[But a funny thing happened on the way to Indy's first loss. Someone forgot to tell the Colts.] You've got to seal the envelope and put it in the mail, ... And we didn't seal the envelope. |
As a receiver you expect to be involved like that, regardless if Gates is there or not. With Gates not being there, everybody, not just me, realized that they had to step up and play bigger. |
As a unit, sure, we knew what we were doing. We want to score (a touchdown) every time we step out on the field; we feel like we have to score. That's our mentality. |
Baltimore, Chicago, Kansas City. |
First (game), second (game), it doesn't matter. They all hurt. |
Fortunately we have another opportunity to go out and get a good taste in our mouth. They say you're only as good as your last performance, and we've got one more performance to be good. |
He's a guy who has a passion and wants to help his team however he can. If he has to tear a guy's head off, that's what he'll do. |
I am very excited, not because it was their first loss, it was because we are still in this hunt for the playoffs. This was a must win for us and we have to continue to win to get in. |
I play for hardware. I want to help this team win. If it takes me to contribute like this, I will. At the end of the year, if you go out and have a big year it doesn't mean anything if you're not in the playoffs, if you're not winning a championship. |
I remember it clearly, it was a cut-off block, and seriously, it wasn't meant to be that way. It happened. It's my job to cut him and I did. There wasn't a flag. Even when they look at, it's not illegal. It's a cut-off block. |
I've got a chance to catch it. |
It ain't a coincidence that the players who've been in Tampa for years -- Key, [John] Lynch , [Warren] Sapp -- leave unhappy, ... Sometimes, where there's smoke, there's fire. They're unhappy for a reason. At some point you just want to play football, away from Tampa. You want to get out. That's where I'm at now. |
It hurts a lot, |
It was huge, ... That was a do-or-die win for us. Everyone was expecting us to be the hot team coming out of the box because we were the hot team at the end of the year. |
It was very important coming off a loss like we did in Philly, where we felt like we controlled it, ... We had to show the league we could bounce back from something like that. And we did. It was great to start fast. |