San Francisco - 30, Jacksonville - 10
Q. Josh, could you just talk about how discouraging, if that's the right word to use, a performance like that is today for a defense where you guys seemed like you had it all together here the last couple of games.
JOSH ALLEN: Man, it was just football plays, man. You know what I'm saying. We felt like we were in a position to make plays during the actual plays, but it was just the penalties, you know what I'm saying? We had a 20-play drive, you know what I mean? To still hold them to three points, I think it was still impressive.
Nevertheless, we're definitely going to get -- there's no response, man. I got to watch this film. I got to watch the film.
Q. Do you worry about the psyche of this team at all? And maybe even the psyche of Trevor Lawrence a little bit?
JOSH ALLEN: No. I mean, I hope not. That's what we preach on, you know what I'm saying. I know, as of right now, as a player, we just played this game an hour ago or whatever. I'm mad. I want to watch this film, you know what I'm saying? I want to learn from the mistakes that I made, the mistakes I feel like I could have done better in if I have, and just to grow from it.
To move on to Atlanta. We've got Atlanta Sunday. Then Thanksgiving is next week. So we've got a quick turnaround. We've got to be locked in. We've got to move on. We've got to learn from our mistakes and not make the same mistake because you know they carry on.
So learn from these mistakes, grow from it, get better, and play great football.
Q. Can you just physically, emotionally walk us through that 20-play opening drive, what that did for you guys. What you guys were talking about on your side of the ball throughout that drive, 13 minutes of game clock.
JOSH ALLEN: Just get off the field. You know, it was a long drive, but it wasn't -- it was tiring, you know what I'm saying? They really weren't going fast, but it was just we had opportunities to get off the field, but it was penalties, you know what I'm saying? Nobody losing a rep. Nobody losing a one-on-one. It was penalties.
So we had opportunities to get off the field, and I feel like that could have changed the momentum of the game. You never know which play is going to be that play, but I had a gut feeling that, if we would have got off the field early with that team, I feel like we would have had a bigger spark in the game instead of holding to three points.
Q. You just mentioned that you're mad after this one. Is this a feeling that -- I mean, I guess the whole defensive group kind of has that you feel like you kind of let the performances that were stacking that you've talked about kind of down after this kind of performance today?
JOSH ALLEN: I can't really say how a player played individually. What I know -- what I knew, though, we lost because of penalties, I feel like. Until I watch the film, yeah, I'll probably have a different view. But from what I see and what I feel, I feel like, if we didn't have as many penalties, we would have had momentum earlier, I feel like that could have changed the outcome of the game.
But the way it happened, it is what it is. We lost bad. It's embarrassing, and we should feel -- because no group played special, you know what I'm saying? We can all testament. I can speak for that too. I feel like as a D-line, the standard we hold ourselves, I feel like we can always play better. DBs, the offense, special teams, you know what I'm saying?
We just all have to take accountability for ourselves and to look at the film and really grow from this as a player as watching yourself. Hopefully guys do that. I know I'm going to do it, and I'm going to -- you know what I'm saying, I'm still going to take the positive out of this and move forward.
Q. All these games now out of the way, what are your expectations, you personally and the team, going forward until the end here?
JOSH ALLEN: Four to six, A to B, plus two, that's our motto here. We're going to continue to play that standard every week. We're going to continue to play that standard until the end of the year. I think that answered it. Sorry, I kind of forgot mid-talking. What was that question again?
Q. Your expectations as well as the team's expectations going forward.
JOSH ALLEN: Going forward? Man, it's the NFL. Week by week. You can never overlook a week. In this week, we've got Atlanta, you know what I mean? We have to execute.
I know the coaches are going to do their job and get into this film, break this film down so they can start working on Atlanta. I'm ready to go home, watch this film, and grow from it. I feel like everybody is going to feel the same way too. It's growth for the team. Hopefully we grow from it.
Q. Josh, the penalties, just as a defense, what does it take to kind of erase those? Is it just kind of a mindset, a mentality to not make self-inflicted mistakes?
JOSH ALLEN: Situations, I don't know. I know Smoot jumped offsides, but he was working on something. So you have things like that. Or if a player trips, you know what I'm saying, it can be a holding call.
Just situations, you know what I'm saying? Just know where you're at in the game. If you're going to jump offsides, that's going to happen. Roughing the passer, I don't know. I thought that was some crap. You've just got to know the situations and know what we can and can't do.
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