Latest / Press Pass / Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence & Josh Hines-Allen Discuss Loss, Mentality Moving Forward

Transcript

Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence & Josh Hines-Allen Discuss Loss, Mentality Moving Forward · Press Pass

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Josh Allen, the other Josh Allen about doing you guys did,
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: pounded him, send him to Lutant twice, did everything he could,
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: and he still kept coming back and making those plays
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: down the stretch.
• 0:12
  Speaker 2: First and foremost, man, shout out to my team. We
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: fought all year, We battled. This was the most fun
• 0:17
  Speaker 2: I've had in a very long time. And I got
• 0:19
  Speaker 2: a lot of guys that can say the same thing.
• 0:22
  Speaker 2: But I'm out here to speak for all those guys.
• 0:24
  Speaker 2: And you know, coaching staff did a great job on
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: you know, preparing us, be putting us in the reposition. Obviously,
• 0:32
  Speaker 2: there some calls we can have back to some plays
• 0:34
  Speaker 2: that we can have back player wise, and that goes
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: for everybody. But this is a growing step for us,
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: a grown moment, and you know, obviously this team is
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: not going to be the same next year, and this
• 0:44
  Speaker 2: is a this is our this this is we felt
• 0:47
  Speaker 2: like in the moment, this was our opportunity to go
• 0:49
  Speaker 2: take advantage of it, and we didn't. But we got
• 0:52
  Speaker 2: a lot of guys that's hungry, and you know we're
• 0:55
  Speaker 2: gonna take attack this off season, grow from this all season,
• 0:59
  Speaker 2: and come back ready to to.
• 1:01
  Speaker 3: Be you know, to win the whole thing next year.
• 1:04
  Speaker 4: Kind of playing off that, Josh, just.
• 1:07
  Speaker 2: How how.
• 1:10
  Speaker 4: How much do you think that this is possible to
• 1:13
  Speaker 4: just keep moving forward, keep keep moving up, you know
• 1:16
  Speaker 4: going into next season. How much confidence do you have
• 1:18
  Speaker 4: from what you guys are able to accomplish this year.
• 1:21
  Speaker 2: I mean, I think our message has always been the same,
• 1:23
  Speaker 2: you know, each week is you know, we come in
• 1:26
  Speaker 2: day one and we execute what we need to do.
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: We compete at a high level. We we build that
• 1:31
  Speaker 2: trust with each other, and I think we've done a
• 1:33
  Speaker 2: good job with that. And I think, you know, as
• 1:35
  Speaker 2: long as we take care of those things, I think
• 1:37
  Speaker 2: winning and executing on a high level plays that part.
• 1:41
  Speaker 2: So I can't really sit up there and say that,
• 1:43
  Speaker 2: you know, what are season's gonna look like next year,
• 1:45
  Speaker 2: But I can say that we got a team full
• 1:47
  Speaker 2: of guys that's committed to each other. Obviously, the team's
• 1:49
  Speaker 2: gonna be a little different. You heard what coach just said,
• 1:52
  Speaker 2: It's gonna you know, you know, it's a business. At
• 1:54
  Speaker 2: the end of the day. Some people are gonna be here,
• 1:56
  Speaker 2: some people are not. But the guys that step on
• 1:58
  Speaker 2: this field, leading to OTAs to training camp, to the
• 2:01
  Speaker 2: first game of the season to the last. Those are
• 2:04
  Speaker 2: guys we're gonna ride with and those those opportunites we're
• 2:06
  Speaker 2: gonna try to develop a win.
• 2:08
  Speaker 5: Josh, beyond the thirteen wins, why did you have the
• 2:11
  Speaker 5: most fun you've had in a while this season?
• 2:14
  Speaker 2: Uh? Just personal personal growth, being in the moment. Continue
• 2:19
  Speaker 2: to be in the moment, Continue to to control what
• 2:21
  Speaker 2: I can control. Continue to be a leader on and
• 2:23
  Speaker 2: off the field, putting guys in positions to be successful,
• 2:27
  Speaker 2: Helping the guys. You know, when we had a stretch
• 2:29
  Speaker 2: to where guys were getting hurt in the back end,
• 2:30
  Speaker 2: just to step up and be the be that voice
• 2:33
  Speaker 2: for those guys, give those guys comfort, give those guys
• 2:35
  Speaker 2: trust that you know upfront we're gonna take over. And
• 2:38
  Speaker 2: that was the time where we had to turn it
• 2:40
  Speaker 2: up a little bit and we did, and those guys
• 2:42
  Speaker 2: stepped up in a big way. I'm talking about aj Jarian,
• 2:44
  Speaker 2: you know, you know, brass guys had to step in.
• 2:47
  Speaker 2: And even even even Greg, you know, getting traded here
• 2:52
  Speaker 2: and immediately putting into the fire. He was a guy
• 2:56
  Speaker 2: that you know, we had to bring him in and
• 3:00
  Speaker 2: you know, we all adapted and I'm proud of these guys,
• 3:02
  Speaker 2: and again for me as a leader, continue to grow
• 3:07
  Speaker 2: from this moment, continue to not sit up there. I
• 3:09
  Speaker 2: had to leave out there pretty quick because I'm not
• 3:12
  Speaker 2: in I'm not big on the emotions, and you know
• 3:14
  Speaker 2: what I'm saying. I don't want to say goodbye. I
• 3:16
  Speaker 2: see these guys tomorrow. Let's get their emotions out of
• 3:18
  Speaker 2: it and come back tomorrow. Obviously, it is what it is.
• 3:23
  Speaker 2: You know, it is what it is. We're in the moment,
• 3:27
  Speaker 2: but you know it's time to get healthy.
• 3:30
  Speaker 3: A lot of guys need to get healthy. I'm ready.
• 3:33
  Speaker 2: I'm excited to spend time with my family. I know
• 3:35
  Speaker 2: my family's probably happy regardless of women or losing. So
• 3:39
  Speaker 2: I get to be a present father and I'm excited
• 3:42
  Speaker 2: about that. I'm excited to take my kids to school,
• 3:44
  Speaker 2: and not only myself, but the guys are as well.
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: So continue to grow as a human, continue to grow
• 3:49
  Speaker 2: as of teammates, and grow as a father husband. That's
• 3:52
  Speaker 2: our going life and that's what I'm set out to do.
• 3:55
  Speaker 5: Touched on it a little bit with demetrious question, but
• 3:57
  Speaker 5: what's the biggest reason in your mind that you guys
• 4:00
  Speaker 5: have built here this year is sustainable.
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: I feel like I answered that already. I feel like
• 4:06
  Speaker 2: it again. It was the trust was the trust. I mean,
• 4:10
  Speaker 2: I can't sit up here and tell you the x's
• 4:12
  Speaker 2: and o's are gonna be different. But coaches put us
• 4:15
  Speaker 2: in We have some great coaches that put us in
• 4:17
  Speaker 2: situations to let us prepare at the high level. And again,
• 4:20
  Speaker 2: it just starts with trust and love and you know,
• 4:22
  Speaker 2: being there, picking your teammates up, being there for one another.
• 4:25
  Speaker 3: And I think we did a good job at that.
• 4:26
  Speaker 2: And you know, that's free.
• 4:29
  Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying.
• 4:30
  Speaker 6: That takes you know, yeah, you said, this is the
• 4:36
  Speaker 6: most fun you've had. So what will you remember most
• 4:37
  Speaker 6: about this season?
• 4:42
  Speaker 2: You know, personally, you know, continue just being in the moment,
• 4:47
  Speaker 2: enjoying every game, enjoying enjoying the next day after a loss,
• 4:52
  Speaker 2: and knowing that we're going to prepare our butts off
• 4:54
  Speaker 2: and we're going to compete in practice, and we're going
• 4:56
  Speaker 2: to continue to be at a high level that the
• 4:59
  Speaker 2: following day just so we can respond. And not only myself,
• 5:02
  Speaker 2: but everybody took hold of that. And when we have
• 5:05
  Speaker 2: a guys, and this again, this was one of the
• 5:07
  Speaker 2: first times where I felt surrounded by guys that wanted
• 5:11
  Speaker 2: to be great, guys that sacrificed them body, guys that
• 5:14
  Speaker 2: wanted greatness from their teammates and told them about it
• 5:17
  Speaker 2: and sacrificed themselves about it. And so for me, it
• 5:20
  Speaker 2: was a lot of fun to be around a lot
• 5:21
  Speaker 2: of that. Obviously, the team's gonna be a little different.
• 5:25
  Speaker 2: But again, like you know, you do come back, or
• 5:28
  Speaker 2: if you do come back, man, just let's continue that.
• 5:31
  Speaker 3: Let's not forget this moment, continue to grow from here.
• 5:33
  Speaker 2: We just played a good team, So shout out to them.
• 5:37
  Speaker 2: They earned it and hopefully you.
• 5:40
  Speaker 3: Know they do what they do.
• 5:43
  Speaker 7: Josh, when you hear Liam say everything that you guys
• 5:45
  Speaker 7: have accomplished in terms of setting the standard and all
• 5:48
  Speaker 7: that went into getting to this point, all the things
• 5:51
  Speaker 7: that you guys have to be proud of over the
• 5:52
  Speaker 7: course of the season that you can carry into the future,
• 5:55
  Speaker 7: how do you balance that without minimizing the disappointment of
• 6:00
  Speaker 7: losing today?
• 6:03
  Speaker 2: WHOA that took a little turn right there.
• 6:05
  Speaker 7: I can rephrase that if I I think I see
• 6:08
  Speaker 7: what you're saying.
• 6:10
  Speaker 2: You know, for me, man, for us as a team,
• 6:12
  Speaker 2: and obviously we hate losing first and foremost, you know this,
• 6:16
  Speaker 2: it's not gonna sit right. It shouldn't sit right. But again,
• 6:19
  Speaker 2: these are opportunities to grow. And again I'm gonna look
• 6:22
  Speaker 2: at this opportunity and obviously we can't come to practice,
• 6:25
  Speaker 2: you know, we can't practice another day, We can't go
• 6:28
  Speaker 2: through another day. So how am I gonna be able
• 6:29
  Speaker 2: to grow be ready for my team next year? And
• 6:33
  Speaker 2: I think that's the way we need to look at it.
• 6:34
  Speaker 2: So we're all disappointed, you know, but we all should
• 6:38
  Speaker 2: be happy with the growth that each individual has taken.
• 6:40
  Speaker 2: Jarring had a hell of a year for a guy
• 6:42
  Speaker 2: that didn't start, the guy that rotated, the guy that
• 6:45
  Speaker 2: just but he fit when we when his number was called,
• 6:48
  Speaker 2: he showed up.
• 6:49
  Speaker 3: You know.
• 6:50
  Speaker 2: Aj d Ham was the best nos in the nash
• 6:52
  Speaker 2: football Again today he did the same thing, continue to
• 6:55
  Speaker 2: play at a high level. There's areas where we need
• 6:58
  Speaker 2: to improve, I think not I think I know there's
• 7:01
  Speaker 2: areas we need to improve, and coaches know that, and
• 7:04
  Speaker 2: I think they're gonna do a good job on putting
• 7:08
  Speaker 2: us in good, good position to be successful.
• 7:10
  Speaker 5: Can you just sum up today and sort of how
• 7:13
  Speaker 5: that does that color the way this season went for you?
• 7:17
  Speaker 5: Personally and for this team.
• 7:20
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a you know, tough way to end
• 7:23
  Speaker 3: this year.
• 7:24
  Speaker 8: It's been a it's been a fun year, and you know,
• 7:26
  Speaker 8: it's it's hard to kind of put you describe it.
• 7:29
  Speaker 8: I guess put the words the right words to it,
• 7:32
  Speaker 8: just because there's so much work that's put into it
• 7:35
  Speaker 8: in any season. And then you look at the year
• 7:38
  Speaker 8: we've had and and some of the adversity and and
• 7:40
  Speaker 8: just the way we finished the year and the confidence
• 7:43
  Speaker 8: we were playing with and then for it to end,
• 7:45
  Speaker 8: it just ends. So suddenly, you know, when you have
• 7:47
  Speaker 8: a game like that, and obviously you think you're you're
• 7:50
  Speaker 8: gonna keep rolling and you're playing on playing next week,
• 7:52
  Speaker 8: and you know it's to playoff football, and you got
• 7:54
  Speaker 8: to close out those games. And we weren't able to
• 7:56
  Speaker 8: do it today, and they made a few more plays
• 7:58
  Speaker 8: than us, and so that part's just appointing, you know.
• 8:01
  Speaker 8: But just the group, you know, the feelings towards this
• 8:04
  Speaker 8: team and the coaching staff is it's been a lot
• 8:06
  Speaker 8: of fun.
• 8:06
  Speaker 3: It's been awesome working with everyone.
• 8:09
  Speaker 8: So much time and work has been put into it,
• 8:11
  Speaker 8: and I'm proud of that. You know, there's a lot
• 8:13
  Speaker 8: of plays today that you know, I'd love to have back,
• 8:15
  Speaker 8: and I wish it would have gone a little differently, but
• 8:17
  Speaker 8: there's no question the work put in and you know,
• 8:20
  Speaker 8: the preparation and all the stuff that goes into it.
• 8:23
  Speaker 8: You know, we were ready to go, and we just
• 8:24
  Speaker 8: didn't make quite a place Trevor outside the thirty four
• 8:28
  Speaker 8: yard or of Parker and the first half not a lot.
• 8:30
  Speaker 3: Of things down.
• 8:31
  Speaker 4: You know, what were they doing to take that away
• 8:32
  Speaker 4: from you?
• 8:34
  Speaker 8: You know, that's that's kind of their mo is on
• 8:36
  Speaker 8: that defense. You know, they wanted to play shell, top
• 8:39
  Speaker 8: down defense, not going to not give up the big plays.
• 8:40
  Speaker 8: We just weren't good enough, taking some underneath the throws early,
• 8:43
  Speaker 8: keeping us in manageable and got behind the chains a couple
• 8:46
  Speaker 8: of times. So that's it's no secret what they want
• 8:48
  Speaker 8: to do defensively. And I thought, you look at what
• 8:51
  Speaker 8: we did in the second half and some answers we had,
• 8:52
  Speaker 8: We did some great things. So it's a it's a
• 8:56
  Speaker 8: playoff game. You know, it's going to be a back
• 8:57
  Speaker 8: and forth. There's going to be possessions that aren't perfect,
• 9:00
  Speaker 8: and you know, we kept battling and it's a shame
• 9:03
  Speaker 8: the way it ended. And like I said, just to
• 9:05
  Speaker 8: not be able to finish it, but to put ourselves
• 9:06
  Speaker 8: in a position. I mean, we did something. We made
• 9:08
  Speaker 8: some adjustments that were necessary, and I did feel like
• 9:11
  Speaker 8: offensively we made the right changes as we went, you know,
• 9:14
  Speaker 8: throughout the game.
• 9:15
  Speaker 1: Of a big picture, What is thirteen wins and a
• 9:18
  Speaker 1: home playoff do for you guys moving forward? Does it
• 9:21
  Speaker 1: like set? This raises the bar I assume for everything else.
• 9:26
  Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, it's not even I'm not even there
• 9:28
  Speaker 8: yet in my mind. You know, It's just it's it's
• 9:29
  Speaker 8: hard to get here. It's hard to win as many
• 9:31
  Speaker 8: games as we did and win the division and then
• 9:34
  Speaker 8: have this opportunity, and like I said, for it, you know,
• 9:37
  Speaker 8: it's it's still fresh losing that game today, and like
• 9:40
  Speaker 8: I said, you know, we feel like, you know, we
• 9:42
  Speaker 8: can beat anyone on any day, and felt like that
• 9:45
  Speaker 8: today in Buffalo, like I said, made a few more plays,
• 9:48
  Speaker 8: So that's still fresh, and not even really thinking about
• 9:50
  Speaker 8: next year. I have so much confidence in this group
• 9:53
  Speaker 8: and the staff and the direction we're heading. But that
• 9:56
  Speaker 8: doesn't make you feel better about the season ending today
• 9:59
  Speaker 8: when we we feel like.
• 10:00
  Speaker 3: There was more out there for us.
• 10:02
  Speaker 8: So it's it's still really really disappointing, and you know,
• 10:04
  Speaker 8: guys care a lot about it, and that's why we're
• 10:06
  Speaker 8: all feeling this way.
• 10:08
  Speaker 4: Trevor, what was one more for me on the interception
• 10:11
  Speaker 4: the first half, Trevor, would you see for fifty?
• 10:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah?
• 10:15
  Speaker 8: It was just cover two and you know, the mic
• 10:17
  Speaker 8: opened up to the field and I was just a
• 10:19
  Speaker 8: little late on the throat to Parker, so he read
• 10:21
  Speaker 8: my eyes back and made a play on it. So
• 10:24
  Speaker 8: it felt like I sawid coverage and knew where I
• 10:26
  Speaker 8: was going with the ball, just a little bit late
• 10:28
  Speaker 8: and didn't do a good enough job of holding him
• 10:29
  Speaker 8: and he got back in on the play.
• 10:31
  Speaker 6: Sure. What was Liam's message to you guys afterwards of
• 10:33
  Speaker 6: all you accomplished, but obviously the disappointment of today.
• 10:37
  Speaker 8: Yeah, I think that, you know, and just you talked
• 10:39
  Speaker 8: about how proud he was to coach this group, and
• 10:42
  Speaker 8: you know how how much fun it was and rewarding
• 10:44
  Speaker 8: it was to coach us, and you know, and we
• 10:46
  Speaker 8: feel the same way as players. Uh, just the you know,
• 10:50
  Speaker 8: we're all in this together, and just the camaraderie between
• 10:53
  Speaker 8: the players but also between players and staff. It was
• 10:57
  Speaker 8: it was a really cool team, special year and sucks
• 11:00
  Speaker 8: because you're never gonna have the exact same group again.
• 11:02
  Speaker 8: So I think that's what that's the worst part is
• 11:04
  Speaker 8: it's over and a lot there's gonna be a lot
• 11:06
  Speaker 8: of things to stay the same, but it's never always
• 11:08
  Speaker 8: it's never the exact same group. So I wish we
• 11:10
  Speaker 8: could have made a couple more plays to keep this
• 11:12
  Speaker 8: thing going and it'll be playing next week, but that's
• 11:14
  Speaker 8: not the reality.
• 11:15
  Speaker 3: So uh yeah, I mean it was.
• 11:17
  Speaker 8: It's tough, and you know, he got a good message
• 11:19
  Speaker 8: for us, and we appreciate him. He's he's a hell
• 11:21
  Speaker 8: of a coach and I can't can't think of one better,
• 11:24
  Speaker 8: So appreciate him.
• 11:27
  Speaker 4: Hey, Trevor, I know it's still fresh, but but just
• 11:30
  Speaker 4: in terms of what you guys were able to accomplish
• 11:33
  Speaker 4: this season, what kind of gives you confidence, you know
• 11:36
  Speaker 4: moving forward that this this team and I know it's
• 11:38
  Speaker 4: like this all say together, but but this team can
• 11:40
  Speaker 4: continue to have pausitive outcomes.
• 11:43
  Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, it's, uh, you gotta earn it every year.
• 11:45
  Speaker 8: So I'm not gonna say that there's there's no guarantee.
• 11:48
  Speaker 8: There's no guaranteed success in this business or in this league,
• 11:51
  Speaker 8: you know, you gotta earn it every week. You know,
• 11:52
  Speaker 8: we're gonna have to I have to take some time.
• 11:54
  Speaker 8: We're gonna have to have a great offseason and you know,
• 11:57
  Speaker 8: get back into it, you know, in a few months
• 11:59
  Speaker 8: and prepare the right way, and it's gonna be a
• 12:02
  Speaker 8: new team and a new journey that we got to
• 12:03
  Speaker 8: go on, and we got to earn it every week.
• 12:04
  Speaker 8: So there's no guaranteed success. But I do feel like
• 12:07
  Speaker 8: this is sustainable. The things that we're doing, I know,
• 12:10
  Speaker 8: offensively and defensively. I mean, just both sides of the ball.
• 12:13
  Speaker 8: Had a hell of a year when it got down
• 12:14
  Speaker 8: to the end where we finished and the growth that
• 12:16
  Speaker 8: we that we had, and I know what we're doing offensively,
• 12:20
  Speaker 8: I feel like I got it, you know, complete ownership
• 12:22
  Speaker 8: over it and mastered it as the year went on.
• 12:25
  Speaker 8: Have a lot of confidence in that the players, coaches.
• 12:27
  Speaker 8: Like I said, so, I do feel like it's sustainable.
• 12:31
  Speaker 8: But you have to earn it every year. It's not
• 12:32
  Speaker 8: just gonna happen. So I mean, that's I guess that's
• 12:34
  Speaker 8: the best way to put it.
• 12:37
  Speaker 7: Trevor, I'm curious if looking back to the playoff loss
• 12:40
  Speaker 7: in Kansas City. If there's anything that you took away
• 12:43
  Speaker 7: from that loss, whether it was a lesson or just
• 12:45
  Speaker 7: a moment of growth that sort of stuck with you,
• 12:46
  Speaker 7: whether it was shorter or long term.
• 12:48
  Speaker 3: And then if it's possible.
• 12:49
  Speaker 7: If it's not too soon, you know, from today's loss,
• 12:52
  Speaker 7: if you can carry that lesson into today. And I'm
• 12:55
  Speaker 7: just curious if there's anything that you could take from today.
• 12:59
  Speaker 8: Yeah, there's a lot of things you don't have to
• 13:00
  Speaker 8: think about today a little bit more just because it
• 13:03
  Speaker 8: is it is fresh, and there's a lot of stuff
• 13:05
  Speaker 8: that you know, I want to watch the tape and
• 13:06
  Speaker 8: kind of see what happened. But I think in any
• 13:11
  Speaker 8: playoff game, it's you know, mistakes are always magnified just
• 13:15
  Speaker 8: because it always comes down to the end. You don't
• 13:16
  Speaker 8: see a lot of blowouts in the playoffs. You know,
• 13:19
  Speaker 8: everyone is it's everything's on the line, everyone's fighting to
• 13:22
  Speaker 8: keep playing. And you know, so whether it's turnovers or
• 13:25
  Speaker 8: turnover on downs. We had two, we had three of those.
• 13:27
  Speaker 8: I guess today total those add up and those take
• 13:31
  Speaker 8: points off the board. And you know, like I talked
• 13:34
  Speaker 8: about the one I had in the first half, and
• 13:35
  Speaker 8: you know, I got to be better than cleaner there,
• 13:37
  Speaker 8: and some things just happen and you got to be
• 13:38
  Speaker 8: able to overcome them. But the reality is you take
• 13:41
  Speaker 8: points off the board. These games are gonna be one
• 13:43
  Speaker 8: score games and you're gonna need them at the end.
• 13:44
  Speaker 8: So I wish, I wish we played cleaner in certain areas.
• 13:48
  Speaker 8: I wish I you know, made you know, one or
• 13:50
  Speaker 8: two decisions a little bit differently through a better ball
• 13:54
  Speaker 8: here or there. And it's you gotta live with it.
• 13:56
  Speaker 3: It's life. You know, you can't you don't get do over.
• 13:58
  Speaker 3: So that's it's a bummer.
• 14:00
  Speaker 8: But I know that we left everything out there, you know,
• 14:02
  Speaker 8: I know I put everything into this this year, and
• 14:05
  Speaker 8: it sucks that we don't get to keep playing a
• 14:06
  Speaker 8: special group and you know, people don't get to keep
• 14:08
  Speaker 8: watching us, and our fans have been awesome all year.
• 14:10
  Speaker 8: But yeah, there's a lot that I guess to answer
• 14:13
  Speaker 8: your question is playoffs is just these plays here and
• 14:17
  Speaker 8: there you think about and you know everyone's trying their
• 14:20
  Speaker 8: best to make every play, but it's just the attention
• 14:22
  Speaker 8: to detail is so important, and taking care of the
• 14:24
  Speaker 8: ball is magnified all those things. Is you know, Yeah,
• 14:28
  Speaker 8: thank You'll appreciate it,