I told them (Eagles) I'm very proud of them. They played as hard as they could tonight and did what we wanted to do.

They played great tonight, they really did. I was proud of how hard they played and competed. They gave me everything I could possibly ask.

The atmosphere tonight was totally different. If I told you it wasn't, I'd be lying. But it wasn't the Eagles, it wasn't Atlanta — it was us. We were in too many close games all year long. I don't point the finger at anybody but the Dallas Cowboys.

(Lafayette) came out and just played really hard and we didn't even come close to matching their intensity, ... Tonight they wanted it a lot more than we did.

They're just a good team. Luckily, Coach (Dale) Watts played a lot of his players tonight.

They were going to have to make perimeter shots and we were going to double down. They (Polar Bears) made enough of them.