Rian O'Neill insists Armagh will not be getting ahead of themselves despite comfortably seeing off Donegal in the battle to reach the All-Ireland quarter-final.
The Orchard County will be in Monday's draw for the last-eight after a 3-17 to 0-16 win in their qualifier clash in Clones.
O'Neill made a telling contribution, scoring one of their three goals from a penalty just before half-time.
"We're not getting ahead of ourselves. We let ourselves down (before) and that's the first time in about eight years we've put two big championship games back-to-back together and we're just looking forward to the next game whoever that may be," he told RTÉ Sport at full-time after being awarded Man of the Match.
But the forward felt the performance against Donegal showed the potential of Kieran McGeeney's side when they play to their level.
"A few weeks ago, we looked at ourselves and saw that our intensity wasn't there. Today I think everybody could see the intensity was there from the word go," said O'Neill.
"We're a different team when we play like that and if you bring the intensity, you'll not be too far away."
The intensity was aided by a lightning start which saw O'Neill's team-mate Rory Grugan score the opening goal after barely 10 seconds of play.
⚡️What a start from Armagh as Rory Grugan scored the opening goal within seconds of the throw-in #rtegaa
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