Q: ... three interceptions, pretty abnormal.
GARDNER MINSHEW: Yeah, they did a good job. You know, they got some pressure, but at the end of the day, I was careless with the ball. I didn't do a good enough job taking care of it.
I put our team in a really bad spot, you know, and it's not fair to the rest of the guys, so I'm really going to look at those, hold myself accountable. We're not going to tuck our tail. We're not going to drop our chin. We're just going to keep rushing through and learn from it and we'll come out better.
Q: Was it the pressure they were getting?
GARDNER MINSHEW: Uh, I mean, so the one that hit I sailed. The other end I sailed, and there was a fourth down, coverage, I dropped and I should have threw it more outside. I'm going to learn from it and get better from it.
Q: They were a really good run defense. Is it on you or the receivers to loosen them up up front to try to allow a little more space in the run game, and why weren't you up front?
GARDNER MINSHEW: Yeah, absolutely. They did a good job. I thought they had a good plan. They were base 11 for a lot of it, so some tough match-ups from the ball so when they do that, we do have to make them pay outside and, you know, I think personally we'll all take that personally as a challenge and I think we'll respond right away.
Q: How do you think Josh responded, getting his first career touchdown, a big career accomplishment but a 17 point loss?
GARDNER MINSHEW: Yeah, no. It's great, it's fun. I remember the same thing it feels great to loss yourself for a little bit because it's the coolest thing ever and then it's dang. Lose by three scores.
Q: -- after that touchdown and also the Juju pick right after.
GARDNER MINSHEW: Yeah, we got to go, man. Just kept shooting ourselves in the foot one way or another. Personally, I was not good enough, I got to be better and give us a chance to win.
As the game went on, it kept getting closer and we just didn't take advantage of the opportunities.
Q: Your first game back in Texas, you came back here as a starter today. Does that mean anything to you?
GARDNER MINSHEW: It's tough, you know, obviously it was great to see everybody here. A lot of great memories being here. Obviously you want to win every game, so that hurts. But, yeah, definitely touched come back here and play. Thank you.
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