I'll keep this short because our staff is busy today preparing for the Carolina Panthers.  We landed about 4:00 am and need to get our scouting reports and practice plans done so we can have a normal practice tomorrow.  But we don't mind.  You tend to have a lot more energy when you're coming off a win, and that was a great win for us last night.

 

The city of Jacksonville was really hyped up about the game.  We could feel it as we were there Sunday and Monday.  The Jaguars have the type of team that gives us trouble.  They're very physical and they have two great backs so they can keep the ball away from our offense.  I think our defense really went into the game with a point to prove and it was a tough, hard fought, win.  We were solid in all three phases of the game.  But the thing I like the most is I didn't get the sense in the locker room that we were in any great celebration mode.  We had defeated a hot team but still had ways we could improve.  We know we have a short week to get ready for another road game against a team that is in first place in their division.  So the focus was on continuing to get better and I think we'll have a good week of practice.

 

We got some big contributions from a lot of people.  You could easily notice Bob Sanders and Reggie Wayne but guys like Kelvin Hayden and Ed Johnson really stepped up and played well.  Our kick coverage units are playing better every week and our punt team made two huge plays, downing punts inside the 10 yard line.  The second one set up Dwight Freeney's safety which turned the momentum back to us in the third quarter.

 

All in all, I was proud of our guys and I'm looking forward to getting started on Carolina.