Opening remarks: "That last ballgame was sure exciting. I'm proud of the players. As you know, we had virtually everybody on the offense step up on that last drive and make a play. Getting to New England, it's a great challenge. The very best things that New England does is they're 10th in scoring and interceptions, I believe they're 10th at getting to the ball in the passing game. They sure have some good pass rushers; they have an excellent scheme, as you know. They rarely make a mistake; they have good players throughout the whole defense. We've got quite a challenge."
On why he thinks the Patriots are last in the league in yards allowed: "They're last in total and passing yardage. Some of that happened early in the season. Some of that is because they've been ahead, situationally, in some games. But I will tell you, they've got some little mojo going because they've given up some yards but they've prevented people from scoring. Their offense does a good job of keeping the defense off the field as well. So there are a lot of reasons for that. There's a big number, a big difference I guess I should say, between total points and the yards they've given up. Usually when you get that big separation, there's a host of reasons for that."
On how QB Michael Vick felt after throwing yesterday: "He's alright. He's day to day. We'll see if he does anything here. He's day to day."
On WR Jeremy Maclin's status: "He's day to day as well. We'll see (if he practices)."
On whether you have to make a conscious effort to avoid throwing to Patriots CB Kyle Arrington because of his high number of interceptions: "Every individual is different in how he has accumulated (interceptions). This guy has sort of a sense, and he has the tipped balls and all those things. He's developed into a fine, fine player. So my answer is yes, any time a man is hot that way, you have to know where he is."
On whether the Patriots are doing anything different, schematically, in the red zone: "They're right in the middle in red zone. They're 16th in red zone. They're just an opportunistic type defense. They're a specific individual gameplan defense. Meaning that every team they play, they're going to do whatever they think it will take to win the game. They'll have a little different plan, sometimes a much different plan. You may see some things they haven't done all season. Then the difference between them and other teams that do this is they play it very well. Something they haven't done all season, they'll play it very well during the ballgame. Both the coaches and the players are in tune and they expect to play well when they're doing those things. So it's very individual specific for that team."
On how he accounts for the difference between the yards they have allowed and the points they have allowed: "They're plus five I believe on the turnover ratio. It's usually a whole host of things. They will bank on one of their players making a play. A tipped ball, getting to the quarterback and rushing him and the ball falling incomplete, a run for zero or minus-two, throughout a drive. Again, they're very opportunistic. It's a whole host of things that they do so well and that they rely upon, where they can give up some yards and still keep the score down. I know they're under 21 points per game."
On the Patriots switching between a 4-3 and a 3-4: "They will align in a 3-4 structure more than occasionally. I don't want to get into too many details on this. One of their outside (linebackers) is more of an outside (linebacker) and one of their outside (linebackers) is more of an end."
On how impressed he was with QB Vince Young's performance in his first start with the team: "Well first of all, Vince is a highly-talented young man. He's really sharp. He's worked his tail off for several months since he's been here, and certainly last week. (Quarterbacks coach) Doug Pederson did a heck of a job, like he does every week, with the preparation for Vince. But ultimately it comes down to the player. Vince was well-prepared, and ultimately it is the player's responsibility. His decision-making was excellent.
"There were a couple (mistakes) there, but big picture, his decision-making was excellent. There were a couple throws, on the interceptions especially, that the timing was pretty good and the decision was pretty good. I do know that with more practice and playing time, I think he'll be able to hit those. He underthrew (WR) DeSean (Jackson), which a lot of guys do early. DeSean is a little faster than one would think. And then (WR) Riley (Cooper) got his foot stepped on one time, and (TE) Clay (Harbor) can help out on the other one too. His decision-making was very good. I was highly impressed with Vince, especially on the last drive."
On whether he makes a conscious effort to extend drives when he knows a player like Patriots QB Tom Brady is on the other sideline: "Sure, you try to. The great Tom Brady, he's a special quarterback, one of the very best to ever play, hands down. So yeah. You saw at the end of the last game, (Giants QB) Eli (Manning) was hot, and has done, up to that point, an unbelievable job late in games. We tried to take a little bit of the clock. There was still too much time, but sure, absolutely. Buffalo did that. Buffalo ended up a tie game on the one and they went into victory (formation) three times to take the clock and kick the field goal."
On WR Riley Cooper's performance in the last game: "He did outstanding. There were a lot of guys who hadn't played quite as much, who stepped up and made plays right at the right time. However, throughout the game, there's several plays for each of those men where we can get just a little bit better. Riley made some big plays or us and some critical plays. He made a big jump early in the year in training camp and the first few weeks we were playing. He really made a big jump, you could certainly see that."
On why he thinks Cooper made a jump this year: "Knowledge (of the offense), reps, playing time in some of those preseason games. All of that together, you could certainly see it in the game that he's making strides."
On the team's struggles at home: "I didn't even know that. We go into any game; it doesn't matter where we play. We're striving to do certain things in that particular game and ultimately win the game. We don't care where we play. We love to play at home. I shouldn't say that (we don't' care where we play). That may come off wrong. We love to play at home in front of our fans, but ultimately we're striving to accomplish one thing, and that's to win the game."
On why he thinks the team hasn't been successful at home: "I haven't thought about it. This is the first I've ever thought about that, because ultimately it doesn't matter. You have to execute. You have to do the things you have to do to win the game. You have to do some things you can't do to win the game."
On whether it makes it difficult to prepare for the Patriots because they have a different defensive style every week: "There's a little bit wider range of possibilities in the game. We anticipate seeing things we haven't seen. They've been doing that for years. That's the way we do it offensively, as well. I believe in that style. There's several teams who do it that way."
