Speaker 1: The first down, there was other move Did you feel
Speaker 1: lively out there? How do you describe your movement? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean obviously going through progressions and trying to hit
Speaker 1: guys first on third down, And I felt early on
Speaker 1: New England did a good job just with scheming us
Speaker 1: up with our plays and stuff, and you know, we
Speaker 1: had guys running with them anticipating our routes, I felt like,
Speaker 1: And so anyways, just going through progressions and then at
Speaker 1: the end, I'm all right, you know we need four
Speaker 1: yards here and eight yards here, and and uh so
Speaker 1: I just tried making the play with my legs and
Speaker 1: was able to move the chain. So yeah, it felt
Speaker 1: good though, like early on sort of just moving and
Speaker 1: getting into the game. It felt like so.
Speaker 2: Much about efficiency and completions and patience. I don't know
Speaker 2: if I've ever seen you throw this many deep strikes in
Speaker 2: the game today. What was what was there for the taking?
Speaker 2: You thought?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we were just ready for any I
Speaker 1: mean that that's the case for every game. Is we're
Speaker 1: ready for if they present certain coverage and then we
Speaker 1: have you know, a shot or an opportunity ready and
Speaker 1: we just got to execute and capitalize on them. And
Speaker 1: so for this game, there's a couple of plays where
Speaker 1: you know, their safeties were low and when we had
Speaker 1: guys going deep with Debo and JJ and and uh
Speaker 1: So for me, we talked about it on the sideline
Speaker 1: and and I was sort of aggressive to seeing that
Speaker 1: and and let it rip and trust those guys get
Speaker 1: under it and make plays. And that's what they did.
Speaker 1: So it was a nice bi able to connect on
Speaker 1: you know, those deeper routes and stuff like that and
Speaker 1: put that on tape and and give us all some
Speaker 1: confidence boom forward with with the deep ball.
Speaker 2: They usually play a lot of man coverage. Were they
Speaker 2: doing different things today and.
Speaker 1: More and more zone? Uh no, I think they did.
Speaker 1: They did a lot of man but with just like
Speaker 1: anticipating with their safeties, like looking guys up crossing the
Speaker 1: field and stuff and and you know sort of just
Speaker 1: ready for some of the routes that we had on
Speaker 1: And so I thought they did a good job with that,
Speaker 1: and and you know sort of making the plays that
Speaker 1: contested catch kind of play or and things like that.
Speaker 1: So you know, props to them, they did a good job.
Speaker 1: We've been doing more.
Speaker 2: Of that this year, sort of taking away those middle
Speaker 2: round the crossing routes that have been you know, your
Speaker 2: your bread and butter. Uh in recent seasons.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like, you know, in the past couple
Speaker 1: of seasons that's been you know, something that you know,
Speaker 1: we're sort of known for. But you know, people scheme
Speaker 1: us up and they do a good job with just
Speaker 1: leverage and taking away certain routes and and so for us,
Speaker 1: that's that's a good opportunity for us to be able
Speaker 1: to adapt and and work on different things as well.
Speaker 1: So every team is different. They presented a new challenge
Speaker 1: and stuff, but this week was a lot of you know,
Speaker 1: man coverage and and sort of you know, they did
Speaker 1: a good job of just funneling everything back to the
Speaker 1: middle of the field. So they did a good job
Speaker 1: with it. Reading on the Kittle touchdown certainly wasn't wide
Speaker 1: open there would just let them make a play. Like
Speaker 1: you said, Yeah, I mean, you know, the play was
Speaker 1: for him to break out and then go up. It
Speaker 1: was more of a third down play, but we thought
Speaker 1: we'd get the look for it down there. And so
Speaker 1: I saw him break out and then I would getting hit.
Speaker 1: So I was like, I just need to get my
Speaker 1: guy shot here and give him a chance, So just
Speaker 1: put it up for him and let him come down
Speaker 1: with it. So but uh, he made a he made
Speaker 1: a great play, more way better than a better throw
Speaker 1: than that was like he made he made the play.
Speaker 1: So that's that's George. You are Championship game against Lions today.
Speaker 1: At times, I mean, you're a willing to scramble and run,
Speaker 1: maybe more prevalent than do a lot in college. How
Speaker 1: is it different what you're doing now with your legs,
Speaker 1: if at all, than kind of what you did in college.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not dropping back thinking all right, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna act like I'm gonna, you know, throw and then
Speaker 1: just run and try to make a play. It's not
Speaker 1: like that. You know, I'm still I'm a quarterback. I'm
Speaker 1: trying to go through my reads and hit my guys
Speaker 1: and move the chains that way. And that's the position
Speaker 1: that I play and I take pride in that. And
Speaker 1: so when something's not there and teams to drop eight
Speaker 1: and they're rushing three, and the last last week we
Speaker 1: saw a play where they dropped nine and rush two,
Speaker 1: and so for for me, it's like knowing that, like
Speaker 1: I'm still gonna go through my progression, try to hit
Speaker 1: my guys and windows when I can, but if not,
Speaker 1: then I feel like, you know, I have, you know,
Speaker 1: just just the right amount of athleticism to to move
Speaker 1: and and make plays. So I don't need to be
Speaker 1: a freak athlete and all kind of stuff. I know
Speaker 1: who I am. But if something presents itself, then you know,
Speaker 1: I'm willing to do what it takes for our team
Speaker 1: to move the chains and use my.
Speaker 2: Legs like you're just.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, I think my ten yards split, just
Speaker 1: to give you guys some perspectives, is faster than Christians
Speaker 1: and debo. I think you guys can fact check me.
Speaker 1: But uh, that's what I mean. Like, I think I
Speaker 1: just have enough to get out of the pocket and
Speaker 1: make a play, pick up five seven yards here or there.
Speaker 1: So I'm not Lamar Jackson's by any means, But anyways,
Speaker 1: do it takes you today? Uh?
Speaker 2: Big goals for Mason and for the most part you
Speaker 2: were upright.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I thought they did a really good job, man,
Speaker 1: Just obviously it starts with the run and and for
Speaker 1: those guys to be able to give Mason the lanes
Speaker 1: that he had was huge. And then in the past game, man,
Speaker 1: I thought they did a great job. You know, there's
Speaker 1: some looks where it's a little crazy and stuff in there,
Speaker 1: but you know, I think they did an amazing job
Speaker 1: giving me time. A lot of me see guys downfield
Speaker 1: and hit those third level throws. So that's a prop
Speaker 1: to them. Man. So they had a chip on their
Speaker 1: shoulder this week at practice and we all did and
Speaker 1: so and with that being said, I still think we
Speaker 1: can all collectively as an offensive and it'd be better
Speaker 1: and execute and situations. So but very proud of those guys.
Speaker 1: Uh interception BA across the middle of the field. I
Speaker 1: saw him early and then I went to lead him
Speaker 1: and I didn't see Jibriel Peppers. He sort of fell
Speaker 1: off and uh and got it. So Uh's something that
Speaker 1: you know, I got to move on to my progressions
Speaker 1: and and not be greedy. I think I hitched to
Speaker 1: him two or three times, which is just isn't good
Speaker 1: as a quarterback, Like you go through your progressions based
Speaker 1: off of your hitches and you read with your feet
Speaker 1: and that when I got greedy, I saw him across
Speaker 1: the middle and and Gabriel made a good play