I’ll tell you what, last week was great. It’s funny, with those type of stats, you’d think it’s tough to win, but we did it. Our coaches, they’re working their butts off. The win was definitely a turning point for us and I’m blessed and happy for this team. I was just watching the offense and kept getting more and more excited.

For an opposing defense, It’s tough, man. Because nobody wants to get run on. I just thank God that the things we’ve been doing as a team have been working. I just pray to God that everything keeps going and we give Broncos Country this good football they deserve.

Now we’ve got Thursday Night Football, primetime, the only show in town. I’m excited. But when it’s all said and done, I want to share it amongst these guys, my teammates. I’m looking forward to the challenge, seeing our guys going out there and balling out.

It’s the third straight USC quarterback we’re about to play — first Carson Palmer, then Matt Cassel, now Mark Sanchez. Being a UCLA guy, it’s funny. But Mark Sanchez is probably one of the best quarterbacks I played against in college. He really motivated me for my first offseason because of the things he did to me when I was a freshman. So I’m looking forward to the challenge. That dude, he’s a competitor, and I’ll say it — he came from a great program. He’s cut from that cloth. So it’ll be fun out there tomorrow night.

Last Sunday was my first taste in seeing a great offense like this. That’s no slight against all the offenses we’ve played against – the Packers are just a great team. They are the defending Super Bowl champions. The thing about this week is that I learned some things that I need to improve on and I also see some things that I did better at.

One thing is I grabbed my first interception. But you know what? I wasn’t happy – I didn’t even smile, because I know that there were some other opportunities I left out there on the field, and that is my fault. And I wasn’t happy because when you’re losing, you shouldn’t crack a smile at all. So after that thing happened, I just brushed it off. I really didn’t care, because I wanted to win the game. Green Bay played a great game and we learned from our mistakes.

Whenever you lose there’s always a lot of woulda, coulda, shouldas. I was disappointed because of how hard we worked throughout the week and our gameplan was perfect. I just hate losing. I’ve lost before in my career, and it’s not fun.

But how hard we took it just shows how much this team wants Ws. Whenever you play a sport like this, especially with the coaching staff we have, you should expect to win. One thing about individual accolades — sure, you can look good. But when you win, everybody looks good. Our main job is to make Coach Fox look as good as he is. That man deserves wins. He’s, what, the third active coach in wins? We want to get him to number one.

I’m going to tell you one thing about sports. When you play on the road, it shows you how much you really can do. It shows your ability. When you play at home, you feel comfortable. When you’ve got to play on the road in a hostile environment, that brings the most out of you. I love road games.

Getting that first win was cool. It was a blessing. I just feel blessed and honored to be able to share it with a group of guys that I have love for in this organization. Just overall it’s always a good feeling.

I was thankful for Coach Fox’s first win as the Broncos’ coach, and we players need to make sure he has many more to come. Because he deserves it.

The game came down to a drive in the fourth quarter, and the defense had to step up. It was just a point in time in the game where big-time playmakers made big-time plays in big-time situations. Wilhite, Von, the whole defense, we came together and we made it happen. But it all started off when the offense set the tone for us. Overall it was great execution on both sides of the ball.

Monday Night Football. You know what? Running out of that tunnel, I really told myself — it really felt like I accomplished something in my life. I was proud of myself because first of all, I trusted in God. I obeyed my parents and respected all my elders, and I worked so hard. I worked so hard to get here. So hard. Words can’t even explain it. So I was just thankful to be able to share that with some of my favorite players of all time. I’m sorry we didn’t come out with the win, but despite that, it was a blessing.

Seeing Brian Dawkins do what he does, it was great. My mom and uncle were surprised of how hard the dude can still hit. But you know what, you wouldn’t even know how old he is watching him play. He’s a great man. I love that dude. I couldn’t ask for anything better. Playing with him is like playing with Rod Woodson, Ed Reed, Ronnie Lott or Steve Atwater — he’s in that group. If I want to be the best one day, I’ve got to learn from the best. And I get to do that here.