops. If offense just would have made a few more plays.
Q. Concern level for Josh Lambo?
URBAN MEYER: Well, concern, but I made a comment that the one thing I admire about him, first of all he's had a decent career, very good career, and he works his tail off. I'm not giving up on Josh Lambo. If he didn't work hard, wasn't a professional about everything he does, yeah, I'd have a problem with him, but he's missing some kicks, and as a professional he's got to make those kicks. I have confidence he will.
Q. You mentioned needing to be more balanced. Do you need to call more run plays, or is it putting yourself in a position to be able to be more balanced?
URBAN MEYER: I think it's both. I think when you call the run plays you've got to get a little more positive yardage, but I thought at times we were running the ball decent today. When the score is tight you can be very balanced, and then you start getting behind a little bit and you have to start scoring points.
Q. How much of the play calling and game plan is still about you and Bevell learning Trevor as much as him learning the game?
URBAN MEYER: I think that's a great point. There's still -- I think it's him learning how to play the style of offense that we're playing, and I know for his career that's going to be the best thing to do. When I made that decision to hire Bevell and Brian Schottenheimer, a lot went into that decision. To run a spread offense, I don't know. I think he needs to become a professional quarterback. That also includes some spread elements in it, which we do. So it's going to be a combination of both, and I know that's the right thing for him and his career and his future.
Q. Was CJ Henderson pulled or hurt in the second half?
URBAN MEYER: Hurt. Hip flexor.
Q. What do you do with Josh? Do you let him work to the side? Do you think someone needs to push him? How do you handle that?
URBAN MEYER: I'm not sure yet. It's just all fresh. We just lost the game. I know he'll be out there working again. I don't know what the plan is as far as bringing someone else in.
Q. What did you see on Jamal Agnew's kickoff return for a touchdown?
URBAN MEYER: I saw the guy that we went out and got him because that's a big part of -- we haven't been able to get him loose in punt return, and that's really where he's dynamic, too. I know this as a fact after coaching special teams my entire career is that if they know there's a guy back that can do it, you block that much harder, and they know he can do it now. That's going to be on tape. Chapelle did a great job running down the field and leading that block, so that was great.
There's a lot of fight in this team. This team is -- there's 15 games left, and my goal, our goal is to have the strongest locker room that you can possibly have. I feel like it's extremely strong right now.
Players are pissed. Players want to win. Players are sticking together. That's the best part of our team, the best part of our organization right now is what's in that locker room.
Q. Not that you haven't been 0-2 in your coaching career before, but how do you keep things heading in the right direction with you and your staff?
URBAN MEYER: Oh, it's just the loyalty amongst each other and not let the nonsense start to seep into -- I've seen nonsense seep into organizations when you're 2-0 and I've seen it when you're 0-2. Well, I guess I haven't seen it when you're 0-2, but I've seen it when you lose a game. We can't allow that.
The good thing is I don't see that happening. If I do, I told the players and staff that's the one thing that will not be tolerated with the Jags is nonsense. I see 0.0 of it. A bunch of good players, good guys and coaches working their tails off.
Q. What was AJ Cann's injury?
URBAN MEYER: His hamstring tightened up.
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