Miami Dolphins 22, New England Patriots 12
Q. JC, how disappointing is the outcome and the fact that you guys have been eliminated from the playoffs?
J.C. JACKSON: I mean, man, nobody -- nobody -- nobody -- nobody like losing, so I guess, you know that feeling, we all -- we just -- just got to move on to the next game. Prepare for Buffalo.
Q. And just on the interception, what did you see there in the first quarter?
J.C. JACKSON: You said what did I see.
Q. Yeah what did you see on the play?
J.C. JACKSON: I seen the ball and I want -- I want to attack the ball and make the play.
Q. Just the mood of the locker room after the game, a lot of veteran players on the team are used to going to the postseason and competing for Super Bowl championships. What was the mood like amongst the guys?
J.C. JACKSON: I mean, nobody -- nobody had their head down. We just -- we just try to keep each other and be -- just be there for one another as a team. I mean -- that's really all we could do is just keep lifting each other up and keep working, take it a game at a time.
Q. The loss of Bentley and obviously Gilmore in the second half seemed to be a big factor. How difficult was it for you to see him go down and how impactful has he been for you?
J.C. JACKSON: You asked me like four different questions. I don't know which one to answer first.
Q. Just the impact of Gilmore leaving the game and his overall impact on you this year.
J.C. JACKSON: Gilmore is one of the best DBs in the league and the opportunity to be on the same team as him just motivate me more -- he's a key factor, but I mean --
Q. You guys cut it to three and the defense had to come up with that stop, obviously didn't go your way. Is that almost your season in a nutshell where you guys are one stop away from making a play when you needed it most?
J.C. JACKSON: This is a game for us, man. We knew we had to come down here and win. Every play counted. Every snap counted so I mean it just -- just got to play better football.
Q. But is there something different about this team than maybe teams of the past where you guys just couldn't make that one really big play when you needed it, just the timing of it?
J.C. JACKSON: Say that again?
Q. It just seemed like whenever you guys needed that one play it wasn't there this year and I don't know if that's something with execution or what from this year's team maybe to last year or years before.
J.C. JACKSON: It's tough, man, we love -- we got to take it to the champ, it's not much, really, to say, they just -- they just beat us, man. They compete harder than us and they just -- they flat-out beat us.
Q. With how today went, how does that -- what does that do for you guys going forward next season?
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Q. You seemed to hold your own there in the first half. It was a very defensive game there. What went wrong in the second half in your mind?
J.C. JACKSON: We just -- we just didn't play -- we didn't play up to our strength. We didn't play to our advantage. We made some bad plays and they made some great plays and they capitalized. They capitalized better than we did.
Q. When you guys are winning most of that game and you know you have to win to kind of stay in the playoff race, why is it that they, as you said, played harder than you?
J.C. JACKSON: I don't know, I can't really answer that.
Q. Did you feel that early on or is that something you felt later on in the game?
J.C. JACKSON: What?
Q. That they were playing harder than you?
J.C. JACKSON: I mean, they are in the game. The fourth quarter, man, they kept running the ball. We couldn't stop it. I mean, it's just -- we just got to play better as a team in my opinion, which we will. We will. We will get it together. We going to get ready for Buffalo next week, Monday night.
Q. The running game they had not shown well all season. What kept you from stopping them running the ball so much there in the second half?
J.C. JACKSON: I mean, our front seven, they played tough. They made -- all game. That's it. That's it.
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