Jaguars 37, Colts 20
Q. Talk about how you're feeling and any concerns whatsoever about you not suiting up Thursday night?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I'm feeling okay. I'm going to get it checked out tonight and see kind of what's going on. I feel pretty good. I'm walking around all right.
Can't really say much now. Want to make sure everything is checked out before.
Q. Have you ever had any issues before?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: No, I haven't. That's what also makes it tough. A little bit bruised, too, so kind of trying to sort through what it is kind of right now.
Q. Can you just kind of run us through what happened on that play. I know you were on the ground, kind of picked up your leg a little bit, what your fear was or anything like that.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, just felt something, you know, just some discomfort in my knee when I went down. I don't know if it was twisted or landed on or what. I kind of felt it right away. Put a little pressure on it. Realized I could get up. So I was just trying to get up and get off the field. Yeah, that's all it was there.
Q. Can you talk just a little bit about the offense today and what went right for you guys.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I thought we had a really good first half. We took advantage of a lot of short fields that the defense had given us, which was great.
Our defense is playing great right now. I thought we put some really good drives together, especially the first drive coming out. I think that was I don't know how long. They had a long drive, ended up getting a field goal, then we came out and had a drive, ended up scoring a touchdown. I thought that really set the tone that we can play that type of game if that's what we need too.
That was big for us. On the second half I don't think we necessarily put them away when we had opportunities. I think we played great. But the first half, defense giving us short field, taking advantage of them, getting points. I thought we were really efficient.
I thought we played really well in the first half. Second half, need to play a little bit better. But the goal is to win and we won pretty convincingly. A good win for this team, a huge game for us. Excited about that.
Q. When you look at the three-game winning streak, is this who you thought you would be going into the season?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I mean, I think this is where we want to be. We're getting better every week. I think that's the most exciting thing, is we're getting better every week. We're getting closer. I feel like the momentum and the energy is really rolling for us.
We got to keep that going every week. Now especially it's a short week on the road, so it's the same mindset. We got to make sure we dial in on all the details, get our bodies back for this game coming up on Thursday. Now it's three, four days away. We got to get ready for that one.
Q. You mentioned the first half everything seemed to go right. Get to the fourth quarter, how disappointed are you to go into New Orleans on that? Also the fact, did it look like the Colts were playing like a desperate play at that point?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I'm not too disappointed. I am disappointed that I feel like we kind of had some drives where we had a little lull in our offense. So I think obviously you never want that to happen.
It's also tough in that position. We can do a better job situationally. We need first downs. We need to move the ball, get points. When you've got that big of a lead, you're trying to possess the ball, trying to keep it out of their hands. So it's like a balancing act of how aggressive do you stay, all those things.
I think that's something where we need to be better executing. We were really bad on first down in the fourth quarter. Put us in second-and-long, they can kind of do whatever they want. They can drop out, play zone coverage, make you throw it underneath. They can pressure you, put you in a tougher position. I think we got to be better on first downs in those situations.
I'm never going to be too disappointed in a win. It is hard to win in this league, especially division games. That's a good team. They're 2-1 coming into today.
It was a big win for us. Now we're turning the page on to New Orleans. Yeah, you could tell at the end they were trying to dial some stuff up, try to get the ball back, give themselves a shot.
Q. Christian said you saw something in week one that the Colts did in coverage, and you took advantage of it this time on the touchdown to him. Could you tell us what did you see?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, it was just something, we'd been in empty a few times first game. There were some things I saw especially after watching it. Then going back this week, preparing for them again, I saw how they played their coverage. They played their same coverage 70% of the game, then they'll mix it up a little bit.
They want to play their three deep type coverage. I thought I had a little tell on just if I can set outside, get this corner to tie down. He's really the three deep, the deep third player. If he ties down, there's really no one left for Christian.
That's what we talked about this week. That was something that I felt really confident that we would get. I showed him all the clips. Honestly happened exactly how we thought it would. Doesn't always work that way when you think something is going to work. It was cool that it happened that way today.
Q. Four turnovers that the defense created today. You scored on three of them. What can you say about total team football?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: It's huge. I think that's the thing, we're playing complementary. We've done that the last three weeks now. Won all three of those games. It definitely ties together.
Even today, I don't know what the stats were, but we were good in the first half, second half didn't move the ball much, didn't have a ton of yards. When you have the turnovers and you're scoring off turnovers that the defense is providing, it doesn't look like necessarily you look at the stat sheet that we played that great. You look at the turnover margin, points off turnovers, that's huge.
We're playing really complementary. That's what the good teams do. You take advantage when the other team makes mistakes and you limit your mistakes. That's what I think we're doing a better job of through these last three games.
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TREVOR LAWRENCE: Not necessarily in the second half. I think in the first half we did. I thought we were really efficient. We were moving the ball. We were attacking. All those things. You could probably tell watching the game that's what it felt like.
Then in the second half I just think we got to execute better, like I said. Whether that's on first down, not having a negative play, whatever it is, not having a miscommunication with me and Christian. That's something we've played a lot together now. We have to be better, I have to be better at making things clear in that situation.
They did a good job, brought pressure. That's the one thing you don't want, in that situation to turn it over in our territory and give them the ball back there. That's the only way they have a chance is if you give them turnovers, you don't execute on offense.
That was something where definitely need to clean up. That's something we can take away from to get better at. We did everything we needed to do to win. We took advantage of the opportunities that we had. When we had a short field, we scored. That was kind of the story of today.
Q. Last year you celebrated a Playoff victory at Waffle House. For this season have you identified any places where you might actually celebrate any of the key victories? How did you celebrate the two London victories?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I haven't picked the spot that we're going to celebrate this year yet. Still early. We got a lot of work to do before we get there. No, I haven't. That's a good question.
Then for my birthday -- not my birthday. My birthday was in London. For the two London wins, didn't really do too much. Trying to get back, get out bodies back on this time here, five-hour time change, all that. We're trying to recover and keep this momentum going.
No, I have some family in town. Hung out with them a little bit and rested obviously. So that was good.
Q. Everybody knows that Josh Allen is in a contract year. Can you even imagine a locker room next year without him in it?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: No. I mean, he's a huge part of this team. I mean, just brings a lot of energy. Has that intensity, that look in his eyes every day, whether it's practice, Sunday, whenever. Just brings a lot of energy to our team, to the defense.
He's playing great right now. I mean, you need guys like that, especially pass-rushers, guys on the D-line. He's bringing that for us.
Q. How much respect does he command because of the fact that he was here even before you were?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I think guys respect players based on really their work ethic, how they come to work every day. Obviously performance is a big part of that, too. To command the respect, you have that take care of business on the field, too. He does all those things.
He work extremely hard. He's a great example for young guys coming in. I knew he was that way when I came in. He's a guy you can look to that is going to do things the right way.
He commands a lot of respect in that locker room, the way he carries himself. Especially guys that have been here now for a few years have been through the good and bad times, all that, I think they have a great perspective on I guess where we're at right now. I think that's an important thing. We got a lot of guys that have been here for a long time that had that perspective.
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