I don't think the hype's going to die down until we lose. |
I don't think there's anything I can say that would convince people otherwise, if that's what they believe, ... I look at it like this: New England has beaten us, but they've beaten a lot of other teams as well. That's why they've won three Super Bowls. It's not just us. They've been a little better than us. Are they still better than us this year? That remains to be seen. |
I doubt that Edgerrin will play. |
I felt back in September that we probably wouldn't play our best defense until December, and I still feel that way. We're a growing team. We're still making lots of little mistakes, but our guys are maturing and I think we'll play well as a defense during that stretch. |
I felt the same way about Herman. Herman wasn't a coordinator ... he was a leader of men. Rod is a leader. He's a coach's coach. He's one of the best communicators I've ever been around. He's a motivator, and he is a great teacher. |
I got an extension in Tampa, and I didn't make it through that one, so it doesn't always mean anything, |
I guess people won't have as much to say if we don't play our starters the whole way or ask how can you denigrate the game that way. But we'll play, and I'm sure we'll play hard. We want to be sharp. |
I guess that's good in a lot of ways. But the defending champions are always the team to beat. And that's who everybody is focused on. |
I guess the numbers will speak for themselves. Those guys should get to play together for a lot more time. They may put up some numbers that will be hard to reach. |
I guess we won't have to answer the question what is wrong with the offense now. |
I have had my guys say what's on their mind before, and I encourage them to do that. That's what Joey Porter does -- a lot -- and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But I don't think it necessarily has much bearing on the game. I think there was some talking going on about 15 minutes before the last game and it didn't have much bearing on that game. |
I kind of figured it would. |
I like our team the way it is. I liked our team when we were winning 13 in a row and I still liked our team (Sunday). I wouldn't say in order to get to the next level, we've got to do this, this and this. I think we'll continue to grow and we'll be better next year than we were this year. |
I love playing Denver in the preseason because it's a good team, it's a good system and it's an exciting environment, ... This will be a good test because they're a lot like Baltimore. |
I really don't know how I'll react in the next few days. This will really be the first time I have to think about it. ... I would say right now, it's 100 percent I'll be back. What I don't know is how I'll feel in the next four or five days when I'm relaxing. |