BB: Well, I'd say the big thing
tonight was we just got out-coached and out-played. They did a better job
than we did—I know that's obvious. We weren't able
to take advantage of the few mistakes that they made, and they didn't make very
many. They were able to take advantage of the ones that we made and
capitalized on them. They are a good football team, give them credit, they
did a good job. We have to go back to work and need to improve in every area, so that's what we're
going to try to do this week. We
just have to keep getting better, keep working harder, and try to practice
some of the things that obviously we need to do better out there...and that
covers every area.
Q: Is there any explaining some of
the stuff that was happening on third down in the red zone in critical
situations tonight?
BB: We need to coach and play better.
Q: Bill, in the last two minutes,
down 10 when it was fourth-and-one. Did you think about going to the first
down or kicking a field goal, getting within seven...
BB: We thought about it. It was short
yardage. It was only a long yard or two. It would have been a long kick. We
felt we should pick the yard at that point. We needed to pick it up. If it
had been longer, fourth-and-ten, that type of thing, we probably would have
kicked it. Fourth-and-two, we probably would have kicked it.
Q: Bill, are you at all concerned
that Tom [Brady's] frustration in the passing game is starting
to affect his play?
BB: I think we all need to coach and
play better. That goes for everybody.
Q: I mean his body language tonight,
we're not used to seeing that, he seemed to be a little more animated, a
little more irritable than usual.
BB: Well, I think you can put
everybody in that same category.
Q: Was it encouraging at all to see Doug [Gabriel] make some contributions to the offense the way
he did on that touchdown drive?
BB: Well, I mean there were some
positive things out there but not enough of them. We need for there to be
more. We just need to do a better job all the way around. So there were some
things that were good, but we need to do more.
Q: Can you chalk up any of the
struggles to there being so many new guys and trying to work guys in the
system and everything and build continuity in the passing game?
BB: We just have to work harder,
correct the mistakes that we made. We have to do better.
Q: What happened on the kick, on Stephen [Gostkowski's] kick?
BB: It got blocked. I will have to
take a look at that.
Q: Bill, could you have reviewed that
punt that was almost the safety, was that a reviewable play?
BB: Yes. But I didn't think he was in
the end zone.
Q: Bill, the inability to get the
ground game going, was that just that they executed poorly?
BB: We have to do a better job. We
have to coach it better. We just have to do a better job. They are a
defensive team but we need to, we need to do everything better. So whatever
you want to list, whatever you want to ask about, the answer, can we do it
better? Yes. So whichever one it is, special teams, offense, defense,
running game, passing games, penalties, whatever you want to ask, the answer
is yes.
Q: How much of a barometer did you
consider this game given Denver's running as a playoff team?
BB: Every game is important.
Q: Do you feel it says something
about you guys?
BB: It says they were better than us
tonight. That was obvious. |
