Steelers 16, Jaguars 15
Q. Trevor, overall how do you feel like it went tonight? How did it feel out there? Did it feel like maybe it just took a little bit to get settled in?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I don't like to say too much before I watch it and see, and there's definitely a lot of good things to watch from the tape and learn from. Pittsburgh did a nice job, gave a lot of different looks. So there will be a lot of things to learn from. I'd say just obviously we want to score more touchdowns, last theme as last week. Got to improve there.
You've seen our ability to drive the ball and time of possession and keep drives going has been great, and that's something that's really going to help us throughout the season, but in order to win these games you've got to score more points. From there I'd say the first thing that comes to mind that's obvious. And then I think I left a few plays out there, got a little bit antsy with my feet at times, so there's some things individually to work on and then to watch.
I think as a unit, though, we did -- there was more good things than bad, especially in that first half with our crew that was out there. I felt good about the things we did.
Obviously the obvious is to score more touchdowns, but there will be more to learn from for sure.
Q. Obviously a lot of time and passes to Christian out there. How important is it to get those kind of game-speed reps with him against another defense as opposed to just in practice?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, it's different. It's similar -- it's different for him, one, because it is full live all the time. That's not how it is in practice. But then also for me, throwing to him, it's time clock speeds up a little bit, especially when you're playing against a guy like T.J. Watt who obviously is a great pass rusher. That was great for our group to get to work through that and have a couple series against all those guys just like a real game, and to have three 10-plus play drives, I don't know if that's exact, but some long drives, so I thought it was great.
The reps with Christian, obviously it's our first game playing together. That's going to get better and better. I thought he did some nice things. I missed him on one or two early that I'd like to have back, but we'll connect on those.
Q. Balanced attack for you tonight; Doug hinted on it somewhat. The game plan to also come out and try to run the football. What was that like? Do you feel like under normal circumstances when you get into the regular season that that would have changed?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: What do you mean do I feel like that would have changed?
Q. Red zone and some things, some calls that you made, he said that he wanted to lean a little bit more on the run tonight. Do you believe in a normal set of circumstances those calls wouldn't have been made?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I mean, you try to play these games because they're still real games. You've got to play them like they're real. But on the other hand you don't game plan the same. You know that you have a season coming up with a couple weeks and you want to have all your ammo, you want to be prepared. You've got to play smart, but you also can't come out here and not use anything and get your teeth kicked in, so you've got to balance a find.
I think we're doing a great job. I think whatever we run we've just got to execute. You saw that tonight at times and other times where we didn't, all around, every position. I would say from that standpoint, game week, that could change. Like you said, obviously the game plans are very detailed and in depth week to week, so it just depends.
Q. That one play, there appeared to be about three guys all in the same area when you threw into the end zone. Was that just an offensive breakdown there? Was that a wrong route that was run?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: No, I mean, I'll have to watch it to make sure, but really from the pictures on the sideline and just being out there and seeing it unfold, I think we were in the right spots. It was a little naked and they covered up our flat quick and then it was zone, so they covered up Zay coming across and then Marvin did a good job working the back of the end zone scramble drill. I just missed it about a foot wide there, so we should have scored there, so that's one along with some to Christian that I'd want back.
Q. Speaking of the two that you've talked about with Christian, one of them you led him a little bit too much and the other one was too high. When you get back to the sideline, Christian said that you guys don't really talk about regrets or anything like that. You may talk a little bit about scheme. But in your own mind when you walked off, was it like, I should have had that one, I should have had that one?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, definitely, the first one especially. Both of them were on their sideline. But the first one just missed pretty bad. It should have been an easy 1st down. I think it was like 3rd and 4, something like that. Then the second one had a little bit of pressure and threw the ball a little early and just kind of misplaced it by probably a yard. That will happen from time to time. Obviously the first one should have been an easy completion, got to have that. Yeah, we're talking about -- he has the confidence in me like I'm going to make that throw. That's not going to happen often. We don't really talk much about that. I'm telling him, I've got to hit him there, but we're talking more about general scheme, how did the DB play it, why did he decide to do this on the route instead of this. That's kind of what we're talking about.
Q. Why did you flash that Dikembe Mutombo finger?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Just having fun out there. I didn't think you guys would catch it, but of course you did. No, I was talking to Cam after the game -- so I grew up a big Tennessee fan, you guys know, and just was telling him, hey, I watched you play all three years. We ended up switching jerseys, so hopefully he doesn't get mad about the video.
Q. Nobody in the locker room has seen it at this point.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: CJ showed me actually. I didn't even realize it was going to be on camera. But I was just having fun. No harm there.
Q. How valuable has Mike McCoy been on the sidelines for you just kind of coaching you through the game when you're looking on the tablet, looking at the pictures of what the defense is showing? How valuable has he been so far early on?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: He does a great job. I think just his calm presence has been great. He's not a guy that's a big high energy on game day. He stays really calm. You make a mistake, you miss a throw, whatever, he really likes to keep looking forward, he doesn't look back on what happened in the past. I think he does a great job of getting us ready for the next series. We look at all the pictures. He just has so much experience from guys that he's coached, being offensive coordinator, head coach, all those things, just every time we're looking at something he has kind of a different thought that we're kind of looking at what happened and little things that are more obvious and he's kind of looking backside of -- think about this next time, if this is covered, get to this, a lot of different things. Then Andrew Breiner is another guy, he does a great job getting the looks, the pictures on there for us and really breaking them down. He does an awesome job.
Q. In the first half you were still 5 for 9 on 3rd downs for that portion of the game, even despite some stuff you'd rather have back. Still getting Christian in, though, chemistry-wise, how much positive is that to say about the offense growing during camp?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Like I said, there was definitely more good than bad today. Obviously the end result is not what you want. You want to win the game. But I think there was a lot of good things we did and a lot to learn from, obviously. 3rd down has been something the last two weeks we've done a really good job. That's been a big emphasis for us because obviously last year we weren't a good 3rd down team. So you've got to be if you're going to be a good offense. You've got to be good on 3rd down. It's good to see that. But like we said, just continuing to finish those drives. Last week was more we were getting down there in the red zone and didn't finish them. This week we were getting stuck in the fringe area, so just all that, all stuff to work on and situations that we'll work on for sure.
Q. Would you say as far as the ones that you did miss with Christian, is it too simple to say that it's just chemistry at this point because you guys are new together?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I don't even think that. I think really it's more just two missed throws, and that's going to happen. I know one I threw to the left didn't feel like I really got set for it properly, so I didn't feel great coming out. Then the other one, like I said, tried to anticipate it because I had a guy in my face and just missed it.
I think we've gotten a lot of work together. You guys have seen practices. We've gotten a ton of reps and he's been a main target. He's done a great job of us communicating. That's going to come obviously with time, to your point, but no, it's just missed throws.
Q. Are you dwelling less on those mistakes knowing that they're going to get ironed out later on in the preseason and the regular season this year compared to last year where maybe they got to you a little more in the preseason? Is that fair to say?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I mean, I think that just comes with experience, too, realizing that it's all about the next play, the next game, all that stuff. You can't dwell in the past, especially in this league. Like I've said, it's a long season, and you've really got to put your best foot forward every day. I think I learned that last year, too, obviously struggling a little bit throughout the season. I had to learn kind of the hard way of how to move on.
Now you have a couple bad plays in a row, you have a bad series, you've just got to go on to the next. That already happened, you can't go back and fix it. All you can do is just the next series try to take it one play at a time and try to put yourself in a position to score.
Q. Christian said in the locker room that just in terms of what you guys have shown in terms of the offensive scheme it hasn't been very much at all. Is that what you would say, as well?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I mean, I would agree with that.
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