Just a sprain. Nothing really serious. Just kind of what we thought going in. |
Let's face it, those guys hold if they can get away with it and it's hard to hold a defensive end when you can't grab onto him. |
Maybe I've made that mistake enough not to do it again. |
Mechanically [against Philadelphia], I was a little off. I didn't get much work during the week and it bothered me on a couple of throws. Last week against Tampa, it felt great. It really did. It's not taped up. I always wear the brace, but the knee is fine. |
Most teams will not give you the plays downfield, ... particularly when you've got a guy like Santana, who has made big plays. You've got to be patient, and you've got to take what's available to you with the underneath stuff. So it's about being patient, but sometimes that's really hard to do, because you want to get that ball downfield. |
No one gave us a chance. I'm not sure there was anybody in our locker room that gave us a chance (either). |
Obviously we could have used just one of those [timeouts] at the end, but we had to burn them earlier. You hoped he [Gardner] got out of bounds, but he wasn't able to. If he gets out of bounds, maybe we have a chance. But we're 1-2 and we still have a lot of football left. |
Obviously, it's been a long time since he's been in the playoffs, but he is used to winning in the playoffs. |
Our defense has been good all year, but offensively, the biggest difference is that we're running the ball. That makes everything a lot easier. But it's going to have to be one of our best days for us to have a chance against this team. |
Our defense was incredible. You can't say enough about them. |
Our season is riding on this game. The guys have worked real hard all year to get to this place. From where we were at 5-6, it's pretty remarkable. All of that being said and as great as these last four games have been, if we don't get this one, it would be tough to end the season that way. We have to realize how critical this is. |
Patrick is a great guy and a very good player, |
Patrick is a great guy and a very good player. He's a good friend, and I think he's going to have a great year. The backup's role is to always be ready. That's the purpose of preseason, to get ready for the regular season, so I feel good about the games I had and the time I was in there. |
Psychologically, at least for our confidence, that was huge. We got in that fourth quarter, and the previous three games we weren't able to pull it out. Our backs are still against the wall. It's going to be a tough road ahead. Hopefully this does something for us. |
Rock is just a great guy, ... Nobody works harder, nobody has a better attitude. These things just happen. I'm not going to be the only one to say these things happen. It's unfortunate. We'll bounce back and we'll rally around each other. It's very frustrating. We're doing some good things. If we do our own part and we're smarter with the ball, we'll be okay. |