Head Coach John Fox

On the loss
“I don’t want to blame it on any particular area or people. I think all in all we hung with them physically, but mentally I thought there were certain areas as far as dropping the ball on the ground and the turnovers were really the big difference. You’re not going to be minus three against the New England Patriots and win very many ballgames. Having played them very many times, I know that to be true.”

On turnovers
“Our guys fought, and we tried to get back into it. But the reality is, we’re not at the stage where we can overcome minus three (turnovers).”

On QB Tim Tebow
“It’s usually a lot more fun when you win, but I thought he improved. He’ll continue to improve. This was a setback no doubt about that, but sometimes setbacks are setups for bigger things to come. That’s the way we’ll approach it.”

Quarterback Tim Tebow

On what went wrong after the strong start
“Well, first and foremost I have to thank my lord and savior, Jesus Christ, first, and, I also want to thank my teammates for the effort that they played with all day. And the coaches coached extremely hard, and we kept fighting for the entire day, and that’s something that I’m extremely proud of.

“We did have things going pretty well early. [We] scored on our first three possessions, and we felt like we were moving the ball pretty well, but then we put [the ball] on the ground, and that’s something you can’t do versus a great team and [New England QB] Tom Brady and [New England coach] Bill Belichick. Besides that, we were right there with them, and there’s a lot of great things that we can take out of this game and try to improve and get better. I think every time there’s a setback it’s just more of an opportunity for a new step up and to make something even bigger and better. We’re going to be excited about this week going to Buffalo, and we’re going to be extremely motivated. We’ll have a good week at practice.”

On the team’s mentality after the loss
“Everybody is very positive; just encouraging each other. We’ll go at it here in a few days and get ready for Buffalo.”

On his mind-set entering the game
“It was another game versus another good team, a team that’s been a perennial power and a team where we feel like we can compete with, and we did. We just have to do it a little bit more consistently. We’ll try to go and see if we can do that and improve a little bit each and every day.”

On if he heard the hype of this game being Brady vs. Tebow
“I don’t pay too much attention to [the hype] anyways. I just know it was the New England Patriots coming to play the Denver Broncos, and it was two teams going head-to-head—I believe two pretty good teams—and [New England] just had an edge on us because we dropped the ball on the ground, and that’s something we’ve got to do better.”

Linebacker Von Miller

On the loss
“We just got beat today. They are a great team over there, back to the drawing board tomorrow. We are going to stick to our formula for success and that is taking it one day at a time, one play at a time.”

On losing the turnover battle
“We definitely need to replicate what the other team’s defense is doing. It is a team sport, all three phases of the games – special teams, offense, and defense. We have to pick it up, get back on track, and stick to our formula for success.”

On if he believed the Broncos would come back
“We always feel like we have the opportunity, especially after they didn’t score. We just went out there and weren’t able to hold up on defense. We gave up a big play, and that is part of the game. When you’re going against a great team like that; things like that happen.”

Cornerback Champ Bailey

On QB Tom Brady
“I said it before the game, he is still the best out there in my opinion. When you make mistakes against a guy like that, he is going to make you pay. That is pretty much what happened all day.”

On the absence of Brian Dawkins
“He knows how important he is to us, and everyone in this locker room knows how important he is to this team. You can’t expect to get the same results when you lose a guy like that. At the same time, you have to have guys step up. It is professional sports; you can’t play like that and expect to get wins.”

On if he believed the Broncos would come back
“We never quit and that is going to be our identity, a fighting team until the end. We showed that today, we just didn’t come out on top.”

On what the team needs to do to get better
“Just practice harder, study harder – whatever we are doing, we have to do a little more. We have to try and pull each other through, because we have a lot of young guys and a lot of these guys can learn how to play in this game.”

Running Back Lance Ball

On the possibility of the team losing confidence
“No, we are totally confident in ourselves. We just have to play better as a team, I need to play better, and it is on to Buffalo.”

On the confidence of the team
“We stay confident and keep going. We are still in this, just had a mild bump in the road and correct what we did wrong and move on to next week.”

On QB Tim Tebow
“It is just another guy who can make plays. If you sleep on him, he is going to make a play. If you zone in on him, other people around him will make plays, so it is good that he has that factor where he can use his feet.”

On the turnovers
“Things happen, and it is a mild bump in the road, we just have to shake it off and keep playing.”

Defensive End Elvis Dumervil

On his sack of QB Tom Brady
“I just tried to make a play for the team. I tried to get there, and I wish I would have gotten the ball out, but he is a good quarterback and was able to hold the ball in still. We have a lot of work in a short period of time and need to take care of business against Buffalo.”

On the Raiders’ loss
“Fortunately, that’s good for us. We can still control our own destiny, and we have two weeks to do it and are going to start against Buffalo.”

On using the Patriots as a measuring stick
“We can’t have three turnovers against a good team; we need to create turnovers. It is a good challenge for us; it was a good test, but at the end of the day we expect to get the win. We did some good things in the game and some things to correct.”

Cornerback Andre’ Goodman

On the loss
“We just have to learn from this and be able to move on quickly from an emotional standpoint.”

On the state of the team
“I think we haven’t played our best football yet, but I think we feel good about the position we’re in in terms of the division race. Right now, that’s the only thing we can focus on— and being able to play better, especially in big games like this.”

On missing S Brian Dawkins
“He’s missed, period. His physical presence was missed. His leadership is always missed, but there are no excuses for not communicating.”

Wide Receiver Demaryius Thomas

On ball security
“We had three big turnovers in the second quarter. I think that had a big part in our loss, but the Patriots are a good team. We’ve just got to take care of the ball and hopefully have a better situation next time.”

On the offense after the first quarter
“I don’t know if it was adjustments. Once we started turning the ball over, and they started scoring more, I felt like we changed the way we were playing. We had to do it differently, because you know you can’t play catch-up with them. They’ve got an explosive offense, and we just had to change up things and try to just keep up with them.”

On leading the division
“That was good that [Oakland] lost, but we’re not really worried about anybody else but ourselves. We wanted to get that win and show everybody that we can play with elite teams.”

Tags: New England Patriots, Quotables, Week 15

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