Brian Mitchell and Santana Moss, former veteran Washington Redskins couldn’t hold back their joy Saturday night immediately following the Commanders’ 45-31 upset win over the Lions in Detroit.
Here were some of the postgame comments by Mitchell and Moss.
Mitchell: “You know what, they (Lions) were talking so much trash before the game, I told them I had more Super Bowl rings than their whole franchise. Guess what, it is still true, because they won’t be going anywhere.”
“Listen, this team has proven how coachable they are, how much they care for each other and how poised they can be under pressure.”
“Jared Goff has been playing this game a long time. He’s a guy who I think is a d___ good quarterback. But five turnovers on him today and Jayro (zero). We have a magic, a magician, Jayden is a magician.”
Moss: “It was a special team win. One of the things that stood out to me was the turnover game and the sacks.
We knew this Detroit Lions team was going to give different looks and bring guys here and there. They waited until the second half to do so, but we still had an answer. That’s what we do, we have answers for the test and Jayden went out there and was phenomenal.”
Mitchell: We saw early they (Lions) are a quick-hit offense. We always say if our defense will just give us one turnover, well, they gave us five of them today! Listen, they went out there and took their heart! I’m going to just be honest with you.
They went out there playing a team that was supposed to be way better than them, more physical than them, and they took their heart. That is what you are supposed to do when you go out there. When you don’t make mistakes and they do, you are going to take that heart.”
Moss: I think defensively for us that was going to be the test, the key for us, to go out there and win some downs, whether it be a turnover here or there, or just putting them behind the chains.”
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“It (interception return by Quan Martin) was a great play by Quan to get things rolling, and it was like an avalanche after that.”
Mitchell was part of Redskins playoff teams in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1999, while Moss played on playoff teams in 2005, 2007, and 2012. They were both big-time producers and really enjoyed the team’s success this season.
