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October 7, 2007

Transcripts: Browns postgame quotes

Willie McGinest, Linebacker
(On Patriots)
I think they are a good team. They are well coached, disciplined, and are not going to make a lot of mistakes. You can’t give them much. They might have more offensive weapons than the Colts. You put those weapons around a guy like Brady then there is nothing left to talk about. They are a good team and I have nothing but respect for them.

(On his homecoming)
Coming back was nice, but who wants to come back to a whooping. It is good to be back to see some of the faces (coaches, players). I just wish that we would have played better. This is a great crowd. I had a lot of years here with them. We went through a lot together. I just take my hat off to them. I really appreciated the standing ovation. It was tough to focus with all of that going on.

(On Brady)
I am going to play hard against him. I wouldn’t do anything dirty but he knows I will play hard.

Daven Holly, Cornerback
(On Tom Brady)
He is a real good quarterback. He won some championships, but I felt that we played good enough and tight enough coverage to get some things done.

(On the game)
We came out and played a tough physical football team. If we would have scored on that first drive when we turned the ball over the whole complexity of the game would have changed right there. Early on, we did a good job of not letting them into the end zone.

(On controlling Moss)
Randy is a good wide receiver. We had a lot of different schemes available for him. We always want to take their top playmaker out of the game. I think we did a good job against Randy.

(On Benjamin Watson)
They have a lot of playmakers. You take one away and others show up. That is why New England is a good football team.

Brodney Pool, Defensive Back
(On defending against Tom Brady and the Browns’ turnovers)
It makes it harder for us, but it is still a team effort. We should have got off the field on defense, but we didn’t. If they had a turnover, we should have come back and got a turnover ourselves. He (Brady) was playing very safely and being very smart. He is a good quarterback and shows why he is one of the best in league. Whenever he makes an attempt to throw, you need to be right there and capitalize on it. Today he just went out and ran his game plan. I think he is one of the top quarterbacks in the league.

Andra Davis, Linebacker
(On the Patriots)
You can see why they are a playoff team. They go out there and don’t make very many mistakes. They recovered three turnovers and I don’t think we had any. They play well as a team and they force you to beat them. They force you to play safety football.

(On the game)
We came in here with the attitude that we were going to win the game. We know that we can play with anyone. We have a lot of weapons on our team on offense, defense and special teams. We expect to win. Games like this when you go out and play a team like the New England Patriots tough, you need to go back and correct your mistakes. The team has to know we can’t make those mistakes if we want to compete in these types of games. We will get better.

Jason Wright, Running Back
(On the game)
You have to be fundamentally sound, because they are, and they make you pay for the slightest mistakes. That was evident today. We really beat ourselves out there today.

(On being down 20-10 in third quarter)
I thought we were going to win the game. We felt like we were starting to move the ball. We were gaining confidence on offense and I thought we were going to win the game. We are a very confident team and I think everyone thought we were going to win that game.

(On first drive ending in an interception)
That’s evidence of what they are as a team. We moved the ball down the field, had a bunch of successful plays, got to the one-yard line and they made a play because we made a mistake. That’s the kind of team they are, they are veterans and they are smart. They expect to win.

(On being ready to fill in for Jamal Lewis)
You have to always be prepared for that as a backup. You never know when your time is going to be called. Jamal has helped me a ton to prepare, because he’s the type of guy who makes sure you are up on your game. His tutelage has really helped me.

Braylon Edwards, Wide Receiver
(On inconsistency)
We are very inconsistent right now. We win one; we lose one. Like today, our defense played well for us. They gave us everything we needed playing against this high-powered offense and we just didn’t help them. This loss can be attributed to the offense. We put [the defense] in bad situations time and time again. We couldn’t get drives consistently.

(On being David versus Patriots “Goliath”)
This is any given Sunday. We have to do everything in our power to win this game. I just don’t buy into this “David versus Goliath” concept in the NFL. It’s about who wants it. I’m not taking anything away from the Patriots. They have a phenomenal team. They play well together and when other teams make mistakes, they make them pay.

Ryan Tucker, Offensive Line
(On getting back in the game)
It was nice; unfortunately we did not come out with a win. I’m still rusty in some areas of my game.

Kellen Winslow, Tight End
(On the game)
We expected to win the game. I think we could have won, without the errors and forced turnovers. We gave them good field position and with a good team like that they are hard to stop on offense. They are the smartest team we have played so far and they schemed us well and we got behind early.

Tim Carter, Wide Receiver
(On the game plan)
We have a good offense, a balanced offense, and one thing we did not do today was take care of the ball. That was tough, we shot ourselves in the foot. We felt we could get a lot accomplished and put ourselves in a position to win the game.

(On the turnovers)
They did a great job and created turnovers. That was one key to the game. You cannot have turnovers, especially against a good team like the Patriots.

Joshua Cribbs, Wide Receiver
(On the game)
I feel I could have played better. I feel I played well below my standards. As a team, I think we played below our standards and if you ask any one of us they will say the same thing. We played a very good ball team and we have to give credit where credit is due.

(On the lateral)
It was a good play by Derek. He got the ball to me and I just tried to make a play with it.

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