Published: Yesterday
Quotes from the New Orleans Saints locker room after their 27-24 overtime loss to the Atlanta Falconson Sunday at the Superdome.
Kicker Garrett Hartley
On missing the 29-yard field goal in overtime: "The game came down to a 29-yard field goal and I yanked it left. No ifs or buts about it. It was clearly my mistake. I need to go back to the drawing board. It's the highs and lows of being a kicker. I missed a big kick last year and was able to learn from it. I plan on doing the same thing. I need to get back to kicking the football and not overkicking it like I did today."
On if it was more mental than physical: "Absolutely. I over thought it I guess. I went over a couple of key points and at the last second it just didn't work out. We have a game next Sunday and I am going to go out there and put the ball through the uprights."
Cornerback Tracy Porter
"We will see those guys again. It's a long season and we are only in Week 3. We have another opportunity to see those guys down the road. We just need to lick our wounds and come back next week hitting the ground running."
On his injury: "I tweaked my hamstring a little bit. It is nothing serious. It just grabbed on me and I immediately stopped. I think that I will be fine."
On Matt Ryan's play: "They out-executed us. They moved the ball down the field and converted on third downs. They did everything that they needed to do to come out with a victory. We missed a field goal in the end, but we could have stopped them on third down throughout the game. It is a game of football. They did what they needed to do and we will see them down the road. We will take this loss, put it behind us and look forward to next week."
Safety Malcolm Jenkins
"They did a great job of running the ball, especially that last drive in overtime. We shot ourselves in the foot a lot. We gave up a lot of big plays. On offense, we couldn't get a couple of short yardage. Special teams held up all day except for at the end. We had a lot of opportunities to win this game, but we didn't do what we had to do to get the win."
On the Falcons game plan of keeping the offense off the field: "We had a simple game plan also, but we didn't execute. They did some things well in executing their game plan and we didn't."
Defensive end Will Smith:
On the inability to get off the field: "The course of the game is not always going to be smooth. You are going to have some ups and downs. We knew that going into it. We knew they were a really good run team and they were going to come in and run the ball. They wanted to keep the ball out of Drew's hands as much as possible. We put ourselves in a lot of good situations with the third and longs. We just couldn't get off the field. Ultimately, that cost us the game."
On how the team will respond: "We always play Atlanta tough. History will tell you that it always comes down to the end of the game. The game was just as we expected, but we didn't plan on the losing side of things. At the end of the day, we still put ourselves in a position to win the game. We have to focus on that. We know will see a good running team next week. So, we have to hunker down and get off the field on third down."
Wide receiver Lance Moore
On his 72-yard punt return: "Coach Payton wanted it set up for the left hash, so Coach McMahon called for a left return. The guys did a great job of setting that wall for me. That's something that we prepared for this week in practice. I actually made the wrong cut in practice, but made the right cut today. Those guys did a great job of blocking."
On his 80-yard touchdown reception: "I definitely think it was a blown coverage. There was really no one running with me. The guy was showing (Jeremy) Shockey some respect and let me free. So, all I had to do was catch the ball and run."
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