Jaguars 14, Falcons 21
Q. Cordarrelle, how did it feel to get back out there and play such a vital role in the victory today?
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: Honestly, it felt good man, being back, man. I practiced all week, and I was just excited to be back, honestly.
Q. You had a couple big plays there, the 12-yard touchdown run. Talk about the blocking you received up front from your line. And I think I saw Keith getting a block for you there.
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: Keith always getting a good block for me, man. Every time I score, Keith is always in the mix.
Honestly, the offensive line, they did a heck of a job today, man. Coach, he pointed out all week, we need to do better in the run game. We all took it to heart. And offensive line, they came in. They really did. They showed what they really can do.
Q. Talking through your scores, looks like you swung the first one wide and then the second one was power.
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: With that blocking, man, how could I not score? Like I said, offensive line, they did a heck of a job. And Keith Smith, man, the best fullback in the game. He's always showing up, always making that key block for us.
Q. (Question regarding different offense with Cordarrelle in the game.)
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: I wouldn't say different, man. I'm a big part of this offense. That's a no brainer, man. I mean, outside looking in, you can see that.
Like I told you before, I love it here. I love when I'm out there on the field. I love competing. I love having fun. That's just something I'm always doing. When I'm out there, man, I'm going to give it my all. I just love it.
Q. (Question regarding pregame honoring Ahmaud Arbery.)
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: I mean, I'm pretty sure we all seen what happened. I mean, I just got to show my respect to his family, man, and that shit was -- that stuff was tragic. That could have been my son just jogging down the street. People just pull up on him and kill him.
That's something we've got to deal with every day, man. Unfortunately, we do. That's the part of life. It's -- you know, this football stuff really don't mean stuff because we got so much going on outside. People don't understand. They just think we're football players. We're human too.
We always got a target on our back. Every time -- we've just got to be careful, man. Just got to do the right thing and just always try and get home safe, man, because our family depend on us. I got kids. They're always making sure we're safe. And like I said, unfortunately, that had to happen, man. I'm sorry for him and his family. I just had to honor him wearing his cleats.
Q. You said that this week there was an emphasis on we need to run the ball better. What did that look like and sound like? Was it just, hey, we need to run the ball better? Was it a challenge issued to you guys?
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: Honestly, when Arthur say something, we take it to heart. You know how Art can be sometimes. Love him to death, but we all know how he gets. When Art say something, he's the head dog in charge. We're going to go out and execute it.
This whole week we've been talking about the run game since Wednesday all the way up to Sunday. We made it a big target for us to go in and just run the ball and just do what we do. We know we can do it. We've just all got to get together and work together. Running back got to get the right track. Offensive line got to get their blocking. We've just got to trust the offensive line they're going to get the job done.
Q. For those of us that don't know how he gets, does that mean like animated angry or what does it look -- we only see him behind the microphone?
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: I've never seen him angry. He's the best man in the world.
Q. After your second touchdown, I don't know if you remember exactly what you said, but you were pointing at the ground running up to Mike Davis. It looked like you were saying like this is my house or something like that?
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: I said, This is my shit. Honestly. I just love football, man. I'm so emotional out on the field, man. I just say a lot of things I probably don't mean, just having fun. I'm a kid at heart, man. You can't take that away from me. I'm having fun. I'm smiling. I'm joking. It's just fun to me, man. I just love this game.
Q. You said, you know, we know we can do it. We know we can run the ball. We just needed to do it together. Do you feel like today specifically that first half was a prime example of doing that?
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: That first half, sure. We probably had over 100 some rushing yards in the first half. That just shows you, we put our mind to it, we can't be stopped.
We've just got to keep building that confidence each and every week. It starts at practice on Wednesday. Just keep building that confidence and that faith that we trust each other. We're just going to build that chemistry and just get the job done.
Q. Multiple times this season you talked about special teams being your thing. How hard is that not being on kick return today? (No microphone.)
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: It was hard. You know, special teams is my bread and butter. That's something I've been doing my whole career. I would never give it up.
Today, man, I just had to focus on what coach wanted me to focus on. And that's just what it is. Like I say, I'm going to do whatever coach needs me to do. That's just the kind of guy I am. If he needs me to return the kick, I'll go out there and return the kick.
Q. Do you see yourself in more of this type of role going forward or do you want to get back to returning kicks?
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON: I want to be in any role that's going to help this team win.
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