49ers 30, Jaguars 10
>> What's it like for you this entire weekend to basically sit out for the entire first quarter?
NICK BOSA: It was a little weird. We had, like, three plays in the first quarter, but we were kind of frustrated as a D-line. We were, like, we want to get part of this game. Tap told us this is how you win, and we were, like, all right.
Q. It took a lot of convincing.
NICK BOSA: We'll take this any time.
Q. How do you feel the defense is playing ever since not a very good game against Arizona?
NICK BOSA: I think it's been obviously a lot better. Starting fast, getting going, and taking advantage of our opportunities as with turnovers and as a D-line for sure, and guys behind us are covering really well.
Q. Is there any reason you can pinpoint for the difference? Is it just that game kind of slapped you guys in the head?
NICK BOSA: We've definitely had a lot of rough bounces turnovers-wise. We've been getting after the ball all year, and things like that when we get the ball on the ops we create, it kind of flips the momentum of the game, and those big plays that happen throughout the game, sometimes when they don't go your way, it snowballs. You'll have to ask DeMeco on the exact reason because I just rush the passer, and I don't look too much behind me. I know when we're getting there, it's because they're covering behind us.
Q. (Indiscernible) Where are you individually just in terms of your development and maybe where you would like to be or where you are relative to where you would like to be as a player right now?
NICK BOSA: I think I've definitely improved a lot. I think I'm starting to get the hang of just how to really get sacks, get numbers. My rookie year I was just out there rushing, trying to win every time, and it worked well, but now I'm really getting the hang of how the sack leaders in the league do it, and they go out there with a plan and know when their opportunities are going to come, and they're ready for it. A game like this I thought my ops were over, and then I get two. I'm just staying in the game and just playing mind games with the guys you're going against.
Q. Before the season you were talking about being a little bit lighter, a little quicker. I mean, have you felt that play out over these first ten games? Do you see that happening on the field?
NICK BOSA: Yeah, I definitely feel like I'm moving better than I ever have, which coming off an injury is great to be able to get to this point, and it's a credit to our training that we do back home and all the work that me and my brother put in in the offseason, and it's paying off.
Q. That second sack, I mean, as a pass rusher, do you know, I could get a cheapy here?
NICK BOSA: Not on that one. I've never gotten one like that. We always watch them in the film room, and we're, like, oh, man, that's B.S. Come on. (Laughing) I don't know. Did you tell me, Fred, that it was a sack?
FRED WARNER: What's that?
NICK BOSA: That it was a sack?
FRED WARNER: The one on the sideline, yeah. Right away, I'm, like, that's a sack!
NICK BOSA: Yes. I thought I had late hit him because I was just running. I didn't know where the sideline was, and it paid off.
Q. That was a B.S. sack?
NICK BOSA: Pretty much. I'll take it. (Laughing)
Q. You say you felt like your ops were up. Explain that. Is that just the --
NICK BOSA: I just thought we were probably going to get taken out of the game that last drive where Arden got one. I was, like, all right, we have a big lead. Kyle might pull us soon, but it's the NFL, and we've got to go end it, so all it takes is one drive. Got to be ready.
Q. Appreciate it, man.
NICK BOSA: Thanks.
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