Falcons 21, Jaguars 14
URBAN MEYER: Thanks to our Jaguar fans. They keep coming, and we just appreciate that. I know I speak on behalf of our players and our team for bringing the noise, and it really helped us there in the fourth quarter and gave us a chance to win. So appreciate our fans coming out here.
Q. How promising was the comeback there at the end after a pretty inauspicious start?
URBAN MEYER: Yeah, they fought their tails off, and 84 is a really good player for them, and he hurt us early, and then offense we moved the ball a little bit, just no big plays. Just none. And then all of a sudden we started getting some. Offensive football is a big-play -- not many teams can drive the length of a field without a hit here and there, and we had some hits and scored a couple times. I was really proud of Tavon who's been in this league a long time. I love who he is and what he stands for, and he competes. Same with Treadwell. These guys are starting for the Jaguars now and they're competing their tails off.
Q. What happened on the leverage penalty on Robertson-Harris?
URBAN MEYER: Roy, he put his hands on the center. He can't do that.
Q. What were your thoughts on what led from that point on in terms of allowing them to keep the ball and get the touchdown?
URBAN MEYER: Devastating. We had a couple extended -- I can think of three off the top of my head, and those are three turnovers when your defense jogs off the field but they've got to stay on.
Q. There was a lot of talk this week about the creativity in the offense. Did you see what you wanted to see today?
URBAN MEYER: A little better today. A lot of it's who you have, your personnel, and how do you intermingle your personnel with what we can do, so I thought -- we've got to score down in the red zone. We went down there twice. Yeah, I thought the coaches worked their tails off and we went some tempo, we went some pace a little bit, which I think our quarterback is used to that, and I think you'll see more of that.
Q. Speaking of tempo, when you've done that this year you seemed to have had some success. Do you think that's got to be more the personality of the offense now?
URBAN MEYER: I think it is. I think it will be even more.
Q. On Trevor's interception, did he think there was an offside there?
URBAN MEYER: You know, I didn't grab him. We all did. We all thought it was a free play. I even heard over my headset free play, and then it turned out we covered up a tight end on the play. You're down on the 1-yard line, have a chance to stop them and then we did stop them and then we gave them a 1st down. Yeah, that's what we thought. You'd have to ask Trevor, though; I'm sorry.
Q. When he goes into that tempo stuff, does he seem to be playing more free and sort of more loose?
URBAN MEYER: I think so. I think so, and that's why we're doing more of it, and I think you can expect some more of it as we move forward.
Q. 86 yards from James Robinson today but obviously he did have that fumble, then he didn't play the rest of the first half. What was the conversation on the sideline with him?
URBAN MEYER: I just -- James is a grown man and I just talked to him about locking the elbow and clamping -- that's our terminology that we use, lock the ball down. Then he came back and ran -- had some decent runs in the second half. He still doesn't look like he's full speed to me, but yeah, that was just the conversation with him.
Q. How would you assess the sharing of the carries between him and Carlos and the run versus the pass today?
URBAN MEYER: I don't even know to be honest with you. Sorry about that.
Q. I guess just from the naked eye, did you feel like the run game was effective today?
URBAN MEYER: Yeah, I think a lot of the shotgun runs were really good today. I thought Trevor made some good decisions. He protects himself when he gets down. As we move forward that's going to be more and more who we are. But yeah, I thought -- we ran the ball pretty decent today. When you get down a little bit, that forces you into, but I thought Bev did a nice job not starting to play into their hands and just pass, pass, pass. We kept running the ball and as a result we got within striking distance to win the game.
Q. For the second week in a row, multiple penalties to keep the Falcons on the field and extend their drives. How do you fix those sort of errors?
URBAN MEYER: Well, I've talked to our defensive staff, and do you replace the player? Do you -- what do you do? I agree with you. We all see it. Those are the way -- we have to attack those things. There's three turnovers there. You look at the first drive against the 49ers we had three sacks on one drive. We have to attack it as if it's a turnover and make some decisions.
Q. What did you think about Tyson Campbell's play today?
URBAN MEYER: I think he's going to be a really good player. I really love his attitude. He had a bad shoulder, fought through it, and almost had a second one today. Stepped in front of one -- he's a really good worker. Glad we've got him.
Q. James Robinson wasn't on the field on that red zone drive at the end of the first half; was that because of the fumble and you guys were trying to calm him down a little bit or was that just the rotation with the running backs?
URBAN MEYER: You'd have to ask Bev and Bernie on that one. I don't micromanage that. But Carlos is a good player, too, so they might have had him in there for that reason.
Q. Could you assess Trevor's play today as a passer?
URBAN MEYER: I'd rather do that after I watch the film when we can -- I'll talk to you on Monday. I think we meet on Monday or Tuesday or whenever that is. But today I saw him compete his you-know-what off. As far as how accurate was he, that's so hard to see on the sideline. After we watch the videotape, I'll be glad to share my thoughts.
Q. Special teams is obviously something you have preached, something that you have said is your forte. Can you describe maybe the drop in play in special teams or how would you assess the play of your special teams over the last three, four weeks?
URBAN MEYER: The last three, four weeks, we had two penalties. Today they extended drives, one on punt return and one on field goal block. Our kicker is doing a decent job. Our coverage units are okay. We don't have the explosiveness. I thought Mick came in and did a really good job, hit a couple nice returns. He's a ball of fire. I love the guy. He's been on a Super Bowl team, so I love picking his brain about certain things. Real articulate guy, and I know he was here back in '17, but he gave us a spark in there. But not good enough.
Q. Why has it taken this long to really kind of form the offense that you guys want and what works the best with Trevor?
URBAN MEYER: Good question. I don't have the answer for that.
Q. Was there some stubbornness, resistance to kind of getting it all in there?
URBAN MEYER: No, I think so much of it is when you're not quite sure of what your personnel is capable of. Once again, offensive football is about equating numbers and having some hits in the offense, and we've struggled at times, and other times you look against the Arizona Cardinals we ran eight straight plays and hit it.
We want to be a run-first with Trevor, and then at times when you don't score you get behind a little bit and it starts a transition. So no, there's no stubbornness, it's just we're all figuring this thing out, and we should have it figured out by now, and I would say this, that it's not like we don't have it figured out. We're not executing at a high level. We're putting ourselves in position to win a game and if we eliminate some nonsense then we would go win a game.
Q. With Trevor in particular, wins being rare, touchdown passes being rare, that's not something he's really experienced before, and I'm wondering what conversations do you have with him or what do you keep an eye on in particular with him when it comes to helping him navigate a tough spot like that?
URBAN MEYER: Yeah, I've had many, many daily conversations with him, and he's a fighter. He doesn't look at it that way. He looks, he came here to help lift an organization, and that's the way he looks at it. He's very hard on himself, as most great players are, and the whole question even I ask the team, ask myself, ask ourselves, what can we do better to go win that game, and the answer is a multitude of things. That's never really come up. That's not a woe-is-me and feel sorry for yourself. What can we do to get better is how he approaches everything. Like I said, he's very -- that cat now works -- is very hard on himself, what can he do better, and not just on the field but lead guys. That's why he's going to be a great player here.
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