Broncos 21, Jaguars 17
Q. Trevor, how do you get past this feeling? Coach Pederson talked about learning how to win.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, it's obviously frustrating. We say the same thing every week. It's tough.
Same thing that I've said every week when I stand up here; obviously I'm pretty upset and frustrated and disappointed in myself and the way I finished the game.
Just have to continue to find ways to win these games, like I've said.
You know, regardless of mistakes throughout the game, at the end we've just got to find ways to rally and go make the play. There on the last drive, felt like we had all the confidence in the world stepping out there, and then first play I threw it a little bit behind Christian, and the nickel made a good play and picked it. That's just kind of the way it ended.
That's tough being the quarterback and having an opportunity to go win the game and you don't get it done. That's really disappointing and frustrating, and I've got to look in the mirror and I've got to play better. There's that and then there's the goal line interception. There's a couple plays I really want back, but you don't get them back at this point.
It's finding ways to overcome those. Obviously in the last play of the game there, you can't overcome that because the game is over. Even throughout the game we kind of sputtered a little bit on offense, and we've got to find more ways to rally around each other, get back on track. I thought we did that the second to the last drive. Put together a good drive with good field position there to start and went down there and scored.
And after that we had 1:40 with two time-outs left and plenty of time. No panic, no rush at all, and I've just got to get the drive started and get us moving, and I wasn't able to do that.
You know, it's definitely a tough feeling when you come all this way especially and you've got guys that are working so hard to win, and you're doing everything you can and just not being able to finish the game there.
But all we can do is just keep going to work, keep doing what we've been doing. We know how close we are, but that's not really the point of this thing. It's to go win games.
It's going to -- moments like this will make it a lot sweeter when we do turn that corner and we start winning a bunch of games and doing all the things we know we're capable of here, and I've got no doubt that's going to happen.
I've got to play better, and I'll leave it at that. I didn't play well enough today to win.
Q. What did you say to the team as you came off the field after that interception at the end, to the rest of the players?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Just there I'm kind of taking it in and just obviously a bad moment there, not a good play by me. Just disappointing. There was a couple guys that came up to me, told me to keep my head up and all that stuff. We great team, guys that are really supportive. Had some conversations in the locker room with those guys, and the biggest thing is there's still so much season left and we've got to keep our heads up and we've got to keep going to work. That can't change.
Obviously another tough game that came down to the wire that we weren't able to finish, and that's going to turn, and we've got to just keep putting the work in. We've got to keep showing up every day, preparing the same way, and just go finish these games and turn the corner and start stacking them.
I believe we're going to do it, but gosh, I wish it would have started today. That's what's really disappointing, is we felt like it was going to start today and just didn't finish.
Q. On the first interception when you're rolling out to the right, did you think you could squeeze that ball to Zay? Because the safety who made the interception was maybe a little bit hidden from you --
TREVOR LAWRENCE: To Zay there? I think it was Marvin in the back of the end zone --
Q. It was Marvin and not Zay?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: It was Marvin. The play we had on, trying to get the ball to Christian and the nickel did a really good job covering him. I kept extending the play and I had Marvin on the back line; just didn't put enough touch to get it over.
The safety was really just on the goal line, kind of reading my eyes, running with me, mirroring me. I had Marvin in the back of the end zone. I just threw it too low and the safety made a great play.
The thing you look back and say is you put it in a spot where only your guy can get it, and if he catches it, great, touchdown; if not, it's incomplete. Probably obviously not the best location for the ball there.
But really don't think that it was necessarily the wrong decision, just didn't throw a good ball and didn't keep it away from those guys on the goal line. So yep.
Q. Are you worried about the poor efficiency in the red zone with the team?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I mean, worried, no, because I know what we're capable of, but there's a sense of urgency where we have to be better, and that's like you talk about, the turnover in the red zone we've had, we had one last week, had another one this week, and those are just points you're taking right off the board.
We've got to be better in that way. I thought our defense did a great job today of keeping us in the game when we sputtered on offense, but if you look back at that possession where we're on the goal line, should have scored, that's a big -- that's a seven-point swing, and then you look at the end of half where I had the intentional grounding and should have just taken the short route out to the field and probably get us in field goal range and have a chance to get three points there right before halftime.
There was a couple plays I really want back that hurt us and kept points off the board for us, and those are things that we've got to get better at and I've got to get better at.
Q. Despite the loss, what do you think your lasting memory of playing at Wembley for the first time will be?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: It's a little hard to think about that after you lose the game.
It was a great atmosphere. It's always fun playing over here. The fans are great. Just to see the support for the Jags, it's always cool. We're really appreciative of the fans. Obviously it sucks when you don't finish the game, don't win. But still appreciate all the fans here that came out, especially the Jags fans, so thank you to all you guys out there.
Q. Could you talk a little bit about the job that Travis did today, 156 yards rushing? Usually a recipe for winning when you have those kind of numbers from a back.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, he's continuing to show what kind of player he is and what he's going to be in this offense. He ran his tail off today, so just honestly proud of that guy. He's doing some great things.
Yeah, so you should win the game when you rush for 150, especially just from one player.
We've got to find ways to go finish. He had a great game, but we've all got to be better.
Q. How do you eliminate those couple of plays each game that can be the difference between winning and losing?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I mean, I think it's just constantly training yourself in every situation. Obviously when you have a play called and you get the coverage you want and the match-up you want, when you're going with the ball that's not the hard part.
It's when they give you a look that really you don't want for that play or you weren't expecting or whatever, and that's when you've got to be smarter. Personally, I've got to be smarter in a few of those situations.
I think there was a couple times where I could have just taken the completion and kept us on schedule and I think once or twice I looked for a little bit more when I probably shouldn't have.
It's all those plays. And I know I've prepared myself. I've watched the tape. I know what they're going to do on defense. But there's always those times where it's a good disguise or it's a pressure or whatever, and it's all about how you react in those moments.
I need to be cleaner and just keep us on schedule, don't make a bad play worse. We talk about that all the time.
Yeah, I think just keeping us in good situations, manageable situations because we're really, really good when we're in 2nd and 5, 3rd and 5, manageable situations. When we get behind the sticks, especially against that team. That's kind of where they've lived this season is keeping people in 2nd and 3rd and long and that's where they're really, really good.
That's going to be the message every week. But yeah, just handling those situations better for myself and really just all the way around.
Q. What was different in your preparation this week? You had a different head coach last year when you came here for the first time. What was different this week compared to last year?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Not much was different. Obviously we have a lot of different plays, a lot of new players and new coaches. But as far as travel, I think it was the same, the same timing as last year when we got into town.
I thought we handled the time change and the adjusted schedule really well, and it was really similar to last year. I thought we were prepared. I thought the guys were ready to play. I thought all that was fine.
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