[v ] I blocked well, I was physical, I didn't let myself be guarded, ... They didn't do a great job covering me, I just didn't make the plays like the easy catches or the read with Jake downfield. |
A lot of media are going to point the finger at him, but this was not Jake's fault. |
A lot of people right now say my production is low. Actually, anyone who looks at the tape knows our system dictates that, because we're a running team. |
Every year I would miss a couple days with my legs and stuff like that. I was trying to see if I come in early it's going to help that out. So far, my legs are good. |
He puts up Ws for us when he plays smart, |
He puts up Ws for us when he plays smart. |
He's definitely been playing a lot smarter. He's not trying to make every single play. It's a credit to him understanding and accepting his role on the team. He puts up wins for us when he plays smart like that. |
He's just played smarter. That's why we're winning games, because he hasn't been forcing balls, he's been making the right reads. |
He's not forcing balls. Second-and-10 or something like that, he'll throw it away. It's the plays that people don't really look at. I think last year there were a lot of times he would try to force it in to make plays. |
I blocked well, I was physical, I didn't let myself be guarded, ... They didn't do a great job covering me, I just didn't make the plays like the easy catches or the read with Jake downfield. |
I'm not sure how much that affected us, being down. I think it might have put a little bit of fire in us coming out in the third quarter. People started realizing the season could be over if we didn't get something done. |
If I would have come in and watched this film and not seen myself, even after the drops, just going hard and competing, I probably would lose a little confidence, ... But I was still trying to make plays, and that kind of boosts my confidence up. |
If we want to win games, we have to improve on third downs and in the red zone. It's as simple as that. I don't think we did that great (Sunday). We did better than last week, but it wasn't enough. |
It might have been an ugly game, but it was against a Super Bowl team. We knew it would be ugly; we just had to make more plays than they did. |
It was the way he went about his business. I can take that into my game. |