“We have a lot of faith in our defense, especially when they have to go out there — we put them out there in tough spots. To have those four low red (zone) stops that they had, they held them to a field goal, two turnovers on downs and a turnover.
Exceptional job by our defense. They give you a lot of confidence. It’s a stressful situation. Seattle has a great team.
They did a great job in some plays, moving the ball down there. But at the end day, we just have tremendous confidence that our defense is going to figure it out and they did. And they had a huge stop there at the end.”
“We have a tremendous group of defenders. First of all, our DBs have really stepped up. And Chido (Awuzie) always has been a big force there. Mike Hilton, Cam Taylor-Britt have really come on this last year. DJ Turner II has really stood up as well. I’m really proud of Cam (Taylor-Britt). He has great, great ball skills, tremendous ball skills. When the ball is in his area, he usually has a great chance to go get that thing, and I’m so happy that he did.”
“Just because a team gets in there at the three-yard line, it’s not, ‘Oh here we go, it’s seven points.’ I really think our defense believes, worst case (scenario) we’re holding them to three here. In best case (scenario), we’re getting the ball out. Going back to that New England game last year, you always feel like these guys have such an attitude to find a way to get that ball out and not just be satisfied giving up any points. It’s turnover on downs and it’s get the ball out. And I feel that. We didn’t strip it out or anything, but we tried. I saw a lot of good plucks at the ball there and I’m just really proud of the job that our defense did. They stepped up big time.”