Q. Obviously, we know you're a fiery guy. It seemed like this game was really chippy from really the start. What was your view of the game and particularly that fourth quarter sequence that got pretty out of hand?
SHAQ LAWSON: It's football, you know, and people. It's competitive. It's competitive. So people just talk between the lines. It wasn't nothing bigger than what it was. And I'm one of those guys that like to talk throughout the game. But it wasn't nothing bigger than that. We're two teams competing to win a game. That's all that was.
Q. Shaq, after that sequence, what did it mean for you to respond with that big sack and really for the defense to play well in all that followed?
SHAQ LAWSON: We just knew we had to play better second half than we did first half. I know we left some plays out there the first half. I guess that whole incident got the team hyped and ready to go. I guess it was momentum, but that's what that was, man. Hell, I finally made a play. It felt good. So other than that, it's just great.
Q. Shaq, you mentioned that play getting you guys all hyped up. With four games left, do you think maybe that's a play and a moment that can bring you guys a little bit closer together for the rest of the season?
SHAQ LAWSON: Yeah. You know what I'm saying? People remember what you do in December. That's what we -- December is the most important football. It is. It could take care of all the other months. So that's what's been going through my mind, plus my teammates' minds too, is December football. We've got to play our best football. There's no room for errors and things like that. That's our mindset, and that's what we've got to approach throughout the rest of the season.
Q. I know Nik got one later in the game, but for X to continue that take-away streak, obviously, he's found the ball a lot this season.
SHAQ LAWSON: Best cornerback in the league, you know what I'm saying? Hands down. He gets one every week. I never witnessed nothing like that. I mean, I played with a great cornerback last year, but to see a guy get a pick almost every week, it's incredible, man. I'm glad I'm witnessing one of the -- the best corner in the league.
Q. Shaq, you talked about the second half kind of going better than the first half for you guys. It seems like that defense feeds off this energy and off one another. What is it about when one guy makes a play and the next guy steps up and makes the next play and just continue that avalanche of plays?
SHAQ LAWSON: It's excitement. When you see a guy make a play, especially your teammate, and you know throughout the week he worked hard to make plays for Sunday, man, you just feed off of that. You want to go make the next play, and we just feed off each other, man. People is feeding off Kyle, Ogbah, Christian. Christian is the reason why like get us going. Like his energy and juice. I know I be part of that too, but Christian, it's been different since we've been having him back than before he was missing. You know, the energy level is a lot different having that guy.
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