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Press Pass | “There was no quit.” Mac Jones on First Jaguars Win as Starter · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: The defense really giving us a chance throughout the game,
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  Speaker 1: and the offensive line Cole for stepping in there, you know,
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  Speaker 1: first start. So just all that stuff was really good,
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  Speaker 1: and I thought the guys responded and we didn't quit
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  Speaker 1: this time, which is really important for us moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: There was no quit. Could you talk a little bit
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  Speaker 1: about I don't know how much more satisfaction you get
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  Speaker 1: from a play that works exactly as scripted or the
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  Speaker 1: play that breaks down and you end up making something
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  Speaker 1: out of it. Yeah, could you talk about that play
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  Speaker 1: and the throw it Brian? Yeah, I think it was
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  Speaker 1: just a great job by him. We talked about it
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  Speaker 1: and scramble rules and stuff, and I kind of got
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  Speaker 1: stuck on one of my reads and you know, I
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  Speaker 1: had to evade. Really it was a good pocket, so
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  Speaker 1: I could have just stood in there and threw it,
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  Speaker 1: but I kind of made it harder than it needed
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  Speaker 1: to be. But it was a great job of him
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  Speaker 1: just catching it. And he had another explosive play before
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  Speaker 1: that on the on the deep Crosser, so it was
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  Speaker 1: really just had to get him going, and I appreciate
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  Speaker 1: him for saying patient sometimes, you know, I definitely feel
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  Speaker 1: like I could have got him the ball earlier to
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  Speaker 1: get him going, you know, just a couple of touches
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  Speaker 1: and he was definitely open. So I'm sure I'll watch
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  Speaker 1: it and see that. You said, you made it harder
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  Speaker 1: than you needed to be, but you did get out
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  Speaker 1: of it on my left side. I mean that's what
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  Speaker 1: created for sure. Yeah, I have to watch it. I
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  Speaker 1: just kind of speak off instinct and it's definitely something
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  Speaker 1: I've worked on. So I'm going to continue to grow
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  Speaker 1: in that area. And at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, our defense gave us a chance to
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  Speaker 1: be in that position, and at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 1: our best player made a good play. You get thrust
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  Speaker 1: into this position here, obviously unfortunate incident. Yeah, start team right.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, everything that's happening before in the NFL career
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  Speaker 1: for sure is this. How does this weigh on you? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean I know it's really hard to win in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, and I've learned that the hard way, and
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  Speaker 1: I've always you know, followed that mantra of just the
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  Speaker 1: wins a win and you can play really well and
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  Speaker 1: lose and play not so good and win, and it
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  Speaker 1: just takes that one or two plays each game. So
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  Speaker 1: I told the young guys that that's the learning lesson here.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel like we played with a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more swag today and I know we're going to continue
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  Speaker 1: to do that offense defensive specialty. We're not gonna be scared,
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  Speaker 1: So we just got to keep that going. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: think just as the game went on, he did a
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  Speaker 1: good job getting opened. He was open all game, but
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  Speaker 1: I just kind of have to give him the ball
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  Speaker 1: earlier and let him settle in. You know, as a rookie,
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  Speaker 1: I've been there, you want to get to get some catches,
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  Speaker 1: get going feeling good. And all the other guys too
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  Speaker 1: like that. They're making plays and running backs and tank
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  Speaker 1: on that touchdown and stuff. So, uh, we just got
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  Speaker 1: to find a way to be a little bit more consistent.
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  Speaker 1: But like I said, we didn't roll over and quit
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  Speaker 1: this time, and and that's important. How did you guys not? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: for sure, A great question. I mean, I've been there
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  Speaker 1: a lot of times and I've I've played not so
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  Speaker 1: great in the first half and kind of let it
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  Speaker 1: affect the next half. And I told the guys and
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  Speaker 1: I told myself that I'm not letting that happen today,
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  Speaker 1: and we kind of just went out there and responded.
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  Speaker 1: And it all comes down to communication. I think sometimes
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  Speaker 1: you know you're not talking with the guys if stuff's
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  Speaker 1: not going good. You just got to keep pushing and
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  Speaker 1: play each play one play at a time. And they
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  Speaker 1: definitely responded. So I definitely got to watch it and
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  Speaker 1: get better. But at the end of the day, that's
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  Speaker 1: the NFL. Three straight plays on the right side, two
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  Speaker 1: sideline in the utembis rewin motion for sure to the
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  Speaker 1: right side. I mean, is that just a just an
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  Speaker 1: example of why you know he is the best player
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  Speaker 1: because you don't you don't usually go to the same
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  Speaker 1: guy three straight times for sure. Yeah, And and they
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  Speaker 1: were doing as always, the defense is going to do
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  Speaker 1: things to take him away, but he still found a
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  Speaker 1: way to get open and we had time with the
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  Speaker 1: offensive line. I thought they did a great job. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think maybe it was one sack, I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: but something like that. So that's really good as a quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: You feel good back there against a really good defense,
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  Speaker 1: a well coached defense that will play again here soon.
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  Speaker 1: Could you talk a little bit about, you know, whether
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  Speaker 1: it's relief or just feel like you got a monkey
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  Speaker 1: off your back to be able to get the first
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  Speaker 1: win for your home count team. Yeah, for sure. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: as I said, it's I remember when I was a
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  Speaker 1: younger player and we would win, and maybe I didn't
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  Speaker 1: play as good or whatever, and I was I wasn't
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  Speaker 1: as happy. But once you win this league, it's it's amazing.
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  Speaker 1: It's just a great feeling and you want to do
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  Speaker 1: it again. So one win is not going to define anybody.
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  Speaker 1: One loss isn't going to define anybody. So you just
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  Speaker 1: got to keep moving forward and like I said, play
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  Speaker 1: with the swag that we did today. Thanks appreciate