Myles (Garrett), I know you guys had big expectations coming into this one. How disappointing is the way it all played out and not being able to get to this victory?
"The expectation is always to win. Prepare as well as you can, practice as hard as you can, and bank those things and hope that you come out and do what you practiced all week. And we didn't do that."
Kevin (Stefanski) said that's not who you are as a run defense. What went wrong there?
"I don't even know what to tell you. It's just…I mean, I agree with him. It's not who we are. It's hard to tell you right now what it was, if it was one thing in particular – but it just wasn't us."
What about the game plan that they had in place to keep you from wrecking the game today?
"They were running the ball – can't get a sack on a run play. Other than that, I mean they chipped, rolled the pocket, I mean, the usual stuff. But I mean he was getting it out – one read, putting it in the air. So, that's just how they were treating things. And if they couldn't get it in one read, well, then they'll come back the next drive and continue running the ball. And they just kept their heads down and kept running away, and they made some big plays on the ground and they stuck with it, especially with the lead – there was no need to really pass the ball with any kind of urgency."
What did you think about Shedeur (Sanders) being able to lead you guys back, where if you get one of those two-point conversions, who knows, you could be looking at overtime?
"I mean, I think he did well. I think he looked good. I mean, he came up big when we needed him to. There's going to be some ups and downs for anyone, especially a rookie. But he went in there and he looked composed, he escaped out of some sacks, broke the pocket, made some big-time plays. And just looking for him to continue to grow, looking for that clock to speed up a little bit, but it looks more and more at ease each week."
Myles, I know you want the record to come in a win, and it's not all about the sacks. But does it mean anything for you to be…I think you're the eighth person to get number 20, and you've done that in 13 games?
"Does it mean anything?"
What's it mean?
"That means I'm blessed to have a privilege to be on the field, and blessed to be with the teammates and the coaches that I have. I mean, I couldn't do it without all of their help. It takes four to rush. You know, we always talk about four makes one, and those guys, whether it's containing, pushing them to me or vice versa, we've been rushing really well as a unit. And I think we really were licking our chops for the pass and they stuck with the run, and we really should have been focused on stopping the run to earn that right. And we didn't earn the right today, and that showed."
Myles, what's your mentality for the last four games? What are you going to be telling your teammates?
"Same thing I always tell them – prepare to win. Prepare, work hard, don't change anything about…from your focus, your preparation, your routine, from the beginning of the year to now. This is setting us up for the rest of the year
and next year. How we choose to handle these games is defining not only our team, but us as men."
