Speaker 1: All we got right now is Debo left with shoulder,
Speaker 1: got evaluated for head injuram, but that was fine. Wasn't
Speaker 1: able to return go ahead.
Speaker 2: We're all cooked a little skittish tonight. But man, in
Speaker 2: that final drive he went to six to seven for
Speaker 2: forty eight yards and completed over for eighty five percent
Speaker 2: of his passes. What did you see from him tonight?
Speaker 1: I mean, I think what you just said there, I
Speaker 1: think it was almost the story of kind of our
Speaker 1: whole team. I think there was times that we were
Speaker 1: all off at times. You know, just what was cool?
Speaker 1: I thought everyone who had a few plays that stuck
Speaker 1: out that you know, either ended a drive or was
Speaker 1: why didn't get a first down? The same thing on defense,
Speaker 1: even on special teams. But everyone who did do that
Speaker 1: stuff made a huge play at the end in all
Speaker 1: three phases to get us back into it. And Brock,
Speaker 1: you know, he made some big plays in this game,
Speaker 1: missed a couple, but leading the sound on that last
Speaker 1: drive and getting the win, it's all you can ask for.
Speaker 2: Rod to the super Bowl. Obviously you got one down,
Speaker 2: but you got some more to go. What will you
Speaker 2: focus on the most coming up this week? In preparation
Speaker 2: to you.
Speaker 1: I mean we'll sit there and watch tomorrow, find out
Speaker 1: how we're gonna play, and we'll review this game on Monday. Uh,
Speaker 1: coaches will work on for two days a game plan,
Speaker 1: and I mean it's not just one area. We just
Speaker 1: want to play our best football, you know, do everything
Speaker 1: we can to play our best so we feel we
Speaker 1: can win every game when we do that. We don't
Speaker 1: feel like we did that today, but we still found
Speaker 1: a way to win, which I'm very proud of the
Speaker 1: guys in there. I thought that was as big of
Speaker 1: a mental challenge and just a character game as any
Speaker 1: game I've been a part of. I mean, when things
Speaker 1: aren't going how you won on offense, defense, special teams,
Speaker 1: you know, the rain guys slipping a lot, you know,
Speaker 1: losing debo, really having to change some things with that,
Speaker 1: and just some of the mistakes we made to overcome,
Speaker 1: Like it was a gut check for everybody, And couldn't
Speaker 1: be more proud of the people in there. And uh,
Speaker 1: it's just how they persevere.
Speaker 3: DeVos I don't know yet.
Speaker 1: I mean it's he tried to come back, couldn't do it.
Speaker 1: I know he did something similar versus Cleve so we'll
Speaker 1: see tomorrow.
Speaker 3: Something specific that green May was doing that was throwing
Speaker 3: off your offense a little bit. And did you adjusted
Speaker 3: on that last series that you did anything different there?
Speaker 1: No, no, And I mean they were very similar to
Speaker 1: what they were on tape, which is a real good defense.
Speaker 1: I think they got a lot of good players, and
Speaker 1: you know we were you didn't realize, so we got,
Speaker 1: you know, studying these last you know, two weeks that
Speaker 1: how good of a defense they are. I know their
Speaker 1: numbers weren't there throughout the whole year, but we knew
Speaker 1: there were gonna be a challenge going into this game,
Speaker 1: and they made some plays. Credit to them, and I
Speaker 1: thought we missed a few too that could have kind
Speaker 1: of help us stay on the field a little bit longer.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: Even starting out on the opening drive, you know, we
Speaker 1: had a real good look. We ended up getting a
Speaker 1: false start that kind of took that away, and the
Speaker 1: next play we didn't have the same look, and fortunately
Speaker 1: they dropped that pick. But the whole day was just
Speaker 1: a little off, but guys stuck with it. And I
Speaker 1: mean even like the third and or the second and
Speaker 1: six right there at the end, getting that drop leads
Speaker 1: us to third and six, and the NBA made a
Speaker 1: hell of a play to keep us on the field.
Speaker 1: So everybody had their part in both sides of the ball.
Speaker 3: Looking back to you question your strategy to be less
Speaker 3: aggressive at the end of the first half.
Speaker 1: One, I mean, I liked that they didn't score. I
Speaker 1: like that we won at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: so you know, we did go. We did try to score.
Speaker 1: We had a chance there right after on second down.
Speaker 1: Thought we had a chance for Ba over the middle,
Speaker 1: would have been a big play that got it, got
Speaker 1: us inside the ten with two shots to take a
Speaker 1: the end zone. We didn't have the time to get
Speaker 1: it over the mic and we ended up checking it
Speaker 1: down and then we didn't get it. But that's how
Speaker 1: it works out. I thought, we make sure they don't
Speaker 1: get another chance. But it's not like we were just
Speaker 1: playing for a field goal. We called for a big play.
Speaker 1: It just they played pretty deep, I thought. I mean,
Speaker 1: the rain, there's always a factor, but it was for
Speaker 1: both sides. I think I think the biggest thing was
Speaker 1: the turf the field with the rain. I mean, there
Speaker 1: was a I saw it. I thought it affected defense
Speaker 1: a little bit more just watching, you know, I saw
Speaker 1: Dre slip a couple of times on and I know
Speaker 1: one big third down, I saw Mooney's slip on a
Speaker 1: big third down. I think I think it was gip once.
Speaker 1: I know Jwan slipped on a big third down for us,
Speaker 1: the one that just went off his hands. He slipped
Speaker 1: from what I saw out there right before that, so
Speaker 1: it couldn't really jump. So I think that the the
Speaker 1: wetness with the new turf.
Speaker 2: How stressful is it to be in that position? The
Speaker 2: number one seed? Packers are basically controlling the game and
Speaker 2: it all comes down to one.
Speaker 3: Drive to win it.
Speaker 1: Same as it always is, whether not because we're the
Speaker 1: one seed, just because you're in the playoffs. I mean,
Speaker 1: we've been in the playoffs a number of times, and
Speaker 1: you know what happens if you lose. And we feel
Speaker 1: we got a really good team, and we talked a
Speaker 1: lot about it last night. We know it's on the line.
Speaker 1: Anytime you play a game that's do or die, it's
Speaker 1: everyone knows what it's about, especially our guys. They've been
Speaker 1: through that a number of times in the last few years,
Speaker 1: and we all know what that feels like when you
Speaker 1: don't get it done and that's on your mind throughout
Speaker 1: the week, that's always on your mind during the game.
Speaker 1: But that's why I'm so proud of the guys. When
Speaker 1: it's not going right and you know how big of
Speaker 1: a deal that is, you still gotta perform. And the
Speaker 1: guys did big time. I mean, they got the plays
Speaker 1: that we needed to win. The play that Dre made
Speaker 1: there at the end to get the pick. Still have
Speaker 1: mixed emotions. I can't believe you didn't get down right away.
Speaker 1: But that was kind of like the whole day. I mean, uh,
Speaker 1: all the guys that would get really upset with are
Speaker 1: also the guys had a lot of love for at
Speaker 1: the end too, cause they were the ones that pulled
Speaker 1: it off to get us.
Speaker 3: A w affected you.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know. It's could have been. That
Speaker 1: could have been the ring, could be good defense, could be.
Speaker 1: But I mean those are just stuff that you gotta
Speaker 1: talk about. I thought we handled that as good as
Speaker 1: we could. I mean, we we had a hard practice
Speaker 1: that week. We played guys as much as we could.
Speaker 1: I know we sat brock but and there's not much
Speaker 1: that would have done differently. A unique ability to make
Speaker 1: those big plays in those big situations.
Speaker 2: What can you say about the type of person that
Speaker 2: he is and what leads.
Speaker 1: Him to be able to do that, Dre, I mean
Speaker 1: just being able to play today. He's been battling here
Speaker 1: for these two weeks, trying to get back and get
Speaker 1: healthy for the game, and I mean he inspires the
Speaker 1: heck out of all of us the way he runs,
Speaker 1: the way he hits. For him to make those plays
Speaker 1: catching the ball when they send both to him, he's
Speaker 1: really trying. We'll put him on offense if he really
Speaker 1: wants to run with the ball that bad. But he
Speaker 1: could definitely get down a lot sooner. Oh yeah, I
Speaker 1: was you mentioned having to adjust when Diebo went out early.
Speaker 3: How does that change?
Speaker 1: It changes a lot of stuff. I mean, especially when
Speaker 1: you when you have wristbands and things like that, and
Speaker 1: you know, you just got to switch some guys around,
Speaker 1: which is always a challenge for those guys. That happened
Speaker 1: during the Cleveland game and we didn't handle it that well.
Speaker 1: I thought we handled it better today than we did then,
Speaker 1: But it is a huge challenge. I mean it's I mean,
Speaker 1: Deebo's obviously one of our better players, but he also
Speaker 1: is a unique guy that goes to some certain spots.
Speaker 1: You gotta you gotta be adjusting that all game.
Speaker 2: With about six something left, did you call it as
Speaker 2: if it was the last drive? Was that in your
Speaker 2: mind the whole time?
Speaker 1: It was? I mean at the beginning, it's not. I mean,
Speaker 1: you don't. You don't want to you want to make
Speaker 1: a normal football. It always is normal football to me
Speaker 1: until you're out of timeouts and you realize the other
Speaker 1: team couldn't kneel it. So I mean, at first we
Speaker 1: started moving it. Once it gots about three and a half,
Speaker 1: you realize is probably gonna be the last drive. But
Speaker 1: you also, I mean to where we're gonna use four
Speaker 1: downs if we get in that situation. But you also
Speaker 1: know when you have three timeouts that it doesn't have
Speaker 1: to be that way. I mean, you can get you
Speaker 1: can give it back to them with one minute if
Speaker 1: you use your three timeouts right and still have a chance.
Speaker 1: So but towards the end, you knew it was the
Speaker 1: deal when we were inside the ten and I think
Speaker 1: there was a minute three left, and you know, I
Speaker 1: think we scored it at a minute minute seven. And
Speaker 1: that's the hard thing where you don't want to score
Speaker 1: too fast, but you sure as I want to score,
Speaker 1: so you can't be too picky with that great question.
Speaker 1: Those are some of the challenges when something goes down
Speaker 1: and you call it wrist band number, and and I
Speaker 1: forgot to tell him not to say hesy or not
Speaker 1: to read hezy. But sometimes we just ron Burgundy our
Speaker 1: wristbands and then you look up and Juan's in the
Speaker 1: backfield and kind of stop it. We just when we
Speaker 1: knew that, we kind of decided that. When you know,
Speaker 1: Jayed missed about four weeks and I think it was
Speaker 1: two games, but he had been out four weeks and
Speaker 1: he's been awesome in practice. I love Jayed. It has nothing
Speaker 1: to do with him, just our experience of you know,
Speaker 1: playoff games being around us. It's I think it's a lot.
Speaker 1: When you got a rookie who hasn't played in a month,
Speaker 1: who is a very passionate, aggressive player. I just don't
Speaker 1: want to put all that on him to have him
Speaker 1: go out in the playoff game, and when he had
Speaker 1: some been out there for four weeks, and especially when
Speaker 1: we have a veteran behind him who could just calm
Speaker 1: down a little bit, and if things would have gone differently,
Speaker 1: we would have put jay r in right away, but
Speaker 1: we didn't want to do that.
Speaker 3: Really here, Christian.
Speaker 1: Finish, Christians unbelievable. He told me, I'm coming out that
Speaker 1: play was gonna score. It was called eighteen Mike, and
Speaker 1: it was part of our openers. We didn't get to
Speaker 1: it till the second drive, but he goes that, MIC's
Speaker 1: gonna go. It's gonna score. Now if we didn't get
Speaker 1: the exact look we wanted, but so we were a
Speaker 1: little were we were a little surprised on it. But
Speaker 1: Christian was right, was man of his word.
Speaker 2: The resilience of your kicker to miss and then come
Speaker 2: back in a game like this.
Speaker 1: And make a big one that's huge. I mean, you
Speaker 1: know the one that I'm getting, the one blocked earlier,
Speaker 1: and just get into it. I think it was. It
Speaker 1: was a fifty two yarder. It was tough. He probably
Speaker 1: would have gone for it if it wasn't. It was
Speaker 1: the fourth Mike nine and a half. It was one
Speaker 1: that we were, you know, we were playing on going
Speaker 1: for it, but nine and a half seemed a little
Speaker 1: far and it was in his range and I definite
Speaker 1: would have wished I went for it if he missed
Speaker 1: it and so he made it and that helps me
Speaker 1: a lot. I really appreciate him doing that because that's
Speaker 1: why we were able to win there at the end.
Speaker 2: In that room, there's every reason to think that you
Speaker 2: could come back and win a game like that like this,
Speaker 2: but you hadn't had to all year, really not quite
Speaker 2: like that. What does it so?
Speaker 3: What does it say?
Speaker 2: What does it mean going forward that you have now
Speaker 2: other than you're obviously playing this week.
Speaker 1: I just like that we get another week with our team.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's every game is different. So we always
Speaker 1: talk about I mean, we have a lot of confidence
Speaker 1: in our team. We believe, we believe we're in the
Speaker 1: number one seed. We believe you always, we believe we
Speaker 1: earned that, we believe we should be that. But it
Speaker 1: doesn't matter for three hours. You gotta play like it
Speaker 1: every week. And that's one of the best things about
Speaker 1: the NFL and football that if you don't show up,
Speaker 1: your season's over. And it's not just showing up, it's
Speaker 1: you got to take care of that football. And we
Speaker 1: got two turnovers today, real proud of our guys are
Speaker 1: not turning over back. But we did have a block kick,
Speaker 1: had a couple misplays which we were slipping and you know,
Speaker 1: balls getting tip. But I'm just so proud of the
Speaker 1: guys that when things weren't perfect, with all the pressure,
Speaker 1: with everything on the line, they were so good perform
Speaker 1: and get it done.
Speaker 3: Feel a lot lessure in that moment, Like as you
Speaker 3: personally experience it, Are you miserable? Are you zoned in?
Speaker 1: It's more angry, It's more I want to I want
Speaker 1: to describe it the way. No. I mean, when you're
Speaker 1: in competition, it's it's a battle. You're aggressive, You're it's
Speaker 1: not you don't think of it that way. You know
Speaker 1: how big a deal things are. But it's more it's
Speaker 1: it's your aggressive. You stay that way, and you gotta
Speaker 1: be careful sometimes because when things aren't going well and
Speaker 1: you keep that mindset, you can't just stay aggressive and
Speaker 1: think that's gonna work. I mean, you got to still
Speaker 1: always try to be smart, play it right, but you
Speaker 1: never take away that mindset and you wait till the
Speaker 1: game's over and then you can worry about everything and
Speaker 1: react to however you want to react.
Speaker 3: But in a game that doesn't change.
Speaker 2: Was brought just off or the or their miscommunications with
Speaker 2: receivers like what's going on with the passing game?
Speaker 3: Which play every I mean a lot of plays.
Speaker 1: No, I know, then I'd have to give you a
Speaker 1: lot of answers, so we'd have to watch every play,
Speaker 1: but a combination of.
Speaker 2: What the inaccuracies.
Speaker 1: And I mean there's Dan Liman you gotta throw over
Speaker 1: and stuff. Sometimes the guy hooks up in his zone
Speaker 1: and you think they're gonna move and you can't see him,
Speaker 1: so it just gets off fingertips. I think that third
Speaker 1: down that he him and Ray Ray, you know, we
Speaker 1: had a swirl route. Ray Ray beat the guy hard
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the line, and I don't know
Speaker 1: if he thought he should put his hand up going
Speaker 1: to the corner, but he was brought through his swirl.
Speaker 1: So there's a couple of things in that that I
Speaker 1: think he went to an off schedule and brought through
Speaker 1: it in rhythm. So those things showed up without a doubt.
Speaker 1: But also like some of the plays that the guy's made,
Speaker 1: I mean being able to drop it in over there
Speaker 1: over that mic to Juwan on that. I think it
Speaker 1: was a big third down, you know, the second and sixth.
Speaker 1: It was a big one that we were trying to
Speaker 1: go deep and they were too deep, and we checked
Speaker 1: it down to George and who made a bunch of
Speaker 1: big plays in this game, but he took his eyes
Speaker 1: off it, tried to get up the field too fast
Speaker 1: into the chains and dropped one which leads to third
Speaker 1: and six, and they had real tight coverage on Ba
Speaker 1: and brought through a perfect low ball away that's really
Speaker 1: tough to catch. NBA went down and got it. So no,
Speaker 1: by no means was it perfect. I was very frustrated,
Speaker 1: but also extremely proud and really pumped it we could
Speaker 1: to play another week.
Speaker 2: Said what you said to the guys after this game.
Speaker 1: I just told them how proud I was of them,
Speaker 1: Like they knew the deal. I didn't have to say much.
Speaker 1: I mean, we knew. That didn't go as clean as
Speaker 1: we wanted it to. In all three phases. There was
Speaker 1: at one phase that was just like man, we made
Speaker 1: that easy. Every phase was all three of the phases.
Speaker 1: Was a little bit felt like we were keeping both
Speaker 1: teams in the game, but felt we had to do
Speaker 1: it at the end. They gave us a couple of
Speaker 1: chances before that and we didn't get it done, and
Speaker 1: we got it done there at the end. And the
Speaker 1: defense was back up who had a couple of times
Speaker 1: that they had missed stuff and they had to get
Speaker 1: it done on that last drive, and they got it
Speaker 1: done when it mattered the most. And so we're sitting
Speaker 1: here with a win and going to sit here and
Speaker 1: watch these games. Tomorrow I will find out how we're playing,
Speaker 1: and so excited to get ready for the next challenge.
Speaker 2: Thanks guys,