I told our players I couldn't be prouder of them. We fought extremely hard all year. I really appreciate them taking me with them. |
I told Patrick that the decisions we've made, it should be pretty obvious, are based on the fact that we think a whole lot of him, ... We think he's got a tremendous future with us. |
I tried to make a joke, |
I tried to tell the players that you have to be realistic. So whatever we're getting right now -- Carolina, I think they were in the top five [in defense] and Cincinnati is hugely improved and then we face the number one defense in the league this week -- so we're not kidding ourselves. These guys are really good. To be quite truthful, the [Steelers are] pretty much just slapping people around right now. The first two games they were dominant on defense. |
I want to say a big thanks to our fans for all they did for us to get here. I feel humbled and really thankful. The Lord has blessed us with a great bunch of guys. |
I was concerned. I wanted to see what happened overnight. He gave me a good report. |
I was starting all over. It's a tough road up here and last year, for whatever reason, I probably deserved it (the criticism). |
I was very pleased with both starting groups there, ... It's still preseason, but we needed a good lift. |
I will be honest and say that I've never seen a schedule I like. |
I will say this, we don't listen to him all the time or we'd be out here in our underwear. |
I would like for the offense to look good, but that's not going to be easy against one of the best defenses in the league that I've gone against, ... It will kind of depend on how the game goes for us, but our game plan would be roughly a third, a third and a third. |
I'd love to have a rule where if you play on Monday night, you have to play at home the following Sunday. It's tough to operate on a short work week like that. |
I'd say for us, obviously we have a long way to go. We're going to have to go home. We've got a lot of work to do. |
I'd say we have, ... because of the team and the confidence factors and things. |
I'll probably address this for the last time, |