New England Patriots 23, Baltimore Ravens 17
Q. Lamar, how difficult is it, one, coming off a loss like, this but also, to have these injuries now with Nick Boyle coming after Ronnie Stanley, just how do the injuries impact you guys going forward after a loss like this?
LJ: Huge, you know, they are great players for us. We need them. They are starters for a reason. We don't like to see none of our guys go down. Said that before when Ronnie went down. He's our brother and we was hoping just be out for the game but to find out he out for the season is, you know, I don't even know what to say.
Q. I know it was rainy and the conditions were difficult, but the snaps, how difficult were those exchanges and was Matt saying anything as far as what was going on or just because the ball is wet?
LJ: The ball is just wet, but like the ball is just, couldn't do nothing about it. You know, he was trying to the best of his ability and I was trying right there with him. But things happen, especially in conditions like this.
Q. On that key fourth down attempt where they child called the wildcat snap to Ingram, was it frustrating for you not to be involved in that play?
LJ: I was involved in it. I was a decoy. I was involved in it. Just mad at the result. I feel like it was a great snap or something like that, it would probably have a chance, but things happen.
Q. Just how frustrating is this loss in all, all the injuries, the weather seemed like it was working against you at various times. You were clicking on offense at times and had the interceptions. How from us rating was this?
LJ: The interception came right before halftime. We probably had like ten seconds on the clock and we was just trying to make something happen and there wasn't nothing really -- but yeah, like you said, the condition, the weather wasn't on our side. Every time we was up, it was like the rain just started pouring down even harder. But you know, it's part of football. Things happen. The weather's not always going to be perfect, and we still have to find a way to pull out a victory. We just didn't tonight.
Q. Can you take us inside what you're thinking and what the team is thinking after you hit Snead for the touchdown to pull within six. Looks like you guys got some momentum. What are you thinking at that point? There's still plenty of time. How disappointing is it to not use that as kind of some momentum to make it closer?
LJ: Well, we know their offense was doing a great job staying on the field and keeping time of possession and run the ball and our defense made a key stop. We just got to do our job and go punch in it, but didn't happen. Just got to do a better job of that, get our offense and we'll be good.
Q. You guys haven't had too many losses like this. How would you describe how the locker room is feeling? How are guys feeling after that?
LJ: We ticked off. Don't nobody like losing. I know none of you guys like losing. Especially we got a lot of talent on our team. Just got to regroup. Tuesday go watch film on our opponents, Tennessee, and go from there.
Q. Knowing these guys as you do, obviously with the injury and all, how much do you expect the guys to rally around each other now knowing that you're going to be shorthanded but you can still do a lot, all the special things you want to do this year?
LJ: We've got studs on our team. We've got a lot of vets, our guys, some guys have been through it before. Some haven't. We just going to stick together and we going to build. It's one team. One goal. We good.
Q. Were they telegraphing your plays tonight?
LJ: No. We was doing a great job. Coach dialed it up, just like second half like I said before, we just got to finish jobs.
Q. After one of the fourth quarters where I think it was fourth and short, you guys punted, you and Marquise were kind of having an animated conversation coming off the field. Was that just frustration or did you feel like you missed him on that play?
LJ: He was telling me we had a chance on that play probably but we wasn't frustrated.
Q. On that same note, just how difficult is it, you took the deep shot early on, you wanted to take some deep shots clearly in this game but weren't able to connect on any of them. How difficult is that?
LJ: Defense was just paying off. Defense paid off and they played great defense all the time we wanted to take shots. You know, couple three, zoned them, and couldn't do nothing about it. We just hope that we can connect next time.
Q. Today was the first time I think we've seen Patrick Mekari over there at tackle and Ben Powers got to play. How did you feel like those two guys did in their new roles?
LJ: Those guys came in and they did a great job. You know, played physical, played their tail off. Just got to keep building.
Q. You have seven regular-season games left, you're 6-3 but you're also dealing with a lot of injuries. How do you see the outlook of this team going forward?
LJ: We just going -- you know, don't pay back this loss no more. It's over with; we can't do nothing about it. We get together, we're going to talk some things over, see what we are going to adjust, scheme up the team we got next, and build, like I said before.
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