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What they're saying about Bucs-Browns

 
Published Nov. 10, 2014

Bucs DT Akeem Spence:

"I have no magic potion. We just have to keep going."

Bucs CB Johnthan Banks:

"It's so frustrating. I hate to go home and look at my son in the face sometimes. He's getting to the point where he understands it. … Everybody on this team needs to just go home and look in the mirror. Coaches, players, everybody. Whatever we did wrong, we need to get it fixed."

Bucs QB Josh McCown:

"The sky is the limit for Mike (Evans). What you guys don't see, and why I'm so proud of Mike, is his professionalism and the way he comes to work every day. He has grown in that area much more than what you're seeing on the field. That's encouraging, and it's encouraging for Buccaneers fans. I believe Mike Evans is going to be a good one for a long time."

Bucs coach Lovie Smith:

"It's a broken record, really, with me talking to you and telling you how much better we're getting and we're making progress. Got to find a way to win."

Bucs coach Lovie Smith, on Michael Koenen's 30.3-yard average:

"(Koenen) will be the first guy to tell you he didn't punt well, didn't place the ball where he needed to."

Bucs RB Bobby Rainey:

"We put the work in. We're just not getting the result we want. It's just a frustrating thing to also get a loss at home to the same team that embarrassed us on national TV. That's what makes it worse. We just have to find a way to win."

Falcons LB Paul Worrilow, on the tipped interception from Robert Alford to Dwight Lowery:

"That was just a great reaction on the ball, and that's what I was talking about — being able to close games out. When you get that opportunity, you capitalize on it, and he did a good job on that."

Falcons CB Desmond Trufant, on Atlanta's pass rush, which had four sacks:

"They were getting to the ball. They were coming off the ball. They were winning their one-on-one battles, and it was helping us."

Falcons coach Mike Smith on RB Steven Jackson, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown:

"I thought Steven came out right from the beginning, and I think you saw how we started the game and what we tried to get accomplished. You've got to win the line of scrimmage in the NFL, and I thought that we did that today."