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Gameday / 1997 / November 2 / Detroit
Green Bay vs. Detroit - Postgame Quotes - Detroit

Regular Season - Packers Win 20-10

HEAD COACH BOBBY ROSS

"This was not a disappointing effort. We played hard, we were physical. It's just that some opportunities we were not able to capitalize on.

"Two things killed us: the interception that went for a touchdown and our failure to get in after the fumble and recovery. That's something we cannot do."

(on the Packers) "They're a good football team."

(on the interceptions of Scott Mitchell) "We struggled with the protection with the pressure they put on us."

(on whether Mitchell tentative) "No, it's just that he missed on some big plays.

"We played bad and came up short. The interceptions hurt us.

Green Bay made some things happen. They played well defensively."

With 4:07 remaining in the game, Ross said that Detroit 'had to abandon the running game, and then we got sacked twice. Until then we wanted to keep running."

Ross indicated that he plans no changes at quarterback, saying, "We just gotta be careful with what we do with the ball."

(on Gilbert Brown) He's a big guy. We struggled with him early in the game."

TIGHT END DAVID SLOAN

"We gotta bounce back.

"Scott's (Mitchell) a leader, he's a champion, he's a winner -- we just didn't execute.

"Don't write us out of the division. There's a lot of season left to play. Some bad breaks today just didn't go our way."

RUNNING BACK BARRY SANDERS

"They stopped our running game. That forced us to make some mistakes.

"(Gilbert) Brown made a couple of plays. He did a good job on our running game.

"We felt we could win, but in the end they took over and stopped our charge.

"We have been able to run the ball pretty well for the last month-and-a-half. We still have some exciting days ahead."

(on going over 100 yards rushing, Sanders said records take a back seat to the game)

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