Jaguars 14, Falcons 21
Q. What was it like being back here, man?
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: Just treat it like another away game. Just wanted to come down here and handle business, which we did. Got the W. Ready to go back home now.
Q. When you get the sack, is there something emotional in that for you, considering what you've gone through here?
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: No. It just felt good to come back and get a sack in Jacksonville for sure.
Q. How about the defense, Dante, you know, closing out the game? Got a couple stops there late to get the W.
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: It felt good for us to go out there and close out the game like that. I think we was playing pretty good throughout the whole game. And when it was a clutch moment time and time for us to stand up, we did that.
Q. What were some of the things that you guys have been getting better the last couple games, it looks like units coming together. Are you sensing that too?
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: Yeah. I think we're just playing together as a unit, you know, just doing our jobs, everybody doing their jobs, not trying to do something special, just doing what you're supposed to do and doing that 100 percent.
Q. On your sack, I think they shifted a few guys to Grady. How much does playing with Grady kind of free you up sometimes to be you and do what you want to do?
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: Yeah. Same thing for me too so -- whenever we get opportunities to win one-on-ones, we try to do it.
Q. Was Trevor Lawrence -- looked like a couple times you were real close to getting him again and then he slipped away?
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: Yeah. Just got to do a better job of getting him down. He's athletic and a strong, long guy, so I've just got to make the best of my opportunities when I get there.
Q. The energy that CP provides the offensive guys were talking about. Does that bleed over to the defense as well?
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: Oh, yeah, for sure. Yeah, for sure. You know, his runs, his -- the runs that he does and things like that, that's really cool. Gets us going and, you know, be ready to go out there and play.
Q. Matt talked about a minute ago six games to go. What are the things that you're seeing that tell you this team is on the upswing, is building toward the stretch run?
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: I just think we're coming together and playing as a team. The team we have is built to play as a team. So I think guys are doing that and getting more confidence. Our rookies are getting confidence throughout the year. They're getting a lot of reps. So I think you're starting to see guys playing with confidence and swagger and just playing together as a team.
Q. You guys haven't given up many touchdowns in the last couple of games. What has been the key to keeping teams out of the endzone?
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: Just playing together as a unit, everybody doing their job and being on one accord.
Q. Was there anything, like, when you came in today, did you see people that you knew in the past? Like were there people that --
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: Yeah. Anybody that was on the team in Jacksonville when I was there, it was good to see them.
Q. So there was not much extra emotion?
DANTE FOWLER, JR.: I didn't care to see for anybody else. If you didn't play with me in between the white lines, I didn't care to see you, honestly. But it was good to see, you know, the guys that I played on the team with and almost, you know, went to championships and almost went to a Super Bowl with. So it was cool.
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