We knew that his teammates at USC rallied around him. His coach, Pete Carroll, went on and on about his intangibles. He sets the tempo for a defense. He's very confident. |
We knew when we picked him that he was going to come here, and everybody was going to want him to succeed. We had that kind of consensus. We had a hunch on him as well. |
We lost our two starting receivers to injuries at various times. If we didn't have Joe, we would have had a skid. We wouldn't have had our 11 in a row and we wouldn't be here. |
We lost the game, so I don't have a great impression of the game. The teams were playing hard. As far as historically where it ranks, I don't know. |
We still have to look. We were looking even before Jeb went down. |
We told him we would not talk with him again until after the draft, if that's necessary. |
We took a gamble at bringing Peter in. The extent of his injury was probably more than we thought it was. He was a borderline. But we did know eventually he would be OK. |
We'd already had undersized inside players. For any other team, it would have been. For us, it was, 'OK, another 6-footer.' |
We'll talk again. I know their people real well. They're going to stay in touch and we'll see where it goes. |
We're going to take it slow and see how Ken goes. There's still more testing. We would never want to do anything that would harm him as we go forward. |
We're higher than I would like. But with a transition, you're going to get this. People who aren't fitting are not going to be here. |
We're just so proud of what he's accomplished. Not his numbers -- I mean, the sacks are great and everything -- but the character that he brings to our locker room, the discipline and the preparation and the work ethic. And that permeates throughout the locker room -- certainly along the defensive line -- and it adds to what this team has done. |
We're not just going to be focused on that, even on Day 2 if he's a good special-teams player and not a return guy. But I would think that we would come away with somebody who does one or both. |
We're so proud of what he's done. He really unified this group and became the quarterback of this group and the leader of this defense in a short period of time. My hat's off to him. |
We're still in the checking-it-out stage. We want to get through a scrimmage, maybe a game or two and then assess it. ... It's too early. You can't make any definitive judgments. |