Jason Taylor ended the Patriots' hopes of a comeback on Sunday when he forced a Tom Brady fumble. If Brady had had it his way though, Taylor would have been on his side.
Brady told WEEI on his weekly radio appearance that he tried to talk Taylor into signing with the Patriots this offseason before he ultimately selected the Jets. He clearly has a lot of respect for the all-pro pass rusher.
"He's a good player. He's been a good player for a long time. I wish I
would have [heard him coming]. That was a bummer for that to be the last
play of the game [for the Patriots]. … I wish I would have done a
better job of feeling that and getting rid of the ball," Brady said.
Brady expects Bill Belichick to have words for the entire team regarding the loss.
"He'll scream at all of us," Brady said. "Obviously, nobody did what we
were hoping we would do. We didn't execute in any phase. We win as a
team, we lose as a team. If you play for the Patriots, that's the lesson
you learn. Believe me, there's nobody that's happy coming out of a game
like that."
Brady, who targeted Randy Moss 10 times but connected only twice, defended his keying on Moss.
"As a quarterback, you're trying to pick the guys that have the good
matchups and the guys that are open," he said. "We didn't execute very
well there in the second half. I don't think that's a matter of not
throwing to certain players. It's just a matter of not getting the job
done. Believe me, when Revis went out, they still have a great defense. I
said that after the game. It really wasn't like, 'OK, now everything's
going to be easy.' One player doesn't make a defense."
"I was very frustrated, but I'm certainly not discouraged," he summarized.
