Florida football’s Billy Napier on Week 4 win at Mississippi State

Florida football got a much-needed victory on the road at Mississippi State in Week 4.

The offense was clicking on all cylinders as head coach Billy Napier made use of both Graham Mertz and DJ Lagway at the quarterback spot. The Gators were able to put up over 500 yards of total offense and scored 45 points as they beat the Bulldogs 45-28.

While the offense found its groove, the same can’t be said for the defense. Defensively, the Gators were missing tackles and not staying disciplined in the gaps.

Mississippi State had 240 rushing yards as a team on Saturday. That is not ideal and with the bye week coming up for Florida, they need to really figure out how to get that fixed. Because that is a real concern for this defense.

Overall, it was a great win for Florida and give credit to Napier for blocking out the outside noise and taking care of business on the road.

Here is what stood out from his press conference after the win against Mississippi State.

Napier talks about how the win feels

“Yeah, it’s good to win on the road in this league, it’s always tough,” Napier said. “And this can be a challenging place to play. Look, we have more work to do.

“Okay, we won today, but we are very much a work in progress. And this group can get so much better. I mean, we got so many individual players, position groups and units on our team, that we’re not even close to being who we can be – and they know that. That’s what I told them in the locker room.”

Napier on having Ron Roberts up in the box

“Yeah, I do think we got it in better, think it helped,” Napier said. “I think he did that at Auburn the last two years, and I think ultimately he and I both agreed that that would be best for the team. He has a good game day eye up there.”

Napier went on to say, “There’s, there’s pros and cons. He’s not around the players between possessions, but I do think just his ability to see it, call it quicker, get the call in, and for those guys to go…