Jaguars 32, Patriots 16
Q. Last week you were asked a question about Gabe dropping that ball in the end zone and about whether that was a momentum switch. You just said, no, you can't be so fragile as to take any bad play and not keep playing hard. Do you feel like this game being down 10-0 that you guys did exactly what you wanted your teammates to do, and that is not be fragile and come back with a touchdown and then a punt return?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I thought it was a great job today in dealing with the adversity. Every game you're going to have some momentum swings every week.
I thought we did a nice job of -- they scored early, and then we ended up punting on our first possession. Then they went and got a field goal. Offensively we knew we had to settle in and just get some points, get some positive plays going, and we were able to do that.
We scored, and then I felt like after that our defense really settled in. That's how you play complementary football is settle in early like we did in the second possession, and then our defense was able to really pin their ears back.
Once we got control of the game I thought we did a nice job of offensively of keeping those possessions really long. I think we had some -- I don't know what the stats were, but it felt like we had some really long possessions that chewed up a lot of clock. We can do better on scoring on all those possessions.
I know that one turnover on downs down there inside the 15 or whatever it was was disappointing to us, but I thought we did a nice job of using the clock. We ran the ball great today, so that always helps.
Q. Earlier in the week afterwards you mentioned Brian Thomas and Tank Bigsby. Both had big games today. What would you say changed from last week to this week?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Just with the whole team you're saying?
Q. Yeah.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, sports is kind of crazy. I don't know. I think that there's -- we had a great week of prep. This season, though, we've had good weeks of practice and not played well on Sunday, though, so I won't say that that's always -- that doesn't always mean that you're going to play really well.
It makes it easier. It's hard to if you don't have a good week of preparation in practice.
So I thought we had a good week of preparation. I thought that just the energy of practice was good. Guys were having fun. Obviously it sucks kind of where we were at and haven't won as many games as we wanted to win, but we had a lot of fun. We competed, and I think just being around our teammates, that helps. We picked each other up.
Obviously the real fix is being able to go play well on Sunday, which we were able to do today and get a win. That makes us feel a lot better.
Q. (Indiscernible - question regarding Tank Bigsby and Brian Thomas)
TREVOR LAWRENCE: They were in basically cover four quarters look, and safeties were low. That was honestly the look we were wanting for that play.
We had another option if that wasn't the coverage and the situation, but Brian did a great job of just running up the corner, keeping outside leverage, and just running with it. I put it out there and let him go make a play. It was a great catch.
He's good at that. He's been making a lot of plays for us, so it's fun to watch him. It's fun to play with him. Just to see him get better every week, we got to keep using him.
Q. Given all of your experience playing over here, how at home do you feel in London?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: It feels great. This is my fourth year being over here. It's better when you win, that's for sure. I've done both. It's a lot more fun when we win over here, and we get to go on the flight home and enjoy it. That flight back is not very fun after you lose.
I'm excited for that today and to just be able to enjoy it and soak it up for a few hours. Being here in London, you guys are awesome. You welcome us. The fans are amazing. What a crowd today. Every year it's like that.
We appreciate it, and you guys treat us well, and we enjoy being over here. Obviously it's pretty unique when I first got here. It was something that it's just an interesting deal. Something I never really thought about doing.
Then being over here every year it really does feel like almost like a second home and a place where we really do feel more at home here than a lot of other teams do for sure. So we appreciate you guys.
Q. Your teammate Parker Washington set some franchise and international records.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I heard.
Q. How pleased were you for him?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Just so happy for him. We've seen him make those plays, whether it's preseason or even sometimes in the season he's been close to breaking some of those, but for him to do it in a big moment when he really needed it, gets some more points on the board for us, really flipped the game, gave us all the momentum, it's huge.
It's a huge play. When your special teams can make plays like that that change the game, it's critical.
Just for him that's a guy that -- he's a great player and receiver. We have a lot of great players. It's been tough for him. Not speaking for him, but just from -- he maybe hasn't gotten some of the opportunities that -- he is a great player, and he can make a lot of plays.
So to see him get the opportunity on special teams and to take advantage of it, that just makes me happy because I know how hard he has worked.
Obviously we have a lot of great receivers. The camp he had and all those things, he maybe hasn't gotten to have the impact maybe that you expect going into the season, but for him to be able to make that impact on special teams just happy for him. He deserves it. He's a really hard worker, and I'm really excited for him.
Q. (Off microphone). How important was it to get that win today (indiscernible)?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, we just got to -- I mean, maybe it sounds bad, but just stop the bleeding for us. Just get on track. We have to find some momentum, and we have to start rattling off some wins. That's just where we're at. That's always the mindset, but especially where we're at now.
We don't have any more time to waste. Put ourselves in a little bit of a hole. It is what it is. We've been in this situation before. We know what we have to do, and we know we have some tough teams coming up on our schedule.
Also saying that, it's the NFL. Every week even if it's a team that isn't looked at as a Super Bowl contender, anybody can beat you any week. I've experienced that, been on both sides of it.
My rookie year we didn't have a great year, and we beat the Bills, who were a Super Bowl contender. We beat them like 9-6 at home. We beat Indy the last week of the year. We were 2-14, and they had to beat us to go to the playoffs. We beat them.
This league it's week-to-week. It doesn't matter who you are playing. You have to play well to win. That's what we -- we understand that, and we have to just go do it.
Q. What did you see from Tank Bigsby today? He ran the ball and really kept that offense going and extended drives.
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I think when you can run the ball like we did today, those drives are longer because it's, like, four or six, eight at a time. It's not necessarily all the explosives down the field. We had a couple, but it's really keeping our offense, their defense on the field, which is what you want.
For him to be able to -- he ran tough. Him and D'Ernest broke some that were great runs, but just some of the two, three, four, five-yard runs that those make a difference.
Running hard, running through some arm tackles, keeping his head down. I thought he did a really nice job. Obviously when he got his opportunities to score, he did that.
Just proud of that guy. He's the same -- just worked hard, and it's cool to see him get the benefit from it. He's having a great year, and we need him to keep playing like that.
Q. Coach Pederson's leadership, especially in the last week, do you feel like (indiscernible)?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I think this was big for our team. We needed to win this game, and we did. So for us to understand the situation, our backs are kind of against the wall and to respond the right way and get a win, I think that's great for our confidence moving forward.
Like I said, we have another opponent next week, Green Bay, and we have to go put everything we can into that one to go win it.
It's short-lived. The wins and the losses are really short-lived in this league. You have to be able to move on. Same thing like I said to you guys last week after a loss. You've got to be able to turn the page and go win the next one. That's what our minds are on.
Obviously we are going to enjoy this for a few hours. You have to. It's too hard to win in this league, but we're going to move on pretty quick.
Q. You've been in the NFL for a few years now. Drake Maye just starting his NFL journey. After being through it yourself, what's the best advice you could give to him?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Yeah, I just told him after the game, he's a great player, and just to keep his head down, keep working.
Just try to learn something every week. Don't be too hard on yourself. You've got to keep your confidence.
He's the leader of that team, that organization when he's on the field playing. Everybody looks to the quarterback, and he's a high pick, high drafted guy. Just keep his confidence. I think that's one thing.
I didn't say all of this to him in the short conversation I had, but that's what I would say is there's going to be times you're going to be tested. Sometimes it's hard.
I've been there. It's hard to keep your confidence when there's things going on around you or the team is in a tougher spot and maybe you're not playing your best as a player. You just have to keep going to work every day and keep your head up and lead your teammates. That's the biggest thing.
Q. (Indiscernible) downs, they go back to the field and score. (Indiscernible). What message did you give to the guys before you came out to go back on the next drive?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: Just to go score. I mean, take the game back into our hands. Like you said, they stopped us there. They had a big turnover on downs and went and scored. We felt like we had to put together a good drive again. We still were in control.
I think they went for two and didn't get us. We were still up two possessions. Obviously you're thinking to go score a touchdown, but the biggest thing is put together a good drive, get into field goal range, and try to at least get three or go score obviously if you can. Either way, you're just extending your lead and you're using the clock. That was in the fourth quarter.
For us that's what we were able to do today. I don't know if we had any three and outs. We were able to keep the clock running. Sometimes that can be a bit boring, but you want to be in control of games like that and be able to do that. So I thought it was really good for us.
Q. The middle portion of this game, basically the second quarter and parts of the third, was that the Jaguars team that you have expected from the get-go? Is that the maximum -- did you reach as close to your potential in that second and third quarter?
TREVOR LAWRENCE: I don't think so. I still think that there's some things out there for us. I think offensively you look at the final score, and it looks like we scored a lot of points. We did some great things. We had some great possessions and played clean football for the most part. I am happy with it.
I'm never going to be upset with a win, but I thought the turnover on downs was disappointing for us as an offense. You want to be able to really put the game away and go score a touchdown there and get a yard on fourth and one. We weren't able to do that, so that's one play.
Then I think just some of the other possessions there was a couple little things. It's never going to be perfect. There's always going to be something every game. Just looking at it for what it is, we have to take the good and the bad. There were some things we did great, but there were also some plays, some communication stuff, might have missed a throw or two, or whatever it is. You still have to look at that and get better from it.
You can't just think just because you won, you don't look at all the bad stuff. You have to really use that. So, no, I don't think so it's as close as we can -- I wouldn't say that's our best football, but it was good enough to win today, and that's what matters.
We have to keep finding ways to do it on Sunday.
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