(The defeat) is big, but it's a long season. We're not going to give away the season yet. |
[DE John Abraham played 34 snaps Sunday, but said yesterday that he is not yet 100%.] I've got a little bit more to go, but I felt pretty good, ... I felt like my old self out there. |
[MISSING MARKO: Backup OT Marko Cavka underwent surgery yesterday to insert a metal plate in his fractured left forearm, according to a source. It wasn't a fractured wrist, as first reported by the team. He will miss eight to 10 weeks. ... Abraham, in his latest comments about his franchise tag/contract dispute, reacted coolly toward the front office.] I came back strictly for my teammates, not for the people upstairs, ... I feel like I've proved myself, but that's not proof for them. I have to work with what they're doing. |
[Some players were more comfortable with the all-for-one mantra than others.] I can't speak for anyone else in here, but I'm going out and trying to win the game every week, ... We just lost, 27-0, and we lost our quarterback. I don't know what else to say. |
Any AFC East team we play feels like the biggest game in the world. |
As a defense we feel we can definitely pick it up more and we can hold teams down. I think we can win some games on defense, so that's something we're trying to prepare ourselves for if it has to happen. |
between one and 50. |
Contain him and try not to be overly aggressive, |
Even now I don't feel like I'm that far behind, ... I missed the whole preseason, pretty much, but I still don't fell like I'm far behind. I'm still beating people on some of the rushes I used to do. |
Everybody thinks that's good for us, but it's really not a good thing for us, ... If I shoot you three times, what are you going to do? Next time, you're going to put on a bulletproof vest, right? They're going to do something to protect the quarterback. They're not going to sit there and take it all game. |
He called me overrated because I didn't play in the playoffs, |
He started talking about the incident, the DWI, like it was a joke, ... But it's not funny to me. |
He started talking about the incident, the DWI, like it was a joke. But it's not funny to me. |
He's our teammate. We're not going to down him. We're going to embrace him with open arms, no matter what. |
He's played outstanding this year. He's kind of like the heart of this team, and for him not to make the Pro Bowl as a starter, it's not a slap in the face, but it probably hurt him. |