We stayed poised in some tight situations. We swarmed to the football and we did a good job of containing and tackling.

Some of the guys we'll see are the ones who made Bears football what it is. You think about how exciting it is to play for the Chicago Bears, and you know it probably wouldn't be this way if not for those guys and the standard they set.

A good defensive line can dominate a football game. That is exactly what happened tonight. They did it in the second half to us last year, and did it the whole night tonight.

We just let them know that we just have to keep playing football. We didn't do that last week. We played a good team in Lake Taylor. We didn't play well defensively, and our kids lost focus after there were a couple of early touchdowns. We were down early in this game, but they just kept fighting.

I think (Jones' comments) opened Nate's eyes, ... I told him we needed him. He's probably the overall best football player on this team.

It's not really even looked at as violent or shooting, it's more about teamwork, like soccer or football.