Post Game Press Conference – Jets Players
Breece Hall, RB
(On the thoughts and emotions of the game)
“Frustrating, another game of shooting ourselves in the foot. Offensively, we have to do a better job of getting in and out of the huddle. We need to let Aaron [Rodgers] be Aaron and give him time to see the defense and make his adjustments. As far as the offense, I have to personally play better. I felt like I left some meat on the bone out there so it is frustrating and this one hurt because we shouldn’t be losing this game.”
(On the energy at practice this week and in the game)
“I felt like we had spurts of it. You know it just comes down to the little things. Like I said, I felt me personally left some meat on the bone out there and had a few mistakes that cost us some drives. I think I have to do a better job of just helping out the offense, personally I put this one on me. It just sucks and I think I am my biggest critic, so it just doesn’t feel good to feel like you’re the reason that you lost the game.”
(On to keep from derailing the season after being 2-6)
“Just by being a competitor, you know regardless of who we are playing and what their record is. Every time I step on the field I’m going to want to win. It’s tough right now but one thing our coaches and my peers is that we pride ourselves on seeking the truth, and telling the truth. We are going to come in tomorrow and watch film, and take the good with the bad, make adjustments and get ready for Thursday.”
Quinnen Williams, DL
(On how he would sum this game up)
“It’s up there, it is definitely up there. I feel like we had a great week of preparation, a great mindset, and great execution this week and to come out and fall short on the execution on the last drive, especially on defense, is super disappointing. Just because we did have a great preparation, great mindset, and great energy this week with the executing. We definitely have to get back to the table and be critical on ourself and be hard on ourself, and really look in the mirror to see what we can do to turn this thing around.”
(On allowing the long quarterback runs)
“There was definitely a difference, especially the last one with [Jacoby] Brissett getting out and getting the big, huge gain. We have to have a rush lane and we have to be disciplined in our rush lanes. We have to execute at a high level knowing that quarterbacks can run, mostly every quarterback in the NFL is super athletic and able to run now so we have to be disciplined of the rush lanes of the defense line, and do better.”
(On the team’s energy and urgency)
“I think today, we had a lot of energy, but the urgency definitely has to go up. It is the win-now mode and that’s all that matters, winning football games. No matter how many losses you got, no matter how many wins you got, you have to win football games to get to the ultimate goal. We have to find a way to win and that’s the main thing right now.”
Sauce Gardner, CB
(On the five straight losses)
“It’s hard to believe. Obviously I’m still stuck on that play [to Kayshon Boutte]. That’s a play that can’t be made. That’s on me, maybe I got to be better. Especially when it comes to knowing our fire-zone coverage. I didn’t know he had an issue where he got a leader post to help somebody out with an over route. Maybe I got to be better when it comes to knowing the coverages or something like that.”
(On the defense)
“I feel like we have to be better. We started off fast. Individually, I know the one thing I wanted to do better is tackling. I know I had quite a few tackles, and I was just trying to bring the energy. I don’t know what happened in the second half. We’ve got to be better. We’re definitely not playing up to our standard.”
(On put this behind them for the next game)
“It’s a Thursday night game, so it’s a quick turnaround, and we’ve got to put it behind us. It’s just something we have to do, and we’re more than capable of doing it.”
Tyler Conklin, TE
(On his touchdown)
“It was just a play we had in, and I had to find a way to get to a spot in the back of the end zone. It was a high/low with a stick underneath and me getting to the back of the end zone. There’s a small window and Aaron [Rodgers] being Aaron, he just zipped that thing in there.”
(On the game)
“It really comes down to just shooting ourselves in the foot. Not doing the little things right is probably the easiest way to sum it up. Not executing the little things and not doing the things you have to do as a team to win games like that. It never feels good to lose. I don’t think it matters if you have a good game. If you have a bad game individually but you go out there and win you’re not really worried about the bad game. I don’t think the good or bad matters too much it’s if you won or lost as a team.”
Isaiah Oliver, S
(On the difference in the game)
“Execution. Execution late in the game. Something that we talk about all the time. Being in a crunch time moment when your best is needed. That’s when you need to perform and we didn’t do that today. Defensively, I’m speaking. The offense goes down, scores, and gives us the lead. This defense, our standard for ourselves is to get off the field right there and win us the game. That’s the standard we hold for ourselves. As far as we’re concerned it’s on us, on the defense. We didn’t execute on the last drive and we lost the game because of it.”
(On if the Patriots offense did anything that surprised the Jets defense)
“Not a single thing. Not a single thing. Honestly, we felt they did what we expected them to do gameplan-wise. Even after [Drake] Maye went out and [Jacoby] Brissett came in, we still felt like we had a pretty good idea of what they wanted to do and how they wanted to attack us. I have to see the film to be sure, but from the top of my head, I can’t think of anything they did that we didn’t expect. It was simply a matter of execution. It’s something we talk about in here. The coaches prepared us. It’s not on the coaches for us to play better in this aspect, in this game. We felt we had a great week of practice. We knew everything we needed to do, defensively and we went out there and on that last drive there were four or five plays where we did not do what we were supposed to do as a unit and it cost us the game.”
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