“His instincts are still there and that's what separates him from other linebackers. He's just got a great feel for what everyone on the defense is doing, how the offense is trying to attack him. And couple that with his great instincts and that's why he makes plays.”
“If we find a way to win this game, I want to see how we handle all the success. How will we react? We've got a bye week coming up. Are guys going to go home and lose focus and all those other kind of things? Suppose we lose this game by some close score. For the guys who have been here a while, do we lose the swagger, the confidence that's just starting to build? Do we think, 'Oh, this is just like it was before around here?' That's why this is so huge.”
“There are only so many linebacker spots. I assume the more he plays, the less I play. . . . I have to be prepared to play the whole game as I do every week.”
“Football is a team game. Individually, you can have breakdowns, but if we all do our job as a team, we can make up for an individual breakdown here or there.”
“I was in Pittsburgh and they let Rod Woodson go. There were posters that (read) 'Rod Is God' inside the stadium. If a team can let God go, they'll definitely let me go, too.”
“He obviously made quite a few big plays on the run here and sitting next to him in the meetings, I can see why. He's a smart guy. He knows exactly what's expected of him. He knows exactly what the offense is trying to do to him.”
“Their offense is fueled by their running game and it is all set up off of that. Off of each run there is probably a boot that looks very similar. The more success you have slowing the running game down, the more successful you are against the passing game.”
