Press Pass | Doug Pederson Speaks With Media on Jaguars Finishing vs. Colts

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Doug, obviously, a lot of explosives today for you offensively. What stood out about why you guys were able to execute at such a high level offensively?

Doug Pederson (0:10)

I mean, it's obviously things we work on during the week. To me, it's not necessarily a surprise. I just think it's a culmination of a lot of things. The way we work, the way we practice, things we do during the week, and it just translated today. So, I'm proud of the guys for, you know, obviously the way we finished.

And great team effort today.

SPEAKER_3 (0:35)

Doug, as a head coach, is it hard to celebrate too much, given maybe some of the defensive issues that you had, especially late down the stretch there?

Doug Pederson (0:47)

Any win, any loss is hard to celebrate because you're right back to work tomorrow, you know, less than 24 hours. But, you know, we're going to enjoy this one. We're going to look at the tape, make corrections and, you know, move forward.

SPEAKER_4 (0:59)

Coach, obviously, Tank got his due today, and you used him well down the road. Is that something the team is going to be moving forward to instead of moving to Travis ATN?

Doug Pederson (1:10)

No, not at all. Travis is our guy, you know, and Tank had a good game. It's just the way games go, you know. And happy for Tank, had great for the offensive line, obviously, in those some of those situations there. And, and, but, you know, Travis is our guy. And, and, you know, Tank had a good game today, though.

SPEAKER_5 (1:29)

Doug, obviously, the offense has not been what you wanted the first four weeks. What was different about, about Trevor today?

Doug Pederson (1:37)

I, you know, Trevor's the same guy every day, honestly, you know, I didn't, I didn't really see anything other than him working through some of the issues, you know, that we've had the first, first month of the season. And, you know, listen, Trevor's a professional and he's our guy and we continue to, to help him and support him and do everything we can for him. And, and I think, you know, he just has to understand that, you know, we're going to, we're going to do that, right? And, and as a quarterback, you just go out and do your job. And, and that he did that today.

He ran the offense and he saw the field well. He, you know, gosh, I mean, there were some big throws in there. So I think it was a just a great effort, you know, by everybody. But to me, Trevor was the same, same guy he's always been.

SPEAKER_5 (2:34)

What prompted you in the first quarter, I believe, to challenge the spot? Because, you know, I mean, it's early in the game, and you know, you don't want to risk losing a timeout.

Doug Pederson (2:45)

No, it was clear that his knee was down prior to the line to game.

SPEAKER_5 (2:50)

Was that something you observed?

Doug Pederson (2:52)

The guys upstairs were right on top of that with the replays that we got. And so it was a pretty easy, for me, it was a pretty easy challenge.

SPEAKER_6 (3:04)

Doug, congrats on the win. You have been an ardent supporter of this offensive line through the tough times, and you came up against a team today. I was averaging three sacks of game coming in, and you pretty much shut them down, kept Trevor clean in the pocket for a longer time than he has been. Tell me a little about that performance today, because I thought that was such a key to this.

Doug Pederson (3:26)

Yeah, I thought this is the second week in a row, really, that our O-liners played good as a unit. You know, and listen, I mean, it's been the same five guys now, right?

So, when I say there's continuity keeping those five together, there's continuity, and they start learning to play together. And that's what you're seeing. I think these last couple of weeks, you're seeing that, and it was a, you know, just a great game by those guys again today. And, you know, they do have a good pass rush. I mean, it's, you know, I know they're missing some guys, but still, they, you know, even their second guys that come in can get after the passer. And I thought our guys did a good job there and the run game as well. So, but there's consistency with playing together and working through your issues that helped us win this game today.

SPEAKER_7 (4:20)

Doug, even though, you know, Trevor's the same guy that he's been, when someone has a performance like this after some struggles, do you get a sense there's a weight off of his shoulders a little bit after today?