I relish the chance in that I need to step up as a leader. I need to show that I can be in a leadership role and help this team and hopefully lead this team and this defense to the playoffs. |
I think I helped the team, ... It's always good to get an opportunity to play a little bit. |
I think so, ... I think I've played hard enough, shown some good things and I haven't made any terrible mistakes. |
I thought maybe I had done enough to show I can play at a starter's level, ... So it was difficult. |
I wouldn't want to put it in anybody else's hands. I mean, you don't want anyone else taking your kids to school in the morning, you know? You want to take them, because you want your own responsibility. |
It felt good to get an opportunity to get on the field and play a little bit. I don't know what's going to happen in the future, but all I do know is when I do get the opportunity to make the most out of it. |
It would be huge. It would give a lot of confidence to this organization from the top down that we were able to accomplish anything we set our minds to. |
It's not like he's bringing magic dust or whatever to sprinkle on us. |
It's really tough to keep putting guys out there who have never really played that position before and they're just kind of thrown in the fire. |
It's very frustrating. That's why guys are so upset. |
Really, linebacker is linebacker and football is football. It's going out, making plays, hitting people and tackling. |
The coach and the players, it's taken awhile to get to where we know each other, and what to expect. There was a lot of talk last year about guys not being happy. It's been a big process of the leaders saying, let's meet halfway. That's been the biggest thing this year. Guys are taking ownership. |
They look like they have a lot more confidence now. They look like they're running around a lot more, having a lot more fun out there then they did against us. |
We knew we had to set a standard. Now we have a level we need to stay at. |
We need to stop the ball from going downfield. It's been inconsistent for us. |