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Press Pass | Mac Jones Discusses Performance in Week 10 Loss to Vikings · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Man, could you just just talk about your disappointment. First
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  Speaker 1: start in your hometown, had a chance to go get
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  Speaker 1: a win, and for lots of different reasons, it didn't happen.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the defense played great and the offense,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we got to do better, and it starts
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  Speaker 2: with me and those guys fought though, and I really
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  Speaker 2: appreciate the team for having my back. Just got to
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  Speaker 2: learn from it, no excuses, and yeah, I definitely wanted
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  Speaker 2: a different result, but I'm going to keep fighting.
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  Speaker 1: Could you take us through the first interception, It looked
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  Speaker 1: like you were staring down Gabe a little bit. You
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  Speaker 1: may not have seen the defender in front of him.
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  Speaker 1: And on the second one, you did get hit a
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  Speaker 1: little bit on the release, so I didn't know how
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  Speaker 1: much that affected the ball.
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  Speaker 2: No excuses, Just go through my reads and live to
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  Speaker 2: fight another down, especially in those situations on first down.
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  Speaker 2: So nothing that anybody else did, It's just on me.
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  Speaker 2: So the defense got us the ball back and as
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  Speaker 2: a quarterback, you got to just put the ball in
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  Speaker 2: play and let the guys make place. So it's all me.
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  Speaker 1: On the second one, did they hit or did you
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  Speaker 1: or were you expect to stay on the path he was.
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  Speaker 2: Because I'm not really sure. I have to watch it.
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  Speaker 2: I definitely need to step up and I'm not really
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  Speaker 2: sure what happened once I let go of the ball,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, I have to watch.
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  Speaker 3: It, MACKI gained some momentum early second drive. Nine plays,
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  Speaker 3: you're up seven nothing. I would think from a confidence level,
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  Speaker 3: you're feeling pretty good. Did Minnesota make adjustments defensively? If not,
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  Speaker 3: what led to the to the struggles?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's one of the top five defense in the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: so they're going to challenge the quarterback. And we actually
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  Speaker 2: did a you know, did a good job on the
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  Speaker 2: hard stuff and then the easy stuff just wasn't good
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  Speaker 2: enough by me. So coach Flores, their defensive coordinator, had
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  Speaker 2: those guys ready, and we just got to play better.
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  Speaker 2: And it starts with me and uh, just going back
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  Speaker 2: to our defense. You know, I already told them they
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  Speaker 2: played a great game and I got to put a
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  Speaker 2: better product out there to help us win.
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  Speaker 3: Mac, How deplating was it for you mentioned the defensive
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  Speaker 3: performance for the offense. I think average rout three yards
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  Speaker 3: per play off of turnovers.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, like I said, they played a very
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  Speaker 2: good football game, in a game that gave us plenty
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  Speaker 2: chances to win, and as the quarterback, I gotta get
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  Speaker 2: us in the end zone or get some field goals
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  Speaker 2: on the board, and we were in it at the end.
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  Speaker 2: But that's the NFL and you never know how the
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  Speaker 2: games are gonna go, so just got to finish better.
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  Speaker 1: Mike Brodsky, Florida National News, Mac, were there any friends
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  Speaker 1: or family members that were here to support you in
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  Speaker 1: this start here at Jackson Go in your hometown.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I had a few family and friends, and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I grew up down the road and played my first game,
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  Speaker 2: you know, tackle football in nineteen miles from here. So
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  Speaker 2: definitely disappointed with my opening start, but I know I
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  Speaker 2: can be better, and I usually bounce back pretty good
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  Speaker 2: from failure, So let me see what I can do.
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  Speaker 4: Mac, How did you feel like you were rusty at all?
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  Speaker 4: You have played football in a while and to this degree.
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  Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, I mean I get the scout team reps
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  Speaker 2: and felt prepared. Everyone was on the same page for
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  Speaker 2: the most part during the week. And yeah, it's been
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  Speaker 2: a year, so no excuses. Been playing my whole life
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  Speaker 2: and played a lot of football in this league, and
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  Speaker 2: I know what I got to do to win, and
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  Speaker 2: today what I put on the field wasn't good enough.
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  Speaker 2: So I just got to keep working and do everything
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  Speaker 2: I can to stay you know, motivated and confident and
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  Speaker 2: lead the team as best I can. You know, with
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  Speaker 2: Trevor being out.
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  Speaker 4: You guys had only thirty one yards in the first
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  Speaker 4: half last week. I think one hundred and forty three today.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, does it feel like everything you're trying right
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  Speaker 4: now just doesn't work as an offense. I know you
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  Speaker 4: weren't out there last week, but you got a front
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  Speaker 4: row seat.
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  Speaker 2: I think every game is different. I think this week's
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  Speaker 2: I was focused on, you know, their defense and the
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  Speaker 2: challenges they present, and you know, I don't think many
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks have played well against that defense. And I got
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  Speaker 2: to play better and have a better plan and learn
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  Speaker 2: from it and take the completions. But each week is different.
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  Speaker 2: You can't really, you know, look at one week versus another,
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  Speaker 2: especially when you're not out there.
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  Speaker 1: Matt, could you uh take us through the fumble? Did
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  Speaker 1: you pull back a little too early or what what
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  Speaker 1: actually happened on the on that f on that fumble.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's on me. Look, me and Mitch we don't
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  Speaker 2: get that many reps together, but we get them after
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  Speaker 2: practice a lot, so there's no excuse for that. It's
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  Speaker 2: a simple, you know, it's a day one play that
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  Speaker 2: you learn, and it's on me as the quarterback. Too quickly,
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  Speaker 2: or I'd have to look at it. All right, I
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  Speaker 2: appreciate it.