Rams chatter

Comments from the Rams locker room:

QB Marc Bulger
(On how the Patriots changed after getting beatean deep and opportunities in the passing game)
"Once we burned them deep a couple of times, they kind of went to a two-man look and they loaded up on our receivers and got them some help back there. It was a good game plan. We probably should have ran a little better against it, but they did a great job.”

(On coming in with a go for broke attitude)
“That’s his [Coach Haslett] style. That’s not going to change. NFL games are won and lost by a couple of plays. You can’t look in the mirror and be 100 percent disappointed. It was one or two plays. We prepared hard and played hard and we just didn’t get it done.”

CB Ron Bartell
(On defending Randy Moss)
“It is interesting. He is such a good receiver. He is so crafty and he has seen every possible defensive coverage out there. I thought we did a really good job of man to man; most of the balls he caught in man to man coverage were slants. You can live with that. I think they did a really good job of attacking us when we were in zone and in the middle of the field. They did some different things to free him up.”

(On the play of Matt Cassel)
“He is poised and does a great job of running that offense. He has got a great ability to escape and was able to get away from our rush a couple of times. He does a good job of not putting them in bad situations. We got a couple of picks on him, but I think they were just greats plays by our defense. He does a good job of controlling the offense and I think they can win with him.”

WR Donnie Avery
(on his 69-yard touchdown catch)
“It was a simple touchdown. It is the longest in my NFL career. The object is to get the ball and try to make something happen. After I got the ball in my hands, I tried to make something happen today.”

DE Chris Long
(On the team coming a long way and consolation in the loss)“This was a team that a year ago was 18-0 at one point, a great team. I certainly respect the way they do things. For us to come in here and play a tough ball game, you can take some consolation. But we wanted to win the game. It’s disappointing, but we lost to a good team. These guys in the locker room had a lot of good energy and we will be back next week to play hard.”

K Josh Brown
(On the wind)
“It was a little thick out there at certain times. I think it was only when I kicked.”

(On which way was tougher to kick.)
“Towards the open end, with the lighthouse. It was a little more difficult to kick that way.”