Texans 30, Jaguars 16
Q. Trevor, before we talk about the game, can you talk about where you are? I understand that you've had a conversation with Shahid Khan about having input going forward. Where do you feel you are in terms of how things move forward now within the organization?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I mean, that's really not my focus right now. Right now all I know is that Coach Bev is our head coach and everything else is still intact and that's what we're focused on moving forward, and just trying to get better. I thought we moved the ball a lot better on offense today, took a step in the right direction. But we've just got to make plays down the stretch when we need them third, fourth quarter.
I've got to make the throws, guys got to make the catches. It's all of us. We've got to make more plays. I missed a big throw on 3rd down like eight minutes left in the fourth quarter.
But it was nice to see us moving the ball again like we were earlier in the year. That was a step in the right direction, but we've got to finish.
Q. To that point, what is it you want to see moving forward that's important for you personally the last games of the season?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Just to keep getting better. Offensively just to get more and more consistent. Like today I thought the first half was really good. We didn't come away with as many points as we positive liked. I thought we should have finished some of those drives, but we were moving the ball really consistently, and then the second half started out bad, then got a couple drives and then just didn't finish well. We had two opportunities at the end and didn't take advantage of them.
Then really put our defense in a bad spot. I'd just like to see us be more consistent. Like I said, that's me included. We've all got our part, and we've just got to take ownership of it and go be better. That's what I'd like to see the next few weeks, and it starts with all of us.
Q. How frustrating overall was the day from the standpoint of yes, you had guys drop balls on you, you missed Treadwell high once, low once. It seems like you can't get into any kind of rhythm. You get there for a few minutes here and there but then it goes back to maybe a three-and-out or a five-and-out or something like that.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, it's definitely frustrating. All the guys are frustrated. We want to be more consistent. We want to win. It's definitely frustrating.
Like I said, we're the ones that control that. We've got to go make the play. I've got to make those throws. The other plays, guys got to make catches. We all have our part.
There's no way around that. Like we all have to play better. That's the thing, you've just got to look yourself in the mirror and figure out how to get better, and I think we'll do that, but got to really do that this week.
Q. Speaking of frustrations, in your career you've never really had a shortage of touchdown passes. The past few weeks, touchdowns have been hard to come by, including today. How frustrating is that for you and how is that something that the offense can kind of get out of that drought?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Like I said, just making plays, consistently putting ourselves in that situation to score, especially with manageable down and distance. The first drive, drove it down, ended up -- I missed a throw a little bit wide to Marvin that we could have scored on early, and then I think we ran the ball and got a big gain, got it down to 4th and short, kicked the field goal. Then defense gets a big turnover and we get the ball on probably the 30 or so, plus 30, maybe even plus 25, and didn't do much. Didn't move it much there. Then we got stuck on a 3rd and 10 or 3rd and 13, and they drop out and have to check it down.
That gets tough when you're trying to -- they're playing the sticks, as well, so then you get -- you want a touchdown there and you have to come away with a field goal.
We've got to do better on 1st and 2nd down. That's all of us, like I said, just making the plays, getting ourselves in 3rd and short. I think that will definitely help us score more, and then making the plays in the red zone, trying to take advantage of those, and we didn't do that today.
Q. How if at all did it feel different with Coach Bev serving as head coach, both in the preparation leading into this game and during the game itself?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: You know, obviously it's different. Coach Bev and Coach Meyer are different personalities, so it's very different. But I thought the guys just handled it well, were excited, ready to play. Had a lot of energy.
Obviously didn't turn out the way we wanted it to, but we had our chance. In that game, it's a one-possession game and didn't finish. But I thought all the guys were ready. We had some really good energy on the sidelines, very positive. It was nice having Bev on the sidelines so I could go talk to him between series, and I really liked that and I thought that helped for sure.
Just got to keep building on it. Like I said, we've got three games left, let's just keep building on it, keep getting better.
Q. What was it like having him on the sidelines? Did that kind of change your in-game conversation, decisions at all?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, and especially when you get a TV time out or two-minute warning or whatever it is, I can go and we can just talk about what he's thinking instead of being up in the box and doing it through the headset or through Schottie or whatever it is. It just makes that a little easier and I can -- like one play I went up there and asked him about something, and he's just standing there, and I had a little bit of time left and I can go ask him. That makes it easier.
Q. I was just curious, how good was it to see James Robinson getting involved to the degree that you've been looking for and some other people?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I thought it was great. Obviously we've already talked about how good a player James is, and just continuing to build on that. We need all of our players to play well, and that just goes back to what I said earlier. We've all got our part in it, and we've got to play better. But yeah, it was great to see James, obviously, very involved. Yeah, I thought we started off strong and we just, like I said, got to finish.
Q. Could you go over with us the quarterback sneak on 4th and 1? Did they just do a good job of beating your alignment on that play, or did it not go in the direction you wanted it? What happened there?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I mean, it was tough there. We ran it on the 5-yard line earlier in the game on 3rd and short, and it was the same formation, similar look, so I think they knew it was coming. They gapped us out, made it pretty tough.
And then the linebackers did a good job, also, flying up on the snap. So wasn't a ton of space. Obviously for me I'd love to get one yard out of that to keep the chains moving, but yeah, I'll have to look at it. I don't really know honestly until I see the film how they were gapped out, but they covered both A-gaps. That always makes it tough on a quarterback sneak.
Q. You mentioned drama. There's been drama all year. Even this week the drama still bled into Wednesday and even into Thursday. Will it be nice next week to possibly just have a regular week for the first time in maybe a while?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, it'll be nice. We've got to flip the page. We've got to move on. Going into New York this coming week, we've got to put together a great game plan and go get a win.
Like you said, it'll be nice just to move on and to go into this week somewhat normal. I think that'll be good for us, but we've just got to keep that focus. I know we will, but we've really got to attack this week.
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