Shockey credo abbia inquadrato molto bene la situazione dei Pats:
"They don't have Richard Seymour any more, they don't the Vrabels, the Bruschis, the Harrisons, so it's not the same defense you guys have seen"
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Coach Payton:
(on Brees) “You guys can write about the hierarchies and all that stuff. I thought he was outstanding tonight; I thought he was special. Let’s just say he’s playing real well. It was a great job by him. Magnificent.
(on defense) “I thought we had to do some different things. I thought Gregg (Williams) and his staff put together a great plan. Mike’s interception was key because it led to points. I thought his interception was a pivotal play in the game. I was proud of how our defense played.
Sharper
“The good thing about it, is we play against our offense in practice. We knew we could shut them down because our offense has problems with us during the summer and in training camp. We knew if we executed well with the new guys, we could have an outcome like we had tonight.”
(on fourth-down stop in third quarter) “That changed the momentum of the game. That was a great play by Mike.”
Belichick
“You have to give New Orleans credit. They were obviously the better team tonight. It wasn’t a competitive game like we thought it would be or like we needed it to be. We got to coach better and we have to play better. We have to do a lot better than we did. You have to give them a lot of credit because they are a good football team. We have to do a better job than we did tonight. We have to do a lot better to compete with a team of this caliber.” (On what the Saints did defensively) “They did a good job defensively. They did what they do. They mixed it up. They ran a lot of the same coverages that they have been winning with. They played a lot better defense than we did. You have to give their players and coaches a lot of credit. We have to do a better job to be competitive.”
(On if the Saints offense was confusing) “They mix it up a lot. They do that. They do a good job of keeping you off balance with personnel substitutions. They change up the tempo of the game. They do a good job and have good players. They are very well coached. They capitalize when you make mistakes. You can’t make many against them and you can’t make big ones. We made some big ones.”
(On if the defense was able to get Tom Brady out of sync) “They were better than we were in every phase of the game. I don’t know how to put it any other way. They were better coached. They played better on offense and defense. They were better in the kicking game. They covered better than we did. They were obviously the better team.”
Brady
“They played really well and they played well as a team. We obviously didn’t play up to their level. They played a great game and we didn’t play so well. There’s a big gap between us. It wasn’t as competitive as everyone expected. But that’s what happens when you don’t play very well against a good team on the road.
(are Saints as good as ’07 Patriots?) “You know, that was so long ago. I will say it’s good to be in that position. They are the ones who are 11-0. And they are a really good team who played really good tonight. You have to give them all of the credit.”
Wilfork
“They (Saints) are a very, very good football team. Tonight we got beat in all phases of the game; offense, defense and special teams. If we continue to play like that, we will have this losing feeling a lot more. All we can do is regroup, watch film and prepare for Miami on a short week.
“Like I said they are a real good football team; probably the best we’ve played all season. For us we have to take this loss in stride and move on.”
Wright
“All of you saw it out there. They (Saints) do what they want to do, and they do it well. We just came up short tonight. Everyone in this locker room knows we can play a lot better than we did out there. But they (saints) are a real good team.”
