[Cook] had been playing so well and we are going to miss him. But, we have guys that have to step up and make plays and fill in. |
Football is important but the fact that he got his personal life and school and family back in order, that is way more important than football. I am happy and very pleased that he got that in order. That's what I feel is more important. |
Gorham is really stepping up. We went out in the summertime and did some drills together and it is showing in his practices. They all look good. They are all working hard and they have been competing. [Brown and Cook] look like they are going to be good and they have been working real hard. They have so much talent. |
He's a load. You have to gang-tackle a guy like that and if you don't hit him low, he's just run you over. |
I don't know if we necessarily had something to prove, but we do feel differently than last week. Last week was a very humbling experience. . . . There's no moral victories, or anything like that, but against one of the top teams in the country, we played well. |
I have to try to instill in them that bad things are going to happen. It happens at every position on the field. Even though our position might get exploited a lot because we are the last line of defense, they still have to keep their heads up and stick together and they will be fine. |
I think he's just the type of person who is excited just to play football. He's that type of person that no matter where you put him at, he's going to work hard and do what he needs to do to improve, and he's been doing that. |
I was upset that they got that play on me, but I wouldn't have hung the blame all on myself. As a corner, you've got to take chances. I took a chance on him throwing an out and he threw a fade. |
If he had it at all, it was at the highest point. But as we were coming back to the ground, I had it. I don't think there was any way that he could have got the ball. |
It was a surprise that everything happened so quick. |
That's part of football. They're going to have to pick us up sometime. |
The secondary is a very tight unit. We just have fun out there together, that's what we've decided to do. I think it's one of the closest units on the team. |
The strip was a little more risqué when it first started. |
We always have something to prove. The secondary is always the one that gets yelled at. On TV, something bad happens, and it's always the secondary. That's all anybody sees. And unless you know the game of football, that's all you're going to think. |