We were still good enough that we decided let's give it another shot. But we got to this year and said it's time. Rather than try to tippy-toe our way through it, we just took it all in one big shot. |
We were thrilled to death to have an opportunity to get him back. So it worked out well. It's a plus-plus, and we're awful happy. |
We will be able to participate in free agency. We will not be a big player. We will be able to participate. The players we have now, we have money pocketed in three or four different places. |
We won't exercise. You can write that if you want, though I don't think it will be a surprise to anybody. |
We're kind of waiting on a counter from them. We're still way early in the negotiations. We're just getting started. It's just a matter of trying to find some common ground and going to work on that common ground. |
We're of course prepared to live with that cap number. If that has to be the case and if we have to, we will. But we'd prefer to lower it. |
We're trying to standardize everything we're doing as much as possible so that at some point in time we'll be able to evaluate. |
We're very pleased to have Kyle here for the next several years. |
We're very pleased to have Kyle here for the next several years. Last season he exemplified himself as an important part of our defense through his work ethic and intensity on and off the field. It helps us to get something worked out with him before free agency, and I think both parties in this case were able to accomplish what they wanted with the deal. |
We've had a premise and a game plan for that set aside all along in our plans -- a Plan A, Plan B, Plan C type of thing -- so we've been able to work through it. |
We've seen him play successfully as both a fullback and a running back, ... I think we're going to be real open-minded and bring him in and just see where he excels. He's a big, strong, heavy kid. We're anxious to get him in and let him do some different things and see what he does well. |
What happens is in camp you can go five days and get in eight or nine practices, ... During the regular season, you might get in 21/2 practices in five days. What you miss in camp, it takes weeks to make up that time. |
Whatever the rules are, we'll follow them. I personally think it's healthier for the league to have a cap, but that's my opinion. |
You have to probably be happy with that, |
You see flashes of what you're getting, ... But you can't see it with any consistency. |