Falcons 27, Jets 20
Q. The offense scoring that touchdown brings you guys within three points in the fourth quarter and defense goes on the field and Falcons go right down and score. What you are saying in the huddle and on the bigger plays?
BRYCE HALL: We believe we are going to go out and close out and that's the expectation that we believe. We just, you know, things happen, we just got to do the ordinary things right and it was nothing that we had not seen or weren't prepared for. We just have to execute on our assignments and what the defense was asking us to do.
Q. What happened on the long run and the third down conversion?
BRYCE HALL: We just didn't execute the assignment we were in. It was just a collective thing in the secondary that we've just got to get fixed. So that was that and that's what I was referring to, doing all the mental things right, knowing our assignments and when we do that we are going to be really, really good.
Q. You've been good on third downs this year. What was different about third down today?
BRYCE HALL: I can't say one thing for certain not having watched the film or looked at it thoroughly. I think it really comes down to us executing our assignments. I think there was a couple times where guys were free and I think it's just owning our assignments. I think they came out and did some different things, you know, because they had different guys in different places. And so for us, it just comes down to making sure we own the looks, own what we are seeing and then being able to execute that on a high level.
Q. You're on the field for a hundred plays last week and then you fly across the ocean, time change and on the field for 11 minutes in the first quarter. Do you feel like there was fatigue?
BRYCE HALL: No. Honestly that wasn't a factor. That wasn't something that, you know, I felt like we were heavy-legged. At the end of the day we just have to come out and do what we do and execute our job, and that's a mental thing, not necessarily have to do with the physical part of it. Physically I felt like, you know, we were fine. We were ready to go.
Q. Do you think this defense has to find its killer instinct still? Are you still looking for that?
BRYCE HALL: I think we have what it takes. It not like we are looking for it or searching for it. Just the other week we were able to come down the stretch. I think it's just -- there's no excuses to it. It's just the more we play, the more we grow, the more chemistry we have. I think we're just going to keep continuing to grow and get better each and every snap.
Q. Ryan was getting to the ball really quickly --
BRYCE HALL: I think that's just something he does in general throughout his career. He's always been somebody to get the ball out quick, especially those quarterbacks who have been really, really seasoned in the league; that they are bit on timing and getting the ball out quick. They know where the guy is supposed to be at. That's just kind of who we were facing today.
Q. Looked like the one on the sideline --
BRYCE HALL: Man, I'm right there. The next one, it's going down.
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