“We’ll take it. Obviously it was not [in] the fashion we wanted it to be, not by any means. That was sloppy. We were fortunate, lets put it that way. We were fortunate to come out with the win because, statistically, we aren’t supposed to win that game.”
Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez
“You can’t worry about it. Part of playing this position in this league is knowing there are going to be times when you make mistakes and fall flat on your face and you have to get up and keep playing. In those kind of situations, I just worry about the next play.”
Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan on moving past his five interceptions
“We got off to a rough start. It took us a long time to get started. It was just one of those games. It didn’t look good, we didn’t do a lot of good things, but when we needed some good things we did some good things and found a way to win.”
“We have to get ourselves ready to play. I felt like our energy wasn’t there in the pregame warmups. Those guys are a good football team. I don’t think we came in thinking we had to be on our ‘A’ game. That was part of it.”
Falcons wide receiver Roddy White
“We just started off flat on offense and sometimes that happens in the National Football League. I am so excited about our defense and the performance they had today. They were the main reason we won.”
Falcons running back Michael Turner.
“I probably could have got there a few more times if I was a little younger.”
Falcons defensive end John Abraham, who had two sacks, three quarterback hits and a forced fumble
“It was one of those plays that could have been a pass or fumble. It was right on that fine line.”
Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann on teammate Jonathan Babineaux’s fumble recovery for a touchdown, a play that was confirmed on replay review
“I jogged over there and looked at the ref, I saw him still running. I figured that the play was still going. So I did my best to get it in.”
Babineaux on scoring after several players assumed the play was over
“You’ve got lots of people talking in your ear and it was my mistake. My guys bailed me out today. That’s what they did. I’ll learn from it and we won’t let it happen again, I can assure you that.”
Falcons coach Mike Smith on drawing a penalty for throwing his replay challenge flag when it was prohibited
“Getting benched is part of the game. It’s frustrating not to be able to be out there and fight for the rest of the game, but you can’t do anything about it.”
Cardinals quarterback John Skelton on being replaced by Ryan Lindley
“It’s disappointing. I had an opportunity late in the game to make a play and that is going to bother me for a while. When I look back on this game weeks from now I will see the missed opportunities.”
Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald
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