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Redskins quotebook
By Times Staff Writer
Published January 8, 2006
Coach Joe Gibbs on his overall impressions:
"I think we fought all the way across the board on special teams, offense and defense. Certainly, our defense kept us in it. The turnovers were a big deal. That's something earlier in the year, we were on the short end of turnovers all the time, and it really cost us. I think since we've been down the stretch here, all six games, it has flipped around for us. I'm really thankful for that. I'm proud of our guys. They never give up no matter what the circumstances. I thought we were in real trouble there at the end when we threw the interception, and our defense just shows up again and did a great job."
Gibbs on the offense:
"Our guys on offense were giving it everything we had. We tried a little bit of everything, and we couldn't get anything to work. I thought we tried to mix it up. We tried a little bit of everything. I think you have to give (Tampa Bay) credit. They had a heck of a game plan."
Gibbs on the shoulder injury to running back Clinton Portis:
"It cost us for awhile, but he came back, to his credit. He's a tough guy. He came back and slammed it up there for us." Portis on his status:
"I was kind of injured coming into this game. My shoulders were killing me. I think on the first series or two, I reinjured them." Quarterback Mark Brunell on the Bucs defense:
"They mixed it up, and there is a reason they were the best defense in the NFL. They were impressive. They had a lot of speed. (They had) a great game plan. We couldn't run it, and obviously, we didn't throw well, either. But our defense was incredible. You have to give a lot of credit to the Tampa Bay defense."
Receiver Santana Moss on the offense:
"We played against the No.1 defense. They saw what we did last time and made sure we did not do it again this time."
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