ZAC TAYLOR
Head coach
Q: What did you see as the key to hanging on there in a really gritty game?
A: It is a gritty game. That’s a tough team. Coming on the road, it’s a difficult environment, primetime. They make you earn everything. They do a great job with the efficiency on offense. Their defense is physical. We’ve played that coordinator (Shane Bowen) several times over the years. It’s always a different challenge they’ve got to bring players. So, I’m just proud of our team. Our defense kept us in that thing the whole game, and then offensively able to finish it out. I thought our special teams were spectacular at the right times as well. So, just found a way to go on the road and get one for ourselves when we needed it.
Q: What did you make of the performances of (defensive tackle) B.J. Hill and (cornerback) DJ Turner (II) tonight?
A: They stood out. I think you can name a lot of people on that defense that really stepped up. Three turnovers on downs. The turnover. And just a lot of big plays. And they got some. That’s just kind of how their offense operates. They’ve got a good, efficient operation. I think their quarterback (Daniel Jones) does a really good job. But our defense stepped up at the right times. And we held them to seven points.
Q: After the last couple of weeks, what did you see from the defense throughout the week leading up to this game?
A: What I see every single day of the week – just a resilient group that goes about it the right way, believes in each other, believes in what we’re doing. And that’s what I expect to see from those guys. And this was a great way – on Sunday Night Football, in front of the world – for them to show who they are because that’s what we see every day, and that’s the blueprint.
Q: That’s the first time those four tackles (*B.J. Hill, Sheldon Rankins, Kris Jenkins Jr. and McKinnley Jackson*)– the guys who’ve been projected, the…
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