SUPER BOWL XLIV - COLTS DB KELVIN HAYDEN - Ingles

COLTS DB KELVIN HAYDEN

(on the Saints methodical offense) “We didn’t get off the field on third down. We didn’t execute when we needed to.”

(on what the Saints were able to do successfully on offense) “They did a lot of taking advantage of the match-up. They have a versatile type of backfield. Out on our linebackers, they did a great job. Like I said, we didn’t execute on third down when we needed to get off the field and get the ball back to our offense. That was the key to the game.”

(on how he thinks the late interception thrown by Colts QB Peyton Manning will affect him this offseason) “It doesn’t matter. I guarantee he’ll get over it just like everybody else will get over this loss. The main thing is, as a defense, we didn’t stand up like we’re supposed to. We made a couple of team mistakes in critical situations and we didn’t take advantage of the opportunities at hand.”

(on how it feels to lose a Super Bowl due to a late interception after winning in a similar fashion three years ago) “It’s crazy. I thought about that as well, three years ago. Now he’s [Tracy Porter] doing the celebrating, I’m doing the weeping. It is what it is. Congratulations to those guys.”

(on if he spoke with fellow University of Illinois alum Saints RB Pierre Thomas after the game) “I did. After the game I told him congratulations. I told him to enjoy it.”

(on Thomas’ performance) “He runs with the ball hard. You could see it was taking two or three tacklers to get him down at times and he kept the chains moving.”

(on the overall performance from the Saints) “They let it all hang out. They were feeling it. They played with confidence. Like I said, they came to play, and they came away with the victory.”

(on the inability to stop New Orleans on third downs) “That’s the name of the game, you have to stop them on third down, force these guys to punt, and we didn’t do that tonight.”

(on his feelings about the season) “It’s disappointing because we set the mission to come out as Super Bowl champions and we fell one game short. We just fall in the pile with the rest of the teams. We didn’t finish the task. Not taking anything away from this season, we had a great season as a team. We fought adversity week-in and week-out. We had a great year.”

(on the positive defensive performance in the first half) “In the first half, the defense was clicking. We were making plays, getting off the field on third down. In the fourth quarter of the game, and in the second half, we didn’t finish.”