"Obviously Matt made a bad decision (on the interception for an Atlanta touchdown). They blitzed him, a rookie quarterback is going to get blitzed, but then rather than burning the ball he tried to make a play that ended up costing him. The thing I liked about it is: he bounced back with an 80-yard touchdown drive and took a hit which you have to do in the NFL and made a perfect pass and Derrick (Williams) made a great catch. I liked that bounce back.

"Drew (Stanton) did a great job with his feet; a lot of people in Michigan have seen Drew play football and they know, like I mentioned in training camp, it’s hard to get an evaluation of him because in training camp and practices you really don’t scramble around and he’s got a great asset with his legs. He used it today, he got us in field goal range and that was able to win the game."

Schwartz on his impression of Stafford bouncing back from throwing an interception returned for a Falcons touchdown: "That’s part of his personality; that’s one of the reasons we drafted him. He’s not scared, he’s not afraid, he’s not afraid to go back out and put himself out there. I wasn’t in here when he was in here but I imagine he wasn’t shy about coming in, that’s all apart of the reason, not just what he did on the field. It didn’t take Vince Lombardi to see that he can throw the football but all those other things led to this organization drafting him." 

On his mobility: "I feel stronger – my feet, my legs, I feel like I finally got them back to be the player that I want to be. I feel comfortable – I’m going to continue to work and still take it one day at a time and try to get better every day."

On watching the other two quarterbacks: "It’s a situation where everybody wants to be in there playing. I was just trying to encourage and give any positive input or any type of thing that I see from the sideline to try to help. That’s kind of my approach when I’m not in."

On how Culpepper is taking the competition for the starting quarterback job: "I always think of the three ‘d’s.’ There’s a lot of debating going on. You guys see, I don’t choose to be in the debate – the decision is for the coaching staff. I’m very determined, and those are the three d’s that I always consider and how I look at it."

Culpepper on being a veteran and still competing for his job: "You always have to fell like you’re going out there to show you’re stuff. At the same time, when you’re prepared, it makes the battle a little easier. I feel very prepared going out there and playing. I have that confidence knowing in certain situations what we’re trying to do and that’s just the preparation and hard work that I put through and we put through as a team."

On throwing an interception and bouncing right back afterwards: "Yeah, that’s a ball I just should have thrown it away. We were hot; it didn’t happen the way we wanted it to and I tried to make a play on third down. I should of just threw it away. I’m going to throw interceptions, it’s going to happen; every quarterback does and I understand that. It never really got to me and I don’t plan on it happening anytime soon. I knew there was going to be another drive and I had another chance to get out there and make something happen and best way to make up for that is to go out there and score a touchdown. It was big for us and Drew and Daunte played really well. Drew there at the end really gave us a chance to win; that’s a situation we have worked a hundred times in practice – working almost everyday – and he did a great job of getting us out there. And Hanson is about as automatic as they get."

On his touchdown throw: "I knew it was coming. I felt it, I looked to my left, actually had nine-route, a go route to my left and the corner had great position on him so I went back right, saw Derrick (Williams), had him deep pretty good and just kind of cut it loose to a spot where I thought he was going to be and I don’t really know what it looked like but we scored – I heard the cheer."

Stafford on whether he was nervous on the sideline before he got into the game: "I wasn’t very nervous, more anxious. I was like, ‘ I want to get out here and play.’ It was tough sitting around for the first quarter and a half and I loved watching Daunte, he is a great player, but at the same time, I want to be in there too. Once I got out there, I felt at home. We had a first good couple plays; we stalled out for a little bit but I felt like we did pretty good."