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[accordion_item title=”Panthers Head Coach Ron Rivera”]On why he kept Cam Newton in so long:

“Because I thought Cam needed to get a rhythm going. He got a rhythm going and I stuck with him. I’m not looking for short-term fixes. I’m looking for the long term, for the long haul. And if he’s going to be our quarterback, he’s got to work himself through these things, and that’s what I’m looking for, … We have to give him a chance up front. We have to give him a chance with some of our protections, and like I said, I’m not going to indict anybody until after I get a chance to look at [the tape]. It could have been the calls, too. I’m going to take a look at everything. We’re going to evaluate everything.”

On whether he’s concerned about the mental state of his team:

“I’m not concerned about it. I’m concerned about us playing. The psyche is one thing, but I think they understand it. I think they get it. I liked the way we broke the huddle just a second ago inside the locker room. So as far as psyche is concerned, I’m not worried about that. I’m not concerned about that. I’m concerned about what we’re going to do when we get together on Wednesday and start practicing and start getting ready for Atlanta. Atlanta is coming in and they’ve got three wins as well and the way it looks we’re all chasing New Orleans right now.”

On Star Lotulelei’s ankle injury:

“It was serious, but not that serious — nothing broken or anything like that. The X-rays were negative and I’ll leave it at that because I don’t know if he’s going to get an MRI or what tomorrow.”

On still having a shot in the NFC South:

“It does give you some hope, but we’re running out of time, quite honestly. We’ve got to go back and look at it, and we’ve got to do things better. I have to coach better. Coaches have got to coach better. We have to practice better. We have to go out and we have to play better.”

[accordion_item title=”Panthers QB Cam Newton”]On starting the game with two turnovers:

“We just can’t expect to win football games when we’re starting games like that. We put a lot of stress on our defense, terrible field position. Or excellent field position for them. Two back-to-back turnovers. I should have done a better job checking down or even throwing the ball away. That just can’t happen. We can’t expect to win when we put ourselves in that type of situation. That’s not good football.”

On why he stayed in:

“I wanted to finish the game. Nobody told me to go out, so it’s my job as a quarterback to be coachable and do whatever coach tells me to do. If he told me to sit out, I would have done that. Nobody told me to get out.”

On another sloppy start:

“We have to protect the football better. I have to protect the football better. I can’t throw the football up for grabs and have to understand the difference between giving my guys a chance and an opportunity and risking the football. In the pocket, I have to do better. Things that I pride myself on—protecting the ball—that’s just not happening right now.”

On how he is physically after taking nine sacks:

“I’m great. That’s not going to be a distraction. Yeah, I got hit a lot today, but it’s all in the game. We’re not playing ballet. We’re not running track or anything. This is a physical sport. It’s what you sign up for.”

[accordion_item title=”Panthers WR Jerricho Cotchery”]On falling behind big yet again:

“We’ve seen a number of games this year where momentum just took over the game completely. We created some momentum for them early, and they took advantage of that and put some points on the board. When you do that early, they are able to do whatever they want to do defensively.”

[accordion_item title=”Panthers TE Greg Olsen”]On the offensive struggles:

“You start to add it up, right? Nine sacks, five turnovers, a punt return touchdown. You start adding those things up and you don’t even give yourself a chance. Again, it’s a credit to them. We knew they had some pass rushers and we knew it was going to be a challenge. It’s on all of us. We need to get open faster and we need to give Cam a place to go with the ball faster. We need to protect better. This is not on one unit or person. Sacks and turnovers are a reflection of the entire offense.”

[accordion_item title=”Panthers C Ryan Kalil “]On falling behind early again:

“We had that one good drive, we went down and scored, and that was the extent of it. We just didn’t get in a rhythm or do a good enough job of getting more yards when we were running the ball. The result of that is playing from behind, and that’s not a situation you want to get yourself in, especially against a good team like that. You don’t want to be playing from behind.”

[accordion_item title=”Panthers S Thomas DeCoud”]On what happens when the Panthers fall behind early:

“There’s not a sense of panic, or ‘Oh my God, the world is ending.’ But we have to stop shooting ourselves in the foot, whether it’s offense, defense or special teams.”

[accordion_item title=”Eagles Head Coach Chip Kelly”]On the Eagles’ offense:

“We felt like we could exploit some things inside. I think our tight ends had a good day inside. We thought we matched up really well if they were going to play us in man. They played a lot of man early. So we felt those inside receivers had really good chances in the matchups.”

[accordion_item title=”Eagles QB Mark Sanchez”]On making his first start in two years:

“I’m obviously getting older. I think when you take a step back, you appreciate it so much and you miss it so much. I just kept telling myself when I was out that if I get a chance to get back out there, I don’t ever want to be out again until I retire.”

[accordion_item title=”Eagles WR Jordan Matthews”]On the play of Sanchez:

“He’s a baller. Like I said, he’s a franchise quarterback. We are probably one of the only teams with two franchise quarterbacks.”

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