Q: After the win over the Patriots, you said it was an emotional win, it was emotional for the city. What did the win over Russell Wilson and the NFC leading Seattle Seahawks mean?
SM: It was a great win. Any win’s a great win in the National Football League, but let’s be honest, that’s a really good football team that we played and so were the Patriots. To take our game to where the guys took it, they earned it, they worked their butts off during the week, they were focused. I just wish our fans honestly could have enjoyed it with us.
The view locally and nationally seems to be that it was truly a statement win. What’s your view internally on the win over Seattle?
SM: It’s just another win. These are hard to come by, as I’ve said before. I appreciate the way our players played in all three phases, really complementing one another. We took care of the football, special teams got us off to a great start with his return and we stayed resilient throughout the course of the game. We knew it was going to be 60 minutes or longer just based on their success and Russell Wilson’s winning mentality.
Q: When it comes to the offense, we’ve heard a lot about taking what opposing defenses give you when it comes to that gameplan. At what point do you have to dictate and do what you want to do on offense? Where’s that balance there?
SM: It’s gonna be a healthy balance. I think we’ve done some good things offensively, quite honestly. We’ve just got to continue to evolve, continue to keep that offensive mindset on all three sides of the ball really.
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