WIDE RECEIVER NICK WESTBROOK-IKHINE
How tough was it to come up just short on making a tough catch?
Yeah. I mean, it's really disappointing. Essentially, I didn't just let myself down, I let my teammates down, fans down, Will (Levis) down, organization down really what it is. But it doesn't define me. I know it doesn't. It's unfortunate. It really is. I really did want to come down with that pass obviously, I mean, everybody does. And yeah, I've been thinking about it, but that's just life, that's football sometimes it's just that close. There's no excuses for it, anything like that. I know it's a play I can make. It's not an easy catch, but it's also not an impossible to catch either. So, yeah, just got to live with it, take it on the chin and keep going.
Tough day offensively. You guys moved the ball between the 20s and weren't able to cash in for touchdowns. How tough is it to deal with a day like today?
Yeah, I mean, that's the difference in the game. Not scoring those touchdowns in the red zone, that's the difference in the game. I feel like that's something we've been pretty good at in the past. And so, yeah, it's tough. It's definitely I'd say the difference is not being able to get seven.
They do anything different once you guys reach the red zone, especially the high red zone? Was it just execution?
Yeah. I mean, I'll have to watch the film. I feel like it was just partly like execution details, stuff like that. I mean, I catch that pass, we're not having this conversation. So yeah, I mean, I think it was execution. I don't think it was scheme or plan or anything like that. I take responsibility on my end for not brining it down.
Obviously, the record is what it is, but you still have a month left to play. What has to be the mentality for you guys going forward with this last stretch of games here?
Yeah, sticking together. We got to do this together and it's really just who you are as a man, just cutting it loose. I mean, it's a gift that we get to play this game regardless of, postseason, any of that kind of stuff. It's a gift to be able to play this game. It's a blessing and honor that gift, honor that blessing, and don't take it for granted because it could go at any moment.
Facing the 32nd-ranked defense and come away with six points, how shockingly frustrating is that at the end of the day?
Yeah, it's extremely. I feel like we could have taken advantage of them a little bit more and we were. We were moving the ball. We just didn't get the points down in the red zone that we needed to win the game.
