Jacksonville - 28, Baltimore - 27
TREVOR LAWRENCE: It was a lot of fun. It was an awesome team win. It was great.
Q. Trevor, can you talk about digging out of the third and 21 to start that game-winning drive? Then obviously the exclamation point at the end.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, rough start to that drive, incompletion on first down, kind of waste that two-minute warning. It's 2:02, three-second play, incomplete, you're second and ten, kind of a waste of a stop clock, basically a timeout.
Then the next play, held the ball, tried to throw it away. Sack fumble could have been bad. Our guys got on it. We're sitting there at third and 21, not really where you want to be to start a two-minute drive to win the game, but just guys in the huddle never lost faith, didn't flinch. Right back to the huddle, next play. It didn't really matter what happened.
That belief that we have in one another, we've been on the wrong side of these a lot, and it's cool to see, even though that's happened a lot, we still have never lost faith, always trusted one another. It felt good to be on the other side of this one.
Q. Trevor, could you just talk a little bit about the locker room celebration, just the euphoria of the way this game was won against a playoff opponent and what that might do for the confidence of this team going forward.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, it was amazing. Obviously it feels great. Like I said after the game, you put in so much work. To be on -- to win the games like that, it's just an awesome feeling, nothing like it. It's super cool.
Like I said, though, we've been on the other side, so we understand what that feels like too. I think we're just appreciative of where we are, how far we've come, kind of what's in front of us still. We said it's a new season once we got back from the bye week. You can't win seven games until you win one. We had to start today.
Obviously there was some adversity and we had to battle through it, and we just found a way. It was incredible.
Q. When the play had ended, did you really -- and the way you saw the throw go toward the end zone, did you really think that Marvin was going to get it -- not only catch it, but get his feet down?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: When I let it go?
Q. Yeah.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I knew I put it in a spot where he'd have a chance at it. Obviously Marcus Peters is a great corner. He's a great player. Just put it up where Marvin can go make a play, that's a guy we've made throws and catches like that for the past two years countless times, whether it's in the games, in practice. Never to win the game like that, but it's the same thing.
So just put it up where he has a chance to go get it, and he made a great play.
Q. Did you lobby to go for two, or did you just wait for the Coach's decision?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I was trying to figure out -- they ruled it a touchdown, but we didn't know if they were going to overturn it or not. We were talking about our two-point play possibly or maybe kicking the PAT, and if we didn't get it, what are our next plays for the end zone? We had 14 seconds left.
So there was a lot going on. They said we got it, and Coach looked at me and said we're going for two. I wasn't sure before what we were going to do. Just that trust he has in us -- like I said, we've been in that situation a lot and haven't gotten it done. For him to keep trusting us and keep trusting me and our offense, it was big for us.
Q. Trevor, talk about the last 14 seconds after you make that happen and take the lead. Of course you know Tucker is maybe one of the most reliable players in all of the NFL. What's the emotion like as you're watching that kick go through the air?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Not the guy you want kicking a last second field goal on you, that's for sure. I thought obviously our defense did a good job getting the guy down as early as we could. That's a tough situation. You can't give up a chunk play, but you also don't want to come up too many yards to give him a chance. I thought we did a good job executing that.
Thankfully, there wasn't enough time for them to run another play to possibly call a timeout and get more yards. That turn before the kick, I didn't think it was going to make it, but when it was up in the air, it was going. It just kept carrying and carrying. I was watching the goal post to see which one crossed first. I don't know how short it was, but it was close. Little nervous there.
Q. With all the stops your defense was making in the red zone today, talk about their performance and how much it makes you want to have to win this more because of that.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: That's just what good teams do, what great defenses do. I mean, they kept us in the game. You go back and watch the game, and they kept us in it. We had a couple, I think we had three or four three and outs, weren't playing well in the third quarter, and they just kept holding. Holding them to field goals, holding them to field goals, and keeping us in the game.
We finally put a successful drive together early in the fourth quarter, went down and scored and got us back in it. I think right after that they had the fumble. So fumble, we kick the field goal, take the lead.
Then from there, it's just, all right, we've got the lead. We're going to do whatever we have to go do to win this thing. Obviously they had that drive and went and scored. We knew as an offense, defense had our back all day, and we've got to go and respond, and we've got to be the ones to go win the game. It was a good feeling to be able to go do it.
Q. Trevor, you talked about maintaining your confidence through all of this, but when you do something like that, the way it unfolded, that's got to be a little bit of a boost for you.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I guess so, yeah. It feels good. I'm really, really proud of this group. I'm proud of myself. We've been through a lot here in the past two years, and just battled through the adversity. It's a good feeling.
But I've said it before, I'm the same guy. I've always been this guy. I haven't always played my best every week, and that's going to happen sometimes, but I really love the direction that this offense, this team is heading, and we feel really good about who we are, but I'm the same guy.
Q. Trevor, why do you think Zay was able to be as open as he was? And moreover for him to catch that two-point conversion, what did that mean to you and to this offense?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Just some of our best players making plays when you've got to make them, and that's what it is. Like I said, Coach trusted us to go make the play.
Obviously you either win or lose on that play. He trusted us to go win the game. A lot of teams, a lot of coaches would have kicked that, gone into overtime, and he made the decision to trust us to go win it. I think knowing that, we're in the huddle like there's no doubt we're going to score right here or get the two-point conversion.
Zay ran a good route. He's the guy. We felt great about that play, kind of been cooking that up, and just executed it great. It was a great catch by him.
Q. With Travis going down, if you could kind of reflect on JaMycal, Snoop getting some more carries, and what their performance said about their play?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Just guys being ready. They're asked to do a lot of different things. Obviously going into each week, where we're at now, you expect Travis to get the bulk of the carries, and something happens and he goes down early in the game, and those guys just being ready to play.
JaMycal having the big touchdown catch early, made some big plays down the stretch, some tough runs. Snoop had some tough runs. Just guys being ready. That's what it takes. You're not always going to have all your guys. It's a physical game. Stuff's going to happen, and guys have got to step up. They were able to do that today, and really proud of them and our whole offense.
Q. With Travis, he was running and doing some cutting late in the first half and in the second half. Doug said that he could have played but he didn't want to risk it. Did you have an opportunity to talk with him and get any sense of how healthy he was?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, he looked okay. I mean, I don't want to speak on that because I'm not really sure. I haven't talked to him a lot. After the game, we were all kind of celebrating and hanging out, haven't really talked to him.
I think he's feeling pretty good, I'm not really sure. I saw him on the sideline and just told him, hey, be smart. We talked about we've got the guys to get it done. Obviously we need Travis. He's a great player and helps us, but at the same time, be smart. We need you for the long haul too.
Q. I know a couple of the guys in the locker room were talking about, especially Christian mentioned Doug's post-game speech to you guys and talking about players versus plays. If you could just elaborate on that and what that kind of speaks to you as far as Doug's confidence in you guys and what this team is about.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: That's what the game comes down to. I've had a lot of coaches now. The last two years, that's what you hear from everyone because it's true. It's about players, not plays. Everybody runs -- for the most part, everybody runs the same plays. It's about players making plays when you have to make them.
It was cool to see how many different guys had to make plays today to give us a chance to win, especially on that last drive. Whether it's Christian, Zay, Marv, JaMycal, whoever, it's a bunch of guys had to make plays to go win this game, and I think that gives us a lot of confidence moving forward.
Q. Did you have a favorite throw today, one that stood out to you? It seemed like you had seven or eight that were --
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I mean, that one on fourth down, I think, on the second to last drive to Zay on their sideline, that's a play that we've worked and weren't sure exactly what they were going to do coverage-wise. It's kind of a nuanced route. We were just on the same page, put it over the top of the corner, and he made a great play, ran a great route, and put it in the right spot. So that was a cool one.
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