WEBVTT - Press Pass: Zach Ertz October 21

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<v Speaker 1>Zach, what are your what are your thoughts right now?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you do you take away from this game? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm disappointed, obviously, I'm seventeen nothing. I've kind of been

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<v Speaker 1>in the same same belt a couple of weeks ago. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta find a way to finish. I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not the ending of the game that I envisioned. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta keep our foot on the gas. Can't have

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<v Speaker 1>I had a mental mistake, little little things at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the game. Get back to bite you, even things,

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<v Speaker 1>even little mistakes that you're doing at the beginning to

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<v Speaker 1>get other game. I'm back to by you. Tough, tough loss. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>no other way to play it. Did you think the

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<v Speaker 1>team was beyond just kind of not closing. Um, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>like I don't really reflect on that. Like I was

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<v Speaker 1>just trying to take a week by week. Um, and

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<v Speaker 1>when we're up seventeen points in the fourth quarter, we

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<v Speaker 1>gotta we gotta win the game. I mean, that is

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom line. There's no other way to put it,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's no there's no feel good around. Hey, we

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<v Speaker 1>were up seventeen points. Out is really irrelevant. Um, when

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<v Speaker 1>you find a way to lose, like that given dominant

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<v Speaker 1>you guys worked throughout the four team. Where does this

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<v Speaker 1>loss for you guys? Yeah, I mean extremely difficult. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we pride ourselves on being a physical football team, a

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<v Speaker 1>team that wears teams down in the fourth quarter, and

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<v Speaker 1>there've been two times on the year where we've just

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<v Speaker 1>not finished and we gotta just play better in the

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<v Speaker 1>fourth quarter. We gotta finish games. I mean that is

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<v Speaker 1>the mindset. We gotta have the mentality that we're finishing

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<v Speaker 1>everything we start and we start off hot. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we were preaching for so many weeks we gotta start fast.

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<v Speaker 1>We got to start fast, um, and we're always finishing

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<v Speaker 1>well at the time, but now it's almost the opposite.

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<v Speaker 1>So we just got to get back to the basics,

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<v Speaker 1>focus on little things that don't let those little things

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<v Speaker 1>add up to um losses. At the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>was the worst loss of his career. Um, it's definitely, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>definitely up there. I mean I've been in unfortunately, I've

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<v Speaker 1>been in some losses where we really didn't have a chance.

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<v Speaker 1>This one hurts because we were we freaking had it. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>So I say, in terms of like gut wrenching, this

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<v Speaker 1>is freaking top two for sure, top three, um, some

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<v Speaker 1>other way to put it. Change n after that A

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<v Speaker 1>d you know clinic? Um yeah, I don't know, I though.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I didn't feel when did I didn't feel

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<v Speaker 1>gassed by any means. I can only speak for myself.

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<v Speaker 1>We pride ourselves on being one of the most well

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<v Speaker 1>conditioned teams in the league. Um, so in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>running out of gas, I don't think that was this year.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it comes down to execution down like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>like we let our foot out the gas. Uh No,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we just didn't execut. That's the bottom line.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like we were going out there and say,

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<v Speaker 1>oh we're good. Uh, we're seventeen nothing, the game is over. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>we just did next year. I mean, Theo's games have

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<v Speaker 1>about executions, and they executed much better than we did

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<v Speaker 1>in the fourth quarter down to stretch. Um. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to look back on the film. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think much change. They kind of played two man on

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<v Speaker 1>the third down the alshon um. But I mean those

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<v Speaker 1>guys were making players all day too. So al Sean

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas played extremely well. So he's gonna throw the ball too.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's ever open um, and so it is what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm challenging it to bounce back, you know called trip

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<v Speaker 1>later in the week. And yeah, I mean it's not

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<v Speaker 1>a deal. Obviously, wish we had a home game. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I was. We were playing on Thursday. Honestly, get this

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<v Speaker 1>freaking game out of our system. But I mean Jacksonville

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<v Speaker 1>is a physical football team, so and we just played

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<v Speaker 1>a really physical football team. So we gotta get our

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<v Speaker 1>bodies right, um, early in the week and then attack

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<v Speaker 1>this week of practice. Not gonna be a week where

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<v Speaker 1>we're just going through the motions by any means. We

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<v Speaker 1>gotta freaking attack this week. Um, and starts on Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 1>Was that defensive Carson? Oh yeah, Um, I'm not. It's

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<v Speaker 1>really not worth talking about. It's not what worth wasting

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<v Speaker 1>my breath over it. Um, it is what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought you hit Carson. There's a handoff, So that

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<v Speaker 1>is what it is. You talked about the physical challenge

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<v Speaker 1>of being ready for somebody. What about the mental challenge

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<v Speaker 1>of getting past what happened today? Yeah, I mean it

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<v Speaker 1>it is. It is tough. I mean, we just gotta

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<v Speaker 1>learn from it. We can't let this get our spirits down.

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<v Speaker 1>We got our whole season in front of us. I

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<v Speaker 1>know we keep saying that after every loss that we

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<v Speaker 1>can't get two down our whole seasons in front of us,

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<v Speaker 1>but a level of urgency we just gotta go. We

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<v Speaker 1>gotta find a way to win games. We're just letting

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<v Speaker 1>games slip where we have no business losing. UM. And

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<v Speaker 1>good teams, championship teams, like we said, and like we

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<v Speaker 1>think we are, do not let that happen. UM. And

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<v Speaker 1>so we got attack this week of practice. We got

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<v Speaker 1>attack the Jaguars on Sunday, UM, and then hopefully get

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<v Speaker 1>some time off to rest our bodies at least the

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<v Speaker 1>mess four press. Now, you guys see pressure. Um, I

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<v Speaker 1>think playing in the city there's always pressure to win

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<v Speaker 1>football games. I don't think, and from my perspective, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really I just try and go out there do

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<v Speaker 1>my job to the best of my abilities. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>really feel quote unquote pressure. UM. Playing in the city,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to do well because we have amazing fans. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>The home home atmosphere is second and none, so I

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<v Speaker 1>love playing here. The pressure is only to be the

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<v Speaker 1>best football team we can be. It's not outside pressure.

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<v Speaker 1>It's more internal pressure to be the best we can be.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how I viewed it. UM. I'm not saying what

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<v Speaker 1>he's saying is wrong by any means. UM. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to make that clear. UM, but I can only speak

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<v Speaker 1>for myself. Overshadowed in a way that game end is

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that Carson was having a phenomenal game and

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<v Speaker 1>specifically you know the baulk up between the two of you,

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<v Speaker 1>who can continue speak to that and he is really

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<v Speaker 1>on it on a role together. Yeah, we thought going

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<v Speaker 1>into the game there's gonna be opportunities for us to

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<v Speaker 1>be successful individually. UM. He found me early, found me

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<v Speaker 1>often early. UM. I just try to make the most

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<v Speaker 1>of it. When the number was called, I thought we

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<v Speaker 1>were pretty efficient. That's that's the key stat uh that

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<v Speaker 1>I look at is the efficiency the cat percentage. It's

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<v Speaker 1>got to be well over sixty five percent, seventy percent

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<v Speaker 1>seven plus um, and I thought we did that. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But it was all or not. It really doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 1>I would take zero catches for Jero yards and win

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<v Speaker 1>a game. Zack. You guys are losing games now in

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<v Speaker 1>which Carson has like a one twenty pass from ratings.

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<v Speaker 1>I would not have thought that was possible. Before him

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<v Speaker 1>in the season. Yeah, Um, I mean we're losing games

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<v Speaker 1>that we shouldn't be losing. When we're up seventeen points

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<v Speaker 1>in the fourth quarter, Um, he gotta win those games.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're up seventeen to three in the second half

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<v Speaker 1>against the Titans, we gotta find a way to win

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<v Speaker 1>those games. Um. And Carson's playing out of his mind.

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<v Speaker 1>I always say that, you know, but he shouldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>to feel like he has to carry this football team.

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<v Speaker 1>But the reality is he kind of is. Um. He's

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<v Speaker 1>playing out of the probably the best I've seen him play, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>coming off of injury as well. So it's it's really

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<v Speaker 1>unbelievable what he's doing. Um, But we just gotta make

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<v Speaker 1>plays around him. It's all three phases. It's not like

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<v Speaker 1>the offense, defense, or special team is taking the blame.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all three phases. It's gotta get it done.