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Tom Brady Post Game Press Conference Transcript - Patriots at Chiefs

Ian Logue
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Sep 30, 2014 at 2:12am ET

On how they recover from a game like this:

"We've got to learn from it.  It was just a bad performance by everybody and we want to make sure we never have this feeling again.  We've all got to figure out what we have to do better.  We just couldn't get started, got behind, turned the ball over in the third quarter and then fought in the fourth quarter, which was good to see.  But you've got to get ahead of these teams and play from ahead, and play our style. If you get behind to a team that's a good team on the road, there was a lot of energy, we just couldn't afford to do that."

On how he handled the news of coming out of the game:

"They told me I was coming out, so..."

On how they can throw out a game like this as opposed to losing a close one in the final seconds:

"Well, quick, I mean, we have to. Ultimately it's all going to count the same in the end.  It counts as a loss, so as quickly as we can, we've got to move on.  We're already on a short week.  It's probably good that it's a short week.  But you know, we just, like I said, we're down 17-0 at half time and had to come out to get a spark there in the third quarter and didn't do that.  We've started too slow these halves, first quarter, third quarter, and it put us in a hole and we're just not making enough plays.  The guys who have opportunities to make plays, we've got to make them.  That's me, certainly, and skill players and we've got to do more on first down, we've got to gain more first downs, we've got to convert on third down, but we don't convert a third down in the first half and we're not going to score any points.  If you're not going to score any points...."

On the fact they struggled converting third downs and if they need more plays like the ones Brandon LaFell made:

"Some great catch and runs by him and I think he's always done a good job with that.  Those are the things we're still learning.  But he did a great job tonight, it was great to see, great to be in the huddle with him.  It's not easy for any of us when we're down like that and you face some adversity and you want to look across at the other guys and you want to know that you're fighting with guys that are going to fight until the end.  He certainly did that."

On the fact there's not really much they can point to that they're doing well right now:

"That's a good point.  I mean I think there's not much that we're doing well enough on a consistent basis to score points.  Run game, pass game, consistently when we have to throw it, when we have to run it, convert on third down, red area, it's all a problem.  Like I said, I wish there was an easy answer.  I don't think there's an easy answer.  I think we've got to fight our way through it and see what kind of team we have.  But I don't think there's going to be any easy games for us, not that we'd ever expect that in the NFL, but we've got our work cut out for us.  We've got a great football team coming in this week that's undefeated and we've got to play, certainly, our best game to beat them."

On what went through his mind when he was on the bench by himself when he knew Jinmy Garoppolo was going in the game:

"Well, it's just a disappointing night.  You never expect these things, we've been on the other end of this quite a few times, but we've lost some tough road games before and I know we're not going to quit, there's one thing I can assure you of that.  There's not a guy in that locker room that's going to quit.  We stick together, we work on the things that we need to work on.  We all feel we've got a good football team, we just didn't play like a good football team tonight.  But we'll see what we're made of this week."

On if all the personnel changes up front made it had for him to get comfortable in the pocket:

"You know, I think we're all trying to do a better job.  I think it's not necessarily one position, it's all positions.  A lot of guys have been rotating trying to find combinations that work at every position.  But ultimately the guys who make the most plays and are the most consistent are going to be out there.  It's a tough night."

On their difficulty running and stopping the run and the physical toughness of the team:

"That's part of it.  I mean, I think certainly running the ball and stopping the run is important to the physical toughness of the team.  You just lose control of the game and it becomes one-dimensional like it did there in the third quarter and we stopped running it.  We didn't do much offensively so, I wouldn't say we've had very productive four games to start but hopefully we can learn from it and understand the things that we're doing wrong and make the improvements.  But there's nobody that's going to dig us out of the hole, we've kind of created it for ourselves.  We're going to have to look each other in the eye, see what kind of commitment we're willing to make for each other and try to do a lot better."

On if he feels like they need help on the offensive line from an outside player:

"I think those guys are playing really hard.  I mean, they're working hard every day in practice.  Those decisions are certainly not in my control, I have a lot of confidence in all the guys that are in there.  But like I said, it's all of us.  It's not one posititon on offense, it's everybody and certainly the play-makers that we have and the skill guys, we've all got to make plays.  That's what's going to help our team more than anything."

On if their struggles come as a big surprise:

"I think we can't afford to just not be productive, not convert third downs, not score points, then you're behind against a team on the road with good pass rushers and they just start teeing off, and that's what they're good at.  They did the same thing against Miami last week, Miami did the same thing against us in week one when they got ahead of us, so we've got to do a better job playing from ahead, we've got to have mental toughness when we're playing from behind, make some plays to get us back in a position to compete with a competitive score. But there's probably a lot of things to learn tonight that we'll review, but we've got to move on.  We've got to do a lot better than what we're doing right now."

On how they keep from getting their confidence shaken:

"Well, if you play poorly, you're not going to win many games, especially on the road against good football teams.  So I think it's just...we've got to find a way to play better and I think that's what the lesson that we learn from it.  You know, confidence...I'm not worried about whether it goes up or down.  There's going to be a lot of negativity, everyone's going to tell us how terrible we are.  It's just the way it goes in the NFL.  But we've got a lot of character in our locker room, we've got a lot of guys that are going to play for each other, and we're going to try and see where we can certainly individually make the improvements that will help us as a team."

On after a loss like this how excited he is as a player to get back out there and try and erase this loss:

"We've got no choice, that's what we're faced with and we'd like to go out and do a lot better job than we did tonight.  We're going to need to do a lot better job.  It's a good team that we're playing and hopefully we can learn from this and find some type of silver lining and we certainly never want this feeling again."

On if he gets any input on the personnel he'd like to see and if not, if he'd like to have some:

"You know, I think those coaches do a great job with coaching and it's not...I mean, I always have conversations with everybody.  The players, coaches, I mean I've been around for a while.  Like I said, we're all trying to find something that works for all of us and not just at that position, at every position.  Since the beginning of training camp guys have been fighting hard for spots.  Ultimately it comes down to  dependability, consistency and those are things that I've got to think about for me in order to help this team win.  That's what I have to be, consistent and dependable.

On what happened on the interception he threw:

"Which one?"

The one to the safety:

"Yeah, I was just forcing it. Throwing it where I shouldn't throw it."

On the fact that since he doesn't have consistent players, how can he be consistent?

"Yeah...that's a good question.  Those are the things we're working to try to figure out what we're good at so that we can do them consistently so that we can all depend on each other to do it consistently.  But the guys who are out there are fighting hard, I know that.  The backs, the receivers fought hard to the end, tight ends are, offensive line certainly is.  When you lose the way we lost, there's not a lot to be gained other than the feeling that we have now and understand that we don't want this feeling again.  We've had it before and it's motivated us and we've had some pretty bad losses on the road where we're not really ever in the game, but this is a tough one."

On if he ever remembers having to face this much adversity before:

"That's football.  I mean I think this is...you know, it's not easy.  Certainly this sport challenges you physically and mentally every day.  It's certainly not easy for any team to show up and win games.  We're fighting like every other team in the league.  Our division, we're there with some other teams that probably aren't happy about where they're at, but that's the reality.  So we're going to see what we're made of.  We'll see what kind of mental toughness we have, see if we can go out there and do something about it because we're really the only people that can do something about it.  There's people that are on the field with the opportunity to make the plays to help us win."


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