a lot of big plays from a lot of different guys. I think we answered the bell. It was a big game. We have some momentum going into the bye. |
Actually, we're still figuring it out. |
All losses are tough, ... but this one is tougher. |
And he did his homework on me, too. He talked to John Randle and Henry Thomas. He talked to [Saints defensive end] Joe Johnson , who I've worked with. He found out things about me and what I'm like to play for. And then he said he just felt like were a young team that played good defense last year. He felt like we were a team on the rise. |
Everybody's going to play, and I think the results were that guys were fresh in the fourth quarter when we needed to make plays. A lot of guys made them across the board. |
Hey, I saw Mike Ditka cry in New Orleans. If Ditka can do it, hell, anyone can do it. |
Hopefully, it's something we can build off of. |
I didn't want to, you know, talk about what if the CBA doesn't get done, what if the CBA does get done. I didn't want to be in that situation. I don't particularly like doing all the traveling and all of the free agent stuff, so I figured if it fits then why not try it on. |
I don't look at it and say, 'Boy, this is going to be a tough, four-game stretch' or 'Ooh, we've got three of the next four at home,' ... But once you're into it, like we are now, boy, we've got a tough three-game stretch, and we've got two of three at home. Now, when I'm in the meat of it, I notice stuff like that. |
I don't particularly like doing all the traveling and all the free agent stuff, so I figured if it fits, why not try it on? I didn't want to be traveling from team to team to team to team and wishing and praying that the C.B.A. gets done, I kind of wanted to get this over with as quickly as possible. |
I have no regrets about my time in Dallas or New Orleans or Oakland. My NFL experience is missing only one thing, and that's a Super Bowl championship. And that's what is keeping me going, keeping me hungry. |
I kind of knew what the options were. I knew it was going to come eventually, and here we are. |
I know what type of coach he is, and I know his resume. I think they can put together schemes very well, they can motivate, they can do all the things that great coaches do. |
I prepare the right way. I love to train and lift the weights and do the running and all that good stuff. I try to practice the same way as well, full speed and try to be extremely intense and take pride in what you do, and have passion about it. I don't think that is going to change one bit. |
I think I can play any defense. Whether at a nose guard, or a three-technique. I played some defensive end in the 3-4. I played some defensive end in the 4-3. I think a player has more value when he can do more things. |