Justin Tuck
(on being worried after this game)
"“A little bit. Honestly, we didn’t click on all cylinders tonight. Obviously, you didn’t want to do that in the third preseason game. They surprised us a little bit with the no-huddle there, and took us a couple series to just get used to what they were trying to do to us. I think we hit the quarterback a lot. He threw some quick passes. We got a lot of pressure on him. That was a good positive, but honestly, we can’t give up big plays regardless of what they’re doing. That’s a killer for us.”"
(on the lack of energy)
"“From some guys… Obviously, we don’t want to single anybody out or go that route. It’s a whole team effort so when you see another guy not in the ballgame as he should be, you’ve got to pick him up. That’s something we didn’t do today. We didn’t come out as a team energized. What we have to take from this is just being humble, and knowing that we can come out and play better, and we have to. With the skills we’ve got, we can’t allow ourselves to think that when the season gets here we can turn it on.”"
Gerris Wilkinson
(on tonight’s performance)
"“I’m just trying to improve, I’ve been moving around and been trying to focus on what I need to improve on as a player. And I think I’ve been doing that.”"
(on changing positions)
"“It’s a learning experience. Playing multiple positions allows me to learn the defense better and get a different perspective of it. I look at it as a learning experience and an opportunity to get more familiar with the defense.”"
(on what the defense has to do in the fourth preseason game)
"“We have to go back to practice and just start all over and try to re-establish our duties as a defense. We have to come out and be physical, defend the pass, get to the quarterback and work hard in practice.”"
Michael Boley
(on defense’s performance tonight)
"“Overall, there are a lot of things on defense that we need to get better at.”"
(on playing in his third preseason game)
"“It’s the small things and the details. I think we still have a lot of things within ourselves that we need to work on. And I think we need to get better as a defense.”"
(on comparing this year’s defense to last year’s)
"“On first and second down, we did a pretty decent job. Really what killed us was the third down. That’s one of the key things, is to get off the field on third down, and we didn’t do a good job of that today.”"
Antrel Rolle
(on how the defense played)
"“We’ve got two weeks to fix it. We need to all get on the same page. There’s enough time to do it, but you look to clean things up every week in this league. You fix things up until Week 16.”"
(on the Ravens’ no-huddle offense)
"“We were very surprised to see that. We definitely did not expect them to run a no-huddle, so we were running a very basic defense. Their no-huddle offense made us very uncomfortable.”"
(on the Ravens passing)
"“They’ve always been a team that runs the ball, but they came out tonight looking to work on their passing game. It was surprising to us, but they have a lot of playmakers among their receivers now, and I’m sure they want to get a look at them. I’m sure when the regular season starts they will go back to running the ball at some point. That’s always been successful for them.”"
Rocky Bernard
(on the defense)
"“We have to look at the tape on Monday. Defensively, we put some pressure on them up front, so that was a good thing for us.”"
(on playing like his old self)
"“I’m feeling pretty good. I’m healthy, and last year that was one thing, having a lot of injuries, so I think this year I’m feeling good. I made a few plays.”"
(on how he would rate the defense)
"“It’s one of those things you’ll have a mixed feeling about. As far as them scoring the two touchdowns there, they moved the ball pretty well on us, so it’s one of those things we’ll have to go and look over. One thing definitely, we thought they would come in and run the ball, and they kept passing it with the no-huddle. They did a lot of things that we didn’t really gain from, so we had to make a few adjustments, but you know, it’s just pro football.”"
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