It kind of reminds you of something we've seen on the other side of the ball. Back when we were building this franchise. |
It was a real big key in doing it. Do you want to stay, or do you want to go. |
It's a very humbling experience. But we understand this is just one of the championships that we're after. |
It's a very humbling experience. I'm just so thankful to be a part of three division championships in this franchise's history. |
It's just the first leg of the championship - division, conference and Super Bowl. As good as this feels, we're looking to feel even better next week. |
It's no secret. The spotlight is going to be on him. My advice is for him not to feel the pressure. He has 10 other guys he can lean on. |
It's tough. You just never know which play is going to be the one that changes the ballgame. |
It's very important, it's very important, |
Let's not be naive to the system. For the countless examples of people who have changed teams, there are countless of examples of people who haven't changed teams. Darrell Green finished his career with the Redskins and he always was one of the highest-paid cornerbacks in the league. Jackie Slater was always one of the highest-paid tackles in the league and he played his whole career with the Rams. Brett Favre got a $100-million contract a few years ago and they found a way to keep him, so it can be done. Is it important to me? Yes. Is it in my hands? No. |
Little things like that, |
Obviously, business decisions are made in this league, |
Obviously, business decisions are made in this league. Losing the players we lost the last few years, I'm not going to tell you it didn't hurt because it did. It hurt to see you build something with someone and they're gone, not by their own will but by the will and the decisions made by others. |
Obviously, we wanted to play better than we played last week, come out of the gates a little faster. We had an opportunity to make some plays ... and we did. |
Our fans are usually loud when the defense is on the field. I think from my standpoint, we respect that. So a lot of things we do we'll go off hand signals and wristbands when we're playing at home. Something we addressed this morning is our defensive communication. With the first home game, hopefully fans will come revved up. A young quarterback and an offense playing in our home is something you have got to account for. |
Our field-goal team has really stepped up to the plate and answered all the criticism that they had. Closing out games, whether it's kicking offense or defense, that's something that we haven't done well in the past two seasons and that's something we've done well this year. Obviously, it's the difference in three or four wins. |