New England - 29, Detroit - 0
Q. (No microphone.)
JG: Yeah, I mean, always costly to turn the ball over any time. But whenever it results in a six, it's even more costly. But yeah, I mean, I wish I would have, you know, been a little more careful there. But trying to extend the play on fourth. And, yeah, unfortunate.
Q. (No microphone.)
JG: Yeah, they did a bunch of stuff that made it hard. But ultimately it was us not executing and not playing nearly to our standard. And it starts with me and trickled all the way down. But I think everyone would say the same thing. We didn't do nearly enough or play in and play out to stay competitive in that game.
Q. (No microphone.)
JG: Yeah, of course. Always, always. You know, things like this happen. And, you know, you don't want them to happen. But I've been a part of a couple of them in my career and hopefully they're wake-up calls if you handle them the right way.
You know, that's a pretty good team over there and they did some good stuff to us defensively. I just wish we would have done a little more early on in the game to allow us to stay in it; potentially get a lead, kind of change the dynamic of the game. We played right into their hands. It was exactly how they wanted to do it, I'm sure. And yeah.
Q. (No microphone.)
JG: No. No, they played man coverage.
Q. (No microphone.)
JG: Yeah, I mean, it -- it's hard to see your brother/teammate, that happen. But that doesn't change, I don't think, the way we played. But, I mean, I'm sure there were some guys rattled. You see your guy get stretchered off, that can kind of sets you back for a second. But no, by no means is that a reason why.
Q. (No microphone.)
JG: Yes. Yeah, we just heard that, so good. Always scary. But good to know he's doing better.
Q. What do you guys need to do change this thing around?
JG: Yeah, that's a good question. What do we need to do? I mean, a lot of things. You know, I think the thing each person can do and each teammate and coach and everyone can do is look inward and be critical of yourself instead of critical of others.
And not that we're doing that. That's just the first step, I think, is, you know, see: Where can I get better? Where can I improve? Where can I help our team? And what have I been doing personally that has held us back in any way or what can I do more of that I've been doing well that can push us forward? So find those answers and come back ready to go.
Q. (No microphone.)
JG: Yeah, it would be hard. Hard after a game like this. You would like to go into the bye with a win and let your brain turn off a little bit. But I don't know, that'll be hard.
Q. (Question concerning turnovers.)
JG: I don't know. Yeah, unfortunate, but I can't do it. I -- yeah. Obviously, at the quarterback position, turnovers are a part of your business. And, you know, you want to limit them. It's an occupational hazard.
But, yeah, for a few of them to go back for touchdowns, it's not good. And I don't know if -- there's no rhyme or reason why they do or don't. I just got to be better.
Q. Dan called this rock bottom. Do you feel like you have hit this level?
JG: Maybe so. Yeah, typically that's kind of -- before we you can get better, things have to get worse sometimes. And today it certainly did. And, you know, our -- I think our defense actually played, you know, better and gave -- was giving us a chance for some plays there on offense.
And we didn't finish drives. We didn't convert on third/fourth down. We didn't finish with the ball in the end zone. You know, we didn't score any points. So it's as bad as it can get offensively for sure. And, you know, I think our defense may have improved a little bit, though.
Q. (No microphone.)
JG: Yeah, the corner made a good play, man. It was probably a bad decision. But he kind of -- he was with TK up the seem. And I thought I had TJ down the sideline. And he fell off at the seem and made the play.
And if I had to do it again, I'd check it down and move on to the next play. But I got a little greedy there. And he made a play.
Q. (Question concerning the Lions' high-powered offense.)
JG: No, no. I think it's a really good defense. And they had a really good plan for us. I mean, we moved the ball. I mean, we weren't just, like, you know, sputtering out of drives.
We moved the ball, we just didn't finish any drives. You know, we didn't convert on our fourth downs and that's kind of the difference today. And if we convert on all the fourth downs, you know, maybe we're able to score some points. I would think so.
But, you know, we ran the ball okay. You know, not up to our standards but ran the ball okay. And the pass game was not good until maybe midway through the third quarter when we were able to get some chunks. But it's too late by then. But no. To answer your question, not at all.
Q. (No microphone.)
JG: No. I don't -- no, it wasn't -- it was man coverage and they just played it really well and rushed it really well and I made some dumb decisions.
And kind of a combination of all that. But it wasn't anything revolutionary over there. They just did a good job planning and it's always hard with those guys.
Q. (No microphone.)
JG: Scored 31.
Q. But, yeah, I think that's who the Patriots later said that that was sort of the blueprint that they used, is to hold that offense in check a little bit later on in the season. Could this be -- I don't know, did they do anything different --
JG: No. Yeah, no. I don't -- no. They played what they usually played. I don't even have to watch it. But they played what they usually play.
And I think what they do so well is -- they're just so sound. They're so sound and they have a really good idea of how you're trying to attack them offensively.
And their players are really smart. And they're good players, too. In order to beat teams like that, defenses like that, you can't make dumb mistakes like I did. And, you know, we just got to do better.
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