The New Orleans Saints moved into first place in the NFC South standings Sunday night after a dominant win against the Tamp Bay Buccaneers.
Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady threw three interceptions in the loss and was held to the third lowest passer rating of his career.
Here’s what Brady had to say about the loss:
(On the turnovers against New Orleans this year): ”Speaking for tonight, one was tipped on a screen pass. You hate to have those happen, but the guy made a good play. Then, on fourth down, I kind of threw it up in the air. The other one, I definitely saw something and kind of predetermined what I thought was going to happen and made a bad play. So, I certainly have to play a lot better. Turning the ball over against good teams never helps. We just didn't play the way we were capable of playing. Everyone's got to do a lot better, and it starts with me. Get back to work tomorrow morning and try to make it a better week."
(On rebuilding confidence quickly before next week): "It's about playing better and execution. We all have to do our job a lot better. When you play good teams, there's little margin of error. They've been a great team for a long time. They've got a lot of good players. If we're going to beat them, we're going to have to play a lot better than we played tonight."
(On the inability to perform well in primetime games this year): “We need to perform better at every time. One o'clock, four o'clock, eight o'clock, Monday night. Sunday night – it doesn't matter. They're going to schedule the game and we're going to go out there and play. I don't really don't think it's anything magical that's happening. As players, we've got to prepare harder. We've got to execute better. There are no excuses for what it is. It's a poor performance by a team that's got a lot ahead of it. Hopefully, we can learn from it and come back to work this week with a lot more urgency, execute a lot better, and try to go out and beat a good football team."
(On if 'great' teams have performances like the Buccaneers had tonight): ”When things don't go your way, sometimes, they keep going that way. You've got to figure out how to stop it and then turn it around. We had our opportunities and we just didn't do it. We've got to learn from it. Hopefully we can learn from it and be better next week. It's not about predicting the future. I'm not here to say, 'This is what we're going to do based on losing a game.' We're going to get back to work and try and do a lot better next week. We've got to win one game. We're 6-3. I wish we we're a lot better than that, but that's where we're at. So, we've got to go on the road and beat a good football team."
(On the inability to get off to fast start offensively): "We've just got to execute better. We've got to figure it out. Those are all good questions. I wish I had the precise answer for you because we'd be doing it. There's no magic play, there's no magic anything. You just go out there and do your job at a much higher level."
(On if he saw anything during practice that would lead to team's loss): ”No, we just didn't play well in any phase of the game. We've got to start better on offense and help our defense out. That's how I see it."
