Matt Ryan, quarterback
On the win
“The run game was huge. I thought we ran the ball extremely well today. Our offensive line stepped up to the challenge. I think that’s a really.”
Julio Jones, wide receiver
On his four-catch game
“I was just being a team player today. Yards and touchdowns don’t matter. If we win, that’s the main goal for the team. I felt like we did a good job today on offense.”
On if Devonta Freeman can get better
“Who knows? He just has to keep coming to work and get better in practice every day. There are going to be plenty people who say, you’re doing a great job or whatever. The mindset and mentality is that he has to keep coming to work everyday. All of us, we must have that same mentality.”
Leonard Hankerson, wide receiver
On the big win
“It feels good. That’s what we work at each and every day. We have a lot of good players on this team. We prepare the right way. We just have to keep it going.”
Paul Worrilow, middle linebacker
On the team’s preparation
“When you prepare as much as we do, you come and you expect to win the game. If you put in the preparation, winning is never a surprise. That’s what we expect to do. That’s why we work all week.”
On finishing the game
“(Nate) Stupar picked it up and kept going. We are always talking about finishing and that’s a great way to close out the game.”
Nate Stupar, linebacker
On his touchdown
“He was running around and trying to cut back one more time. My boy (Allen Bradford) put the wood on him and the ball popped out. I just scooped and score. I just started running. It was my first defensive touchdown since I played defensive end in high school. I picked off a slant from the line and took it 60 yards.”
Desmond Trufant, cornerback
On defending DeAndre Hopkins
“Whoever comes to may side, I’m fine with it. I love the challenge. Whoever it is. It’s going to be a hard day. That’s my job. I love the challenge.”
On imposing their will
“We have to impose our will on every play. We are starting to do that.”
On the defense’s play
“We weren’t giving them those big explosive plays. If they would get some yards, it would be on a check down or something like that. We weren’t giving them any big plays. That breaks the offense’s heart. We were just challenging them, getting the ball out and getting turnovers. Once you do that, it’s pretty easy out there.”
Roddy White, wide receiver
On the team
“We played good on both sides of the ball. Our defense is playing lights out these last couple of weeks. They went out there and just took over this game. We played good on offense, not nearly as good as we can play. We just have to be more consistent and try to get better each week.”
