What the Falcons had to say after the 20-10 loss

MATT RYAN, quarterback

(On if he’s pressing to turn the season around)

I think in that situation I was trying to do too much, trying to make a play that wasn’t there. I’ve said this before, I think sometimes playing quarterback isn’t about what you do, but what you don’t do. In that situation I’ve got to make a better decision. And that’s frustrating because you want to make plays, and you want to be aggressive, but that was neither the time, nor place.

(On his play the last four games)

Inconsistent. I think there have been some really good things and just some bad decisions that have cost us. It’s disappointing, but I really believe we can get it corrected, I know I can play better, I’ve done it before and I will do it again, but it’s got to start this week. We have to get back to work tomorrow, evaluate what we did today, learn from it and get back to practice. I’ll tell you this, Wednesday can’t come fast enough for us to get to the practice field and start preparing for Tampa next week.

(On whether the Falcons have been beating themselves)

I absolutely think that, on the offensive side of the ball we’ve moved it pretty well, but we haven’t been able to capitalize in terms of touchdowns, and we’ve given the ball away too much. Teams are too good in this League to give them opportunities to stay in games and to beat you. I really think there have been a lot of times this year were we’ve had some self-inflicted wounds.

DESMOND TRUFANT, cornerback

(On the penalties)

Penalties happen. That’s just part of the game. We play aggressive, so sometimes penalties are going to happen. You definitely try to limit them. We’ve just got to pull together, stick together. WE can’t lose faith in each other. We’ve got to continue to believe.

(On how tough it is to stay upbeat)

It’s tough but this is what we are built for. We are built for the good and the bad times. Like I said, we’ve just got to stick together. We can’t let outside distractions and what people say outside of our building get to us. We’ve got to continue to work. The only way it can go is up.

TEVIN COLEMAN, running back

(On the fumble)

I just lost regard for the ball after I broke away. He made a good play. He got the ball. There’s nothing I could do about it.

I didn’t see him coming.

O’BRIEN SCHOFIELD, linebacker

(On defense against Adrian Peterson)

I think we did a good job wrap tackling. There was a couple times where he was able to break through and get some yards after contact. Those are the type of things we’ve got to clean up but, for the most part, we didn’t really let him get any real home run balls like we’ve been seeing on film.

(On pass rush versus Teddy Bridgwater)

I thought we did good, man. They weren’t really able to throw the ball downfield. We had good pressure. There was a lot of checkdowns and us rallying and tackling.

RODDY WHITE, wide receiver

(On the locker room)

We’ll be all right. I feel real confident. As long as out defense keeps playing like that I feel like we’ll eventually come around and start scoring points and get better on the offensive side of the ball. We’ll help those guys out.

(On why he has confidence)

Because we’ve got a lot of talent. Around the league if you have enough talent and your guys are better than the other guys, then eventually they will start winning. That’s what we’ve got. We’ve got a whole heap of talent on offense. Once we get our mojo back we’ll get some points and we’ll start playing better and we’ll stop turning the ball over.

(On what’s changed in locker room since 5-0)