Our spirits are good, and everybody is upbeat. We are excited, and it's been great.

Everybody is getting down on Daunte. It's the same guy that's thrown for 3,000 yards in three seasons. Same guy who's been to Pro Bowls. ... Brett Favre has thrown interceptions, and he's kept going.

I'm trying to remember what we did so well in that game, it was so long ago. I know we were doing a good job communicating. When you get this late in the season everybody is good. If they don't have a great record, then they know what it takes to win a tournament.

We'd been playing pretty well, but you know how kids get sometimes. Everybody wanted to go their own way.