Press Pass | Pederson: "They played together as a team."

Doug Pederson (0:00)

Yeah, I mean, any time you can obviously win a game, you feel good about yourself. And yeah, I thought the offense did some good things today. Picked up some big third downs in the second half. Obviously, those last two drives, I mean, we, you know, balls at the 10 yard line, you go down, you get field goal, balls at the six yard line, go down and get three. And then we finished the game the same way. So yeah, there are still some things we got to work on and clean up, but obviously, you know, much better today by the offense.

Talk about his performance, what he's sort of honored for in the season six. Yeah, I mean, listen, he was in a great headspace before the game this whole week. You know, just an outstanding performance, you know, and obviously the big one there at the end. And that's what he's capable of doing, you know, and in the same way, you know, when you talk about guys like Trevor and Christian and Calvin and, you know, Zay and all these guys, you know, he's in that conversation. Those are the guys that, you know, need to step up and make plays, and he did a great job for us today, and something that, you know, he can be proud of, and obviously we can work on that. Thank you.

You know, we felt, too, like this defensive front was a little bigger, heavier, stronger front. Just felt like Shatley, you know, gave us the best opportunity there. It was nothing really against Ben. And, you know, we just, as a staff, just felt like it was Shatley's time to get in there. Is that what the lineup will look like moving forward? That's hard to say. We'll look at the film, evaluate it. But, you know, yeah, I'll let you know on Wednesday.

You've been running out of kid and those two plays might have been the difference in the end of the game.

You know, the drive at the start of the third quarter, obviously, you know, you like to do better there. And then holding them out of the end zone, you know, when they did at the end of the game. And yeah, just overall, the turnovers, Josh's performance, there's just a lot of good effort today. And they played together as a team. That's the sign that we're headed in the right direction, where we're getting some things fixed, and still got some work to do, obviously, but very pleased with today's win.

Yeah, I mean, I thought he was solid. Saw the field well, saw Calvin for the first touchdown there. It was kind of a little bit of a, got in behind the defense and made a heck of a play, used his legs today, on some big third downs for us. Played tough, physical, just did Trevor type stuff, and played a good game.

Yeah, it feels great. The guys are excited, I'm excited. And anytime you come all the way over here and spend a couple of days and get a chance to play a football game, it's exciting for our organization, for Mr. Khan, and for us to get a win obviously is big.

You know, no different than a normal week back home. I'll keep the schedule the same, routine the same. I will give the guys some time. Obviously, once we move up to Hanbury and tomorrow, we'll give them some time to recoup and enjoy the area, and then it's back to work on Tuesday, and we prepare for Buffalo. So try to keep it as normal as I can throughout the week.

Did you get a sense that they were completely over that, or were they still in the loop? No, I think, I mean, it's hard to say if you're over it, but I think they were much more relaxed, and really, the energy today was much better than last week. You saw it on the sideline. You saw it with the guys, the demeanor, their play, all of that. And it's things that we talked about during the week, and it's about how we respond, and the guys responded extremely well today. After Parker, let's say Parker Washington was me, was probably not so funny. We'll get more evaluation, probably have a better idea maybe the next day or two. After Parker, let's just say, was Jamal close?

He was close. I didn't want to risk it with him. I didn't want to put him out there, and he pulls something or worse. I just want to make sure that Parker is the next guy up. So I thought Parker did a nice job during the week of practice, obviously. But yeah, I just want to make sure Jamal will be ready for the foreseeable future.