NFL International Series Colts vs Patriots

Sunday, 12 November 2023

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

Deutsche Bank Park

New England Patriots

Deatrich Wise Jr.

Postgame Press Conference


Colts 10, Patriots 6

Q. Deatrich, what is your reaction to the way the game ended or the final result?

DEATRICH WISE JR.: My reaction? I always go into a game wanting to win. At the end of the game, the scoreboard didn't say we won. That's it.

Q. What is your level of frustration with that?

DEATRICH WISE JR.: You know, as a competitor, you always want to win, and we've just got to find ways to win. That's it.

Q. What did you think when you saw Bailey out for the last drive?

DEATRICH WISE JR.: I never had any thoughts, just kind of looked up and saw that he was in the game, and that was pretty much it.

Q. The defense seemed to play its heart out. It's the ultimate team game. The offense was obviously struggling. How much do you have to be concerned with division between the units when it unfolds the way it unfolded?

DEATRICH WISE JR.: There's no division. As a defense, we have high expectations on ourselves. We didn't personally feel like the first half and the second half was a little different. I think if we'd have stopped them a few more times in that first half, they wouldn't have even scored those points. That's kinds of how we think in a sense, and I think the guys in the back half did a decent job of containing the running back, and we did a good job of stopping the run. They only scored 10 points, so I think that was pretty much it.

Q. You'd been practicing a lot of German before you got here. Were you able to use any of it, and what was your favorite thing here?

DEATRICH WISE JR.: Favorite thing about being here, I went to this square that was pretty nice. I don't know where it is, but it had like an old German look to it. It was really nice. It had a tree and a nice little tower and stuff. I saw a museum.

I learned how to say "How are you": "Wie geht es gud." I think I said that correctly. Then to respond is "I'm good," which is "mir geht es gut." Hopefully that was good. How was it? I got my "guten tag," all is good. I'm still working on it.

But other than that, it was pretty nice.

Q. What do you say about the German crowd? Were you able to enjoy it at all?

DEATRICH WISE JR.: Honestly, they were a really good crowd. There was cheering the whole time. They were singing songs. They had the lighters in the air. That was really nice. It kind of felt -- I'm not going to describe it to the atmosphere of a regular season game, but I liked how they cheered the entire game. They had high energy.

I wish they could have had some fireworks in the stands. That would have been pretty cool. But other than that, the crowd here was awesome.

Q. Did it feel like a home game for you?

DEATRICH WISE JR.: Yeah, it did. It felt like a home game, a little bit of a playoff game because there was so much energy. We loved it.

Q. DJ, as a captain, how do you think your team should approach the bye week?

DEATRICH WISE JR.: By recharging, resetting, kind of just getting away for a little bit, and then towards the end of it just refreshing and getting back, ready to finish out these next games strong.

Q. In the bye week do you get away from football a little bit? Anything planned?

DEATRICH WISE JR.: I don't know what everybody has, but kind of like I alluded to earlier, recharging and resetting. Most people will spend time with their families. That's the way most people kind of rekindle and recharge and reset and refocus. All of their support systems, whatever they have, I think that's kind of what a lot of people do.

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