PATRIOTS HEAD COACH BILL BELICHICK

POSTGAME VIDEO CONFERENCE

September 12, 2021


BB: It was obviously a disappointing game. We just didn't do enough. Just didn't do enough to win. We had our chances, had our opportunities. But really all the way across the board, we've just got to do a better job. Really that's about the story of it.

There's a lot of things that could have helped us. Just have to coach better, play better, execute better, play better situational football than we did today. I just missed too many opportunities to win.

Q. Can you just touch on the ball security? It seemed to be an issue today with four fumbles.

BB: Yeah, it's not good enough. Got to take care of the ball better. Ball security, penalties, too many little missed things, situational football. Just all of it.

Q. Bill, what would you tell us about your impressions of Mac? Just the way he stepped up in the pocket, took a lot of hits, and seemed to be very poised?

BB: I thought we all competed hard. We've just all got to do a better job. I mean, Mac competed hard. I thought we had a lot of guys competing hard. We've just got to perform better as a team.

Q. What are your thoughts on the defensive performance? Some issues early on, but particularly a number of plays from the linebacker corps that swung a number of key plays by Matt Judon that led to the interception in the fourth quarter there.

BB: Look, there were some good things there, but in the end it just wasn't enough. We didn't play well enough in any phase of the game -- offense, defense, special teams. We were enough to be competitive, enough to lose by a point, but it's not enough to win. We've got to play better and coach better. We've just got to do a better job.

Q. Adrian Phillips gave you a chance to win in that game, big stops there in the fourth quarter. Can you speak on that?

BB: Yeah, again, we made some good plays. We just didn't make enough of them. We didn't make them at the right times. So we're just going to have to do more than that.

Q. Is there any update on status for Trent Brown?

BB: No, I don't have any updates.

Q. I would love to know just your impression of the atmosphere. You did have fans, but just a sense of what it was like today.

BB: Yeah, it's been great all year with that. It's good energy in the stands, and it was in the road games, and it was in the Washington game. So...

Q. Is there anything in particular with Jonnu Smith that stood out to you?

BB: I'll have to watch the film and look at it a little more closely. I don't know.

Q. Forgive me if this is a repeat question, but how did you feel Mac Jones played tonight?

BB: Yeah, we covered that.

Q. And his ball security tonight, how did you feel about that in particular?

BB: Well, I mean, just in general, we have to do a better job with that obviously.

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