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Tua Tagovailoa – November 22, 2020 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, November 22, 2020
Postgame – Denver

QB Tua Tagovailoa (transcribed by Denver Broncos)

(On what Denver’s pass rush did well to force six sacks) – “I think they were very well-prepared coming into this game. We knew they were a tough front and we knew we facing a tough defense at the same time. We’ve just got to execute better on our side of the ball. That’s been the biggest thing, just execute.”

(On his reaction to being removed from the game) – “My thoughts were whatever was going to be best for the team. When I was in, we couldn’t really get things going and Coach felt like it was the best decision to put ‘Fitz’ (QB Ryan Fitzpatrick) in to give us a spark. When I heard that–it’s really what’s best for the team. If we were to win with Fitz in there, the locker room would be a lot different and everyone would be a lot happier. It just sucks to lose.”

(On how he’ll try to improve based on today’s experience) – “I think you look at the entirety of the game and you learn from a lot of what defense the Broncos have shown. They played a lot of base to our normal offense. We tried to get them out of their base look. What we were doing, we just couldn’t execute. For me, it was a great learning experience. I felt like I was holding the ball a little too long. I’ve just got to get completions and we’ve got to get the ball in the hands of our guys to make plays for us.”

(On if he felt like he deserved to be removed from the game) – “To be honest, with everything that I’ve said, to me it’s really about the team. I don’t take that lightly with what I say as far as it being about the team. Like I said, we didn’t execute the way we wanted to offensively. We had many opportunities, we just didn’t execute when we needed to.”

(On why he didn’t try to stretch the field more with longer passes) – “I think it goes back to what I said. Completions, for me, are the biggest thing. I think for any offense, to get drives starting–I couldn’t get the ball in the hands of our playmakers and our guys consistently to get a rhythm going. When Fitz got in, as you could see, he got completions right away and he was able to lead our guys down to put points on the board and then towards the end of the game as well.”

(On if there was anything he saw from Fitzpatrick late in the game that he can learn from) – “One-hundred percent. There are a lot of things. I would say, it’s one thing hearing from Fitz when I come to the sideline, ‘Taking completions, it may seem like he’s covered but you’ve just got to get completions.’ It’s another seeing him go out there and doing it. For me, a lot of the time I see guys who are covered, but they’re not necessarily covered, if that makes sense. Just being able to see a lot of what Fitz was doing when he got in, a lot of it was a learning lesson for me. Even when he came to the sideline I got to ask him questions too. It was really good.”

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