I know it affected him pretty deeply, and I felt bad for him. It was one of those things where I knew he was going to be important to us the rest of the season. I really tried to pick him up. |
I love playing for Ray. I just hope he gets better. I know he'll be better when he can. With Ray, they'll have to tie him down to keep him from being here right now. |
I promise you, everybody made a much bigger deal about it than we did. We weren't really that concerned with it. It's a new team, a bunch of new guys on this team. Everybody else is bringing it up, but we never did. We don't care about it. It was really never an issue to us. |
I think guys are going to be very ready to play this week. |
I think so. I think they have a lot of confidence in what he's doing. |
I think we might not have as much talent on our defense this year, but I think we have much better team players this year. Guys aren't going out there and freelancing. They're spending more time in film study and playing good assignment defense the only way it should be played, and that's at 100 miles per hour. |
I'd appreciate a blowout every now and then. It would make it a little easier on the stomach. But as long as we keep winning, we'll take them any way we can get them. |
I've seen a lot of (stuff) in my time in the game, but ... . |
If anybody can do it, Seneca can. Without question, Michael Vick is the best athlete in the NFL. |
If you are looking for silver linings, I think that went pretty darn well. It was a much better job of getting our checks out there on defense than we had all of last year. |
It lends instant credibility to the Lions. I think he can do a number of good things for their offense and I hope he does it. I love coach Martz. He'll do great things for Detroit. |
It picks up. You're facing these guys twice a year. They know you, and you know them, so the intensity is there. It's a game we've got to win. |
It was a great season. We played well. I'm very proud of how we did defensively, and it just didn't end up the way we wanted it to. You have to be able to overcome any obstacles that are in your way. We can't control what they [officials] do; we can only control what we ourselves do. |
It's going to be a 60-minute battle. I practiced against him for six years, but Orlando's practice speed and his game speed are two different things. I'm going to have to work. |
It's kind of tough to say it's all for nothing, but we're back at zero now and we don't have anything to show for it. |