I don't think this team gets frustrated. Not that I've noticed. |
I expect the team to improve throughout the season. There's lots of football, lots of time for me to get better. |
I had an opportunity to play other places, but this one was probably the most challenging. |
I think we had some banged-up DBs here last year. I wasn't here, but we managed to survive. |
I took a couple of free-agent trips, |
I was in Pittsburgh and they let Rod Woodson go. There were posters that (read) 'Rod Is God' inside the stadium. If a team can let God go, they'll definitely let me go, too. |
If we find a way to win this game, I want to see how we handle all the success. How will we react? We've got a bye week coming up. Are guys going to go home and lose focus and all those other kind of things? Suppose we lose this game by some close score. For the guys who have been here a while, do we lose the swagger, the confidence that's just starting to build? Do we think, 'Oh, this is just like it was before around here?' That's why this is so huge. |
It is not awkward at all. There is a hierarchy and you follow the hierarchy. He is the defensive coordinator. It is not how old you are. He has been doing this for a very long time for someone his age. The hierarchy is also based on how well you do your job, and he does his job very well. He has earned the respect. |
It's a guessing game. You've prepared for some guys, then all of a sudden they release them. Then you have to prepare for some new guys. You have the unknown. Obviously, every team is going to have some new wrinkle. What is that wrinkle? ... You just have to be prepared to get to the sideline and adjust. |
It's way too early in the season to say the sky is falling, ... no one likes to try to tackle somebody and come up with nothing. That's a personal embarrassment. |
Monty and I have both put pressure on ourselves to be the best we can be. But those guys are legends around here for a reason--they've made legendary plays, ... You have two different guys trying to play those roles on the team, but we can't pretend to be those guys. We have to be Monty and Chad. |
That's obviously very motivating, ... Coach putting the red dot on you (while) watching film and letting you know this was not acceptable. He was an equal opportunity dotter. No one has played perfectly. |
That's when the harshness of the business in this sport comes into play, |
The biggest difference for me so far is everyone is so mentally prepared, |
The funny thing is, I've watched games from last year, practices from last year, |