Los Angeles Rams 35, Jacksonville Jaguars 7
MATTHEW STAFFORD: I thought we had a great week in Baltimore. Did a nice job. We flew over here Friday night, what equates to like a red-eye and had a little walk through Saturday, went to sleep, pieced it together and went out and played good Sunday.
So, I mean, listen. First, second quarter of the game we're sitting there going, man, that was... glad we did what we did. We were just going out there trying to execute and win a game and we were able to do it, which was awesome, but really just going back to the week of work, I thought our guys did a great job, our coaches and players. Did a great job of just having a bunch of enjoyment and execution out there in practice and showed up on Sunday.
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MATTHEW STAFFORD: Yeah, it was great. We moved the pocket early, was able to get out on the edge and find some guys. I thought our tight ends played really well today. Receivers, backs, everybody had their hand in it, which was nice, we spread the ball around a bunch today. A bunch of guys caught it and made some plays, so just excited for where our office was going.
There's a little bit of a lull there in the third quarter, some plays we'd like to clean up. Just maybe a couple plays on third down, keep us on the field but our defense did a hell of a job, got us the ball back and we were able to capitalize.
Q. (Inaudible).
MATTHEW STAFFORD: Do I get a sword or something? (Laughter).
Q. (Inaudible).
MATTHEW STAFFORD: I didn't. I was in the game. It's a cool thing. We'll see how long it lasts but I'm, I guess it's a cool thing to have happen. Obviously this is my third time playing over here. It's a blast. Sometimes travel is tough, but once you get out here the fans are great, people are great, love the game. I was glad we came away with a win. Makes the flight home a whole hell of a lot better.
Q. (Inaudible).
MATTHEW STAFFORD: It's part of the game. In the NFL, we deal with injuries week in and week out. Obviously not having Puka out there was a big one. Tutu was kind of limited after the first or second drive of the game felt like. So we had some guys step up and make some plays. Obviously Davante's as good a receiver's been in this league for a long time. Really happy for his day. He did a nice job. Obviously getting open, making some great plays in the red zone, putting the ball in the end zone for us so we're lucky to have him and just happy that we got it done.
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MATTHEW STAFFORD: Yeah. They're an aggressive team I think their defensive coordinator does a nice job bringing different blitz packages. It was kind of one of those games, like a little bit of tough game to kind of throw and catch with the ball and just the way the told was going so they were playing sticky in coverage a lot and bringing some pressure. Hats off to them. They're an aggressive-style defense. A really good front. A bunch of first-round picks up a over that front. I thought for the most part our guys did a really nice job of just battling. That's what NFL football is all about. It's not going to be perfect every single time. Plays you want back, things you can clean up but man they battled and when we needed it most, we were able to come up with some touchdowns.
Q. (Inaudible).
MATTHEW STAFFORD: Yeah, obviously we're in a better spot record-wise. I think there's still a lot to be cleaned up and a lot of things that we can be better at, but we did a nice job through the first seven of finding ways to win games most of the time. There's definitely some you want back, but today was a nice complete game.
I thought our defense played outstanding. Offense, we were able to punch it in when we got in the red zone and that's a huge point differential from some other games you look at during season when we're scoring 21 or 23 and it's 35 today because we punched it in. That lead can really open up and we played off each other well today I felt like.
Q. (Inaudible).
MATTHEW STAFFORD: Ask me tomorrow. It'll be a wild one flying back right now. As far as Davante goes, no, we didn't do anything different. Just went out there and practiced. Obviously we were practicing in a baseball stadium, which was kind of cool, but there wasn't anything different, just going about our business, continuing to try to talk to each other, work with each other and just develop as best we possibly can and I thought today was a great example of that. He made some great plays. Again, a couple of plays that were penalty yards that, man, if they don't PI him or whatever it is, we make that catch, it's a huge day statistically for him but he knows he's doing his part for out team, which is amazing. He's such a great teammate. Fired up for him.
And as far as jet lag goes, yeah. It was an interesting 24, 48 hours. It's going to be another but interesting when we fly all the way back to LA tonight, but just excited to get a win and have a little break.
Q. (Inaudible).
MATTHEW STAFFORD: It was good. It was a step in the right direction for us. Any time you can get a win in the NFL -- it's hard to win NFL football games. Don't care how you get it done. Glad we got it done in the fashion we did today. Felt like as a team we played well. But, yeah, it's nice. Nice being back at Wembley and getting that done.
Q. (Inaudible).
MATTHEW STAFFORD: I don't know. It's different. Every team is different. You come into the NFL every single year I feel like there's like 30% turnover on your teams. You got new players on your team, a different style that you got to figure out what's going to be bust this year and we're doing that and developing that and getting wins along the way, which is awesome, and I still feel like there's a lot more success out there for us.
Q. (Question about touchdown celebrations)
MATTHEW STAFFORD: I'm unfamiliar. I don't know, no. That's okay. That's all right, but I think they're great at them. Good? Cool.
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