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Press Conference: Zach Ertz October 28

Oct 28, 20185 min
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Tight end Zach Ertz caught the game-sealing touchdown on Sunday against the Jaguars, one of many things he discussed at his post-game press conference.

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Yeah. I mean we ran kind of a similar player early in the game when I broke to the post. Unfortunately, m I kind of lost my footing on the play. So the presentation is pretty much the same presentation. You know, you winden your release and then you kind of give a heavy nod to the post and then run a corner. And it was it was It was a play that we've had for a long time, and it was really

the first time we've called it. So it was a really good play design and I thought it was really good throw and I just try to go up and make a play. I mean, it was huge. I mean, we had all the reason to make excuses for this week, a lot of adversity, not getting a lot of sleep Thursday night, flying seven hours, going right to meetings. But the thing about this locker room is that it's a full of guys that really love the game of football.

Everyone really loves to compete and play for the person next to them, and so we just wanted to go out there and play full sixty minutes. That was a message this entire week. You know, we've put games, we've put drives, we've put quarters together, but we really haven't put a sixty minute game together, and so I was proud of the way we battled today for full sixty minutes against a really good defense. From an offensive standpoint, yeah, I mean, I thought, I mean, the guy is as

mentally strong as they come. He's never gonna show that he's down. He's always looking forward to the next play. And I think that really resonates with a lot of guys in this locker room because we understand that we have so much talent on offense. Obviously, we faced a lot of adversity today too. On the offense side of the ball. We lost the best right talk in the league. JP was out for a little bit, and we were

still able to move the ball. Obviously early in the game, if we finished touchdowns, the game is really a different game. So the red zone we gotta be bettering. But I thought that improved as we continued. We kind of got a feeling for how they were playing us, and Carson's the stud I mean, he's one of the best players in the league, and that his play kind of speaks

for himself. Yeah, it's huge. I mean, we got a lot of good playmakers on this offense, but the game plan is gonna be dictated, and who gets the ball is gonna be dictated by what the defense is giving up. Um, We're not going into a game saying eighty six has to have this many targets. Seven teams gonna have that many targets. Um, we're gonna Carson's the type of quarterback. He's not gonna lock into a guy. He's gonna go to the guy who who the scheme is getting open,

who who who? They're kind of dictating who should get the ball. Um, And a game like today was it was. It was really good to see Nelson Jay Matt have some big plays. It really opened up the offense. Really really happy for Dallas having that long touchdown showing some emotion finally. Um, So, I mean it was that's the type of football that we want to play. Yeah, I mean it was a little slick obviously, a little wet, um, a little muddy, um, But overall I thought it held

up pretty well. Um. I think I've slipped one time, obviously, Keimo when in the game, never want to happen. Um, But we spoke about it last night that we weren't going to let that be an excuse for us. Um. Guy slipped that's part of the game. UM. But that wasn't gonna be an excuse no matter how the game went. Yeah, I loved it. I mean, this game was honestly a lot of fun. Um. It was kind of a Super Bowl experience in the sense that there's a lot more going on than just a football game. Um. It was

a lot of fun. I loved hearing the other national anthem and during warm up, I thought it was really cool. I loved how everyone was singing it as a collective group, UM, and knowing kind of the history of the soccer and how passionate soccer fans are football to you guys, Um, it was a really cool environment. Obviously, it is kind of a spectacle UM. And I did like playing here a lot honestly. Yeah. I mean, obviously those two games

didn't didn't end the way we wanted them to. UM. But we continue to preach sixty minutes this week and that was that was the message that stuck with us that no matter what was going on in the game, that we were gonna play a full sixty minutes and we were gonna execute UM, and we wanted to finish the game with the ball in our hands. As an offense. We didn't want to give the Jaguars a chance to go down there and make some plays. Um. We've put a lot of pride in executing as an offense, especially

late in the game when teams know what we're gonna do. UM, and still having the execution ability to go there and make plays and finish with the football. UM. So I think that was a big stepping stone for our offense. Well, if he freaking got the ball to me, it wouldn't have been needed it. But I mean the guy, I mean, nothing surprised me with that guy. Everyone always says, were you surprised he does this? Was he surprised he does that? Um?

He knew exactly what happened the moment he threw the ball. UM. And to have the knowledge and the wherewithal to catch the ball and know exactly where the first down marker was just speaks to how competitive he is, speaks to his football iq UM, and he makes our job very easy as uh as receivers as skill position players,

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