Chris Long

You know, there's no good matchup for Gronk.

It helped, certainly, when I think Malcolm Jenkins knocked Brandon Cooks out of the game.

And that wasn't like a dirty play or an intentional thing.

It just was a football play and knocked him out of the game.

And I think from there, it was like once we got to the half, you knew they were going to come out of the half with some heat.

And they did, and it was hard to get stops.

But...

We're even luckier for just taking the risks we did in the first half, and that was the way we played.

I mean, Doug was that kind of guy.

So I think it was a total clash of styles, man.

That's what made it so interesting.

We were just happy to be there, kind of happy-go-lucky.

We weren't picked to be a top 15, 20 team.

Our MVP caliber quarterback gets hurt, and we're still here.

It's the whole nothing-to-lose thing that makes you dangerous.

It's yesteryear now, dude.

So for all the time it should have ended that.

Maybe it is true because Harrison Bucker couldn't hit the broad side of a barn this year kicking the football.

Interesting.

I feel like we definitely –