After Tampa Bay's 37-9 loss to Houston at Raymond James Stadium, Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris addressed the defeat and accepted full responsibility for it. Here is the transcript of his post-game press conference:

Morris’ opening statement:
“Completely put the blame on me for this one all the way. We started the game just like we finished it. Poor job by myself and I will take complete responsibility for that. I refuse to believe that our guys are that bad so it has to be my fault.”

On his team’s regression at this point:
“Last three weeks have been tough. We haven’t won in about a month. The guys right now are not playing well.  We got to find a way to get better. Again, on any regression, you’ve got to put right on my shoulders because I got them. It was my fault. My fault, guys.”

On what he said to his team after the 37-9 loss to the Texans:
“I told them exactly what I am telling you right now. I told them that there will be some changes made in how we do some things and that they can put the blame right on me because my shoulders are big enough for that. We will fix it because that’s my job.”

On what changes he would make during the week:
“We will do some changes in practice this week. You’ve got to go out and get your two pads on because you are not making plays in pads and that’s what we got to go practice on. We’ve got to work on making plays in our pads in game like situations. That’s what we’ve got to do this week.”

On the number of padded practices he has left to use this season:
“I got my mulligan this week, so I can pull it out.”

On Tampa Bay’s poor effort in stopping Houston’s big plays:
“The first play of the game (Jacoby Jones’ 80-yard touchdown) was bad execution. The other long [78-yard] pass to [Arian] Foster in the flat was just a terrible missed tackle and a terrible secondary level tackle. The hustle – I will grade that on tape there tomorrow and let you know who was there. It should have been a 40-yard gain [and] not an 80-yard gain. We’ve got to eliminate those things and that’s my fault. Again, all that stuff put it right on me.”

On how he thought DT Albert Haynesworth fared:
“It is hard to evaluate our new D-tackle. He made a couple good plays I saw that. We’ve got to go get a chance to go look at him on tape and I can give you a more accurate description of how he played his game tomorrow.  I do know he showed up a little bit and made a couple good plays for us.”

On the team’s red zone woes, penalties and dropped passes:
“No doubt I got to do a better job of coaching the football team. I got to do a better job. I haven’t done a great job for our offense. I haven’t done a great job for our defense or special teams.  So put that on me. I will fix it this week.”

On Morris taking blame but realizing that he cannot catch ball or make tackles:
“I've got to practice it better and I will get it done this week. That’s what we are going to go to work [on] this week and we will get it done. We will get it fixed this week.”

On whether he will consider personnel changes along with changes in practice:
“That is always under consideration. We will go back and evaluate the tape and put the proper people into play.”

On whether his team played smart, hard and fast on Sunday:
“Exactly not [and] that’s why it’s my fault. Anytime you don’t see that that’s a direct reflection on the head coach. That’s on me.”

On how he would evaluate the play of QB Josh Freeman, who threw three interceptions vs. the Texans:
“I got to coach Josh Freeman better. I got to get him to play better. I’ve got to get him to play faster. I got to get him to play smarter. I’ve got to get him to play more settled and confident. Again, I am telling you, this is my fault and I will fix it this week.”

On whether the players are tuning him out after playing so hard for him last year:
“I told you it’s my fault this week. There is no doubt about it. You can write whatever you want to write – tuned out, whatever. I will take it.”

On whether the Bucs have to get back to fundamentals:
“Yes, it is all about the code – the fundamental belief. It always goes back to playing fast – we did not do that. Playing smart – we did not do that. Playing hard – we didn’t do that. We didn’t play together and consistent. We didn’t do any of those things. That’s on the head coach.”

– Scott Reynolds contributed to this report