This year, we've played good defense, and we're playing well together. We weren't bringing runners home early in the season.

I feel more motivated when I am playing at home. A Romanian final seems much closer, but there are still some hard matches to be played.

I don't know what kind of defense you can play against a team that spreads their offense out so much. They spread so far that all you can do is line up and hope for the best.

We're going to force fumbles. We have a lot of hard hitters on defense. We're going to try to come through your facemask and through your body. Whichever one works best, we'll come through it. We're going to fly around and smack you.

In a playoff situation, you either elevate your game or you go home. You have to play good defense and you have to give a lot of second effort, and they showed a lot of that (Tuesday).

We're good at home, and our defense always makes things a lot easier for us on offense.