"They got us. They got us in every phase of the game. Defensively, they came out and stopped us. Offensively, they kind of imposed their will with their running game. Special teams, they got after us. It wasn't a very good day for the Falcons. We've got to go back to the drawing board. We are not going to give up." — Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez following Sunday's 33-10 loss to Seattle
“It’s always tough when we have a loss and you’re passionate about the game and love the game. Guys work so hard because we love it so much. It’s always frustrating because you never want to lose. You want to come out with victories.”
— Wide receiver Harry Douglas
"They just came out and they played better. I don't think there is any excuse that I can come up with. They just outplayed us in every phase of the game and that's what happened. It wasn't even close." — Gonzalez
"We have to keep grinding. I know me, personally, no matter what, I'm going to go out here and play the game like we are 8-0, 9-0. I think when you have those times when you let down, where you're losing, but they define you as a man. But I'm going to keep grinding and go harder." — Douglas on coping with the 2-7 record
"That's something that we continue to keep working on. You'll see it on those drives where we are clicking. We have to be on every guy, not just one out of three." — Right guard Garrett Reynolds on the performance of the offensive line
"We got in situations where we were down a couple of scores. Once you do that, the clock comes in and it's a factor when you are playing catch up. We had to start throwing the ball." — Reynolds on the run game's inefficiency
"You look at yourself in the mirror and think of what you can do better. I might be a rookie, but I'm still a football player. I'm still a competitor. Nobody likes to lose. Football is a collective effort." — Linebacker Paul Worrilow on the team's mindset
"We didn't have the success that we'd hoped. We knew that schematically, that they put eight men in the box almost all of the time. But we felt that even though that was the case, there were areas that we could exploit. Needless to say, we didn't do it efficiently enough, consistently enough to have the type of game that we wanted." — Left guard Justin Blalock
"I can't really put a finger on one thing, other than we are just not playing efficient enough. We'll have one or two plays where we seem to be doing well and then we'll get a rut where we'll have a bunch of three-and-outs." — Blalock on the team's slow starts
"It's something that you pay early and you get rewarded later. I don't want to make that an excuse. It's not any reason that we shouldn't have won this game. But all you can do from this here on out is grow and learn from what you've done. And if you do that, that's going to help you." — Center Peter Konz on the state of the offensive line
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