What Dan Quinn had to say after the 23-13 loss to the Saints

of us. That is what we intend on doing.”

(On penalties that caused the team to play a 1st down and 40 yards situation) "We have to go back and look at it. Certainly, any time that you have three of them that make you go all of the way back, we will see what they were. It was a topic (penalties) that we talked about quite a bit this week, in terms of us doing that part better. To have that many for us, I have to go back and look at pre-snap how many were in the game. The false starts are easy to see."

(On still being in contention for a playoff berth) "As a competitor, that's the life we live. We know what is there. That's why we are still excited. It's a disappointed locker room, obviously, because, I assume that now we do not have a chance to win the division. That is really where our mindset has been for a long time. You have to assess it and say, 'Can we play our very best this week to go where we want to go and to get in and advance.' That is really where the mindset of the team is at. We will go back and look at our missed opportunities, for sure. Then, it is right back to work, in terms of our preparation and everything that we can do to play well against Carolina."

(On if he is surprised that the offense didn't play better today) "I certainly was surprised that we did not have more points today. To have two of those (drives) where we were down inside the two or three yard line and not come away with points in that one was the factor, for sure. A lot of things were a factor. Number one, we can own the ball better to win drives. They called the interception on one today. And, then (we had) the fumble (on another). When you turn the ball over, that series ended. There is no chance to make any points out of it. That part we can do better moving forward. I thought that it was a really good play be Deion (Jones) of creating coming out of the half. We talked about let's go out and see if we can knock one (a turnover) out and see if we can make one go. Confidence-wise of the team, we know that we have a good group. We know how tough they are and the resiliency that they have. Today, when we look back, this will be one when we had some opportunities to take advantage of. When you didn't, that was the story of this game."

(On what was different for Devonta Freeman’s performance today compared to the first game against 

the Saints) "Let's give them (the Saints) credit. We didn't get the normal amount of runs that we normally get. That's been a big part of our game with the play action. When those third downs get stopped, we don't get our drives extended. I thought that was a factor in the game. I think that it was, maybe, three drives, extended drives going into the half. Extended drives are very important to us. Extending third downs and converting are very important. Now, it gives all of the players more opportunities (when it happens). I thought that was a real factor."

(On the penalties and turnovers in the red zone) "Totally uncalled for us to have those. We need to recognize that there are going to be some aggressive fouls when you are playing a thousand miles an hour. Those are part of the game. The ones that we can control, we know, are the pre-snap ones. That's really having our discipline and being on it. We will go back and look at which ones are which. To play clean and to play our best, that can be a factor."