GREEN BAY PACKERS, MIKE McCARTHY - Ingles

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP

Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers

Sunday, January 23, 2011 - Soldier Field - Chicago, IL

On how it feels to be going to the Superbowl

“I’m numb. It’s a great feeling. I’m just so proud of our football team. You know, it’s always tough coming into Chicago to win a football game. I have tremendous respect for the organization and Coach Love Smith. We felt we had them on the ropes there for a while. We just couldn’t get the game to a three-score game. I think that says a lot about them as a football team. But it also says a lot about us as a team. Defense, special teams, people making plays down the stretch. It was the typical Green Bay-Chicago game with everything on the line. I’m very proud of our players and very proud of our coaches. As we stated, we have a goal of playing 16 quarters and we’ve completed 12. We’re fired up and getting ready to go to Dallas, Texas and see who our opponent is.”

On Green Bay’s big plays

“Rodgers’ big tackle – you would hope that wouldn’t be in the “big play” category, but that is the play I was referring to when I said we had the chance to get to a 3-score game. That was obviously a big turnover for Chicago. B.J.’s play was a huge turnover for us, and obviously the 7 points that came off of that. Adverse situations were a major emphasis for our football team. Time and time again we’ve been stepping up big time throughout the season. It definitely happened here today, and that’s why we’re moving on to Dallas.”

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