You don't win championships in September, obviously. You don't win them in Week 8. You don't win them with one game. This is going to be a tough deal for us to come back. Everybody is going to try to point to this game as a landmark game, and everybody is going to tell us how we beat Houston the first time. Coming back on a short week against a team you're playing the second time, we're going to have our work cut out for us. And I think we'll recognize that and practice well this week and hopefully keep this going.
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You don't win championships in September or October. You don't win them in week eight. You don't win them with one game.
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They are playing the way they played three years ago in terms of just pressuring the passer and playing a lot more man coverage. I think once those young defensive backs get in a flow in things and get a feel for how fast the ball is coming out, they are going to be even better,
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I guess that's good in a lot of ways. But the defending champions are always the team to beat. And that's who everybody is focused on.
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We need to be able to win games like this, ... If you're going to win a championship, you have to win games that go any kind of way.
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Pittsburgh was 15-1 last year, so beating them is huge,
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Pittsburgh's offensive line is very physical. They have Pro Bowlers all over the place. We've got to use our quickness. We can't stand in there and hand-fight with them.
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Peyton is the hardest worker I've ever been around in my years of coaching. He never wants to make a mistake.
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Going undefeated has never been our goal, ... The teams that get remembered are not the ones who have great regular seasons, they are the ones who do something in the playoffs.
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Guys that hit with the top of their pads and used their legs, that's who the good hitters are,
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Our offense is not playing on all cylinders. We thought that we could move the ball [against Cleveland] and we did,
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We still haven't really hit our stride and been on the details the way we need to be. If we continue to improve, we'll be in good shape.
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We hope he's ready, ... He's doing a little better every day.
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He's probably headed to injured reserve. He's probably out six to eight weeks.
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He had a little problem getting loose, but we think he'll be fine. We gave him a little bit of the afternoon off.
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I guess we won't have to answer the question what is wrong with the offense now.
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