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Postgame Quotes: Coach Brian Daboll, QB Tommy DeVito, ILB Bobby Okereke

Head Coach Brian Daboll

(On what went wrong today for his team)

"Collectively, just not good enough. Pretty much take any area, (it) just wasn't good enough. Give them (the Saints) credit. They did well. (They) were efficient in the pass game. We weren't really efficient in the pass game. The run, the quarterback zone reads where really all of that was going...I think was 9 for 14, or somewhere around there. We couldn't get the run game going, had a number of sacks (allowed). They were pretty efficient, 6 of 12 on third down and 2 of 2 in the red zone. So, collectively, it just wasn't good enough."

(On the play of the coverage team not being as good today)

"Nothing was where it needed to be today."

(On if the Saints did anything differently to defend Tommy DeVito)

"They played well. They stopped the run. (They) were effective in the pass coverages. We had a couple of drops out there early that, I thought, could've helped us. Overall, (it was) not good enough."

(On why the stunts from the Saints gave the Giants trouble)

"They did a good job running them, and we didn't do a good enough job blocking them."

(On the momentum swings in the game in the first half)

"Yeah, it was 7-6. Jamie (Gillan) hit that field goal. Again, they did a better job than we did all of the way around."

(On Tommy DeVito not being able to escape pressure like in the last game)

"I think that it's different. There's different rushes (each game). Every game is a little bit different. Like I said, not good enough
all of the way around."

(On not being able to generate much pressure today)

"They did a good job blocking us. They stayed on schedule. When you stay on schedule, there are better chances offensively. They were. I thought that (Derek) Carr did a great job. (He was) 23 of 28 or something like that. (He) was very efficient (and) effective. He got the ball out of his hands. (They) hit a couple of big ones. They did a good job. Give them credit."

(On if the message to the team is that there is still a chance for them to make the playoffs)

"Yeah, we are all pros. You get ready to play. You get ready to play the next week. That is our job. We will look forward to the opportunity to play next week."

(On how long Randy Bullock may be out)

"No, I don't know."

(On what the team would have done had Jamie Gillan had to exit the game then)

"We talked about it at halftime. It almost got to that point, but Jamie toughed it out."

(On if he thought that Gillan could kick)

"Yes, he did it in the preseason last year. You don't anticipate two guys possibly going down. So, give him credit, He fought threw it. He kicked off. We will see where we are at."

(On when Bullock injured himself)

"I don't know exactly when it was. He kicked the fifty something (56) yarder, and then they told me it was his hamstring."

Quarterback Tommy DeVito

(On why it was hard to get things going)

"We were just hurting ourselves in certain situations, some penalties, just not good."

(On the call to have him checked for a concussion)

"Yeah, I guess they called from upstairs and said they had to check me but I felt good."

(On if he felt the hit was clean)

"I don't know. It's football."

(On the difference from last week to today)

"I think they did a good job defensively. Just their D-line just, I guess just watched their film from what happened last week. They're just ensuring that wasn't going to happen again. They did a good job and we'll be better on offense."

(On what the Saints did differently to slow them down)

"Nothing too crazy. We just lacked execution on offense. We weren't good on third downs. We have to be better. I don't think we played with enough swagger. I put that on me because I'm like, I take that personally, as far as playing with energy, playing with juice. So I need to be better with that."

(On why there wasn't "swagger")

"I just feel like we kind of got in a little bit of a lull at times. I think it
just goes with the execution part. But just keep the energy high at all times."

(On the Saints defense sack celebrations)

"I didn't know until you just said it but it comes what you see in all sports everything with someone just does something and something else happens or it's going to retaliate but it's all fun and games, part of game."

(On the atmosphere in the Caesars Superdome)

"Yeah, it was cool atmosphere, I can say that. Obviously first time in the stadium. We anticipating it being loud, so we practiced a lot of loud music, especially that one song that was played. So that was... it was fun in that aspect of the game. But as far as we learned, just being more efficient on third downs. (The) Quarterback's jobs (is) to stay on the field, score points. So I need to find ways to keep those routes going."

(On the challenge of teams having more film on him now)

"I think teams do that to everybody. I just so happened to play some more football, so I have some more film. But the NFL is not easy. It is not for everybody. But it's our job to go out there. It's part of the job description to go out there, be ready to play against what they have."

(On Brian Daboll stating he's starting next week)

"He believes in me. I'm going to continue to try to earn his trust and all that each play that I'm on the field."

(On how he felt his performance was today)

"Average. Two things I want back for sure. I guess I just need to be that spark for the offense and just get us to score points more."

(On the two things)

"Probably the first one of the game to (Darius) Slayton. And then one to (Darren)
Waller on the right side in the fourth quarter."

(On how critical he is of himself)

"Very critical. I'm always harder on myself than anybody else but at the same time I'm realistic with myself. I don't want to try to beat myself up over things, but it's all learning experiences. A routine throw that I make 10 times out of 10 to Waller that I missed just cannot happen. So I'm going to beating myself up over that one for sure. But just watch the film, see what we could have done differently if I could have done anything different, then will go from there until next week."

(On what he makes of the seven sacks)

"It's a little bit of everything. I mean at times sometimes it's just the pressure look, sometimes it's a cover sack, sometimes I can get the ball out and I'd maybe just missed somebody. I mean it's all three of those that goes into it, I think I've said in the past just when we've had a couple other sack games just it's not just on the offensive line. It's not just on the quarterback, not just on the receivers kind of a different scenario every time."

(On how hard it is to be taken off and taken to the locker room before going back in)

"There was a little bumps in the road. I'll say just because I didn't get to have my halftime adjustments and all that and just like talk and just reset with the guys. But at the same time it's the job. You get thrown into it you're expected to play and do everything at your best which we got going at times, we just need to be more consistent."

Inside Linebacker Bobby Okereke

(On how Derek Carr was running the Saints offense that made it difficult to stop)

"He's a vet in this league and we didn't do a lot to get him off his rhythm. So, they were just executing. They were hitting their shots; they were hitting their check downs. Run game was bleeding on us. They just played a more complete game than we did."

(On not performing to expectations after a three-game win streak)

"It is tough. It is just one game. We have three more left so we'll watch the film from this, get the corrections done and move onto the next."

(On if they felt like they had an opportunity to turn it around going into the second half)

"Yeah we felt like we had an opportunity. Defensively we've been talking all week about embracing the challenge and really if we want to put our team in position to win it's got to be on us. Executing, creating turnovers, really just getting that momentum swinging coming out in the second half and having them
go down and drive and score, that's not what we need. We just got to do better from that standpoint"

(On having no turnovers today and if they are sometimes just lucky)

"Yeah it is just the flow of the game. But history tells if we get turnovers we'll win the game. So we just got to put an extra emphasis on that in practice, get out mindset right about that and we'll get a better result."

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