It's not a big secret that we like to run left. Because of that, other teams are going to overload to that side. But Shaun can see that and make the defense pay by cutting it back. Shaun single-handedly a lot of times will force the defense to play it honestly because of the cutback. |
Jeff knows how to play. He's a fierce competitor and he wants to win. [Detroit's] record wasn't what they wanted it to be the last couple years, but Jeff's going to keep playing and keep doing what he can do to help that team win. |
My wife loves the area. I love the guys on the team. We've gotten pretty comfortable calling it home. |
Nobody gave up. That's the difference between this team and teams from the past. We are not going to accept 'no.' We did not play anywhere near our best game. The defense played their butts off for the entire night against a very good offense, and we struggled a little bit. We covered for each other, and that's what a team does. |
Once they find something that works well they continued to blitz us. |
Pittsburgh has the tradition of being a blue-collar, three yards and a cloud of dust team. I can appreciate that, coming from a Big Ten school. But I don't think many people know much about us. And that's not a bad thing, flying under the radar. But you can't play in this league without being physical. |
That would be kind of funny. I guess it would be kind of an honor, too. But at the same time, you hear guys saying, 'I want that long-term deal,' because of the security. |
That's as good as it gets. |
That's the type of adversity that the Super Bowl-caliber teams have to be able to overcome. We're playing a team [Carolina] that went into some of the most hostile stadiums in the league and won handily on the road. We know in the playoffs momentum is going to go back and forth. Steve Smith is one of the top players in the league. He made a great return, and we knew we had to put more points on the board. |
They had a lot of guys in the box. It was like beating your head against the wall. |
They were one of the most physical teams I've ever played against. It was a big scrap in there. |
They were prepared to stop that today, and we caught them with the outside stuff. |
This team is really coming together, making plays for each other. |
Up until (Friday), everything was about me being new, the poison pill, the contract and what the league wants to do to amend the rule or whatever. Now it is back to football and putting on a helmet and being able to play. You can kind of put that behind you, so it's nice. |
Walt never gets in a position where he's off balance. He takes pride in what he does and wants to win every play. |