Postgame Quotes after Baltimore game - Panthers.com - Panthers.com

PANTHERS QUARTERBACK WILL GRIER

RE: Tonight's performance

Great. Another opportunity to learn from and get better. That was a good defense to go against. They do a lot of different stuff. They're sound. Different than a lot of other teams in the NFL so it was good to kind of work that this week and play against them, so that went well.

RE: Was it exciting to know you were coming in right after Sam Darnold?

Absolutely, always excited whenever I get an opportunity. Just try to make the most of it.

RE: Did you make the most of your opportunity tonight?

I think so, we have to score in the red zone. There was some miscommunication, some things we have to clean up, but I think we took care of the ball, played pretty mistake free, made some throws, moved the ball. We just have to come in and get a day better and try to put this all together.

RE: What was the message after the missed field goal?

Just beating ourselves in a lot of ways and just not finishing when we get down there. We have to convert on third down, punch the ball in. Can't always just settle for field goals, so we have to get better.

RE: Issues with protection checks and Baltimore's exotic blitz package?

Yea, they do, they do some really good stuff. They do a lot of different things, probably more exotic than I've ever seen in the preseason. They do a good job. They show different things, they don't really give you the answers to the test. They will blitz from far off and stuff that doesn't seem very sound and they cover down, just kind of the way they play. They do a good job. It's our job to pick it up, if they beat us we have to throw hot. I think some plays we did well. I think our line did a great job tonight, and some plays we have to get better. At the end of the day, against a defense like that, you are going to win some, lose some. Sometimes you are not always going to pick it up. We have to make plays and we have to finish in the red zone, got to score points.

RE: Any reason for the miscommunication tonight?

Not really. I think a lot of it is just, it's just a game of communication. You have to be on your P's and Q's at every position. It takes 11 people communicating, doing the right thing. It wasn't every play, but in the NFL if you miscommunicate on a third down, you are going to take a field goal. So those are frustrating. As we progress throughout the season, you try to eliminate those, because those will kill you when it matters.

RE: Do you feel like the competition for the backup job is even?

I try not to even think about that because I am not sure, I don't know. It's not up to me, I try to take advantage of my opportunities and show that I can play quarterback in this league and then it comes down to what they want. That's not my decision. I don't look at even as a battle with PJ Walker, I look at it as a battle with myself to be the best me I can be everyday. I've told you guys I think PJ's a great player. I think we are very different. I think we can both play really well in this league. I think it just comes down to, that's not our decision to make, we both come out and compete everyday to get better. Ultimately that decision is upstairs.

RE: Deep ball play

It was kind of an alert play. If it we get press, run a go, if they are off, we run like a stop rout. We got to look outside with press to the field. I was able to hold the safety in the middle field, so you got more space to the field. Picked up the blitz great on that play, actually. And then Terrence Marshall won the one-on-one. Against a team like that, that play a lot of man, you have to win one-on-ones. We won that one big play and he did a good job of saving me some space on the sideline.

RE: Was that as comfortable as you have been as a professional?

It's up there. I felt comfortable last week. I think, in a game setting, yeah, absolutely.

RE: What was the difference?

I think just experience, reps, understanding the offense, just being in the offense for two years helped to kind of; you know going in to the camps that you're kind of working through the details and trying to get better. That has been a huge benefit this year. And then just time and experience, I guess, just getting the reps. In the NFL, so much of it is getting in the right play and not just being able to throw, but knowing where to throw the ball and then having an answer on every play and I feel like I have come a long way in that area.

RE: When you limped off at the end, was you coming out planned or because of that?

No, that was planned. I got the wind knocked out of me a little bit, but I was done anyway. I could have gone back in, I'm fine, just couldn't breathe for a second.

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2021-08-22 03:48:17Z
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