On how tough it was game-planning knowing what their fate was having secured the number one seed:
"I think we tried to go out there and give great effort. You know, they're a good team. They make it tough on you. They made it tough on us down there when we played them and they made it tough today. So, they've got a good team, but, you know, we're looking forward. It's tough. We always hate losing, absolutely. We didn't make enough plays to win, but hopefully we make them in a couple weeks."
On his comfort level with the protection he's getting from the offensive line heading into this postseason:
"I think, everything works together. It's not only the protection, the routes and the throws and the catches, offensive football and scoring points is about great execution and if it's anything less than that, it's hard to score unless somebody makes really a spectacular play. So if you have a breakdown on a throw, if you have a breakdown on a block, if you have a breakdown on a route, usually it doesn't result in a good play and I think obviously the first half, we didn't have enough good plays to score enough points. We're trying and hopefully we do a lot better job in a couple weeks. That's what it's going to take."
On how concerned people should be about the offense after their struggles the last couple of weeks:
"Yeah ... we're confident, I mean we have a lot of confidence as an offense. We've been able to score points against a lot of good teams, a lot of good defenses. Nothing that we've done this past season is going to help in two weeks from now. What's going to matter is how well we prepare this week and how well we prepare next week and how ready we are to go whenever we play. So, we'll have a lot of confidence. I'm not worried about us lacking confidence, going out there and executing. We've got a lot of good players."
On when he goes back and looks at film if it's about execution or if it's about teams having a lot of film on them and taking things away:
"That's a good question. I mean, I think it ultimately comes down to, like I said, how well we execute. I think we've played some pretty good defenses and defenses that really challenge you. We'll be challenged in a couple weeks, hopefully we're ready to meet the challenge. I'd expect us to be at our best. That's what this time of year requires. We'll be playing a great football team, whoever it is. I think we've got a pretty good team, we'll see where we're at."
On Brian Tyms and how important it was to get into a groove with him:
"Yeah, he made a couple good plays there early. You know, he's done a good job since he's got here, trying to understand the offense and what he needs to do to really incorporate himself and find a role. It was good to see him make some plays today, you know, we're going to need it in a couple weeks. Hopefully, Gronk is ready to roll and Jules [Julian Edelman] is ready to roll and all the guys up front are ready to roll, and that's important. It's good when you have your very good football players out there, we had a lot of good football players out there today that made some plays, we just didn't make enough of them today. But we've got to be able to go out and do it in a couple weeks, make a lot of good plays."
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