FOXBORO — In his post-game press convention Sunday, it took Mike Vrabel lower than a minute to look previous the Patriots’ divisional-round win over the Texans.
“I’m excited for these guys, but in addition, they’re not glad. And I can inform that,” Vrabel mentioned. “It wasn’t fairly.”
A number of Patriots expressed an identical sentiment on the podium, together with defensive captain Robert Spillane, who referred to as the season “a piece in progress.”
“We’re not completed,” Spillane mentioned.
Drake Maye prompt taking part in away from Foxboro for the primary time in a month is driving the workforce’s perspective of transferring on nearly instantly from Sunday’s win.
The Pats will kick off the AFC Championship Recreation at 3 p.m. in Denver subsequent Sunday.
“I believe not glad means we’re again on the street,” Maye mentioned. “Again on the street in an AFC Championship sport, that speaks for itself.”
The Patriots went undefeated on the street in the course of the common season. Veteran tight finish Hunter Henry, who began his profession visiting Denver as a divisional opponent with the Chargers, confirmed the environment might be a problem between a raucous residence crowd and taking part in in skinny air at elevation.
“It’s a problem, man, when that place is rolling,” Henry mentioned. “It’s going to be extraordinarily loud. I do know it’ll be an atmosphere. They’ll be able to go, the elevation will be a difficulty. However staying hydrated, transferring round quite a bit, we’ll be all proper in a means. However I do know the atmosphere might be quite a bit.”
