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Jacoby Brissett – September 26, 2021 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, September 26, 2021
Postgame – Las Vegas

QB Jacoby Brissett

(How would you describe that game?) – “Tough. It was a tough one. We had our chances, obviously. Hats off to them, they capitalized on some of our mistakes. But yeah, it was tough. I think we played hard. The good thing is we stood together and that’s all you want, especially coming into a hostile environment. We had a chance at the end.”

(Do you leave thinking we got something to work with now because of the way it ended?) – “Oh for sure. I think in all phases of the game we took a step forward, I think we got better. I think a lot of guys came up and made a lot of plays. We prepared well and I think some of it showed. We obviously left a couple plays out there, I know I did personally. I think we are churning in the right direction. I think that we have a lot to build off of. There are no moral victories in this league, but I think we have a lot of stuff to build off of.”

(What made you more willing to push the ball downfield late in the game? It seemed like you were more aggressive late in the fourth quarter and in overtime.) – “Going against Gus (Bradley), he tries to keep the ball in front of him. It’s like a sin for the defense to get the ball pushed behind them. Early on, we had to understand and take what they gave us. Over time, they would get tired of it and we would have our chances down the field. As you see, we did have chances down the field towards the end. We just didn’t make the plays and I think we will down the line. It was good to see how we would react in those situations.”

(Situations like that where defenses are forcing you to take these underneath routes in the long scheme that’s like a battle of wills? Like who gets tired of the game first?) – “Yeah, and that’s what Gus (Bradley) is all about. He wants the quarterback and the offensive coordinator to be disciplined and do that for four quarters. Like I said, I think we did a good job of it because at the end we still had our opportunities. Like I said, we left a couple plays out there but like I said, I think we have some good to work off of.”

(There were three plays that were really critical at the end; your touchdown run, the two-point conversion and the fourth-and-20. I don’t know what you do in the fourth-and-20 situation but you made it work. Can you tell us what was going through your mind on some of those plays?) – “The touchdown, I was trying to throw ball away but I didn’t want to risk fumbling. We practice that situation all the time of having that play call in our back pockets. It was a good job with the offense and the players on the field being able to get to it on a run with a different group in. Us keeping our composure. They’re on the headset telling me I looked up and we had 15 seconds I want to say. It wasn’t like a crazy rush; we just had no timeouts and then I think we did a good job of getting to the spots. Then obviously I ran. The two-point, I think Will (Fuller) did a good job. We put that play in specifically for him because of what he can do. He did a good job, made a play on it and that’s all we can ask at the end of fourth-and-20. It’s just do what you got to do, right?”

(I hate to bring up a bad play but the safety Head Coach Brian Flores said was not a good play. What can you share with us to educate just a little bit about that particular play?) – “That it just wasn’t a good play. It was a dumb decision on my part. I take full responsibility for it and it’s a great learning experience in that situation. That was a tough one when you look back on plays that, ‘Hey, what could have alleviated this feeling that we have right now.’ That was definitely one that I want back.”

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