Everything Bill Belichick said after Patriots fell to 1-5

LAS VEGAS — After dropping a winnable game in Las Vegas and falling to 1-5 on the season, Bill Belichick wasn’t in a very talkative mood.

The Patriots coach held a press conference that lasted just three and a half minutes and offered a few terse responses. Belichick fielded questions on DeVante Parker’s drop, Malik Cunningham’s role, and Mike Onwenu’s injury, but wasn’t particularly expansive on any of those topics.

Here’s everything Belichick said at Allegiant Stadium after a 21-17 loss to Josh McDaniels’ Raiders:

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Opening Statement: “We just couldn’t quite make enough plays here tonight. We had opportunities and we need to do a better job here, really just better in every area, just any number of things could have made a difference. We need to be able to coach it better, play better, and execute a little bit better.”

Q: How frustrating is it to see the penalties when you guys got the ball and some of the penalties that you guys kind of kick yourselves a little bit with?

Belichick: “Yeah, we had penalties to start the game and we had three penalties in the last two minutes, so it’s not a good formula. We need to eliminate that.”

Q: DeVante Parker said that he got his fingertips on a ball late in the game from Mac Jones. I’m just curious to hear what you saw on that play.

Belichick: “Yeah, I was on the other side of the field.”

Q: What went into the decision to sign Malik Cunningham to the 53-man roster and make him your backup quarterback?

Belichick: “There’s a lot of people that are hurt.”

Q: What’s the most challenging aspect of how the season is playing out so far? And second part of that, how personal is this to you as a coach who’s had so much success?

Belichick: “Right now, it’s just about this game. Stay week by week. That’s the NFL.”

Q: What are the challenging aspects of some of the same things maybe that have happened in previous games with the assignments and the penalties?

Belichick: “Oh, this game’s a lot different than the last two games, so I don’t think you can compare those.”

Q: Was Michael Onwenu available only in an emergency today?

Belichick: “Yeah, that’s right.”

Q: On Malik Cunningham, was his standing as the number two quarterback in the game today reflective of where the depth chart stands or was that more of a game-specific decision?

Belichick: “Yeah, we’re just talking about this game.”

Q: What do you do to try to stop this downhill roll right now to get these guys back on track?

Belichick: “Like I said, we had our chances to play better and coach better.”

Q: Obviously, Mac Jones is coming off a couple tough games, how do you think he responded this week in practice and then in the game?

Belichick: “I think as a team, we all responded pretty well. He did well. Like I said, we just didn’t make enough plays to win, and that’s really across the board – offense, defense, in the kicking game. We could have been better in every area. I know there weren’t too many plays in the kicking game, honestly, there were not that many. But, offensively and defensively, there’s certainly some things we could have handled a little better than we did.”

Q: You mentioned it’s not a good formula to have the penalties that you guys had today, but what in your opinion is the root cause of the number of penalties?

Belichick: “I have to take a look at it. Maybe we had a holding call, we had a pass interference call, I didn’t see either call. I guess the false start was a false start.”