(on the loss) “They’re a good team; hats off to them. They’ve got a good defense, a good offense, and they deserve it. They’re a good team.”(more on the loss) “Well, the Giants are a great team. They played a great game. They’ve got a great defense, and we’ve just got to execute better. We’ve got to execute well, and unfortunately we didn’t. We’ve got to be playing like we did in the second quarter all four quarters.”
(more on the loss) It definitely hurts. Just losing the game hurts so much (with) how much we dedicated ourselves, how much our teammates all went through, just grinding every single day and every single off-day all together. We’ve just got to keep going and hope we can get to this position again.”
(on finding an offensive rhythm late in the second quarter) “We were just rolling there. We were executing well late in the second quarter, and (TE) Aaron (Hernandez) made a great play and got a touchdown. We’ve got to be rolling like that all four quarters.”
(on how confident the offense was on the final drive) “We’re always confident with Tom as our quarterback—an unbelievable quarterback. We’ve got so many great players around our whole offense starting with our O-linemen. They’re all great players, and we’re confident every time we go out there.”
(on comparing the loss to New England’s Super Bowl loss in 2007) “I wasn’t here four years ago, so I don’t know those feelings. I wasn’t on the team. I just got here last year, so I know the feeling of losing the big game, and it’s not a great feeling at all, and we’ve just got to keep on grinding.”
(on his health) “I was good. I was 100 percent out there doing everything they asked me to do.”
(on being held to two receptions) Just how they defended. They’ve got a good defense. They played well, and
(QB) Tom (Brady) hits open men. He finds open men, and, unfortunately, he was just hitting the guys who were open, and that’s just how it goes.”
(on the final drive) “When we have the ball in our hands with 0:57 left, basically a minute left, we’re confident that we can drive down the field and get some points. We were doing well. We got a couple of first downs, but unfortunately, the time flies pretty quick when you don’t get out of bounds and you don’t have three timeouts left. We’re always confident that we’re going to drive down. We’ve done it many times before, but, unfortunately, we didn’t do it this time.”
(on his ankle injury) “The trainers did a good job for two weeks, so when it got to the game time, I was ready to go.”
(on if it was frustrating to have to good drives but to struggle offensively at other times) “We’ve got to execute all game long. Those two drives in the second quarter were huge. We were moving the ball well. Unfortunately, we didn’t keep it up in the third and fourth quarter, and that’s how you win games, just executing in all four quarters and playing hard all four quarters.”
(on if the Patriots can make it back to the Super Bowl next season) “We’re looking forward to next year already. We’ve just got to have a good offseason. We’ve got to keep on grinding and stick together as a team and have everyone dedicate themselves.”
(on how he plans to rehab his ankle) “Just keep doing treatments. I’m recovering now. It’ll be good to go, so I’m not worried about it at all.”
(on New York LB Chase Blackburn’s interception) “Tom (Brady) just threw the ball up in the air, the linebacker did a great job. He boxed me out kind of, had good position on the jump ball and made a great catch. It was just a good play by him.”
(on TE Aaron Hernandez)
“He’s a heck of a player, Hernandez. I love playing with him. You saw how good he is, how he can ball, how he’s good with the ball in his hands. He’s an excellent player, and he’s just going to get better.”
(on if he was close to catching the Hail Mary at the end of regulation) “I was close, but close doesn’t matter. Close isn’t enough. Close doesn’t get it done. It’s either you catch it or you don’t, and that didn’t happen.”
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