M the difference. We played for sixty minutes quite frankly, Um we finished the football game, um like we expect to do each week. And uh great, Uh great all around in all three phases. I mean, you know, we we thought coming in that uh there was gonna be some opportunity. Um, this is this ram defense is extremely
um potent. They got some some talent, they got some rushers up front, and and it you know what, what what opens things up is the ability to run the football, I think, and in the first half we had some success to an that even in the third quarter, and um, it just opened up a few down the field throws that uh we were able to capitalize on and and uh made some made some nice place players responded, Um,
I thought that it was positive. Um, you know, just just kind of getting back into a rhythm, you know with him and and it's been a while since Week two of the season that they've they played together. But they had a lot of confidence, a lot of trusting him, and and uh I showed tonight and out for you guys. That's just what I told him in the locker room, just how proud I was the way they the way they continue to fight how they block out the outside
noise and just just focus on the group. And um, this is a tremendous team win tonight against the great football team. And um, you know, our backs were against the wall, and our guys came out and and uh came out aggressively, and um we're fortunate enough to be going away with a win and and um, you know, move on to the next one positions this year. How Yeah, Vante's a he's a really good player for us. And uh it was good to get him back out there
this week. And and um, you know, he's a smart guy to play multiple positions and and uh and do the things that he's been capable of doing. I think it's just a credit to him. But uh, he trusts his coaches, he trusts the scheme on defense, and uh puts himself in a position to to make plays and and and that's what he's done. He's done a nice Yeah. I mean I thought I thought all the backs really
did a nice job. Um, you know, Windell is uh you know, UM always had a lot of a lot of confidence in Windell and and he did a nice job tonight. I really felt like the offensive line did some nice things and and uh, um kind of controlling the line of scrimmage at times and uh opening up you know a few of those few of those gaps and those lanes, and he just hit it and hit it hard and did a nice job of dust off
some of the concepts that he was doing. That playoff. Um, you know, really didn't really you know, kind of came out of last week's game really against against the Cowboys and just wanted to kind of get back to our basics, our fundamentals, regardless of who was playing. This was before um, you know, anything about Carson and and we just wanted to get back to the things that we were successful at and good at and what the guys really new and understood. And so we really didn't have to change
or tweak much uh during the week. And I thought that um, you know, Nick played uh played solid um you know, and and and did the things that that you know, we asked him to do. UM, And he had a good week of preparation, and it showed tonight. We're gonna enjoy this win. We're gonna get on this plane, we're gonna enjoy it. We'll take a couple of days and we'll make those decisions later in the week, not
at this time, not at this time. Yeah, I really think that the old line, I mean this is this is a good defensive line now that our old line
has has played. And um, they really they really rose to the to the to the challenge, you know, and and uh did did some nice things and and really really kept our quarterback, you know, kept Nick clean and and uh, I think too as a credit to Nick just just being able to you know, get the ball out and and I dialed up a few more quick throws and and the ability to run the ball too on some of those third downs, to run the ball and have some success really also helped in the uh
in the past protection games. Yeah, I mean it's very satisfying. Um. And like I said, our backs have been against the wall now for the last a few weeks, and um, you know, hopefully this is now a little momentum for the rest of our season. And uh, you know, our goals are still in front of us. We're still making a making a push here at the end, and and uh two games to go, and you know, we'll see
what happens. But very satisfying watching four seconds laugh that they got the shot, were yeah, oh there you are. Very four seconds last shot. Yeah. Um, you know Jim had dialed up a blitz at the time just to kind of you know, force uh forced Jerry to possibly you know, release the balls five man protection and just released the ball a little bit sooner and and uh, you know we were playing playing right at the right at the goal line. It was you know, a last
shot into the into the end zone. And you know Avante was in good position. Why should we ever do well? I think I think that Um, you know, what you saw tonight was was a was a total a team effort from all three phases um, offense, defense, and then of course our our special teams came up huge at the end with the with the fumble recovery on the punt and so you know, it's not about one guy, and it never has been. It's about the team. And that's what that that locker room in there focus is on.
They just focus on you know, they don't focus on the result. They focus on the process and trusting everybody and it really doesn't matter. And and um, and that's what you saw tonight was it was a really a really good team effort. A lock out. The noise how hard was that? Obviously very I mean it's it's a tough thing, you know when uh, you know you have to you have to change qbs and and and go a different way. And but I think it's a it's a credit to you know, uh, each each guy, you know,
really just again, focus on the things that we can control. Um, you know, focus on our process that we talk about quite a bit, lean on one another, um. And and and you saw it tonight, you know what I mean. You saw you saw those guys played together as a team, as units, and it was it was a fun game to be part of. All right, Thanks guys, Will you bring it up