We'll see how he is at wake-up call on Sunday morning and we'll see how he is when he gets to the stadium. We'll see how he is and we'll let you know. I just can't come out and say he's not going to play. I can't come out and say he's going to play, and if he does play how many plays. |
We'll see. We might not do it at all, ... That might just be smokescreen because we do have other venues that we attack with. To have the emergence of Earnest Graham is big. We all know that Pittman can function in any formation and Carnell is a guy we think can be great, so yeah, we're really excited. It's been a while. |
We're all dejected, we're all down. Obviously, we've had our share of injuries, |
We're excited about our backs, |
We're going to do what the trainer says. We're all here to play games. |
We're going to play the regulars a little bit. They'll give way early to a lot of guys who we think are in key battles at certain positions, and guys who are young players who we think need game time. |
We're going to see if he's well enough to play. |
We're going to try to see if the front-line players are front-line players. We also want to look at the depth of our roster to make sure that we take advantage of the last evaluation for a lot of these guys. We're going to try to do it all in this game. |
We're looking at every receiver on every other team as well, ... They're not just up against each other. They're up against the whole network. I think they understand that. |
We're not going to let one defeat or two defeats or a negative road trip set us back from our goals. We realize this is a work in progress, this football team. We have a long way to get where we want to be, |
We're not going to sit here and try to justify what happened two or three years ago and what happened last year, |
We're not perfect. But we'll play hard and we'll make the corrections and our players will open their eyes and listen and do the best they can to get better next week. |
We're not perfect. We are not perfect. |
We're obviously very concerned. I don't want to speculate, but it could be a few weeks or it could be the rest of the season. |
We're pleased with the progress we're making. We're not saying we're ready for Canton (the Pro Football Hall of Fame) yet or Super Bowl XL or whatever it is. (But) there is an attitude there that is very good. It's what we want, the toughness, effort, the technique, the fundamentals are getting better. We are very physical. |