~From Giants.com: “I think we just had a great will on this team – just a great group of guys. There was something special about this group. We were determined and we had great faith in ourselves. We had leaders across the board in every aspect. Everybody knew their role and their responsibility. No matter what we’ve been through, I think it’s helped that a lot of the players have been together for the last three or four years. We’ve just learned to deal with adversity and learned how to overcome mistakes, a bad play or a disappointment, and put it behind us and forget about it. We just had total faith and confidence that no matter what is thrown at us, we can handle it and we can overcome it.”(on what it is like seeing his big completion to WR David Tyree)
“I did (see the highlight) last night. When I got home, I wanted to see it. I hadn’t seen David Tyree’s catch. I kind of saw a little bit on the field, but didn’t really get to appreciate what a great catch it was. People were asking me how I got out of that jam I was in, and I really don’t know. They were pulling me down. I felt them holding me, but I never felt anybody pull me to the ground. I stayed alive and I saw David in the middle of the field. I gave him a shot to make the catch, and (it was an) unbelievable catch. For him to catch that ball – kind of hold it against his helmet – I think he pulled back and guys (were) swiping at the ball. It’s just a great individual effort by him.”
(on being here after all this team has been through this season)
“I think it’s just a great tribute to this Giants team, the organization and coaches for continuing to have faith in ourselves and in the team that we can make a change. We can put everything that’s happened behind us whether it’s good or bad, and just be focused on the next week. That’s what we were able to do. We never lost our confidence. We never lost our belief that we could make a big run. At the end of the season, we were playing our best football. That’s what you want to be doing. At the end of the season, you want to be at your best. We were able to do that. We got hot at the right time going into the playoffs. We played, really, five great games at the end of the season, the first being against the Patriots the last game, and then the four after that going into the playoffs. That’s what you want to be able to do.”
(on what will stick with him about the final comeback scoring drive)
“Just everything about that drive. We had a lot of big plays. Amani Toomer had a big third-down catch. We had a fourth-down conversion, a fourth-and-one conversion. Steve Smith on third-and-ten. You could see the end zone, we were getting close and we still had a lot of work. He had a great catch on the sideline to be able to get up the field and get the first down, and get out of bounds to stop the clock. The offensive line was doing their job protecting, and everybody had their part and their role. [New England] had been playing zone, keeping two safeties back and just playing a little conservative through that whole drive. Finally, I knew they’d come after us. They came out with a blitz and had one-on-one with Plaxico Burress. That’s a match-up we’re going to take every time. He ran a great route, got wide open and made a great catch.”
(on how his life is different this morning than it was when he woke up yesterday) for the rest of the transcript click hear.
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