The touchdown, how does that make you feel that you're able to contribute that way?
Oh, it's good. I mean, I think that—I'm more happy for our unit. We talk about it all the time. So, those guys work their tail off for me every Sunday. Finally do my job and finish off the run and get into the endzone.
John Fassel seemed to hint that he challenged you to end that streak. When we talked on Tuesday, he hinted at that. Did that happen? How was that conversation?
Yeah, in a meeting him and KB (Kendell Brooks), we talked about it as a unit, we've been increasing teams and having explosive returns, but you know we wanted to have a spark for the offense and the rest of the team and put it in a box, so to be able to do that it felt good.
How did that play develop through your eyes?
I caught it, I saw the gunners were both split, both of the zeros did a really good job. It was a one-on-one with their net, then he got missed and then popped out to the right. And I saw about three rip by and then a bunch of blue jerseys. I knew it was a touchdown.
Why are those the type of plays that continue to help guys in here when things may be struggling? Does it continue to help with the belief that there's greener pastures ahead?
Yeah, I mean, I think that when you look at the game today, in general, there's a lot of things that we got to get better at and we control them. Especially offensively, I got to clean some stuff up today, too. I didn't play my best game and I was not good enough. But at the same time, there's signs that we're improving as a team overall. We love these guys, love each other and all compete for each other, so we're going to keep doing that.
For the defense and special teams, it was seven points each, for the offense it was only six. Is it disheartening it all from an offensive perspective?
Yeah, obviously it's frustrating. We didn't score enough points to win the game. We didn't execute and play up to our standards. So anytime you do that, it's frustrating.
What's there to be worked on in the bye week?
Yeah, I mean, I think the penalties in first half were really big. I think just the negative plays, right? We're running the football really well, but getting behind the sticks is tough. And I'm sure we're going to look back and there's other things. But I think that comes to mind.
How quickly did you know on that punt return that you had it?
As soon as I got outside, I saw my blockers in front of me.
How good did that feel?
It felt good, especially for the other guys in the unit. They worked their tails off every single rep, they have a really hard job. So for them to finally get me in, they wanted to get me in for a couple of weeks. It felt good.
How much pride do you take in special team and the defense that scores some points especially when the offense struggles?
Yeah, I mean, I think any time you aren't scoring enough points, especially on teams, we want to have a spark. Offensively, we just got to keep improving. We kind of shot ourselves in the foot a couple times, especially in the first half. So, eliminate that and keep going.
