Darrell Brooks
Darrell Brooks
team
They're a better team than they were two years ago, but we're not the same team, either.
ball challenge kept surprised throw
I thought they were going to challenge (the secondary) and throw the ball downfield. We were surprised when they kept going at us with the run.
anyone ask knew locker
It's not an upset. We knew we were going to do this all along. You can ask anyone in this locker room.
family mostly saw spent time visit
I saw some of it, but I mostly spent some time with my family. It was the first time I've had to visit in two years.
adds definitely experience injured knows randy seen since strengthen
Randy adds some experience for us, so that helps. He has seen more since being injured where he knows a lot more of what he can do and can't get away with. He will definitely strengthen us at that position.
affected changed expected expecting mentality
In the past, I don't think it would have affected us that way. We expected to win. We weren't going in there just expecting to compete. I think that really showed how the mentality has changed here.
compete entire felt hanging punch
We were hanging with them punch for punch the entire game. We felt that we could actually compete with them, and we did for 2½ quarters.
ashes dominant team threw
We threw everything at them, but they're a dominant team and they can come right out of the ashes just like they have in the past.