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What the Packers Said After Falling to Ravens at Home

Packers Head Coach Matt Lafleur
Packers Head Coach Matt Lafleur

Head Coach Matt LaFleur

Opening statement: "That was a humbling night. Give Baltimore a ton of credit, they came in here, and were in complete control the whole game. And unfortunately, it wasn't up to our standard in regards to how we played, how we coached and that's what happens."

On why the Packers couldn't stop the Ravens' run offense: "I've got to go back and take a look at the film, but we didn't – that was tough to watch."

On the effort the defense showed: "Again, I want to go back before I say anything that might be a little off base. I just think we've got to go back and take a peek at this. I just want to make sure we were putting our guys in position to make plays, whether we made the plays or didn't make the plays. All in all, it just – I mean, we all see the end result. It just was not good enough. It wasn't up to our standard."

On whether the team came out flat: "Well, I think anytime – I think that's the natural thing to say, the easy thing to say. I don't think I saw a team that was flat. I saw a team that, we just got beat, we got whipped. But I would not say that [they came out flat]. Because our guys did compete, I mean, they were battling. You saw it in that first half. We turned the ball over twice in the plus territory, one on the fourth down, the other one on just a total missed operation when we snapped the ball when we don't give a count. And I thought our defense did a good job in those moments. It's just – the rest of the game, it just wasn't good enough."

On the defense's inability to get stops in key situations that could have kept the team in the game: "Yeah, you're giving yourself a chance, absolutely. Unfortunately, in those critical moments when we needed a stop, we didn't get it done. That's why I need to go back, take a peek at this to see what exactly went wrong. But yeah, that's why I thought our guys did battle. I mean, we were fighting – they were in complete control of the first half, and to Jason's point, it was 27-24 with an opportunity to get them off the grass. We didn't get it done."

QB Malik Willis

On the play he got injured: "I just felt a little tweak. I think all the treatment had me feeling good and I think a little soreness just built up to that point in the game. I slid and kind of hit it a little bit and on that throw I kind of threw it all arm and I kind of felt it a little bit. I just wanted to check it out and make sure everything was alright."

On the two touchdown runs: "It's a good opportunity to get out on the edge and have a one-on-one. It was fun."

On if he feels like what he's put on tape in Green Bay is the real Malik Willis: "I think that we've just got to keep playing ball and taking it one week at a time. Hopefully, we can get out with a 'W' next week. After looking at this tape and understanding where it went wrong. And we can worry about all that stuff after the season."

On how the night went for him and what he was thinking when he left with the injury: "I should have gotten it checked at halftime to make sure everything was everything. You just hate to leave in the middle of a drive, as well as it was going. We could have got three or seven and could have made it a one-possession game and maybe defense gets a stop. But we don't get into ifs and buts and ands. That's just the way it went. It's unfortunate, obviously."

S Javon Bullard

On the defense's performance: "We got our [expletive] whooped. Call it like it is. I mean, [expletive]. We knew what they were doing. They ran the ball. We couldn't stop the [expletive] run. Point-blank-period. And we got to fix that [expletive] tomorrow if we want to go past the Wild-Card game in the playoffs. If we don't, we'll be sitting our [expletive] right back in Green Bay."

DE Lukas Van Ness

On the Ravens' offensive performance: "It's embarrassing having the opponent coming into our house and the way they were celebrating and talking to us and just feeling the complacency and the energy on the sideline. Frankly, it's unacceptable. Starting with myself, the defense and honestly, all three phases. At this point of the season, we gotta find a way to play collective and be better. Definitely embarrassing."

On the loss with the playoffs nearing: "We got punched in the mouth tonight. We got embarrassed tonight and it's one of those that you walk away [from] with a feeling that you don't want to feel again. We walked away with that feeling last year when we lost in that first round, and that's a feeling that's got to stick with you, and you've got to come with on game day. So again, I think we're going to look in the mirror. I think we're going to come together. This will be a good wake-up call for us and we'll be alright."

LB Edgerrin Cooper

On the loss: "This was just embarrassing. They came out to play. We didn't."

S Evan Williams

On the Ravens' offense: "Rarely somebody outschemes you for 300 yards. At the end of the day, this game is always about play style and it just didn't show up like we needed it to."

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