We decided to take a chance, and it worked out pretty good for us. |
We don't say one guy's a priority over the other. We do believe that we would love to have everyone back. It's hard to say where you can and can't go, because you don't know what's out there for the players yet, because they can't get offers from other teams. We want everybody back. Is that realistic? No. It's our challenge to keep this thing together the best that we can. |
We feel good about Nate. Nate was a kid coming out of small college, and he had to adapt. He had to make a more dramatic leap than a kid coming from a bigger school. Throughout the year, he got better and better and better, to where he helped us win a playoff game. You look at him and say, OK, this kid's got a chance to develop. |
We felt that Brett was going to be a full-time player on our team. |
We were unanimous in thinking Troy was worth the 16th pick. It worked out well for both teams. They got (running back) Larry Johnson. |
We'll enjoy this today and tomorrow. But we still have one more game to win. |
We're anticipating having cap issues once that final number is determined. |
We're happy with the way we operate, and if it's successful it will continue. They've been doing it this way a lot of years with success. |
We're not going to sign everyone. We may have to move on without some of the players who helped us win a championship. That's the way the game is today. |
We're not in a situation where we have to tear it up. When you look at our team, we have a lot of guys under contract for a minimum of two years. We're kind of caught up right now. |
We've never been a big free-agency team because we don't believe that's the way to put a team together, exclusively. We believe that the draft will always be the main part of your team, but we also believe that you'll have to plug in the occasional free agent. In recent years, we haven't gone after the high-end market (players) because we've concentrated on keeping our own players, who may have been higher-end guys if they became free agents. |
When it's this late in the year, you want someone who knows what it's all about. We knew him and knew he'd give us a good look in practice. |
You go into it with a certain plan and you have to adjust as the game unfolds. Personally, I think it's exciting. |
You're always looking for ways to improve. And each team goes about things in a different way. |