HEAD COACH JOHN HARBAUGH
Opening Statement: "OK, I appreciate everybody being here. [That was a] hard-fought game. Congrats to the Eagles. They played very well [and] made the plays they needed to make, especially in the second half to find a way to win the game. Guys played hard, fought [and] competed. We didn't play well enough and coach well enough in the end to score enough points or to get the stop we needed at the end, so we lost. But I'm excited about the opportunity going forward. We have four games left; we've played 13. We've been fighting and competing and playing a lot of good football against a lot of good football teams. I like where we're at, big picture. I'm looking forward to getting back and getting started after [our bye] next week."
K Justin Tucker missed from 47 yards and 50 yards I believe. What did you see out of those misses? Was it just him missing it or are there some operational things – what did you see? (Jamison Hensley) "I just saw the misses. We'll go back and look at all that stuff and just do the best we can to try to figure it out. [Justin Tucker]'s definitely capable of making every kick, and we need him to make those kicks. Nobody wants to make them more than Justin, though, I'll promise you that."
Do you envision continuing the same approach with K Justin Tucker – giving him space to try to work through this? (Childs Walker) "We've been working through it. You work through it with every single player. Every single thing you fight to try to help guys to be successful. We'll do that. If you're asking me, 'Are we going to move on from Justin Tucker?' I'm not really planning on doing that right now; I don't think that'd be wise. But he'll tell you, [and] he'll be the first to tell you he needs to make kicks, because he can. I just think if you look at Justin Tucker's history, you'd have to say he's capable of doing that. That's something that he's going to want to do, and we're all going to want him to do it."
Your offense started pretty fast this week, scoring on their first two possessions. What about the Eagles' defense – what adjustments did you see that maybe gave you guys trouble after that? (Luke Jones) "No adjustments. We just didn't really get ... Couldn't get any rhythm going. We had a couple mishaps [and] a couple [times] were behind the chains once or twice. We really couldn't get in rhythm then at the end of the first half, and then in the second half, we really couldn't finish with points. That was the biggest issue."
WR Rashod Bateman went off with a knee injury. Is WR Diontae Johnson available? It didn't look like he played. (Bo Smolka) "Yes, I'm not really ready to comment on that right now. I will be, [but I] just don't have enough information right now to talk about that."
Do you have an update on WR Rashod Bateman? (Bo Smolka) "[Rashod Bateman's] knee was sore, I can tell you. [It was] too sore for him to go back out there at the end."
What did you like out of your defense's performance in this game? (Kyle Phoenix) "I thought the defense played well. I don't like the one drive where we let [the Eagles] run it on us a little too much there in the fourth quarter – that was disappointing. But, other than that, I thought they stepped up and played very well. The pass defense – [there were] no big plays, [and the] run defense was stout. I thought we did a good job – they had one drive where they had some of the RPO, read option stuff going a little bit, and we adjusted there at halftime and got that cleaned up, so I thought they played well."
Was it disappointing not to be cleaner across the board special teams-wise? WR Tylan Wallace with punt return decisions. (Luke Jones) "Yes, you want that stuff to be clean. You always want that to be clean for sure."
Did you approach WR Tylan Wallace after his first mishap with the returns, and was there a discussion on whether or not he should be fielding them or not fielding them? (Kyle Phoenix) "Yes, I mean those are tough balls. Yes, you'd love for [Tylan Wallace] to run up there and fair catch them and keep them from rolling. That's definitely what you want, but he didn't feel like he could, and he didn't want to risk muffing them, I'm sure. The one he did muff, and the other one he probably should have fair caught – that one with a guy bearing down on him. You can second guess those decisions all you want, but when the ball's near, and you're standing under them – guys have done that before and know how hard that is to do, but it did cost us some yards, there's no doubt about that."
I know you never want to make excuses, but how difficult is it to go from a Monday night game on the road on the west coast and come back for what many people thought was the biggest game of the week? (Jamison Hensley) "Yes, it's tough. I mean when you play on Monday night across the country, it's tough, but teams have to do it – everybody does it here and there. So, you just have to be able to handle it."
How do you approach this bye week with the players? Do they get the full week off, or how are you proceeding, and does it being such a late bye impact the decision making on that? (Jeff Zrebiec) "Yes, we're going to talk tomorrow with the guys. Guys will come in, [and] we'll watch the tape [and] do different rehab and make sure everybody's healthy or not healthy or wherever we're at – kind of assess where we're at, medically. We'll have a team meeting. We'll watch the tape and kind of go back through it and make our corrections tomorrow, and then I'll meet with the leaders, and we'll kind of decide what to do from there, but they'll get most of the week off. They won't get tomorrow off, but they'll get most of the week off. They need it, [and] they've earned it, and we'll come back on Monday ready to go [and] ready to go to work."
On the Eagles' quarterback sneak touchdown in the first half, what did you observe of that? Did it look to you like they had moved on the left side of the O-Line? (Mark Maske) "There was some talk about that. Some people in the press box thought [the Eagles] had. I really don't know – I couldn't tell from where I was standing."
Was S Marcus Williams being inactive just a numbers game or was he a healthy scratch? (Jeff Zrebiec) "[Marcus Williams was] a healthy scratch at this point."
TE MARK ANDREWS
On his 14-yard TD reception: "Yes, just getting in the end zone ... [It was] kind of a little bit of a scramble, and seeing Lamar [Jackson], and [it was] an incredible ball, going back to it, making a catch. It was awesome. It's the type of throw that Lamar always makes, and just being there for him ..."
On why the team's fast start kind of fizzled out: "I think that we did our job. I think there were a lot of things that we capitalized on, and for us, early, there were things that we could have really piled on, and we didn't, and we didn't really score any points. We started fast and didn't capitalize on that, and there are a lot of things that [play into] that, and going forward, it's going to be us just being able to do that – just capitalize and make points. And when you're up like that, you've really got to go, but the guys in the locker room know that."
On the defense making strides, but the offense not being able to match it: "They looked good. They looked good. Yes, I think the offense looked good, too, and there are different things that you can look at it, but I think that we did a good job. There are things that, offensively, looked good; it's just about being efficient, being a machine and keep going."
On if he says anything to K Justin Tucker during his struggles: "[Justin Tucker] is about the most pro vet that you can get, so for us, just having his back. He's going to get it down. Just believe."
On if there's anything he learned from being doubted in his own right that can apply to K Justin Tucker: "[Justin Tucker] knows. Like I said before, he knows. But just stay true to yourself and keep on going, and don't let anything phase you, don't let anybody phase you, and just know that in this locker room, this team, this organization, we all have each other's back, and we're all here for a reason. That's the most important thing – is they brought us here for a reason, we do what we do, and everything will work out great. So, we keep saying that; I think we have. It's been different every game, [and] there are some good things we did in this game."
On the message from coaches and leadership following the game: "There wasn't much. It was just that we've got to be able to learn from this. We get a bye week, and so, there wasn't much. We're going to look at this and make ourselves a better team."
On how he looks at the team's standing and what the team has in front of itself after the bye week: "This is a game that we would have liked to have won, [but] we're still sitting in a good spot, and there is some good in our standings and stuff like that, that we'll be all right. [We've got to] just continue to win games, and we need to stack win after win after win, and that's all it is."
On what unique opportunities a bye presents: "Stack wins, collect ourselves, get our bodies right and just look at ourselves, look at what we can do better and figure out what type of team we want to be; that's what it is."
CB MARLON HUMPHREY
On how he and the team can shake this game off and move on: "It's hard to say. Obviously, we wanted to get the win. I thought we had some self-inflicting wounds on offense and defense. We have to come in tomorrow and watch the film, but [we] obviously wanted to get this one before the bye [week]. We came up short, so we'll see tomorrow – look at the film and then kind of go from there. It's obviously not a great time to lose, but being that you've got the bye [week], you have time to flush it."
On how he looks at K Justin Tucker's struggles: "I said this on the sideline: 'I think [Justin Tucker] is ... I said this to some of the guys earlier; I said, 'I think this is normal for kickers, but we've just been so blessed by Tucker's eliteness that we kind of take it for granted. We used to sit down there on the [sidelines], and when he goes up there, you know it's going in. But I think great players, they get out of those slumps at the right moment, and I think Tucker is one of those guys. There's not much I know about kicking, but I do know Tucker is a guy to get things turned around."
On the team's chances of still winning the division: "Being that we play [Pittsburgh], that gives us a pretty good chance there if they lose one and when we win out. So, I think we're in a good position – great position. [We'll] watch this tape, clean some things up, enjoy this bye [week] and then come back ready to roll."
On if the defense has turned a corner after he said it wasn't meeting the standard: "It's been fun to actually get three-and-outs. We had a plethora of those, I feel, today. The biggest thing after whatever game that was [Cincinnati], it was time to play Ravens defense, and 'defense' and 'Ravens defense,' there's a big gap between that, and the message kind of became a little bit clear; 'If you want to play ball, then we'll get you out there, but if you don't, you're going to have to sit on the sidelines.' I think guys responded really well to what was being preached amongst the coaches, amongst the players, and we're holding guys more accountable now. The brand [of defense] we were playing, it's disrespectful to be in this Ravens uniform and play like that, and I feel like we've turned that corner. It's not perfect, [and] I still think there are more corners to turn, but the mindset has really changed, the mindset has really, really changed, and that's kind of where it starts."
On the good games on defense not aligning with the good games on offense, and not being able to develop that full, complete game from both phases: "I know the defenders, we haven't really looked at it as far as that aspect; we're just going to do what we can. But if you take it back [to] early [in] the season ... I'm happy we're just trying to move as one unit [and] worry about the defense. But early in the year, if we didn't have the offense going crazy, I don't know what our record would be. This isn't really much of a point-your-finger team; that's been the best thing about this team. It's, 'Let's do our job, do your job, and let's come together.' But yes, you definitely want to get clicking on all cylinders – offense, defense and special teams – and that's what we're chasing going forward."
On if not playing well in all three phases against top teams is holding them back: "I really can't say. I really can't really say. I'd have to look a little more at the tape, but I do know there were some self-inflicted wounds there. But I really can't say."
QB LAMAR JACKSON
On if he felt the offense never really got into a rhythm: "I believe we did, man. At the beginning of the game, when we first got out there, I believe we were hitting on all cylinders. Then the drive, the fumbled snap mishap, that's kind of [was] when we started messing up, right then and there. We have to just stay on task and just play our ball, just play how we play. That was a pretty good team, don't get me wrong, but I felt like we left stuff out there. We should have put more points on the board. We shouldn't have even put 'Tuck' [Justin Tucker] in those kinds of situations, but it's football. Everything is not going to go right."
On the first play on the third drive where TE Isaiah Likely was wide happen and if there was miscommunication: "They were in quarters [coverage], and [Isaiah Likely] was coming out of the route. I was trying to get up and down so the corner wouldn't be able to fall off, but he stayed with the receiver. I should have just dotted him, but [it was a] mishap."
On what he says to K Justin Tucker: "[Justin Tucker] is the G.O.A.T. still. Let's get back to who he is, that's all. Whatever is going on, just block it out. I believe he's still the G.O.A.T."
On if he has confidence K Justin Tucker can get back to that level: "Hell yes, I have confidence in [Justin Tucker]. He just made his kick last week. He made a couple this game, just when we needed it, it just didn't happen [the whole game], but that can go for everybody on the team. It's going to always be something within a football game. No game is played perfectly. Even the games we were blowing teams out, there was something that happened in that game that we wanted back, so it is what it is. We don't want stuff like that to happen, but it [does]."
On where the team is at this point in the season: "Just take a deep breath. Just sit back and get ready for this ride. That's what I take from it."
On how the team can go about fixing their lack of consistency: "We need to be more consistent, [take it] a play at a time. There are situations in games where our first play is good, but it's a penalty. It's first-and-20. We still get back on track, then we start making positive things happen. We just need to get to that situation and don't try to blame things on one play. A game is not won off one play early in the game. Probably later in the game, [it] probably is, but early in the game, we need to just fix that and move on. That's what we need to do."
On how frustrating it was to score no points in the third quarter: "I'm trying to find the right word to say about that, but man, we have to finish. We just have to finish those drives, man, especially in a game like this. [They have a] great team and great offense and defense. We have to put points on the board, and we just didn't do that until later on in the game when it's over."
On why the team wasn't effective in the red zone today: "I'd just say the defensive line was just doing a great job, just trying to keep everything in front of them, just hauling tail to the backside runs and stuff like that. But like I said, we just have to do a better job at putting points on the board. That's our job. We have to do that – block them, throw passes, catch passes, do it all. That's why we're the offensive players."
On his connection with TE Mark Andrews tonight: "[Mark Andrews] is just a dog. Mark – 'Mandrews' – is just a dog. He always wants to win. We need guys like that. We have guys like that; we just have to do it. 'Mandrews' is who he is. Like I said earlier in the year when they were talking about trading him, stuff like that."
On if he had a sense on what TE Mark Andrews was going to do on the touchdown catch: "Yes, I saw [Mark Andrews] try to make something happen, going like scramble drill, even though I wasn't scrambling, but they dropped everyone in the end zone, and he just did a good job of getting open. I just had to put some speed behind the ball – velocity behind the ball – for him to be able to make a play on it."
On if there were opportunities for him to run the ball more: "Yes. My momma just told me that. She just cussed me out, so I'm mad. We're going to get after it. I'm not going to lie to you; we're going to get after it. I can't wait for this bye [week] to get on. We have the Giants coming up. I'm ready to go. I'm just ready to go."
On what his mom cussed him out about after the game: "She said there were lanes I should have [taken] and ran, but I was trying to let guys develop routes. We had developing routes. I was just trying to go through my progressions, but yes, she's right. I'm sorry for this. I'm just mad, because I feel like we should win these games, and we're not getting them done."
On if he's making a concerted effort to run less: "No, that's not on my mind. No, that's not on my mind. I'm just trying to let things happen and trying to get my guys opportunities of getting the ball. That's all, just going through my progressions."
On how much of his frustration is reserved for his own performance: "I'm always going to put myself at the front line, no matter if I played good or not. I played alright, but yes. I'm just ticked off, because we left things out there on that field – me [and] everyone. It's a team sport, and there's no 'i' in team."
On if he has a conversation with WR Diontae Johnson about staying locked in even though he didn't play in the game: "Yes, absolutely. We want [Diontae Johnson] out there. He's a great receiver. We didn't get him from the Panthers for nothing. I don't think so."
On where the full team is sitting at 8-5 and a game-and-a-half behind the Steelers for the division: "We don't need to worry about the Steelers. We need to worry about us. That's the first thing; worry about what we need to clean up on this side. Clean that s* up. Forget every other team. We are beating ourselves out there. There are opportunities, [but] we're not making them happen. We need to make those critical situations happen, and we're not doing it."
C TYLER LINDERBAUM
On why the offense stalled after the first quarter: "[The Eagles] did a good job. Credit to them; they played well. I'll have to look at the tape. The whole goal is to just try to be efficient and stay ahead of the chains and just not have drives stall out, and I think there's too [much] of that in the middle and towards the end of the game. So, [it's a] tough loss. [We] obviously really wanted that one, but we just have to learn from it going into the bye week and just move on from it and learn from it."
On if he thinks the offense needs to score a touchdown on every drive with the special teams unit currently struggling: "Obviously, we always want to get in the end zone. That's the number one goal. A touchdown every drive – that's the goal. We still have faith in our special teams."
On what the Eagles defense did to slow their offense down: "I don't know. We're going to have to look at the film and see what we can learn from. [We] obviously [need] to be more efficient running the ball, be more efficient in the pass game, [and] the O-line has to give Lamar [Jackson] more time. [We have to] just continue to move the chains, create explosives. We have the guys to do it; we just have to go out there and execute it."
On how frustrating it is for the offense to not complement the defense when that unit plays well: "Yes, they're playing well, and we have to play better. It's just as simple as that."
On if it's a sigh of relief to finally get to the bye week: "Yes, it's important. [We'll] let the body rest up a little bit, but we have a tough four-game stretch coming up. We just have to learn from this game, let it sting for a little bit, but ultimately move on and know that we have four tough opponents coming up."
DL NNAMDI MADUBUIKE
On the loss: "It was tough. We started off fast and as the game went on, we started making some mistakes. In the second half, I thought we were going to put it all together, but we couldn't get it rolling. It's frustrating, but hats off to them. They played better than us in the second half."
On defending Eagles RB Saquon Barkley: "We had a good gameplan on [Saquon] Barkley. Trying to build a wall and stay in our gaps. We wanted to keep gap integrity. For the most part, we did that, but at the end of the game, we let it slip away. We just let it get away from us."
On supporting K Justin Tucker: "Just be there for him. We all know he's one of the greatest kickers in league history. He's having a tough time right now. He's human. Just be there for him and don't switch on him."
On the bye week: "Just refresh and get our bodies right. We started earlier than a lot of teams in the league and had the latest bye week in the league. Everybody's a little banged up. If you're not banged up, you haven't played football. So, we just have to get ready, see your family, do what you've got to do, and get right in the mind. We have a four-game stretch coming up and we have to win every game."
OLB TAVIUS ROBINSON
On the loss: "Losing sucks, so, for us, we're going to watch the tape, take it as a learning lesson and just get better from it."
On bottling up Eagles RB Saquon Barkley for most of the game, but Barkley getting loose in the fourth quarter: "I think we had a good plan going in, but we've got to execute for all four quarters. At the end, [Saquon Barkley] kind of got out a little bit, so we've just got to play a full game for four quarters."
On the bye week: "It's definitely important to get the body back. For me, personally, I'm going to be here getting treatment, lifts [and] all that stuff to get [my] body back and keep my mind in football. I'm sure a lot of other guys will be the same way."
On K Justin Tucker's recent struggles: "It's never his fault. We can always do better to help [Justin Tucker] in situations. And I mean, it's the same as missing a tackle for us. So, I know 'Tuck' is going to be good, and I know he's going to get it right. And yes, we'll definitely rally around him.
On having ILB Roquan Smith back in the lineup today: "[It meant] a ton. [Roquan Smith] is the leader of our defense, so we always rally around him. He always sets the tone, so it was great to have him back out there with us, for sure."
ILB ROQUAN SMITH
On what the defense did well on the first few drives: "We just played our style of football, and I think that was simple. It's a long game. It's not about what you do a couple drives into the game; it's about what you do throughout the duration of the game, and we didn't do it long enough. At the end of the day, they scored more points than us, and when you look at it like that, the team that scores the most points, that's the team that wins."
On how frustrating it is to lose close games: "It's always frustrating. We're in the NFL; you want to win each and every game that you go out there and play. You prepare each and every week to win each and every game, so that's the mindset going in. At the end of the day, just looking at it and how the game ended, we didn't do enough in order to win. As a defense, [if] the team doesn't score, they don't win. That's the mindset that I'll always have, and that's the mindset that we'll have regardless of how the game went."
On how he felt today physically after missing the last game due to injury: "I felt fine. I felt fine. If I'm out there, I'm going to give it everything I have, and that's what it's all about. No sappy story for me. I'll be ready whenever."
On what the defense did well to slow down Eagles RB Saquon Barkley before he broke a long one: "We just stuck to our rules, at the end of the day, and then, it basically goes back to assignment. All 11 guys didn't do their assignment on that, and that's what it boils down to. At the end of the day nine, 10 people can do the right thing ... And I could have done better on that play, as well. It's just about each and every guy doing their job, and that was the main focus throughout the week. On that play, everybody didn't do their job, but it starts with me."
On how the loss affects his approach going into the bye week: "It just gives me more fuel, honestly, more fuel going into the bye week, just knowing that this game got away from us, but we can't let this game beat us twice. We have to recharge, knowing that [with] a four game stretch at the end, if we do what we have to do in the four-game stretch at the end, we'll win the division, and [we] just have to have that mindset, but just have to do it one game at a time."
On how key the bye week is: "That bye [week] is crucial at this point in the season, just knowing what we are as a team and the mindset that we have, knowing that we want to make a push, and we will make a push. Having that reset button ... Obviously, we won't have the first-round bye, as we did last year, but just having this bye right now and just knowing it's going to be down the stretch and that these four games are going to be very important ... [We] have to get better from this game and just knowing that we have a New York team ... Guys are going to be hungry, regardless of their record and whatnot, and just knowing guys are fighting for their livelihood, so, at the end of the day, they have families to feed, [and] so do we, so it's not going to be a walkover. We have to go in, take this week off – mentally, physically – give our bodies a reset and then get ready for New York, knowing it's going to be a nice little stretch."
On the team's confidence level in K Justin Tucker: "I have the utmost confidence in 'Tuck' [Justin Tucker]. He's a [future] Hall of Famer for a reason. And [on] kicks, yes, no one is perfect, at the end of the day, so that's not my job. I'm no specials teams coach, no kicking coach, so I don't really know the nuances of kicking, but I just know he's a guy, he's a leader and he's going to get it right. I have the utmost faith and respect for him, when it all boils down, that we're going to depend on him, and he's going to come through for us."
K JUSTIN TUCKER
On his struggles in today's game: "As simply as I can put it, I missed the kicks, and I'll leave it at that. I just left the points out there. I feel like I cost us this one, but it doesn't really do anybody any good to dwell on it. The only thing that we can do – that I can do – is just continue to work, move forward, take it one kick at a time. I hate that I've had to have this same conversation over the course of this season, but that's something that comes with the territory in this job description. The kicks are either good or they're not, and today, I did not do a good enough job to help our team win the football game."
On how he's dealing with his recent struggles: "Obviously, right now, just immediately after the game, it's pretty raw, emotionally, for me. Anytime we win, we come in the locker room, and we all feel great, and then anytime we lose – especially, for me, given my performance today, it was just not up to our standard – it's crushing. But at the end of the day, my feelings don't really matter. What matters is getting back to work and doing everything that I can to help this football team win games down the stretch."
On if anything feels different to him before going up there and lining up to take a kick: "I wouldn't say so. I think it's just a matter of ... I've said this before – that each kick kind of lives in its own world. Whether it's a PAT [point after touchdown] or a field goal from 'this' hash going in 'this' direction or vice versa, each kick kind of has to live on its own. And yes, I'll leave it at that."
On if he tried to change the target point on the field goal that he missed right, compensating for the previous one that drifted left: "I wasn't really trying to compensate for any other kicks that had gotten away from me previously, because, like I said, each kick is its own, it lives in its own world, and it's its own challenge. So, the fact that a number of kicks have gone left on me didn't have anything to do with why the 53-yarder, why I pushed it right. It was just a matter of I didn't strike the ball on the target line – or on the exact target line that I wanted to – on that given kick."
On if these recent games have influenced his thinking going into the Bye Week and how he might use the week to prepare for the rest of the season: "We're going to treat this week just like any other break that we've had before. We're going to turn over every stone, and I will do that, individually, for sure, just to address any and all issues I may have with my technique, anything tangible, anything concrete that I can make it a point to remedy ... That's what I mean when I say [that] the only thing that I can do is just get back to work. The only thing that we can do is just back to work and do the things that we know will help our team win football games."
WR TYLAN WALLACE
On if it's hard to mentally block out a mishap on a punt return: "Yes, even more so when you have one that happened like that. I think that's every punt return – you've got to try to put it past you. You never want to muff a punt return. That's probably one of the worst things you can let happen as a punt returner, so when that happens, obviously ... You've just got to try to move on and get the next one."
On the mental challenges of having to bounce back after a muffed punt return: "Yes, I mean going back there you only have so long to kind of make a decision when you're going to catch or not catch it. You know what I mean? You've got a few seconds to make that decision, and you just got to make it quick and stick with it, whatever it is. You know me, I think I was going up to kind of catch it – I was a little indecisive. Like I thought I was going to catch it [but] last second, I decided not to, and it just bounced right into me. Then the second one, like I said, just ball security. Just got to hold onto the football."
On if the early fair catch interference played a role in later mishaps on returns: "No, I don't think so. I mean I think that was like a routine thing. [I] really didn't even see him. I'm more so just focused on the ball [and] catching the ball and was just hit last second. But I wouldn't say that had any impact."
On having to make the decision whether to catch a punt while on the run: "For sure. I mean those are just tough, like I said. I feel like if I try and go catch that ball, I'm catching it on the run, [then] I feel like as a returner that's not really one you want, especially so close to the end zone like that. [Eagles punter Braden Mann] used a bit of time, and you've got to give credit to him – they had great bounces, and they downed right down in there. I'm pretty sure we'll come back and talk about those and see what we can do to avoid those."
On what the Eagles' defense did to stop the Ravens' offense: "I wouldn't say it's more so what they did, I think it's just, like I said, I feel like it's just on us. I feel like we had opportunities where we just needed to execute, and we just didn't. Whether it was like me, maybe I'm not moving in the right spot or whatever it is, it's just a bunch of things that I feel like we self-inflicted [upon] ourselves."
On how beneficial the bye week will be: "Yes, it'll be good. I mean I think guys kind of get away from it a little bit; get their bodies right and come back and kind of come back to a new life. Four games or whatever it is, we've just got to come back and regroup and be ready for those."
S AR'DARIUS WASHINGTON
On defending Eagles WR A.J. Brown: "I thought for the most part we did a pretty good job on him, but we left plays out [there] for sure. We let him make some catches over the middle and got them some first downs. But for the most part, I thought we did a good job."
On Philadelphia finishing the game better: "We just have to ball up. When things aren't going our way, we've got to find a way to change it."
On what the team can do to support K Justin Tucker: "We're just going to rally around him. We know he's a great kicker. He's probably the greatest of all time. Whatever he's going through, we're going to be there for him. He's our guy. He's on our team and we love him. We know Justin's going to fix whatever it is. He's a true vet. So, he's going to fix whatever the problem is for sure, and we're going to do everything we can to help him."
On the bye week: "Gives us a chance to get off our feet, but we also have to get better. This one kind of hurts, and we've got to figure it out. We've got four games left. Big games."
DL BRODERICK WASHINGTON
On the run defense: "We just have to do a better job of finishing the game out. I thought as a unit we did a pretty good job in the first half, but they outlasted us in the second half."
On the defense's progress on the last few games and tonight: "I don't think we got any worse. I just think we have to finish; myself included. I've got to finish. Just late in the game, you have to finish."
On if Philadelphia did anything to surprise them: "No. It was exactly as we expected. They don't try to trick you. They just play their game. You know what's coming. They just finished better than we did in the fourth quarter."
On the defense taking two steps forward and perhaps two steps back tonight: "Honestly, I can only think of myself right at the moment and what I did wrong tonight. I've got to finish better and use the bye week to correct my mistakes and rest a little bit."
On how he will use the bye week: "For me, it'll be focusing on the little things. We've got some extra time. I'm going to let my body rest. I'm going to get back in the lab so to speak, and work on my game."
