Latest / Press Pass / Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence: "We have to go earn it and make those plays."
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean it's just you know, it sucks to lose,
- 0:04Speaker 1: like you said in general, but um, and that's the way,
- 0:07Speaker 1: that's the way this league is. Most games are come
- 0:09Speaker 1: down to the very end. So that's how it is.
- 0:12Speaker 1: And you've got to find, like we've been saying, you
- 0:14Speaker 1: gotta find ways to win and and just find ways
- 0:17Speaker 1: to make those plays that decide the game. You know,
- 0:20Speaker 1: there's those players are scattered throughout the game, but no
- 0:23Speaker 1: matter what happened in the prior three quarters and whatever
- 0:28Speaker 1: minutes of that fourth quarter, at the very end, how
- 0:31Speaker 1: can we find ways to make those plays to win
- 0:33Speaker 1: the game. And um, we're just not We're not making
- 0:36Speaker 1: enough of those plays right now. I mean we're that close.
- 0:38Speaker 1: And um, that's what's frustrating for us too. As players.
- 0:42Speaker 1: You know, you put you put so much into it,
- 0:43Speaker 1: and coaches to obviously put so much into it, and um,
- 0:46Speaker 1: to come up that short, especially this so many times
- 0:49Speaker 1: earlier in the season, is it's frustrating and everybody feels
- 0:52Speaker 1: out and um, guys are sticking together. I mean, we
- 0:55Speaker 1: got a lot of we got a belief, We got
- 0:57Speaker 1: a lot of belief in that locker room, and you
- 0:59Speaker 1: saw it today. I mean when we come up the
- 1:02Speaker 1: yard short at the very end, uh to win and
- 1:04Speaker 1: win that game by a point kick there's point we
- 1:06Speaker 1: beat him. So it's that's how close it is. And
- 1:09Speaker 1: that's why I think you see, um look on the
- 1:11Speaker 1: guy's faces and just the energy and that's the way
- 1:14Speaker 1: it should be when you when you're losing like that.
- 1:16Speaker 1: You know, no one's obviously happy about it. I'm assuming
- 1:18Speaker 1: I'm the last. You couldn't wait for Christian to get
- 1:20Speaker 1: in the endzone. You had to get when he was
- 1:23Speaker 1: open and just kind of hope he kind of twisty
- 1:28Speaker 1: to get. Yeah, you know, that's we have a lot
- 1:31Speaker 1: of a lot of different you know, thoughts and ideas
- 1:34Speaker 1: and in place for certain situations, and that was one
- 1:36Speaker 1: of them. And um, and that's one obviously you take
- 1:40Speaker 1: a little bit of risk because it's in it's in
- 1:41Speaker 1: the field of place. So if you if you don't
- 1:43Speaker 1: get in like like what happened there, games over. But
- 1:46Speaker 1: we felt good about our chances of getting in. And um,
- 1:49Speaker 1: I mean credct to them. They made they made literally
- 1:52Speaker 1: they give up one more yard we win, So they
- 1:55Speaker 1: made the play and I gotta tip your hat. You
- 1:58Speaker 1: gotta tip your hat to them for doing that. So
- 2:00Speaker 1: one one last things on the quarterbacks seek h have
- 2:04Speaker 1: you ever done at quarter vaccine where you literally bet
- 2:07Speaker 1: pushed backwards like almost immediately? Um, I'm not sure. No,
- 2:14Speaker 1: they don't, don't really don't really know. Obviously they were,
- 2:17Speaker 1: you know, they were, they were kind of ready for that.
- 2:19Speaker 1: We had ran a couple early in the game, and um,
- 2:21Speaker 1: they made some adjustments. So it's the same thing. You know, good, good,
- 2:24Speaker 1: good on them. And obviously you know that was whatever
- 2:27Speaker 1: fourth and half a yard. You just hope you can
- 2:29Speaker 1: get a little bit there and we just weren't able to.
- 2:31Speaker 1: This is a good play by them, uh, Trevor the
- 2:36Speaker 1: again going back to the very last play was a
- 2:38Speaker 1: crazy last drive. Was there a moment there on that
- 2:42Speaker 1: pass to Christian Dick he thought he had gotten into
- 2:44Speaker 1: the end zone? Yeah, I mean we've, like I said,
- 2:48Speaker 1: we we've practiced that play and others too, and um,
- 2:51Speaker 1: that one, Honestly, when I caught the snap at the
- 2:54Speaker 1: top of my drop, it looked like the exact look
- 2:57Speaker 1: we wanted. It looked like it was shaping up where
- 2:59Speaker 1: he was just gonna kind of sneak in right underneath
- 3:01Speaker 1: everyone and get in and even when I let it go,
- 3:03Speaker 1: I thought were gonna score. And um, like I said that,
- 3:05Speaker 1: you know, the safety came flying in and hit him
- 3:08Speaker 1: right when he caught it and just kept him short.
- 3:10Speaker 1: Then they all rallied and pushed him back, and it's just,
- 3:14Speaker 1: you know, it sucks watching that and you're that close.
- 3:16Speaker 1: So but yeah, it made a good play. Was there
- 3:20Speaker 1: a ton of confusion earlier than that thing just before
- 3:22Speaker 1: the fourth down where Christian looked like he got the
- 3:25Speaker 1: first down and then I guess you guys all thought
- 3:27Speaker 1: it was the first down, but it wasn't the first
- 3:29Speaker 1: down in the third one was a sneak when we
- 3:31Speaker 1: were yeah, yeah it was. There was a lot of
- 3:35Speaker 1: stuff going on there. Obviously, the play clock was running,
- 3:38Speaker 1: and but the ball hadn't been spotted yet. We thought
- 3:41Speaker 1: it was the first down, but so the clock was running,
- 3:44Speaker 1: but then the chains haven't been moved, but the ball
- 3:46Speaker 1: also hadn't been spotted, so we weren't really sure what
- 3:48Speaker 1: was going on, and then we had to Then they
- 3:50Speaker 1: marked it short, so then we kind of had to
- 3:52Speaker 1: adjust from there. Um, you know, they pumped the play
- 3:55Speaker 1: clock up for us, so they gave us, you know,
- 3:56Speaker 1: new play clocks. That was. That was fine. Um, but
- 4:00Speaker 1: even you know, even there, it's like, regardless of the
- 4:02Speaker 1: opinions of where the spot was, we still gotta you know,
- 4:04Speaker 1: it's second and inches, you know, we we gotta find
- 4:07Speaker 1: a way to get a yard there. And we had
- 4:10Speaker 1: three opportunities and and didn't do it, so or whatever,
- 4:14Speaker 1: Sorry it was third, third down, I guess there. So, um,
- 4:17Speaker 1: we had two opportunities and didn't do it. So that's
- 4:19Speaker 1: obviously you're kind of kicking yourself over that because that
- 4:21Speaker 1: was a big play in the game where we didn't
- 4:23Speaker 1: end up getting any points and we were down there
- 4:24Speaker 1: inside the thirty or wherever we were, and um, like
- 4:28Speaker 1: that's one. But that's one of the players you're talking about,
- 4:30Speaker 1: you know, making that play or whatever it is. We
- 4:33Speaker 1: gotta we gotta find ways to make those to turn
- 4:35Speaker 1: these turn these games around and start being on the
- 4:36Speaker 1: other side of them. At what point do you start
- 4:39Speaker 1: worrying that those will not come? And then you know,
- 4:43Speaker 1: for whatever reason, this team is either or just brough. Yeah,
- 4:49Speaker 1: we don't, we don't believe in any of that. So, um,
- 4:51Speaker 1: I don't think that thought will ever come. You know,
- 4:53Speaker 1: it's it's our job to make those plays. And we
- 4:55Speaker 1: got the guys. We got the guys that do it,
- 4:58Speaker 1: and you know, we haven't. We haven't made them up
- 5:00Speaker 1: to this point and in a few of these games.
- 5:01Speaker 1: And um, you just gotta move on to the next
- 5:05Speaker 1: one and go get the next one and just get
- 5:07Speaker 1: some of this momentum back because we really believe we're
- 5:09Speaker 1: a great team and when we put it all together,
- 5:12Speaker 1: we are, so you know, I think that's that's important.
- 5:15Speaker 1: Obviously looking at where we are in the season. Um,
- 5:19Speaker 1: there's still so much there's so many games left. We
- 5:21Speaker 1: got time, but yeah, we need to we need to
- 5:23Speaker 1: go get one and get some momentum. And um, but
- 5:25Speaker 1: no one's gonna give it to you. Gotta go. You
- 5:26Speaker 1: gotta go on it. We gotta make this play. So
- 5:28Speaker 1: I believe that we're gonna do it, and we just
- 5:30Speaker 1: gotta go do it. Hey Trevor, Hey, Trevor Um. Big
- 5:36Speaker 1: game for et N today, had some big Trump plays
- 5:39Speaker 1: in the run game. Did you see anything, Um in
- 5:41Speaker 1: your film work this week that lets you know coming
- 5:44Speaker 1: in that he was gonna be able to have that
- 5:46Speaker 1: type of success on the ground. I mean, just just
- 5:50Speaker 1: the type of back he is, like, you kind of
- 5:52Speaker 1: feel that way every week, honestly, And Um, the group
- 5:54Speaker 1: that we have up front too, we you know, we
- 5:56Speaker 1: saw some opportunities in the run game. Um, we thought
- 5:59Speaker 1: this was this was a team where we could we
- 6:01Speaker 1: could be effective in the run game and and rushed
- 6:04Speaker 1: the ball well, and we did that, had some huge plays.
- 6:07Speaker 1: And credit the guys up front, Travis for running hard, Um,
- 6:10Speaker 1: all those guys so tight ends for blocking. I thought
- 6:13Speaker 1: we did a good job in a lot of areas,
- 6:14Speaker 1: and obviously Travis Um had some had some huge runs
- 6:18Speaker 1: and did a good job. But yeah, I mean we
- 6:19Speaker 1: we feel that way really every week, but yeah, especially
- 6:21Speaker 1: this week, we had some we had some good stuff
- 6:23Speaker 1: ready for Um. Also, the offensive execution was a little
- 6:26Speaker 1: bit up and down throughout the game today, but really
- 6:30Speaker 1: looked like it kind of came together on that last ride.
- 6:33Speaker 1: Can you tell me from your perspective as as a
- 6:35Speaker 1: trigger man, Um, what is it about that two minute
- 6:39Speaker 1: offense or you know that really allows you to just
- 6:42Speaker 1: get in the flow and go right down the field. Um. Yeah,
- 6:46Speaker 1: I mean it's there's a lot of factors. Obviously the defense.
- 6:50Speaker 1: The defense changes a little bit in those situations because
- 6:53Speaker 1: the circumstances, you know, they're up by six and UM
- 6:56Speaker 1: trying not to give up big plays. They'll let you
- 6:58Speaker 1: have some some plays in front of the I'm trying
- 7:00Speaker 1: to keep you in bounds, but that they're okay with
- 7:02Speaker 1: going up some yards. So you see you see a
- 7:04Speaker 1: little bit more easier completions in those drivers. But really,
- 7:07Speaker 1: I think, UM, just the guys knowing when when we
- 7:11Speaker 1: gotta have it and and flipping that switch. And regardless
- 7:13Speaker 1: of how the game's gone, obviously we've had, there's a
- 7:16Speaker 1: bunch of plays, um that we we'd like back in
- 7:20Speaker 1: every game that that's how it's always gonna be. But
- 7:21Speaker 1: in that moment, you know there's a minute left, we
- 7:24Speaker 1: have a chance to do something with the ball. Um,
- 7:27Speaker 1: you know, we gotta make that decision to go to
- 7:28Speaker 1: go make a play, to go do whatever we have
- 7:30Speaker 1: to do. Like you saw in the fourth and fifteen,
- 7:31Speaker 1: I mean, I think all of our fans have left
- 7:34Speaker 1: at that point because it's fourth and fifteen and there's
- 7:36Speaker 1: twenty seconds left. We don't have any time outs around
- 7:38Speaker 1: the minus thirty and we Marvin makes it a great catch.
- 7:41Speaker 1: I didn't even see. I don't even know where the
- 7:42Speaker 1: ball was. Honestly got hit and drove into the ground.
- 7:45Speaker 1: It's like you know, got the penalty too, but it
- 7:47Speaker 1: goes and makes a play and that's I mean, those
- 7:49Speaker 1: are those are the plays that you gotta make, and
- 7:51Speaker 1: unfortunately we didn't make enough of those throughout the game.
- 7:54Speaker 1: But to be able to do that, and like I said,
- 7:57Speaker 1: where we were on that fourth down and then to
- 8:00Speaker 1: put ourselves inside or on the twenty, inside the twenty
- 8:03Speaker 1: for those last few attempts at the end zone, I mean,
- 8:06Speaker 1: you can't really ask for a better opportunity in that situation.
- 8:09Speaker 1: And um, that's all you can do. And you know,
- 8:11Speaker 1: obviously we'd love to hit one of those plays to
- 8:14Speaker 1: Marvin or z A before that last play and then
- 8:17Speaker 1: or you know, hit the last one and getting the
- 8:18Speaker 1: end zone. So, um, we had a lot of opportunities.
- 8:20Speaker 1: And that's what's that's what's frustrating. You look, you always
- 8:23Speaker 1: look back, I know, I know the whole all the
- 8:25Speaker 1: guys in locker room where you look back at all
- 8:26Speaker 1: those plays that you could have made. And um, that's
- 8:30Speaker 1: the great part about this game is whoever makes those
- 8:32Speaker 1: plays wins. And we gotta find ways to make them.
- 8:36Speaker 1: So Trevor, with that said, how much do you think
- 8:39Speaker 1: is that this team needs to learn how to win
- 8:41Speaker 1: versus it's just an inch or two and the ball
- 8:44Speaker 1: bounces the other way. You know, it's it's I think
- 8:48Speaker 1: it's both. Know, it's just having that I think that
- 8:52Speaker 1: momentum and that you know, like you look at a
- 8:54Speaker 1: team like the Giants who are playing really good football
- 8:56Speaker 1: right now and they're what six and one now, and
- 8:58Speaker 1: all their games have come down like that and they've
- 9:01Speaker 1: they've found a way to win, and um, we knew
- 9:03Speaker 1: that coming in and that was that was you know,
- 9:05Speaker 1: our message was, let's let's find a way to win
- 9:07Speaker 1: this one, and like I said, just just came up
- 9:09Speaker 1: a little short. And um, I think when you can
- 9:12Speaker 1: go and and make those players down the stretch and
- 9:15Speaker 1: go win one of these games and kind of turn
- 9:17Speaker 1: that momentum around, obviously that that helps. So that's you know,
- 9:20Speaker 1: that's what we're looking to do moving forward. Obviously we'd
- 9:23Speaker 1: rather the game not come down to the very end
- 9:25Speaker 1: and you know, put it away early, but that's not
- 9:27Speaker 1: going to be the case most weeks in the NFL.
- 9:29Speaker 1: You know, we had two early in the season and
- 9:30Speaker 1: where we just jumped on those teams and got rolling
- 9:33Speaker 1: and played really good complimentary ball and um, really just
- 9:36Speaker 1: finished the game and that was great. But most games
- 9:39Speaker 1: are going to come down to the end, and uh,
- 9:41Speaker 1: we just gotta find ways to make those and we're
- 9:43Speaker 1: getting closer and you saw today closer and closer and um,
- 9:46Speaker 1: but that that un cut it. So we gotta make them.
- 9:48Speaker 1: How much do you go back to losing streaks in
- 9:51Speaker 1: the past for you, do you rely on that to them?
- 9:53Speaker 1: Maybe change how you react to this, maybe what you
- 9:56Speaker 1: guys do as leaders in the locker room. What do
- 9:58Speaker 1: you what exactly you had losing streaks last year? Like
- 10:01Speaker 1: do you go back and say, maybe we acted this
- 10:04Speaker 1: way after a loss, let's do this instead. Like I know,
- 10:06Speaker 1: it's just in the locker room just now, like seeing
- 10:07Speaker 1: how many guys were like going up to each other
- 10:09Speaker 1: and like you know, giving each other like high fives.
- 10:11Speaker 1: I mean, like, hey, we got the next one. Yeah,
- 10:15Speaker 1: I mean honestly, no, not really looking back at you know,
- 10:18Speaker 1: the passing that way, but just I think it's important
- 10:21Speaker 1: to stick to stick together. You know, at the end
- 10:23Speaker 1: of the day, if if we can stick together, that's
- 10:26Speaker 1: the only way we turn this thing around and we
- 10:28Speaker 1: and we put ourselves, we keep continue to put ourselves
- 10:30Speaker 1: in this position, but find a way to actually get
- 10:32Speaker 1: it done. Um, and if we don't sit together, we
- 10:34Speaker 1: don't have a we don't have a shot. And I
- 10:36Speaker 1: know we have a group that's going to stick together.
- 10:37Speaker 1: And and that's the that's one of the best things
- 10:40Speaker 1: I think about this team is how close we are.
- 10:42Speaker 1: And you should have heard the guys in the locker
- 10:44Speaker 1: room after the game, and just I mean, guys are
- 10:46Speaker 1: so passionate about it. You know, you put so much
- 10:48Speaker 1: work in And that's the that's the cool thing is
- 10:51Speaker 1: that's the only that's the only thing that anybody cares
- 10:52Speaker 1: about winning. It's not about stats. It's not about someone
- 10:56Speaker 1: getting the ball or you know, a guy getting a
- 10:58Speaker 1: bunch of sacks or whatever it is. It's just everybody
- 11:00Speaker 1: wants to win. And that's why people are so piste
- 11:02Speaker 1: off because, um, we're not find a way to do
- 11:05Speaker 1: that right now, and it's gonna come now and I
- 11:08Speaker 1: believe that, and we just got to go do it.
- 11:11Speaker 1: So thank you.