Tom Brady's Post Game Press Conference Transcript
 Sunday was a frustrating afternoon for Tom Brady and the Patriots offense. (USA TODAY Images) |
Here's what Tom Brady had to say following Sunday's loss to Miami:
On if the Dolphins were better than he thought they would be:
"They have a good team. They always play pretty well down here, especially against us and we just ... We had a decent first half, I think we left some opportunities out there in the first half and in the second half just, obviously didn't do anything in the third quarter and that lead to a one-dimensional team in the fourth quarter and we didn't make enough plays there. So give them a lot of credit. They dealt with a lot of injuries and they're pretty mentally tough, and we've got to learn from it. We're going to get back to work. Nobody's going to feel sorry for us. The guys in the room have to dig deep and see if we can go out and get a win next week."
On if he feels he was let down a bit in terms of the protection:
"I mean, those guys are working their tail off. That's a good front. We've got to do better in all areas and I've got to do a better job. That's kind of where our focus is for this week."
On if it was good to have Gronkowski back in the line-up to throw to:
"Yeah. Yeah... I mean he's a good player for us. So I think all of us have to go out there and play a lot better than we played today. I mean, you can't play the way the way we played and think that we'll win a game this season. There's nothing positive to really take from the things we were doing. I think it's a good example of if you do the things that we did today, you'll get beat. We played a good football team at home. Like I said, we had a decent first half, but, you've got to put 60-minutes together if you're going beat them."
On if he thought conditioning was a factor:
"We've been practicing in this all summer so I don't think that played a part of it. I think our execution was just terrible."
On the fact the guys up front didn't seem to be gelling:
"Truthfully, I don't think we were gelling anywhere today. There wasn't much positive from the quarterback position, the receiver position, the tight end position, the anybody position, none of us can play like that and expect to win. All of us have to go out and do a much better job than we did today, take the coaching, understand what we need to do better and then go and execute next week."
On the fact it's been a while since they've lost the first game and how important it is for he and the other veterans to keep the mindset right with the younger players:
"Well, it's a long football season and you've got to make improvements throughout the course of the season. Whether you win or lose, you're not going to be playing really perfect football, especially in September, but you've got to try to win these games, they're important games to win. They all count the same. A win or a loss counts the same in September as it does in December. We just didn't play a good football game. We got off to a decent start, made some turnovers, and then let them back in the game in the third quarter and then we just couldn't do anything in the fourth quarter. So we'll try and figure out the things that we did wrong, and build on the good things, get rid of the bad things, and hopefully that will put us in a better place next week."
On what the change was in the second half:
"I think our execution was just terrible. We just couldn't do anything offensively. We couldn't sustain drives. We couldn't get a first down. We couldn't run it, we couldn't throw it, it was just a bad day."
On if he's surprised they didn't take more advantage of Miami's defense after their linebackers went out with injuries:
"I know, but like I said, they had some guys that came in that did a good job. #53 [Jelani Jenkins] ... [Jason] Trusnik did a good job. They've got some good players, especially depth at that position. They've got a good front, good players in the secondary, they make you earn it. We just couldn't sustain anything. Too many drives where we sputtered. Certainly in the second half, the third quarter ... you can't play football that way."
On the fact Gronkowsi looked behind and if he had any sense that Gronkowski was behind in his reactions to what they were trying to do:
"Like I said, I think everybody ... the guys in the blue jerseys, I don't think any of us played very well. I don't think that was Gronk or anybody in particular. I mean, this is a team sport. We all rely on each other. I think we play with anticipation, we communicate well and we try and go out there play for each other and you play to win. I think today we just didn't do the things that we need to do to win. You can't turn the ball over like we turned it over, you can't give them short fields and have opportunities in the pass game and the run game and make more yards than we did. We just didn't do anything with it."
On if he was affected by the rush himself:
"That's a good question. I just don't think you want to stand back there and hold the ball when you know they're bearing down, so you just try to pick guys out and make the throws. But there's times where you probably look at the film and you have more time than you think and that's part of playing football. There's things that I have to do a lot better job, using my instincts to help our team move the ball and score points."
On if he can talk about his calf:
"It's good. Thanks for asking."
On the fact they took away Julian Edelman in the second half:
"They took away everybody in the second half. Truthfully, I mean we didn't really make any yards in the second half. There wasn't one guy that we, anybody we threw the ball to, we didn't do anything. We didn't run it, we didn't throw it, I think that was, not just to Julian, that was to every player. We couldn't produce any yards."
