DE Robert Ayers
Postgame vs. Jets, December 6, 2015
Q: It seemed like you were rotating a lot of guys in and out on the line, was that the plan and did you feel that really helped you guys in terms of trying to switch it up?
A: We do that every week Cullen plays a lot, I play a lot, JPP plays a lot, Damontre [Moore], Nikita Whitlock plays a lot, [Jay] Bromley plays a lot, everybody plays a lot. That’s the game plan every week. That’s what we do every week.
Q: Those last two drives in regulation, you guys had played so well defensively, is there anything specific at the end?
A: We executed sometimes, and sometimes we didn’t execute. They made the plays they needed to win and we didn’t. We let the opportunity slip out of our hands.
Q: Fourth quarter defense is tough at times, do you think previous fourth quarters were a factor today?
A: I don’t worry about our resume, about what we do in the past. I just worry about what we do today. We had opportunities to win and we needed to make plays and we didn’t make plays and they made plays to win the game at the end, so you know, what we did in other games doesn’t matter. This game is all that matters right now, so we’re going to watch this film and learn from it and get ready to try and get a win next week.
Q: ….You’re still very much alive in this thing.
A: Thank you very much. I don’t know the outcome of whoever else in the NFC East but the focus is to be on top of it first and the worst we can be is in second, so we’ve just got to put our head down and keep working and prepare for next week.
Q: When you get into these situations (since it’s happened a few times before), is there any panic or nervousness that happens?
A: We just gotta handle the business. We gotta make plays when we need to make plays. We gotta do what we need to do. Execute the play that’s called. And you know, we’ve just got to do that. We take one game at a time. All that stuff that happened in the past, that’s irrelevant. What we do today is all we care about and that’s all we’re going to care about until we get the opportunity to prepare for the next team. I don’t care about nothing else but winning this one game that we just played. I never think about anything else, all I care about is one play, one snap, one game. That’s all it’s about. I don’t look at the big picture. I look at what we’ve got to do and the opportunity that we had today and we didn’t get the job done.
Q: When we look at film in preparation for your next game, what do you look for, does that cause you to reflect back on the game?
A: I’m going to reflect back on this game against the New York Jets. I’m going to look at it and learn from my mistakes. I’m going to look at our positives and try and correct them and get better for next week. We’ve got a big game next and that’s all were going to do. The routine is the same every week; that’s how we go about business. That’s how professionals work. You handle what you can handle and you get ready for the next one so that’s what we’re going to do.
