Detroit Lions: Jim Caldwell, Players Comment on Week 17 Loss to Packers
By Zac Snyder
Tahir Whitehead
On if the team was aware of the Redskins game outcome prior tonight’s matchup: “No, either which way we didn’t care. We knew we had a game to play. We really weren’t worried about it going into this game. Our mentality was we win, we’re in. We still had everything in our control. We didn’t worry about anything else, so we just went out there with that on our mind, win the division.”
On knowing the team has clinched a playoff berth: “We’re in. No matter how ugly it was, we’re in. And at this point the record is erased, it doesn’t matter. It’s a new season. Now it’s win or go home and we’ve just got to go out there and get it done now. No matter how we were able to get in, the only thing that matters is we’re in.”
On how the team regains momentum after losing three games in a row: “It doesn’t matter. I think we have a really good team. We’re able to just refocus, be able to go out there and just be able to make whatever corrections that need to be made and go out there and play football. At the end of the day that’s all it really boils down to. You know, you need to go out there and take it one play at a time, one series, one drive at a time and go out there and just keep fighting, keep battling.”