I know you guys will go back and watch tape after this, but why do you think stopping them on third down was such an issue today?
"We let them extend plays, but I guarantee when we go back and watch the tape, it's going to be a lot of self-inflicted things. Especially when you hear things on the sideline and you come off the field and you hear the coaching, that's when you think, 'man, it's just self-inflicted.' That's a good football team. They play together and they play hard. A lot of the things that we were doing on defense, we were down a couple bodies, but that's no excuse. I'm not going to sit up here and say, 'oh, we had guys go down and make that excuse.' They had a good game plan. We had a couple third down and longs, but their run game was also gaining a lot of yards. We just have to be better. That's what it is. When we get a chance to keep the quarterback in the pocket and get him on the ground, we've got to get him on the ground. It takes all 11 of us."
Talk to us about your touchdown catch and what was your last thought when the ball was coming your way?
"We practice that play for a couple weeks now to where I go out there and I'm in the flat. What's crazy is every time we practice up that play [Titans QB] Cam [Ward] never threw me the ball. When I was in the flat, I expected him to come out there with me. The corner that was sitting out there, I knew it was probably going to come. Then I saw Cam scrambling and everybody has seen Cam throw the ball, he probably throws the ball, which is dangerous, across his body more than any quarterback in the league so I decided I have to go the opposite way. I know Cam can make that throw and when I saw him release it, I said, 'oh, don't drop this ball whatever you do' is what was going through my mind. I thought, 'do not drop this ball.' He made a hell of a throw across his body and that's Cam. Cam can do that and make it look like effortless. I was just happy to be able to catch that and all the excitement. Like I said, we've been practicing that play a couple weeks and hopefully they can keep me over there now."
What's allowing you this year to finish plays and play so well?
"When you're talking about the way the season goes and how the season should go, I made a commitment. I would say my commitment this past offseason, the way I wanted to attack this season, the way I wanted to change my body this time, I focused on the small details. My body, the mental part and then the play. I did a lot of reflecting in the offseason. I'm like, 'this is not where I want to be at.' When I did that, which I talked to you guys this offseason about, that's the reason why I made the weight changes and the diet changes and things of that nature."
