[Before the game, the veteran Morton pulled Ponder aside, promising his young teammate that great things were in store.] He said, 'We're going to do something never done in Giants' history. You're going to score and I'm going to score,'Ÿ ... And we did it. |
I didn?t know they were offsides. I saw the flag when I was getting up, |
I didn't know they were offsides. I saw the flag when I was getting up, ... But they said we were going to return it again and I figured, 'OK, this is an opportunity.' |
I got a second opportunity. I just took advantage of the opportunity, ... The guys up front did a real great job. They blocked real well. I saw the cut outside and made the cut and just turned it on. |
It's pretty nice to have a 6-(foot)-4 guy who can run a 4.5 out in front of you, |
Maybe last year, the muff would have bothered me, ... But I can't think about that. All I was thinking was, 'Make a play. Any play.' |
That was a bad situation for me, ... I'm lucky I actually got a chance to wake up and see them and get all my possessions back. I was in shock. I didn't know what to do. I see her, and her eyes were all big. She was messed up and I didn't want to put my hands on her. I just wanted to know what she was doing there. I'm just glad they didn't harm me. God was watching over me. |
That's how out of it they were, |
The Cardinals were kicking some funny balls at us ... low line drives, bouncers, anything they could do to keep the ball away. But I've just got to catch the ball, and once I do I'm full speed. |
The first thing Coach Coughlin told me was, 'Good job, but hold on to that ball until you get into the end zone,' ... That's true. That (ball) could've easily slipped out of my hand. But I had it. I was confident I was going to score. |
Was it out of line? ... In our coach's eyes, yeah. In their coach's eyes, probably not. |