Baker Mayfield Speaks to Media Ahead of Jaguars Matchup
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00:00 >> It's obviously an extreme honor to have the league get to play.
00:04 But yeah, I just think that was, like I mentioned after the game,
00:06 it was one of the best total offensive games we played as a unit.
00:09 And so, yeah, could have gone to a lot of our guys.
00:12 >> Baker, Dave's mentioned on Thursday before that game,
00:17 he's also mentioned throughout the year that he's gone to you guys and said,
00:21 when we have one of those games, we're going to know.
00:23 Do you feel like that Packers game was finally the, hey, this is it,
00:29 this is our moment where we see everything come together and
00:32 we know it's kind of clicking?
00:33 >> I think so.
00:34 And I know it wasn't exactly,
00:35 it was pretty one sided with the pass game compared to the rush game.
00:39 But we ran the ball when we needed to.
00:40 So I think for us, yes, it was one of those games that's like, okay,
00:43 this is how good we can be, this is how efficient we can be.
00:46 That needs to be the standard moving forward.
00:48 So to have that right now and we're continuing to build and
00:52 obviously trying to take care of it one game at a time.
00:55 But this is the right time to continue to improve and get hot.
00:57 >> What can that believe to your team?
00:59 >> Do what? >> What can that believe?
01:01 Having a game like that in your belt, what can you do for it?
01:04 >> It just, it raises the standard.
01:05 Guys get to see what exactly it looks like.
01:08 It just, it happened in a number of ways.
01:11 Guys doing all the right things in pass protection run game,
01:15 within their routes, winning man coverage routes, winning routes against zone
01:18 coverage and knowing where to sit, knowing all those spots.
01:20 So that's, it just, it builds confidence.
01:23 So guys get those internal reps they remember into where if they see the same
01:26 thing they do exactly what they did the last time.
01:28 >> I know it's very one game at a time mentality, but
01:32 I was just curious if you could take a step back, take a picture.
01:35 A year ago, jumping from different teams and not having that consistency to be
01:40 here in December, having played this entire season, hold on, this entire season.
01:43 You know what I mean?
01:44 To add, or back this entire season, maybe on the way,
01:47 and just a lot of good things have happened to you.
01:50 And if a year ago you could have told yourself you'd be in this spot,
01:54 what would you think about being in this meaningful December football on the way?
01:58 Huge game this week, next week, all of it, what does that mean?
02:01 >> Yeah, there were definitely moments in the last year and a half, so
02:04 that it's kinda like, all right, what's going on here?
02:06 But God's got a plan, so just trust in that and
02:09 take it one day at a time and good things will happen.
02:12 So not trying to do too much, control what you can and be in the moment,
02:15 I think has been the best, biggest lesson so far.
02:18 So just continue to do that and move forward.
02:22 >> How does this, does it feel different now when you guys started out three in
02:25 one, publicity, nobody's expecting that.
02:29 We're getting now, you're on this winning streak.
02:32 Does this feel a little bit different, that you can continue this?
02:36 >> That's just how it always goes, the ebbs and flows of the year.
02:41 You gotta focus on what you can control.
02:43 The media is gonna, it's gonna go how you play.
02:46 It's gonna be result based, so you can't listen to that.
02:48 You can't let that dictate how you prepare, how you play.
02:51 So for us, we've been in a similar situation, winning three,
02:55 obviously three in one, we're going three in a row now.
02:57 But handle it how we need to, be professionals about it.
03:00 The singular game mentality can't change.
03:02 So the approach that we've had the last few weeks needs to be the same.
03:05 So that'll get us to the place we wanna go, and that just needs to be consistent.
03:10 >> It seemed like it might have been a good game.
03:13 We saw Chris more in the slots than we've seen throughout the year.
03:17 He's been more 6-3 on the inside.
03:19 That might have been one game we're in, I don't know.
03:21 How did that benefit your connection?
03:24 >> Yeah, Chris has predominantly been an inside guy, been a slot receiver.
03:29 He's capable of going outside, but doing some different things formationally,
03:32 give defenses different looks.
03:34 And that was part of the game plan.
03:36 But just continuing to do that to where teams can't predict what we're gonna do.
03:40 They can't predict their coverages based on our formations.
03:42 And so just giving them different looks, presenting in different ways, and
03:46 trying to attack them different variations.
03:49 >> David Moore made a big play in Green Bay with that catch and run.
03:52 What can you say about what he's brought to the team, maybe behind the scenes,
03:56 cuz last game was kind of the most playing time that he's had.
03:59 >> Dimo's a great guy.
04:01 He's been with Dave Canales and Brad Hintzik in Seattle, knows our system,
04:06 knows it very well.
04:06 But just that veteran presence, yeah, he hasn't played a lot here, but
04:11 the veteran presence, we have overall a young group of receivers, skill guys,
04:15 that he adds that leadership aspect to it.
04:17 So it was great to see him go out and have success, because he's earned that, and
04:20 we love to see that more.
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