Duce is working this week, hopefully he'll be ready by Sunday, but he is not ready to carry the load and he hasn't really practiced even through training camp, |
Duce probably had his best day of work, but will still be questionable. Jerome is coming along quite well. |
Duce was probably 90 percent. He wasn't 100 percent and everybody else [among the running backs] was. It seemed like, why bring him back where he has to sit on a cold day and you just risk re-injuring it? He should be ready to go next week. |
Duce, quite frankly, might not be 100 percent this whole year. Jerome Bettis, he gives you something. |
Even at the end of the game, you can see what he gives you, that extra two, three yards. I have so much appreciation for him, more than I can even express. We've been through a lot together. |
Every defense you have, there is a void in there somewhere. He finds it, ... The thing we've got to do is make the time for him to process all that a little shorter and to try to confuse him a little bit. You're not going to confuse him for a long period of time, but maybe just long enough to disrupt their passing game. |
Everything came back negative -- or positive from our standpoint. There's nothing really there. He'll feel better. We'll see how he feels today and monitor how much he does. He'll be fine by Sunday. |
Everything went fine. He's at home resting comfortably. |
For a first year starter, Max has really had a tremendous year. The guy has never really missed a beat. He's gotten a little bit better each week. He's been there every Sunday for us. What Max has done speaks volumes. Max is a bright guy and he's a big man. And he has good feet for a big man. He's had a very solid year. |
For every yard that he's gained on the field, this guy, in my mind, has exceeded that off the field ? the kind of guy he is, the way he gives back and what he stands for. I've never been around too many guys like that. |
For us to come in and do what we did today, it took a supreme effort in all three phases, and had nothing short of that today. |
For us to come in here and do what we did, it took a supreme effort. |
Fourth-and-one with a Jerome Bettis , it's just an easy call to make. I feel so much appreciation for him. |
From our standpoint. There was nothing really there. |
Given the fact he's the only guy I have ever worked for, a lot of who I am and how we do things and what I believe in comes from Marty. |