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Q: You look like you had a lot of energy stored up.

Washington:"My mentality was, even when I wasn't active, keep preparing like I'm playing. You never know when your number is going to get called. When it gets called you need to be ready. That was my biggest deal, that's what I was trying to do."

Q: Did the veterans pull you aside and say 'hey, keep it up, we're going to need you'?

Washington:"A couple of guys talked to me. I was a little down. They told me it's a long season. It's like I said, you never know when you're going to be needed. Today we were all needed as a group. I'm glad we had good success running the ball."

Q: It scrapped the energy when [Derek] Carr went down. The whole thing changed. You guys were having a great day then things came up sour.

Washington:"Yeah, that's our guy so that's definitely going to be a mood changer. We understand that we've come too far to look back now. We're playing for the best. We understand that everyone needs to step up their game a little more."

Q: The running game you will really need maybe now more than ever.

Washington:"Yeah, the running game, passing game, blocking, everybody has to step up their game. It's playoff time. Regardless of who got hurt you want everyone to step up their game to another level."

Q: How did it feel to get loose like that out there, get your first touchdown?

Washington:"It felt good to finally break the seal and get in the end zone. Hopefully it's the first of many."

Q: That second one you took off like a shot.

Washington:"It was a great block by Andre [Holmes]. He sprung me. The safety came down hard and he cracked him in. It was a wide open field then. It was a great block."

Q: Do you think the way you ran the ball today bodes well with a back-up quarterback coming in with you guys needing to protect him with some running?

Washington:"I think any time you can run the ball it helps whoever is at quarterback. We definitely understand that we need to run going forward, but not only run we need to execute our offense and play better on special teams. Keep the momentum on defense."

Q: Why are those gun runs so effective? You guys were just gashing them off that.

Washington:"Ask those guys over there. The O-line made our lives easy. We saw some things on film that we liked and we were able to execute it today."

Q: How about for you today having a breakout game?

Washington: "I felt good. It came with the preparation. Those few weeks I was out I was hungry to get back out there and attacked it as if I was playing."

Q: 99 yards, you left one out there?

Washington:"I left one out there. I'll take it. We got the win."

Q: When you break one open like that, see daylight and the goal line, do your eyes get like saucers?

Washington:"Yeah your mouth gets watery. To be able to in there twice after not being able to get in there all season is probable the best Christmas gift I got in a while."

Q: How about that back-to-back 22-yard touchdown runs?

Washington: "Like I said, the o-line made my job easier on the second one. Andre did a hell of a job on the block, I was untouched because he did a good job on the safety so kudos to those guys.

Q: Where you in on the play when Carr was hurt?

Washington: "No, I wasn't."

Q: From your vantage point break down what you saw.

Washington:"It was a strange play. His foot got stuck in the ground. I don't know what happened to him but I'm definitely [praying for him."

Q: What was the emotion like after that happened on the sideline?