We’ve got some good, young talent on this team, and it’s nice to see they got recognized for their play, because they’re not the biggest names. There are a lot of guys out there who...

Steve Smith that is what happened to us. He just kept making plays. When they needed a play, he made it and we did not. He is the best offensive player in the league.

No one believed us back then, but there was really no doubt in our mind how good we can be.

There was no doubt in anyone’s mind we had the personnel to do it.

Our third downs were terrible. We have to make more plays on third down. We have to get better.

It’s a little different trying to run the ball with eight guys in the box. The Vikings haven’t had to face that because of the Randy Moss factor.

We sure do talk a lot for a team that gives up a couple big plays every game,

I don’t want to go through that again. We got beat up in that game. We couldn’t stop the run, we couldn’t run the ball, and we turned the ball over. I don’t want to...

We kind of got after him a little bit. We were flying to the ball, running our gaps.

They kept a lot of guys in and only had two or three out on the routes. We thought we would get pressure with four, and they kept seven or eight in to block.

This whole season was a blessing.

They’re a different team. So are we.

The last couple of years we got off to bad starts, 0-4, 1-5,

He doesn’t look any different to me. He was as strong as ever.

That was unbelievable. It was awesome. I’ve never been a part of something like that. The game’s usually over unless you get some great plays like we did, but the ball was bouncing our way...

We never really doubled him. We ran a lot of Cover-2, and obviously that did not work out too well for us. When they needed a play, he made it and we didn’t.

I wish it would’ve happened sooner, because I’ve hated looking up from the bottom. But it’s our turn to be on top for a while now.

We haven’t won any games in the playoffs yet. If we can win, I’ll definitely be happy to be compared to them.

We lost the same way [as last time]. We got beat in our home stadium. We thought we were good last time [after 2001]. We were young last time, and we ended up being 4-12...

Jamal’s a house. I tried to tackle him in the Pro Bowl a couple times and he’s not an easy guy to bring down. He’s a big boy and he runs hard. We’ve got our...

It would be nice to give us a chance to get the ball rolling and get a little confidence.

It’s a good problem to have, if you call it a problem. And it is not a problem. Any time you have a chance to get an off week, it’s a good thing. We have...

[Asked about next Sunday’s game against the] struggling … We’re struggling, too, so somebody is probably asking them the same question about us.

No one gives us respect. They do, but kind of begrudgingly. But we haven’t beaten anyone in the playoffs yet, and we need to win playoff games to get respect. Everyone in the room knows...

I love when people pick against us because we just go out and prove them wrong. In training camp, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind we had the personnel to do it. It was...

I don’t even remember that season because it ended badly.

We can win these games,

Jamal’s a house, … I tried to tackle him in the Pro Bowl a couple times and he’s not an easy guy to bring down. He’s a big boy and he runs hard. We’ve got...

We did what we said we were going to do, … We got in his (Harrington’s) face, and we got some pressure on him and got him to throw the ball sometimes when he didn’t...

When they needed a play, he made it. He’s the best offensive player in the league.

That’s easy. Thomas kept [the defense] on the sideline and gave us a chance to get a break.

He’s been trying to come to terms with it for a long time. I think he knew a while back he was going to do this. I’m sure it’s not easy for him — it’s...

We play hard, we take the ball away and the No. 1 thing is we get to the quarterback and we get to the ball. When the ball is on the ground, we usually have...

The guy’s unbelievable. He made a lot of plays.

Takeaways, stopping the run, and as long as we don’t turn the ball over, I think we’ll be OK. If we don’t give them a chance to score with their defense on the field, we’ll...

[TEN YARDS WITH T.B.: Bradshaw’s offered the following while introducing this week’s installment of] Ten Yards with TB … When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it...

We think it’s possible. We get a lot of takeaways. The ball seems like it’s bounced in our direction right now. We’ve got to get those balls. We haven’t created a lot of fumbles so...

Steve Smith, that’s what happened to us.

I hear so-called experts say Carolina’s the best team in the NFC. Well, let’s see if they’re right.

I haven’t even looked at it yet, Mike.

It’s right there for us. We have a chance to [win it all].

I don’t remember much from that season, it’s so long ago. We know we have a good chance to do something special here and that’s the way we’re going to approach it.

Today, our defense flew around and had a good time. It was fun out there.

I’ll bet I have 250 pairs. I can’t throw any away because as a kid we got one pair a year. Now I order 20 pairs at a time.

We found a way to lose at the end.

We found a way to lose it at the end. We had played well for 3 1/2 quarters.

We don’t give up a lot of yards, just too many big plays.

It’s just a different mind-set around here this time. I know that’s easy for me to say, but I mean it.

The No. 1 thing is you have to be able to protect the quarterback, … If we put pressure on him and stop the run, we’ll put ourselves in some good situations.

We haven’t beaten anyone in the playoffs yet, and that’s what we have to do. We’ve won a lot of big games in the regular season, but we need to win playoff games to get...