A lot of people play in the league seven, eight years and have never even been in the playoffs. This is my third year, and it's a great opportunity. It doesn't come every day, so ... as a team, we have to take advantage of it.

When I step on the field I still have to play with a level of pride and we want to walk away No. 1 at the end of the year. That's been one of our goals.

A lot of people are saying this is our year. Everybody's excited, and I'm happy and ready to go.

I'm not going to get as many snaps but I'm going to be the next guy in and I'm going to have a bigger role on the field so I'm excited about that. Every year you've got to just take a step the right direction and eventually you're going to get a chance to start.

As a child, I always said I was going to be a professional basketball player like Michael Jordan.

When we're in there, they're going to be on the side helping us out, telling us what they see. And we'll work together so at the end of the day we'll be successful.