It's always good to see Jerry. But it's normal now. He's been gone for a while. It doesn't feel as weird to see him on the other side of that line now. The years pile up. I can't believe I've been here 12 years, so his longevity speaks for itself. |
Just the way it felt and how it was kind of contorted, I immediately thought it felt worse than it is. I was determined not to get carted off the field again, though. |
Our job is to keep those (offensive linemen) off the 'backers so they can run. |
That's just one game, and to sit here and say we've arrived, I can't say that, because we haven't, |
That's just one game, and to sit here and say we've arrived, I can't say that, because we haven't, ... There's definitely a lot of room for improvement and a lot more games ahead of us. |
There's a lot of reasons to be optimistic. I think we're headed in the right direction. It doesn't happen overnight, but we're going the right way. |
We came out prepared and fought together, we played hard and we just believed in ourselves and our plan and we got it done. |
We didn't get it done. We just didn't make enough plays to help us win the game. It's a good thing we've got the bye. We can change some things and get it turned around. |
We were able to get the first sack of the year on (Manning). That was one of the plays we did well, but we needed more of that. |
We're still in this season, and it's been my approach since I was a rookie to take it one game at a time. I'm feeling good right now, though. |
We're struggling to get back to where we were years ago. It's a cycle. |
When you present different looks, it gives them something to adjust to, and I don't know if they made the adjustments. |
With our linebackers coming or our safeties coming, ... it changes things up to allow each guy to get some pressure in the quarterback's face. |
You could look at it that way. As good as they are, we did contain them as best we could for three quarters. But we didn't make the plays we needed to toward the end of the game. |
You'd have to say all of them, but Barry Sanders was special. I remember the one highlight film against the Bears -- that's the one that stands out -- and he's had a couple of great games against us. The guy is amazing to watch and to play against. I might have whiffed on him once, but I saw a lot of others whiff on him, too. You can't take any one back for granted because others will make you whiff, too, but he really stands out. |