NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS MEDIA DAY - SAFETIES COACH MATT PATRICIA - Ingles

Super Bowl XLVI – Tuesday, January 31, 2012

(on overcoming injuries and struggles throughout the season on the defensive side of the ball) “I think you have to give all of the credit to the players, but I don’t really think we focus on rankings or any of that. All we are worried about is going out and trying to do the best that we can, and go out and try to win each week. I think the rest of it doesn’t matter to us. Everyone is out there trying to do their job, and just trying to execute everything that we are trying to do. So you give all of the credit to the players, obviously, because those are the guys that work hard every day. (We) are just pleased with anybody that had to step-in, take a roll and do whatever it is that they had to do. They did a great job.”

(on defensive lineman Vince Wilfork’s leadership role on the defense) “Obviously, Vince is a great player, and I think he leads by an extremely strong example. Everyone tends to follow those guys that are out in front, so whether it is Vince, Jerod (Mayo) or whoever it is leading the defense. Vince is a tremendous player, a tremendous leader and we are very fortunate and lucky to have him.”

(on the impact of having defensive back Patrick Chung and linebacker Brandon Spikes back on the defense) “We just kind of go every week. Every week is its own individual week, and every game is its own individual game. So whatever it is that week we are just going to try to put the best people we can out there in the best position to win.”

(on facing the New York Giants and the problems that their offense presents) “They are a tremendously good offense. That is a great football team over there, and we’ve certainly got our work cut out for us. We are just, hopefully, going to go out and do the best that we can. They are extremely talented in all three phases of the game, but obviously we’ve got to worry about their offense, which has a great quarterback, great receivers, an excellent offensive line and a tremendous running game. So we’ve definitely got our work cut out for us.”

(on getting pressure on New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning) “I just think that whatever it is that we can do to disrupt their offense is going to help us in the long run, so hopefully we can go out there and do that.”