Coach Terry and Marcus talked about what it's like playing for you and how you

emboldened some of your coaches and you challenge them as players. You know what

does it feel like for you to see them come in a game like this where you know the

outside world can say it's not a lot to play for but they still battled to

came out with the win. After the game I had told them what was on my heart was this challenge that we've been

in a long time and long as I can remember.

But if you were about to do something really hard, these are the type of guys I'd want to pick

to do it with.

It sucks that we're going through that, but the last two months

have been extremely challenging. To start the season, I think we're three and two. We kind of

think about it in like quarters like this game. And then so to drop eight, a couple gut punches.

It's hard, man. And so you'd want guys in, in you know having your back in the circle that are like

I'm down for it I saw that on practice on Wednesday and Thursday it's 20 some degrees with the

wind chill and I said we're playing December football and like we're going out and we're padding and

we're going and there wasn't one pushback and so I think it's because of reasons like

that that make a winning locker room more meaningful. I'm happy for them like they needed that space

to have that enjoyment together. I even told them, man, take a few extra minutes today. There's nothing

like a winning locker room.

Dan Quinn, after the game yesterday, I understand all that.

I mean, I feel them on that day.

When you're in the fight and we're not and you go through what they've gone through this year.

And a lot of it, you know, a significant part of it, completely out of their control.

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