Kerry is still one of my good friends. We talk frequently. It was a tough situation. Ultimately it was his decision to leave. We respect that and respect his desire to have another opportunity where he was going to be the lead guy, not the mentor guy. |
Knowing Stray, he'll play. He was walking around, but he wasn't walking all right. But he's always ready to play, even when he's hurting, he's OK. |
Not much fazes either of them, ... They both do a lot of their talking with their play. |
Not much fazes either of them. They both do a lot of their talking with their play. |
Now it's our backs against the wall. We have to go out to Oakland and win a big game. It's a very tough environment, especially given the fact it's going to be New Year's Eve and it's crazy enough as it is out there already. |
O'Brien added. ''And it still came down to a last-second stop on the 1-inch line. That just shows you the talent that they have and the capabilities they have. |
One of the things I miss the most this year is seeing him at every practice, sitting on that golf chair he always had. After games, you'd walk into the locker room and he'd be standing right there to shake your hand, win or lose. He was such a dignified and in some ways regal character who always respected the game and respected what this league is about. |
Our playoffs, in essence, start next weekend. Our guys need to go into this weekend with that kind of mentality because we need this win. We need to get our confidence back. |
Our quarterback is playing so great right now. You can see how he's improving exponentially each week. |
Our team is about running the ball and being consistent doing that. When we do that, we've proven that over 16 games, we'll win. It gives us a large advantage. Very few teams have been able to really curtail us. That's our strength. |
People would drive there, park and take a bus into the city. And there were probably about 100 cars that sat out there. And we drove by those cars every day. That made it very real. It made us think that a lot of these people would probably have been going to root for us the next week. |
Rushing the ball is all about ball control. If you run the ball, you control the clock. If you control the clock, you usually control the game. |
seemed to be fine. |
Special teams had been our strong suit this year. But it had its deficiencies today. |
Sports has a way of transcending what's appropriate, and that's OK. It's accepted. I'm sure the Saints will use [the Katrina tragedy] to motivate them all season long, and there's nothing wrong with that. |