Inside the Saints Locker Room - Bucs game (WWL)

“We did a lot of things that prevent you from winning games. It was evident. Those are things we have to clean up if we’re going to have any type of success here in this second season.
-- Head Coach Sean Payton in his opening remarks after the game.

“Obviously you would rather have it than not have it. That’s clear. There’s momentum in a game. There’s momentum in a season. There’s momentum and we’ve got to be ready to play our best football here as we move forward. We’ve got some work to do.”
--Payton, when asked about the word momentum and if it’s overused.

“We did some stupid things that will definitely bite us in the playoffs. Once the playoffs start, it’s a whole new level of play. Everything is magnified. Just like when you go from preseason to regular season, regular season to playoffs.”
--Quarterback Drew Brees, talking about mistakes the Saints made against Tampa Bay.

“Our expectations are the exact same as when we came into the season and that’s there’s no reason why we can’t go back and do this again. Has it been difficult? Yeah, absolutely. We’ve faced our fair share of adversity but I feel like we’ve fought through that and it has strengthened us, it has brought us together. I feel like we have the potential to be an even better team than last year.”
--Brees, when asked about the road to the playoffs.

“Our goal was to win the game regardless of how everything else turned out. For us to sit here and say we turned it down wouldn’t be a true statement. They palyed better than us today and they finished the game off and won it.”
--Center Jonathan Goodwin, answering a question about whether there was a point the team knew the game didn’t matter anymore.

“The one thing I noticed about this team is we like challenges.  We respond to different challenges. When someone tells you, ‘Uh, I don’t think you’re going to be able to do this. It’s going to be hard.’ This team responds to things like that. I don’t think it’ll be a big deal to this team.”
--Linebacker Scott Shanle, when asked about playing three road playoff games to get to the Super Bowl

“The best thing about it, and there’s no good thing when you step in for a guy that goes down – you never want to see that happen, it allowed me get into the flow. It’s tough just coming on being a third-down guy, coming on the field and coming off. I’d rather be in the flow a little bit more, but if he comes back, that’s the scenario that I have to be in and I have to do it to the best of my ability.”
--Safety Darren Sharper, talking about playing in place of Malcolm Jenkins, who left the game injures.

“We still had some mistakes on offense. They got to Drew. They got pressure on Drew. We had a key turnover on goal  line towards the end of the half. Stuff like that  you can’t have and stuff like that that will get you beat in a playoff game.”

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