We were in the game the whole time and found a way to lose in the end.

I think we know we are No. 1. I don’t think yards equal wins. Yards are big, but points are the main thing that matters. We did not play very well and gave up a...

That’s our guy, and everyone knows it. He’s our leader out there. He gets us going ? the whole team, not just the defense.

They have fun. They fly around and they’re always smiling. They don’t know when they screw up.

We were young last time, too, and we ended up being 4-12 the next year. I’d like to think we’ll be better next year. We have a lot of guys coming back. … We’re optimistic,...

I guarantee you, guys watching that film are seeing plays like [safety Mike Brown’s hit on Lions tight end Marcus Pollard], and it’s going to be in the back of their head.

A few years ago I was definitely hoping the three of us could have stayed together for a long time. But we’ve got a new thing going here, and Lance doesn’t have to take a...

There’s a lot of stuff we need to correct.

Thank goodness [Moss] is gone so we can do different things to them now. We can put eight guys in the box now. We used to just play cover-2 pretty much the whole game and...

Maybe we shouldn’t get a bye week anymore.

If I was someone, I’d do the same to us after watching that film.

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.