Nick Mullens on his Performance vs. Lions
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00:00 What's up, guys?
00:01 First Merry Christmas.
00:04 Close game.
00:05 Obviously, we didn't do enough to get the win.
00:07 You can have an explosive offense,
00:09 but crucial mistakes will always hold you back.
00:11 But we're excited to put our head down and just keep working
00:14 and just keep going.
00:15 Dick, what did you see on the last play?
00:22 Yeah, tried to step up.
00:25 I could either put it further out or right on him.
00:28 And I tried to put it right on him.
00:30 And obviously, the ball didn't exactly come out
00:32 exactly how I wanted it to.
00:33 And that's unfortunate the way it ended like that.
00:37 We had a chance to win it at the end, and we didn't get it done.
00:41 But that's what I saw.
00:43 Just in the bigger picture, how do you view a 400-yard game
00:47 with the four picks and the touchdowns all mixed in?
00:51 Personally, I think I just have to take the next step.
00:53 I believe that I'm a very good quarterback,
00:55 but what's it going to take to take the next step?
00:58 And so that's something that I'll always--
01:00 the NFL, it's a mental game.
01:02 It's you versus you.
01:03 And so that's just what I keep striving for,
01:05 just hard work, execution, trust the guys around me.
01:09 And yeah.
01:11 What do you think-- what do you have to do,
01:13 or what do you think the next step is?
01:15 I think just keep playing ball.
01:16 Keep your head down, keep working one step at a time.
01:20 Focus on your responsibility each play,
01:22 and just keep striving.
01:23 Nick, on the turnovers, did you view those more
01:25 as decision-making things or ball placement things?
01:28 Or what did you see as the big thing there?
01:29 Yeah, a lot of ball placement.
01:32 I believe I'm a very accurate quarterback.
01:34 I did make a lot of good throws today.
01:36 But those-- the pie line to the left,
01:41 got to drive it more and bring it over to the left.
01:46 And so yeah, just a couple of those.
01:47 And then the diagonal to Jordan Addison, if he beats him across
01:51 and you put it on him, if he gets undercut,
01:53 then you loft it over the top.
01:54 And there was space out there.
01:56 There was space.
01:57 But I just didn't make an accurate enough throw.
02:00 So decisions, accuracy, you have to be elite at all times.
02:05 And I've done a good job of making plays and moving
02:07 the offense.
02:09 And we've worked really hard collectively
02:10 to move the offense.
02:12 But just you have to avoid those mistakes.