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September 9, 2005

Sapp Speaketh

FOXBORO - The late ending and my need to hit deadline with my game story prevented me from getting down to the postgame locker rooms. But -- and this is the beauty of this medium -- my colleague Kevin McNamara got some Raiders quotes for me I'll share now.

WARREN SAPP

"Except for that last drive (on which the Patriots went up 30-13), we basically handed it to them. The penalties (16 for 149 yards) killed us. We were in it but that last drive killed us. If we didn't do that, it's 23-20 and we're there."

On Tom Brady: "We've got to prerssure him and get him on the ground and try to get the ball. He's special. I'll give him that. He's special."

LAMONT JORDAN

"We have to take advantage of every opportunity because the one thing they do really well is capitalize on your mistakes.The one thing I know is penalties will hurt you. You can't have penalties against a team like the New England Patriots, the Super Bowl champs.
I know they lost their offensive and defensive coordinators but they haven't changed. They're the same team for the last 4 years. That team hasn't changed. They are no different."

RANDY MOSS
On his touchdown: "(Kerry) Collins called the long touchdown play. He saw single coverage on the wide out.

"My hat's off to the Patriots. They're a good team. They run good schemes and have good players in the schemes."

"My nervousness was just playing the game, not the hype of Randy Moss this, Randy Moss that. They made plays and we made plays, but they made them more."

Bill Belichick talks today at 11:45 and the players access is after that.

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