They brought their outside backers a lot and got into our rhythm for a time. But they just played better than us today. |
They deserved to win the game. We played hard and gave ourselves a chance but didn't make quite enough plays at the end. You know it's disappointing to have a regular season like we had and put yourself in position and not finish it off. |
They don't like to be called that, but you can't change people's perceptions because we have 5-8, 170-pound defensive backs and 5-11 defensive linemen, ... We're always going to be looked at as undersized. That's just the way it is. But you have to show it on the field ... Everybody's going to think they can pound us. |
They don't like to be called that, but you can't change people's perceptions because we have 5-8, 170-pound defensive backs and 5-11 defensive linemen. We're always going to be looked at as undersized. That's just the way it is. But you have to show it on the field ... Everybody's going to think they can pound us. |
They ended up being big points at the end. |
They felt they can only give you one helmet, because unlike offence with the quarterback, it's difficult to monitor which helmets are in the game (defensively). Or if the guy gets hurt, a team would be without it and at a disadvantage. |
They got cut(-blocked) at first, but once they got adapted to that and got a feel for how Atlanta was blocking, they showed up and hustled around and did some good things. |
They have gone through a lot, and they are very well prepared. |
They kept us off-balance, made some great passing plays. |
They make you fight and scrap for every yard you get. |
They play us smart. They play sound. They make us go the long route. We put up some yardage figures. We haven't had a 40-point game on them. |
They run the ball well when [running back Fred] Taylor's going well. And they've added elements to their passing game every year. So it'll be a big test. They've beaten us two out of the last four. And they've beaten us up here. So we're going to have to be ready. It's a big division game early in the year. I think our guys know that. You have to win your division. If you don't win your division home games, it becomes really tough. So this is our chance to hold serve. |
They're excited. We feel like we can play better. |
They're good, they play good defense, the games are usually close and they're not that high scoring, |
They're just really focused in. We're good enough, talent-wise, that when we're not making mistakes, we're tough to defend. |