It was kind of quiet, and that's not like us. Whatever it is that they use to get fired up every week, that's what I wanted. We needed to be ready to go out there and attack.

Here's what we try to do: not only keep guys off Vilma, but let guys make plays up front.

It puts a little more pressure on the guards and makes the tackles block the guy on the outside.

Like I told them at halftime, I really did enjoy watching them play. They were having fun, flying around. I felt they were dominating the player they were playing against for the most part.

I've been fortunate to have been through that before, where the offense struggled and the defense had to play every snap. I've been through it, so that's where I get some of my strength from.

Like I tell them, as long as we control our part of the game, the rewards at the end will be big. Just go play and do what you do. At the end of the rainbow, we'll see this big pot.