Coach (Jim) Mora told us he didn't know we are. He was right. It was not a representative effort of what we pride ourselves in as a team. |
He certainly was making some incredible passes today. When you hit a guy square on his shirt and he's still hitting the receiver, it's frustrating. |
He's the best tackle in the game, hands down. The thing that makes him better than anyone else is that he isn't just a great pass blocker. You've got to bring your A-game against his run blocking, too. He's everything you look for in a tackle. |
His name was getting announced all the time over the loudspeaker. He was going sideline to sideline making plays, making vicious hits. Every time I watched the Ravens after that, I couldn't help but watch him. |
I have a girlfriend now, and she's down with the program, ... But before we hooked up, if I had a date with someone, I'd eat dinner beforehand, then order something light on the date, like a salmon fillet, so she wouldn't think I was a total pig. |
I've played a lot of right end in my career and you have to be ready when a guy goes down. There are no excuses. You have to be able to make adjustments as a player and as a team. |
It just makes [a defense] lose confidence. It's like somebody pokes a hole in your heart and the blood just keeps running out. It's awful. |
It ought to make camp a little easier, at least from a logistics standpoint. We just have to make sure we don't let our concentration stray and think about that pool too much. |
It's a matter of getting to play even more aggressively than I have in the past, which is fun, |
It's always been an honor to play with that guy. |
It's sort of shocking, really. Going 9-7 and not making the playoffs doesn't really interest me, but we still want to win next week. We can still have a say in what happens in the NFL. |
Mike wants to be that much more lethal by making himself a great throwing quarterback, |
Rod's as deserving as any player in the league. He's the one player who came in here and elevated our defense across the board. |
The hardest thing about getting to Brady is his quick release. We wanted to pressure him, but you can't sack the quarterback when he doesn't have the ball. He did a good job of getting rid of it. |
The second half we played like us. The first half, it was a bunch of strangers [out there]. |