Maurice Jones-Drew

And so they knew going in, they had, I mean, Devontae Adams didn't play in that game, right?

So you have all this going on that didn't happen and you lost by one.

And then granted, there is no moral victories in football.

It's either you win or you lose, but they're saying, okay, we'll take that L. Like, we're not afraid to go to Seattle and play again.

We're not afraid to go there, right?

We're not afraid to go to Santa Clara if the Niners had won the one seed to go to Santa Clara and play there.

We were not afraid of that.

And so I think what they had after that game, I want to say they played terrible against Atlanta.

And then they came back and kind of stumbled early against the Cardinals and they got their footing.

And Sean had talked about

We have to figure out how to win these games.

We're not figuring out how to win games in the right moments.

And it started in Seattle.

We're starting in Carolina, to be honest with you.

And it kind of carried through December.

But going through those three or four game stretch has built up a ton of confidence because a lot of other guys are making plays.

Always.

We used to always say this when I play like a guy going down is a blessing in disguise because when that guy gets healthy, he's going to come back.

But while he's down, these other guys are getting crucial reps.

These other guys are getting better and better and better.