That's what we would like to think. I do think our core players are in place. They're established, and they're young. I don't think this is our best squad that we'll have. I think next year will be a better squad than we had this year. There's no reason why we shouldn't be able to make a stand for a long time. |
The backup quarterback is always the favorite guy. Is there excitement for Craig? I would like to think there is. There's excitement for Jonathan being better this week also. |
The cornerbacks get behind. They can go through a spell where they misjudge the ball. It's no more than that for Charles. We're not going to completely change his game. The next time we play, he'll be in a little bit better position. |
The defense really played well. (They had) too many penalties, but we need to get something going on the offensive side. |
The goal is to win the world championship and put yourself in the best position to do that. If that takes resting some guys, we'll see how it goes. |
The interception was a big play, but I still thought he did good for his first time out, ... We have to do some other things better around him. Even with all that, I thought we were in great shape in the fourth quarter. We were in position to at least be able to get a field goal — and the three penalties really knocked us out of it. |
The interception was a big play, but I still thought he did good for his first time out. We have to do some other things better around him. Even with all that, I thought we were in great shape in the fourth quarter. We were in position to at least be able to get a field goal - and the three penalties really knocked us out of it. |
The interviews basically help you to get your first good read on a [player's] character and honesty. |
The quarterback position, we need to play better at it. We know we need to get going in the passing game. [Orton] will play better than what he played [against Green Bay]. You have games like this where you don't play your best ball. |
The return game is an area that we talked about improving, and we did add a few guys, a couple players that can do that. You can make a case for every player that we have to bring us some type of help. |
The situation is different for different positions, |
The turnovers were big. I like the way the defense finished the game at the end because Green Bay had a little momentum going. |
There is nothing wrong with three runs and a punt. A team like ours can live with that because we think we're going to get a few turnovers and set that offense up in good position where we can get something done. Eventually we feel like [our opponents] will do something wrong before we will. |
There was nothing wrong with the system. The system we had last year is working in St. Louis and Kansas City. It just wasn't a good fit for us. Once you know it ... you've got to change it. |
There were a few things we tried to get accomplished - wanted to get accomplished, I might say. No. 1, getting Thomas Jones his 1,300 yards. That was big. Good player, had an outstanding season. It was good to see him get that. |