In practice, there's very few words being interchanged with us. That's a bonus to know that you can control your side of the ball and not have to worry if the other safety is getting it right. |
It's different, ... Roger left on his own. I didn't have a choice. The way I play -- my dependability, my work ethic -- the fans will remember that always. I don't know how anyone could ever boo me. |
It's easy for me as a competitor to say, 'I'm not going to miss any time, ... But right now, I have to be smart about it. ... I'm not worried about Sunday. Right now, I'm just trying to let my hand heal. |
It's guys like a Tom Brady and numerous other guys that when they come to work every day before an injury happens they prepare like they're the next in line, ... Those are the guys that are successful when they go in, and we expect that out of (Crowell). He has to take every advantage of this opportunity. |
It's guys like a Tom Brady and numerous other guys that when they come to work every day before an injury happens they prepare like they're the next in line. Those are the guys that are successful when they go in, and we expect that out of (Crowell). He has to take every advantage of this opportunity. |
Most important of all, he kept the defense fresh, |
Our record could easily have been 10-6 instead of 6-10 last year if we had been a little tougher at the end of the games. But I think with his personality, his mentality, his approach to the game, we'll be more alert and have a little bit better mindset when the going gets tough. |
So our focus was to go out there and play our best ball and give this guy as many opportunities as possible to get it right. |
That's what I expect out of myself. It wasn't fun, but I think I can tolerate a lot of pain. I went out there and made it happen. |
The bottom line is that going into the playoffs, I don't think any other team could say that they had two Pro Bowl quarterbacks, especially not a $100 million backup, ... We like our chances whoever we throw out there. ... I don't care [who starts]. We believe in both. |
The last few weeks we haven't been playing up to our capabilities on defense. We know that no matter what happens out there on the field, if we get a turnover they can't score. That's our mentality. As a good defense you have to be able to improvise on the run, even in adverse situations. |
The way the Patriots tried to back me into a corner. It didn't show a lot on their part, ... New England tried to squeeze me with a last-minute deal, so we took a risk and went on the market. |
There's definitely a sense of urgency. Even though we lost that Pittsburgh game (the season finale), we left feeling pretty good about ourselves. In this league, with all the movement and parity, you have to take advantage of the opportunities you get and not let them slip by. We want to take advantage of having a good team. |
Turnovers. That's the name of the game. We know that no matter what happens out there on the field if we get a turnover they can't score. . . . But it's always the teams that are plus in the turnover ratio that go to the playoffs and hopefully have a chance to win. |
We definitely got served a little piece of humble pie. We weren't able to match their intensity. . . . For whatever reason we got beat in every phase of the game. |