It's a little bit more to do with off-the-field ? academics and some things like that. (Head coach John L. Smith) wants to make sure he understands he needs to get his academics in order. So that's why he's there. |
We have, in my opinion, the best quarterback in the country [ Eli Manning ], we have some great receivers. We see it every day. Then we were going out facing other teams that had good players -- but nothing better than what we had -- and we were struggling. |
We're kind of one of those no-name defenses. We're not going to have a whole lot of guys drafted, but we've got about 22 guys that play extremely hard, very team-oriented, and a bunch of guys who play enthusiastically. We have fun. |