Taylor Heinicke, Landon Collins, and other Washington players try to explain today’s loss to the Saints

Taylor Heinicke said he thought his play was good “other than those two picks.” He called one of his reads awful: “Those two decisions killed us.”

— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) October 10, 2021

Taylor: “We’ve got 12 games to go.”

— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) October 10, 2021

Taylor Heinicke on starting multiple drives around the 1-, 2-yard lines: “Yeah that’s tough. But their punter was punting the shit out of the ball.”

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) October 10, 2021

Matt Ioannidis at the podium. It was a tough loss, he said, and said it’s a game where the defense needed to step up. He can’t speak for the entire unit, but for a defensive line, he said the group needs to rush and defend the run better.

— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWFT) October 10, 2021

Matt Ioannidis says the defense simply has to step up and do better. Says it’s frustrating.

“There’s a whole lot of stuff on the backend that I just don’t understand.” Didn’t want to speak on that, but simply said from what he knows, defense has to do better

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) October 10, 2021

“This is a talented defensive line, and we just have to play better. There’s a lot of hype around this defensive line, and we’re tremendously talented, and when it doesn’t go our way, we need to look at ourselves.”

— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) October 10, 2021

Matt Ioannidis: “I think we beat ourselves. Those are the ones that are tough to get over” pic.twitter.com/RQnFdcbe2s

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) October 10, 2021

Washington DT Daron Payne: “We got to stop giving people gifts. … People need to keep playing hard, play assignment football and stick to the assignments they’re given.”

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) October 10, 2021

Payne: “We can’t go off of last year. It’s a new year.” pic.twitter.com/1hCAIZruxs

— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) October 10, 2021

Landon Collins: “We have to keep each other’s head up.” pic.twitter.com/5lUom6RnUJ

— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) October 10, 2021

Landon Collins said in order to turn things around they need to keep working, hold each other accountable and keep trusting in their coaches. He said they have the utmost confidence in what they are being asked to do. #WashingtonFootball #NFL @SportsJourney

— Lake Lewis Jr (@LakeLewis) October 10, 2021

Landon on the first TD: “They quick snapped us” and caught us. Says they were trying to disguise something on the back end but didn’t execute it pic.twitter.com/aSUNRCmQpg

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) October 10, 2021

S Landon Collins said that, on the Hail Mary before halftime, the defense was expecting the Saints to target the outside to set up a field goal. He said some players didn’t jump because “we wasn’t prepared for that.”

— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) October 10, 2021

William Jackson III on the hit on Taysom Hill: “I was going for the ball. It was clear that I was going for the ball. But it is what it is.”

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) October 10, 2021

LIVE: RB Antonio Gibson speaks to the media after the loss https://t.co/nIGDjAduMv

— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) October 10, 2021