Calvin, if you could step inside Rex Ryan's mind for a second, what do you think he's thinking about this week, at this opponent and what the circumstances are for you guys. I think he's gonna come in with the same minds that he had the last time. Um, he's gonna pay a team he's doing. He knows the person that up pretty well, and I just think they're gonna come in with this ruin our season type mentality. But you know, Rich is a provaul guy, so I know I'm gonna
have a seam raiser to play. How much do you think he's thinking about knocking you guys out of the playoffs? I mean, I think, you know, it's it's a major motivation for him, but I think more so than anything, uh, he probably want to finish to see you on the winning note. Also, so I think both of those playing factor ins who um, you know their motivation coming into
this game. Kline, at what point did you start to believe that this team could could do something special and could go on and run like it well be getting the season. I thought, you know, we had the time, and I thought everything was the place. You know, things happened, you know, some us and downs. Um, you know, things that look too good there and there's a little bog and stress, but you know the over time, the over time winning gets the Giants show with a lot of characters, UM,
a lot of fights. You know, it's it's tough trying to come back on the team and then had to go to over time and trying to find more to get to push to get the win. So I think that win right there kind spring boarded our season and help build some moving force. Calvin, you know yesterday, you know, having into yesterday, you guys were kind of long shots to make the postseason just because you know, you needed
to do things yourself, you needed other winds elsewhere. But it's sort of flipped on its head and you were a chance to think about how well yesterday went for you guys, and can you can you put in the words what it feels like reflecting on what happened yesterday, Well, it feels good. I woll see to win, um with the thing that that feels great to me was just
the execution and just finishing the game. UM. I know for myself up in that situation and a lot of times with the Patriots where you played a great game. Everything's worth and the last second, the last minute and whatever you end up losing, and it just it always feels good to beat them. But just the manner that you know they were we we were down, I mean, we're even and then he had taken in the overtime and see the offense moved the ball with it was great to see. I was, I was very proud of
those guys. That's the way that they just kind of work their way down the field. And cord of Susom Calvin, how much of her relief is it for you too? And I think you kind of maybe alluded to this earlier in the year. To have an offense that is just capable of this group, obviously, that's been something that's been lacking from this team ever since you got just to play playoffs and it's playoffs drive. How nice is that to have a offension that really can do its part.
It's the very thing, man, you know, I truly feel the best defense is a good offense. Uh, you know, things are just clicking, you know. You know, obviously Brandon mort was having an awesome year. Death is having a great year of business. He's been He's been amazing for us, and you know, it's it's balance and it's it's fun to watch and when they're clicking is uh it helps
us out a lot. And I think, you know, it's just it's fun to watch all three phases kind of start coming to their own and uh, just having a good team complete Winhams kind of was already a point in the last few years where you started to wonder
whether you get another shot at the playoffs. Not really, I mean, you know, I really do always feel good about coming into the but you know this year from um, you know, Mike mcadney coming in, co vol coming in and and the things that they built through creation, through the draft, and um, it was a nice to the pieces come together. So, UM, I still agree with about it.
Coming into this year, I thought, you know, it wasn't a guarantee, nothing to guarantee what I thought, you know, this is a good chance that we've had in the last few years. So it's it's just nice to see it running about. Capital n't make your sense that that the team really started buying into what the coach Boles
would selling. Um. Actually, I think after the Houston off, I think it's just it was a point in time where we just kind of had we had to come together or the same the ship was gonna think, I think so um, you know obviously always wasn't working as players, and you know we weren't. We weren't um, you know, focusing on with details and us so hey, that's why I get all when you know, on coat gold stead
of those. It just kind of happened. It was no brainer for us to keep going for the season turned around. We just no choice for us. It's kind of let's just a slot of them man, and let him take us. Uh, it's where we need to go. Kevin, you would say strand Fitstatrick previous seasons. Obviously he was a guy who had been a fine quarterback, you know, nothing spectacular for a lot of his careers, having an outstanding stretch here.
What were your perceptions of them? You know before you guys traded for him and then you know, maybe how had you kind of change some of those getting GM and play with him every day Now. I've always saw Holly fit. I really had a lot of He was a guy who's very competitive guy. Um, you know, I don't want to say he hasn't gone in best teams in the world. But I think it's nice seeing weapons run, good offen line, good running game. But I really have
always thought how this Um it's far. I pusn't been Buffalo um astro on the ball around, so I probabays he's always been a guta U because I'd like, Calvin, will you say anything to some of the younger guys, you know about seizing this moment and how you know it doesn't come along too often? Um, you know, I'm not gonna beat it in their heads during the week.
I think they know. Um, you know, I'm might say a little something for the game, but everybody's everybody's focusing a lot of ye so don't you know, I'm not gonna be giving these rob Rock speeches. Um, you know it's And the good thing is we played Buffalo, so it's like we're familiar with what's going on. You know. It's just about um, you know, maybe looking at the game earlier in the year, you know, show up some areas we were bad and go out and go out
and play. Calvin leaving up to the game you guys played in Miami two years ago, when you guys had been eliminated in Miami, go alive. How much did Rex play up that angle during the week and with the win, you guys could knock thematic convention, you know, and I could be honest, which actuallyn' um, I couldn't say you
any kind of what he was saying. Motivational wise, I want to say that that was a year we're kind of fighting to try to keep his job on, So I think that was a little bit more motivation and trying to knock him out of the playoffs. Calvin, you mentioned after the game yesterday that you had felt it was kind of meant to be that you guys would being would end up in the playoffs. Uh, why do you feel that way? What made you kind of feel strongly that that's sort of how it convanted me? What
was the end of talent is there? Um? You know, just what's being the offense before doing training camp? Um that everything, I mean, watching the whole thing kind of come together, you know, I feel it's the ingredients were there. It kind of reminded me of two thousand tends and you you know, got FD Jason player. No guys um maybe not having much talent that you know as far as older talents in that year, but you know, it was the same type of feeling um and we had
some rough spots in that year too. I mean it wasn't just smooth, father, So I said that the agreedients, whatever, it just was. You know, everybody could leave and then you know it's coming together