Broncos - 23, Jaguars - 13
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: It's great coming out today, coming away with another victory. Great to be in the locker room right now. Great to be a part of it. Talked about sacrificing, I think we did a great job of doing that today. Came out here a day early. Guys are away from their families. I'm a Florida guy. Couldn't really see my family while out here.
But we all came together and made a decision it's about one thing, coming out here and winning. We did a good job of doing that. Of course, when you watch games, you go back, there's some room for improvement. But the best feeling right now is we played this game to win.
I think we were 2-for-11 on third down. Every week something is going to come up where it's like, man, you were great in one area, improve in one area. It's all about finding a way to win.
Kevin did a great job. The defense came away with a couple turnovers. We can't give up a special teams touchdown. Can't keep settling for field goals and these drives.
But the feeling in the locker room, don't want to take it away from the guys. A lot of room for improvement. Great team win. Can't wait to get back home. 2-0, get to play in front of a packed Denver Broncos stadium. I get to experience it this time playing for the Broncos. I experienced it the year the Broncos won a Super Bowl. I was with the Vikings. I can tell you right now, it's not a fun sight. Looking forward to that.
Q. Courtland, a career high today, catches and yards. How impressed were you with it and how good did it feel to get him involved?
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: It was great seeing Court going out there and making plays. We did a great job just calling shots, giving those guys a chance. And we knew that it was going to be a game where those guys came up to play some man. We did some single high coverage and we told our guys you've got to win the one-on-one battles.
That's all around -- up front, offensive line, win the one-on-one battles -- wideouts and tight ends and halfbacks, gotta win the one-on-one battles. And Court had a career high today. Great to see that.
You talk about Court, how hard he's worked. The sacrifice he's made to get back to this point, a Pro Bowl receiver and we saw that today, (indiscernible) the receiver. So hopefully we just keep building, continue to get all those guys going. Each one of those guys coming to make big plays for us. Just keep going.
Q. You got greedy, you could have stayed underneath but you stayed with Courtland after a couple of (inaudible) interference on one. Is that just part of it -- we gotta stay with it?
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: Yeah, our guys just give them a chance. And the one early I overthrew him a little bit. The second one we just missed. And then I just came back and said, man, I'm not going to throw it too far or underthrow it. Gonna give him a chance, put enough air under it. He ran under it, made a grade play. That's what those guys are capable of doing in that room. Today Court got to put it all on display. And next week it will be Tim, KJ, all those guys.
Q. You talked this week about being greedy on offense and getting out to a fast start. You didn't get out on that fast start. Did you feel you were more greedy on offense today?
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: Yeah, definitely. I think we got out to a fast start. But not fast enough. If we could have responded with them scoring the touchdown with our own touchdowns, then you could talk about getting off to a better start. I think room for it, but just keep putting an emphasis on starting fast being greedy. And hopefully get out on the first drive, (indiscernible) just punch them in.
Q. You talked about being a Florida guy not able to see your family. Were you able to have a (indiscernible) family this weekend? How much of a drag is it or continue to be where you and everybody else going to work during the pandemic?
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: It's definitely a grind still going to work during the pandemic just because you don't want to be the guy and you don't want to be selfish and bring in anything within the locker room. So coming down here, we talked to the guys further this week. And K-Jack, he played in Houston. He would always come play at Jacksonville. He mentioned this was the one game when he was in Houston that he would always bus up about 60 people to come to the game. I had about 60 guys who would have liked to come to the game, (indiscernible) Simmons, different guys.
And we just came together as a group and we just said we're coming here for one reason and that's to win. We can get back to our families -- hopefully our families will understand. If they come to the game and I was able to run over to my mom and toss her the ball after the game, couldn't touch her or anything. But it's a huge sacrifice that we make daily.
And it's good to see that when we sacrifice we get rewarded for it.
Q. Javonte had a third down run where he was like this because he saw --
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: I bingoed it. I just knew it was a touchdown. We checked into the perfect call. Handed it off, we blocked it well. Got the first down. I thought it was house call.
Q. He had that 16-yard run where he ran through tackles. What kind of momentum does that give the huddle watching him do that?
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: Ton of momentum. Talking about a guy scrambling, he was scrambling there on that run, breaking tackles, keeping his balance. It was great to see the guys really fed off. You could hear the energy, see the energy on the sideline and it's contagious.
Q. Nick said he's as calm as you. Do you sense that in the huddle with him?
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: Yes, he's definitely as calm as me. And it's a little scary, because you've got two calm people. You don't know what's on their mind.
But he's a guy, comes to work every day. He's the same guy. He have a bad run, he's the same guy. Breaks one for 16 yards, he's still the same guy. That's what you love to see, a guy who can stay in the middle, not get too high, not too low.
Q. What's your perspective of Pat Surtain's interception, from where you were sitting, the play that was kind of to get the ball back --
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: Pat, that was a crazy play. It was impressive for him to really come down in bounds with it. Made it look like he was a receiver or something. But that's just the abilities that a lot of these guys on the team have.
And all it takes is opportunity, ball in the air, always talk about the ball in the air belonging to the Denver Broncos on offense. Same thing on defense. Ball is in the air, we think it's our the ball.
Pat did a great job coming down with the pick stopping their drive. They might have got a penalty on that drive, and had a little momentum. But Pat put an end to it.
Q. How much is the most comfortable you've felt during your career? You've been to Pro Bowl, you led the Vikings to the playoffs and the Saints to a 5-0 record. Watching you out there, you're in full control. Is this the most control you've felt in your NFL career?
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: That's a good question. I just wake up every morning and I appreciate the opportunity to go to work every day with that group of men in that locker room. And all I want to do is give them my best. And me at my best is being comfortable. I'm comfortable around these guys.
It's a group of men who want to win. A group of men who work hard. Tough circumstances. And I'm glad to be a part of it. This organization, we appreciate just the way the players run. Should we be rewarded -- not rewarded but we get Ruth's Chris catered to the hotel last night. It's great to see they're investing in their players and guys take notice of it. We just come together and come together for one common goal and that's to win.
Q. How much does it help the balance of the offense to be able to pass successfully out of three tight end packages but then also run the ball well when you go through one?
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: Helps a lot. Keeps teams off balance. You protect yourself, play calling-wise. You can hide tendencies, things like that.
I think the group that we have, the tight ends, running backs, receivers, offensive line, everyone understands that everyone is a valuable part of this offense. Everyone is an asset. As long as everyone keeps that mindset, it's a recipe for success. Just gotta continue to work at it every day, continue to get better.
Q. The touchdown to Tim on that crossing route, what about the design for Pat that allowed him to break through like that?
TEDDY BRIDGEWATER: It was a great design. Talked about motioning Tim over. We got a good tail on the motion. We knew that it would be some traffic for them to have to go through if we ran Tim back across the field. Just a great play calling. Guys did a great job of executing, getting spaced up. Tim scored a touchdown and did a celebration in honor of Jerry. (Indiscernible) what it was.
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