Jacoby Brissett – November 9, 2021
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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
QB Jacoby Brissett
(Obviously you probably watched the film of the game. What was your biggest takeaway about how you performed and the offense performed?) – “I think we left some plays out there. I think that was the biggest takeaway from it. We obviously – the turnovers and things like that are definitely unacceptable. The plays that we left out there, I think that was the biggest thing.”
(You and QB Lamar Jackson have something in coming – the Palm Beach connection. How well do you know him personally, if at all really?) – “I think he would mostly claim probably Broward (County). We’ve met each other in passing a couple of times. I obviously played against him in college. Just playing with him and stuff like that, we have a lot of mutual friends. But we’ve never like hung out with each other.”
(Was there a different bounce in here on Monday? Head Coach Brian Flores has been saying all year that you guys are resilient, close and all of that. But it had to feel a little different coming back after a win.) – “Definitely. Obviously coming off a win and then having to turn the clock to come back for another game this week, a short week. It definitely put a different pep in for a Monday, for sure. I think everybody is excited. Everybody is ready to go. I think we did a good job of turning the page because we got right into them yesterday. Looking forward to the challenge.”
(What stands out about the Ravens defense?) – “The Ravens of Ravens defense – fast, physical, tough, fly to the ball. They obviously got good players and they’re a hungry bunch. They’re playing well right now. We’re going to have to play our best game of the season this week.”
(Do you feel like there’s anything that you took or learned from your first three starts this season and then applied it to what you did on Sunday?) – “Just finding ways to be myself at all times through the adversity and through the rough times throughout the game, and the ebbs and flows of the game. Being the steady head of the ship. I think that’s the most important thing for the quarterback when you go through those rough times is you want the offense and the players on the team to be able to find somebody that’s going to be level-headed. So I try to be that. Obviously I get emotional in the game. You saw me with the ref and stuff like that. It’s part of it. But other than that, I hope I am the same guy.”
(How much fun is it to play with TE Mike Gesicki this year?) – “Aw, man it’s a lot of fun. He’s a joy to play with. It’s no surprise. You say it and it kind of sounds cliché but the things that he does in games, he practices it in practice. It’s cool when you see it come to fruition in games and hopefully it just continues, which I know he will. Because right after that, the next day – well, yesterday, he came and was practicing those same catches. He’s definitely fun to play with. A guy that I have a ton of respect for. I enjoy playing with him, coming to work with him and hanging out with him outside of football. I’m happy for him.”
(Forgive me if this one is a little out there but you guys are used to getting up Sunday morning, you go to the stadium and you play a game at 1 o’clock. How much hard is it to wait until 8 or 9 o’clock at night to play a game? How much harder is that process of waiting around all day to play?) – “I hope that it isn’t that hard because you’re still playing in the NFL. You’re still playing in the National Football League. If you can’t wake up and play for that, no matter the time, I don’t know what’s wrong with you. I think we’ll be all right.”
(Head Coach Brian Flores said if the game were tonight, you would start. But that there is still a possibility that QB Tua Tagovailoa could improve to play Thursday. You seem to do very well with the highs and lows of NFL life and adjusting. If you’re not told you’re starting until 6 p.m. Thursday, does it make a difference to you in terms of your game-day routine? Or does it have no impact at all?) – “You pretty much answered the question so I can’t give you a good answer. (laughter) But yeah, it doesn’t matter. Whenever my time is called, I know and I trust in myself that I’ll be ready to go.”
(No game day routine for you that…) – “No, I do my same thing no matter what.”
(I see that you have the Cactus Jack lows on. Do you have a pretty big shoe collection?) – “Yeah, too many. It’s a bad habit. (laughter) Yeah, a lot of shoes that I couldn’t get when I was growing up, I got them now.”
(What was the last pair that you just picked up?) – “Well I got the other lows of the other version. And I bought another version of these because you can see these are beat. I think that was pretty much it. I’ve kind of been buying other shoes that aren’t like sneakers.”
(Do you notice if there’s a teammate or two that has particularly good fashion or style?) – “I don’t know. A lot of these dudes wear sweatsuits too much. (laughter) Nah, it’s Miami. It’s easy to dress in Miami. You just put on some shorts and a nice pair of shoes and everyone will think you’re like GQ. I mean my man here, I see you with your suit and your shoes right there. I wouldn’t wear those socks with him. (laughter) You’re doing like a Zoom interview or something.”
(P.J. Tucker from the Heat has like 6,500 pairs of shoes that he admits to having in his collection. He said somewhere along the way, it feels like you’re collecting art. Do you kind of look at it the same way?) – “Oh, for sure. That’s kind of how I see it. It’s just like ways of expression and stuff like that. That’s one of like my sneaker Gods is P.J. I follow him on Instagram just because of his shoes. I don’t even know the guy. (laughter)”
(He’s also a big wine guy now. Are you a wine guy too?) – “His price tag on wine is way higher than mine. I’ll drink a little of what I can find. (laughter)”
