It's just a matter of him getting used to what we're doing. I'm not sure we're there quite yet. I'm going to talk with the defensive coaches in my meeting this afternoon with them and just see where we feel he is. He's a guy that hasn't really gone through preseason and has not been in the scheme per se, as a player physically worked into the scheme. So, obviously, we have a little concern there. |
It's just rest. There's not a lot you can do about it. It's just time, ... And we've dealt with these before with (Robert) Ferguson and also with (Donald) Driver and it takes a while to get back from something like this, and that also affected our decision. |
It's not like there's options. The options are decided in the offseason and in the draft and in the preseason and so forth. Now, we have our team set, and we have to be able to fix it from within, coaches and players alike. I firmly believe we can do it. (But) I'm not going to say it's easy. |
Joey's still starting on Sunday. He's fine. |
Last year felt bad. This feels bad, too. |
Like I said earlier in the week, I'm going to keep that part of it close to the vest. Obviously, after the first ball game, it's all out there anyway for (the next) 15 weeks. |
Mike Flanagan is a more experienced center, has given us a lot of great reps, is still able to do that, has played with that hernia for longer, for a good part of this season, ... (He) still is a Pro Bowl center caliber and hopefully we can get him back in there and get him going in that direction. |
Mike's role will be enhanced this week. |
More than likely, the seriousness of this would take away his season this year. That's very unfortunate. He was playing well at the time. |
My agent and I haven't had too many conversations. I'm going to take some time to think about it. |
My understanding is that he'd be ready to go next year. But I can't validate that. |
No more than I do with my kids when they go out on a Friday night. It's the same thing, |
No one was fighting for a job this week, ... Everybody knew where we were going. We were just trying to keep it close to the vest. I don't think it had anything to do with it (the defeat). |
No scheme is foolproof, but he knows it and can teach it. It's going to take some time. It's not going to happen overnight that our players are in synch with everything. Our fans probably expect it to be an overnight deal, but it's not going to happen that way. It's going to take some steps to get it right. |
No, you don't expect the mistakes to come from the guys that you've always been able to depend on. Sometimes it gets to the point where guys are pressing a little bit too hard. That may be the case in regard to Favre. |