I'm thankful that I'm able to play, ... The Ravens have supported me and my wife from Day One, and I'm just thankful this is behind us and we can move forward. |
It will only be weird probably only the first time when they do introductions and everything because for so many years I was on the other sideline. It is still football at the end of the day. |
Jimmy Smith . He's my all-time favorite. When the Oilers-slash-Titans drafted me I was told the reason I was brought in was to cover a guy like Jimmy Smith. I remember the first time looking at the film of him, and he was unbelievable. Then, my first time playing against him, he was better than the film. He's just the ultimate competitor. He hasn't lost a step and he's a great receiver. I have the utmost respect for him. |
Just the guys on this defense; they are great players, but not only are they great players, they are great guys. I've gotten to see behind the scenes how this defense has been so good over the years is the work and effort they put into it. It is not just them going out and talking about it. |
Our relationship is more like brothers. He's kind of like my big brother, |
The significance of this decision goes farther than where he suits up on Saturday, ... It will shape him as a young man. |
There was a lot of pressure on us to come out and perform like we can and act civilized on the field. Now we just have to repeat like we did today and keep playing. |
They broke the team up anyway, ... I can't miss a guy who's not there. |
Today's loss epitomized our season. We're not supposed to lose to them, and we wanted to send Deion out right. It was a dream come true to play with him. He has been great for the game. |
We don't want to lose this game. We know it's a statement and that it's very important. |
We had high expectations going into the year. A lot of people got hurt, people let go, not brought back for whatever reason and after a while, you look up and you are 2-5 or 2-6 and it is not getting better. |
We haven't lost this tough in a while. This feels like losing to Baltimore [their former AFC Central rival]. |
We just need to make more plays and get off the field, and then everything will take care of itself. |
We never felt like they could drive the ball down the field on us. |
We played smarter and played for each other. It was a total team effort, and there was no individualism. The thing is we can't go back to where we were last week. |