Q.  Are you guys ready after this week of practice?  Give us a feel for it.

        PLAXICO BURRESS:  The mindset is it's one game.  That's what it's been all week.  That's been the mindset for us as a team all year, but definitely going into this game you really don't want to look too far ahead, you just want to concentrate on the task at hand and focus on the details that's going to get us to the next level.

        You know, there's going to be some plays that we're going to have to make to win this game.

Q.  You're one of the few that has played in one of these games.  It's not just a normal playoff game, it's different?

        PLAXICO BURRESS:  It's not a normal game because everybody knows that the next game is the Super Bowl.  With that being said, guys are going to be physical until the whistle blows.  It's going to take great effort during the plays to get off of the line of scrimmage and make those blocks so the running back can get through the hole.

        It's going to take a lot of extra effort to get these yards that we need to win, and it's not going to be easy.  We've just got to go out there and lay it on the line and understand the caliber of this football game.

Q.  Talk about the whistles.  A lot of the Packers have been complaining about contact from players in that Week Two game, you, Amani, Shaun O'Hara, after the whistle.  Your thoughts on that.

        PLAXICO BURRESS:  It's football.  Nothing they did ­­ it was all within the rules and within the game.  But they can make all the excuses that they want to.  It's going to be a physical game.  I said earlier, guys are going to be taking cheap shots.  We know that going into the game.  We've just got to have our mindset going into the game and be physical right back, don't get pushed around.  Just go out and play hard and do everything within the rules of the game.

Q.  Your offensive coordinator said that their cornerback is going to stretch the limits of legalities.  Do they do that more than most teams?

        PLAXICO BURRESS:  Yeah, because this is the style of defense that they play.  They press guys, they come out and bump and run.  They basically do it almost every play.  With me and Amani, we're going to have to be patient getting off the line of scrimmage into a jam, and our linemen will have to block it up a little bit more so it gives me and Amani time to get into our routes.

        We know going into the game that it's going to be some tight coverage.  We're going to have to make some tough plays even with the weather, the wind or whatever it may be.  We've just got to go out and get off of the ball and get into our routes and make some tough catches.

Q.  With Al Harris, the second the ball is snapped, is that like hand­to­hand combat with him?  What's it like?

        PLAXICO BURRESS:  For me, I'm the extra receiver so I'm the closest guy to the line of scrimmage.  Al has extremely long arms.  I do, too.  When the ball gets hiked, it's almost like who can get whose hand on who faster.  It's that type of game, trying to get guys' hands off you so you can get into your routes.

        It's going to be a battle.  I played against him early, and he's a physical corner, he's a good corner, and we're going to have to deal with it.

Q.  Is there any part of you at all that's excited about it being cold?

        PLAXICO BURRESS:  You know, going to the Super Bowl, you've got to earn it, and that's the situation that we're in right now.  Going into this game we know it's going to be cold and everybody knows that, but it's mind over matter.  Don't think about the cold.  Your heart will take you wherever you want to go.  Don't focus on the cold, focus on winning the football game.

Q.  As a receiver is it not so much the cold for you but the concentration if it's a windy day?

        PLAXICO BURRESS:  Yeah, I don't think the cold ­­ like I said earlier this week, I don't think the cold is really going to affect our route running as far as us making breaks and getting into our routes.  I think with the wind, with the ball swirling around going up and dropping and taking dives and things like that, I think that's the thing that we're worried about as receivers, looking at the ball all the way into your hands.  On Sunday nights you can take your eyes off the ball as soon as it hits your hands, but in games like this you really have to always look at it.

Q.  What changes have you seen in Eli's game?  He's been so consistent lately and he wasn't always that way.

        PLAXICO BURRESS:  That's the thing.  Playing this game you want to be consistent.  I think consistency will be what will take you to the next level in this game.  We've been able to convert on 3rd down, make plays into the blitz and to the pressure, and those are some things that we're going to have to continue to do if we want to win this game.

        All we do is ask him to go out and be Eli, be consistent, put us in the right plays so we can be successful.  He's done that this far and we expect him to keep on doing it.