HEAD COACH LOVIE SMITH
“We’re starting to warm up a little bit. Starting to get back to (feel like) Houston. Normally I talk after the game, so it’s been a while now since we’ve played that game. It seemed like that game has been forever. Did a lot of good things as we talked about then. All three phases kind of contributed to it. We needed to finish. We’ve talked a lot about not being able to finish. The guys finished. Lot of positives today. The players won’t be in today. We’ve moved on to the Jaguars quickly. They’re playing excellent football. (They’ve won) four of their last five. Offensively, (Trevor) Lawrence is playing good there. Their offense is. Defensively, they’re playing well. Got ourselves in the position to win our division. Injury-wise from the game we had a few. Everybody is getting better. Some of the players that didn’t play last week, like Kenyon Green, hopefully they will be available for us.”
What have you seen from DL Ogbonnia Okoronkwo these last few weeks since he’s become the full-time starter?
“Consistent play starting off with that. Once you get in the starting lineup, you’re expected to play like a starter. He’s been understanding with his play. He has rushed well, rushed the passer well, plays hard, has made plays in the running game too. Just his overall play has been very good. That’s what we’ve seen from him. He practices that way. He’s just enjoying playing football right now.”
Why is winning the division a big goal for you guys?
“Even if we were undefeated right now, we’d be talking about it. The first thing you have to do is win your division. There’s a reason why you’re in a division. That group of people you align with, you want to be the best. Where we are in our season right now, we understand what our record is. As you’re looking for some positives as we build going forward, to have a winning record against the division says a lot. Our division champion could end up winning it all for that matter. For us to have a chance,…
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