“We definitely have not run the ball as well as we would have liked to have run it. I think as we go along we’ll get better at it. I think part of it is just the coordination and the cohesion of the guys up front – the better deepening of understanding of some of our new guys, whether it’s the tight end or center, the moving of the tackle to the guard and the new tackle, that type of thing. It’s also people. Certain formations, certain personnel groupings are just loaded up trying to stop the run, which has given us a chance to throw the ball well. As long as we continue to do that, I think things will change. It’s amazing how those things work hand in hand. But I think the passing game will help to set up the running game. You always hear just the opposite, but the reverse can be true, too.”

“We’re going to have to take some extraordinary means to try to solve that issue. The fact of the matter is that has to stop We talked about that this morning. We talked about it last night. We’ve got to sure this thing up and deny that part of the game.”

And here is Michael Boley on the importance of finishing this season:

“We didn’t do a good job of [finishing] last year so that was a big emphasis for us going into this year…. It is just a matter of ‘want to.’ I think we have a different mentality to finishing games now. I think at times last year, we got kind of lackadaisical at times. We got away from the things we did earlier in the game as far as keeping the pressure on. This year it is a different mentality as a team. Our whole mentality is to keep the pressure on and don’t let up, even during the times late in the game when we are behind like yesterday. It was kind of like don’t lose hope because there is always time.”

[via ESPN]