Patriots coach Mike Vrabel's postgame press conference after loss to Lions

I thought he was going to do that for me. Right, Nicole? I don't. I don't. Obviously, I wasn't able to finish the game. So, we'll have to get some more tests run and we'll see, you know, when we come back what it ends up being and the severity of whatever injury he has. So, I mean, again, we have a lot of things. I don't think Drake's being in there or not would have really, I mean, it may have. I highly doubt it. You know, until we start doing the little things better in all three phases, the fundamentals, Being able to run the football, being able to. To get open and catch and protect our quarterback, tackle, get off the field on third down, create turnovers. Obviously, we have to stop turning it over offensively. And then, you know, special teams have got to be able to create a spark for us and create some momentum play. So, you know, we're 0-0. We're heading into Dubai, and we've got to get some things fixed and changed and corrected and figure out ways to win as opposed to what we're doing right now, which is not giving ourselves enough chance. Tom, I mean, those quarterbacks are able to execute everything that we want to do. Probably the game experience is somewhat limited, certainly in his role since he's been here. But I don't think that there were things that we wouldn't have been able to do. It just was how well we all executed. Yeah, two tough teams, too. I mean, again, I don't want to – there's a lot that we have to fix, right? I mean, you play good teams in this league, and you don't play well. You have no chance, and again, we know that. And so there's glimpses of good defense, but too many ex-plays, too many missed tackles, too many clean pockets for the quarterback. Don't affect them. But then there's also other times where it looks like we kind of know what we're doing. Offensively, we get off to a good drive, and then we are the ones that really end that drive. It's our doing. And so there's positives out there. Unfortunately, just not enough, and it's going to be a big week for us all just mentally. To get ourselves back and figure out the zero and zero in this season and see where we go, no matter who we have. I wasn't able to finish. We'll see what the severity of that is once we get back and kind of go from there. I don't know what else it could be. You know what I mean? I don't know what else to say. I mean, really, if we don't get things corrected or improved, fixed, that's going to go the other way, and I don't anticipate that it will. This league isn't always. 10-game winning streak. There's adversity that goes in this league and the journey along the league and injuries and everything that you have to deal with. So that's our challenge, and I'm excited to get to work at it. And I hope that our guys are. That's what I'm going to try to do. I mean, again, I think that there's times and if you don't get a play started or defensively, again, I try to reiterate as many times as I could that they were going to chase the ball and they were going to try to push the receiver into the end zone just like they did. If we weren't there, that's a choice, so I have to look at that and make sure that that's something that works, that that's our standard. I'm not going to say that it was, but that's what they were going to do. That was no secret to anybody, especially me and to our team. They got told that numerous times. In their first touchdown, their left guard's running 50 yards down the field, and he's five yards behind the receiver, so give them a lot of credit. We'll be in there on Tuesday and see what we're able to accomplish. I don't know, come out here with a bunch of guys injured As we leave the game and don't finish, we'll have to see what it looks like on Tuesday. That he couldn't function, couldn't play, couldn't run, couldn't do whatever he needed to do to play quarterback, to protect himself, to execute or function at that level. Again, I know that it was a lower leg injury. I don't know the exact details of it, but I know he couldn't go back in. Every year is different. Every game is different. Different team, different time. We've got to focus on what our team is and who we want to be. I'm not going to, again, we've gotten beat two weeks in a row. It starts with me. Again, I don't know. We're professionals. We're grown men. We all have to recognize what it is that we need to do better. Figure out ways to, again, that's what winners do. Winners figure out ways to help the team win. And they don't bitch and complain. They try to find ways to help the team. Man, I've got a week to figure that out. And there's no magic formula. There's no magic words. There's no pep talk. This is professional football. Do your job. Line up. Block them, tackle them, hit them, knock the ball loose, cover them, get open. No magic formula. There's no pep talk. I can go in there and give them right now. In a week, we're going to all of a sudden just be better. We're going to get back to work, and we've got to do it together. No, I mean, this is what in general I said, that winners do that. Winners find ways to win. Losers bitch and complain. I'm not a guy to bitch. Again, I say things, and then you just automatically assume that. I apologize. I'm just saying that we want a winner's mentality. No, no, I appreciate that. No, I don't. I didn't mean to say it that way. I meant that we need a winner's mentality at this point in time. And there's a lot of season left, and we know how these things go in the national football league. But you're going to have to start playing better where we're at here in November. Yeah, I mean, again, he slipped, and the guy made a play, and nobody else helped him get the guy on the ground. So they're going to catch passes on everybody. It's good to see him come back and respond and challenge guys Get an interception. Try to get a turnover. I'm watching him try to break the ball out and almost comes out over there by our sideline. So, you know, I mean, we know that when you go out there that you have to be able to get the guy catches on you. You've got to be able to get him on the ground. And if not, the next guy, you know, needs to get him on the ground. That's going to be probably some plays in there that are really good and some plays that, like everybody else, you'd like to have back. But this isn't about one guy. It never will be. It never has. I mean, I don't – again, I'm not going to assume that there was something there. However it happened it I don't think it was anything intentional. I'm sure that it wasn't part of the game. I appreciate you guys. And just thank Munich for the hospitality and the fans and everybody that came over there and everybody that made this trip possible. Certainly wish that it would have ended a different way, but appreciate everybody welcoming us here and the support that we get from our people here with the Patriots. Thank you.