When you say the defense has carried us, that's what they're supposed to do. That's the strength of our team.
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Once you get in company with Walter Payton that's saying quite a bit. (It was) an outstanding year by Thomas and our offensive line to get that for him. I think we established that through the course of the regular season we are a good running football team and can run the football on just about anybody we play.
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That is what we are going to try to figure out this week. We had a safe coverage on both touchdowns. The second was man coverage, and the other was two-deep. That is about as safe as you can get. It still comes down to guys getting in the right positions to make plays. There is no magic cure.
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That's what we would like to think. I do think our core players are in place. They're established, and they're young. I don't think this is our best squad that we'll have. I think next year will be a better squad than we had this year. There's no reason why we shouldn't be able to make a stand for a long time.
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Give Carolina credit. They wanted it more than we did. We tried to keep Steve Smith contained. We were unable to do that. He made a couple of big plays.
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