(Derrick ) Brooks said it best. We don't realize it now, but those penalties will come down and bite us in the butt down the road. We need to take those things now and realize that penalties will hurt us in the long run. |
He's a Hall of Fame quarterback, ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. |
He's going to get killed. You can only do that for so long. As a quarterback, you need to pick and choose when you can do that. He'll learn. |
I didn't win it, |
I feel like home is always with the starters. It's wherever the coaches want me to play. |
I said, |
I think I was in fifth grade, |
It's a blue-collar position, ... No one knows what goes on at that position. A lot of things are filtered through (the strongside linebacker). He's doing a lot of dirty work and that's the glamour part about it. You've just got to do those things and not do more than you can. |
It's all about timing. |
It's amazing how things work out, ... When your opportunity comes, you've got to make the most of it. |
It's early in the season and nobody is going to remember who ranked first in defense after four weeks, but to be part of all this and know you're contributing makes you feel good about coming to work, |
Oh, it was definitely a point of reference. It was definitely something that was talked about. |
That was difficult, ... Anytime, whether you're a doctor or a lawyer, when they bring somebody else in to do your job, that's pretty frustrating. They obviously wanted to go a different direction, and I was demoted. |
That was difficult, ... If you're in a job or a position and they bring someone in to do your job and then they demote you, that's frustrating, but you've just got to keep working and improving. |
That was difficult. Any time you're in a job, whether you're a doctor or lawyer, and they bring somebody else to do your job and demote you, that can be frustrating, ... It was frustrating as a linebacker that they wanted to go a different direction. But you've got to keep working and improving and now I have another opportunity to play. |