Head Coach Brian Daboll

(Opening statement)

"Credit to the Saints. It's hard to win when you turn the ball over five times on five consecutive drives. We missed a couple of opportunities offensively, the flea flicker and some others. On defense, we did a good job in the run game. Gave up some huge plays for us. We can't have those things, too many DPI penalties. You get five turnovers to zero, you're not going to win in this league."

(On what went wrong in the flea flicker play)

"I'm going to have to go back and look at it. I thought we got by him there, I'll have to see how it looks, I thought we had a chance."

(On being aggressive on fourth down during the following play)

"That was the decision that we made not to go for it there. We went on a number of fourth downs, and we were going to try to pin them down there on that one."

(On his thought process when deciding to go for it on fourth down)

"Again, I have guys that I lean on fourth down wise that we communicate with and talk about the decisions that I make. Every decision that I make, I think that's the best decision after talking to the guys that I lean on, and then ultimately, it's my decision."

(On what he thought of Jaxson Dart)

"I thought he battled. The game got away from us, from him a little bit, with those turnovers. Some easy ones too, that were dropped. Those kill you because they give 13 points off, then they take away points when we're driving and they're all on the +50 or down there inside the scoring zone to at least get a field goal out of it. We moved the ball well sometimes, it's just hard when you're giving the ball away."

(On the difference between Dart's first and second halves)

"Not much. I thought we moved the ball and then we turned it over. The drives that we stalled in we turned the ball over. Five in a row, which is hard to do."

(On all the turnovers, but specifically Cam Skattebo's fumble returned for a TD)

"Yeah, I'll have to go back and look at all of them. It got knocked out of his hands, (Darius) Slayton had knocked hands, Jaxson dropped the one — I mean those were three big drives to generate some points or not give them up at the end of the half. Turn a ball over like that, give them opportunities for points, take away opportunities for you to score points, when you're moving the ball."

(On improving the pass rush with his team)

"I'd say a number of things. I think they got the ball out quick, and they did a good job with it. I thought we missed a couple that we had in our grasp. That big play on defense got us. Some third downs, they were third and short, one third and long on the crosser to (Chris) Olave. We didn't create any turnovers, and again it's a broken record but 5 and 0…I don't know how many teams have ever won when it's 5-0 on turnovers."

(On what he sees in Deonte Banks versus Cor'Dale Flott)

"Deonte had that penalty. He's done some good things, and I trust both of those guys. Obviously, that one hurt us. We had some missed opportunities, that one and a couple that we had downfield that I thought we had the chance to make, and the turnovers. So, not good enough."

(On why he thinks these penalties keep happening with Banks)

"We have to keep working on our technique. I know Marquand (Manuel) is out there with those guys every day working on technique and getting their head around what they need to get their head around and not being as handsy. We'll continue to do that."

(On his thought process when choosing the number of multiple-tight end sets)

"I thought it was an advantage for us relative to how they played it in their base defense. They ended up going nickel defense. Belli (Daniel Bellinger) and Theo (Johnson), I had confidence in those two guys. It simplified them as well. I thought we operated it well early on, but it's hard to operate when you start turning the ball over."

(On what he said to Dart after his first loss as starting QB)

"Kid, that's the NFL. Every play matters, and he knows that. He's as hard on himself as anybody. There's a lot to learn from this, and that's what we will do. There will be ups, there will be downs, and I thought he started out really well. Collectively, we have to do a better job. We have to make the play down the field when we have the opportunity to make the play. We have to hold on to the ball when we are scrambling. Those are things that we will build off of with him, make sure he's prepared and ready to go. Again, it's a broken record but it's hard to win with five turnovers."

(On roster management and not bringing up an additional receiver)

"We felt good about where we were at relative to our plan going into the game and what we were going to try to do with multiple tight ends. So, we'll see what happens next week. There's a possibility you could lose two running backs and have no running backs. It's the NFL, injuries are going to happen. We had five wide receivers, four tight ends in case something happened to one of them, to continue with our plan throughout the game."

(On building off of Dart's strengths despite the turnovers)

"Absolutely. It's his first loss as a starting quarterback. I know there are plays that he wishes he had back, but we have to do a good job around him. I have a lot of confidence in the young man."

(On the wide receivers having to step up without the injured Malik Nabers)

"Again, none of us did a good enough job."

Quarterback Jaxson Dart

(On turnovers "snowballing")

"Yeah those suck. Obviously you don't win many games when you have five, and you don't get on the other side of the ball so it felt like we had a lot of opportunities where we were moving the ball down the field and we would hurt ourselves. In the NFL every team is a good team, every team has talent and I felt like we just gave the game away with all the turnovers."

(On when he dropped the ball)

"It fell out of my hand."

(On what was the teaching moment)

"To tuck the ball."

(Has it happened before)

"No."

(On the opinion on his progress)

"Any time you get more reps you're going to get better, obviously I'm young and that can't be an excuse so I have to continue to get better. Quarterbacks are measured by wins and losses so I take that to heart. I felt like I was the one who should've been putting our team in better situations to win this game."

(On how he processes five straight turnovers)

"It is not good, (I) have got to cut it out. It starts with me being a leader. Obviously some of those came from me, and I have to be a better example and (better) leader. In those situations can talk to the guys in the huddle and remind them about ball security. As a quarterback I put those on myself. "

(On the takeaway from the first two offensive drives that were successful)

"(I'm) Definitely not into moral victories, it is a loss. I don't really care what happened during the game. The whole game we moved the ball, we had turnovers. There weren't many times where we got stopped, we were really good in the open field, we just turned the ball over."

(On moving forward from the first loss)

"I am going to work harder. It is a long season and it is different from college. For me I just have to keep leading. I told as many guys as I can in the locker room that this one is on me, and I am going to get better. I expect myself to play better in the games and to win them. I'm going to go back and watch the tape, see the things that I can clean up on and be better for this team to win the games we play. "

(On why does he put the loss on himself as there were other people who contributed)

"I'm the leader of the offense, so i think that any time those things happen it falls back on the leaders. I take that responsibility and I'm going to continue to have conversations with the guys, and we're going to clean that stuff up."

(On being a rookie/young player)

"I never cared about my age. Coming into the NFL, I'm the youngest quarterback in the league, but I could care less about that; it's about winning. I don't take any excuse for my age or being a rookie. There's a responsibility when you're a quarterback to go win games and that's the standard I hold myself to."

(On the Egg Bowl compared to NFL)

"Every game in the SEC is intense, but I would say the Egg Bowl was one of the bigger rivalries in college football. I think the physicality of it is something you can take from college to the NFL."

(On How he feels physically)

"Good, I'm okay."

(On any trouble with the play on the first interception)

"There was some extra communication that we were trying to get cleared up, and obviously it's fourth down so I'm not going to take a sack or try to make a play. Fourth down you have to try to give somebody a chance and it gets out of the pocket, and in those situations I try to put the ball down the field and in my mind that's just as good as a punt. I try to give my guy a chance on fourth down."

(On preparations for short weeks)

"I've played in a short week in college before; the Egg Bowl. That is a quick turnaround so I understand the timing a little. The good thing for me is that I have guys in the room who have done it for a really long time. I try to make a schedule, and it's going to be a lighter week on our bodies, but the communication has to be at an all-time high to make sure that everybody is on the same page. In these short weeks we can play as clean as we can. "

Wide receiver Darius Slayton

(On his fumble)

"Just trying to make a play, I don't know if he punched it out, I don't know how I lost the ball. Obviously, right there I have to be better, I have to do a better job at securing the ball."

(On two missed targets)

"Not so much that [first] one, that one I kind of got hit on that try, I still didn't make the play, but that it's kind of like football, make some miss some. More so the second one [flea flicker], I wish I would've tried to go back and get the ball a different way, maybe try to jump and get the ball."

(On expanding on the flee flicker play)

"I just wish I would've tried to get back to it in some type, shape or form. End of the day, the quarterback can't be perfect, put it near us, it's our job to go up and fight for the ball, I wish would've went about it differently."

Tight end Theo Johnson

(On running more two-tight end formations)

"I think it has a good change up, gives the defense something different to look at. I think we can do a lot out of it, we have all capable guys, that can do everything you ask. We can run out of it, catch out of it. Me and (Daniel) Bellinger get more action in the passing game. It is tough to defend when you have got guys that can do everything at the tight end position."

(On the connection with Jaxson Dart)

"That's my guy, we are going to keep building that connection. Keep working together."

(On keeping spirits high despite the 1-4 start)

"It's next play mentality, everyone is going to make mistakes and have plays they wish they could have back. Its next play mentality, if you keep thinking about the last play you aren't going to do the right thing on the next play."

(On the crowd noise being disruptive)

"It got loud in there; I think we did a good job of handling it. We got to hold our water, we had some offsides (penalties), but overall I think we handled it well."

Safety Tyler Nubin

(On the penalties)

"Yeah, I mean it tough, on the back end I feel like we play some of the hardest positions on the field. When you make a mistake it's a touchdown or they are moving the ball quite a good amount. We got to be better, we got to better, like I said we can be better on first and second down so we can put them in disadvantageous positions so that we can go eat."

(On two late Saints scores before half, hurting flow)

"It definitely put a wrench in it. But I wouldn't say it hurt the flow because we came in here really encouraged for the second half, to come out and start doing well and start playing our brand of football. You know that was huge, I think that was really huge momentum swing from what we were doing earlier in the game to obviously going into halftime, so (we) got to clean that up."

Running back Cam Skattebo

(On the fumble in the red zone)

"I fumbled, he got a good punch on it, I handed them a touchdown. So, just got to be better, hold onto the ball. We preach to take care of the ball and that is all I got to do, that my job."…"He got it out perfectly, he punched the ball on the backside, and I did not hold on tight enough."

(On the offense having three straight turnovers)

"We stayed on the course, we just kept fighting, fighting, and fighting. One of his picks was fourth and eight and we had to make something happen. Might as well punt the ball, you know what I mean, he (Jaxson Dart) knew that. It was fourth and eight and (we) had to make something happen, and threw an interception, oh well, you know what I mean. As an offense we kept fighting, we had a lot of turnovers obviously, got to take care of the ball, I'm a main culprit of that. Mine resulted in a touchdown, so I take big responsibility in that."

(On beating an undefeated team last week, then losing to a team that hasn't won)

"We lost a game, it's as simple as that. We turned the ball over and we didn't play the football we should be playing, as simple as that. It's not on the coaches. We got to take care of the ball better."

(On Jaxson Dart's confidence)

"He will be fine; he's a football player he will be fine. I mean I don't have to say anything to him, he knows who he is, he stays true to himself, he's not going to bite, we are going to keep fighting to win football games."