Postgame Press Conference: DeVonta Smith, Dallas Goedert, and More | September 7, 2024

DeVonta Smith um feels good man you know it's always great when you can get The Passing game and running game going when you do that you're hard to beat and then what did you see on that first down conversion at the end of the game Guess can you walk the through the play um it was just came down to winning your oneone it was mad and just had to go out there and win one1 it was a too big it was too big catches for you in that drive you feel like that help close the game for you uh yeah no coach always talk about you know when game on the line he trust us to go out there and make the play and um I'm glad they trust me to do it and you know I went out there and did what they expected me to do as a receiver that catch that saquan made in the end zone how impressive are his hands it was great man you know we we we expect that out of him um it was amazing how much does he open up the offense what do you see the defense having to do to account for him um he opens up a lot um you know he gets a lot of teams out of the two half stuff um cuz you have to come down in the box and kind of have to account for them so um it helps a lot but um it helps even more when the passing game and Run game is is working real well is this how you envision it look um yeah minus all the turnovers and the sloppiness we had yeah but the fact that you know that that the Big Time Players for you guys allig play yeah for sure for sure what do you attribute that sloppiness to do you think it was some of like the preseason RS or um no it was just us not executing what it was us going out there um not running the right routs or something not getting to the right play calls um just not executing it had nothing to do with them it was all on us J Jaylen talked about staying together as a team even when things go wrong you had turnovers how do you think that went everybody staying together um that that's a big that's a big part of the game no game is going to be perfect you're going to have mistakes so it's all about how you respond once you make those mistakes who were the main leaders who were keeping you guys together um Jaylen he you know he's he's the captain of the ship um Everybody follows him everybody rallies around him so whatever he says we're right there with him what did you think of your experience overall experience down here oh it was great the fans went into it it was amazing it was loud I enjoyed it back to that last drive you guys get the ball with about 7 and A2 minutes to go I think it's a two-point game at that point is there a conversation like I guess don't give him the ball back yeah we got to put the ball away anytime um you at the end of the game we love for the ball to be in offens hands um that was the talk the whole time put the game away um you know don't give him a chance to get anything you guys have talked about the bind that the talent you have puts on defenses I guess how do you how would you describe the way the Packers tried to deal with that um they threw a lot of different looks at us um you know we knew it was a game we were going to come in and we didn't know exactly what was going to go on so we had to adjust and um I think we adjusted well it looks like a lot of single high at times is that here in Dallas Goedert week one uh we got off to a slow start obviously the first two possessions uh weren't up to our standard uh but we were able to settle down and uh kind of pick it up um you know I thought we made big plays and obviously uh defense helped us out out but we got the win and that's the most important thing speaking of the defense to turn the ball over twice in the beginning and they hold them to field goals and they did it all three times how impressive was that yeah that was huge you know uh huge shout out to them you know they gave up a few big plays but uh came back and were able to hold on the field goals and if you can do that uh puts you in a good position uh if we can score touchdowns uh we should be able to win a lot of games saquan Barkley's Eagles debut how would you describe man it was uh it was incredible to see him out there it was it was a little surreal you know it started off with his first touchdown it was like oh my gosh what a play by running back making that catch getting his feet in and then the couple hit hits that he had big runs uh three touchdowns I mean I'm glad he's on our team that's for sure was this a little bit of a chess match in the beginning they have a new defensive coordinator were they showing different looks and doing different things you um you know I think it was just a little bit uh getting the nerves out uh this the first game things happen uh you know it seemed like the first uh run we had first two runs uh we slipped in the Back Field uh but you know we were able to overcome and that's just a sign of a good team uh we got a a lot of a lot of football ahead of us a lot to clean up but I'm excited for where we're at decent amount of slipping it seemed like on the field what was your your experience yeah uh you know it kind of reminded me of the Super Bowl Turf I made sure to wear the seven studs the Deep uh longer cleat ones and uh those definitely helped a lot but uh it was slick out there did you kind of know that pregame or when you guys did the walkr yesterday yeah I did uh I ran a rout Out full speed when we did the walk through yesterday slipped and I said I'm not going to make the same mistake twice I'm going straight to seven studs got how would you describe overall your experience coming here to Brazil uh it was awesome the stadium was really cool uh the fans were great uh when they started singing the one song in the whole place went went loud uh that was a cool feeling and uh you know getting the win here makes it all the much better but uh it was it was a good couple days do you think this is something you can take this it's a win but there's there's stuff to work on here you're going to be coached up pretty yeah absolutely there's a lot to clean up uh but that's what happens first game of the year you know we got a new offensive coordinator new defensive coordinator um we got stuff to clean up but uh I really like uh coming out here with a win everybody was curious to see what it was going to look like with all these Playmakers yourself Devonte and AJ now sequan what was it like being part of that experience uh it was it was dope you know uh AJ had the big couple big plays uh you know Schmitty uh sealed the game for us with the slant huge fourth down conversion for us in the first half uh you know we got we got a lot of weapons and we just got to stick together you faced some adversity there were things that went wrong in the game but guys talked about being together this year total togetherness how did you think that took place during the game being together uh you know we were just talking even uh you know when we had uh had the struggle in the start of the game uh you know nobody batter than I you know and that starts with Jaylen you know he's never worried uh he's he's always the same guy coming in and out of the Huddle uh so you know just sticking together uh being able to put a eight-minute drive uh to kind of just about end the game uh you know we wish we got points there but uh you know we put us put ourselves in a good position to uh win the game and that's what happened thanks thanks Lane Johnson sometimes when you get a w you're still saying we have things to clean up what do you take out of this win uh we got the win um you know when you look at Green Bay and the team they had last year so I feel like they're very competitive um Good Old Line good D line good skill player so it was a battle it was kind of sloppy both sides but turnover but uh we prevailed and yeah man came out with the win so it was good what's it like to block for this guy sitting over here sequan barkle and the catch that he made in the end I don't know if you saw me that catch and then the other touchdown I was hauling ass over there to go say hi to him uh yeah he's just he's one of those guys that that I've you know watched from afar obviously with New York and you know never thought he'd be here but uh just with the the people that we have on this team we have a lot of special talented people and uh he's one of them there were lot of ups and downs in the game but to put together that long drive at the end the key first down uh first downs that you got how big was that yeah I mean it was it was a back and forth game um till the end so we knew we had to go uh we had a you know a couple sloppy penalties uh but found a way to to convert and Jake matfield go in in the defense did a good job uh you know the the last few seconds what was the locker room like afterwards uh did sequan get the game ball or did he get something I don't even know uh we were all kind of scattered it's like everybody it's like a two-mile locker room so I don't really know where everybody is but um he should be getting the game ball hopefully final question for you overall how was your experience coming down here at South America it was awesome man uh uh you know far as the crowd experience I thought they they turned up big time in a big way you know I obviously uh football's uh probably a distant sport but uh they showed up they showed out and it was it was very loud and uh very energetic all the way through there was no there was no dull moments so awesome trip we'll have a safe trip home thank you yeah you too thank you appreciate it thank you