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“First, start with tipping our hats to Atlanta. I told our players there were some good things. I thought defensively we did a lot of good things but it came with a little bit of a more low scoring game, but give them credit; they made enough plays, obviously, to get the win. It’s disappointing at this stage of the season with what was at stake. (It's a) tough loss and there is that sting to it with the finality and yet, we didn't play near as well as we needed to get the win.”

(on the replay of Jimmy Graham at the goal line) “It is something we can’t control. It is the same look that they have though, know that. What we were looking at is a television angle; there is only one angle that matters. The others didn’t matter. Did I think it was a score? Yes.”

(on if at worst he thought it was forward progress with a stop) "I didn’t look at it at worst, the one look we had as they continued to show it looked pretty clear, and yet, it is what it is. They go back to New York now with that and it’s disappointing.”

(on the offense) “We struggled with some protections. We got hit too much. We saw a lot of man-to-man, some zone coverage, a lot of four- and five-man rush, and they did a good job with penetration. We talked about this earlier in the week; I thought they affected the QB more than we did. If you look at the sack numbers, now part of that can be because of coverage, but that was one thing we thought was going to be important.”

(on ending it on a potential game-winning drive) “The defense did a good job, we got the ball back and went into our hurry up mode and they end up making a play on a pass that put them in good position to get a field goal. That is the hard part about it, the way it ends.”


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