(On what was working on offense)
"I think in the second half, specifically coming out, I thought Julio (Jones) got us going, kind of sparked us in that first drive in the second half. Not really sure how many catches he had on that drive and in the second half in general. His play really got us going. I thought our offensive line did a great job the entire night. Going against a really good front seven, a really good defense, credit to those guys up front, they played really well."
(On what it feels like to improve during the game)
"It feels good, we had some opportunities early to come away with more points than we did and so from that standpoint it is a little disappointing. You need to capitalize, especially you're your defense gives you a short field opportunity, I think we had two of those tonight. We came away with field goals I think both times. We've got to be better than that offensively but I thought we responded really well in the second half and got it going and made some plays."
(On Taylor Gabriel and how he fits in the offense)
"Well, I think he's fitting in pretty good. He's done a great job for us. Obviously he's made some really big catches but also he is a versatile guy, we could use him on the sweep today which was nice. He's just another piece of the puzzle, which is a good thing. I think for us to be at our best we have to get a lot of guys touches and we've done that pretty well so far."
(On who is seen stepping up for the team)
"I think our young guys specifically stepping up. Jacob Tamme goes down and we have Levine Toiolo up, we have Austin Hooper up and Josh Perkins up and our tight ends come up and make two touchdowns, huge touchdown catches for us so I think at different times we have had a lot of different people step up. Tonight I thought out tight end play was really good, both in the run game and pass game. Terron Ward is another guy who has kind of come in. I think that's been the coolest thing to see is that regardless of who we've asked to do certain things, guys have stepped up and have done a good job with their role."
(On confidence this season)
"First game of the year, [Tampa Bay] played a little bit better than we did that day. I felt like we have continued to improve from that time of the year. For me, that's like the best thing from a confidence standpoint is that we continue to get better week in and week out. In terms of in division, always you want to take care of business in division and especially on the road so that was important tonight."
(On Ryan spiking the ball)
"That's kind of a little thing our running backs have gotten into. When they score touchdowns they give it to the offensive line to spike so I guess Pat (DiMarco) confused me with an offensive lineman so I couldn't let him down, leave him hanging so I tried to give him my best spike attempt."
(On 4 straight 1st downs)
"Well, the play calls we had on the coverage for us to go to that spot and that's how it happens. You just trust that he is going to make plays versus the coverage and I am trying to read it as best I can. That's the thing about our offense right now is that everybody's patient, everybody understands that at different times the balls going to come that way and when it does make the best of that opportunity."
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