Tom Brady, Vince Wilfork, Devin McCourty React To New England Patriots’ Blowout Loss

Sep 29, 2014; Kansas City, MO, USA; New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski (87) is congratulated by running back Stevan Ridley (22) after scoring a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs in the second half at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City won 41-14. Mandatory Credit: John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports

Rob Gronkowski

From your perspective, what happened out there tonight?
“We didn’t play a good game overall as a team. I’ve got to give credit to the Kansas City Chiefs. They came out and were ready. They came hungry and outplayed us.”

Is there any sense of panic in this locker room?
“We’ve got to stick together as a unit. We’ve got to get better. We’ve got to practice hard and get ready for the week coming up.”

What’s not working for you guys right now offensively?
“I would say everything – including myself – blocking, throwing, catching. Whatever it is, we’ve got to go out there, work together and get better. [We need to] do our jobs.”

Are you close to 100 percent?
“I’m out there playing.”

Devin McCourty

Can you learn anything from tonight or is this an aberration?
“You can always learn a lot from everything. I think the biggest thing we’re going to take away from this game is we got to play a lot better if we’re going be a good team and win games. I’m disappointed as this is the most embarrassing game I’ve ever been a part of. We lost in every aspect. We’ll definitely learn something from this and learn a good amount. But now, it’s all about fighting and getting better and trying to play better next week.”

Did the team show enough fight tonight even when it started going in the wrong direction?
“I thought we kept fighting. You want to see that. That’s character. I think this team has character. I think that gives us a chance to go back this week and practice on the short week and try to get ready to go for next week and for the remaining part of the season. It’s only game four, if we didn’t have any fight, that wouldn’t be good right now at this point in the season. I think we have a lot of guys in here that are willing to fight. We just got to get to it.”

Did Kansas City’s big play-makers surprise you out there?
“No, we checked the stats, we knew they spread the ball around. Everyone made some plays. We didn’t do anything well. When you don’t stop anybody, you have games like this. All their big players made plays and we didn’t make any.”

Stevan Ridley

What’s the mood of the locker room after tonight’s loss?
“We’ve got to get back to work. Tonight is unacceptable, but tonight is the night you give the Chiefs credit for what they did. They came out with a game plan and they executed it. They played better football than we played tonight. It’s not about pointing fingers, we just have to get better. It’s not good enough, we’re not accepting it, and that’s not how we play football. We’re just going back to work and going back to the drawing board.”

Is there any sense of panic in here?

“We don’t believe in panic. You take your losses. You man up and you get better. That’s all you do. That’s how we play football and that’s how we work. We’re not freaking out. We’re not throwing in the towel. We’re going to take our lashings and keep moving. This is what’s going to define us down the road. There’s a lot of football left to be played. It’s still very early. If you want to be weak-minded about it, then you can. For us, we just have to battle back. That’s what we’re going to do.”