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.


