He was like, 'Sometimes it can make you hungrier that you weren't out there and it wasn't just given to you. You had to work for it and continue to show people that you're worthy of the position,' ... This off-season the staff and organization showed some trust in me, and I'm just going out there trying to prove them right. |
Honestly, we'll be competitive. I'll hit him. |
I can't lie and say I haven't been waiting on this game for a while. We both have. |
I can't rest on my laurels or say that it looks like I'm going to be the starter, ... I still have to go out everyday and prove it. |
I didn't make a play on him. |
I still have my same room over there. I can still crash. |
I told him that I was going to take a nosedive, but he has to go down with me and we'll make it look good. No one gets hurt, he doesn't gain any extra yards, the coaches don't chew me out and we can live to see another day. Yeah, we're going to have a truce. |
It was a big statement, ... That's what we try to do all the time. I was telling some of the guys, 'We are a blue-collar city. We are a blue-collar defense.' We may give up a few plays here and there, but the most important thing is keeping them out of the end zone and we were able to do that today against a great offense, an offense that can beat you in so many ways. |
It was funny. We were going back and forth with each other, talking the whole game. |
It's a special chance for us to showcase what we can do. We can show everybody that this is a new team, not the same old Lions . |
It's just a weird feeling. You try hard. You play hard to get something going. We got some things going in the second half, but we spotted them 20 points, and we just ran out of clock. That's how I feel about it. We got started a little late and ran out of time. |
leave it to y'all in the media to figure out who got singled out. This is still a team game and what's said between these walls stays between these walls. |
That's a big loss. He's a Pro Bowler, ... I think that limited them. |