When Nathan got the ball, ... I thought, 'We got a chance.' |
When you say the defense has carried us, that's what they're supposed to do. That's the strength of our team. |
You get everything that you're looking for as far as motivation in this one game. |
You get everything that you're looking for as far as motivation in this one game. As much as anything, it's about winning the division and getting in the playoffs. Then we have a chance to achieve our ultimate goal of being the world champs. That's what it's all about. |
You have to look at it and have second thoughts for some of that. But I would do the same thing, probably. We had injuries. We tried to protect our football team. The game really didn't matter. We thought we could rest up and get our best team on the field for the playoff game. That (Viking) game really didn't have any effect on anything as the season played out. |
You have to play rookies, they're the best players we have. That's how we look at it. We're going to play the best players. We'd like for the best to have a lot of experience, but it doesn't work like that always. |
You look at the amount of head coaches we have in the league right now and there are a lot of other guys who deserve an opportunity. It seems like they're getting it, as I look at the guys who are interviewing for jobs right now. Eventually, we would like to be in a situation where we're not talking about it based on the numbers we have. |
You take all things into consideration when you're making changes. We looked at everything and felt that this was the way to go. |
You talk about leadership, some of the things that Mike Singletary had. Brian knows where everyone one is supposed to be, he is definitely another coach on the field, and you need that. |
You're asking a whole lot of a rookie to step in under those circumstances and play the way he has played. We won nine games with him leading us. |
You're going to get pass-interference penalties playing aggressive football. That's just part of it. We take everything into consideration, but that's not the reason we made the move. |