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October 28, 2007

POSTGAME: Redskins postgame quotes

Casey Rabach, Offensive Line
(On the game and where the Redskins go from here)
It is hard to come up with an answer for what just happened out there. It is obvious we did not do what we needed to do in any aspect of the game. We just need to go back and find out who we are and work to our strengths and go from there. I’ll give them (Patriots) all the credit. They are a great team. We just didn’t show up. We just have to go to next Sunday. We have to get what we can get from the tape and get back on the field and get a win.

(On the Patriots and Tom Brady)
They are darn good and are probably one of the better teams I have ever played against. He (Tom Brady) is a heck of a player. He has been playing at a high level for a long time in this league. He had a great day.

Anthony Montgomery, Defensive Tackle
(On the game and the Patriots team)
It is tough right now, but it is still early in the season and we have a lot games to go. We just have to let this one go and bounce back and try to win the NFC East. Today, they just came out and anything they wanted to do, they pretty much did it. My hats off to them they are a great team. We just have to move on.

(On Tom Brady)
He is a real tough quarterback to contain. It is my first time ever going against him. He is everything that everyone has said he is and more.

Santana Moss, Wide Receiver
(On the Patriots’ Defense)
We just could not get things done to win. You have to give credit to what they did.
As an offense, we have done better than that. I don’t think we did enough to give ourselves a chance.

Reche Caldwell, Wide Receiver
(On the game)
You cannot say anything bad about the way they played. They beat us.
We didn’t do a good enough job putting up points, and stopping them from scoring points.

Phillip Daniels, Defensive End
(On the game)
They did some good things. Tom Brady is a good Quarterback. They ran their offence really well. I think we hurt ourselves in a lot of ways. We just have to regroup and stay together as a team and play better next week.

(On Tom Brady)
He is one of the best quarterbacks. I give him a lot of credit. He does a lot of good things back there. He does a great job getting it to his receivers. Actually, his receivers make a lot of good plays. You just have to find a way to stop that, and then try to shut the run down.

Ladell Betts, Running Back
(On if the Patriots defense was too tough)
You have to be a man. I mean, you never want to lose in that kind of fashion 52-7 -- that’s pretty much embarrassing.

(On what he thinks the problem is right now)
We are just not making enough first downs. That’s pretty much the problem -- when you don’t make first downs. You have to get more plays and capitalize on opportunities. It’s something we didn’t do well today and we need to try not to turn the ball over as well.

(On if he thought the Patriots were running up the score)
I think they were playing football. How would you want to call it? I mean, we’re also on the other end and we didn’t stop them and we didn’t -- So if it’s running it up I don’t think it’s running it up. It’s playing football.

Todd Wade, Offensive Lineman
(On what was a very tough loss today)
Yeah, that was very unfortunate. We were actually convinced when we came in here that we were going to win the game. We were really confident about it, but we didn’t execute the game plan well and we knew also this was a team that will score on their first possession or two. They are going to score eventually and they were a machine all day. They are really as good as advertised.

(On if the defense was better than they expected or if the Redskins just couldn’t get it going)
It seemed like we never got a great feel for everything, but they did a great job game-planning on us and hats off to them. They did a great job, they executed well. We definitely have to establish our identity better and it starts next week. It’s really crunch time. This is a big game coming up.

Ryan Boschetti, Defensive Tackle
(On the Patriots going for it on 4th-and-1.)
That’s Belichick’s call – he’s the offensive coordinator for his team and he felt he wanted to go for it and he had that option, you know. We just have to stop them. I mean, if it was me on the other end of the stick, hey you know, you run into situations where when you have a swagger like that they try to keep it.

(On if there was a big gap between the Patriots and the Redskins)
Going into the game we felt we matched up well against them and unfortunately we just didn’t go out and perform the way we felt we were capable of playing. Hats off to the New England Patriots. They played a great game, but also it’s an AFC team and hopefully we can just bounce back next weekend and just continue to stay focused on what we do well.

James Thrash, Wide Receiver
(On the Patriots defense)
We are not going to take anything away from New England. They came out and played extremely well on defense and you add that in with our offense not playing at the level we are capable, you are not going to score against them.

(On Patriots going for it on 4th-and-1 late in the game)
Just from watching film during the last few weeks, New England has always played from the first through the fourth quarter. That’s just their mentality; I don’t think it’s them trying to rub it in.

Pierson Prioleau, Safety
(On New England’s performance)
We knew they were a good team and that we had to take away some things from them. We didn’t do a good job of executing. We have a lot of work to do, but on a positive note, there is still a lot of football to play.

(On whether New England ran up the score)
It’s our job to keep them off the board. This is football, it’s a competitive sport. They are a good team. We just have to do what we need to do to keep them out of the end zone.

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Posted by: Jack Shelton at October 29, 2007 11:37 AM