There is a point where even the most stinging loss begins to recede into the background. It doesn't vanish, but the next opponent and gameplan replaces it in earnest. It continues to sting and hurt, but it becomes a symbol more than an experience. The wound doesn't close as much as it scars, leaving a new, updated mentality and version shaped by what happened.
"We need to have the fight of the underdog when we are the team that's picked to win," quarterback Anthony Brown said. "We need to keep the same energy and never switch up.