WEBVTT - Press Conference: Zach Ertz October 28

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I mean we ran kind of a similar player

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<v Speaker 1>early in the game when I broke to the post. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>m I kind of lost my footing on the play.

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<v Speaker 1>So the presentation is pretty much the same presentation. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you winden your release and then you kind of give

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<v Speaker 1>a heavy nod to the post and then run a corner.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was it was It was a play that

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<v Speaker 1>we've had for a long time, and it was really

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<v Speaker 1>the first time we've called it. So it was a

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<v Speaker 1>really good play design and I thought it was really

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<v Speaker 1>good throw and I just try to go up and

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<v Speaker 1>make a play. I mean, it was huge. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we had all the reason to make excuses for this week,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of adversity, not getting a lot of sleep

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday night, flying seven hours, going right to meetings. But

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<v Speaker 1>the thing about this locker room is that it's a

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<v Speaker 1>full of guys that really love the game of football.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone really loves to compete and play for the person

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<v Speaker 1>next to them, and so we just wanted to go

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<v Speaker 1>out there and play full sixty minutes. That was a

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<v Speaker 1>message this entire week. You know, we've put games, we've

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<v Speaker 1>put drives, we've put quarters together, but we really haven't

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<v Speaker 1>put a sixty minute game together, and so I was

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<v Speaker 1>proud of the way we battled today for full sixty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes against a really good defense. From an offensive standpoint, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I thought, I mean, the guy is as

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<v Speaker 1>mentally strong as they come. He's never gonna show that

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<v Speaker 1>he's down. He's always looking forward to the next play.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that really resonates with a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>guys in this locker room because we understand that we

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<v Speaker 1>have so much talent on offense. Obviously, we faced a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of adversity today too. On the offense side of

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<v Speaker 1>the ball. We lost the best right talk in the league.

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<v Speaker 1>JP was out for a little bit, and we were

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<v Speaker 1>still able to move the ball. Obviously early in the game,

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<v Speaker 1>if we finished touchdowns, the game is really a different game.

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<v Speaker 1>So the red zone we gotta be bettering. But I

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<v Speaker 1>thought that improved as we continued. We kind of got

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<v Speaker 1>a feeling for how they were playing us, and Carson's

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<v Speaker 1>the stud I mean, he's one of the best players

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<v Speaker 1>in the league, and that his play kind of speaks

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<v Speaker 1>for himself. Yeah, it's huge. I mean, we got a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of good playmakers on this offense, but the game

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<v Speaker 1>plan is gonna be dictated, and who gets the ball

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna be dictated by what the defense is giving up. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>We're not going into a game saying eighty six has

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<v Speaker 1>to have this many targets. Seven teams gonna have that

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<v Speaker 1>many targets. Um, we're gonna Carson's the type of quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not gonna lock into a guy. He's gonna go

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<v Speaker 1>to the guy who who the scheme is getting open,

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<v Speaker 1>who who who? They're kind of dictating who should get

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<v Speaker 1>the ball. Um, And a game like today was it was.

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<v Speaker 1>It was really good to see Nelson Jay Matt have

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<v Speaker 1>some big plays. It really opened up the offense. Really

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<v Speaker 1>really happy for Dallas having that long touchdown showing some

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<v Speaker 1>emotion finally. Um, So, I mean it was that's the

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<v Speaker 1>type of football that we want to play. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean it was a little slick obviously, a little wet, um,

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<v Speaker 1>a little muddy, um, But overall I thought it held

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<v Speaker 1>up pretty well. Um. I think I've slipped one time, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>Keimo when in the game, never want to happen. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>But we spoke about it last night that we weren't

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<v Speaker 1>going to let that be an excuse for us. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>Guy slipped that's part of the game. UM. But that

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't gonna be an excuse no matter how the game went. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I loved it. I mean, this game was honestly a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of fun. Um. It was kind of a Super

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl experience in the sense that there's a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>going on than just a football game. Um. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of fun. I loved hearing the other national

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<v Speaker 1>anthem and during warm up, I thought it was really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved how everyone was singing it as a collective group, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>and knowing kind of the history of the soccer and

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<v Speaker 1>how passionate soccer fans are football to you guys, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a really cool environment. Obviously, it is kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a spectacle UM. And I did like playing here

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<v Speaker 1>a lot honestly. Yeah. I mean, obviously those two games

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<v Speaker 1>didn't didn't end the way we wanted them to. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>But we continue to preach sixty minutes this week and

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<v Speaker 1>that was that was the message that stuck with us

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<v Speaker 1>that no matter what was going on in the game,

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<v Speaker 1>that we were gonna play a full sixty minutes and

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<v Speaker 1>we were gonna execute UM, and we wanted to finish

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<v Speaker 1>the game with the ball in our hands. As an offense.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't want to give the Jaguars a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>go down there and make some plays. Um. We've put

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of pride in executing as an offense, especially

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<v Speaker 1>late in the game when teams know what we're gonna do. UM,

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<v Speaker 1>and still having the execution ability to go there and

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<v Speaker 1>make plays and finish with the football. UM. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think that was a big stepping stone for our offense. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>if he freaking got the ball to me, it wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have been needed it. But I mean the guy, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>nothing surprised me with that guy. Everyone always says, were

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<v Speaker 1>you surprised he does this? Was he surprised he does that? Um?

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<v Speaker 1>He knew exactly what happened the moment he threw the ball. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>And to have the knowledge and the wherewithal to catch

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<v Speaker 1>the ball and know exactly where the first down marker

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<v Speaker 1>was just speaks to how competitive he is, speaks to

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<v Speaker 1>his football iq UM, and he makes our job very

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<v Speaker 1>easy as uh as receivers as skill position players,