A big key to this game is eliminating the big play, and Randy can make the big play. |
A lot of things have to happen as far as the injuries. We have to get those guys back. |
Ahmad will get several opportunities in the nickel and he's on the special teams and for us the nickel back is like a starter. Over the last five years, our nickel back has played as much if not more than one of our linebackers because of the substitution. |
Anybody that can control the clock with a good running game, it's a slow death. We expect to see a lot of Reuben. |
Definitely, when Randy Moss is on the field, special attention has to be spent, |
Especially the last two weeks he's been more active, found more of a rhythm. He's shown a lot more range, had the big hit that caused a fumble in last week's game. We feel like he's getting more comfortable with his situation and not playing as conservative as maybe he was at the beginning of the year. |
He did a good job throughout the preseason of limiting the penalties. He had a couple spells where he had more penalties than he should have had. He has all the athleticism to carry out the technique, the speed to run with the receivers, the toughness. And he had a good camp, |
He has caught on surprisingly fast. The one thing he has going for him is he's played in the NFL and started a lot of ball games. So, he understands football. |
He just made us look silly, |
He was here all winter, all spring, had a tremendous amount of consistency and made a lot of plays on the ball throughout the offseason. His misfortune was he missed almost all preseason. |
He's a legitimate starter in our eyes. Thus far, he's done everything we've asked him to. |
He's improving. He's still learning a position. He's been moved around a lot. |
He's ready to step in any time we make the call. |
He's really had a nice camp. I can't say I'm that surprised because obviously we liked the guy a lot to take him as high as we did. |
I think there's a lot of things that get into it. He's been in the scheme for five weeks. He's gotten a lot more reps through the game experience. |