Winning without the Bye

I'm glad we didn't have a bye week heading into the playoffs. I

really do think it hurts more than it helps. When you have momentum

and you're winning games like we have been it's much better to keep

playing than have a week off. When you get that down time guys seem

to get a little too comfortable and it really knocks you off rhythm.

I talked to Marlon McCree about that and he said the same thing. When

you win six games in a row to finish the season you want to keep it

going and the best way to do it is to go straight into the playoffs

without a bye.

We won a bunch of games last year and had a bye week. I was a little

worried that it would knock us off rhythm and sure enough we came out

flat against the Patriots. We lost coming out of our bye week in the

regular season too. When you're winning you want to keep playing and

I know it made a difference this time. That's why we're moving on and

heading to Indy. And believe me it was a big win. It was by far the

loudest I have ever heard the fans. They were great. The staff,

coaches and players were all pumped up. It was a long time coming and

you could feel it.